The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-08-03

We are happy TO see the New Orleans papers attach
ing sort OF reliance to the absurd and exavagant re
port which is alluded to in the following article from the
New Orleans Commercial Times" of the 2eth July:
=" MPoRTANr DscovERrEs-TnE MILLIONS IN OPERA
oN mere Is strange letter IN the last number of the
correspondent IN Havana, headed by The above striking
words The writer who dates his communication the I6
instr states mat as he Is assured individual of respon-
sibiy had jns let Havana for Vera Cruz intending 10
proceed Immediately to the city Of Mexico His mission
oil ue uunost hporance and If he in time, he will
save the Mexican nation With this ntroducon the cor
respondent informs the editors that the enssary ques-
non Is gone to Mexico for the purpose of making Santa
Anna acquainted with important discovery which had
Jus. been made and which was the following effect
. ne Consul General of the United States General
CampbeD at Havana has been in constant communica a.
Ton with the government Washington, and General
scott Inc dispatches received by him. by last Eng
sh steamer, Qrom Vera Cruz presnme) were of great
Importance Although authentic Information hereon is
particularly confined To the CoDsulGene and his clerks
1t was generally credited in Havana particularly in com,
ercial circles that the dispatches in question treated of
ntusted Mr. Polk by the Congress of the United State
and When wsa now to be used eS the of corrupt
Ansta, Ampudia, Amonte Canalizo, and Rejon were
quoted as those who had been bougb, with american
said 70 be ncolapbe The orlaer viii do ali they cam
hs or at s ps si the @n lasts
enlssay above described has left Havana for Vera Cruz
cumstanees-such taking papers from the Mexican
consulate, &ccombine to invest the preceding of
truth. Some at Havana believe that peace has been
agreed on and that the traitors pretended disgust will
quit their country to 20 to Cuba. enjoy their ill
gained treasure. Porenous affair %
The Commercial Times" very properly nails this spu-
rous coin to the counter and says emphalcay that we
do not believe there is word of truth in such ridiculous
stories regarding the employment of the somuch-alke
Of three millions of dollars. 1t would be strange indeed
for foreigners in Havana to have access to General Camp
BELLS office to learn the contents OF important dispatches
die uch nahf,
dent of the United States Nothing would authorize the
slightest suspicion that he would soop to any such dis
credabe means to hasten an event so ardeny desired
by every friend of humanity-viz peace"
The other editors in New Orleans as far as we have
noticed their papers, discredit the whole humbug But
the story is of character ts attract notice. and
has been already published in several other papers,
and is calculaed-and suspect desgned-to pro-
duce unfavorable impressions among own country
men, and to excite the suspicion and jealousy OF the
Mexicans, deem it proper at to contradict it in
the most peremptory manner General Campbell (our
consul at the Havana) has to do with the three
millions of dollars than the Captain General of Cuba
He has received no instructions upon the subject and
has agency control over that appropriation 1t
but the other day that set all this matter right We
published the act of Congress ITSELF expressly orbidding
the of single cent of it until Mexico had ratified
treaty peace The President and the Secretaries of State
and the Treasury dare not depart from this imperative in
junction of the law. 1t is needless, therefore, to say
that Of the three million dollars has been drawn
from the treasury and that all this fanfaronade about brides
which have been paid to Arista Ampuda, Sc, is sheer
nonsense We therefore give to the whole story from
the "Patria and its Havana correspondent flat and
thoritative contradiction.