Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-10-22
Friday Morning, October %. 1917.
THE NEWS FROM MEyIco

space 10 the thrilling sketch OF lie elen, |
scenes around The City Of Mexico, as eraphte.
ly detailed BY Kendall in he New Orleans Psi
ynne. We publish his letters entire, lmeagius
to our readers 10 judge Of The Correctness ..
complains, not only against General ScoH |
the Government. We will STATE, howcye, /, J
the Union has expressly retuted the aIsg |
charge Of bribery" and has declared hat G.rl
raj Scott had no instructions 10 grant an arml
lice. The last measure we originally SPOKE
with favor, though i, has undoubtedly ,urncl 4
most unfortunately. We Shall not for lha, ri
son change our views, or cast any censuTe On
author, whoever he may be. The reasons ii, |
adoption, struck our minds with force a, The III
and il would be unjust 10 refuse the same H. |
sence 10 the circumstance which innnerc.! |
Judgment OF The author OF the armislice. III
aside, the de ais we to-day lay before our ii;
ers. furnish a rev and still more brilliant pro.
| the invincible power and skill Of our "e.oa |
army" as General Scott so properly ant va, |
terms II. Never were American valog aut n |
lary science more fully pu. 10 the tcst-ncyet |
| our brave officers and soldiers achieve more r |
,erly and triumphant results We have ~ |
boldness chad we the spaccl 10 give rein 70 .c |
| Aections which crowd upon Us, as VI surrey /
recent baule-ields OF victory and death. v
4 noble spectacle was presented when cur an
entered the grand Plaza, and flung tie Sal
1zar-I,I D,,,ar 81 tho hrarza frnr1 rho N4ttMr
Palace, to the animated notes OF Hail Colum. |
and Yankee Doodle!
The country will mourn the loss Of man,
its noblest souls and best blood-Virsinia =,
her venerable name once more honored Il |
deeds OF her sons. We rejoice that we recoct
none Of Them among The killed bu;, in the
lis, OF wounded, We see The names OF Colo
Garland, Captain Maeru!rr, Captain La
Smith and Lieutenant Joseph Selicn. We Il
moi there are many Others; bu, these are al y
We know 10 be natives OF Virginia. Il is -
fyine to observe that he wounded are doi"s i
General Quilman, The Governor .! Mexicu
admirably fitted ir The responsible POST. "
more than Mississippi; no man more it.an \
man, deserved the high honor. lie isan &C omp 4
ed gentleman, able lawyer. and gallant AMI 81
officer. Col. +. S. Bolton is Lieut.. G9veFao 4
| Gen. uuilman's department embraces The 10.
ing officers: Cap. F. n. Page, Ass, ADJ Gr
| raj: and Lieuls. NJ. Lovcll, Nj. Wlicc. All
p. Hammond, Aid de Camps; Capt. q. L. Il
Davis, Secretary, and Mr.. Levi, Interpreter.
We shall tomorrow publish i,om he y. i
leans Delta The beauIilsl and luminous lele,
"Muslang," detailing the interesting i%nciter,
The battles. lie informs US that since The -
ons army Of "lcn thousand arrived in ihe i, \
lev of Mexico, il, has lost abou, 5000 net 8
| killed and wounded. 1--WE have DESTROYED "A
| Mexican army Of over 10000 men, upwar!.
| 5000 Of whom have been taken prisoners. W:
have captured 10 pieces Of aIiillery-27 al u.
bate Of Con,reIas. 10 in the fort At Chu!ubGsa
and 80 on The l2tb, 18Th and l4h." The Az
tillery, The Rifles, indeed every branch u ne =
| yicc. have done feeds which will arouse HE sf
der and admiration Of The veteran soldiers ..
rope.
General Scot has secured new and powe
claims on Tie gratitude Of The county. H.
general orders are in fine taste, ana DO homo.
the head and heart Of The dis'ingui'hc. Gene
We are compelled 10 postpone many iE'c,
ing Misunderstanding room for only a few = Z !.
from The New Orleans Picayunc, in icia,i
The state OF The road ifcm Vera Cruz 10 rh- "a
tai. and affairs in Vera Cruz:
The report lha, Gen. Rea was al Pucbia /,
| fully confirmed, and he Genius Il Litery
the 9Th ull., says our troops Under Col. Chr
were bombardine The city from the snfroGttlri
heights. The same paper. OF the 81 inst, h5s'
following:
Seen. Santa Anna, never so badly discount.
was, by The very latest accounts, at Puebla. H.
force, after lis junction with lha, ot Gen. hsa
amounted in infantry and cavalry to 5000 n.
! and il was quartered in The convent OF 81. e.
men. TEe americans under The command
Col. Childs, were strongly fortified in a MAST.
" bull, and very capacious convcn, Of the s5r'
CITY conscious Of The slIt nglh Of their posinE
and lis imprcgnabilily, were awaiting the az.
val Of rein!oicemen,s, in the utmost security n.
tranquility. Al intervals bombs were thrown &
10 The city, which, however, we are happy los1
did not receive much injury from their eSplosit,
previous 10 the date uf cur accounts"
From The tenor oil our Vera Cruz coue,pot.
dents letters, we have no doubi that Col. Chi
would soon he reinforced by The arigsl u Ger
Lane with his brigade al Puetld. le rcsche-
Jalapa on The 30lh ult., and was 10 leave lncteN
lay Tor Puebla. Maj. Lally's command accor'
panied him. Our correspondent says, w.l.''s
on The % h ult:
captain Biscoe's command returned ye''d.
day from the National Bridge. whence u ~,
been TO escort ammuni ion Tor Gen Lanes u
mand, which had already starred, the getefa -.
wing left orders Tor he ammunition tram 70 mo-
on and Join him. From pretty good informant
received at the Bridge, Captain Biscoe vas c''
fient there was no, a guerrilla al Cerfo 6o's
and lha. lie whole command would auige ~
Al Jalapa, where il would obtain a sulpiy Gp&'
visions.
"Anoiher small train Of provisions iet he
last niehl, a part OF which was ior ColoD"' =
lins's ami a pari fur Colonel fiuehes's umuat
The fact thai Captain Biscoc's COMPANY val
attacked either in going 10 or returning tom
National Bfidsc, is evidence that he snst'is,,
have abandoned that road for Tie prc.en', 30
have no doubt they will return when lea; y
pccied."
Our correspondent, wiring from Vera C'e'
on the 4th instant, says that a gentleman W.
/ arrived from Mexico a few DAYS previous, q
who went from Puebla TO Mexico on the ~
September, says that he lnet fully 200o Mr1ite'
soldiers tdeseriers) on their way 10 Pueb!a az
other places South Of Mexico.
Capt. Fairchild's command returned to Ne7
Cruz on the sth ms; from the Bridge. having,
corled provisions 10 Col. Iughes's and Col. g.
Inns command. On The way back they were .
ed into, and Lieut.. Morales Of Capt. F.'s come
nv, was severely wounded in The left hand, whic
will no doub. have TO be ampuia,cd.
Gen. Alvarez has been appointed Commando
OF the Stale OF Puebla, and is represented q :
unceasing in his efiuils to organic" and 'qni
another force for The purpose Of cutting ofi Ger
SCOTS communication with Vera Cruz, an Y
preventing any new accession Of men and say
plies.
The following is from the Genius Of Liberty g
The 30lh ult:
Our city looks quite brisk and lively ~
morning, owing 10 The arrival OF Inc steamers )
Orleans, Telegraph and Ohio our hattor, hG'
wilhs,anding the violence Of the wind, IS t'sfa y
covered wirh boats, running backwards am e'
warts, landing horses, mules and eovefnE'l'
stores; and The loud peal Of the cannon IS eeee'
~sionally heard from For, Conception, eiT'1s :
hearty welcome 10 our gallant officers an pN''
soldiers.
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