Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-11-19
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La lER fROM fEnh CRUL.
The steamship James L. Day, Capt. Wood,
there the evening Of the 5;h instant. She STOP
red a, the Brazos, but did not communicate With
Inc shore.
Among the passengers on the Day, were Ma
lor IiuIbide, prisoner OF war; and Lieut. Sears,
2iAiiillery, bearer OF dispatches to Washington.
The news brought by the Can ton is entirely
confirmed Gen. Scouts dispatches LETT Mexico
between the l2h and 18th 0! October, escorted by
spy company Of Mexican lancers, 100 strong,
unier command of Col. Dominguez. The COM
pany EFF Puebla The evening Of the 18Th, and
were attacked the same nigh; by a strong force
under Gen. Torrejon. Shortly after they were
attacked BY Col. Vamos. In The two engage.
menls they lost Is OF their number, but suppose
they killed at least len times that number. They
returned 10 Puebla and Gen. Lane placed The de-
spalches in the hands Of his adju,ant general, Ii.
Sears, who came down with his Mexican escort
10 Vera Cruz i, but accompanied as far as Plan
del Rio by Inc Isl Pennsylvania Regiment, under
Col. Wynkoop Capt Loyal's Georgia noun ed
men, and three companies Of artillery. The
American portion Of the escort halted al Plan del
Rio and were to return with General Patterson.
Lieut.. Sears reached Vera Cruz in the night of
HE 4,h inst, accompanied by Capt. G 60. Taylor,
81 artillery, Lieut.. Lear, Infantry, and Lieut.
Hill, Isl Pennsylvania regiment, ON their way
home on Through Lieut.. Henderson, Lou
isiana Volunteers. came down 10 join his compa-
ny. About eighty discharged soldiers also came
down.
The Mexican spy company is described as a
rough.ooking SET OF men. They fight with
ropes roand their necks, as The saying ir and
therefore fight gallanily. Colonel Dominguez i.
experience upon the line in different capacity
We understand lha, we have altogether about
$50 of this description Of force in our pay. OF
The detachment which came down with Lieut..
Sears, one Of The officers lost an arm BY The way,
and two others were severely wounded. An
American discharged soldier, who came down
with them, told our correspondent that they fought
most CALAMITY
Grn. Lane remains a, Puetla, retaining III
the command he took up with him. A circular
order from Gen. Scott directs a garrison OF $50
men 10 be stationed al the National Bridge, 200
a, Jaapa, and 1000 at Puebla-lhe last TWO
points under command OF general officers. Gen.
Gushing has been assigned by Gen. Patterson 10
The command at JaIapa. Gen. Patterson had
reached the National Bridge on the morning OF
the iih ins, with all his force, having been en-
tirely unlnolesied up n The ROME.
Gen. Lanes command is quartered in The heart
OF Puebla, the General occupying the Palace.
Santa Anna was a, Tepuacan on the 2oh ull.
He had given up the idea OF going 10 Orizaba as
he had proposed.
The suerillas are quarelling among them
selves. The Rainbow says: I'll appears that
Jarauto's band have declared Col. Cenobio 10 be
traitor TO them and 10 his country; that he is
leagued with the Americans, and even supplied
by Them with aims and ammuni,ions for The pur.
pose of destroying his brother bandits. Alter
much hard talking, they have al length proceeded
TO blows; and in one engagement it is said that ia
rau'a vas victorious, and that thirty Of Cenobios
men were killed"
Later accounts confirm the above but say that
only twenty were killed and that Jarau,a was
shot through The leg Papers Of Jalapa of a prior
dale had said that Jarauta had Withdrawn from
the field to attend TO his religious duties.
The Arco Iris Of the 9Th inst. speaks OF an ex
petition of 1900 men as about 10 start from the
camp al Versara against Orizaba Our cores
pendent makes no mention Of il.
The same paper says. on The English side, lba,
The unbured body Of The late lamened Captain
Walker remained on the field Two days after his
death.
b. this arrival we have two numbers Of new
American paper published al Puebla, and called
the Flag OF Freedom. We learn from it that Col.
Chids was entertained on the Dist ult. al din
ner given by number Of the officers who served
under him during The siege OF Puebla. We have
no room Tor the report