Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1846-09-02

would have la!len INTO lhelr haDuS. Il t.W as
Ouly at dark that be received intelligence
Of our approach, when seventy. five QE his
men at once broke and ruuiof.the chapa
raj. At 10 o'clock, some two hours. be-:
fore our captain reached The: outskiAs.ol
the town, tw-n:y. five more we're eSinSt1e
saddle and off, and il is said tha, Sesun
himself was only two hundred yardssdls-
,anl when the rifle was discharged al asonc
ofhi. spies; and further that he. too, made
at once for, the chapara as fast as blshorse
would carry him. ess
The Rangers followed on The Trail ofthe
runaways until a point was reached where
they were scattered Scouts of lteencmy
were seen on the distant hill top, watch.
ing our advance, hut as it was deemed
useless to pursue the fugiIives fufIheron
tired horses, aud they Knowing every foo,
Oft country, we were ordered back. 10
town. and are now occupying the very
quarters rccerlly filled by Seguin's men.
History mentions but lcw instances where
"A handful Of mcn have driven double
their number from strong position. for
such this really is, wilhou, some shovel
resistance. IN haste. G. w. *,
Santa Annu.-We are frequently ask
ed neither Com. Conner will be likelyto
allow Santa Anna ln pass unmoIested IN.
to Vera Cruz! We unhesirains!y answer
ves-if he has received his dispatches from
Tie Governmental Washington. Wehage
no positive information on The sutJecl, but
we rather. guess so from a few facts and
circumstances which may be easily con
nccled. In The 6rs place. we think that
The Government and Santa Anna ,unher-
stand rarh other thoroughly. Mr.. Siidell
Mckenzie, who may be consideeds the
man with ;lIc "whlre hal,' has been TO
Cubu-ias conferred with the feet .OR Fe-
ra Cruz, and with Gen. Taylor. Senor
Tamarz, Secretary of the Treasury OF
Mexico during the last administration OF
Santa Anua, has been in Ihr UniledsS'ates
probably al Washington. He.icaine 10
Charleston aui there chartered a sleamer
fur large sum 10 carry him TO Cuba,
where he arrived only day or l.Fo belore
the announcement that Vera Cruz had de.
cared in favor OF the exiIch chief. Prl-
vale lelIcrs received in N'w York. from
| Havana rs late as the Sih inslaDl,. stale on
high authority that Santa Anna .islnol so
avcrse to peace with this cnuntry as has
hecn generally supposed, aud thatbe will
rejoice al the appearance Of any liberal
offer for termination OF the war j That
some such offer was in conteInp platiOn by
The administration, VIC may not only infer
from The call for the passage Of tbc two
million bill. Iut from the we'll ascertaIned
fact that Mr. Polk has actually despatch
eI messenger to Mexico.
Now, putting all these facts together,
VIC are inclined TO The belief that this whole
movements well understood, and that 'he
ascendancy Of SanIa Anna, nnd tho ban
ishment Of Paredes. will be followed by an
early adjustment Of the difficulties between
Tie TWO Governments. II therefore, the
scheme has worked right, it is highly pro
bahle thai there will not he the ssllshlesI
difficulty inrerposcd 10 lhe.,,rupphal ep
trance into Vera Crun hy ;5auta ;lnna IN
his friends -SaraAnaE Repabliraa.