Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-07-09
RY TuE SOUTHERN MAIL.
1[or, the ~ Orleans Commercial Times, June q
smnortant from Mexico.


Fron. the N. Orleans Commercial Times '"~ %
lmportant from Mexico.
The steamer New Orleans has just arrived
from Vera Cruz We hasten 10 transmit POT
ton Of our correspondence from Mexico, oy 1his
mornings mall
couespopdence of the Commercial Times
VERA CRuz, June a. le47
Gentemen-you will gather iair noiioh OF
the daring and audacity OF The guerriiias' rom
their repeated atrocities under the walls oi 'nis
city. ,r-s a,o.he, man
has been hanged by them almost within gun shot
Of orr batteries. The victim was one Of hs most
active police officers, Dane, named Millef.-
He and Frenchman were out riding when they
were 0lassoed" and carried into the woods. The
Frenchman was released but Miller is said TO
have been put TO death as stated.
Parties were out most OF the day and night oil
Yesterday in search Of The perpetrators OF the out
rage, and seven Mexicans were seized on The
roads aud brought in. Five OF these proved TO be
gentlemen bound to Medelin, but the others are
SUSPICIOUS characters, and the Governor has I'M
prisoned them to await further examination
One of them was taken on The horse which Miller
was riding when attacked ,,.
We are vet without authentic intellisen
from Mexico Of later date than the l2th INST,
and nothing OF especial interest up 10 lnat lime.
There seems 10 be no doubt Of Santa Anna's IN
renlion 10 make stand against zen. oeo't a,
some point between Pueba and the Capital; and
onr next arrival from our little army may Tell Us
az another Cerro Gordo affair. OF The result OF
conrse | can entertain no apprehension even in
the event of Alvarez arrival and participation
believe the suspicious long entertained vi Bri-
fish vessels supplying arms and ammunition 10
the Pacific ports, are not entirely unfounded. l
am assured that considerable quantities OF both
have come in from Acapulco, and have 10 ask
why that port is not now occupied by our forces
naval or military2 Or, il il be so occupied, how
these things have been permitted 10 enter. sup
nose The cause lies in the meagre force OF men,
of.war in that sea, matter which requires re-
NEEDY.
The movement ofsendins The marines out here
&c a good one unless as some think, their deSli-
nation has connection with that Quixolic expe-
dilion TO the interior, OF which ! spoke some
time since The Marine Corps is one OF the
finest bodies of troops in the world, or, j. was So
some eigh, or ten years ago. and suppose i, has
no, fallen oft Stree that lime badly as it has al
ways been treated BY Congress. Give il chance
in Mexico, and will warrant good account 10
be rendered.
The murderers OF Miller are now supposed
no, 10 belong 10 the regular guerrilas, but 10 be
private enemies, which he has made in this city
by his harsh treatment OF line people, who occa-
sionally came under his charge. de hated a
Mexican from his SOUL and sometimes treated
the moor wre,ches, who committed trivial Often
ces. shamefully. Some OF the worst OF these
have taken the occasion OF professional visi,
10 Madeln TO wayay him on his return. and re-
yenpe themselves III this manner. One large ne
gro we'll known in The city, is supposed 10 be The
chiefot the party. presume most of those con-
cerned are BY this time regular members OF The
guerrilla band. Il is yet however, not absolutely
certain that the man has been murdered.
The vomi,o is yet picking our poor fellows of,
one or two al a time, in the city. Colonel Banks,
well known in New Orleans and here as one Of
the finest fellows and enerprisDg men in the coun-
try. is one of the last victims of which | am in
formed. He died yesterday morning after As
hours illness.
The disease cannot he said 10 be raging, nor do
Think i. is nearly so fatal in lis operation as it
has been in other years bu, it is realya serious
matter, and il is impossible 10 eelauy degree Of
comfort in its neishboIhood.
Business is still, OF course, At stand. Ano-
,her vessel the Spanish brig Amistad CamFeach-
cana, has arrived with cargo OF The goods stored
in Havana, nearly The last, think OF that STOCK.
A vessel was expected soon from Campeachy,
where one cargo was stored during the blockade,
and ,ha,l fancy will pretty much close The To-
reign trade with Vera Cruz, for some months al
least.
am informed tia; the head Of one firm, ard
one of the very frs! in the city, has replied 10
demand Tor duties from The Collector, that he has
no money and cannot pay. His thirty days are
out, and it remains 10 be seen what will be the re-
salt. His goods will not be sold, as nobody can
buy them, for the same reason thai prevents the
payment of his duties.
The brig Petersburg, from New York, is now
eob, n III hu, ihary lo
so-chiefiy silks and drugs 10 owners, Hargows
& Co.
Juns GIVE received letters from Mexico
las, nigh, as late as The 18th, but they do not sa
tisiy me on the subject OF the creates, interest
The election One of them declares that Santa
Anna has been chosen, with extraordinary pow
ers, TO use in the prosecution OF the war, but Is ex-
pressly forbidden 10 enter into negotiations Tor
peace. Il is also said that there are twenty thou
sand troops in the city OF Mexico and reinforce
men,s are constantly arriving Alvatezs force is
now augmented Thy repor) 10 eight thousand
men, well armed and equipped. Taking every
thing into consideration, | have no doub, that a
bloody battle will precede Gen. SCOTS entry into
the Capital
Gen. Scott had no, len Puebla on the 10Th in
slant, that is certain. lie is waiting for reinforce
men,s from the Eastward. Gen. Cadwalader left
Jalapa on the 18th TO join him, with some two
thousand troops uHuei MS CoundHu. 4 lHlnh Inc
army will move forward as soon as it receives
this reinforcement, and the money and supplies
which accompany 1.-THE same which found SO
difficult a road 10 Jalapa.
Alvarez is said 10 have taken his station with
six thousand Of his Sonora troops between Pue-
ba and Jalapa, for The purpose of cutting off Cad.
walader's train, and would probably be rein
forced.
The Editor of FL Arco Iris says he has infor-
nation that the election did not come of al the
time appointed, bur is postponed until the 2lst q
September. Hc says the general impression is
that Herrera will be elected and that negotiations
for peace will Immediately follow his installa
ton. If his paper comes oat before The New Oh
leans starts, will send il TO you.
Our dragons have had quite brush with The
Ruerrillas near Peroe. Three hundred OF then,
encountered four hundred guerrillas in ravine
and routed them, the Mexicans losing some &c
killed. Our fellows were guided by The Alcaldt
OF Perote.
Senior Atocha is here cruising about the streets
with no apparent n,iss,on or business OF any kind
He is most cordially hated by the Mexicans, and
] believe, disliked by every body in Vera Cruz
who knows anything OF him.
The New Orleans will soon be of, ard mus
close. Yours very respectfully, INDICATOR.
From he Nclc Orleans Dci'a
LATER FROM MEXICO.
The MEXICAN Geneyais-1He Defence Of Tie Capi
tai Gnerrihas-1ne American Armp-.SaatG
Anna- JVitt9ra,sal Of his Resigaation--7H tn.
Clergy, &C., &c.
xxy 49, ra.a:ua5 our Mox;can ,,aore C-a,r