Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1845-08-16
MExIco-RUMoRs OF WAR.


The New Orleans papers received last night are
filled with rumors Of war, some other hostile de-
monstration by Mexico against the United States,
founded on letters and reports brought to New Or
leans by the Mexican schooner Relampago, which
sailed from Vera Cruz on the 23d ultimo.
sThe Je7ersonian publishes letter, dated at Vera
Cruz on the 22d, which says: /" have TO conclude
this letter in hurry, the news is just in town
that war has been declared against the Americans,
and the vessels going off Immediately to pre-
: vent being seized"
The Bee states, on the authority Of person
Z" who has il from an authentic source, that the
: Mexican Government has closed its ports to Ame-
s rican commerce"
The Courier says: We have seen letters from
{ Mexico of July 22d, which say ,car uds iaevifa-
: BILE. The Senate of Mexico had assembled in or
: der 10 discuss the question of peace or war; and
!. the issue depended on their deliberations Until
the. result was known the Mexican ports would
: continue open as usual to American trade. =
We have before us file Of the paper called the
Vera Cruzano, up to and including the 10Th July,
communicated to us by afeWd. They contain
not word that looks likd f46bable rupture be-
: tween the United States and Mexico
The Iropic says: The only rumor which APP
pears al present to be well authenticated is one
that the Mexican Consul has received orders from
: his Government to withdraw Immediately from
: this country. What the exact nature of the Con-
sul's instructions we are not advised but we
are informed on what we believe to be excellent
authority, that that functionary will close his Of
: flee tomorrow, and cease to exercise his duties
: We cannot believe that Mexico has declared war,
or intends to do So she surely is not so infatua-
h.xtT all
: the opinion that the Government of that Republic
has come to the CONCLUSION to stop all intercourse
with the United States"
: against the United States had not been declared
: when the Relampago sailed. 1t was expected that
: the mail which arrived the previous day would
bring the intelligence but if it did, it had not
publicly transpired at Vera Cruz. That il must
be declared, however, was the general opinion,
: and we learn verbally that the Government OF
Mexico is making strenuous exertons to borrow
: SI2,0OO,O0O to carry it on
The truth of all these rumors however, we pre-
sumo to be correctly stated in the annexed article,
copied from the Bulletin:
The latest advices from Vera Cruz furnish
grounds for experimenting that the Mexican Con-
gress have determined on the adoption of some
: measures of retaliation on the United States for
: the part we have taken in the annexation ques-
: ton. The probability seems TO be that an en-
barge will be, If it has not already been, declared
: The accounts from Mexico represent the ignorant
= rabble, who form the mass Of the population tc
be clamorous for war. From this fact, il is appa
L rent that the Administration party, In order II
/ court popularity, will be forced to make some de-
Z monstration Of hostility towards this country
What true picture of the state Of things in on
own coIntry-ndeed in all countries II :. AS the
: Introduction of commerce. by the declaration OF
an embargo, comes nearest to state OF hostility
without amounting exactly to an open act of war,
it is altogether probable that this will be the first
step in the progress to belligerency. II is also
kind of passive warfare, better suited to the ex-
: haustion and imbecity of Mexico, than more ac-
tive and vindictve demonstrations of enmity, re-
quiring the movement Of armies in the field and
fleets upon the 1t is hardly possible TO sup
pose that any serious intention of prosecuting
can be entertained by the Mexican Government.
: The total want Of all the snews of war, and the
entire destiution Of the and capabilities
necessary for state of belgerency, forbid the
idea. Whatever measures may be adopted, there
. fore, by Mexico, indicative of hostile purpose,
may well be regarded only as idle demonstrations,
designed 10 crafty camorous and disseminated
populace. Without some buster and bravado, it
: would not be possible for the party in power to
: maintain the ascendency during the pending cleo
tons. movement of the kind, them may well
: be expected. A total Introduction of all CONNER
cal intercourse with the United States will proba-
bly, take place. But that Mexico will venture Sc
riously to declare war, cannot be persuaded to
believe. When such an event does occur, if ever,
the destiny of doomed nation will be Swallowed
forth in the line of the Latin Poet:
''Quem Deus vut perdere, prius dementat"
Among the passengers in the Relampago was a
bearer Of dispatches for this Government from the
American Consul at Vera Cruz.
There were one Spanish, one French, and two
English men-of-war at Vera Cruz on the 23d ulti-
mo, but no American. The two Mexican war
steamers were lying in the harbor.
We may expect later news from Mexico in day
or two, the schooner Waterwtch was to sail from
Vera Cruz on the 26th ultimo.
The New Orleans Courier says " We have
! heard that General TAYLOR, who commands the