The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-12-03

department has been driven to- to procure money,
nsrsior. Money In Of four and five hundred dol
lars have been borrowed from place to place 1t could
be found and in many Interest at Of
one per cent day has been paid for its use Even at
this moment could loan, II had it, hundred thou
ssnd aosrs At these rates TO our g'vsrnmsnt
Psrtmsnt has been compelled to borrow from the gam
blsrs, or sell them drafts on New Orleans They.
hrst skin our -cfnssrs and men by winning what
loose change they have and then take second jerk at
the government, by lOsnins its officers charged with
by shaving Its drafts the United States. All this
with the sightest foresight, could be obvsted The
rsgnsrs Their commercial intercourse 10 confined
tirey to France and Eogsnd II the OF the
by which the chief OF tbs
and departments could have raised either
on England or France they could have ea any amount
OF money that might have been required to keep the
supplies Of the army In this way, hundreds Of thou
sands of dollars would have been saved in the difference
It H. they entirely At the mercy Of those willing
to sell our government en- credit; and nscessIty
IL. seller see. Il to as%.nd To my know.dS one
merchant in this city offered to let US have hfy thou
ON either England or France Drafts on the United
statss he declined at any rate he had commercial
relations with our entirely with England
General Pierce came up to-day with his command,
bringing sishtyavs thousand dollars in drafts but not
both Of the Gsneralinohie and the Qusrtermastsrs
and Commissarys departments great in the extreme;
problem. Tho Psymasters department ia better on,
and the only ofcsrs get along to provide them
draft Of the cities Of Union from the Paymas
ter ond then have shaved at the rate Of twenty ve
imperfect sketch the financial operations Of our army
and II not enough to crimson the cheek Of every
rated in se Within the last Twelve months
intended giving you an account OF ths cause OF as
length Of this communication forbds 1t It grew of
the terms Of cspitulstou entered into by Worth
With the Mexican authorities of this place taking
possession of the oity have copy of the capitulaon
well Of the finding of the Court OF Inquiry which
was adverse to General wsrth, both (which may
body In my next communication. ! am happy in being
able ray that there now some prospect OF recon.
cliation between them. GOMEZ.
INCIDENTS OF THE WAR.
When the remains Of the gallant Walker were taken
too small wh.rsupon Lieut. Clinton, Of Scots IT, Conn Conn
pany st Pa OF with his uniform rolled up bis sleeves
AID made him CONN himself He Is carpenter, lis
stated, and 10 from Moyamensng or Southwark, In
phiadelpha. Lieut. Breess, Of the company, who
blacksmith, entered smithery, and made the nails
Gen. La Vega and young turbide both prisoners Of war
looked on In perfect amazsment Such versatility OF
took them s ahacf They had alrssdy ssel what pro-
ncients they were in the art Of and they
:" Tho Cathedral, in addition to over two hundred
thousand dollars previously contributed compelled
sivs up one q It, im.Ss; in order to enable SAINT:
o, to tbs English bankers Manning < Mcintosh for
500 0c0 dollars The convent CT st. Domingo CT the
most extensive and heretofore wealthy, institutions
the kind has been greatly impoverished by the exorb
tant contributions sxtorted from them for the support
and maintenance Of the war and the government to-
gther The principal padre priest the Institution
told me few days ago. that this convent slone had
accomplish it. they had been forced In addition to siy
ing up all their ready money, to dispose ofssme The
most valuable real estate in the city Other religious
situations have suffered In proportion to thsir wealth,
equally rs much and to check further enoroachment
their estates and to guard against the rapscty
IN fhap
would follow the succss Of the Gomez Fsras party who
violent In their opposition to the clergy, and in
party 10 relieve the government from s enb.rr.ssusuts
most Of the intelligent and rsfecting portion Of the
priesthood In the event OF foreign prince reignug
them prefer for these reasons solely that the
United States should govern them.
At the time that the galsnt Walker was set upon by
the Mexican reinforcsments, Of his was des-
patched to watch the approach OF the column
and ~ Signals to hasten It's movements He assembled
the stsspls Of immense church, and at q distance
two hundred feet from the earth got ost upon
platform, about thirty in0hvs In Width. which ran
round the stsels Missing his footing he fell upon tie
platform and disocared his thgh-nsrro Wy escapiny
fall to the earth After the battle over the poor
fellows crios attracted attention, and Of his
found to be badly injured and suffering such
intense paiD that 1t possible to him. upt
the dislocsted bone should be replaced Surgeon Ray
nolds asd that purpose In his nrst effort h,
hold upon the limb slipped. and losing his balance
hs was very near being thrown to the ground He was
however, fortunate enough to grasp fixture Of the
stsspls by which he recovered his position upon
that marrow platform, with the cid Of men,
he replaced the bone Ia the sockst-and the was
carried down. and speed Oily recovered We doubt very
much whether disocsted limb ever set In such
place, and under such crcumstanc es.- inc tnnqE
Enquirer, Noe. 20.
Among the dsserters taken by Gen. Worth was a
Lisutsnan. OF the Louisiana volunteers the Of
that cognomsn, enlisted in the Mexican service He
was originally from New York, and enjoyed repu-
tstion AZ puslist 1t Is little remarkable, that all
three OF the volunteer deserters from the State of
Louisiana Reid ia brazen faced In the extreme In his
infsmy and ne consideration Whatever should shield
him from the traitors doom-dsath!
The schsrgs Of Kearnys dragons upon the flying
masses OF the Mexioans In the battle of Churubusco
one OF tbs most brilliant and decisive fests which
occurred in the As troops had carried
The formidable tfs De Pont BY which tho lead
Ing to the city was laid open to cavalry, Captain
the Msxioans With an mpe,ucsty and fury which made
amends for the scannsss Of their numbers and bore
them back In confusion upon the town. The enemy
had upon the caussway force In cavalry fold that
q own but the of the avenue
him from availipg hinsslf Of this superiority
duced the coDdict to those In which
Mexicans must yield prowess The audacity
OF the onset of Kearnys troops struck dsmay the
hosts which fed before them The retreat became q
sonfussd rout and the caussway blocked up the
sntanged masses OF the enemy But even through this
obstacle the Triumphant dragons forced their way,
ranpnng down those who escaped their relentless
pres Scattering their foe before them, the dragons
came atlast within reach Of the formidable batteries
wncn defended the gates Of the city, aud murderous
IRE was opened upon thsm which was even more ter
os TO the fugitive Mexicans than the dragons The
a.er continued their pursuit up to the gates Of the
CITY, and were shot down made prisoners upon the
very parapets Of its dofencss This WAS the moment
II ever that Gen. Scott might have entered the ctv
had the instant possession OF 1t conformea his pre-
conceived designs Already had the Inhabitants Of the
town set the that the Americans upon them
and the whole population stricken dsfencssss by
panic terrors But the dragons recalled from the
pursuit. and the survivors Of that desperate charge with
drew, covered With wounds and with honors.
In every narration Of the events Of Churubuseo We
have seen this charge and pursuit BY Ksarnys dragons
commenorated and sppauded, but 1t appears to have
far mo han he nd
Of our own ccuntrymen. In various letters which we
have seen written by them from the capital they speak
Of the audsety OF the dragons terrible and almost
supernatural Orleans Piedyuns, Nsvsl.
Az Col Domipgues, Of the Spy Company, was passing
along Of the Of Vera Crus lately two OF his
men being 81 hand, Mextsan merchant remarked
to person standing by, There is Dominique" The
Msxicans who standing before his door drew
their swords In rage, and told him that they did not
allow any to speak Unexpectedly OF their
mander that when he spoke of him he must call him
Col Qouinauex IF Hia Excellepex Gen Scntt,e Lila