Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1847-03-20
NUMBER 81.
RICHMOND DAILY WING.
From the n. q. Piesyuse. March ~.
Letter from Major Eniue~


We take great pleasure publishing the foloin, l.,,.,
from Msor John p. Gaines. written f,o,, g. = -. p,
the 10Th uli since which DAT. IN, ro,o, II a.. -.
,,.o.... =, r. - nv. ."e m'l0'. win inc other
"-' 'e'' '0' 'ae Guy OF Mexico. HIS friends will
"' '-N''@eH'h 'ne Sireumstanees which account for
mo surprise aud surrender Of the party. well as Of tho
treatment they receive from the Mexican,,
s.xIu,, Por., ~. e, "a ,s,-
Wrote you from salullo ,nIa,r,;ns 80 =, 49,,
up to about the 10Th inst Win bs h. sn"".
under nv command I US. .,.,;o,.J .l,..,,
Nueva and the Pass of P,Ior,.s ~ ,a. ~ asus
than one month after INV arrival :, sI,, g. o mo's
Of the approach Of the enemy I'D d. 49,
advantage they had over a. fheip. IN 49,. -, ~
dut,. e. tremeIy arbuoas Th.v "a p ' ss my
ing precise condition from d,v 10 d,v wh,s, - 800
II very difficult to find out any thing eone.rning than
explored country their dire by nv and ~ n,h,
and for thirty day. never ,Ieo, Win nv
and most generally booted and snu,,.d M, H. TO- ::
January left my camp at the Palom., Pas. with C,n NJ
Clay Lieut. Lieut. Davidson and thirty chosen men ,,Le,
equally from Miam's, Penningons and Csy's
and travelled about eighty mile. toward. ,hi. g., o. -
faomas road and hndIng enemy and hearing nothing
OF MIN, bore westward and passed the mountain into tho
pain through which the Aqua Nueva road passes which
struck between the hacienda and San
AT this place met with many Mexeans who v,ve M, IN.
most positive that ,here n.
no Mexican in the nei. hbohood and A being late in
the evening OF the third day OF my and INV
men being very tired and hungry, determined 90 to tho
hacienda, about miles distant and soend The nivb
Al this place met with Major Borand Of the Arkansas,
cavalry with about forty men, who had been there three
days. awaiting the arrival of additional force TO enable
MIN TO attack detachment of the enemy two hundred
strong then sac 10 be the of Saado about forty
miles distant Our united forces considered equal 10
ne undertaking. and on the following evening" little be-
iofe ngh we started on this enterprise. After travelling
aoout twelve miles we met with Me1cans who as
sured US here Ne soldiers al Saado and thar
he distance was at least sixty miles We had no guide
'ue night was very dark, and Tremendous storm was
comng up These facts, together with the inform
gwen US OF the nonexstence OF the enemy in the nsyh
ooraood' determined US TO return to the hacienda Had we
cohuhueo our route one CT two hours longer we should
nave met Gen. Minon with 5000 cavalry.
On me ioowlng morning we fouad ourselves COMPLETE
encomPassed by this force, and little after their
ougles sounded On all sides, which answered with our
soay ouee and three cheers twice told. Their uoops
approached on one side and ~he flag on another We
required her troops TO retire. previous any conference
wheh oelng compiled with, the flag spprOsehed and the
result was, that IN one hour would their admo-
milton TO surrender We had sxysK and six officers
win aoouttWenV rounds OF ammunition each-no water
no bread, no meat They said they had 5000 men
and the demonstrations around eft out little room 10
doubt its truth substantially The result Of deberaton
was that we would hear proposition rom nem, in an
swe TO which they proposed TO send in officer Of equal
rank with myself. whilst repaired TO their cap Thu.
being done, rode out, received the propositions Of the
general. returned and stated them to officers, who
seEeed 10 hem again returned 10 the general about
III O'Clock we surrendered prisoners Of war-the terms
being that We were entitled to the liberal and extend
ed privileges to which prisoners under any circumstances
notwithstanding the great disparity of numbers-.bou,
fory.Our TO one-our exhibited thirst for The 6gb
truly astonishing. II there was single ,ndiv1,,I ~ .
felt the slightest dissemination to the conaie n cnd No,
be detected and many actually shed tears At Inc nsce.v
OF surrender. To have allowed them to fight under nh,
circumstances would have subjected them 10 ineyns de-
sructon, without rendering any valuable to their
country Whatever may be thought of this rnsount bv
our cOunirymen, all ask IS that they will be w In MAJ.
sing until they hear from Us more in detail
We left the hacienda Incarnation the day after our car
ure for this place. and the evening Of that day Cant
Heniie of the Arkansas volunteers made his esesne .nd
has not sncs been heard Of He the son of Ms Arthur
Henrie formerly Of the Pearls rect House Cincinnati
HIS escspe the occasion Of some occurrences on our
route which is unnecessary repeat here but which
were far from agreeable 10 us.