Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1846-12-16
From the N. D. Picayune.
A DEsERTER ATlMeNTEREI

IA bhS ~ Iis ~ NUN . = EGC &.
The capital Army correspondent Of tn
N. Y. Spirit of the Times, "G. de L.
whose graphic letters are universally read
has written some of The most iir'eresin,
accounts Of The battles with the Mexican
we have yet seen. Writing: from Monte
rey, undet. date Of Ihe 5th October. afte
speaking of American deserters in llt
Mexican Army, he next tells an amusin;
anecde!epf a prisoner who was brough
.before Gen. Ampudia. The verrlancy o.
the Mexitan General is hardly to be ~ on.
dered ati but let US copy the paragraph.
"Sevsral of our deserlers were recogni.
zed in The ranks of The enemy while they
were marching out-some Of our men
.hissed one them. He was marching by
The sidesof ta!l Mexican, who looked
down upon him and laughed at him, as
much as 10 say: "You have to stand it,
old fellow !" How degraded the poor
wretch must have felt! Some of our de-
serlers are commissioned officers in their
Army. Some few of our men were Ia
ken prisoners during the action. Genl.
Ampudia had them brought 10 him and
questioned them himself. After asking
one of them about our strength, number OF
cannon Sc. he wanled to know wha,
effect his Proclamation had produced
among our men =! whether some of them
had not been inclined TO desert2 "Oh
mol" replad he, "'hey are moi 50 green as
that" The wor green beins rather
above the hel.5eneral's English, anorher in
Ierpreter.was brought in 10 explain the
mons rous wnrL:. This Interpreter was a
captain. who, six months ago, was pri-
vale in our ranks. When questioned 10
cxplalii the wnrd-"Wny." said he. they
were aotS Ssuch id fools p (1Lm.j-
Green an .Americanism not well under
stool by Mexican generals, signiryiug id
foof!"
The anecdotc we do not recollect having
heard befpre, hut the deserrers we saw
ourselpes9s they marched oct in the ranks
Of the enehay, AMI more iiiserabIe wretch
es to lnoksai. or more miserable CON-
pany lhaD that in which they were found,
Il wnnldbe difficult 10 imagine, or meet
with in tho wiLe world. Ohe fellow in
par'lcu!dr,a worthless scoundreI, named
RIley---wt,5 had deserted from Captain
MerrlFs cnnpnny of the 9th Infantry
received Al passing salute from his old
co ~ ESs3ss,ssas he went out of the city.
:sy .ssslL not forge in a
s2's lfad ffiesorrcTT rrT1fn 31f5f0s,
early in the spring, hal succeeded in
reaching The Mexican lines, and was at
once taken into the artillery aud made cap.
tain of gun. He was tall, sla awart
fellow. yet utterly worthless--a noisy.
qnarres'me. YET cowarIIy wretch.-and
his radiance from the company was even
mailer Of rejoicing rather Than regret.
The Mexican army marched out OF
Monterey in three divisions.,and on three
successive days, and more mntely crowds
of Ia'tcrdemalions never raradc,l through
streets at a carnival Iime-never evacn-
tel captured city. Something like one
fourth Of each division, consisted of wo.
men-trampers carrying parrors or poodle
dogs, pots or sumo kind of cnoIsinS utcnsil
ALI wearing rancherp hats, yer many of
them barefnote,l: these were the wives and
camp women Of The common soldiers, the
most of them ugly, yet all having the fine
eyes. teeth. feet aud hands, characteristic
Of the country. Then came officers
young cutenants-lnounted on wrecks Of
horses. Small yellow dogs. with grcen
or pink ribbons lied round their nccks,
were Carried hefore them on the pommels
Of their saddles, while mahap guitar was
iie on one side belind and IA GIMP kettle
on The other-tlic useful and ornamental
strangely mingled. Upon mules, IN the
rear Of thes. officers. would follow women
of belle, grade, their shoulders covered
with saudy scrapes or blankets, while their
heads were protected as we're those Of The
foot women, with wide trimmed hals.--
Again, seated fiat in the bottoms Of clumsy
wagons. came females of still better
class, children in their midst. all followers
of the army. Each battalion or regimen,
Lad lis band-trimpeers aud drumers-
aud the fellows beat and blew as Justify as
though II were I!inmrhal procession: ye,
under m i'll concealeh bravaID would be
seen lurking deep morIfcaIion-an un.
der current ofc!iaerin at thus being com.
PEELED TO march OH of The uoed aud beau
tifuI capitol Of Nueva Leon through a
gauntlet of ikeir hated enemies.
On the second day of the evacuation
seated upon its frs, gun as its captain
came the renegade Riley. The desertel
was i'll at ease. Notwithstanding his com
Portable seal, as lhe columnpasscd through
The lhoroughfares which were lined witt
the Americans; butt was nol until hi
eye caught same of his old comrades tina
The spirit Of the wretch did within him
The company knew that he was to pas
OUT, and had stationed themselves near !
barricads, opposite the quarters then oc
cupied by Col Duncan, as The best posi-
lion from whence so give him broadsidt
of reproaches. "Riley We desarin' ,hafe