, 1877-06-22
They Plainly Announce Their Hos
ttlity to All Schemes OF
Annexation.
The Pension Consolidation Still tho Sub.
ject Of Animated Agitation.
Secretary scl,urz viii 1iare Ills War Re.
garding tho Wisconsin Olllcc;
Willis the Case Of Illinois Is lfot So Much
Settled as Il Was.
Items of Interest 10 The Whisky cunspIrataFs aud
Q.hsr People.



THE ADMIRATION cAxARD.
6p<c4a1 Dt.paicA to ne Tribune.
WASHINGTON, D. c., juno Alt can be
authoritattycly stated that the annexation of
ant portion Of Mexican territory Is not part Of
the Admfn!stratl0n policy. Secretary McCrary
to-day said that the Administration did not
want any Of tho soit or population Of Mexico,
and that tic only thing with respect to Mexic0
upon which tho Government Il determined le,
ttat the raids over the Rio Grande border shall
atop. and that as the Mexican authorities have
either been unwilling or unable to stop these
incurslous, the United States has determined
that It will stop them Itself. Upon
heing asked whether tic fact that two
Mexican factions had recently crossed the river
and hal battle upon our soil would tend to
complicatc tho relations between tho United
States and Mexico, Or call for my movement on
tho part Of the United States, tho Secretary re-
pltcd that he did not think any particular noiicc
would be taken of this inrnston OF o,r soil, but
that, ia view Of the definite policy Of the All
mlnistrattou, the decoration Ut our soil was
cumstances Mc1te., could mako no complaint II
nua %araudefs, a1'' should pu'ii Follow psnlss, sS,
them across the river. The Secretary Of War Is
1e as u se s educational s,atetents relative to a.
aggressive policy towards Mexico, and Is cvi-
IDENTIFY Of the opinion that the origin Of Inauy
Of thesc Tumoes il in :
THE BAND or srEcuLATons Z
organized to obtain the payment OF Mexican
claims. Some Of the clatms for loss Of cat
Ito which he has examined, McCrary says, claim
compensation from tho Government not only
fur tho loss OF tho cattle themselves, but for
what would harc been tho natural increase had
the stock not been destroyed.
THE PRESIDENT
said to-day that there was not shadow Of
foundation for the report. No project for nn-
ncxlne territory beyond The Rio Grandc had as
manner In which the President made this e1-
plicit and positive denial left little room to
doubt what lIls opinion would be II such a
scheme should be seriously brought forward.
lie seemed both surprised and indignant that
tho Administration should be charged with m
intention 10 obtain by forec or diplomacy a por-
lion Of the territory OF Mexico, when tn fact no
Tho gosstps Of Washington say that Secretary
Eyarts 10 favorable to some scheme or other
fur pushing our frontier south Of tho 1lfo
utandc, but no 0na claims to havo heard him
eny anything that would watrant such rcpurt.
The ytoEy, like TINT concerning the President,
Is probably destitute Of fundation.
MORAL sUPf0tT.
A prominent officer OF thu forces stationed
along the Rio GrauGlt has Just arrived from tho
border. Hc eays tho understanding at hca,l-
quarters IL that tho Administration desires to
give oil tho moral support possible to tho LcE1o
Government against Dtaz. THIS officer also
| makes very important statement, III view Of
| uro perpetratcd hJ Mexicnns along tho borllcr,
that there f.as never been period Uf more gcn.
| eraI qulet aud freedom from everything Of this
| kind.