Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-09-28
THE RICHMOND ENQUIRER.
THE SECRET cAussoF THE FRENCH

THE SECRET CAUSE OF THE tRGNoh
TROU8LE.-The following e1hac' ifoih
Washington letter in The New YORK fiefafi' Nus
I'd scme blanks in The uccoun's We have n!e'i-
ously pu5ishcd:
Soon after the Inauguration al 0Sheia
lor, i! may BE- Il me uibefed mat s!aI e"e'
meT, was given 10 Tie foreign h!h'seis ~.
in Washington. 10 getting up nus e"'e .u'.,aI
mant with proper attention 10 e"qi.a,, ooun
members oil the cabinet ware cai!ea ihip we =.
CHS oi he White House. |. was rIaposca, 40
usual, lha: all The ministers, win ihel' >sc'
,a'ss, inciuI;ng their laiies, siou!u We ~
10 :hai eraui Diplomatic Jtt>, win lie exec ~
o n. French amoss.aiur. il appears Ina' ~
and Madame puu,sin had previously pom ~ h;s
ed On The President, me minister p'esth.'la ~
lady IL IN family Of The Plesi+cI'' a"u ,,,o;.
thing passed eff la4y-like. This Vas i ~, f'r
nary step IN social diplomatic eAqne" 49,; ..
O her rcasons, it was proposed to give s,ni,mo
lion 20 NJ. Poussin without includ;ng Aladamo
Pouss;n. q considerable cebaic 'onI pia' =, :.
III. cabinet or lhi, poill, aad MIR. C.ay'oI @a'
OF the opinion that Madame PJussin snohla ~, nv
and could net. be invited with tie minisiei
same rule was Observed WIN regard " w. n'
ric and his ledy. The reasons assigfe ia ~. .ne
exclusion OF these ladies, were INC Poshioi W."
according 10 fumor they hSd occupied III 81 -
the one had been goyelness, ana III o'1'e. "
g'isett-: but | iurbea! 10 mentoa ahJ'niHs ..-.
o.. III. Pousin receiving his note oi 'nV'e!.u"
Tor lie Presidential Dinber 4 ire Whhe ilou's,
wi houl including Madame Pousin, nc iei' 'elJ
indignant but cid not seem 10 know VIA eo0.S.
10 take. He Learned tha! Mr.. C1ay.oH "6s ~. .:e
person who brought abuu! lie exclusion u Ms
lady. and his feelings became embtered 10 an
extraordinary extent agaiGs; him. Instead, now
eyer. OF demanding an c1panatiGn, Wnich 1T
might have done, from the President aud Ms c">
hin.l. nj PoGssin swallowed The exclusion 'nG
The dinner, ind very uEWisry atlo@td MS feelings
| 10 escape in diplomatic correspondence WIN
MIR. Clayton on other anil more important MAJ
lers cunnece ed with h. Interests OF The Two couh-
tries II j. probable iha: all 'hesc preliminary
fac,s including he note 9. Invitation Will c, IN
out in due time. The Bad temper anG ascelD' J,
originating in that noe at IIgIt9ioh, ihcleaS'
and ranked Throughout! The Whole vi tLe suo
qlent correspondence, winch is now oci"'c va
country. MIR. Clayton has kept hs temper os'-
Ter Than NJ. Pou>sin.
On another ard more legitimate polat, Inc
New York Commercial pubishc' the following
facts, which directly throw seine light on The
correspondence which 10! TO the French Minis
ter's dismissa:
"While the Mexican war was in progress The
tobacco trade Of that country was. as III
France, mohopol2od by tie Central uofefh>
ment and The pie was stored In large yuan
titles in lis warehouses, IN Tie various ci.ic'
through which The American army passed.
According TO the custom oil war, as soon a.
ossession was ial. Of a city, the tobacco, whh
the other public stores. was seizad ana 500 al
auction The arrival Of Gen Worth IN Pueola
md q
Mexicans b-ing unwilling, through fear
patriotism, 10 lid On the merchandise, Inc Gu
tire stock vas purchased Ut inimensc sacrifice
By an American merchant. The 'alcr ihlh'o
diacly rcsold i TO sumo Mexican merchants
al profit proporlonatc !o The sac:ince uehc.
/, raj Worth tbcn left Puebla IN his way 10
| Mexico and few DAYS aflerwafd Col. Childs
entered The City. On his arrival, information
was brought 10 him o! Tho existence OF large
sores OF tobacco in ne Gig, and he, under INC
impression ha, they were The property of the
| Mexican Government ordered them to De re-
sold at public auction. Taerc were several
bidders. enc of whom was lie Monsieur Port
referred 10 ty NJ. Pou. sin. The purchasers oil
this tobacco were cognizant OF the attending
| circumstances.
uIolormation was at CAGE dispatched by The
sufferers 10 Gen Worth, OF the erroneous course
pursued BIZ Colonel Childs, and the General
sem orders 10 Col Chids IL ps;oIe the tobacco
10 HE rioht.ol own,rs The iooacco was &C
cordincl7 seized in Ilr Pnr's wa:eno SIS, ard
The Ia Ter repaid t.c amonnl he ha'! ADVANCED,
Bur Nh Poy 4 ciarci ihal nc had already sod
Inc tobacco AT 4 1!oG, # five thousand dollars
ten thousand beip. lie aInount al which he had
purchased L. ard ci2imed 10 have The rfcfIi r.
iunced also. This claim was carried before me
superior officers. who ordered coafi Of itqi ify
20 h. ORGANIZED; ard here, mron he cv'ie"ct, me
claim was denied; he impression ri the court De-
ins tia, The bill al sale presented BY The ciaInaat
WAS purely fictitious. -.
"ylal.crs here rescd i'll last snfias, Nh. n Nj
Po.t va. Gale. b. bushes, IN NJ York, aud
meeting win MIR Pousso repfcs,n MS case
Ia him. The minister, irsead oi advising MT
por. 10 refer mis- claim 10 the Board oi C1'n'n's-
si.ncrs on Mexican Claims. offered 10 present Il
10 the Secr-lal, =, Sac di'cct. The m.iIcF was
al oncc referred BY the .sr ~ coufl 81 inquiry
ard The or;g;aal decision was sustained IEc
result was cony. ycd 10 Mr. P"n.s'n, AS : genet
ay kao@n. DC Of the Arguments Used ny our
| Gov.rnnIrrt suikcs rs as conclusive. Suppose,
said they. Mr. paf had iii III lob GO al pro-
fl Of Il Euudrct thousand, or m''on, or any
| ar.ouLi oi G.iarS, wuu.d We sill ~ expected 10
SATISFY lii cainl'