The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-09-11

WAsHiNGroS, Sept 8, 1s48.
Payment Of the First InstaIment TO MerieoThe Facts
the Isansacfion.
letter appeared In the New York Sum- few days
since purporting to have been written in Mexico and
headed, " The Treaty-Mclntosh Scott and Trist-
Payment Of the First Instalmen t-The s. Swindledn
To this flaming heading was appended pretty long
letter. in which the writer after abusing the treaty
and asserting that 1t the joint production of Mr.
Mcintosh and General Scott, makes the following
grave charge against General Scott and Mr. Trist:-
The wss ,y to s II
paid Instead Of taxing the drafts the Uned States
readily saving to treasury i oSy
hundrd and fly ho1s.nd dollars three millions mil
millions the drafts handed Co to iargOus
lars Rs Hau ss ar ss
over third party for fourteen matipg clean profit
without using dollar Of capital in the transaction
We unwilling to believe that the editors of the
Sun this letter in order crafty
the public taste for mares nests'' and yet it is I'M
possible that any person residing the city of Mexico
should be SO ignorant Of facts as to make statement
similar to the above. We have aecertained from off,
cial sources the whole of the facts in the case and
shall proceed briefly to give them.
IL viii be remembered that when General Scott
entered the city of Mexico he levied contribution on
its inhabitants and, in order not unnecessarily to
cypress he granted time for the Of this con-
tribution Before that time had expired the treaty
was made, and the Mexican government assumed the
amount Of the levy and credit was given to our
has been paid to Mexico In addition to this, the
Mexican agreed to take, and did take at
ayr prices, large quantity Of our ammunition &C.,
Wn en-, Otherwise, weuld have had to be destroyed
told AZ mere nominal value. The balance then due
10 the mexican government after deducting the
emount OF the contribution and goods sold was some
$sooeOo the money for which advanced by Harpous
and Brothers. who bought drafts on the u s Tres-
sury, drawn by General Butler and MIR ClHord and
paid for them sum Of about $40 900 premium which
was duly carried to the credit Of this government
These drafts have been presented TO the Treasury nv
Mesfr. Hargous, and paid Of course Neither General
Scott nor Mr. Tris had anything do with the trans
action and IL is almost needless ray that such dis
honorable conduct charged to General Scott BY
the Sun, Ia totally ut variance with that distinguished
omcers high toned character. Whatever General
Scotts ailings may be- has before charged
him with disreputable intentions. The New York
SAN has Bad the honor Of being the first paper to
So ana We do hope for the credit of the American
press, mat II will be the only As to Dir. Trist
.he poor fellows fsilings lie in another DIRECTION.
fame rs the goddess he worships.
~ VIII De seen, therefore that IL any svindling -
nas been Perpetrattd, II has been done by General
Butler and Mr. Clifford, they were the parties who
paid the hrst nstament and Il will also be observed
that premium Of $4,000 upon $500 600 is co nsider
ably over two per cent stated by the writer from
whom We have quoted.
We repeat, have very great doubts of the letter
In question having been written in Mexico for there
the Transaction IL too well known TO admit of misap-
prebension and must therefore, charitably be.
leve that the editors Of the Sun have i'm posed
upon by some one who knew better. OMEGA