Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-12-03
>LaTEsr FROM MEXICO.
rFrsm he ~ Orleans Preeg"ae, Nov. "a
TEN DAYS LATER t,s>! FEoM TILE CITY

R(urm Home Of GeM Qp,inon, S@'et"s, o's
H,rneu, Garland and otters = O'gdnizo.'"n o
he MEXICAN Congress Reported Re1aoref 81 ,ae
<Corernment from Quereta'o 10 1Io'eHa' &C &C.
By the arrivals las, night OF The steamship h'a,
hama Cant. Winile we have dales itoln se,
Cruz 10 the 18Th AMI from me Guy VI 'ieA,so "
The S,h Nov. more than a week later lhan our pre-
yious adyices The news, although not possess
ING any special Importance, is Still interesting
- and we hasten 10 Law il before our readers.
The steamship Galveston sailed iiom vera
Crnz with The Alabama, on the evening oi 'he
18Th Nov, To touch we believe, al iamPico.-
Tbe New Orleans was 10 leave on The morning
of the 18Th as was also The Gen. bu'iei.
number OF officers on their way from 'he army
as also portion of the Encarnac'oh =. 'so"e's
among them Major Gaines, Capts. tieady ana
smith Iieuls. Barbour and Churchill-wlll ar
rive in the course OF lew days BY these vcssels'
The following is list Of Tie officers VINO nave
come over in the Alabama: s,;.,,s
Major General Quitman. Brigadier Genera ~ an1 n
Surgeon General Lawson; Colonel na'n Ssione, An.
yo0ns: Colonel Garland, 9Th Infantry; eo c, g.
ssm, vnI;asrr.. Coioarl Morgan, 18th Infantry Co
lionel RAMSEY. Ilih Infantry, Colonel Burnett New
York Volunteers; Doctor Harvey, unreu Major smith
Eneinasrs Major Wade, Sd Artillery; MAJOR Gwynn,
9th Infantry; Major Bonneville, 6th inian.'y ,Jo
I.orng Rifles; Major Borland, Arkansas soiu" H.;
Major Bennett Paymastrr United states army; .'Ju
Dyksman, New York Volunteers; Captah hnu.,S"n'
Sd Artillery; Captain, Wayne, Assistant ,
United States Army; Captain MARTIN; w. @apa an
ZONES. Rifles; Captain McReynods 80 Dragoons' Iap
lain P.nrose Cd Infantry Captain k-arny, ISL pra
goons; Captain Mason Engineers; captain .iy
EsSsrds. Voitieeprs; Lieurenant c. 7. NJ. Davis,
United States Army; Lieutenant Thon, ilpe
Enyineers: Lieutenant Newman 9Th Infantry i'e ~.
ant Williamson 3d Infantry Lieutenant Brodhead ''h
do; Lieutenant Potter New YORK 'oiun'ee's -, ir,,
ant Sweeny do Lieutenant Rosehe,an,a, o.' ma'
Try; Lieu,e nant Vernon, vogrus; Len.r .",
R,aes. lieutenant grardsly 9Th Infantry; Lieutenant
Naclay do Lieutenant ilesd'ickson ON -, ~
Lieutenant Johnson, do Liehtenai'l nan Ihns,nn
rillrry Lieutenant Boynton, d.; Lieuehah! 'unhs'o'
I'd Artillery; Lieutenant Judd, do tieuleha'' i ,,
do /; Lieutenant Graham, lst Dragoons l.eu'ena nan
Shields I4th Infantry; Lieutenant Calender, o1u
nance; Lieutenant Moragne, South Carolina aoinn,
teers; Lieutenant KiseI, Eo't,seufs ,,i,sS.ea
semmes United States Navy Passed Midsn,pman
Rogers do Doctor Graves Mr. Hammond, fos.hias.e,
limited States Army; MessIs. George Wilkins Kendall
David B. Pierce, II. Marks, r. l.. Doughty skaenIr'a
Gibbons, Watts, Foster, Edwards and ~ '. DAVIS.
General Quiiman leaves The army IN Mexico
under The following order:
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY
MEXICO, October &c, ls4!.
man. much distinguished for gallant and efficient ser
vices, viii proceedto the United suites ana report III
person or BY letter 10 the Department OF War
BY command Of Major General scoli. y
II. l.. SCOTT, A. A. A. c.
Since the promotion OF this gallant and popu-
lar officer from brigadier 10 major general no
peImanen, division OF the army has been assign
ed him. By request OF the genera-ir-c CHIEF ne
took command OF the volunteer division during
the desperate struggles in the valley oil Mexico,
and how bravely he acquitted himself The entire
army knows. Although holding the high and
responsible office OF Governor OF Mexico, u was
Enthusiastically his duty, as soon as possible 10
seek for orders which would permanently assign
him 10 the command Of his proper division. rms
is the purpose OF his return al This time 10 Inc Y.
States. The brave Gen. Shields, ever IN NE
thickes, OF the fight, returns, disabled from his
wounds, TO recruit his health and gain strength.
The same may be said Of Coils. Garland, Nor
gan and Burnett; Majs. Wade and Lorng; Capls.
Kearny. Anderson, Irwin, McReynolds, Martin
and Mason; Lieuis. Uaskin, Calender, Newman,
uendrickson, Potter Sweeny, Rosencran'z, Ora
ham. Moragne, Beardsley, Boyn,on, Shields and
others. Leuis. Judd and Thomas are immcdl.
alely TO join Brags's battery, to which they ieRi-
mately belong Col Harvey, VINO mas been IN
active service from the commencement Of The
war. and even before, comes home TO recruit
The same may be said OF other officers. Lieut.
Col Moore also is ordered home on recruiting
service Our cily-our common countiy--can-
no, do these men 100 much honor.
The Alabama also brought over no less than
oIO sick. wounded and disabled soldiers. n 81
ole glance al these poor fellows, Who have snisi
ed SO much Tor their county, viii convince any
one Of the absolute and immediate necessity 81
proyidinc some retreat Tor them in their adverse
~. Even the Mexican Government makes better
2qyisaaas JtaF IL sick disabled and W0fn0a SOL
Three of those who started on the Alabama
Henry Kahn Of the 9Th u. $. Infantry, Marlin
Cosrolow. 2i u. = Artillery, and Richard Me
Manns Of the I'd Pennsylvania Volunteers, died
on The passage over. The bodies ot The Two la,-
Ter were consigned 10 the sea On The third day ou
The former was brought here for in,ermeut. La
This connection We cannot but speak oil the kind
and upremilling exeriions vi pr. Edwards, sur
geon OF The navy, but who has been acting with
the Marines in Mexico. During The passage
over FROM Vera Cruz he was constant in his a.
ten;ion, IL, ,he sick and wounded administering
medicines aud dressing their wounds By day as
well as 10y uch'. The poor fellows 10 whom he
has been SO attentive will certainly never forget
him.
The great train, numbering something like
GOO Wagons, eil the city OF Mexico on the Isl Of
November, and arrived al Vera Cruz on the 18Th
Without moIeslation or bindlance save lew
shots fired at il from the hills at Rio Fro. This
side OF that place il was fonnd that The bridge
had been taken up, and that The trees on either
side the road for miles had been felled across;
but large crowd OF the Indians in The vicinity
were at once sci TO work cutting them oui and
the delay caused 10 the train was al hu, Short du
ration. Alter The American armv passed in
August SO confident were The alexicans OF
achieving complete triumph they placed all
these distractions in The road 10 cut of The re-
treat. The sequel shows how much they were
disappointed.
AS the advance u the train neared San Martin
a few hundred OF Gen Rea's guerrilleros were
seen scampering out OF The place as fast as their
horses wouli CARY them. They did not even stop
10 fire a shot, although the guard 10 the train
hardly consisted of man to each wagon, aud
this was amos, the only glimpse al The enemy
attained on the entire route down. Gen l.a?c,
al Puebla, has been active in fcrTetting out the
haunls OF The guerreros, and since The affairs
of Huamantla and Atlisco they have been oil but
little annoyance save 10 their own unfortunate
e)untrymen.
On The 2nd November second day out
from Mexico-a courier oil the enemy was cap
,nred with letters from Allisco, Ori2aba, Tehua-
can. and other places. Among them was pre-
cious document from Santa Anna himself in
which the great man says, that just as he had
laid all his plans for attacking Perote, and Just
as they were manrcd in a way that must have
inevitably resulted in The recapture o! he noed
castle from the hands OF the infamous YANKEES,
he received the orders from The Supreme Gov-
eminent TO turn over the command Of the army
Decei,ful and full OF trickery TO the very last
What pity he had not communicated his well
matured plans 10 his successor, so that he might
have carried them out. All the captured letters
would go to prove that the inhabitants in the re-
pion of Puebla and Orzaba are completely dis
piriled and broken down. One Of The writer's in.
Inmates thatthe Governors of the different States
were 10 NEE, a, Querelaro on the 10th of the
present month, to take into consideration the best
interests of the nation, but we know not what re-
lance 10 place in the statement.
We have said that the latest news from the CT.
" Of Mexico was up TO the 9Th Nov'r. On the
10th private express arrived at Vera Cruz with
intelligence up TO lha, date. FL Monitor Repub.
licano OF the Alb ins;. says that on the Isl sui.
ficienl number Of members OF Congress were con-
yened al Queretaro for the transaction of busi-
ness, and that on the following day they would
probably open the session.
Later letters direct from Querelaro announce
that Congress was organized on the "a OF No
vemhsr Senior d. Jose Maria Godoy, Deputy