Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-05-12


iofsour own. by eli tnS
disabled. .Ameficapa sssSae
our urgeodss s@e ere busy i1paIiating
dressing the eas
in turns, ailesss the psin ntss
sufferer along caused him 70
he swsould.he imme diatei II ansade
The pioneer parties of i6ir xIHeti
picking upthe wounded andbring ing ahe
ii ironiseyery part ofssthe a=aseeItsi
height. Fromalies sid, ,sesya dsaheI
where the slormng party. of Gen: ! slMlgggg
division made the charge .nostofs soarimen q ss
suffered, and. d.inany of+thes esenemyS alsossss
fforathey made.a desperate stand; but " hen
they gave way, and started in confusioI oI,sz
down the bill, was the time they most sui
.fered, many Of them receiving the balss Ssea
our men their backs.1as g5;sssrf
The charge on Cerro Goreos syasoneeofs ssa
those cool yet determined ones SO chaLac .snsae
teristic of The American oldier.3. rom ~
the time that our troops left the bill near
est that prominent height The IRE was
incessanl. and they had 10 fght 6ef wa
foot by foot. till they gained the summit
from which place the enemy gave; Fay s;;5
after short resstance,.
Our victor, is complete: Those ots st6s ~
enemy who escaped were driyen ah .ssss ssss,
directions by their puisuers. and many sos sss2sa
them cur down on The road S
Gen. Twiggs. vino followed athema affere
taking Cerro Gordo,e approache hIus
three miles Of apa,and finding snosfoIcs
of he enemy. encamped for that nigh
He is in town before this time. :
* From The NJ O. Dslta. t,ssss
Aduanee.-General Taiggs wass SUI
posed TO be in Jalapa on ,he sl9ih
and the whole army 10 rapidly advancing
on the capital. From the present aspecI 80
Of Mexican affairs in the interior, there is 80
little doubt ifnegoliaions for peace besno
forthwith opened, Gen Scott will reach
the city Of Mexico unimpede
Details OF tke Fight at CeToa Cord
By three or four clock ia the affernodn, as
(lSlh ull.) the splendid army zof Santa
Anna, was putsto fight, himself and Gem
Canalizo having Fed long before the sMexs assss
ican troops were entirely overcome S0Ii putsr
10 flight leaving all the*caDp equipage
private correspondence, otherwise, a0theE ssss
valuables, and his artificial limb, y which sss
accident Of course, rendered his escape ss.ses
/ the more perilous.. From the deficiency sss
which we labored under. in the want of ~
\ dragons and cavalry, the discretionaf
Generals were fortunate in getting of witt:
Eheads upon their shoulders, otherwise we.
would not have beea willing ito have guars
antied those ornamental paris of sthes shusFsB
man obesl.t This was we'll ellcompensated. Ill
however, by the number of other dist in-SsaH
guished men who swell the list Of captyes. ssr,t
Their loss in killed and wounded is est. ss.
mated at about FIVE or six housand, and ssssss
they are represented as covering the entire
field of f6attle--in the passes, schapp
and on the sand hills, il. gIsa, numbers 81
indeed the destruction Of life s sad 20 a'sss.,
have been horrible ia The extreme and; - 4 4
calculated 70 excite. feelings Of pity. & that
! they should have allowed ethenlseiye stos sss
be duped 'fm.o another senga agement with
4 our troops, with whom they oughilto know ## ##
they cannot cope successful ssss
Discharge Of 1feriean Prisoae ias Ess.ss'
ga 6s,ias