Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-08-10

miles beyond Santa Fc, when Il was a..acneu ~
a large party OF euerilas, which kept !, engage
for about four hours al the end oi which I'M
MeYicans were well "used up" and the Aihelii
cans move forward. A gentleman VINO pa,'hla T..
along the road yesterday morning, Stats " C.;
saw several dead bodies in the Vicihy 80,
cans-and has TO doubs that The saefi'Ias '"e'
with considerable loss. NO Wouioeu M nra
rived here from our troops, and ~ IS - os p
sumed lhatlher loss has been small II IS strange
,ha, no messenger has been despatched 10 .ne
Governor with The intelligence. The ilfihS Was
Mainly heard by our sick, which had been ieil
behind nj Santa Fe. The detachment which !
mentioned in my last, as having ocen sch. w.
Santa f. has returned, and report the enliie &C.
sruc,ion Of the place, in conformity win .he
Governors orders. The measure OF destroying
that place is good one, and il IS 10 De- hoPsu WI,
be followed up with that of The destruction y, a'l
The hamlets within ten miles OF Inc Guy. !he
preservation Of lille and public property requires
such step, and even il we nave 10 pay l1' ue
property destroyed, il is yet The policy Oh 'fue
economy.
The roice think they have caught the murder,
or OF The poor wretch mentioned in my last but
think il extremely doubtful. They have appfe,,
hended suspicious character" and that is all
they know Of lhe matter.
In the Sun Of anahuac Of 10 day. which send
enclosed, you will find new system Of taxation
lust Put 10 force throughout this Stale by The Co.
vernon OF Jalapa. Amongst The appointments TO
carry The law into operation, you VIII observe
those Of collector, sub-colcctcrs and secretaries,
Tor the cities OF Vera Cruz and Tampico. Their
duties will nc, be very ia.guing, fancy. and the
quarterly returns which they are required 10 iur-
nsh, will bc lully exhibited | think, on blank
sheet olpaper.
NuurS very Respectfully. INDICATOR
Correspondence Of The Commercial Times
UNITED STATES SRlP AMERICAN.
OF Vera Cruz, Iuly D. lSlI.}
Gentlemen The steamer Massachusetts, be-
ing about 10 leave, | drop you these lew lines,
merely 10 say 10 You thai We have mol had ano-
thcr s!ampedc in The city since | last wrote you.
Fresh arrivals OF troops continue 10 come IN -
The Charleston, lwenly.nine days from Charles
ion, with Two hundred aud fifty men OF The 18th
Regiment The Virginia, lwenly-nine days from
New York, with nearly three hundred men; the
Massachusetts, with volunteers and regulals-In
all about eight hundred men. Major Smith,
4uarleimaser, is veIy low from relapse; Col.
Wilson had slight attack; Capt. Warrington
and Lieut.. CIeanor convalescent. The health OF
his place is not 50 bad as the people who lalk
about it, Captain Plumer is now acting Tor Maj.
Smith, Quarermasler. Our Ship is now MADE
L store. Ship taking in oats and ammunition from
various chartered ships.
A French Captain Of manol-War died al
Sacrificio few days ago. did mol learn his
name.
Commodore Perry has gone 10 Tabasco, il is
said to abandon that point.
Our market is gluled with every thing, IN
GLIDING money, but no intercourse with the inte-
rior. Yours, truly, TAR BUcKET.