Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-05-14

nroec,ed wagon train; and by maeniiyihs some
Such sneakine operation, into a grand and mag
nifcent action dnd yictory-he understands ' he
process better Than even any Mexican anse.n ny
hopes 10 Ieius,ale himself III the anee'oh' a"e
GOOD opinion Of his people. !, ,o
The Mexicans here, one anu a''' u.""s
Santa Anna for coward. trahof' anu .seiS
thing else tina, is had; and veriiy neiie'e .na'
maioutv Of them would rejoice exceedingly hau
Gen. scott captured him The other day anu hung
him upon the first limb strong enough 10 nea' ms
weight. That he IS playing them false you can
M, bea, oul of their heads-ihat he has soia 'he
ha,,,e, Of Buena Vista and Cerro GoTdo loI con-
sideration they areequay confident, ana 10 PROOF
they are elernally talking about The -, ouo,Voo'-
They do no, understand why il was ina' riesi-
dent Polk allowed him 10 pass freely in.o vera
Cruz from Havana, unless there was bIioeiy ana
corruption al The bouom-lhe idea thai our u0oPs
are whit better than theirs or ,ha 'hey Eau ~n.p
Them even two 10 one when poseu oeh''e oa''e-
ries. has never entered their heaas-a ana hence,
az better excuse than none, lhefe aie many Va
them who say that they nave peeh soiu W .he
"Hero OF Tampico." Again, mere are aoup'iess
many-perhaps The larger pofhoh-wn idse ioss
alI confidence, either in his honesty or bravery;
and although they may mol desire peace with
ms thew are still anyiuns 10 get rid oil the 'yran'
IN anv terms. Such is the STATE Of leeline here
in Jalapa.
| informed YOU The other day that had story
~ tell of Santa Anna and his travelling carriage.
In his great haste 10 leave II, he went on wllhoul
taxing any his effecls-a small writing case only
was found broken open, ior be had no lime 10 uh-
lock IL from which he had evidently taken ie"
papers OF great importance; but the majority o.
his effects-his silver plate, his papers, ms nio.
ney-all were there in good condtion. We u
our officers entered the coach, and what oio ,ney
find. after rummaging aboul, but most exceiieh'
dinner, together with delicious wine ana solile .
hiobly favored cigars. To say that they did not
sii themselves comfortably down on his richly
cushioned seats, parlake OF his sumpluous din-
ner wash i, down with his delicious WINE, anu nL-
sh il off with his highly favored cigars, would
he departing farther from The truth IMAM care
about doing lust now. The names OF The onlcers
were Captains Williams and Mchinslry, ana
The dinner was a perfect windall after hard
mornings work, without ealing, and with sim
nrosnects ahead Tor food. A party OF dragon
officers some Two or three weeks since, had their
own ,un near Santa Annals estate OF Mango DE
Clayo. While hunting about the premises, hey
stumbled upon The building where ne kept MS
fighting chickens Those we'll informed upon
.he subject tel! me there was great deal OF COCK
6ah,iue in that immediate section Tor DAY OF
two. and that one paricnlarhght crealeo sfea1 eA-
element A fierce looking rooster, which 'ney
dubbed Gen. Taylor-not so large as some, Oh,
with game sticking out all over him-was piied
apainsl long. sanglng chicken that They gave
b;s owners name to-a heavy but clumsy biId,
with bu, little fight in him. Well, Gen. Iayior
and Santa Anna, as represented by The chickens
of the latter, were set upon one another, and aer
few heavy his from The former The latter pa
mosed" out oi The fight as tast as his TWO legs
would carry him, leaving Gen Taylors IePresen-
,a,iye upon the ground Growing right insli'y.-
Such are some Of the accidents lhat nave oeialieh
the "I1ero OF Tampico.p
send you copy Of FL Monitor Republlcano
of the lIih instant, which is the latest paper re-
ceved from the City OF Mexico. |; contains
few facts but a deal more fancy. You VIII see
that al the capital, on the 10th instant, they had II
that General Scott had reireaIed from Pan uel
Rio 10 Vera Cruz as last as ne could and ina Inc
Mexicans were consralulalng themselves mere
al. Ii did not seem to me mat ueheid' Seo" was
reueating al the lime.
General Worth sill remains al Peroie, where
ne has near TWO thousand five hundred men.
Colonel Martin Scott, with the NTH infantry, ar
rived last evening from Vera Cruz and Will pro-
coed 10 join General Worth.
The first number OF The American Star is out
Today, and is completely runnins over win news
and information. The propretoIs deserve ali
success for their public spirit, and am glad 10
zee that their edition Of this morning IS going oil
rapidly.
l. is still uncertain when main movement oil
the army is 10 be made. The want OF transport
i.,ion is severely elt. Tor, with his present
means. General Scot, finds the creates, difhculty
n exlendns his line OF operations. In The mean
time, small parties OF ladrones and Iancheros arc
committing deprsdaions in the rear, and snch Is
The nature OF The country, ,ha, they can only be
punished with the creates; dthculiy.
Yours, &c, o. W. h
P.S. Important! 10 deloek A. .M.-The dill
eencia or sase.coach is just in from tar city Of
up 10 The 22d insl. The news Of the terrible de
lea, al Cerro Gordo had reached the capital, and
while i, astonished and overwhelmed all classes
the tone OF the papers, Of The public men and OF
The Congress itself. would also show that il had
served 10 inflame he people sill more against
The United States. Anaya has been appointed
provisional President, | believe, and has been
gifted with full powers on every point excep. mat
in relation 10 making peace with the Unhed
Staes-th;s no one thinks of Congress, III e1-
lraoldinary session, has even declared any one
traitor who talks OF peace. The editor Of L! he
publicano says thar we may take Puebia, maj
we NAV even capture the city OF Mexico, but
that there must be no peace The duy OF the
peunle is 10 see their cites sacked and destroyed,
and themselves inundated, before they talk OF
peace. The guerilla system oil warfare appears
10 be recommended on al sides as their only SAL
walton; by this means they drove out Inc
Spaniards, and in the same way they say they
must exrei the iniqui,ous, usurPne and graspIns
North Americans from their sacred soil. Bet
ter all die. and be bloited from the seals ofnalions,
than come 10 any terms 50 long as single hos
lille foot is on their soil or 4 hostile vessel on
their coas.-such is the language OF the papers.
Of the civil bodies, and of The military.
From passenger, Spaniard, who arrived in
The diligencia, We learn that, as yer, they have
done little or nothing towards ioriiYing Mexico.
He also says that there IS s'rong party in favor
ofpeace although the members hardly dare avow
themselves. There are no regular troops OF con.
sequence on The route, end all those who escaped
at Ctrro Gordo, with tie exception OF portion OF
the cavalry, have dispersed in every direction
On Tie 20ih April, Immediately alter The receipt
OF The news o. Santa Anna's defeat, Gen. Mari
ano Salas called meeting Of officers 10 devise
some measures BY which 10 preserve The nation
from uller obliieraon No one here thinks thai
The Mexicans can ever make another stand, and
give another grand banle, but The impression IS
prevalent, that small parties will be organized to
annoy The roads, ca, of supplies, and kill all
sragglers. How great, in This case, is The ne
cessty for TWO Oh three, or even one regiment OF
Texans. G. W. X.
JALAPA, Mexico, April 25-Afternoon.
have borrowed the copies Of Ell Republican,
for al hour. They are dated at the city OF MeSi-
CO, April 81 and p, and The later gives full &C
count OF The battle OF Ceno Gordo.
The Mexican particulars OF the combat. as
usual, are peculiarly rich. They say that Santa
Anna sustained the combat with 5000 men
against IA, 600, and fought valianiy 10 the very
last When, finally, he funnd himself entirely
surrounded BY enemies, he forced a passage through
"Ios Yankees" with column ofthe 4!h regiment
of infantry OF the line! The fact, as every one
knows, is, that Santa Anna len early. All The
cutting he did was TO cnl the saddle mule from his
coach, and then cut and run.
The Mexicans admit hat they had TWO gene
rails killed, but give name save that OF Vas
ouez. Coils Cosio and Caialayud are also
named as among the killed. Gen. SCOTS loss
on the 18th and 18Th is put down al over 1000,
70 a ~ ba