Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-05-12
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WEDNESDAY. MAY IL, 1917. d,
Cool Veather-For some days during the
Z past week. the.weathers was quite cool for the
season. On Thursday morning the therm9-
meter, at atsunrise, stood at AZ. The cotton crop,
IN consequence ofihis cool spell, does not pre-.
: sent very promising sppearance.
This section had suffered from drought, but
on Saturday night q fine rain FELL at this place,
aud 10 the aeigghborhood
Temperance Convsntioa.-The Temperance
Executive Committee, TO which was assigned
The du,ysufs fixing The time when the Society
should dassemble in Convention, have appoint.
ed Wednesday, the seventh day ofJuiy next.
The place ofmeeting Winnsboroush, had been
previously Fixed by The decision ofthe Annual
Meeting in December last.
lT We'nnderstand, that at recent meeting
of the citizens of Columbia. the Town Coun
ell were authorized 10 subscribe fifty thousand
dollars towards the construction Of the Green
vile and Columbia rail road. Resolution in
favor Of the Rail Road to Charlotte, N. c.:
were also adopted. Several gentlemen ad-
dressed the meeting. a. ysy.:szsl sa,s
Publss Meeting IA Columbia. meeting OF
Z tfs citizens of 9 Colunbia, wa held on Wed
nesday last, for the purpose Of making suitable
arrangements for the reception Of the Hon.
Daniel Webster Addresses were made by
some gentlemen, and these received hearty
response from The meeting. "A Aresolution max
ing him the CUES. Of the town, was adopted. A
comniiiee Of 81 gentlemen, to carry into effect
this resolution was appointed.
Alta meeting Of the Fellowship Ladies Home
Mission Soeisty, The following resolution was
adopted: IS "a q. ,,.-. .,s, H..
Resolcsd, That Rev. R. A.. Child, be request
ed to deliver the anniversary address before the
Society,on Saturday before the Sd Lords day
IN May Eatai 1ao'clock A7M., and that Rev.
Messrs. ] IN. Chiles, and w. P. Hill, be re
quested 70 address the audience on that occa-
sion. n y. Z: ,sss So
By request Of the Society.
Extract from letter received BY agente-
man of this town, from a friend attached to the
command Of General Patterson. 80 80.
i write -yon this in the. greatest l,aste. for
to morrow nlorningi will be the commencement e!
of whai all anticipate, a most fierce and SAM
{ culinary battle! q sy2s iij;'a ;sg5t4s
:s.. The lst Dlyision.4or atieastt he first body
sofour troo ps, left Vera Cruz on the 9Th, under
Gen. Twiggs, aud on the next day Genl: Pat
.sasaGn. alnaieee. fprcas -saxe q nit.
mans brigade We marched son yery:qnieily
indeed snniliihis morning the l4,h or 18th,
one or the other. when Gen. Twiggs,after hav-,
ing marched only three miles, was attacked
by a1arge force Of Mexicans. with cannon,
which they had placed ;inia most advantageous
position, and he, fell hack to his camp Of last
evening. there 10 await Gen. Patterson, who
arrived here this evening. Gen. Twigss took
Mexican, who says that Santa Anna has a
forceof over; twenty thousand, between this
place (Which is a little village, twelve miles
beyond the I" Puerto National or National
Bridge. aud between that place and Jalapa,
the place 10 which we started for summer quar-
J. tiers, and the city Of Mexico, and out of tina,
number he has now over twelve thousand be-
5 tween us and Jalapa, in fact, within three miles
of our camp, by ascending little hill we can
pIainly;see their camp fires. The ball will be
opened by Gen Pillow, in the morning. on one
of,he forts, --,hey have six, and l tell you there
will be the dell 10 play in taking them. for ev.
~ one will have to be taken by storm, they are
SO situated, that not one will lcommand the olher."
MT, Paekenkam, the British Mintsler.-We
Z SEQ itstaied. that Mr.. Champion, will attend to
! the dufles OF MI. Packenham, who mas obtain
ed leave ofabsence from Washington in order
TO reiurn5to Engla nd. si.s,.s,:.s
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TIE Hie.ory Of Gen. Scot. at cero Gordo.-
We published last week.sin an extra, an ac-
courtof the glorious victory gained by the A.
nerican army under Gen. Scott. over the for
ces of Santa Anna, at Cerro Gordo. We pub
;lish this week the latest accountswhich We have
be enable TO obtain. AS we expected, our troops
have again been triumphant With anything
like equality Of numbers. and such leaders as
Scott and Taylor, they can never be defeated.
These gallant officers and their armies have
done most noblyi and they have re ceived the
plaudits Of their grateful countrymen.