Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-08-04

COL German and about sixlysnen went.
ashore for the purpose of proceeding 10
Galveston by land, intordersto send some.
assistance slo Capt. Harrison, Gol.
had nolarriyed. on lhe$l th.s ss
The Indiana troops on board dsof the a Ann mn
Chase were to be sent to the Rio Grandel
by chartered vessel
The surviving men who were seriously
scalded in tie disaster of the slsnmer, are
thought 10 he in fair way of freeog very: g q
The crops in Texas are represeHte Jas
promising an abundant yieli. !.
Robberies and blurgary are;bscominS
frequent. al Galveston.
ANOTHER LETTER FROM MIDsHIPMANsRoD=E
zEe.l GERS. 5 Il.
The following is all extract from ,aletter
published in the Pennsylvania. will
be seen that the writer has dismissed all
fear of being executed asa spy, butt kept
under strict surveillance as a prisoner Of
war. We hope the next arrival from Mex
leo will show that Gen. Scott has taken
determined measures 70 proclrethe release
OF this gallant sealnang:-ss.s. "a.
MEXICO. June25 lSd7.
I wish could write cheerfnliy of my
situation and prospec.s-yet Leannol do
so without deceiving you-allh6lsh per-
haps, such deceit would be spardonable.
NV position is melancholy enough-and
there is bur little 10 hope for insthe futnre
it may be, / am not warranediinso saying
when | shall return to you lis $uncertaln,
for zoe haur been Informed tbatsthe sMert-
cans haue refused 10 exchange u.s. know
not if Gen. Scott has taken any Steps to
have US liberated. Hundreds of Mexicans
have been allowed TO go TO their homes,
whilst we have been incarcerated in com
mon goal with abandoned felons. lacking
tho necessaries of life, aud depending upon
the charity of foreigners. sf.
think may dismiss froms your mind
all apprehension Of my beiugfexecuted as
a spy-allhough, for the space of six
mouths, held my life by amost precarl-
GUS tenure. God knows have expert
ced some bitter lessons and may they
prove salu.ary. l will not recapltulare
here the sufferingsI have undergone
suffice to say, that my ,reatmentSwoulc
have been unworlhy.the Camanches.
There il no doubt that wesWill be sem
into the interior, upon intelligence Of Gen
Scolr's movement from Puebla-say len
days hence-but TO wbatpartsI am unable
to Inform you. Some think we will be
marched of TO sAcapulcoi on the wes
coast, from which place. fesys return, or
account OF the malignity Of 1.-The climate
and the bad character of the inhabitanl'
OF that portion of the country. The: OBJ
iect of this government appears 10 be, 7lc
get rid of US by any means short Of orer
yiulence. have said almosti,oo much
las am not permitted to atelI Ithesecreti
ofmy prison house." ForSmyself | feal
no consequences, butt may aysgcompromlssf
others.
All CT US have Abandoned theS hope q
returning TO ourhomes--if eYer-until The
war shall be concluded. s I,
! How often do | think Of my dear =
when am alone in my q qaiet room!
know her distress on my account. and the
recollection of herlis very yef ssofIen pre-,
sen,-Tell my dearest dismis:
y =: had -a,l
Il Stticipates ev;I. am fss 10 believe
4 ay,. do-,hal her prayers are nol, in vain
II know, that gu, Of her heart of love
and piety, each night, comes a5prayer fol
her absent child. Ithink Of such things
until become childish She must i'm,
agine me safe, and projected BY Him
"wEo marks the. sparrow slall. -, .5 Z.
! The Morn.ons. The campof. Tie Tlcelut
is near Council Bluffs, on the w. side o
Missouri River, with about 4, 900 souls
Many are scattered along from Nauvoo le
this point. In April, a pioneer corps o.
300 started for the Pacific, carrying seeds
utensils for farming. &C., who will halt a
planting time, and put in a crop, while The
leaders will advance to California, ant
there be joined by The Mormon troops,
that will be disbanded from General kear'
news regiments about The Isl Of July.
About the Isl of June, 400 wagons were tc
start from Council Bluffs to cross the
mountains. Some hundreds are to join
them from England aud elsewhere by wa
ter; so that this people will be the major
ily in California by next year. Unless
changed, so large body will be danger
Gus 10 other settlers in That resion.-lnd
Advocate.
PHILADELPHIA, July %. :
Fire by Lightning. This afternoon, al
hall past four o'clock, during severe
thunder storm, which broke over the city
the German Lutheran church, 81. PauPs
4 l. rns