Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1846-11-11

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Galveston News, Of the, s0,h; furnishes
some intelligence which weisubjoin.
fs..From COL Davis, welearn that the
have. totally evacuated sshe h
Whole country this side ofsSan LUIS
Potosi. The information has been de-
rived from so many sources that there IS
now no doubt Of this fact. They left
Behind some forty dragons 10 q dssttey as1!se
,be forii6cationrs rs that had been coDstruc-
led at Los Mueftos, a naturally strong
and difficult pass on the road to Sa!lilo'
and about five or six miles beyond t''e
Rinconada..5 They have disman.liee &c
Sal.illo, destroying whatever might be
use to onr army, and which they coulo s,t.I2!,
not take away.
"Thus there is nothing left for for. Gen sAn
ETaylor 10, 10 ,cotnquer, but bafren region
1;of rugged mountains and thirsty plans
fsafofding neither water nor provisions
Isforsthe substance Of man Or beast, over y
Ea.disiance OF two or three miles 10 .oan ian
Luis p Polosi. If, as has been salds3en' G
Taylor has iofders 70 march upoas pan
I Luis potosi; M so as as to reach that city by
The end OF November, tile question arises
[how lie isio traverse such a country as ne: ne
will liays 10 do, by a forced marchaIths ils
| rate Of fifteen oriiwenty miles per 'daXlsas
The only waterion this route isinf!EIi's, s;.hf!Ii
Mexican tanks, which will doubtless be
all broken up sthe enemy retires::
TO carry water sufficient to save ms
army and teams from suffering would
probably require more horses, nlu!eess;,asnr'd a
oxen, ,iian are now i'll the: army, all OF
whicl, are required for the transPorta+
lion Of The necessary stores andEimuni'
tons. In making this retreat, The enc
nv have doubtless adopted wise policy,
leaving behind them a far more iorGli.
dable enemy for Gen. Taylor 10 en-.
counter (viz: this marcb) than ho could
ever find in their own arms and fortified
towns.
This policy has ,inqueslionably been
dictated by THE sagaclly of Santa Anna.
it's stated, on good authority, that he
Eliadesent ordersto Ampudia to evacute
Monterey, and all other places this side
|fof tiie mountains, but those orders we're
4 moi received till after the baitlc::t' ~
After leaving rhe troops necessary 10
1 garrison. Monterey, Sa!tlllo and olher le'
Towns, Gen. Iaylor Will only nave an an
army ofabout 5uOo men, win wllich 70
Epeletralein tue heart OF The enemys
coentrjF and far beyond tile treach OF
any any resefye dpoh which he might fall
l1Eback for suppeht In case Of necessity
Sleh We belieyHss is q correct account
lSoftheS pIese1tspt sitonsand prospects OF
;sar amy DEL Eyed ffroni good author,
]ii ];iis 6 Cd i mis ad1iia has beeu. .superse-
Eded 51e maid but tie naale sof his
1 lss fsuc ccssssoF ssSs is noIEF Fe Hena Esd
lis scof fsTiaspoa5E Eeii iss lfiksn place
between srs a.ogI5
Iralsss suega E5sso gE
excesses commiI Iseds b.gla lHs olHatasls s
intiesseryice Of The Uniteds states 70
which Gen. 'Iaylorsreplled ult no eS>
cessss hadsbecn committed 'of a grave
character but tbathe would preserve Or
| der il possible. . 80 ''. s.,,
AsMexIcan merchant. arrived on tue
23d October, says that no preparations
n f-.I ID H.
are making at the Pass OF the Rinconada'
and that Sa'tl'lo VIII NOT DC oelenoeo'