Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-02-26
fE'fom tir V. o. Ptcayurle, ttd. Isl
Later arOsia Vera Cruz !

The rumor Of The ASSASSINATION Of Santa an
na ,uras On, IL hc un.ounded; So also OF his ac
live opposition 10 the seizure Of church properly.
~ las, accounts he was still a. San Luis Pocsi.
Vera Cruz papers ot The 2Sth MI, announce thal
leaers from San Luis speak 0! his immediate tie
par,ure for lula. Letters from tse city OF Mexi.
co are 10 the same effect, and represent that he
would move AT The head O. inc main body o. his
forces. Letters On winch we rely confidently say
lha, 0is whole strength does not exceed 22.00O
men OF all arms. They are represented 10 be III
a denlorable situation fo. want Of means. They
are destitute Of clothing and provisions, and one
regiment had actually left Tor the city OF Mexic !.
Santa Anna employs HIS time in gambling and
cock-hghting, and writing menacn" aud cnerSei-
ic representations 10 Congress Tor money. We
even have assurances that NJ quite recently won
So. 900 AL "nto..e" ifo,a his cwa officers, YER
man. OF whom are very young men, The latest
accounts we have seen tom San Luis say, that
be would move upon Tu!a Inc morning Ut Inc
.T,hult. This IS stated ia letter daled the 25h.
Gen La VEGA has been appointed commaR-
,,ant general 81 Vera Cruz. Letters oil The ZOlh
nil from Mexico mention this fact, and there can
IL. no doubt ot it, He will be fortunate il h.
has no, an early opportunity OF revisi,ins The U !.
States in his icfmer capacny.
Cur private accounts, from mos. responsible
sources, sci down the number Of troops in the
ci,y o; Vera Cruz al 3500-.nme say 3000-
The garrison oi San juan &c Ulua Goes not ex-
coed 100 troops. Some accounts represent that
There are lwo months provisions in tine castle,
bu, we have letter from gentleman who mas
access IL The most respectable Scaices oil lnior-
;naiu~, Lai whom we need not name, III winch
h" assures Us mat Tiers 10 not barrel oil sailed
provisions ia the castle, and that The troops, both
vi the castle and city, are dependant upon The
hack country Tor sneir daily supplies OF iood.-
Sc far as the troops in the city are concerned,
inis has lons been The case and We have all
confidence in our correspondents Information as
10 The castle They have been Tor some time in
c,olnual apprehension o.. an attack al Vera
Cruz and the inhabitants appear to have as lille
doubt as 70 the issue as we have. For some rea
son or other they were expecting an attack en-
the Sth of this month. Preparatory 10 ii, orders
hal been issued tor the removal into the interior
al The cargoes Of three or tour vessels which had
eyaded The blockade Of Vera Cruz and gol into
mort. The Congress vi The State OF vera Cruz
had issued manifesto calling on The people al
all hazards 10 resist the invasion Of the Aineri
cans. During the moth of January the aP
prosches 10 Vera Cruz on The road 10 the inte-
Nor were strengthened by battery oi heaVy
Guns. Through The same well intorined gentle
man from whom we learn This tact, we are cor,
hrmed in our belief expressed above as 10 Inc
drsttution OF the troops in the city anu caste -
he writes: III do not SEE how il is possible 10 IN
,roduce any more troops with any prospect oil
feeding them" ..,..-
In regard to the condition OF The military
throughout Mexico we have the evidence oil aa
eve witness He ,es,hes that every where l. :
dcplovable from The stale OF destilution IN wh'en
The troops now are They ale miscrably clothed
and fed The Congress al The Stale OF San LUIS
recently passed decree authorizing the Cover
nor OF their State 10 negotiate, within for'y-eigh
hours, loan--ei:her voluntary or iorced-to he
applied TO The supply OF The eom"'issar'a, OF tie
Army of Occupations! This is announced in a
Vera Cruz paper OF The Both ul,
Nor does there appear 10 be any prospect Of re
lief Tor The want OF meas which prevails in
Mexico. The Law authorizing The seizure OF nj
Teen millions of property belonging 10 ;he church
promises TO be dead le,ler. The property con
ss,s almost wholly of real estate in different cities
OF The Republic Even il the Law OF Congress be
enforced, i, is said that no one Will advance
money upon the properly so seized, much less
purchase it, The whole body Of the clergy had
protested against the seizure as sacrllegious, ana
they were Imported By large portion o' The
lower classes OF The people Santa Anna gave
il his adhesion 10 Inc measure with great reluc-