Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-06-04
~ THE SOUTHERN MAIL.

By the arrival oil Inc schi. Cieaho' Sse W.. -
Captain Hail. from Vera Cruz, whence sne i sdn
ed on the 18th May, we have letters from Jaia
M IN the 18th May three days later than oui
previous advices, (says the N. .. Picayune)
The movement OF Santa Anna upon Fueola
Is mentioned in Mr. Kcndal's letter below
Hopes are entertained lha, Gen. Worth may DC
so fortunate as 10 encounter him. The prooao pic
motives of Santa Anna are coDJecturea oy M
*. Gen. Worth lett Peroe for PueoIa on Tue
10th with his own and Gen QuitDan.s DIVISIONS
He was expected to enter Puebla on Sunday, The
18th II is supposed the authorities OF the town
will come ont 10 meet him and escort him 10.
All will be glad TO learn that Gen. Shields Is
mendinp though slowly, and that Gen. I. r
Smith has reported for duty r,
Gen. Scot, is still detained at Jalapa. Tue
reasons for bis detention are mentioned oy MI
Kendall. Il will also be seen by his leuer ina
Mr. Trist has arrived al the generals head-quar
ler2 49,,
The last number of the Star informs US ina
rumors were rite on The I'm May. INA. u'e
,rooos al Orizaba had pronounced against SANTA
ANN and made him prisoner. The Star is in
credulous, and Mr. MS ielet VI 'ne if'A eos' nv
confirm the news.
Col. Childs is governor of Jalapa and VIII re-
main there with 1000 picked troops when Gen
Scott moves on to Pueba. The city OF Jalapa IS
entirely quiet and orderly. No rows or dIslufD-
ances have occurred there.
we have a paper printed al Puebla on the yin
NAV. /, announces positively that Gen. Iayior
had left Sallillo and marched either upon Laca!e-
cas- or San Luis Potos One report says wan
a llf,0 men uoon The former State, and 5000 on
he la,Ier. Would that he had the force 10 do SO
The Yankee, or "ioreign legion" organized by
Santa Anna from deserters from our armies, has
been disbanded and ordered out OF the CITY, Their
immortality and INSTRUMENTATION are assigned lor
This proceeding. Their manners, the Mexicans
saw. are not al all adapted TO their society.
A letter from Durango, dated The Goth oil
April. states positively that Col. Doniphan's
forces had fallen back upon chihuahua, instead
of advancing upon Durango: We think that
here can be no doubt Of this fact, and conse-
ouenlIy that COL Doniphan has mol been defeat
ed The insurrecion in New Mexico is assign
ed as the cause of his return.
(Editorial Correspondence Of fhs Ptcnytne.l
JALApA, Mexico, May H. l847.
For TWO or three days there has hardly been al.
item OF news worth recordiDg-nol even a Iutnor
OF the least movement; but last evening and lhis
morning reports have come in which are emile"
10 some lille sho- ~ inpoi.au
r, "a now confidently asserted that Santa Anna
h,e moved from Orizaba, and in The direction OF
pnebla and the city of Mexico. The adnainisira-
DIM de las Acknowledgment Stage agent sup
pose he might be called in the yernacular-iel
Yesterday Tor the capital on business Tor The me-
but this morning he returned with more speed
than he went He reports having met al Ccrro
de Leon. near Perole, with a force OF seventy
armed Mexcans, whose appearance he did no,
al all like. From sraggers ne learned that
Santa Anna, with large force, had passed ON
towards Puebla; that the roads were fllled with
robbers and brigands, and sha, IL would not oe
prudent for him TO go on-so The aamintaraa"f ae
lax dpene,as returned without etecIine Inc opJeci
of iifo Iniosivn
me that he had seen two letters from OrlZaba, one
dated the 9Th and The other tho 7lh inst. On Ne
first day the letter stated thai the rst brigade
division of Santa Annals army started en- '"'tfe
for Puebla, and on the 7lh the other divielen
marched in the same direction. His entire force
was put down al 500, the most OF them hi'iil-
ferently armed and under little oil no discipiin'.
If Santa Anna has moved towards the capi!a
and there certainly is good reason 10 beleVe that
he has, his intentions are doubtless TO conrol Inc
election for President, which takes place to-mor-
low. He cannot certainly have The lemer'iy 10
even think OF attacking Gen. Worth, whose d,vl-
sion could put to flight 10, 600 OF the best Mexi.
can troops that ever bore arms; 80 that Inc con-
yic,ion is irresistible that he intends having
hand in the coming election. One would na'u-
rally think that. after his many disgracelni revef-
SEES, he would either attempt TO leave the County,
or else hide himself in an obscure part oil II; Out
The cowardly lyrant loves power and place 100
we'll, and will cling to them as long as mere IA
dollar, musket, and an open road, on whc'
run, left in the Republic. :,
Mr Downie. suffer of the ID Pennsylvania Ke-
eiment, arrived here yesterday. II may be rec"l-
leced that he had large sum oil money stocn
from him at Vera Cruz by Mexican, short
Time since, that he pursued the rascal 10 Cordova,
and that he succeeded in recovering The most oil
his money. So far SO good; but The worst Of ii
has vet TO be told. Mr. D. came out with The
permission of the Alcalde and authorities of Vera
Cruz in search Of The robber OF his money, fotd
him and succeeded, as is said above, in recover.
ing the mos. of his treasure; but just at this mo-
ment worse robber got hold OF him in the shape
OF Santa Anna; poor D. was cast inc. prison as
a spy, all his money again taken from him, and
the only way by which he could obtain his liber-
~ was to acknowledge himself a spy in wiring
This Santa Anna insisted upon as an excuse iol
Yobhins him of his money; but, on The other hand
Downie insisted as well In putting protest al the
bottom OF his confession, stating that all ne fad
said above was false! Did ever Que hear of such
rascally farce4 The way in which Downie
now speaks of Santa Anna is anything but coso.
plimentary.
The long aoason train IS nosc coming into the al.
from Vera Cruz and has met 10Th no opposition IN
the pay. There are between three and four hlrn'
dred wagons. and between eleven and twelve
hundred pack mules in the train-quite LONG
string, you would think, were you TO see them al
together. Capt Grayson, the stirring and mos
popular commssary, is along with the train, aud
am pleased TO learn is goingon towards certain
halls named after the elder MonleZuma.
The foreigners in the city Of Mexico are all
extremely anxious for the arrival Of Gen. Scott
II is said that heavy sum has already been sub.
scribed for grand Fourth of July dinner-one
individual, an Irishman, having put down his
name for no less than $500. The war has been
most disastrous TO all the foreigners, breaking ur
the business OF many entirely. The only advan.
laee it has been TO any has been the depreciation
il has caused in the value Of real estate. House.
in the city OF Mexico, belonging 10 The church
and which have been sold under the hammer
have been bought in by The English and olhe
merchants al prices far below their real value
You will doubtless learn with pleasure, as viii
doubtless his numerous friends in New Orleans
that Gen. P. F. Smith has again reported Tor du
". For no less than month he was unable Il
put his foot 10 the ground, 10 such degree wa!
his ANGLE inflamed. am also happy in being
able to state that Gen. Shields is still mending
although slowly. The saving OF his life may h
put down almost as miracle. saw him but :
short time AFTER he received his dreadful wound
ana no Que tnen uouShA ud' NC Sooiu iHS eVe'
fwenty-four hours.
Gen. SCOTS proclamations, which sent of Il
you Two or three nights since by an express rider
has been read here by all the Mexicans, and in
large majority of cases ,c.t6 excellent effect 1t il
most able document, and goes home TO the feel
ings Of tine people. BY this time it has been cir
cnlated at Puebla and the city OF Mexico am
will doubtless turn the minds at least Of the no
nest aud rejecting, towards peace.
Ihave been much amused at reading account.
in some of our papers al home of the road be-
tween Vera Cruz and the city OF Mexico. On,
writer who "taieslike book" says that there il
stream ten miles from the frontier city which
is crossed in M0,os! We did not come that road
Again, the same writer says that the Puente Ma