Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-03-02
has heen GOOD deal of exaggeration in

r,.,e has been a good deal of exaggera,iou in
,o,n,s received here OF the sickness pre-
ne go ~ and about Tampico. BY this arrival
'a.. srr that The health Of the troops was general
w"s.,csllep,. Atou, 1000 are al Tampico, eager
y arr;on. but profoundly ignorant OF their I'M
J" 49, destination Vera Cruz is presumed 10
Hs w. nom, Of attack. The general opinion was
x. ~ ,sey would get away from Tampico by the
81: Of February. .,
q. rsr s.. Calharne was still off Tampico with n
IN o The New York regiment. The officers
many of them gone ashore. and were in The
nA -. shen The Cayuga sailed. The soldiers were
81, ,l.,wei 10 land, nor will any volunteers from
~. c;,y or The North be disembarked at that
point. hoe ,o,,. - hand If Tho Mis-.
sim; volunteers on board The Statesman, who,
:, nr last accounts, were suffering deplorably
Tbe death OF Lieut. David Gibson, OF the End
Artillery, was announced by the last arrival
IN. Sentinel adds, that The deceased was ma
NE o, Virginia, and graduated al the U. ). mill
'sry academy in the year 1912. he is univer-
The same day the Cayuga len the schooners
william Bryan Knapp and Fioga also sai'ed
m his port, and some other vessels NJ" rccollec-
e.. n very hed'g iudh was P"N VS.
rioga. ro h,,
ua. sill hourly expected.
: severe norther commenced on the 9Th inst,
md lasted until the 18th, but no shipwecks had
been heard oil.
The schooner Monitor had gone from Tamp'-
;, for the island Of Lobos. with supply OF wa
- bu, no troops hal left Tor that point.
we had the pleasure OF seeing Capt fIealy oil
-. Ondiaka, Yesterday who stuck to his vessel
min snch rer inaciiy after she ran ashore. lie
"sns,ya,ds proceeded TO the island OF Lobos and
,s,arpius in the sioop of war ST. Mays set FIRE
~ bis lase ship, thus seeing the last Of her. He
y formed US that part of The property, baggage OF
"4.e,s &c. saved from the wreck, was buried
~ Tho Sand before Col. DeRussy and his men
-, ami for Tampico. General Cos delivered
'r,r 10 The frs. Lieutenant OF The ST. Mary's a
vnaureer who had fallen into his hands. |! is
,rcbable that the other i've men, mentioned above
rs having been left behind, have managed 10
zach Tampico. The Ondiaka was burned on
The 10 h inst.
lGanss and Capt. Cassius M. Clay, is FULLY con-
| hrmed.
!, correspondence of the New Orleans Times !
TAMrIco Feb. IL, lS47.
Colonel Harvey has most decidedly come of
/ IS, in his contes! with General Scout. When
Worth, with his division, was ordered
rom Sallillo, seven companies OF the second
were ordered down Also Their Colo
kelcame in command, making march Of three
Rnndred and twenty miles in eleven days. On
,sir arrival al Malamoras, General Scott ordered
Colonel Harvey to return TO Saltillo, where only
me or two companies of the regiment were leit
BE demonstrated against the injustice OF The or
Ter, and finally refused 10 obey it; whereupon,
be General had him arrested, and ordered a
onrl martial to assemble, al a very short
Ro;ice 10 nv him for disobedience, stating in
b. order for the court that as the case was
Due requiring immediate example" 1t should
Ii, without respect 10 hours. The court met,
En-, as there was no doub! of the fact OF there be-
no disobedence of positive order, The Col
,ne was found guilty OF the charge, hut The
ribunal was so sensible Of the gross injustice
the order, the sentence was only repri-
hand, to be given BY the commanding General.
Enis result was so contrary TO The expectations
!. the General, that he declined giving the rep
Inland, and repeated his order 10 the Colonel
e;ura 10 Salillo: thereupon Gen. Worth see
NJ he awkward position The General-in Chief
rss getting into, interposed his good offices, and
~ order was revoked, and Col. Harvey is again
command of his regiment Some OF the
,iends OF the General.in-C Chief set up claim 10
h,asaanmity in his behalf, for the revocation Of
"A. order As to that, there may be variety OF
tonivns; bu, il lhe Colonel does no, keep a
krish; LOOK out he will be caught yet. The Ge-
raj hates him as he does poison, and the feeling
/ re.ioIocaed with inleres,-in such case the
3uoefol officer always has the interior in his
over, 70 a great extent.
A few days since, you were Informed The Com.
hanier in.chiet and the Marshal Of Texas had
ONE in contact That has turned out drawn
bale. Gen. Scott holds on 10 the merchandise
yemped 10 be imported into The Rio Grande,
siboli paying duties, but the Marshal has sue
kssa-d in getting possession of the vessel (lhe
:hooner Star that brought the cargo from tla-
ana, and will take her 10 Galveston, where IL
{. has been filed, TO have her condemned and Tor
raei for smuggling. The interference OF Gen.
Worth got his superior out OF This scrape also
General Scott does not manage better IN his
ou.ea with Santa Anna, than he has with The
Marshal and The "Bold Dragon" he will come
u second best, according 10 my small judgment.