Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-08-10

Gentlemen: In my hurried mole OF The iIh !
informed YOU OF The destruction OF our huPes Win
,paard.,o pcace and of the report that Gen. Scoll
had fixed upon the 18th July tor his march upon
lhe CAPITAL. |: is TO be expected Ina. our next
express will bring us intelligence OF ES being on
The road. have seen one letter to-day from an
officer o! The staff al Puetla, which states lha'
from the besl information he can obiaih, ne forms
the opinion thai Santa Anna has iorce c! twen-
ly.two thousand men, most Oh which WIN pro-
bablv meet Gen. SCOTS army on its way, and al
ford another Cerro Gordo laurel 10 each OF our
brave fellows.
| believe il is true, however, that Alvarez
has gore South, without having redeemed SIN
gle promise made 10 Santa Anna, or having &c.
com pished one of his dread intentions declared
against the "Yankis." All his indians OF course,
went with him. One would think Santa Anna
would have hanged a miserable old coward like
Canalzo rather than lose such an auxiliary as
Alvarez al this juncture; but the fact is, Santa
Annals Judgment is about as much below par as
his courage, and he had not the tact 10 conciliatc
his ally.
Alvarez is sovereign in his own district, and
IS absolute as Nicholas or Mahmoud and il is
no wonder that his pride Teyolicd al the idea Of
serving under creature so contemplate as Ca
nali2o
A quarrel, on The subject Of rank, has also
arisen in our army, but presume the conse-
quences will not be very serious. The Com
mander-in. Chief has made very sensible de-
cision on the subject and The matter lies in pro-
rer shape, pending an appeal. Just think Of &C.
neral Worth serving under such man as Pillow,
or even under Quilman2 Napoleon under CO.
lionel Pluck! General Quilman Isl gentleman,
and good Officer perhaps The very best Of his
class OF appointments; but he should never think
OF leading Worth, who is decidedly, ard by gene
raj consent, The second man in The army, in point
Of talent and fitness ior command.
Vera Cruz isquiel enough just now, and see
no great reason 10 apprehend an early disturb
ancc but there are idle and foolish spirits al
work, which may produce damage 10 them
selves, harmless as the issue may be 10 rs.
There are in Vera Cruz some thirty or forty
Young men who were brought up in public OIL
fees, and have been thrown out o employment
by the advent OF The Americans. Some Of them,
however, have received small offices under The
Municipal authorities, and some few are attached
to the civil branches OF the army, in situations OF
trning importance. Those out Of employ re-
gard the others with jealousy, and are row de-
nounciug them rs traitors for holding the very
places in which their own efforts 10 supplanl them
have been unsuccessful.
One OF these disappointed oflice.seekers, the
other day succeeded in gathering number OF
Vera Cruzanos around him in room Of one of
The principal coffee houses OF this city, when he
induced them 10 lake an oath, Individually, not
10 accept, OF hold in any form, an office under The
Yankees. a friend Of mine who is great deal
behind the scenes, has given Inc some notes Of
speech made by the gentleman 10 whom alluce,
upon The occasion spoken OF, from which trans
late The following extracts:
III. lxnrtf. Iaar -,
duced 10 believe that, because | have filled an Of
flee connected with the financial concerns OF this
civ, | have united my interests with those oi The
Americans. But how much they wrong mel
Never could Antonio ''.'@s' prove such an in
crate TO his country! And gentlemen, permit
uc 10 tell you tie den u Street iersnse IS al land
the day Of glory iol the Mexicans. When it
comes you will learn that ], your friend, have
merled, and will continue 10 merit, your entire
confidence, &c. &c"
This and some other speakers on the occasion
are Spaniarts, but the young men who composed
this meeting are chiefly Mexcans.
Two French gentlemen arrived here yesterday
from Jalapa, and informs US that Gen. Pierce
will meet serious opposition from The suerillas
and, Others al almost every step on his march,
To impede his advance as much as possible, two
bridges on the road have been destroyed, one al
III FL Pan near Cerro Gordo. The later was a
fine structure. There is timber, however, in The
neighbuIhood with which suppose another
bridge can be built, 10 answer temporary pur-
pose, but much delay must necessarily be suffer-
cd. The bridge al San Juan is Of less conse-
quence, but as the rainy season has set in The
river has swollen TO an extent that must render
lis passage most difficult matter. OF course
Gen Pierce has no ponion Train, and | don'l know
that even Gen. Scot. has one.
| t:eat my information as correct, as have no
shadow Of reason 10 doub, the authority from
which received il, and must add that The Mexi-
cans are greater dolts than have ever consider
ed them, ii il he not correct. And who is 10 blame
for this and the other difficulties which line The
road to Jalara Is i, Gen. Scott, or higher au-
lhorily, or both
One thousand men, stationed between Jalapa
and Santa Fe, a distance less than seventy miles,
would have saved not only these bridges, but ma
ny valuable lives and much property. Such
guard would have afforded ample protection 10
travellers, and by preventing depTedalions would
50 have discouraged The guerrllas, that half their
bands would ere this have been broken and scat
tered over the country, to prey upon Mexican In
stead OF American property. Many think Gen.
Scott is more TO blame in this regard than the
Government at Washington. lie has had but
few troops il is true; but what service could they
render in Pueba, where they have been lying,
inactive, for SO long 4 lime7 And who ever
heard of a General advancing, without supplies,
into the heart of an ill-supplied country, leaving
his rear his only channel Of supply, 10 be block
AIDED up by the enemy, cutting of or seriously de-
LAYING his means OF subsistence II seems 10 me
to be a new kind Of generalship. Whether an
improved or worse kind than The old am incom-
peient 10 judge.
The ship Charleston arrived last evening from
Charleston with Two hundred and seventy troops;
The ship Virginia, today, from New York, with
Two hundred and fifty, and the steamer Massa-
chusets with 4 number more; have not learned
how many.
These, with the LouisanIans, received the
other day by the America place us out of all
danger, except Of rowdyism, and The increase OF
morality.
The foreign residents and the wcl-disposed
MexicaES. complain seriously OF the recent or
dcrs, Nos u and % issued by Governor Wilson,
in which lie says The castle will fire upon the
town in case Of an attack. can hardly suppose
that he seriously contemplates such measure,
as lis eiec, would be 10 aid the express object OF
tie cueriilas, or robbers composing the assail-
ants. Their design would he 10 destroy as much
properly as possible. and they would thank The
Governor for his valuable assistance in its de-
s,ruction-and who would protect the poor 70.
regners, hnddled together, old men, women ard
children, in such place as that appointed for
their shelter, rendezvous, Tor shelter il is not in
any sense 81 The wotl sincerely hope That
better councils, rather authority, will induce
further amendment, ii his orders, before an attack
takes place. The effect Of The orders has been 10
destroy in great measure, the confidence repos-
ed in our promises If protection; and don't
kaow how any good could be expected TO result
from them.
A poor wretch, who has been loaiing about The
city for some months, without money and with
out character, was This morning picked up near
The gate Of Mercy, outside the walls, with his
throa, cut and guile dead. No clue is yet OBJ
tanned of his murderers, but | am informed by the
Captain Of The Police, that he hopes 10 ferret them
oul. Near the walls, in that direction, there are
a large number Of halfruincd houses and huls,
occupied BY the most abandoned wretchcs To be
found in The country, and afiordins ready shelter
10 The suctrilIas and spies, who come in from the
mountains and commit the dcprcdalions, Of which
so many have been recorded in my letters. Had
,h.eo boppc hpen hurnt lnnn moo few of tbeSn