Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-01-12

I way 10 attack the place "ouu ue W frnsnan ha
| 10 be l. nded al The Sonn oi me od,, ~ AZ
w. IN The North \ abreast Of The Town, ana dis,
,an, ahont Twelve miles, and proceed 10 oompaln
he Mace at once, when no doubt tne lnild !. ~
snn,b sbel falling in their midst would cause lne
Ns,;,ans 10 display a white flag in very shoi'
time. cromaulinas. The
,.r,;son of This place, (Tampico,l @hen J. esa-
cus,ed The CITY, went 10 Tula. In's i Sai,i ea
consisted of the battalion oil IainP,co, 1sn iae
siment Of Infantry, Permanemss ue lHn IT ~,
Veleranos de Tampico, c SUBJ paomap isft from
,;llerv the remnant Of The 9th Regiment ien mo."
.,'eIs, .ue actions of Pao Alto and Resaca,
.le nem nan dorce OF cavalry. Al present mere
anu Tnla distant about $50 miles from .n's
Co. ~ he route TO San Luis PotosI, some lnIee
P.aecn ,hnusa nd men of various arms, unoei ue-
oersIs Valencia, Carvajal, ana pan aoa an
nhsrs who are fortfying the place againss. an ap
pretended attack from the Au'ei'eau 'N
this place. .,;,, IF Mexico are in
Private letters from the city OF WEE ,r;, soon
hi. c;,v s,a,ing that it is expected tnere WIN soon
a's .cy,,'oIn,;on there against The ministers, VINO
", ~ ,aon,s cav have proved themselves incompe-
a, - oe The affairs ofhe nation IN proper
. IN fact. il is said that everything Is IN
o cnT1 money, no credit and plenty OIL
dissatisfaction. r,;co-eycent those
who formerly held office-look upon os % -. ~,
deyerers, NOT as enemies. IL IS wen hno"m ,du'
the Governor of This Stale (IamauiPasJ 20 f,rcss
on The first approach OF me onheo &c. IN The
name NJ ;ts Congress, the whole territory 10 U.S.
The nolice regulations here are most eAcenei''
Bv The following orders, you will see mat eei'd'n
classes of people needn't come mere
HsIpouARTERs TAMrrco TRooPs,
Tampico Mexico, Dec. %
Orders No. s. no,;,,
Al, nersous occupying houses IN Tampico
or its vicinity are hereby strictly Pronioieo rom
allowing any species Of public gambling "i'n'h
the same.
II. An houses or other places kept for The put
nose of public gambling will be closed, the per-
sons found gambling in them arrested those at
lached 10 the army punished, and those who are
not banished.
iii. All personal property found in any house
or place kept for gambling, and all money OF pro-
per,v employed in gambling, will be confscated,
and the proceeds thereof appropriated as a hospi-
tai fund for erel,sf Of the poor and ,nd,gent m
IV' Major N. Williams, 4th Artillery, is spe-
cialy assigned TO the superintendent Oh inc po-
lice and good order Of the town. He Will charge
himself particularly with carrying Inc PROVISIONS
of this order into immediate execution, ana WIN
The prevention and suppression of any species oi
riot. disturbance and disorder whatioeVer. Ana
the better to effect this, he is authorized 10 eau
upon the commander oil The troops IN town LOT any
assistance which may be necessary. BY order .oi
Brieadier General Shields.
R. P. HAMMOND, A. A. AdJt. Gen.
P. S. have Just heard that portion Oh lhe
,roons under General Paterson have reached
Victoria, and there was no fighting. +. a. L.
FROM TAMPICO.-The brigs Millundon,,
Cant. Welsh, and C. H. Rogers, Capt. wilson
arrived Yesterday from Tampico, (says me n.
.. Picayune) both having sailed on the So.n De-
cember, FIVE days later than our previous aovices.
Everything was perfectly quiet al Iamplco On
the 25lh utl. No Mexican troops mac ocen seen
in the vicinity for eight days. and all ieI pefiecy
secure from an attack from The enemy.
The whole number OF troops al Tamplco on
tho 25,h December was $780, and we hear OF no
sickness among them. The remainder OF The Ala
hama regiment had arrived from Brazos Sanli-
ago with one company OF U. 5. Artillery ana
The guns belonging to it. II this be true, we 10
mol understand The movement.
We have been favored by commercial house
of this CITY with the following interesting extract
of letter received by the Ewing. IL contains
the first intimaion we have seen ot the acloh q
the Mexican Congress, which ]usunes 'ne du.i-
clpalfOnS Oh Odutd 1AuuoJ
leier TO Gen. Taylor:
TAMprco, Dec. II. An
was interrupted at 3 A. Nj. yesterday, from
closing this Letter, by call 10 arms. Iobeyed
immediately Of course After having organized
my company mo. or Az ! was ordered to The
arsenal, where remained til. late in The r. M;
The reports which occasioned !hls alarm p lGsea
exaeeer atoms, and we were discharged, holding
ourselves ready for any future emergency
When more a, leisure, will tell you how gal
lantly our Yankee Captains and their men NATL
iested the spirit ofthe Revolution.
Advices via Vera Cruz were received last
evening Of the action OF The Mexican Congress
peace until every hostile loot has cleared Mexl-
can soil, and every vessel that lines our coast is
Withdrawn I consider the war now commenced
in real earnest, and prophecy that Tampico
will become an American town.
For The ENQUIRER,