Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-11-09

LATEST FROM MEXICO.

OH wish we had them now!
LATEST FROM MEXICO.
ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMSHIP ALA
BAMA.
LATE NEWS FROM PUEBLA AND
MEXICO.
The steamship Alabama, Capt. Windle, ar
rived al an early hour yesterday, (says the Nev
Orleans Pcayune, October 20 having lefl Yer;
Cruz on the Both instant, Tampico on The ga
and Brazos Santiago on the 24th. She lay 10 a
Braz,s in gale about tweniy.tour hours wlthou
communicating with the shore, and then, being
short of fuel, she ran Tor Galveston, where she
arrived on the morning OF the 25th She took il
supply of coal there, and left again The same
evening for this port. She encountered very
heavy weather from the Northeast throughout the
passage
8razos put into Galveston in distress, with tifleer
cabin passengers and fifty sick aud discharged
soldiers. They were all transferred 10 the Ala
bama, with large Brazos mail
The U. 5. steamship New Orleans, after being
detained sixteen days at Tampico. got out on the
s,s inst, and proceeded 10 Vera Cruz
Mai Gen. Paterson expected 10 commence his
march for the interior about The 24lh instant.
The Genius ofLiberIy has flies OF papers from
the city OF Mexico 10 The 7lh inst, but had only
lime 10 say that the most profound tranquility
regned in the capital.
As soon as the new Government OF Senior Pena
v Pena was organized, the TACT was officially an
nounced 10 the representatives oil friendly ma
lions. Her Briianic majesty's Minister at once
replied SAYS supplement 10 the Diario, in Terms
most satisfactory and honorable for their e1ceen.
cies. the President and the Mins!er Of Foreign
Affairs
The Genius Of Liberty Of The 18th, publishes
several general orders of Gen. Scout, all vi which
we gave in our paper OF the 18Th inst.
We give bret note from our Vera Cruz cor
respondent:
Correspondence of The Pteaymne.)
VERA CRUZ, early 10 the morning Of 10Th Oct.
Geptiemen-The Alabama is off this morning
but there is nothing new TO write about The "Ge
MUS OF Libc,,y" having published the only ilen
worth cuhng. Day before Yesterday about {
dozen OF Hays Rangers encountered some two
hundred snerriias out towards Santa Fe. The
Mexicans charged on them bul the Texans very
coolly dismounied, waited ill they came within
about thirty yards, and poured volley OF rife
into them, unsaddling a number The rascal
being reinforced attempted another charge, bu
were this tine me, with Coils revolvers, III
Texans never budging an inch! The "boys
all came in saie
The Rangers are the very men for these guel
rillas. and ale worth four times their number c
any other mounted men hare seen here. Co
nays !ocks qaie well, except that The end OF hi
nose i shedding its skim and his face is pretty es
senially sunburnl all over. Jack Hays is re
nakab.e man, as useful TO ms country as ne
modes, and independent.
Tbe yellow fever is still taking off its victim
mere. Lieut.. jenkins, of the Isl Dragons VIII
had lately arrived with recruits, died day before
Yesterday. and was buried last evening with III
usual honols.
An extra OF the Genius OF Liberty Of The l9l
instant. has reached US, from which We extrat
the following news from Puebla and the iniero'
From the Genius of Liberty OF Oct. 1871
Late and Important from Mex,co.-Tbe fanil
of MIR. Casirn, respectable CITIZEN oil this plac
arrived here Yesterday evening from JalaPa. q
The road 10 Santa Fe, al deserted rancho abo'
len miles RON here, they were met by some TN
~ or tory euefeilla'. by whom they were excee'
inely maluea;ed ine suerrl!ias TOOK me EMIL
marry OF travellers, and the vehicle in which thr
rode into the adjoining woods, and there held
consultation as . the policy OF numbering the
unreservedly. The gnerrillas made several d
mooslrations 10 upse, The carriage and burn II, h
were finally dissuaded from their fiendish purpos
both OF murder and waa'on destruction, by Il
expos,ula,ions and enlreatng declarations OF Il
ladies tba, no one Of them present w 10 an
way or form connected with The Americans, eiiht
then or any other time Their requesN 10 hay
their lives spared, and their Carriage saved tfo
being burned, was finally obtained, and hey SUI
ceecel in procuring permission 10 proceed Q
their Journey Immediately, but notull he mara
dcrs had stripped them oil almost every thing
The shape o.. clothes and money.
A Mr.. Castillo gentleman OF this CRY, VI
one of the number; the guerrillas TOOK from hi
password and firearms. The constant cxclaui;
,ion of some of The robbers was that none b.
Americans ever travelled that road nowadays
d.. Galyen. a native o. Havana, who is dire
from the city OF Mexico, fell in with MIR. Castro
family al Jaapa and accompanied them 10 ID
civ; they suffered very many priyaIions in the Ell
couaicr with The guerrilas.
sg.he kindness of this gentleman we We're ~
ia the receipt OF very important intelligence iro
the city Of Mexico.
He let, the city OF Mexico on be 7h OF IN
month. and on the lIth At O'clock P. NJ,
entered Huamanlla Ia town little east OF The r
role road. and about halt way between Perote al
Puebla. There he learned that the force
Gen. Lane had entered shortly before, and 50 SD
den and unexpected was his arrival that San
Ia Anna hal barely time TO get away |
another quarter OF the town. The American
captured two pieces OF artillery belonging 10 Il
force OF Gen. Santa Anna, which the laller in h
hurry had no, time 10 remove, and also took ~
prisoners, Col. Vega and lurbide.
Santa Anna, after leaving Huaimanla, whlt
he did a, the head ot thousand horse, was rel
forced by fifteen hundred men Of the command
Gen. Reeves, and both remained in the neishbo
hood of Huamanlia ill Gen. Lane. depar!ui
infer which This town was again taken possessit
ofby Gems. Santa Anna and Reyes, who, follo'
inc mn the rear guard OF the Americans, kill
seventy men, principally inebriaed s;rassle
and took twenty prisoners The Mexicans h
Two pieces OF artillery win them, one brass
FOUNDER, and The other l6 FOUNDER Of The SAL
metal.
Gen. Rea sailed out of Puebla al the head
pretty considerable force, and was awaiting
ri Pinal a town few mics South OF Huama,
la. on the same road 10 Puebal the approach
Cen. Lane. whose tanks and rear the Mexica
are reported 10 have been necessarily harrassir
Bat we know and we are confden, tina, thou!
The Mexicans should muster force four-fold |
amount of that which il is reported mat IN
have, We, Gen. Lane the Bucna Vista here, W
extrica,e himself with honor and with glory lrt
sheir midst aud will form Junction with
general, unsca,hed BY the ordeal of passing In
TIE soldiers Of Santa Anna and Reyes.
The decree by which il was ordained that "
Pena Pena should take charge Of The suprer
power, 10 conjunction with two associates, b
been repealed, and Santa Anna has again be
called upon 10 assume The reins Of sovernmc
iii can be called one, aud the command Of |
army.
and with some success, it appears, To esabl
his ,nonatchica, system He has OF late rece
ed some very imporian! converts 10 his polite