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AUV ANU MAW MOVEMENT* IN TUB 1
son niWBST.
’41*11 i'jiineii m <ff sociwy having 'knu rnnuvuil
hy n Vfi'e ill' t.r! Senate fnxn thu subjoined Ducu
■HON)*, wo in vile the render’* pmicular attention lo
l Worn, in* corroborating, *<• «- tb»y g-. iiiforinn
lien received by ill tlH-Higii n d iff-'rent v.lmoncl, and
Uum n iiiie.ilfil in uur -readers, tu substance mi
'I Hum 'ey bisl.
Tim vlti'nliiM ifftbti realtor cannot fail 111 remark
linn |>-.u M lin; imti 'idion* li-wtH ilm Secretary ol
War ca-m-awing what lie justly I* iki* "iiup-irtunt in.
utnieivm**’lo ilm Mt'imry Cmmimndur tu pat him
uelf in communication icilli the President ef Texas,"
Oy a co-.li lontiul ofiieur, ami uuhsuquuiuiy by the
ordinary ituii ur m;i|i:miI uX|a'Biri'ii ami also in ao
much el Ibo instructions in Ilm Cnnmiuu.li'r uf Ibc
naval forees as directs him “to enneentrata ibe
veivU nn lor bis commandt" l<* communicate fee'
quality with Galveston;" and occaaiuually to “show
himself at or before Vera Cruz.
Message from the President of Ike United Suites to
Ike Senate.
To the Senate of the. United Stales:
In answer lo the rsaulutiun of the Senate of ibe
JStll inslant, requestig to be informed “whether,
since llio commencement of Ibe negotiations wllicli
rea iltcd i« ilie treaty now before the Senate for
Ilm annexation «f Texas to the United Stales, any
military preparation lias been made or ordered by
llie President, for or in anticipation of war ; and.
if so, for wbat cause.and with whom was such war
apprehended, and what are llio preparations tbat
have been made or ordered ? Mas any movement
or assemblage or disposition of any of the military
or naval forces of tho U idled Slates been made or
ordered witb a view to auch hostilities ! And lo
communicate to the Sonata copies ot nil orders or
directions given for any sucb preparation, or for
any aucli movement or disposition, ur fertile future
conduct of sucb military or naval forces I have
to uifisrm the Sene.le that, in consequence ol the
declaration of Mexico communicated to ibis Gov.
eminent, and by me laid before Congress at the
opening of its present-session, announcing the de-
termirauon of Mexico lo regnrd as a declaration
of war against her by the United States the defini
tive ratification of-uny treaty with Texas annexing
the territory of tbat Republic to the United States,
and the hope -and belief entertained by the Execu-
•live that.die treaty with Texas for that purpose
would bo speedily approved and ratified by the
-Senate, it was regarded by the Executive lo have
become emphatically its duty to concentrate ill the
tiulfof Mexico and its vicinity, us it precautionary
measure, ns large a portion of the home squadron
winder the command of Captain Com er us could
-well be drawn logethei ; and, ul thu same time, to
assemble-at-Fort-Jessup, on-the borders of Texas,
-us large -a military force as the demands of the
-service at other-encampments wuuld authorize to
be detached. For tho number of ships already in
the Gull and the outers contiguous tnerclo, and
such as are placed under orders lor that-destination,
and troops new assembled upon the frontier, l refer
you to the accompanying reports from the Secretn-
• ries of llio VV<ar and Nuvy Departments. It w ill
-also be perceived by the Senate, by referring to the
orders of t-heT-avy Department, which are here-
with transmitted, that the Naval officer in com
mand ol tlioCest'is directed to cause iris’ ships to|
.perform all tbetioties of it Sect of observation, and
to opptvzo tbe•Executive uf any indication of hos
tile design upon Texas, on tlic port of any nation,
pending the delibraiions of the Senate upon the
treaty, withe view that the same should prompt.
:Jy be-submitted to'Congreas for its mature deliber
ation. At ill e-sumo time, it is due to myself that 1
should declare -it us my opinion, that the United
States having by the treaty of niiucxution acquired
-a title to Texas, which requires only the action of
llio Senatato perfect it, no other Tower could bi
permitted to invade, and by force of arms lupus-
Hit itself of, any portion of the territory ol Thus,
ponding your deliberations upon the treaty, without
placing itself in a hostile attitude to tiie United
States, aud justifying the-employment of any mili
tary means ut our disposal to drive back the inva-
siufl. At thu same lime, it is my opinion that
Mexico or any other Power will find in your ap
proval of the treaty no just cause of war against
the United States ; nor do i behove that there is any
serious hazard of war lobe found in the fact ut
such approval. .Nevertheless, every prope* - meas.
-ure will be resorted iu by the Executive to preserve
upon an honorable and just basis the public peace
by reconciling Mexico, through u hberul course of
^policy, lo the irciitt.
JOHN TYLER-
Washington, May 15,1644.
W*r Department, May 13.1644.
Sir :—1 hove the honor to transmit to you, here
with, copies of uiltlie orders issued from this De
partment since it came under my charge, for the
movement, disposition, and conduct of any portion
•of the military forces of the United Stales, with
the exception uf an order restoring to Fort Kent,
in the State of Maine, one company of artillery,
And one other order transferring from Detroit two
companies of infantry, for the puipnse of estab
fishing a fort ut Copper harbor, on thu Southern
shore of Lake Superior. Those two unimportant
movements of troops were made without confer
ence with you, and w ith a view to the border condi
tion of those two positions.
I further report to you, sir, that at the time I di-
reeled the general order No. 14, of the date of the
tilth of last month, to be jss ted, the to were tlnm in
garrison at Fort Jesup, as you will perceive by the
-order itself seveu companies of the lid regiment ol
dragoons, acting as riflemen, and recently author
ized by an act of Cungress to he remounted.
The sixteen companies of the 3d and 4th regi-
.meets of infantry constitute the additional force or
dered, under n-y instructions, to he moved toward-
-the border of Texas. They were taken Irom Jef.
fersou barracks, near St. Louis, where, as a re
serve they constituted a school ot instruction and
practice, and held ready to be transferred at any
time lo the frontier, in any case of emergency.
The orders front ibis Department have increas
ed the force at Fort Jesup and near Natchitoches to
twenty-three companies, amounting to about eleven
hundred and fifty men.
1 have the honor to be, sir witli high respect,
your obedient servant,
WILLIAM WILKINS.
Secretary if Tl’or.
To the President.
GENERAL ORDERS NO. 14
Headquarters or the Arm?,
Adjutant UeKcrafs Office, Washington, Aj'il II, 1614.
The eight Companies ul'tlw 3d infantry, with the
field and stalf of the regiment now at Jefferson bar
racks, will proceed hy water, without delay, i 0
Natchitoches, urni thence to Foil Jesup. to reltevi-
iho seven companies uf tiie 2 i dragoons at present
at the latter putt.
The regiment will move with its camp equipage,
as the companies of dragoons may for some time
be detained at Fort Jesup, before they can be sop-
plied with tin tr horses and equipments.
By coimuaad of Major General Scott:
IL JONES, AJj. Gen.
GENERAL ORDERS No. 19.
[Jvx/rric/.]
IjxAIlQDAttTKRS OF THE Ar.MT,
A4iuta:u UeneraTt Office, WusJ.ingt.ii, April s, 1644.
1. The eight companies of tun In infantry, « iih
the field and staff of the r> gtiiiuiit now at Jclferson
barracks, »i,l proceed by staler, without delay, to
Natchitoches, and thence to Foil Jcaiip, Louisiana.
The regiment will move with it*camp equipage.
fly command ol Major General Scott:
L. THOMAS,
Assistant Adjutant General
Adjutant Gknkral’s Omen.
Washington, April 33, 1944.
Stas—Thu Uuuerul-in chief directs that you
immediately proceed to Fort Jesup, Louisiuuu, mid
tlraru assume command of tho First military
department, taking with you Copt. W. W. S.
Bliss, assistant adjutant gcnurnl.
Brevet Brigadier General Arbucklo has this day
been instructed to repair to Fort Smith, uttd us.
sumo command of the 3 1 department.
I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient ser
vant,
R. JONES, Adj. Gen.
Brig. Gun. Z. Tati.or,
Com'g 3 / department. Fori Smith, Ark.
P. S. You may expect to receive iinportuut in
structions on reaching Fori Jesup. R. J.
[Conjidential.]
Adjutant General’s Office,
Washington, April 27,1844.
Sir :—On your arrival at Natchitoches you w ill
consider yourself not merely us thu immediate
commander of the 1st military department, but al
so the commander of a cor]is of observation, to hu
reinforced hy orders from this plucu if deemed tie
cesaory.
In the first instance, that corps will consist of se
veil companies of the 3d drngootis long in garrison
nt Fort Jesup, together with eigitt companies of the
3d infantry and eight of tiio 4lh recently ordered
thither.
With a view to the convenience of tho receipt of
supplies by water, the 4lh infantry (and the 3d also,
ul your discretion) may, fur thu present, be held
encamped ttenr Natchitoches. It is supposed that
a healthy position may he found itt the pine wood:
in (lie neighborhood of that city ; if not, health be
ing of higher importance, both regiments of loot
may hu encamped on the ridge near Fort Jesup
Your headquarters may be established at either
place, or you may shill from one to the other as
may be found necessary.
The tnreo corps will be held in readiness for
service at any moment.
Cavalry arms and horse equiquipment# have
been ordered front Baton Rouge fur the seven com
panies of dragoons. Measures will also betaken
localise them to be remounted as soon us an up
propriution shall bo made for that object. In the
mean time, they will he reudered effective on foot.
You will continue lo receive instructions direct
from this place, your ordinary military continual
cations will bo made as indicated in the third purn
graph of the orders of the War Department, da
ted the 10th instant ; but in other matters confided
to ynur judgment and discretion, and (and the con
fidence is great) your correspondence will be direet
to the AujuUmt General, for information ol the
Uuncrai-in-chicf and the higher authorities.
You will take prompt measures, in the first in
stance hy a confidential officer, and subsequently by
the ordinary mail or special expresses, as you may
deem necessary, to put yourself in communication
with the President of Texas, iu order lo inform
him uf your present position and force, ami lo leurn
and lo transmit to this office (all confidentially)
whether any and w hat external dangers may threa
ten that Government or its people. Should such
danger be found to exist, and appear to bo immi
nent, you will collect and inarch the forces above
indicated to the Sabine river, hot not proceed be
yond the irontier without further instructions,
keeping in readiness, in the case supposed, all ne
cessary means of transportation, as well as ample
stores of subsistence and ammunition.
By these Distinctions it is not menut to impress
upon your mind the belief that the Government ap-
prehend hostility with any foreign Power. They
are given to you for tho purpose of enjoining cir
cumspection uud nllemiou to tho conditioner your
force. 1 repeat thu injunction uf confidence, and
the full reliance reposed iu your judgment and pru
dence hy the Government,
I write under the instructions of tho War De.
partment, in consultation with the General-in-chief.
1 am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient serv’t,
R. JONES, Adj, Gen.
Brevet Brig. Gen. Z. Taylor.
Com'g lit Mil. Dep., Fort Jesup, La.
[Conjidential.]
Navy Department, May 14, 1644.
Sir : Your Confidential note of this date is re
ceived. 1 send you, ugreeubly to your request,
copies of uil orders given by me to the commander
of the home squadron, and of the sailing orders of
the officers in command of tho Vandalia and stea-
mer Un on. Thu cruising ground ofllte home squad
rou is very extensive, and the number of vessels em
ployed not larger, it is believed, than usual, lie
ports have been made to the Department of domes
tic disturbances in the islands of Flayti and of Cu
ba, which will render the presence of a ship uf war
necessary to the protection of American fine
This will explain thu order to Commander Ciiaun-
cev. Similar orders will be given to the brig La
reneeur brig Truxloil, belli requiring slight repairs,
as soon us either may be ready for sea, lo touch at
Cubit.
I send a list of the vessels under orders for the
Gulf of Mexico.
LIST OF EXITED STATES VESSELS OF WAR NOW CRUtS-
]Nt. IN, OR UNDER ORDERS FOR, TIIE GULF or MEXICO.
Frigate Potomac,Captain F. M. Newell.
Sloop Vincennes, Commander F. Buchanan.
Brig Somers, Commander J. T. Gerry, (tempo-
rartlv commanded by Lieutenant T. W. Brent.)
UNDER ORDERS AT NORFOLK, AND READY FOR SEA.
Sloop Vandalia, Commander J. S. Cliaunccy.
Sloop Falmouth. Commander J. R. Sands.
Steamer Union, Lieutenant Commandant II. il.
Bell.
Brig Baiuliridge, Commander Newman, at New
York for repairs.
All the above are attached to the home squadron,
Commudore David Conner.
The sloop Pi eble, Commander T. W, Free Ion,
(nut attached to tho home squadron,) is on a tem
porary cruise among the Wees India islands and to
the ports iu Central America, «Scc„ and will return
shortly tu the United Stales.
The brig Lawrence, Commander Carder, will
he ordered, as soon as site is ready for sea, to pro
ceed to the West Indies, and report to Commodore
Cornier for orders.
(Confidential.)
Navy Department, April 15,1S-14.
Slit:—A treaty of annexation Inis been negoti
ated between the United Slates and the Republic of
Texas, and will be immediately submitted to the
Senate of the United States, now in session, for its
advice and consent.
During t,-o interval which will necessarily occur
before the tieaty is ratified or rejected, it is the part
of prudence to guard against any aggiessions on
our commerce or the rights of our citizens, which
may lie attempted by any foreign Government, or
bv persons claiming to act under its authority.—
You wi i therefore concentrate the vessels under
Vour command. Too Vandalia, commanded by
Commander Chamicey. and tho Falmouth. Com-
inander Sands, will without delay he ordered to
join you, touching at Pensacola, and you will leave
at that place tho necessary orders. They will suit
from Norfolk so soon as some small repairs can he
made.
You will. in your discretion, employ the vessels
composing your sq i.idrott to cruising iu the Gulf ol
Mexico, sons to communicate frequently with Gal.
veston ; nnd occasionally show yourself at or be
fore Vera Crez. with tech deviations to other parts
of your cruising grounds as in your judgment may
be best calculated to Filed the objects of your gen-
era! and special instructions.
You will he cautious in committing no violation
of thu rights ofu'.hers, hut resist and punish aggres
sions on ours. If, w litio the question of ratification
is pending, an armed force shall threaten at: iuva
siun of Texas, you will rcmunslrato with the com.
mantling officer, and you will accompany your re
monstrance with the assuraucc that the PreaiJcot
ofllte Uni ad .States will regard th« execution of
such a Itusiilu purpose towards Texts, undor such
circujnstunces. us evincing it most unfrio..d!v spirit
towards tho United Mates ; and which, in llio event
ofllte treaty’s unification, must lead to actual
hostilities with tId*country.
If you ohsei ve any preparations for such an in-
vasiun, you will witnoul delay communicate the
information in this Department, that tho President
may sulm.it the Name to Congress-
You will coiinmmicalu llio iiilormaiiun lo this
Department, that the President may submit thu
sumc to Congress.
You will communicate, as often as occasion may
present itself, with the Charg’d Affaires ol tlia Unit
ed Stutes at Texas, mid make your despatch to the
department as frequent as opportunities may of
fer.
1 am very respectfully, your obedient servant,
J.Y. MASON.
Commodore David Conner,
Commanding Home Squadron, Pensacola.
Navy Department, Afril 19,1841.
Sir : You will be plcasod to afford u passage to
Vera Cruz, in one of the vessels of tiie borne sqou.
droit, to G. L. Thompson, Esq., engineer in chief,
U. S. navy, and direct the commander of tho ves
sel to wait ut that port fifteen or twenty duys for
his return from the interior, and then convey him
back to a port iu the United States.
If Colonel Thompson should not be ready to to.
turn while tho vessel which carries him can wait
for linn, you will give him a return passnge in any
vessel ol your squadron which may he at Vera Ci uz !
when lie is ready to return.
I am, very respectfully,yours,
J. Y. MASON.
Commodore David Conner,
Commanding Home Squadron, Pensacola.
U. S. Sd.ip Potomac, April 24, 1841.
Sir : I have thu honor to acknowledge the re
ceipt of your confidential order of the 15th instant.
Such measures shut! be taken without loss uf time,
as may bo necessary lo comply with its direc
tions.
Respectfully, your obedient servant,
D. CONNER.
lion. John Y. Mason.
Secretary of the Nary.
Navy Department April 27,1844.
Sir : You will proceed tu Baltimore with the
United States steamer Uniun, anil there remain un
til you can take io your coals, allowing the citi
zens uf that place un opportunity lo visit the va-s-
sel. You will then repair to Norfolk nnd report
to Commodore W. C. Bolton, port captain, for ibe
purpose of taking on board <i sufficient number of
men tu make up your complement. Thence yon
will proceed to Pensacola, and report to Comrm* !
doru Conner, commanding the home squadron, lor I
further orders, ns forming a part uftliu forces un - I
der his command. Should Commodore Conner not ;
be al Pensacola on your atrivul.you will take any j
despatches which may be there for him, nnd convey
them tu him with the least practicable delay.
Previously lo leaving Norfolk you will transmit
to the Department a complete muster-roll of you*
officers uad crew, and a fist of officers sepurntu-*
iy.
I am, respectfully, yours,
J.Y. MASON. !
Lieutenant Henry 11. Bell.
Commanding U. S. Steamer Union, Washington, t
Navy Department May 4,1844.
Tho Hon. Wilson Simmon, our Minister
to Mexico, will be at Now Orleans between thu
20th and 25th iust.
After touching at Pensacola to obtain such de-
patches as may be there for Commodore Conm r.
you will proceed vv itlt the steamer Union to Nov
Orleans, and ihcic take on B>ard Mr. Shannon
und William Crump, Esq.. Charge d’A Hairs to tho
Government ol Chili, and convey them as speedily
lly the Northern Mall —A Leltpr Irma. «■■■ »
In tho Wauliiiigion Globe of Ttiui sdny evenmg ti
the following satisfactory le tor front Gun. Cass in
reply to oue front Senator Uanneuan uf la', asking
bis views on Ibe annexation (if Texas.
Detroit, May 10,1844.
Dear Sirs In answer lo your enquiry, whether I
um favorable lo tho i nmedialti nnuuxniioil of Texas
to tiio United Stutes, I reply that I um. As you de-
tumid my opiuioo only of this measure, und brii fly
too reasons which infiucucu inn, I shall confine my
»elf to these points.
I shall not dwell upon the policy of uniting enter-
ininotiscountries, situated like ours and Texas, witli
tio marked geographical feature to divide them, und
■with navigable streams penetrating tiio territories
<jf both: nor upon their common origin ul the peu
pic who inhabit them, upon their common language,
manners, religion, institutions, und, in fact, their
identity as a branch ol tin human family. Noi
■shall 1 urge the material interests involved in tin
measure, by the free intercourse it ivoulJ establish
b 'tween the various sections of a vast country, mn-
tn tally dependent upon, and supplying onu nuolh
e.‘. Thcso considerations arc so obvious, that
11.B-y need no elucidation front mu.
But, inn military point of view, annexation strikes
me ns still more important, and my mine had bcei
tl ts more forcible impressed with this idea fium
ri tiding the nble letter of General Jackson upon this
si ihjcct, which has just conic under my observation.
V Lth the intuitive sagacity which makes part of
tl ie character ol that great man and pure patriot,
In < has foreseen tho uso which tin Eoropern enemy
n- ight make of Texas in the event of a war with
tl c United States. A lodgement in that country
w Dttld lay open our whole southwestern border lo
Iti s devastations. We could establish no fortress,
in ir occupy any favorable position ; fur the ini-
m mse frontier may, in a vast many places, be cross-
ed as readily as a man passes from one part of his
fi'L'in to another. Toe advuntuges an active enemy
would enjoy under such circumstances, it requires
n,o sagacity to foretell.
These considerations recall to my memory an
a Hide which made its appearance just before I left
’jfiiropo, in a loading lory periodical in England,
which is understood to speak the sentiments of a
powerful party. This is Frazer's .Magazine ; and
u more nefarious article never issued from a profli
gate press. It ought to be stereotyped and circu-
luted from one end of our country to the oilier, to
show the designs which are in agitatiun against us,
and to teach us that our safely in that mighty con.
test which is coming upon us, is in n knowledge ol
our danger, und in it determination, hy union, uud
by a wise forecast, to meet it, and defeat it. Tiie
spirit of this article is sulliicntly indicated by its ti
tle, which was 1 “a war with the United States a
blessing to mankind.” I cannot refer to il ut this
moment, but must speak of it from recollection. I
have ufien been surprised it has not attracted more
attention in our country. Its object was to pro
voke a war with the United States, and to lay down
tiie plan of a campaign, which would soonust bring
it to a fortunate conclusion for England. The ha-
dis of this plan was the organization ofllte nnces
stary black force in the West India Islands, and its
t lebarkutiuii upon our Southern coast. The conse-
i pietices which our enemies fondly hoped for. in
such a case, with an entire ignorance of the true
slate of the country, were foretold with a rare uni
wit of philanthropy and hatred, I wish 1 had the
number at hand, to cull sumo choice passages for
■your reflection. Tito result was to be the destruc
tion ofllte southern Slates, the ruin or depression of
thu Olliers, and the dissolution of this great and glo
rious confederacy, on which the last hopes of free
dom through the world now rest.
Wlmi more favorable position could be taken
for the occupation of English black troops, and tor
Jetting litem loose upon our Southern Slates, than is
afforded by Texas ? Incapable of a war between us
and England, she would be taken possession of by
the lutier, under ono or another of those pretences,
which every page of her history furnishes, and the
territoiv would become the depot whence she would
A La to nod 1
as practicable to Vera Cruz. Aftor landing tlienv • c ^ r , 1 ' 011 ^. er °P eral,0lls against ns, and attempt to
you will carry into elfect tho orders of the Depart
inent addressed to you on lire 27th ultimo, and such
as you may receive from Commodore Conner.
Governor Shannon has been requested to advise
you on nimtdny be w ill he at Nuw Orleans.
1 am, tespeclfully, your*,
J. Y. MASON.
Lieutenant }1. H- Bell,
Commanding U. S. Steamer Union, Baltimore.
Navy Department, May 10. 1844.
Sir: The President of the Uui'.ed States hav
ing determined to send no minister nt present to
Mexico, you will consider the order addressed tu •
you on the 4th ii.stuut, to proceed lo New Orleans, j
as revoked.
On your arrival at Pensacola you wi.l carry out '
the instructions previously addressed to you.
I am, respectfully, yours.
J.Y. MASON. i
Lieutenant 11. II. Bell.
Commanding U. S. Steamer Union, Baltimore. j
Navy Department, May- 13,1844. j
When the United Slates ship Vandalia,!
StR
I'o Ulll-lSi’lO I UUI U.iLLiW, HtlXIUIIIC IW UIL till | • . , * •
d il be necessary, all the protection and -assis- ! J' ,sl ,hc “ a " 1c '' me . * V , U:R •»*•••«* »Jm
i in vour power. If ll.eru should bo any com. I lren, - v , uf . 1 v * a *> 11,0 D ‘ lr ‘° ^ Gobierno de hh-jico
la! agent of the United Slates at that platan, vuu i ^ mar asfol.ows: * hat tnc Hesperia and the
undor your command, shall bain ail respects rea.
dy for sea,you wtliproceed in herto Port au i Vince,
in tiie island of llayli, to look after our commerce
and the interests of our citizens, affording to them,
should
tance
nierciu! agent of the United States at that plauu
can obtain from him information that will bo‘useful
for your guidance.
You wid remain at Port an Prince only sa lung
as your presence there nitty be needed, of xvlncn
you will be better able to judge after your arrivtti,
nnd then proceed to Pensacola, where you will pie-
bably find orders from Commodore Conmjr, uud i
carty them into execution. Should you, Imwcvar, I
find no orders at Pensacola from Commudo.re Cun- !
tier, you will repair without delay to Vera Cruz:
and other places until you shail fall in with Aim,
after which you will bo governed by his ir.strttc- I
lions. I
Previous to sailing you will transmit to the De- i
partment a complete mustcr-ruil of your officers (
separately.
Wishing you a pleasant cruise and safe return to ,
your family and Iriends, I am respectfully, yuurj
obedient servant, ,
J. Y. MASON. I
Commander John S. Ciiaunoey.
Commanding U. S. Ship Vandalia. Norfolk, j
add a servile war to the other calamities which hos
tilities bring with them. He who doubts whether
this would be done, has yet to learn another trail
in thu annals of national antipathy. It would bn
done, and be called philanthropy.
Every day satisfies me mote, and more, that a
majority of the American people ure in favor of an
nexation. Were they not the measure ought not
to be effected. But as they are, the sooner it is ef
fected the better. 1 do not touch the details of the
negotiation. That must be left to the responsibil
ity of the government; as also, must the bearing
ot the question upon, and its reception by, other
countries. These are points 1 do not here ‘enter
into.
I am dear sir, with much regard .truly yours,
LEW. CASS.
Iloa. E. A. Hannegan, Washington, D. C.
Late fium Havana—Important Irom Mexico t
The sciir. Ann Parker, Capt. Briuutman, arriv
ed yesterday, from Havana, bringing dates one day
later than previous arrivals. We have received bv
her the Diario dela Marina ol the Sth iust., which
contains dates from the city of Mexico to the 25:It,
and from Vera Cruz to the 30th ult. They worn
brought to that portly tho British Mail Steamo
Tee. of.
From an article in the Diario, it appears that at
jMHMIHKTLeUei from j ]
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The Coittr.itClajr Ciuit W Dhupltin doumy’ Penn
sylvania, ir. u fetter written on the 35th ultimo, in.
vitod Mr.Clay n» vieit Harrisburg on his way home.
Ill the letter of invitation wore made some exce.-
lent remarks iu reference to the deep interest Penn
sylvania has in the tariff, anil tho obligation the
State is undue to Mr. Clay lor bis unceasing sup-
port of that gieat measure. Mr. Clny r plied ns
follows:
Washington, May 11, 1844
Gentlemen—I received llio letter which you did
mo the honor to address to mo, inviting me, prior
lo my return home, to visit the cnpitnl of Penns)!
vanin- Subsequent to its duic, I thought it rigid
lo a unco to the public mv determination lo make
no visits, nor intend nny public meetings which
might he deemed political, until thn presidential
election was decided. To that determination I
shall ndlterui It deprives me of the pleasure of
accepting your friendly invitation.
Gentlemen, 1 agree with you that “ no Slate in
this Union would be beuefitted inure by the per-
ntan tit establishment of n sound Whig policy than
Pennsylvania.” I have had tiio great satisfaction
always to agree with Pennsylvania in regard to
public measures whenever the genuine feelings ol
Pennsylvania have been fairly expressed. There
was not merely a cordial concurrence, but nn inti
mate friendship between her Findlay, Smilic, La
cock. Roberts, Brown, and other distinguished sons
und me, in thu Congress which declared tho last
war. I united also with tho survivors of them, or
other eminent citizen* of that State, in laying the
foundation uf the natiunnl prosperity alter a return
of peace. I have no recollection of any impor
taut public measure respecting which I Ituve differ
ed from Pennsylvania. I wusperfect’y aware that
“the lime was when the people of Pennsylvania
were made to believe that vou were not their
frici.d." Acting under tho maxim, that honesty
was thu best policy, and upon llio conviction that
truth is omnipotent nnd public justice certain, I boje
the unmeritod reproaches oast upon mo ns became
me. 1 have not been disappointed. 1 stand vin
dicated, in the hearts and hy the spontaneous accla
■nations uf my fellow-citizens. The industry attd
malignity of my enemies will no doubt prompt per-
scveruuco in these attacks. Perversions of tny
languagu, misrepresentations of my course, old
scraps from tailored and obsolete newspapers, even
fabrication und forgery, are and will continue to be
employed to vituperate and viiify me. But, like
all preceding assaults, they will bo unavailable, and
1 shall remain invulnerable to them all.
In tho meantime, I congratulate you on the bright
and cheering prospects of the establishment of that
Whiy policy so essential, 1 believe, not only to the
prosperity of Pennsylvania, but to that of thu whole
Union. 1 happened to be in the House of Repre
sentatives when an important part of that policy
signally triumphed. The Tariff of 1842 has been
bitterly denounced, nnd gross epithets applied
to it. its repeal was pronounced to be a favorite
object ot our political opponents. They have a
majority of some filly or sixty in the House. A
bill to repeal that Tariff has been pending a great
part of the presout session of Congress. And yet,
yesterdny, on a test vole, a majority of the House
decided against tiie repealing bill, leaving the
Tariff of 1842 in full and salutary operation !
litis decision was an involuntary concession of our
political opponents to the wisdom and beneficence
of Whig policy, produced by tho returning pros
perity of the country, and of the people.
But, gentlemen, I have a much higher gratification
than any which could bo derived from that decision
of the House uf Representatives. It is, that the
United Stales, from the St. John’s to the Sabine,
who have been so long divided and agitated on the
question of the encouragement of domestic industry,
ure about to settle down in union and harmony up
on tiie equitable basis of raising, in time of peace,
the amount uf revenue requisite to an economicu)
administration of thu Government exclusively from
foreign imports, by a Tarif so adjusted as that, by
proper discriminations, just anil reasonable en*
couragement shall be extended io American industry.
May inis happy union and harmony pervade nil o-
thor great measures of public policy, und nothing
occur to disturb the ponce,sully the character, or
:k tiio onward and glorious march of ourcoun-
I am vour friend and obedient servant.!
H. CLAY.
[CORRESPONDENCE OF THE BALT. AMER.]
Washington, May 20,1644.
UNITED STATES SENATE.
PROCEEDINGS OF YESTERDAT—TEXAS MEMORIALS.
Mr. Taliinadge presented a memorial from citizens
of Oinu remonstrating against the annexation of Tex-
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Mr. Frelinghuysen.— We ask the reader to put i
the annexed paragraph from the “Emancipator.” |
the leading Abolition paper in the Uniun, by the |
side of the charge which the Loco loco organs at I
the South are making against Mr. Frelinghuysen |
of being '-an abolitionist"—Verily this is a faithful j
picture of Locotucoism and the means to which it I
will resort to accomplish its ends.
“Mr. Frelinghuysen is still n NEW JERSEY
SLAVE HOLDER. On this point wu do nut
speak with absolute certainty. We know tluii I
within a few years ho Imd upon his hands an old I
woman who had been a slave of his father, und j
whom lie was maintaining in comfort, as it was just I
he should ; hut nothing seemed to persuade him 1
that he could be just, and just as kiud tu old aunty •
after giving her ireo papers, as lie was now.— ,
None of nis neighbors believed il necessary for liitn i
tu koep himself under tho stringent coercion of tho >
law to make him do rigid in the matter., but lie ;
seemed lo think it best that this pious mother in ;
Isrcal should five and die—a slave. Whether she | Inyalvable Salve.—Tsko three carrots and
is stilt living, or whether Mr. F. has censed to bo ; gutolthein; place in a rcs-cl, and cover with lard
Cerrco Frances, of to-duy,say iu regard to the
nexatiou ol Texas lo tile United Sates, cannot be
true, an I wo have reasons for believing it not
Our Government has received its official corn's,
potideuco from Washington, the contouts uf »liic't
is ju t the Contrary of what these papers say. But
bo it as it may, our Government is determined not to
lose the usurped territory, uud toiliat end si
use her best efforts to recover it, that the honor and
dignity, and good uainu uf tho nation shall not suf-
for.”
U'c notice nothing futiher of the least interest
to tire American reader iu the paper before us.
in addition to the above, we learn from a passeu
get in the -Inn A. Parker, who left the city ol Mux-
lco on the 20;h of April, and Vera Cruz on the 2-.
oi May, that the question of annexation was some
what talked of in both of those cities. No definite
Information on tho subject of the Tieaty seemed to
bo Imd ; but there was a very general indignation
felt and expressed against any movement on the
pitrt of the United States, tending to deprive tho
Mexican Government of her supposed rights iu
regard to the territory o! Texas. The most deter
mined hostility to the movement evidently existed, nnd
it ocas apparent, that it would be. resisted to the last
esttremity.—Savannah Republiecn.
To kill Flies in a Cheese-11 om or F.lsk-
wliEKE.—Clieesarooms are Ireqocutiy kept closed
and darkened, lo i cep out flies, ..s the dniymatds
say, Mr. Livesay asserts that tins practice, ruin
ous to cheese, may Lo avoided uy occasionally boti-
itig a pennyworth of quassia chips in a pint iff \va-
Tor, sweetening it, and placing it on plates about
the room. It will destroy all the flies that tasio it.
Choose. he says being animal matter, cannot have
loo much air’ I have noticed that those cheeses
wticii have been kept in a large, well aired room
Ita-Vo been quite sound ; while those kept in tl ivor.
— Though cheese should not be kept in too high a
teaipcraure, yet they will bear tho summer heat
very wi II, provided they have a con,taut supply of
good air.—Albany Cultivator.
a slaveholder by the irresistible providence of God
wo are not advised.
with jut salt, if convenient. It >il thoroughly
stiai I and add sufficient beeswax to make a paste,
i This is a most invaluable ointment nr salve, for
It require* a great deal of confidence in a matt , cuts, burns, scalds, or wounds of any kiud. Giv.
to oat chcsuuts in the dark, or “sausages” ut any vn fi-wu long und thorough experience,
time. I Tuts. Saturday Courier,
Mr. Wright presented a memorial from Ontario
county, N. Y. remonstrating against the ratification of
the Treaty before the Senate.
Mr. .McDuffie presented a scries of Resolutions
adopted in Charleston, S. C. in favor of immediate an
nexatiou.
Mr. Buchanan presented a memorial from Pennsyi-
va ia iu favor of annexation.
All these memorials were laid upon the table.
Mr. Mangum presented a memorial fn-m Sanuel Colt
in reference to ins sub-marine battery.
Mr. Buchanan presented a memorial from Joshua
Slam, who c:aims to have invented percussion caps
now used by the Government, and for the use of vvhicli
he lus not’ received uo compensation. Mr. Slant says
tiie invention cost hint tune and money, and lie looks lo
tho Government to receive a liberal remuneration.
Mr. McDuffie presented a memorial from S. C. for
the reduction of duty on Railroad Iron.
Mr. Johnson,of La. submitted a Resolution which
was adopted, asking the Committee on Commerce to
inquire into the expediency of allowing Salt imported
abroad lo be landed on the’ right bank of the Missis
sippi opposite to New Orleans.
EXECUTIVE SESSION.
A arge number of Pension Bills from the House,
were passed, and several indefinitely postponed, after
which the doors were closed and the Texas Treaty
brought forward for continued d.scussmn.
house of representatives.
Mr. Campbell, of S. C. asked leave to present cer-
a.u resolutions Irom South Carolina relating to the an-
ItfXa.: i o! Iixas. The rcso.utious were received
and f -i i. upon the table and ordered to be printed.
. Ir. W ciivr mored that tho House resolve itself into
coiinu.tteu of the whole. The m itio-i prevailed.**
0.1 motion i t Mr. McKay, the bill providing for the
supper, ot me I ->*t Office Department was taken up.
. *^ r v D j w-'i o. Kentucky, mjved that the compensa
tion of tno travelling agents ot tiie Post Office Depart.
ment should be 81,000 per annum, and $3 a day for
Uate.rng expense*, instead of 81,500 and 82 per day.
M'. D. cited some of the abuses which had »rown
up Hum Iuese travelling mid agents. He mentioned
toe cate ol a Mr. Sauiuol Brown, who hadtrnver-ed bis
u»n S: i.e. and several count os in hit own Jistrict du
ring t.ie canvass lor au election, in which ho took an
active part. .Mr. Davis thought hts aiiirmliuent a just
one, and tiie pay proposed altogether adequate.
.M-. Karhbuu, of N. Y., muted to abuii.li t!.u cffice
of mad agents akngmher.
Mr. Schetii k said tho bill appropriated 82-',000 for
inn. agents, and for detection of unit tlcprcdvions —
He suggeted tint the office bo abolished, ai d tint
85, : to be appropriated f„ r the suppression of mail de.
preiLtt.uu*. !ut Amendment was adopted. The bill
was laid asm.-, and the
XWVY AFFECT;.tcTUN DILL
brought forward.
The bill having been rend through, Mr. Parmet.lcr
mo cd a proviso to tire first cause to the eff -ct that not
mote t.,an , uOj persons should be employed in the Na.
va .-rv.ee during the presenttycar. The amendment,
Mr 1 ar ,renter said came trout lire Naval Committee.
Sir. Johnson, ut leunosscc, thought the peace estab.
hslimcnt Ot tho Navy should be one-third of wh’i d
now IS, and especially that there should be a -real ro-
duct,on III the ..umberof officer*.
froii Mr 1U M° U,b Car ° , ‘" , ‘ af,tr 5, ’ me remark,
from Mr. S.idell’Ol Louia.au., dragged the Texas quo*.
oun'hL 1V * M - »J- «"1 would be
V to u* aud we would hive it. Mr.
ta odtl V marches of England over
ha l n rU| ‘ h r 'V.th u'lucb that conn-
aL'J J i" w *' cl,ed b f Civilised nations of IU
, aw.d. It became ua with equal yig,lance to witch
motfemente uf the Engiiah aMien. and „
in rafunracw to her 4n<gn itptm Texas. yy_‘
not docroae* eurnavy. bet rather amnlny q
Texas, and through brr. ourvelrcs, if ii.vidrf
would printer eur*ef rea from smuggling ■ *.
hare 'flexaa, at Cher* would he smuggling »
ms without a. Ur, Helmee abe-dietMsed i|„
of slave labor amt the hos- iiity lo Urea: Britain
iaffix*, as seen in the feeling against the ciigp,
gar <>f the Brasil* and Ilm cotton of tho IhtHrdL
Mr. Jiolmcs traced oat many al the iaaovap-
Great Britain in Europe, with a via* ol ticifim
House avainot that country. t
Mr. Hnmtin, of Maine, enulitiurd the diae-
eaid he should, unlike his friend from Howh
confine liionself to the eabjrer. In his view, i|*
was much loo large for o peace ertahhskaieiN.
Hamlin spake at length in finer of an ctonomint J*
ministration, aud called upon the House (odni-
tho navy os it had dealt with ihe army.
Mr. Hale, of New llamprhin-, mode a speech :
commanded come alien: low fix itc alliwicns Ic T c
Mexico, the Oregon and the Execatire.
Mr. llalc caid he wac Tor tying the purse MriM ‘
the nation, so that the president could not reach f
If there was power to no other tray locectrol the
• idenl’s designs and actions, there was power Im»
It was time Tor the two Houses of Congress to y
it* own dignity and power against the murpatjg,
the President. He was surprised that while the),
dent had bet u ordering troops to lhegabioc,an<i , <
to the Gulf of Mexico, nn one in Coogms had rafi
a voice againat these usurpations. )( ||, c p rc ,
had any regard to his duty he would consult Can,
at every step, For liimscfl, lie would not vote ooe
lar for the President lo expend iu sending troop, t0 .
Sabine and fleets to the Gulf.
There was another tiling which (truck him with ttL
prise. While we were threatening war against Meij.
co, we were suffering Great Britain to remain io qo’ a
possession of our territory upon the North West
Mr. Hale with this prelude then launched fc'
against the alleged abuses of llio navy, which ho rem,-
semed as legion. The navy, he laid, was an ciUMuk*
ment without law, and until it was brought under obs,
deuce to law, he would sooner tec it drifting imW
ocean than he would vote one dollar for its support;
The pending amendment was then adopted. , ,
Mr. Hale proposed an amendment that all lawa should
be repealed winch allowed inferior officers to draw iba
pay of officers of a higher grade when performing
duties of the higher grade. The amendment vvaa
to without debate. ,
Other clauses of tho bill were then read, whet t_
amendment was proposed, the eflect of which was t*
abolish the navy yard at Washington, and toestablhk
one in the Wes'. This amendment gave rise to;
traded debate.
Mr. Black, of Georgia, was against the am
but in favor of the West. Western gentlemen
to appeal lo the South to sustain Western meaanraa:
Mr. Davis, of Indiana. We do.
Mr. Dickinson, of Tcnu. expressed regret that
amendment bad been introduced, as it presented a
vided opinion in regard to Naval Depots in the K
and East, His own State, thoujjh an interior one,'
alwaye shown great friendship for the Navy.be!
tbat the Navy was the right arm of national da
A Navy Yard was due to the Mississippi, and he'
cd to see a unanimous opinion in favor of tbs Ti
the Mississippi river.
Mr. Cave Johnson, who moved the amendment, d»
fended it in several brief speeches, and thediscuMioaii
going on as I close. Tno amendment will not pn
Punctuality.—We saw say* the Frederick
burg Recor Jet, a “gernmen ob color,” of tho (_
ine swell-head, putting himself down Main iu«4
the other day in quite a considerable of a htr
An acquaintance of his ventured to ask an
nation fur his extraordinary despatch. “Get aw
nigger," says he, “I’se gwine to Washenton is
cars, and I'd belter wait for dem, dan Imve
wait fur me."
Porosity of the Skin.—From microscopic
servalion it has been computed that the skin is
fnrated with a thousand holes iu a square inch,
the whole surface of the human body be estr
nt sixteen square feet, it must contain no fes
than 2,304,000 pores.
Receipt.—A new discovery to prevent bug*!
worms from destroying vines. Loosen the df
about the vines, and scatter a dram of sulphur “
each hill, nnd then work it in by slightly mo’
the earth. This has been tried and found an
fectunl protection for vtnea against all kinds of
and worms, though both are moincatous at ihii:
sun of the year.
ofHcinl Correspondence.
Mr, Pakenham lo Mr. Calhoun.
Washington, April 19, 1844.
The undersigned, her Bntanie Majesty's Envoy
traordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, has bad
honor tu receive the note which the honorable Mr.
houn, Secretary of State of the United States,
pleased yesterday lo addrese lo him, containing -
lions on despatch from her Majesty’s Principal !
lary ofStatc lor Fureign Affairs to the utnlersigL.
which the undersigned had the honor, at the re<pr
the late Secretary of State, Mr. Upshur, to furnok.
copy, for the more complete information of the G
ment of the United States.
Mr. Calhoun at the same time announces to the
deraigned, by direction ot the President, that a l
has beun concluded between the United Stales
Texas for the annexation of Texas to this country
part of its territory, which treaty will be tub 1
without deiay to llie Senate for Ua approval.
Mr. Calhuun further takes occasion lo enter iota
planalions as to the motives which hare induced
Government of the United States to adopt their p
policy with regard to Texas ; and he concludes b;
tenting certain remarks, founded on statistical inf-
lion, in defence of the institution of slavery as now
lablished iu a purlionof this Republic, and in proof
the necessity of taking measures fur its pr«
lion.
it is not llie purpose of the undersigned in the
sent communication to enter into discussion witb
Caihoun respecting the project thus formally su
ed on the partofthe Government of the United Statu
annex Texas to the American Union—that duly wrili.
thought necessary, be fulfilled by higher authority—T
less is the undersigned disposed to trespass on
Calhoun’s attention by offering any remarks upon
subject of slavery, as expounded in Mr. Calhoun's
That note wiil be transmitted to her Majesty's Go
mem by the earliest opportunity , and with this '
•nation the undersigned would for the present cc
biinselt, were it nut for the painful impression c
on his mind by observing that the Government of
United States, so far from appreciating at their
value the explanations furnished by her Ms
Government in spirit of franknesa and good faith,
calculated to allay whatever anxiety this Govc-
rniglil have previously full on the particular points
winch those explanation have reference, a
have found arguments in that communication n>
uf i lie contemplated annexation of Texas—thus,
were, assigning to tho British Government sopie
in ll»e responsibility of a transaction winch can ‘
fail to be viewed in many quarters witb the west
rioua objection*
All such responsibility the undersigned beg*
in the name of her Majesty's Government,at ■*•*•
most positively in disclaim. Whatever nuy
consequences of that transaction, the British <
ment will look forward Without anxiety to the jo .
w hich will thcruou be passed by the civilized world,*
far as sliati apply lo auy provocation luruirhed by
land for the adoption ol such a measure.
With the political independence of Texas not
Great Britain disavowed ail intention to interfere,
it is a well known fact that her most zealous eiett
have been directed towards Ibe completion of IkM*
dependence, by obtaining its acknowledgment at
hands of iliu only Power by which il «»*
disputed. Great Britain lias aUo formally disrll
the desire to establish iu Texas any dominant it-4*.
and, with ri speu to slavery, she is not conscious ef
ing acted m a sense lo cause just alarm to the <
States.
From the avowed desire ol Great Britain to
very abulmhed in Texas, it is inferred by the <
ment of the United Stales that England isendca
through her d.pluiuncy, lo make the abolition of
a condition to the acknowledgment of llie iod-
of Texas by M'-xica if Mr Calhoun will b»"*
goodness 'u refer once more to the copy of Lost
dec it’a despatch, which lies before him, he will
following expua.liou of tho inteutiooa of Great
«u this pom*, which the uudersigned flattered ■
would havebccu sufficient tu turbid any such ia!
“With retard lo Texas, wc avow that we w»h
"slavery abolished there, ts elsewhere ; and ■*
rejoice if the recognition ol that country by th*
can Govt Turnout should ho accompanied by as
ment on the part of Texas lo abolish slavery
and under proper condition*, throughout the
But, although wo earnestly desire and feel it •• *•
duty lo ptuuute auch s consummation, ne ah* 11 **