The New York herald., 1866-05-28
WASHINGTON.


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SANTA ANNA on TIE MEXICAN QUESTION.
There no lisgusng the fact that the unsx.
pectcd arrival Of GsneEa Santa Anna In the United States
at this juncture In Nexioan sh ID creating quite sen
sation among tho real and pretended friends OF thas
country Tho former look upon his coming a sguaoa.a
and opportune and are beginsag express In ssona
terms their hopes that he win add the prestige Of hh
name and the weight Of his oounsss toRhose who srs
battling for the liberation Of Mexico from French inva.
sion and indsmniAcation. Tho pretended friends q
Mexico are divided among themselves Az their aims
and purposes take hsher range than personal pseaa
or aggrandisemsnt they look suspioiousy upon aay
ono whose advent threatens eclipse their own branoJ
or thwart their pord purposes All manner OF charges
and counter charges Ar4 already being put aAoat II
this and other oities aad studied attempts arc bsag
made to msrepresent the object OF Santa Annals mis-
sion and 10 underats hs influence among his countsy
men Tho statement In to-days Washington Chro~ioLl
that the friends Of General Santa Anna who are at pres
ent In tho city solicited from Senior Romero ofoia
interview and refused L. pfonouAced entirely srre
neoua They called upon him merely as friends Of Santa
Anna and In representation Of him a. Mexican citizen.
and were not only admitted at once but cordially asd
coxteousiy ecsived Mr. Romero also assured them thai
made BY bis authority, nor any unkind word sad of
General san'a Anna both would be improper undcr
Tho circumstances In foreign country and derogatoy
70 the dignity Of no Mexican Legation. Santa Anna's
friends, on the other hand, have observed dscsest
silence and crcumspection from the b.
ginning. ouidnuncs and Bohemians have
been held at respectful distance. they
called rpon Mr. Seward In body but In prIvats maa-
ncr and on behalf Of Santa Anna sxpressy as Mexican
citizen The usual oourtssies wsre exchanged, but
other or further significance Ia attributed the visit b.
ether party. by those best informed tho subject
Tho Mexican gentlemen who arc now abusing Santa
Anna roundy through the press Of the United States
merely giving and sad illustration Of tho
fortune OF Mexico In having 80 many sons who waste
their energies In domestic Quarrls and personal ea
ousies. instead Of employing them against common
enemy. No ter what faults Santa Anna may have
committed Mexico owes him some glorious pages Of
history connected with The procamat on Of the republic
II Is also damaging fact 10 those patriots par escesn
that the liberals who lighting in Mexico have
written hundreds Of letters 10 Santa Anna invoking his
assistance while these oensoous critics have contented
themselves with venting noisy abuse at safe distance
On reading tho protest Of these gentlemen Santa Anna
remarked jocularly, that he happy 10 know thss
there many Mexican patriots at hand and thas
he hoped they would be ready 70 fight for their coun
try now that II was prey to foreigners - they were
to write against him and others who desired 10 assist il
Mexican regeneration As they young and emerge
tic he hoped they would not he dtae 10 follow the
ample Of old IKE himself and devote the future
to their c0unrys defence As TO hi, errors he asks
what Mexican there who after long public career
can throw stone al him on account OF Inconsistency.
Tho suppos on that Santa An, lie In the interest Of che
French Of haximan d considered too prepostsrsas
by him for serious dcnial He says the Mexican SQUAD
blcrs the only who playing into MaxinilsnI
intcrcsa These are some Of santa Annals rsumsnss
and PROFESSIONS and urged with great zeal and ap-
parent sincerity BY his friends I'm wsahingtoa- They
had isiervsw with Preeideat johnson and sx.
pect none but arc preparing 70 leave BY tomorrow's
noon tram for Now York. = Is-ea III" .s
fHE .RsNcn-xnxIcAN ARMY.
Information has been received a the Department a
State that the 9th Che French transport steamer
Rhone loft Vera Cruz for France having board about
thousand soldiers whose term OF serviosl he'd
pired On the 10th inst the French steam packet L.
France arrived there from 81 Naxire, bringing three
hundred and sixty OF the s or the Foreign Legion,
and nccn officers of the corps and OF the Engnese
corps.
fHR NATIONAL BANKING SYSTEM.
The last exhibit Of tho Compsroer Of the Currency
shows that there thousand six hundred and my
national bonds with aggregate circulation amounting
to s27e which is secured by bonds held BY the
total capital Ia $44 A7o OF these banks nearly four
hundred national Repositories for tho reoepoa Of
government funds As security for such funds The
amount held by the department is $50 776,5oo
FRACTIONAL cURRExGY.
The redemption division Of the United States Troa-
surcr's Office last week redeemed and cancelled frac-
tiona currency amounting 10 $4sO 100. besides Other
government securities
WAR CLAIMS or TIE STATES.
The regulations Of the Treasury Department. In regard
TO the settlement Of claims 9t States ior rsnbrrsemesN
OF expenses incurred by hc in raising troops have bseR
amended 10 allow in proper for tho Transports
ton Of the men by wagons an important matter TO many
Of the Western States whero railroads scarce and
the State Authorities compelled 70 transport vounteen
and drafted distant redezyous by wsgonl stage
coaches and private conveyancca
rf THE xERcHANrs NATIONAL BANK.
The Comptroller OF the Currency gives notice all per.
who have claims against tho herchants Nationai
Bank that they present the and MAKE legal
proof thereof to James c. Kennedy receiver of said
bank at Washington, D. c. before the 2s;h day OF
August next
VT INFORMANT TRADE CONCESSION.
The Department OF State hns received unofhcal but
reliable Information that ths Imperial government Of
Bz Is resolved 10 open tho trade ships Of
all nations This concession has been obtained BY the
liberal party after long struggle and Il is believed 10
Of future and still Important changes
in the commercial policy Of the country The opening
Of the Amazon cannot be much longer Geiayed
Clerical Force OF the Treasury Dcpart-
ment.
The following Is statement OF The clerical force in the