Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1842-11-23
TEXAS.
From The N. o. Bee, Noe. q.
TEXAS,

On the 18th Cctober, l~niorIne.iou was
riven a, Head Quarters. by Dir. Johp w.
Smith, that Gen. Woll was positively on
the Nueces, aud tha, on the 9th he had re.
ceiyed a reinforcement Of about 500. and
that all The militia OF Eastern Mexico was
ordered 10 bis assistance, and would reach
the Nueces in less than ten days from date.
The Mexicans living in and abou, San An
tonia, arc quite independent, and directly
Soast Of their defence agains, the troops,
10 wit: That Gen. VOL will come for the
remainder OF them, &C.. that contrary to
their customary hospitality heretofore e1-
tended to the troops al ,ha, point, have
c!andes,inely drove their beef aud stocks
some 25 or 80 miles south. to secure them
on their march to The Rio Grande, and
speak more free Of the matter than for
uncrlv. Mr.. Smith is fully satisfied ofthe
fac, tina, the enemy at The Neuces will
amount TO $500 or 5000 in 10 days; and
Gen. Woll has regular communication
with tho Mexicans Of San Antonio; tha,
10 his opinion they cannot any longer be
recognised even as %neutrals, much less
friends. 10 this expedition.
About 400 Tesian troops were assem-
bled ut Gonzales IN The l7,h October.
A letter written by n gentleman a, La
Grange, under dale Of 25th October, says:
thar there was 800 men assembled at that
place who would commence crossing !he
Colorado on the next day. The river was
very high, aud would retard the passage
of the truops several days. Gen. Burle-
sou passed through ,ha. place on the 9th
uit. on his way home, and stated that 400
o would turn out from Bastrop aud
Travis COUNTIES, and j, was believed there
would be 5000 meu al Sau Antonio BY the
9th Of November.
A gentleman who left isexar on the 10Th
October. says: that the spies who went in
pursuit OF General Wool, followed The 'rail
Of his army about thirty miles beyond the
Nueces, aud found carts, wagons. and ar-
,icles of furniture s,rcwu along The road.
thar had been apparently left TO expedite
his fight. The spies say that the Trail
indicated that he fed with great precipila-
sipn. and stopped to build camp hires only
ouce or twice OH the route 10 The Presldio.
Prisoaers.-A gentleman from Con
gales, states that il was reported at thai,
place The prisoners lately captured by Gen.
Noil, are at SAINTS Rosa. r small village
about tifty miles west Of the Prcsidio, CT
The road TO Monterey. 1t is reported rha,
Gen. Wool mentioncd, just before he left
BexaS, that they would probably be re-
leased in Two months, or as sooD us news
copld DO received from Mexico. The
following 10 O list Of the pames Of these
%prisoners:-
LIS, of Prisoners in Darson's Company.
David 3. KOruegay. North Carolina;
Nathaniel W. Faison, Tennessee; Joshua
shaw, Told man.) Indiana; Robert A.
No,man Woods,
Missouri; Wiber Herald, MissS1rii T.:
Alan,on, New York; VIM. Col,ron. Jas.
C.. Robertson. Missouri;-Pate7son. vii.
liam Linn, John Bradley, New-York
Allen Morrell, Tennessee ;-Mclvein,-
Adsms. TOTAL prisoners, Is.
List Of those killed IN Dairson's Company.
Elijah Cory, w. Low, WIN. Savage.
Mr. Price, J. Cummings, JUS. Alley. J..
N. Forest, Johu Veach, Mr.. Lcftwich, !
John McG,ady, Captain Nicholas NJ.
Dawson, Lieut.. Jerome b. Alexander,
Lieut.. Robert EastianG, Richard Slack,
Harvey Hail. David Berry, Johu w. Pen
d,ctou. T.. J.. Church, John Cummings.
Francis E. Brook6cid. Ihos. 5. Simms.
Zeduc Woods. Robert Barclay, Edward
Trimble, JOHN W. Scsllions. Elan Soul.
lions, Asa Jones, l.. w. Dickinson. Geo.
A. Hin, Chas. ). Field, John Dancer. MIR.
Butler, John r. Jones.
List Of Prisoners taken at Berar, llM
Sept. ISL. Colquhoun, A. Neill, A.
Hutchinson, ". f. Jones. +. w. Robin
son, F. S. Gray, CLANCY Johnson, &. Van
Ness. ID. G. Ogden, J. L. Trampall, }.
e. Morgan. W. c. Riddle. James Mer-
ehuu,, John Tewig. r. e. Neighbors. DIR.
=. Bookers, S. A. Maverick, n. Herbert.
II, A. Alsbury, David Morgan, john
Young, Sam. G. Morvell, S. +. Mobiles.
WIN. Bues. J. W. Browne, A. Fitzerger-
aid, Isaac Allen. Simeon Glenn, F. Nc
KAY, Geo. Voss, E. Brown, W.O Philan.
john Lehman, J. }. Davis, John Forest.
Joshua N. Cruz. J.. Dalrymplc, Maguus
B. Raper, A. Ellery, John Perry, Truman
Il. Beck. John K. Cunningham, Jackson
Leslie, John Lee, John Smith, c. w. Pc.
tersou, Riley Jackson, &C. Hatch, Sam
mel Stone, Geo. z. Schacfier, John Han.
cock.
CoNon.-Six hundred and oiehty-three
bales of cotton have been shipped from
Houston since the 18Th Of July last. The
Byron took away 205 halcs OH the Odd ulI.
The new cotton is now daily arriving, and
the receipts amount to abou, twenty bales
Der day. Notwithstanding the ravages Of
The worm, the droush, and the we, wealth
err, the amount Of cotton shipped this year
from Houston, will in all probability DO
fully equal 10 The amount shipped last year.
Here is 40 item worth looking aud
laughing it,
.Merieo, 2sth, September, lSl2.-Yes-
to-day was buried with pomP and solemn
ity, in The cemetery Of ST. Paul, the foo,
which bis Excellency President Santa Au
ma los, 10 The action Of The 5th December,
1888. II was deposited in a monument
erected for that purpose. Don ispacio Sier-
ray Roso having pronounced a funeral dis.
course appropriate to the subject"