Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-07-16
FrosM thc City OF Mexico.

We have papers from he city Of Mexico 10
the 22.i oi June, hut not ,ercc' file, Gays the
New Orleans Picayune.) SANTA Anna has
again tcen iamrering with The freedom Il The
press. One Of his first acts upon resnming lie
ieins Of Government on he 10Th ii Nav, was
10 aLloga,e The decree Of Anaya >hackipe the
press. The press enjoyed their freedom thus
obtained nearly orc month. On The 18Th ol
June ST.. Yincen.c G.. Torres, the proprietor Of
Fl Monitor Repub'icano. was sumnnncd 10 The
prescncc Of General Gu.crreZ, and informed
hal President Santa Emma had ordered that he
should be sent of al once 10 Acapulco il lie con-
iinued The publication Vi ..ch articles as had
hitherto appeared in The Monitor in opposition 10
The Government. He was expressly forbidden 10
speak Of the Generals, 10 say any hing disrc
specllul OF The army, or 10 discourage the war.
Senior Torres replied in very spirited manner
10 The Governor and his paper has rot ceased lis
opposition 10 Santa Anna and hi. measures.
Tic editors affect 10 believe thai The verbal
threat was merely intended 10 i.ighicn the pro-
pIieior.
A like message was communicated 10 the Re-
pubicano. Thcfeupon Senior OieTo, who has
been acting as edi;cr Of that able paper in the alb
SERGE Of Senior Cumplido, 81 once Withdrew from
The paper. lie refuses 10 write under The Tes!ric-
IONS imposed upon him.
was sent Of by an order OF The President 10 San
Luis Po,osi, and The paper discontinued by lhc
propriciols. The editor Of the Bolelin &c IA Dc
mocracia Senor Sojo, has been sent off 10 AGA
ruco. Ills paper was considered The organ OF
Gomez Falias. While such measures are taken
TO keep The press in subsection, our readers will
not expect 10 derive much information from such
papers as have reached us.
To lest how Tar The laws will protect The cit.
zcns against The arbitrary edics OF The Govern
ment Senior Torres had determined 10 bring the
acts OF General Gutierrez before The Supreme
Court, and demand punishment upon him Tor his
inIrae,ions Of the constitutional rights Of The ci,i-
zens This will probably lead 10 some &c, more
arbitrary az; 81 lie Government, and We shall
perhaps hear thu! Torres has been packed of 10
some remote prison. He is accustomed 10 these
things.
The papers contain accounts 81 the ssaulls Of
the guerrilla parties upon The trains from Vera
Cruz II was supposed that General Alvarez
would join Father JaIaula ard continue 10 ha-
rass The trains. Several communications are pub
lishcs from Governor Soto, in which he assures
the Government that he will take the promp,est
measures TO Gu, off all communication between
Vera Cruz and Jaapa. He says lha! guerrilla
parties were rapidly collecting upon The route, and
he contemplated taking possession Of Jalapa.-
He announces in cue OF his letters ,ha, the Anne.
rican sick and wounded at Jalapa were al 10 be
left there, entrusted 10 the generosity and hn-
manly OF The Alexicaus" We believe, on The
contrary, lha, all our sick and wounded were re-
moved early TO Percle. TIE impression is, that
The command Of Gen. Cadwalader awaited al
Percte The arrival Of Gen Pillow, but in regard
10 the movements Of these Generals We are Left
almost entirely in The dark.
An official statement il given in The Mexican
papers OF the forces under the orders CT Gene
raj Taylor on the 20h 81 May, with a minute
acccun, Of he strength OF each position frcu The