Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-12-08
From The ". o. Picayune.
ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMSHIP
ALABAMA

ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMSHIP
ALABAMA.
Ten Days later from the City Of Nez-
ico,-Arrival of COl. Haraey's
Train at Vera Cruz.
By the arrival las, night Of the steam
ship Alabama, Capt. Windle, We have
dales from Vera Cruz the 18th, and
from the city Of Mexico TO the Slh inst,
more than a.weck later than our previ.
Gus adrices.ss The news, although not
possessing &:any special importance, is
still interesting, and we hasten 10 lay it
before our readers.
The steamship Galveston sailed from
Vera Cruz will, the Alabama, on the
evening Of the loiil inst, to touch, we
believe, at Tampico. The New Orleans
was TO leave on the 10Th, as was also the
Gen. Butler. A number of officers on
their way from the army, as also a por-
.lioG of the Encarnacion prisoners-a-
|uong them Major Gaines, Capls. Heady
Easid Smith sLiea Barbour and Chur-
|cslilIii aiffiiss. ..ia fliessolrse OF few
IIssdlssf8s.b BY SYessGls al snumbe1 of
Esofiasrs:sf Tie tf1Y, and yala gentle
arfii4e eashi :.lel albania FL
al o9esnsna..
saild sa6Ied;
q lte ad & these popr;
fellow vino afalel solsI
count son wing one
the abso oIele iiecs sssity D providing
3ssons! e.reat for Iillsflieirr University.
4 saenfthe Me3itan government makes
fBsiteEproVisionsfor its sick, disabled
and sornelsi sisoldicrs than our own.
#s4 Fhreesof those who started on The
Alabama, Henry Kain Of the Infantry,
Martin CostoIow, 81 U. S. Artillery,
and Richard McManus of the 2d Penn
sylvania Volunteers, died on the passage
over. The bodies of The two later we're
consigned TO the sea on the third day
out; the former was brought here for
in,crnent. In this connection we cans
not bu, speak Of the kind g. unrcmilting
excllions Of Dl. Edwards, surgeon Of
the navy, but who has been acting with
the Marines in Mexico During the
passage over lrom Vera Cruz he was
constant in his attentions TO the sick
and wounded, administering medicines
and dressing their wounds by day as
well as by night. The poor fellows TO
whom he has been SD attentive will cer>
tainIy never forge, him.
The great train, numbering something
like 600 wagons, left the city of Mexico
on the Isl of Nov, arrived al Vera
Cruz on The 18th, without m0lestation
or hindrance save few shots fired at il
from the hills al Rio Frio. This side Of
that place il was found that the bridge
had been taken up, and that the trees on
either side the road for miles had been
fc!lcd across the road; but crowd of the
Indians in the vicinity were at once set
tu work cutting them ont, and The delay
caused to the train was of but short du-
ration. After The American army pas
sed in August, so confident were the
MrxicanS of achieving complete tri-
umph, they placed al! these distractions
in lhe road TO cat of the rcucal. The
sequel shows how much they were dis
appointed.
is the advance of tic train nearcd
San Martin, few hundred of General
Rea's gucrrilcros were seen scampering
ont Of The place as fast as their horses
would carry them. They did not stop
TO fire shot, although The guard to the
train hardly consisted of IA man to each
wagon, and this was almost the only
glimpse at the enemy attained on the
entire route down. Gen. Lane, at Pu-
eba, has been active in fnrre,ting out
the haun;s Of the gnerrilcras, and since
the alfIirs of Huamantla and Allisco
they have been of but little annoyance
save to their own unfortunate counlry>
men.
Later letters direct from Qucrrelaro
announce that Congress WIS organized
on the Cd Of November, Senor l.. Jose
Mario Godoy, Deputy from Guanajua,o,
was elected Presiden, of Congress, and