The Somerset herald and farmers' and mechanics' register. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 183?-1852, 1846-06-23
Furs.,er fron, mexscc.

Farther from DseZfCc'
! The New Orleans Picayune of the Sd
ms ant. gives further details of the con-
tents Of the latest Mexican papers, as fol-
lows:
The Mexican papers claim positively
that the nnmber Of the killed and wound
nd on the part of the Americans was more
considerable than that Of the Mexicans.-
Gen. Arsta sets down the force of heM cxicans la
the action of the Sih at 5000 men and
twelve pieces of artillery; our number are
stated to have been 1900 men, more or
less, with great superiority in artillery
The destruction by our artillery is rep
resented 10 have been severe. Over three
thousand shots are said to have been fred
at the Mexicans by our artillery, between
2 o'clock P. NJ. and in the evening,
when the battle closed. The Mexicans
in the same time discharged seven hun
dred and fifty shots from their artillery
The Mexican loss on the sth is set down
at 352 killed, wounded, and missing; and
they claim to have retained possession OF
the field of battle.
We have not the description Of the ac-
| ton of the 9th by Gen. A:ista, as we had
/ supposed in orr haste, but we have by a
journal friendly to him. His position is
! represented to have been gallaniiy forced,
notwithstanding the repeated charges OF
the Mexican cavalry, the last OF which
was headed by Arista in person, and du-
ring which they actually "cut to pieces
two entire companies of the Americans. ;"
The loss OF the Americans is still repre-
sented as superior to that of the Mexi
cans.
The papers make very prophetic ap-
peals to all good citizens to come up now
TO the rescue OF the country. Even Ell
REPUBLIcANo claims that 'the President
/ is making and will make new efforts, as
great as the emergency requires" II ur-
j ges all to make the sacrifices which will
be demanded, and appeals TO the Con-
! gress about 10 assemble to sustain the war
at every possible hazard. II recommends
the putting aside of personal discussions,
! and deno1nccs those who would resort 10
foreign intervention to bring about a
pence.
In regard 20 the loan attempted TO be
raised from the clergy of Aeyicc, we
/ have the official letter 10 the Minister of
the Treasury. (Senor Iturbide,1 dated the
/ 18th, before the news ofthe actions of The
9Th and 9th could have been received
! Il scs forth the grievous necessity Of mo-
ney for the war, and urges the duty oI
! the clergy to submit to the hardships for
ced upon ali by the national calamites.-
lie tells the Archbishop that the Govern
/ ment has appropriated ali revenues which
were mortgaged, suspending without ex
ceplion all payments to its creditors; that
it withheld fourth part OF the salaries of
ali its EMpLovEEs: that all classes were
called upon TO make sacrifices. and the
clergy must not be exempt. He then
calls for loan OF 80, 100000. payable
in twelve monthly instaments, commen-
cing the both June. The Archbishop is
called upon to partition the loan among
the various bodies of the clergy. On the
18th Archbishop replied that he had sum
moned an ecclesiaslie convention to meet
that morning, before whom the matter
would be laid, and that he would cooper
ate TO the extent of his powers sin war
in which were at stake the two precious
o1ects of Mexicans, its independence and
It's religion" The next we hear Of the
loan is an announcement in FL ReRHoli-
cano Of the 2lst that the metropolitan
churches could not contribute the $9S.000
a month allotted to them, as the total 81
their revenues viii fall short Of that sum.
The same paper states that the collection
Of such sums as are assigned to the
churches is utterly impraciicable in the
present ruinous state OF the tithes and the
general depreciation in ecclesiastical pro-
, porty. This disappointment will prove.
I, according TO all accounts, very injurious
to the Government. The wealth of The
clergy had been relied upon as the ulti-
mate resource Of the Government in It's
emergencies. Whether the disappointment
will be total, however, we are too little
informed to pronounce. II ii be, il will
prove fatal to the administration of Pa
: redes.
: The garrison Of Tepic had pronunced
: against the Governments; but, according to
the DIARIo, il hod marched directly INTO
I Sinaloa, because the citizens Of Tepic
: had refused to take part in I movement
Tepic is town in Guapalaiara, only +;
!, few miles from port to Sen Bias. As tn,
9 report of an Insurrection at Mazatan rea
= ched us at the same time as the action o
= the garrison at San Bias. we infer that tn,
movement was a concerted one, and tha
3 formidable rebellion NAV reasonably b.
: expected at Sonora.