Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1846-09-02
drrirai Of the M'hm.
CAPTURE OF CHINA BY CAPT
N'CTTIIOCU.


The steamship M'Km arrived from
BRACES Sautiago al an early hour on sun
dav corning. bringing dates from P"inl
isabel To The I7ih aud from Camargo. lhc
present. headquarters nf The army, OF the
18Th inst OF The movements Of the ar
my, and particularly of The operations ol
Capi. M'CuIloch aud the capture OF China
by his Rangers, the letter whlcl we give
from iir. Kendall will be found 10 give
full details.
CHINA, Mexico. Aug. 5, 1916. ,
China is in the haads Of The Americans
--nol the great and celestial Empire, with
It's Bangs aud Whangs. lis Tings and
Lings-bur The little puebla or iown IN
Mexico oiihe same name, situated on tie
Rio San Juan some sixty five ur seventy
miles above ,Camarsu. Ben NrCulloch,
with fifty five OF his men, arrived IN sight
of the place about o'clock this morning.
alter a forced march Of fifty miles. AT
the Rancho dc Sacale he learned, froni a
Mexican who had just arrived, that Col.
Scguin was in China with upwards OF one
hundred mounted men, and al once formed
a plan for his capture. This was yes'cr-
da> afternoon bout . o'clock. Hiring,
the same MeXicau who broush the Intel
IIsence, for guide, oar cap'ain ctarerl of
at a rapid pace. only halIins shcr! time
towards suuuwn 10 cool ,iIe horses backs
and make hasty bowl " Of coflue. Be
fore rraching the large rancho or hacienda
of Ell rnio, within iIree leagues Of Chi
na, the horse q the guide gave uul, broke
down completely, and it was found Tcccs
,ary 10 leave him. This did nn' in the
Icas, alicr McColociI's plans. fur lie keep,
on al the same rapid rate. The hacienda
Of FL roro extends for full half mile
long the river. aud the wondering iGhaGi.
lanls were all ou in front Of their hu's as
we passed Not we:d was exchanged
the rangers riding sin9le file and in silence
through The place. a little after midnight
the white beIrry nf the church Of China
was seen some half nile distant, the bright
moonbeams hrineiug it out III bold relief
A lille farther OH a halt was called. 2U
men were left as rear guard, aud with The
rest OF the company our captain moved
on, clrclias the town aud making towards
the main Monterey road TO cut OF! any
lurce that ieht endcavor TO retreat. WO
had just reached the opposite side Of the
town, aud had arrived at large road,
when the sharp crack Of a rifle was heard
A halt was called, strict sieuce kepI, and
evrry car was really to calch The reports
Of other shots. for il was al first supposed
that the Mexcans had attacked our com.
rades, but not another gun was discharged
and no sounds reached US save the bark
ing of innumerable dogs, every cur in the
town having been alarmed. The order
had bren given for both parties to enler the
place at dayhreak, and as ilslilI licked an
hour or Two OF dawn, we were halted in
the road aud Told moi to take either sad
dies or hrles from our horses. No fur
lhcr alarm save from. the Opposite side,
and hard as was the road, and without
blankets, many Of the men were soon
asleep, while holdIus their animals-the
long hard ride having brought on fatigue
aud drowsness that could not be overcome.
With the first ray of The morning we
were asuin in the saddle. A delay Of
half an hour, chasing couple of hleSi
cans seen leaving The town, made il broad
day before we entered The plaza, and when
there we found The rear guard all eady in
quiet and peaceabe possession. They
had al! the fun and excitement on their
side, for it seemed hat they hsd taken one
prisoner, who was caught endeavorns to
spy OF, their position, and The rife had
been discharged al TWO others--fellows on
horseback who were evidently reconnui
tering, and put spurs to their horses when
ordering to hall. During the evening fol.
lowing the report of the rife, The prisoner
escaped from the person guarding him
Thus the conquest Of China by Americans
Upon inquiry,it was now found that
MrCulloch was within an ace, as the say
iog is, of catching Srguin, and had no,
some Of his scouts Or friends given him
notice Of the approach Of the Rangers, he