Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-04-27
By Last Evenings Northern Mail.
LATE AND IMPORTANT FROM
MEXICO


MEXICO.
Receipt of Tie Nears of the Capitulation al McT'eo
-SantG Anna address 10 his countryme7,-f're-
parations 10 meet Gen. Scott at the National
Bridge-Santa Anna 10 take the command, &e.
The latest intelligence from the city of Mexi-
co that we have seen is given in the Havana Dia-
rio de la Marina, of the 9th inst., from which
the New York Commercial translates the follow
ing:
ION the 3lst of March, was published in Mex.
leo the capilulation of Vera Cruz. President San.
Ia Anna issued an address to his counlrymen, in
which, among other things, he says:
"Mexicans, Vera Cruz is in the power Of the
enemy. l, has fallen, not before the vaor OF the
Americans or The influence of their good fortune.
We ourselves, 10 our shame be it said, have
brough, this fatal disgrace upon our arms by our
interminable dissensions. am resolved 10
go and meet the enemy. Chance may de-
cree that the proud American host shall take The
capital of the Azlec empire; | shall moi behold
that disaster, for shall first lay down my life in
the struggle. Vel the nation shall not
perish; swear that Mexico shall triumph II my
wishes are seconded by sincere and unanimous
effort A thousand times fortunate for US will
prove the disaster Of Vera Cruz If The fall ofihat
city shall awaken in the breasts OF The Mexicans
the enthusiasm, the dignity and generous ardor oil
true patriotism. II will undoubtedly prove the
salvation OF The country
"On the 9th OF March were already assembled
some troops at The National Bridge, under The
command OF Gen. La Vega and OF The Governor
Of the Stale Don Juan de Soto. Between the
9Th and The Both two brigades OF infantry and
one of cavalry marched from The capital 10 the
direction of The bridge, with their corresponding
batteries, amounting in all 10 1000 men.
"On The LIST OF April, Gen. Santa Anna in per-
son would set out from Mexico with 1000 more,
to drec, the military operations in The Stale OF
Vera Cruz, resolved, as he saws, to dispute the
ground inch by inch, and die before he will con-
sent to peace-his own words, as we find them
both in letters and in printed documents. Enrol
ment oil troops is going on at various POINTS.
"The army of The North has returned 10 San
Luis Polosi, where it remained at the date Of The
latest advices."
The Diario de la Marina publishes condensed
account of the bombardment and capitalization,
from its correspondent at Vera Cruz, in which
vehement reproaches are showered on General
Scott for "his hardness of heart" in denying the
prayer of the foreign consu!s. that they and their
compatrios might be permitted 10 leave The city,
after The attack had begun; and The noble con-
duct of the Spanish consul, Senior Escaane, is
lauded TO the skies, he having declared, the co.,
respondent says, that "wilh bis nations flag in
his hand, and al the head of his counlrymen and
counlrywomen, he would 60 forth from The city,
and the American General might fire at them il
he chose" The correspondents add that Senior
Escalanle was about putting his threat into execu.
ton when the proposals for surrender were
agreed on BY The Mexican authorities.
The same story is referred 10 in letter from
Senior Ramon Villa, "lhe only civil authority re-
naming in the place." TO the Spanish consul, ex-
pressing The admiration oil the said "civil aulho-
riy" for The consurs generous conduct through
out the siege, which the "cir authority" contrasts
with s'the cruel and unheaTd of atrocities Of the
ferocious enemies OF The republic"