Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1843-01-25
.Rae1srO Gn6 TeCNs.
{ r,o,, .he N. o. Pieayuns Of l2M 'nst.I
FROM TEXAS.

es'The nripeipal news ofin,eres, is the &C.
count Of the proceedings OF she army Of 'he
o,her side Of the Rio Grande. II appears
,hu. the troops under Gen; oomersem
took possessession Of Loredo, a sn'an
,own ON the RIO Grande, on the io'h Of
Dscember. AS the Texans approached
The nIace. the few Mexican troops STA
lived ,here fed without making the least
...;s,anre. Gen. S. Immediately address
ssd , note 10 the Alcalde for ncccssar,es,
stating ,ha, il his requistion was complied
with, the private property OF the c'''Ie"'
would be respected. Upon his the sup
plies were promptly furnished.
Notwithstanding the positive orders o.
H., &c. some Of the Texan soldiers al
,,sards commenced pillagins The cih-
..os General Somervell then arc" up
on,,er. the purpurt Of which was thai no
one should molss; the properly cI ,ne
Mcxicans. This pledge was s'sneo ~
b.rwccn five and six hundIed-'ne ee,
.nce numbering some hundred and hfty
mr. HUNDRED, refused 10 ru, their names
,oii and have returned home.
On The same day that Loredo was cap
,,rcd the invading army pursued no fon.e
,o.;Ilv down the Mexican SIDE oi,he NJ"
C,,n.i. towards Guerrers. where u was
s,,'.c,sd they would NEE, with ONE Ut
,le resistance. The inlcn',"n was '"ea
~ march rapidly upon M'er' C1n'arSo
and E,iuosa, aud capture them. by 'his
,;m. !, is though, the invaders VIII DC
0"s;.;sr,,v reinforced TO make a successful
Io..sn, ,ipou Ma,amoras. Cook, How
- flaws. aud other brave officers arc
n';,h Somtryeli, and We shall nnS.oas!E
800, far he mex, news from frontier. Wha'
has been 50 long needed. a ~hg'hn'ns, mas
hceo made, aud now that Tx wa, Oh 'hSa'
49, h,s really commenced, thousands
will. in all probability, flock TO The NJ"
0,o Of Tho Texan papers states mar
csn Wo!r has been compelled TO send oil
Inc NORTON Of his best tr'ops 10 pat
d,xs the Apacncs in the neishSorhood OF
chihuahua. ,,s chi,
Sgyeral vessels. umons them tue ShiP
Enro. from Have, had arrived AZ ua''
ye.,on. bringing many passengers anu d
large amour, OF goods. III, e,,u
The b,ie Star Republic sailed Hntn
c.,.".,nn Tor New York Oh the 3Oth UT.
w;,l, 7OC bales Of cotton.
R,, I;,,,e was doing in Congress OF 'ne
Loo, inn nor,auce. The bill to remove the
a..h;ves from Austin 10 Washington was
nosipoped in The House on the 2o,h um: oy
q vole Of Is to 10. Many oil Tue Yves
tern members had returned TO their seats.
v;sconn, de Camayei, Charge d'Aisa'tes
rror, Franco 10 Texas, has arrived al Tue
seal af government. IN nm brsb.
III, though, no less Than So'ooo ansn-
lt...oo nuts will be exported from
,.r.s numbers Of French, Swiss, and
T.-naa emi;rants have airesaf on.
i, TEXTS, aud more are cSpee'eu :.
,han the above We cou'd uhn NO ""' ~
our Texan fies'
-.wuu our Galveston
correspondent, written just before the
New York sailed from thai port, seems 10
confirm the foregoing statements. We hope
they will prive true TO The fullest eA,cul:
GALVESTON. Jau, O., ISt,
The Houston bon, I. .i--~"t''eu w"
dates 10 The 7th insl, whicp s'aIe tna. w.
,ell;cence had beeu received at "ashins-
TON Of The cRpiure Of Guerrero, by our
,roups. I,appcars tina, the Town was Ia
kep sy surprise, the Mexicans having the
impression lkat our army had returned TO
Texas from Loredo.-lt is stated TINT The
R,ncheros on the route have been well
treated by our soldiers, who have IN return
been we'll received.
am sore!s disappointed in moi hearing
Of auy energetic efforts making 10 The iu-
,sr;or TO reinforce the invading army. |
hope the next arrival will bring better
news on this subject.
A rpInor has reached here. which ! can
no, trace to any authentic source. Ihn, The
,roops under Somervell ure surroundedhy
100 Mexicans on West and l2OU gu the
East The latter between them aud Tex.
Us. THIS Is highly improbable, from all
eau learn.
Why, j, may be asked, Goes not Calves
tim send a force TO the rescue IS be-
cause our own deience my require all
oil uur energies. 10 the event Of The speedy
~sIljusoion Of Yucatan.
Congress.-Leuers have been received
an to the 9th ult.. which stale that uolh-
ing OF consequence had ,rauspired since
Inc Christmas festivals. The western
members who resigned. have been re-
and by this time a full deIeg alton {
from tia, quarter has no doubt reached r
Washington. II is still doubtful what ac- 1
will be taken with regard 10 the seat q
ar Government. z
GALVESTON. h
p. s. A mau whom | do no, know, g
,u, who has The air of 8 gentleman Of We e
-aci,y, csme down on the Houston boal. b
lie s,a,es tina, he has just left Judge Som I
"a brother of The General on the ii
who had received q letter from The a
alter, and read i, TO my Informant IL 7
;ared that Gen. Somerve! was suryouR. cl
ed, between Guerrea and Miller. by 100 o,
+ the enemy-defaated ,hem--and took F
90 prisoners and four pieces Of artillery. n,
nd 10 now on bis return, to Texas.
n, AZ GALVESTON.