Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-04-02

Scott, Commodore Conner and Lieut.. Rams, o
4th Artillery, in The crowd Smaller VI less 10
lercsiine objects. were not easily disinsnisbanle
The Commodore has to-day issued orders iof INT
b!ockadins vessels, hereafter, ,c stop and bu'n al
the fishing boats leaving Vera Cruz before the CT
~ is taken. ..s.;os hi.
morning, and after throwing she'll over inc lahu
end communicative with one or more oil the men
oi.war living al The anchorage, went ont 10 oiesi
Island, took The Potomac in ~" and returned
with her 10 Anton Lizardo. Several SAL III Sign
standing in. K.
The women and children are represented b,
the English and French Officers, TO be engaged
in hundreds, upon The addl'onal enlrenehnien,s
and Notifications about Vera Cruz. I.ey Wofs
with shoyels and noes in the dilches, and Garry
The earth from them 10 the entertainments, N
aprons. bags and baskets-abd they arc hungry
The beautiful and noble ship Abby, eo'
ashore Oh the Sd instant, The entrance oi Anton
LizaIdo, while attempting 10 beat in. How much
she is injured cannot yet be told, but II IS hopeo
not seriously. The John Adams Is yet on Inc
blockade. All the Squadron, except her, are a!
Anton LiZardc
A movement is expected 10 be made lmmedi-
a,ely unon Sac, iG, ;;o., which will, doubtless,
,rvrm The point Of rendezvous or operation. rs
the General did not Yesterday extend MS exami-
nation 10 the vicinity oil Antigua, IL pretty GER
tain that he intends 10 land no troops there
Whether he will occupy the Jaapa road or mo-,
cannot say; but il seems 10 me u DC q measure
OF importance, and it is beller reached from Au-
tigua than from any other point. ,
The French haik Sultana, some my days
from Hayre. with an assorted cargo, came IN
his evening, and her Captain very inr"cen'ly
asked if The blockade had yet been raised!
SAcRrlcIos, 9th Match.
The Steamer New Orleans came IN from
Tampico, having on board Generals Jesup, CUT
man and Shields, with eight hundred Georgia
volunteers.
IL about eleven the feet began 10 move. ant
before 2, p. NJ, came 10 anchor al sacrihcios ID
the following order: The Raritan frlgate. con-
tanning twenty cight-hnndred troops, Just INSIDE
OF SACRIFICES; the Spilire followed, towing tweh-
" sun boats; the Princeton, with near Two lhou-
sand men, came nexl; The Massachusetts, oedilns
the broad flag of Gen. Scott and over ,nousanu
r-oops the propeller bark Edith, the headquarters
Of Gen. Worth, also crowded; The propeller Eado-
ra, filled with troops, and the Albany corvette
with nine hundred soldiers, and towing eleven
hoals; next passed in the order have here gwen
them and cane 10 anchor in beautiful style.
Then came the Potomac friga;e, crowded with
soldiers, aa!ow and aloil," should say full three
Thousand men; then The old Pc!fi,a "drew
her slow length along" followed By The bark
"Floyd." stored fore and alt with trough allies
Transfers suppose. The "Vixen" steamer came
next, filled viii troops, and towing fourteen
boats; and then the ST. Mays sloop.oi-waf, also
crowded anu towing nine boats 10 her sue
ceeded The Oregon, (shp) full OF cred coats" or
red backs o. some kind; The steamer New u
leans" with Gen. Quitman :ad bis brigade, or
- nd Shipdc.
Inc steamer Virginia, believe, with four masls,)
crowded: next The sleame, Alabama, crowded
also; then the ship Alabama, ditto; then the
u. S. brig Porpoise, full as lick-a bed
,ick-and The brisanline Empire, ditto. Next
followed the transports Montezuma and Catherine,
also crowded with troops, and The Huron, Maine,
Columbia, and others, with Me- gaines, Ordnance,
) ores, &c between thirty and i.:ly sail III all.
No, s:s.,,. collision occurred. I, number Of
sunboa,s had preceded the feet, and taken their
pusilion in line above the Adams, in Ilunt oil
Sacrihcios, al the same time with that ship
The Spil6re and Vixen subsequently fell into The
same line.
Before the shipping had all fairly anchored, the
process OF debarkaiion commenced win iiie INST
division Gen. Worth in command. The Squire
and loui sunboals then shifted their berths, and
look a position as close in 10 The mainland as
they could anchor in with safety. In this move
men, the Spifre gol ashore, but suffered no inlu-
rs OF moments and Capt. Ta!nall, her command
or. at once passed through The surf with his boa,
to point ouithe way
ALSO P. M, at signal from the Massachu-
sets the column or rather the field OF boats, be-
gan 10 move, and al $50 the whole line ground
81 ..nd the scene became one OF indescrlbable
interest
n ali incredibly short time, the American stan.
da,h was seen waving on the SUNNI, OF IN eie-
ya.ien lew rods from The beach, and regiment
was s,andiD. by il. complete and roct-like.
A neighborng hill al Inc same instant present.
ed The same magical feature, aud another and an
o.her The same The work was done. The SOW
ereien and independent Stale Of Vera Cruz was
cnatlel Of Yankee-and.
sxra sa 9Yas ethf IN % q6iBa; not "a
preventative 10 protest against the PROCLAMATION 81
his native soil. Groups OF sorry locking beings
Stood about, on The Hill tops, watching The pro-
ceedings, but betrayed no extraordinary degree oil
incres' in il, and seine few struggled down 10 The
field, and silently observed Tie esoluiions pIepar-
a,ory 10 the bivouac for the night
The division numbered, including marines,
about five thousand men, 81: Of whom, with ,neir
more important ordnance stores, were on shore
=, sundown. At sunrise, tbs morning, mos! u
the boats, in which the troops landed were en-
hoard The ships which brought them from The
United States.
| write at 10 o'clock al night, and The work OF
landing still goes forward around me. II wiz
probaby continue. The horses are yet 10 r. !a3d-
I'd. Two or three light pieces "i artillery nave
zone ashore, bat think none Of The howiIzers
from he southern end of SACRIFICES. II was OK.
ac,ly there that Gen. Worth, Col. Beon, and
Lieutenant Gansevort, cot the John Adams,
sprang simultaneously from their boats, the mrs.
90 touch The land, il indeed there were any first
out OF 4 hundred.
The whole affair was excelenty managed, and
reflects great credit upon all engaged. II an enc.
my haG s,ood ready 10 oppose Them 10 The knife
he result. except il The matter Of blood, woulC
Lave been The same.
The British Mali Steamer, which has been ~
ing for sume days at the Castle, came down tt
Saciiiicios, and anchored between that lslant
and Paniaras Reef'to wi:n1ss Tie landing. Hel
decks we're filled with people, amongst WHOM
were several ladies. Ip:esume they are English
families, resident in Yer: Cruz who have laker
refuge in the steamer, until The civ snail have
been captured, and quiet restored. The Comma
dc.c received inelisensc this afternoon, GO no
know through what channel thai The city will b'
Quietly given up that no force will endeavor Il
obs,fuct the entrance a our troops. Bon so.r.
IOlh-The view ifon The shipping, this morn
ing, IS very fine ~. leach, for a long dis
lance abreast The Island, is crowded with The
troops preparing for their descent upon The city
which is dsian. short Tour miles. The landing
o. The artillery and horses is going forward a:
bri>ky as possible yet nothing is hurried Ge
neral Scott is on shore. The Castle has tried ths
range Of some OF its heaviest guns in our direc
lion several times since sunrise, but their sho
will 10, reach us. ~ o'clock, A. NJ, body
of cavalry has left The city, and is now wind
ing amongs: the hills above our columns, unde
protection of ,hcil batteries. What their ohjec
may be, ii is impossible TO say.
Before 10, n. 81, our columns began 10 NOV:
alons The beach, AMI soon after small battery
ON a Sand hill near the town. opened slow, nefiec
live fire upon them. The first division soon ate
diverged from the beach 10 path hidden ffon
US BY The hills, but We judged of the characle
Of their progress By the increased activity Vi hi
arillerisls al The eHemy's batteries. The casll'
opened upon the,n Hilh shells, but doing no exc
culion, ceased their FIRE.
The barque Dudley, and revenue cutter Ew
ing came up from Anton Llzardo This after