The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-04-19
IMPORTANT FROM MEXICO.
The Contemplated Seizure Of The Accumulated
Church Property BY the Government.
THE INDIAN WAR I'm THE NORTH,
&c.. &C., &c,

&C., &C., Sc.
The steamship Texas, Captain Forbes. reached New
oveans afternoon Of 1Ith instant, with full es Of pa
pers and correspondence from the city Of Mexico to the
9th Infant and from Vera Cruz to the Sth the day Of
her leaving
OUR MEXICO CITY CORRESPONDENTS.
ME1Ico, April 4, 1885,
End Of The Puebla Wdr-Ths City Sormed BY Presid.x
Cemomf,rt-7amari- and the Ch1rchmen Prpstrate-
STATE Of the Treasury Financia! Ryport--1hs Chl1ch
Property to b. Sied for Government Purposes
of the Ecclesiastical Rsaeaaes-A Gorrnmeat Commits
sion AppoineG to Distribute Ge Diocesan Properly Of
Pueblo.
The at Puebla of the Angels has been ended Pre-
sdent Ccmonfort Ia triumphant. Faro Tsmar.z il
doing penance-involuntary, howsverin pr;estiy
coister, where he lies hid to yoid seizars aud the
church, with all ta power and influence is prostrste
The conduct Of Comoniort in this lsat campaign against
the religious fanaticsm and the military despotisn has
been admirable He has crushed bt tn st the time
and he returns to the capital with the consciousness Of
having wen deservedy, the appreciation Of immente
majority ofthe people He took Peeba BY Storm although
for political rsason 1t has been thought proper repre-
sent the surrender captuation the part OF the
garrison; but examination 1t will he found that the
terms Of The conrerio all side The tact s
had them and in his power but to tho
further eusin Of blood rather the difficulty to do
eide what to be done with many prisoners when
taken induced him to dictate his in ADVANCE
theform Of written agreement.
The fIal triumph at Puebla did not moment too
for the government while it is doubtful had the
struggle been protrscted week longer it it would have
at all President Comonfort very hard up for
money; bis resources here we're oomplstely drauei
1t with the greatest diff Guilty the las thou
sand dollars obtainsd; could suy new
source CT supply be imagined The reco ps Into the
treasury inadequate to cef-ay the ense
Of the government in time Of profound peace which will
enable you TO understand how soon they will dry up in
The times of a revolution In fact. that Pueba has
surrendered the question asked everywhere is how
the progress in the present desperate state
of the finances If you eolve this difficulty, you
would be haied beneiactor In this country; and In
order that you may understand the point viii endea
vor to give you few items in figures.
According to recent erpo OF ths present able Minis
ter OF Finance, it Is estimated that the current
penses Of the government! for this year will be $l4
324 93 Nor is there In this any calculation fos the
traordnRry expenses of revolution such has just
terminated. Consequently it is evident that the
loS for the ual state OF things In addition also
It must be considered that the receipts have r.-
Gently been anticipated which proceeding has.
very heavy discounts rather shavss to the
government bankers and brokers' The Minister has
yet published his estimate Of the probable receipts into
the treasury for this year. but Il may Judge from
tin past, they will not yield than millions
CT dollars. Here, then, Is rgtful def cit, which
only he by resort 10 measures not here
toiore tried. The only Of supply now lett to tbs
is to be found In the immense wealth Of tue
= urch and the only they adopt to seize
funds heretofore appropriated to religious purposes
fublc opinion here is so nearly unanimous as to th
justice ard wdom of this policy that it cannot be sal
there il party in its favor Ihe whole country demand
1t. The enly real trouble the affair is that deren
modes oappropration proposed and yet no schems
has been adopted In the meanwhile the treasury IA
bankrupt.
" is not intended however, at this time to
seize all the real and personal property OF the church
ana the funds ~ interest as tnat would be too mueh
yeips snnusiy about sia coo Ooe. some wriers sssi
maie The amount 1T less by million. Inose ~ho have
written the subject in orcer not to overatae the f.
have reported the recspts At less tnAn they really
believed 10 be correct Thus Lerdo de rsda, the bst
writer In Mexico Its statistics saJs that they exceed
at the lowest calculation from $8 900 10 SO 0U0
He Wevsr privately believes the larger.
But Gen. Almonte has written this sucj.ct that he
thinks the estimate OF Lerdo too hgh. Various other
WRITER'S AID AL who interested In the fore deot
declare that he properly OF the church, OF ali cescrp
TONS may be ued in round numbers at about s4OO,
00OC COO. In this opini fully concur, after the most
careful examination given for years the subject IL
well known that the church properLy is gene
rally ABOUT three per that muoh from
n4gec misrna and f4voritism; and thas at
least 500 OCO unpr ,ducve from these and other
causes. An examination in full OF the subject OF tae
church wealth Of Mexico would require space than
could Be given, even you were to use hat OF yoar
colun tor week for this purpose But as ABOVE,
IL Is not intended at this time to appropriate ali the
church property. One enug lite piece OF 1t will suffice
At present, and let enlghten you anent' the
1he funds accumulated for odpidnds, (chapeis) I'd
pitus works ctntue porti0a of the esclesiastiia iai
wealth in Mexico, and nearly all cue to legacies from
pious 'ps desrous OF having prayers sad tor their
souls. Consequently these have been fouoded, from
time to tiue in tho last three Dundred years;
ana in the parishes there priests, who, with
out performing any pArochial duties, are known
benehcence and pisty OF some tesustor. Under
TIE same head may be reckoned the fund or funds
tet apart for masses and perpetual anniyersAre her
tor the soul OF the donor, fucio TO particular
saints for other objects religious. AL hese
Eearly all, aho egaces whish the clergy have in
tie testators at their moments ~
for their sns for the their souls
Baron Humtoldt, who had an opportunity Ia 1903, to
examine the registers kept egery ddcess OF these
gious foundations estimated the whole amount OF shem
han $40, 900 600. But Doc Jast Mora Of
the most eminent AND learned OF Mexico,
thought that Humooot had ained the extent
Of these donations Mora says that the Baron
had nspt all the registers In the biahopcs nor
were they even when found to be and
exact nasmuch great portion of these foundao
are rot to be seen in the regis :srs Ills opinion
tine double the amount whicn Humboldt
reported The first publication Of Humboldts stAtis-
ucs OF mexico was lu january, loOf, ana on the
2oth OF december following the King OF Spain Issued
cecree to the funds III these religious foundAons
In order TO constitute fund wherewltn to pay
legations contracted tor hs royal benefit Tne clergy In
Mexico demonstrated against this i'm ,oItc,
the ground that it would deprive the country IL
ly all the money it. with which to commeres
Abo agriculture. The principal champion OF the churcn
was the learned and abe Bishop OF Mchsocan esti
mated the amount at s4i 000 The opposition
IL tfe nuai: the desree enforoel and the learned
Bishop aforesaid at!erusrds declared that 1t 80 mpo
veished country rs to be Of the Of the
sedtent wtf OF Independence rhe Whole taken
b, wever, by the royal government fell short
$1,000 GOO, and what remained untouched. Tn
war Ct ineeIeDdence soon af,er somewhat mpale
ed these iuLcs; but when Doctor Mora drew
up bis report for tke Congress OF Zscatscas, in
the 1884, he declared that tie by the King
spo the losses in the war, fully made up Dy
sequ MT foundations, and by the careful conou,t OF tn
cergy III their management Notwithstanding there
fore says he, In his report the losses aforesad tn
iuDcs exstii form, at this time, ge,ss amount
less than from COO 600 to $50 600 OOO" If this Nh
the total in tre year 1884, shat can be the amour