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

line SemDldnCc Vi iuc NieA'S"n !.
met according TO appointment al opere'"io, -,
the 5,h, but there not being any ,hih5 iiAe Wv
rum present. nothing was done y
Peace is as far OF as ever; The ieelifss OF y.
| peonle are said 10 be NEST slTenuousiy opposeu
any compromise with the Nor:h Americans :
fact The hostility which exists against US IN 10
| interior towns. cities and villages, is reported
be of The most bitter kind.
The other leading men and generals have gon
| for The most part TO Cuernavaca, IN the ts1'a CO
lcnfe fCuernavaca Isl town seventeen ieasus
sou.h oil The city Of Mexico, on the ROAD 10 iics
pulco. o,,,r,
| some apprehensions were felt for a snaii parry
Texan Rangers. How those Rangers acquire
themselves, The above letter from our coI'esponl
emf al Vera Cruz tells The Genius OIL LioeF'
Of the 9Th publishes the following official repof
furnished BY Capt. Truit, OF the Texas Rangers
10 Gen. Paterson, detailing The events mat oc
cufred in his recent expedition against The guel
rillas:
Camp near Vera Cruz, Oct. Is, 1877
Sir-In conformity with instructions from Ma
jor Gen. Patterson. took up the line oil marci
at o'clock on the morning OF The 18Th INST,
the head Of ll9 men, including officers, compose!
entertainments from companies +, aud n. VI
recling my column upon The MEXICO roau' 10 NV
distance OF about thirteen miles, when l MADE
defleaion 10 the left taking path tending IN ,h'
direction of the Orizaba road, moved stead'IJ
and silently over country covered by lnxnri
ant Underground. Five miles from the Me3ice
road The advance guard encountered a Mexicar
officer and Two soldiers, who pcd and were Hree
a, with effect, killing or badly wounding one
This occurred in the vicinity OF small rancho
from which men were seen rapidly rerealing
one Of them was killed by John J. Glanton,
company E The house was searched, bnt DC
arms were found. AT this place we had Inc sooo
fortune IL ca prurc Mexican, whom We disaIhi
ed, and from whom we learned that Col. Seno-
bio was probably at the rancho OF San Juan, WIN
a force OF about one hundred suerrillas, and that
perhaps Marines was also there with an add
iioual number. pledged myself for The safely OF
the Mexican, and ordered him 10 guide US TO Inc
rancho OF SaL Juan. We proceeded Two miles,
and from an eminence discovered the rancho.
divided ny command into three delachmens,
placed the right under The charge OF Capt. ter-
suson, the left under Is! Lieut. Win, and kept The
centre under my own immediate control. The
right and lett wIrgs were ordered 10 move q few
minutes in advance of the centre, and 10 form a
junction in rear OF the rancho; The advance guard,
commanded by Adjulant Ford, was thrown for
ward, with instruction 10 fall back upon The CEN
ire, il attacked by large force The from, guard
discovered three armed Mexcans, who fed; they
were pursued, and one killed, one wounded, and
the other captured. The rancho was invested on
all sides, and searched. A large number OF
swords, some escopettes two u. S. muskets and
one u. S. yager, with powder, lead and cartridges,
were found secreled on The premises. a fine IL
men shirt evidently American made, with ball
hole in the bosom, and quite bloody, was taken
Ii. bar. lncp
than five or six hundred bushels oi sbelled lndi-
an corn. (some vi which was in American Sacks
beans, &c &c.
| had Two aiexicanS who were taken n the
rancho examined separate. They asserted that
this hacienda was a resort ci guerTiilas; that
Martinez had been there the day before with
hundred men, and was expected there that day !;
that Col. Sennbio was in constant correspondence
with The cuerrllas, and was with them al that
time With these full and distinct evidences that
this hacienda was the headquarters Of band Of
guerfllas, il was thought proper 10 destroy the
whole establishment, Except The church, and
take vengeance upon those violaters oil the rules
Of civilized warfare, for the manifold oulrages
they have perpe,rated upon our citizens. Ac-
cordinely. The whole was consigned 10 The flames
Taking the road 10 Vera Cruz, visiting The ran
cho of Malagordcro, and stopping short while
10 Craze our horses three leagues from The city,
al which point Mr.. Langeion, of company ], en-
countercd and killed Mexican lieutenant, upon
whose body were found pair Of U. S. pistols, a
six shooter and some papers which accompany
The report. We reached our encampmenl alter a
march Of nearly fifty miles, and have the honor
10 report ourselves for further duty.
have The honor 10 be, your most obi serv't,
A. NJ. TRUlT Comd'g T. G.
ApgRcRoMRIr A. A. G. Vera Cruz
IMPORTANT MEXICAN DOCUMENTS.
We find (says the Pcayune) upon the Spanish
side of The Genius Of Liberty OF The 18th instant,
TWO important circulars-he first from Senior
Pena Pena, the acting President Of Mexico,
and The second irom Senor Rosa, his Secretary
OF State As The first open cxposiiions OF the
views and policy Of the new Mexican Admins
,raiion they are entitled 10 our considerations; but
they will repay perusal by their intrinsic inle-
resi-, and they give clear indications OF the abili-
" which marks most Of the public documents oil
the Mexicans and cannot be entirely obscured
by the impercciion OF the TRANSACTIONS which We
make OF them with has.e iDseparablc from the
demands u a daily press Some passages in
the circular of the Secretary c. Stale are pecu-
liarly significant as 10 the views Of the new ad.
mnisirdlion 10 regard to The war, and its desires
for peace. Both documents breathe the spirit Of
an intelligent civilian, which is very welcome in
place otlhe egois'ica and irolhy defamation o.
Santa Anna, distinguished as his defamation is
By occasional force and briiancy.
Even should the Tulnor prove true which reac n
ed Us Yesterday that Santa Anna has been re
called 10 power-.o which we attach but little
failh-ihe documents which we annex will pos
scss Importance as unfolding The views Of two
eminent citizens OF Mexico whose views PROVED
TOO moderate 10 satisfy The expectations of thei
countfymen. But we do not yet believe that ID,
overthrow OF the Government Of Senior Pena
Pcna has been so speedily effected.
CIRCULAR OF PRESIDENT PENA Y PENA.
Provisional PRESIDENCY CT Mexico,
Ioluca, September 81, lS47.
Excellent Sir In the discharge OF an insepa
TAB I duty imposed upon me by the Constitution
for The faithful discharge OF which am respon
sble 10 God and my country have resolved L
commence from this moment the exercise OF tn
Supreme Esec@iye power Of the. The Republic an,
lbeSc,h,re Of tht National lTnon, and may say,
Mtkino from hshanarchy aud dissolution which
thrraNn il unde lis present circumslances-ct
cu,nsances, by Which The invader himself, doubt
less, sees with surprise how much his designs 0
occupation or conquest are promoted, The Stai'
boing without mead, anu puDlic Affairs iuVolv
ed III uacr confusion. May it never be said 0
me by ny couatiymen. or By foreigners friendly
10 Mexico, that through my irresou,ion, o.
cowad!ce The nr'icn was abandoned 10 her sal
fate, and ,rai | aione am responsible Tor The aw
iu destiny that awaits hei, unless some consi;u
lional authority gathers ~ and unitcs aaair
the ties, now brokrn, which should bind lht
States oil The Republic together, and which may
yet make OF them respectable and powerful
nation. / am fully of opinion that w,hou
being wanting in any OF The qualifications pre-
scribei by the Constitution, can a, this inc
men,, and alone, assume Executive power; bu
even were there some constitutional requirement.
with which could not vigorously comply, III,
same being By The force OF circumstances render
ed impossible, euen then, say, should feel hount
to place myself at the head OF the Administrator
of the Republic, as being called 10 power by III
constitution, and in order TO prevent contest 10
This power which would inevitably ensue by fore
of arms, bringing on civil war BY which The Re
public would be destroyed in the very prcsenc
OF an army Of invaders. When the public pow
er of nation cannot be embodied in a Torn
strictly constitutional, lie way to avoid anarch
/ 81, L.