Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1843-06-07
He mnde signal ier ,us I.

anchorage. He made signal ior us to:
withdraw from ihs action. I'VE gave the
EGuadaioupe parting broadside, and iot-
!owed in The wake Of The ship, Afd.came
tc anchor OF Campeaehy. where we learn
ed ,ba,,he ship had received fifteen shot.
She was shot in almost every direction,
below and alofi; yet what's most mira
culous, did not lose single spar. She
had Two killed aud twenly-hye wounded
amons the la,icr is Lieut.. Wilbur and
Midshpman Bryan. A number OF am
pGiatious have taken place, a great pity.
as better or brarcr crew aoGcr trotted
on deck.
II was with srca, reluctance We with
drew from the action but the magazine
Of the GAG ship,had 25 inches OF water in
il, and rs they had no powder it was use
less to remain target for the enemy. The
Mexicans seemed very glad that the days
work had terminated, as they IFi not make
the least effort to'follow up the engage
men,. The loss on their side must he very
great, as at the commencement of the ac-
,iun, their decks were lined with men. Il
am:quite confdenrthat ifilc action lasted
one hour longer aud we could sc, a lii'le
closer n'lhcin than We were, We would
have caprurelIlIem.
This mornins. abnut 5 o'clock. q very
warm engagement took place ashore, be
tween rhc Chnmpeachyanos and Centra-
Isis. From The suburbs nf Champeachv,
or the western part outside the wall l,bcius
| in possession Of tho Cen,ralisls, Iney open
ed their lire. which wls returned with
COMPOUND iu,crcs, from The wells. From
the heighls. ai,o, out side Campeachy, The
Mexicazs poured in their shot.
F6ipAT NiGHT, Nay 10.
The troops ashore have hccn engaged
for.upwards ofwo days aud nights. The
loss on The Cen'ral side is very great the
Yucalrn,s have hHd only 10 killnI.
In our action "n the i7,h. The Gautla-
loupe had 42 killed; | know moi how
many weuudcd. The Mnrrzuf.a had
a!ou, nn equal loss. G. W. w.
We lcaru verbally Ina, on The duv fol
lowing, the Commodore had rcra;tsd
damages, and in,euied immediately 10 put
10 sen aud rcucw The engagement.
Later from GuGyama.--By the brig
Magnolia. Capt Z. 'Oelan", from ST.
! Thomas. Gunlaloupr, Barballocs, anG Is
days Gcm Guayana. we receive the FOL
lowing intelligence. Capt. .Docfcry, Of
:he brig Watson. reports, when of the
island Of jamaica he was rhasel III the
9Th or April by piratical. schooner. aud
fired into three times, and then loft. The
brig was in ballast ai the time. aud The
supposed reason Of the pirates leaving her
wus, that che had uolhing 90 board worth
taking, she NJ the same time having 81
600 in specie in The ca5in, aud bound 10
Guadalnupc.
A severe shock Of earthquake wns felt
a, Guayamn week or two before The
Magnolia sailed, which alarmed the in
habiIants-rery much.
AlBarbadoes very severe shock was
Eel; o, IlIe time ofihe earthquake in Gua-
daloupe. On the 5ih of A pril very hea-
Wy shnck was ieit a, GuadaIoupe which
shook the vessels on tho wafer, aud alarm
ed. the people on shore so much that they
fed 10 all directions, suppoaiug thoy.werc
to have a-.speIi,iou Of the ia,e shock se hich
caused so much destruction in that place..
Sigh, shocks arc>fcl, a!rcs, every cse.
ming.
Capt. DcIano saw at GaHiaionpe the
most striking evidences Of The ravages Of
the ear,hquakc-lsrse csvices remaining
in lise earth-kees of aa:ls melted iu The
ere ,ha, folluwed the earthquake, melted
stoac- ware, dc. some specimens Of which
he brought with him.-N. Y. Tribune.