The Mexican Clergy.
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The Mexican Clergy.

 10 much has been said about the position and sentiments of this rich and influential body. that we think il not out of place to give the results of our own observations when in their capital and among theIn. The bishops and higher grade of clergy, are generally eminent for their learning pu- riy of private character and devotion to the inter ests of the church. Their revenues are large, and are the demands upon them for their c,nrch Posessons, of which we hear much are the flu nds of great number of charitable and educational establishments It is for this reason the mass al- ways rise to defend the church property when it is attacked by the government. The monks and fri not of ike moral grades with the cura- tes and secular Clergy who have the charge of con gregaiions, and on the eoistered orders, if any where, must fall the principal reproach of idle and nrrgula r.iyes,

 Some of the stories told by travellers, of priests with families, of gambling, drunkuess, etc, niuy be true, but by lar the greater part wilfu false hoods. II may be witty, but certainty il is neither honest nor manly for traveller to repay the most generous hospitality by publishing yulgar sur mses on the habits of kind host, as positive facts. The heads of the Mexican clergy undoubtedly wish for peace, as if is evident 10 thtrn, that the war brings nothing bat misery and disgrace upon the great body of the nation. The country priests, less acquainted than tbose of the capital with the corrupt expressions of their soldier despotS, would still l4eld out for the integrity of Mexicu if they saw ray of hope. They generally good, peace fu. home-abiing men, and will finally preach sab- mission 10 the American power, when they are con- vinced that will tend to the happiness andtranqu- iy oftheir eocks Ali the moral force and respectab- iy of the country side with the clergy and opposc the military who have reduced the country to its present. state and it will be that this force will array itself in favor of A stable government under the stars of the Union.