Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-06-09
LATEST FROM MEXICO.

The Port Of Vera Cruz Blockaded-he f>0tcefs
Of american Consuls AnnuLcd-.imfrie0ns Or
dcred 10 Tie Interior Of The Conntry-Eforts Of
the Government 10 Sustain the Har, &c.
The barqne Tha,us, Capt. Merrill, (says the
N. Orleans Delta of June 3lsl) from Vera Cruz,
arrived here last evening. We received papers by
her from the City Of Mexico 10 The 18th, and from
Vera Cruz Ia The lime OF her departure. She
sa lied on the Doth June. We learn verbally from
Cant. NJ. that The T. S steam frgate Mississippi
arrived al Vera Cruz on The 18th, with the news
OF The battles OF the Sin and 9th May. Care was
taken 10 keep il from the Nexicans though II is
thought The fact Of their defeat might have leaked,
and did LEAK, out.
'rhe Mississippi and Falmouth had bocGaded
The Pou OF Vera Cruz. Orders had been receiv-
ed from The City of Mexico, directing all Amer
cans TO leave Vera Cruz BY the 9th May. MIR.
Diamond the Consul was preparing 10 go on
board OF one oil the U. S. vessels OF war. II
was generally thought that The American vessels
LETT in port (the barque Louisiana and the brig
Helen McLeod) would be seized by The Me1l-
cans.
The contractor of supplies Tor the American
squadron had been forbidden By the Vera Cruz
authorities 10 furnish them with more.
The ThRns was boarded of the harbor oil We
nv Cruz BY The u S. Ship Falmouth, and took
letter bag from her.
The brig ST, Petersburg sailed on the l9;h for
New York.
We have been permitted 10 make the following
extract from Letter received BY highly respec-
'-'i~ Mexican house in this city
"a circular has been issued by the
government, stating that all the American Con-
suls cease Immediately from being recognised,
and ordering all American citizens 10 embark or
retire into the Interior within eight days. The
u. S. steamer Mississippi yesterday ordered of
vessel from the port, bu, she came in during he
hight: thus proving The porl 10 be blockaded, al
leas, 10 national vesseIs-a step which has mate
rally COMPROMISED the American vessels in The
harbor. and we are very much afraid that We
shall not be allowed 10 despatch the Tlrtus.
"The government is making every eforlto car
ry OUT the war with success, and has replenished
the treasury by carrying through some very strong
measures The Castle OF San Juan de Ulua and
this city are in a brilliant state Of defence, and
would require very strong lorce 10 De sent II an
attack were meditaled."
The RepuJl,eano of the city Of Mexico, contains
an article against the government in which II ami
madverts upon the actual slate of the country, al
tackled as il is by foreign enemy and with
rraspec, Of local revolution. That paper AYERS
that in cass If any revolution The troops now en-
gagged in repelllnS Tie enemy would be orderedto
act in support Of either one Parry he other
claiming local supremacy.
As proof OF The disaP'tH anc manner in
which the Mexican soldiers are treated BY their
officers we will mention The case OF soldier
named Pablo Garcia who Tor some dereiclon OF
duly was most cruelty whipped and then sent 10
a dungeon under ground where, from The nature
of his wounds, sangrened in The absence oil medi-
cal care. he died in six days afterwards. His
body was in such nansed Stale thai he died on
his knees, not being able 10 lie down. Don Jose
Maria de lrigoyen has been named governor OF
Chihuahua.
In The Department of Sonora the Apache In
dams had attacked the town of Oputo, where
they killed 80 Mexicans, The Indians stealing
every Thing they could lay their hands on These
Apachcs are uniformed in blue cloth lrcck coat
with red facings and panlaioons OF the same
stuff, with caps, and they were armed with Ites.
The whole department was in dreadful stale OF
misery and conservation.
Several robberies on large scale have been
lately committed in the City of Mexico and its
neshborhood.
In speaking Of the American army a despatch
from the Mexican commandment of Engineers al
Maiamoras, says that "the American army is not
more than 1000 sirong-and is in state OF de-
moralizaion There is no union among them
without any desire for glory. lis ofIicersare good,
but then there are many of them who have come
TO fight against their will II we have no local
revolution this American army will either capt.
ulalc or be entirely defeated within 20 days"
The exports from Vera Cruz in The month OF
April, amounted 10 S24l 1856, of which Si95, 1877
was in specie.
The Republican, of the 18Th, says that the in
tention Of the government was 10 send their war
steamers, the Guadalupe and Monezuma, TO The
Havana 10 be sold al auction. On arriving at
the latter port tho steamers were 10 hoist Inc
Mexican flag and fire salute. The Mexican
sailors refused 10 sail in them under these cond-
tions, and the steamers were 10 leave the river
Alvarado where they had been laid up IN oId-
nary, under The British flag, and commanded by
British officer. Nothing positive was known
Of this arrangement, but The Diario Oficial no
doubt endorsed or contradicled this report OF the
18th. As we have before stated, our dates from
the capital are only The l4lb instant.
The Diario of the 9th and 18th hints that the la
mented Colonel Gross came 10 his death by The
hands of a Mexican lahorer. II AYERS that the
Colonel was in the habit Of visiting the laborer's
hut where he paid very significant attentions 10
the la,ier's wife The latter found il necessary
adds the Diario 10 throw the Colonel into the ri
yer with a weight attached, so as 10 make him
sink 10 the bottom. The Mexican then crossed
the river with his wife, and took the watch, arms
and other ,rinkets belonging 10 the Colonel. We
give This for what il is worth without placing The
slightest reliance on its veracy.
Several Of the papers in The city of Mexico re-
commend the Bishop OF Michoacan, as the fttest
person 10 fill the vacant archbishoprick OF Mexi-
CO.
General Arsia's despatch TO the Minister Of
War, dated al Mslamoras, April the 26lh, con-
tains the following passages relative TO the first
outbreak and defeat Of Captain Thornlons CON-
pany:
"The prisoners will be brought 10 Ma,amoras
this day. They shall be treated according 10 the
laws Of war, until they can be sent 10 the interior
Your E1celleDcy may rest assured that my con-
duct towards these unfortunate beings will prove
10 these usurpers that The Mexicans are literally
endowed with the feelings Of humanity
II, is likely that General Taylor will open bis
batteries on our eityte.day, 1.-The does, shall ip