Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1846-06-10

scious Of what had happened. After the
battle Of the 9Th, he was exchanged and
restored to Dur army.
Capt. A. thinks the Whole number ol
our killed and wounded mist amount to
more than 300. Besides the wounded Ia
ken to 81. Joseph's, there are now about
40 at Poin, Isabel, too badly wounded 10
be removed-all but three, it is thought
will recover. There are three Mexican
prisoners having but one leg between them
all. After being sho, in the arm, Ccl.
Mcintosh received bayonet wound 10
the mouth, which passed through one
side Of his head. There are no hopes OF
his recovery.
The condition Of the brave and esteem :.
ed Capt. Page, is melancholy indeed -
The whole Of his lower jaw, with part
of his tongue and palate, is shot away by
grape shot. He, however, survives,
though entirely incapable Of speech. Tie
communicates his thoughts BY writing on
slate, and receives the necessary nulrl-
ment for the support Of life wi'hmuch diff
6culty. He does not desire 10 live, but
converses with cheerfulness and exulla-
ton upon The success Of Our arms. and
concluded an answer To- some enquiries
concerning The battle of the. 9Th, by wri-
ting "We gave the Mexicans hell"
All our accounts repreSenttlle Mexlcans
as having fought on the Sth and 9th with
courage aud desperation that would have
reflected credit upon tbeEtroops of any ma
ton. They were nearly in aslate of star
vaion, and had beeu promised The ample
supplies of The American camp. in case
they would secure the victory. They me,
the charges Of our troops. manfully, aud
stood the destructive fire that was poured
in upon them without giving way, until
The works were encumbered with the dead
and wounded.
On the l9lb, it was reported that three
thousand men had crossed lhe river. and
uone OF the volunteers had yet gone over
Gen. Taylor was on the other side; he in.
tends, as we understand, to proceed i'm
mcdiaiely lo the city of Ma,amoras, which
he expects to take without the fire OF q
gun. Nothing further has been heard o
the reinforcements that were reported as
being on their way 10 lhercliel Of Ampu
dia. gs
Capt. Symptom found a Mexican few
days since iu thickt. As soon as he was
discovered he threw away. bis arms, said
Ing that he had BEEN fighting month
with nohing but bread and. water for pro
visions, that he now wished 10 surrender
10 the Americans. as he would no longer
fight under the Mexican Government, and
that two thirds of the whole Mexican force
wished to do The same.
-. sS=e5-t1.
From private Correspondent ofMc
N. o. Bee.)
POINT ISABEL. MAY 18th, 1916
Gen,lemen-There is little ofimporrauce
to communicate since my,last, butas am
on The point ofleavng wiIhahe Washington
Regimen and a battalion from the Jackson
Reg gimcnt. for the Rio Grands as we oc-
cupy some post there. I5fhcushtI would
address you few lines. III is currently
reported in camp 10 day thai Gen. Taylo
was 10 cross the riuerfromh his encampmenl
above, aud ,hatawe, pFese eEIoicrossEbe!op
him some 20 or 25 miles,. and from the
orders we have just. received 10 be ready
in one hour with 60 rounds Of ammunition
aud 3 days provisions, Think you may
place confidence i'll The correctness Of The
report.
Our company, with Capt. Whie's
went on detached service and proceeded
on The Matamoras road, aboul l6 miles
without eEcounlerius any score of the
enemy. or crossing auy recent trail. We,
however, had some little excitement for
our trouble, as the advanced guard cried
out the enemy when about II miles distant
from this place, aud we formed in battle
array, only to charge upon some Mustangs.
Every day adds reinforcemeuls TO our
ranks, and uear 5000 volunteers have
reached here since you last heard from
this place. Among the arrivals were Gen.
Smith aud Col. Marks. The former
commander of the division, and The latter
Of our regiment.
An express arrived here last evening
from Corpus Christi with The intelligence
tina, the Comanches had been committing
more depredations at that place. having
killed two families and driven off mum.
Der of horses. presume Company of
Dragons will be dispatched in pursuit of
them:
The drum is now bealiog to fall in and
1 must close. The steamship Alabama,
by which think this will be taken arriv-
ed this morning, and will leave in few
hours. All the vessels from New Orleans
have arrived here safely and expeditions
ly. THE CORPORAL. i
P. S.-The mouth Of the Rio Graude
is now in our possession, aud defensive
operations have doubtless given way TO Of
fensive ones.
The whole of The Andrew Jackson Re-
giment are going. Our knapsacks are on,
and we only wait for the word-march.
The Leg gislature Of Texas adjourned on
The 18th inst, having previously declared
the Hon, David S, Kaufman duly elect