The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-05-15

BY the Last Mails.
WASHINGTON, May l3, 1886.
The Presidents proclamation announcing the
existence of war between this country and Mexi-
co, will be published, probably, tomorrow. 1t
was issued by him to-day, and is now in the hands
of the government printer for publication. The
most active preparations for war with that coun-
try are now being made by the heads Of the mill
tary departments here, and orders have been sent
off in every direction to the commanders of ships
and iortresses to enter upon active service forth
with. The Mexican ports are to be Immediately
blockadcd, and, if necessary, bombarded by our
fleet, which has been ordered to concentrate upon
that coast in sufficient force for the emergency
Those vessels on the stocks and in ordinary, are
also to be forwarded to completion, if the exigen-
cics of the case require them for service but as
this is not and cannot be known for some months
yet, very little, if any, ofthe ten millions will be
expended upon them at present. The revenue
cutters may be transferred to the naval branch Of
the service, aud answer all the purpose of pro-
tecting our coast commerce from the piratica de-
predations Of privatcers and other armed vessels
sailing under. the enemy's flag.
There is yet no news from the army The
mails from New Orleans, which arrived this eve
ming, up to the 9th instant, at which time no
thing had been received, either from Point lsa-
bel, or Gen. Taylor. This is the greatest anomaly
in the art of war that has ever happened under
any administration. There are 5000 United States
troops several hundred miles distant from all the
sources OF aid and information from government
and we may say in the heart of an enemy's coun-
try, without the means of communicating with
any one, except by running horseman at the risk
of his life along the banks of the river at night,
and though the chapparel which covers the ground
that he travels. Why not establish line OF seven
Orleans, and have the communication between
both those important points kept up daily! If the
lives Of the soldiers in Gen. Taylor's army be OF
any account to the country. and the anxiety that
where for their safety, be anything with the men
who direct public affairs, then, indeed, they ought
to have done this weeks, or months ago, and not
have left the line of communication between them
and their army, open to any interruption which
either the enemy or the elements might at any
moment give rise to. lmbecility has marked every
movement of this administration since il came in
to power, and the paralysis with which 1t has
struck everything that it has touched, has caused
its friends fear coming into contact with it. lest,
like the influence OF the upas tree, it should poison
the atmosphere wherein they breathe, and cause
desolation and death to them for their temerity.
Among the many foolish, if not vicious, decla-
ratons made by persons who pass for the animal
man, openly and without guse in our streets and
bar-rooms, is that of the profits which must incvi-
tably arise from an invasion Of Mexico, by the
plumber of the rich and elegant churches OF that
country. This avowal is made by those people
who forget that in doing they wound the feel
ings OF more than million and half oil their own
fellow-citizcns, whom they expect to contribute,
in their proportion, in men and money, towards
sustaining the war. II such were the policy OF
this country, which, thank God, it is not, the
avowal of such an intention now would be impro-
per in many respects. But, in order to set that
class of patriots right on this head, may well
inform them now in advance, lest they should be
disappointed after getting into that county, and
sl.ft
that the clergy of Mexico have already made
ample preparation for preserving the :" little
Jesnscs," with which their churches are ona-
mented, in anticipation OF such an event: Those
splendidly ornamented places of worship, upon
the approach of an enemy, have been
assured will be made as naked of rich
and valuable sacred ornaments, as any
Presbyterian meeting house in this country
and II required, the sacred;vesses will be givento
the government to enable it to resist every and any
attempt at invasion by the troops oil the United
States. 1t is well to know this in time, so that
those who calculate making profit out OF that
species Of plumber, may not be disappointed
when they might suppose their hopes were on the
point of being fulfilled The same class of bab-
blers are continually talking about reducing Ma
tamoras to ashes, and other Mexican towns, as II
such a barbarous act would be tolerated for mo-
ment by our government. No, this IS not the po-
Icy or practice of any enlightened nation, and
most assurcdly, il IS not that OF me United STATES
When the British sodiery burned the capital and
navy yard here during the last war, they received
the execrations ofcvery man oil honor, both IN the
United States and in Europe and any imitation
of such conduct on our part, upon the peaccable
inhabitants of Mexico, with whose government
we are now unfortunately at war, would provoke
an enemy to practice the same upon ourselves at
any future time, and plead our conduct as pre-
cedcnt for theirs. Although l have very little re-
gard for either the promises or professions OF Pre-
sident Polk, am willing to admit that wherever
and whenever he can exercise his authority 10
prevent either of the acts upon private or public
property above referred to, he will do 50:
Congress passed the appropriation bill IN refer
ence to our Notifications, to-day. The West FONT
Academy bill came up for consideration, and was
under discussion for considerable time. OF all
the ilnpostions practiccd upon the people oil the
United States, this is probably the greatest. II is
an institution in which the "big beggarnen" OF
the nation have their sons educated at the expense
of the hard working classes--the. farmers and me-
chanics. Let any one only look over the hist Of
appointments to hat school for the last few years,
those who have the exclusive privilege of getting
pontments of John Tyler, were the sons of Bena-
MN Tevs and DIR. Mcclellan OF Philadelphia and
Duff Green, then of this city besides number Of
Others of the same stamp of the aristocracy, from
Virginia and other States. II is only necessary for
me to name two out Of the eleven appointed by
Mr.. Polk in February last, the other nine beng
of the like calibrc, TO show you how this same
game is carried on under every administrator
A nephew of Mr.. Calhoun's and n son OF ~
Rhorer, Of Georgetown, who has son also IN 'hc
navy, were among the appointments. lnis = y
fair sample OF the batch that ~ placed upon u'c
NON s,on LET nj the country annually; Willie Tue son