The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-01-20
following letter, TO which we call the attsu.
ton OF orr readers

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Yesterday one bunared ard nifty .si 4 psxsens
gers from Iampico arrived At thls port on
board the steamer Clyde. Those (Who are AZ
Spaniards) were sent IN TO the interior OF the
country oy Gen. Tapia, Governor Of Tamau
iiPas, intending to hold them az Lostxgss
against the arrival Of the spanish forces iG
ina. State. lnsconseQuence of this decree,
on the I7ih OF last mont th he ordered them 20
proceed one tundrqi miles into the in tet iOr
within the short space of TWEEN " four nauyas
out understanding the nature Of the case,
.ney sought and obtained the assistance Of
.hs .ta tehen ' Ice Coasul, who was acting for
tne opahlAa CohsUl, aIa by his ala the
Wnoie one nnndE.d aud nifty ELK EN- ba VI led on
the hnsusn PACKET, leaving some thirty TO
foalow 10 this port IN an English vessel.
Ihls proceeding OF the Governor of ramau.
lipas is in c,mpi etc Opposition to ,na vth
article OF the decree wbicu President Jnnr~s
published after the occupation of Vera Cruz
oy our loIcess Tor among other things he says:
Z" Now more tnen ever the lives an. capital
OF foreigners must BE- protected" &C. luis.
and the disobedieuee Vf Vida arsi aud othsr
generals Of the superior Governmsui, very
clearly show the disordered state o; ihia
country.
Ii We are to beliav. the accounts fro m the
Interior, there are already assembled Ii, 900
men az distance OF thirty niles from ,Gis
city while 5000 more are marching upon Ora.
zaDaL. On the same uthortty 1T is sand tnst
this force Is sustained d on corn bread .sd not
peppers from which 1 deduee there wiil be
many Gesertioas.
There are some guerrii!as about |. h fs yictp.
ity, VINO oppose obstacles to the transmission
OF fresh PROVISIONS To that city. The. have
not been driven away peca1se our ihstrLc.
tioEs here are not to leave the city. a few
nights since they ii red at our advancs guard,
which is a mile ant half from the wajIs
Four thousand muskats have been sei1 4 n
the port, brought by Hamburg vessel, and
considerable quantity OF pow der on board
an Engiish snip. Otner vessels w,th flllsd
artillery and inaniuons are expected, but as
we must awsit the Coneen tratI ca Of the allied
forces, We cauLot blockade the other ports.
10y WAlcn all kinds OF conLra5ind CT war
Will come III. Oar Situation is, then, some
what Ill ihcuit, and II is TO be hoped that 1t
may ne ended as soon Is possible.
This city, which res.moied d pantheon
when we arrived, Is recovering life and con.
fldeIIcs Is being re-eS tabilSued in view OF the
good behavior of our troops. fcu have to
learn that such were the caIumlies OF half q
dozen vagabonds, that the people, and the
women Ia par rtiCuiar, did not dare 10 present
themselves ut the stie ct doors OF their houses,
for fear OF the VIC lence which they were sola
that the f>paniaIds would commit but they,
al ways generous to the weak, are now the
consoia tion OF soae who are IL need have
seen the oehavier of the opanish soldiers in
st. DoIniugo, and 10 w see IL here and am
more ana more convinced that cur troops are
pos ses$$d of excellent elements 70 make them
the nrstin the world