Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-12-24
Ftoz. The Neao ORLEANS Pteayune, December 10
arr aNDIMpORTANT FROM MEAlCo.

. 1Ptoz. he Neas ORLEANS Ptcdyune, December 10
LATE AND IMPORTANTFROM MEAi"o'
The news BY tie Pulla is very important,
,,d fret n, ali the story about Santa Anna
heing a, The head of Is 600 men, and threa'ehI.s
| and oyerawing Congress and the despatch VI w
neral Worth 10 QuerelaTo 10 proecl Nohs's''
/ all turns out 10 be mere moonshihe-no mo-. ;,,a
| ihcn,ic Than General Scouts famous entry inlo
| Meyico in the middle of July last. a sebiieipd"'
thnrouuhlv conyersanl with Mexican ahaifs' who
| came passenger on the Porlia, ASSUMES u'' .'%'
from The best information he couiu eo'd'n, ~ -
satisfied that in place oil being u, col'','an'
eighteen thousand men, SANTA hn"a a;ob,u
! eioh,een hundred, nor even hundred ana eis"ly
| InIIowrrs With this rumor falls good deal OF
very iudicious composition upon The renewa,, u
The oiories OF Napoleon, the return from Eiod'
&c &c ~ M.x;.
General Anaya was elected President OF meA'-
on an The Iuh Nov. He has once before been
Provisional President. His present term Oh o.
fcr eytends only 10 The 9Th Of January next. ne
s known 10 be in favor OF peace. In forming MS
Cabinet he continued Mora Villamll IN Inc
War DEPARTMENT. and made Pena Pena, late
the President, his Secretary OF STATE. ne whoIe
administration is in favor OF an honofan'e peace,
and one OF its first acts was 10 clsPa.r" eo,
mission 20 the civ of MEXICO TO reopen Eesolla'
lions with MIR. Trisr. The commissioners were
Seniors Cuuio, Artisan and Cuevas, and Gene
ral Rjpcon, the first two having been on The for
mer commission. MIR. Trisrs powers had been
revoked prior 10 the arrival Of the COMMISSION
and AS General Scott possessed no powers 10 treat
with Them, il is presumed they were referred 10
our Government al Washington.
The next most important intelligence by ms
arrival is The reported arrest OF Gen WORM, 1cn'
Pillow, and Lieut.. Col. Duncan by den Scout
The verbal report is thai letters written by 'neSe
gentlemen rejecting upon the commandcr-in-
chief have fallen into bis possession, upon which
he at once arrested Them. We have not yet re-
ccived any letters from The city OF Mexico later
Than the 24lh oil November. They make no men
ton Of these arrests, but We have letters on The
Maria Burt from the city Of Mexico which we
presume will elucidac the whole mailer.
The following leller contains political news OF
interest and importance, though one sentence is
confused and we fear something is omitted. II
appears altogether probable that the Mexican
Congress has been dissolved by The withdrawal
OF The Pnr0S, so that no quorum can be OBTAINED.
Mexico Nov 81, 1917.
A Senior Xuliata, who some time since bfou2h!
forward a resolution 10 EJECT The CITY OF Mexico
into an independent Stale during The occupation
by the American army, which proposition was re-
iec,ed by The Congress with scorn, has again
by another proposition. no less than that The ted.
era compact should be broken The Union destroy
ed and The cry be given 10 the SIales, "sanrc Qm
peut" The proposition was received with ndlg.
nation and rejected at once.
The Governors of the States are Still IN session
al Queretaro, and have proposed TWO queslioDsto
the Governments 10 which they demand clear and
peremTtory replies.
LIST. In what character they have been ca He'd
together and will the Government submit 10 their
decision2 :,
2nd Will the Government make known, with
clearness and trankness, the programme OF lis
policy with regard 10 peace or war;
A correspondent Of FL Monitor says maj II was
understood The Government had answered these
questions b? stating that they had been called 10
gelhcr solely for the purpose of throwing light
uron the suheci, that The General Government
would he able in some manner 10 surrender lis
powers. and that il was more inclined 10 open OF
continue negotiations OF peace, than to prosecute
the war.
The British Charge d'Afiaires had arrived at
Quere,aro and taken up his temporary residence
in that city. :.
There is no news as yet, as TO Inc dissolution
OF Congress in consequence OF the withdrawal Of
the Pn.o,; hut il appears 10 be universally oelIeV-
ed her, that there is not q quorum ei, and II Is
Rincon and severa other influential per oas, re.
guessing them 10 repair TO Querelaro and confer
with him as To what steps he should take in The
present Crisis. "
Here is an extract from another letter, which
gives us an account of sharp affair with euer-
rillas, which is very crediiable 10 our arms:
Mexico, Nov 10, 1877.
On the 9Th inst thrly.six wagons belonging 10
merchants in this civ and Puebla, left The latter
place with lol OF tobacco, dry goods and BRAN
dy, destined Tor this city On reaching The San
Marin, Gems. Rea and TorTejon, in command Of
the guerrilla forces there: made descent upon
Ia. wagons rarinred them and siari@d "h |
for Querela!o via Tlascala. Information was
conveyed 10 Gen. Lane at Pnebla, who Started
afier ihem with force Of infantry and The caval-
~ command OF Capt. Roberts. When they |
reached Tlascala they found Inc enemy there, and
Can't R. who mad been sent TO the rear oil The town.
seeing movement TO run of the train, charged |
upon the suerras, pletely routing them, Kill
ing seventeen and taking thirteen olhcers prison
erS. In the mean time portion oil Inc wagons
which had been taken a mile from The Town by |
parly Of the enemy, were sci on IRE ana SIX &c.
slroyed, before the infantry came up, who rescued
the remainder. think This will he lesson 10
The suerriIlas and teach them that The AmcrI-
cans are determined 10 protect the mercantile IN
PTeStS OF tnIS county, III w ""o'
The merchants may Eclong.
Santa Anna has assumed the command OF The
army in Oajaca. tie says that he was deprived
of The command by Pena Pena, in order that
he latter nigh, find no obstacle in making peace |
with the Americans. He avows his deiermna-
lion to oppose any negotiation for peace with The
American forces occupying any portion Of lhr
Mexican territory.
Mora Y Vilamil has been nominated secieia-
ry of War. Tornel left Queretaro on The IAN
for Moreia 10 take up his quarters there as gene
raj.
Yesterday a new paper called The Yankee Doc
die, made its appearance. Yours, &C. =.
We have been informed thai Padre Martin (the
second Jaraura) has been made prisoner whie
sleeping in one Of the gaTias oil The city OF Mex
leo
Senor Oiero brought forward his proposition in
The Mexican Congress for depIving The E1ecu-
tive OF the power 10 ALLEVIATE any part OF The ter.
rilory OF the Republic by treaty OF peace The
proposition was rejectedby a large majority which
is deemed a favorable omen.
By the general orders which we fled in the
Free American a train was TO leave the cry oI
Mexico on The 2Sh u. for Vera Cruz MIR. Trist
will come down with that train.
YET LATER.
The steamship Virginia, Capt. Tucker, has
inst arrived from Vera Cruz, having lcIt NE hn
inst She brings over so discharged and sick
soldiers.
From The Free American Of the ID inst, We
extract The following:
1.-THE train under comr'and OF General Patler-
son, LEFT Jalapa on the 18th ult. Six hundred
men were left by him 10 garrison that place. The
ayunlamien,o were made 10 recognise The COM
mander of these forces, Governor civil and mill
tary.
1.-THE Trn,n-Thc large train under The COM
mand of Gen. Butler has nearly all left The
number of men accompanying ii is estimated al
5000 Gen. Scott will soon have from %. 600 10
80, 600 men"
A private letter dated The 18th inst, informs US
that six American soldiers arrived that day from
Cordova, where they had been confned as priso'
ners They had been captured on The road 10
Mexico from different trains. They were releas.
ell by Gen Marin, who was on his way TO Vera
Cruz 10 establish himself in business. He has
abandoned the Mexican army and is DESTROYS OF