Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1837-01-07
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Marks to Red River.
Indian Agents are also 10 be appointed .,.
Be L farther .esoIreJ That all contingent military
commissions heretofore granted TO gentlemen nov ~ Wv,
United States for the purpose Of bringing men mo u'
service shall be confirmed in proportion u the
number they may INTRODUCES By The loh O ':'""iy
next either for the of two years, or Tor unFlh 'c
war; for srcord lieutenant twenty men, tor iifSi lieu
tenant thirty men, for captain, fifty .s:X men, i"r
aor two hundred and eighty men; Tor lieutenant,
colonel fou. hundred men, for colonel, five hnhcfeu
and sixty men; aud ioT brigcdie general, eleven E"
dred and twenty men r.
Nv Letter in the Courier Of this morning, dated Co,
lrmIa GitxesO Dec. 4 it appears ha, Bus!a!ene VIII
take the command q the troops against The leN"'S.
Congress has fi>rd uron the cay vi Houston as S sHa'
Of Government until the year l7Ao-.'t Is on Ao''' D-
YOU II miles a;orc ;arri*hurg-.f \ .omT.
fforrssygREgucc If tic ~ /. (hHricr j. L"9aHeT)
CcIvxr.A ('rexas) nccrrnrrr a..
Our Administration have made b"d STR ke q" P''I'
CIV and in the prnpricy of ,hic! have uiIy ana cor
;f corcurred: not only from the facts aad evidence
which the Executive had received, bul from 'c
ments nLduCcd in consequence On SaGTH"! ii'%''' "
Santa Anna and is!.untc rdct The charge o, Nv" :r
,lemer w;tre started by land for tie CITY OF N"sF"g
ton; and i!a concise grounds Tor adopting thiS 'c9
are that AieAco is IL stale al revolution ''"A'"
r1-ntc will iekc ccmmand Of t" troops aast vs. Iu
! is tic known and ayowed enemy oil Sahn 'A"!' "I
martins If these two Iival chiefs are bitterly opposed.
AID eor,e rf the minor cncs locking On In s'tc
the first convenient moment Win lEe strongest IL
therefore Santa Anna sh"n!d personally ari."! h''"s
.hs "a !, would throw C. CONSIDERATION III '''e Po'' '"
of his enemies. and fix the WATERING course Of lc ooapt
FILL ,rrc will then ic powerful factions, ARD eac
will have enough To do 10 attend TO his own concerns
without troubling themselves with US; added TO "h:cE
ave every confidence that Santa Anna VIII h,eP 's
! filth with US The innlncnt he lands in the Ln''co
S,a,cs he cras?s hr prisoHrr consequently: H!y
treaty he there may make will be valid lie goes u
Washington at his own request, in preference TO cin
barking directly for Vera Crnz, 20 p'eHae 10 Hce'"
Jackson what he has stated here. To wit that he viii I'M
r:ed:w;ry recognise our independence his being puc
| ed in power.
trim tie N:r Orleans s'dnaa,d, # Zee a2)
Extract o. Merchants Aeha"s" da'cG
50. Lr:s De roT"ss, Nv: a"d.
About 10 ay, ago. General Bravo lei" iof Iyx-s with ~ men,
p: VIA Nal ros and pa: via a!!u itI:, with "h&n' i-i'
n, ~ i.aru:.aas hus oce, SnH cra"1' e nre ii 'r
n. hrjr rscaa, vet despite ken OF them,
wards 7O0deser!ea Jcwecu Slcxco ""'is" Luz ,. H.,
.o,I v% rSs r'o aslnled are n@ sseiGs'
m cb-roa"y The clerical ry vic Isisleh'n LIE oAfe'o"
and y:u culpiu,"!; snvcTa hc picaiGr" at ";fTih
i1;G Gy The LdU-h!lh"ugh we are incGcch TO ANAL
rariaic this s.aci,rnt with that elsewhere gwen ny lis
correspondent I'll he Courier. order To ion an impair
tint if uot curect estimate of the condition Of Tie McXi-
can ar,..v aud government, may Conjecture on puha
bli,i,* an:at lvulannnm to certainly 'hht ne 'h1a's
army viii be imc a!,y rrFuiScd, even Ii apie |" e'i
IL yas by l! coast Tic Texans {or rather The "oui-
irrs i,.n the United Sa;es in cAas) amount to about
iCCU cn auGcr as and pre- pared Tor battle anu VIC.
tory: tie rcc that could he raised IN lew "eek$ ""uo
arg.cG that nnI,her IL 2JCO.-CnnsIcT ii"n The ca-
raclr ard position t TIE cui.rnd:ng arniIes-n"e on us
own immediate. sell ccnicstng for liberty, and guided by
know ledge AID r cuat:Dn: the either plcy |" q 2tl'.
s:o:s and Lr;r;v"lious, concnding indeed FIR national
glory in appearance: but having little I::rtac interest
IN i.n result
Sar,a rna trny have forcsccn and encouraged this
second n:,rus NOT much that the Mexrans nay br
conquered rs the TEXANS, as that The party which haf
us io:ac brave aud The Spanish adiefens INTO power
b. his own i,::is0nEcn-of which the priests ard aris-
ocras uuk instant advantage. may he defeated hy l "
own rgsircss; aud become more easily Tie prey OF
bis Interior designs
i, viii be. remembered, that Santa ANNA always sided
Will! the dominant ray since his youth; and that wtiG
he owe. uwcreG Busomcric he was VITA The popular
party BIZ; i, will be rccorctcd that no sooner was he
elected Preside than he favored Tie nomks, mobiles aid
Sraush adirlen.s-aHd endcavorcd ty every means to
GAIN Tie ai; c,,os Of the army, By bribery and lar
gcss"s rather ihan BY bravery or heru!Ity--o winch
l.. is naturally aud hal!ualy deficient. Tbs union
Ct nccug;uils enabled him first to oppose the Con-
c-s. and thea have proclaimed the central SYSTEM
tic monks to use him Us tool for their purposes and
arrranG and c rendered tributary to his own ain.
views fence II was that lie overIan Lhcaecas;
aid hence lA.t lie induced to invade Texas and
hoped To SubdGc ilas The only opponent pi his central
government! first; and afterwards his dcaloIiaI or mo-
.arcIical. Bat he iucd yet his cunning or a'I-
CITY did not iorsakc him: hat had defeated himself per-
sonay he knew could and should destroy lis opponents
or rla.queradc friends
The lie yiars shall iuve been Victorious when he
enter Mexico and he can better rulily any treaty wh
l!ruI, in recognizing their independence lhc ns:I"'
b.. army of beccs and ou,casts urde, Bravo will Lc
the :icm Of duplex policy.
S.yrA hSxA-T'he arrival Of this individual at Lou
isv;!le Gu the 10Th inst is fully confirmed hy h" pHres
last night, Col. Hockey accompanied by M"jnr Put
ten AID Mr.. BE. fern his escort. They it Louisville
the :;i in tis Steamboat London i"I Cincinnati, trt
brnr uuar to proceed farther than Fix mile Island,
IN quencc If oaing in Tie river, they returned
to Louisville aid took passage immediately Tor wash
ing ton over land bv way ii Frankfort and Lexington
Gtn.-SGna Amn1, according /" writer IN We LOUIS
vile Gazette is light and slender; about five feet icn
inches hal and of an erect military bearing HIS com
pie xion is socwha DARK bu! he would pass any where
for white man. His face is highly Intellectual. He
las Fever been in the T. S9lcs teivre, and DOES rot
speak EngIisI at -.
The clay vi Santa anna al Louisville bal short.
but as scu, as lis arrival announced Ise con-
Course OF citizens crowded around han! ai&9uS 10 Oh
tain 4 s:cI! OF i.iui.---gai!imcTe ChrUHtce.
Sg4Sia St$s'i'sS.