Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-11-19

Accordingly he landed first OF all, and c1ahg,nf
his dress, al on made his escape, nei1ic ooio;'e
u;l.on roulJ AK. measures 10 arrest hln, when
ne did lie moment an unworthy Mexican WIZ
rrcos sized him disclosed lie tact. iIc Iaa "os
been cone five minutes before lac gatts VIZ
shot: cavalry pursued him, but &c iisu ue'el'
Them taking the road of Soedad ahd arc i,. ~.
lie dangers from "evi-doels who innniia'ec -.
country" (Gueniilcros) he reached eofdoVa Ani
Orizaba and thence Palmar, and al once coiil.i'u
nica,td his arrival 20 the Government ~ Wv"
eminent, refused his proflsied services anu
the ba!shest measures a2aIhs! nun. Nv" ,..,.
Anna is handled in Ibis address We have hV' ioo'''
10 tell 10 dag. ,, ,,, III
From he general tenor OF addresses from an
mans RI The County, we think ii apparent ma!
he rule Of prna Pcna is cheerialiy acqniesceu
in Tie l;cenlious scldiery anu some military
leaders will endcavor 10 oppose HIM and mere
ere in some S;a,cs signs OF insubordnailon, hul
no, directed particularly against pena fena.-
His Administration, howe yer, is 10 DC temporary
a, The best, unless Congress should meet and elect
him permanently. a;s
sensious have ragged as strongly as ever since
SANTA Anna's resignation. Ii denounces the 90
nayc,;sas as being upon the point OF attempting
10 carry out their projects.
FINN the -. o. I'icoyuns, Mar. I.
MR.. KENDALLS LETTERS FROM TIE
ARMY
Editorial correspondence OF the Picaynne
CRY OF MEXICO, Oc.. 5 le47.
An earthquake! we nave had an earthquake
Between the hours OF 7 and Yesterday morning
ami when all nature was hushed in a stiffness
NEST profound, suddenly The earth began 10 rock
with strange and most fearful motion. | am
living al the house OF Pena Pena, The head
ouai,ers Of Gen. Worth, immedaeiy III front OF
lie teauiful alameda, AMI The first inlimanoh
We had CT The dread CONFUSION vas The vIo'ens
slamming q; The doors, accompanied Nv furious
,innlpu j: The glass pendants atacic! 10 chan
deiirr hanging and swinging from the ceiling Of
| fha room, Soon our beds commenced rocking,
some hirr after The manner oi ship becalincd
NJ The close o! a som, and then the shiicKs OF
iunrmrrsbe women and children, driven, hall
dressed. alilishled into The sIreeis-ihe dreaded
t.mJi0r, AS The Mcxicans call II, was upon us
Mos, strange aud Impressive was Inc scene as
closed from The front windows, as reelInS ana
staggering We approached and opened them-,o
Walk steady was impossible, SO violent were The
upheayuc. and o. .i!!aiions of the mighty earth.
The tops al The large trees in The alamenda were
swayins, The water in The reservoirs was pillow
inc 10 and lro, Ihs walls around US were CRACKING
and gaping a>undrT he wide street in trent was
crowded with women and children, as well rs
men, screaming and praying, and crossing them
selves in The extremity Of their fright while our
own soldiers were Keeling unsleadiy in their
midst, asonshed and awe-saickrn al the strange
commolion. The senlnels hailed upon their
rounds. uncertain and not knowing what 10 do
The calic11nS or narrow lanes, continued 10 pour
forth their hundreds OF afri9hled inhabitants, all
~ cf ,l,o eli
squares lest their own houses might to;ier and
tumble upon their heads, while, on bendfd Knees,
they confessed their sins aloud, and earnestly Pc
iilion-d forgiveness ere il was yet too late. "A
wounded officer in our house, bed-ridden, and APP
parenly unable 10 move since The hard-iouShi
ballIe OF FL Molino, came hobblng hurriedly
from his room, driven thence by the cracking OF
The walls ard the strange lumull from without.
The stiffness Of the morning, 50 profound had
been The Ieposc OF Nature, but added 10 The gene
raj feeling Of wonder and Of awe-of conslelna
ton perhaps should term IT, a fear caught from
the actions and counIcnanccs OF those native
here and 10 the manor born those Graded and
rocked amid CONNEXIONS o. a kindred nature.
The comes and s;ecrlcs oil the innumerable
churches and converts reeled like drunken men
The lakes hard ~ rolled their sluggish waters, rs
though moved hy an elemental sthe i;om above,
instead Of The earth in which they ale nestled IN
her sorerayail. An officer in The street, about 70
mount his horse al the commencement; If the
commo;ion, suddenly found he animal recedins
from him. Astonished, he Inquired Of soldier
close by The cause but the man was AS Ignorant
AS himself The puddes in The slreetS-ior there
had been severe shower The night before
spread themselves and disappeared upon the
pavement, 50 great was The motion, while the
trees in The alameda continued 10 lash their huge
tops, as il swayed BY unseen, yet allpowerul
hands. The shock lasted over TWO minntes-peT-
haps should say succession OF shocks, for The
oscllalory molio0 Of the eauh a, short intervals,
became calm-Whiie The whole scene impressed
every one anew with the might, the majesty, and
the manifold power Of The Most High.
But il the streets and open ways presented
spectacle most impressive, conGy awful was the
effect produced anon. the wounded men in the
different hospitals. Unconscious OF the canse of
the strange commolpn, filled with appTehensons,
which ever attack with ten fold force tue oisao.eu
and The infrm, and dreading results from phe-
nomencn they must have deemed akin 70 me 81,
nernatural, lie poor fellows rose and hubb'ed
from their cois-,rembling and stricken by deep
ave. vel moi knowing whittier TO fl. The arnless
bnrried bilher and lhher the legless hobhled
about in all directions, while the bed-riddcn, The
PROSTATE and The utterly helpless, panc-slrcken
and responding, earnestly prayed and re'iloned
no, 10 be left unprecedented 10 be deserted IN
an extremity which their ignorance made pain
July terrifying But b. and by the earth be-
ca me relieved Of her mighty hroes, The s'asser..
ing seepies resumed their quis!, The alTighiened
Inhabitants rose thankful from their knees, The
scuiinels recommended their rounds-lhc fury OF
The dreaded lembor was spent.