TARIFF IN THE MEXICAN PORTS, "What will Dame Grundy say to this'"
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The National intelligence is perfectly in fog. IL scarcely knows how to steer its misguided ship amid the breakers winch surround il, IL it abuses the war; and the manner of conducting it, why then comes glorious victory to silence its batteries If, aer indirectly sanctioning, it should reprobate the leyying of American duties in the Mexican ports in our possession, why then comes Major General Scott, without any instructions from his govern ment, undertaking to establish ..temporay tariff of daties.' of his own military powers. Is he an usurper Is he arrogating power which does not belong to him If motif he, as the victor of a a conquered port, may iegitimaiely levy duties for any purpose whateveI-if he has the right 10 do 1t under the laws of war. why surely the scomman. def.in-chiet Of the army aud navy of the United States as the President of the United States is so charged and SO called by the constitution itself, may foTtroFs adopt similar regulations and raise contributions for carrying on the war, in the qusred ports of Mexico

 General Scott wisely provides, in his general or der, which we publish this evening, that "he tariff so established (by himself will be continued until the instructions of the government at home shall be made in the case" His tafi oi course will be su- perseded by the long considered aud ildigested regulations from the Treasury Department, and sanctioned by the Presdcnt and transmitted io the army and navy by the Seeretaeis oI War and os the Navy. But this ''nsurpation" of power on the part of General Scott is so paipabe. if we may believe the last received versions of the Ngtiona lnteligen eer that we are curious 10 see in what manner Jo- seph Surface will be abte to escape from the diiem- na in which he has been pleased to place hirnssif. Sc long as 1t was an administration measure, why il was all wrong; but now 1t is measure of Major General Scott. il may be all right-,te old ssofy, perhaps of the lawyer and the farmer ssThat ataIs the case. It is your bull which has sored my OK. flnt1