Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-05-05
VERA Cruz, April Ia.

VERA CRUZ, April Ia.
The Massachusetts sails in half an hour
and I hasten to send you the latest intelli-
gence received from The advance Of our
army on its march towards Jalapa, Des-
patches were received here yesterday,
evening from Gen. Twiggs, stating that
the enemy had been discovered, and that
in Reconnaissance some eighteen miles
beyond The Nacioual Bridge at point
called the Black Forrest Pass, Capt. J. E.
johnson. of the Typographical Engineers
NOW Lieut.. Col. Of voltigeurs-was se:
verely wounded with shot through the arm
and another in thethigh. 1t is more than
probable that ere this Gems. Twigss and
Pillow have. had something of brush,
with the enemy. Santa Anna is known
TO have arrived at this pass with force
said 10 be Is 900 strong. consisting Of 1900
regulars andihe balance of irregular troops
-ofwhom 5000 are cavalry. The point
above named is a very stroug one, and
naturally affords great advantages TO The
enemy but, my word for il, they will moi
hold it long after our troops assaii it.
Shut up as I am in my room I cannot
know much Of what is going on. Mr..
Kendall started las, evening on the way
TO the advance Of The army; he will pro-
badly be in the camp sometime to-day.
He wrote you a letter before starting,
which goes with this. Ii is becoming quite
sickly here. but as yet hear nothing Of
the vomito amongst the soldiers. Ii is very
healthy in The interior, aud our army, ex.
cepling those who stay 10 garrison this
city,, will soon be beyond the influence Of
the impure and sickly air Of The COAST.
am still slowly recovering from my
accident, and hope to be with you ero
: many uays. his entirely out of the ques-
lion TO think of following the arInv in my
condition, l wouldn't stay in Vera Cruz a
month for it. learn that the steamship
New Orleans, now here, is TO make one
more trip 10 Tampico for mules, which
are much wanted here, aud after that she
goes 10 your city.
Yours, &c., F. A. L.
P. S.-When Capt. Johnson was woun.
ded in bis reconnaissance, he vas with an
escort of The Cd Dragons, under Capt.
Harjie. p. L.
CAMP AT SAN JUAN, April IA.
arrived at this camp al l o'clock last
night, the road from Vera Cruz running
for the most part through heavy saud.
The division of Gen. Worth, from The ex
cessive heat and wearisome road, suffered
incredibly.
The news in camp is stirring. An ex.
press has come down from Gen. Twiggs
to the effect that Santa Anna was before
him, at Cerro Gordo, with $4,000 men, as
near as could be judged from reconnois.
saaces made by Capt. Hardie and other
officers of dragons. Lieut.. Col, J. E.
Johnson has been severely but not mortally
wounded while examining Santa Auna's
works which appear to be succession of
breaslworks on the eminences in the vicin-
ily of CeTo Gordo, Everything would
now 70 to show that Santa Anna is de-
termined 10 make bold stand.
A dragon. who had been sent down
express BY Gen, Twiggs, was yesterday
found shot by the roadside just beyond
this. His papers had not been touched.
The Mexicans are playing bloody and
at,he same lime bolder game lhanis usual
for them. as it is though, they have killed
no less than fifty Of our men within the
las, three days on the road.
Gen. Scot, stopped last night nine miles
from this-to night he will reach Gen.
Twigg's position. If Santa Anna is ais
strong as he is represented, he probably
will not be attacked ih two or three days.
Iwrte in great haste G. w, X
On the 11th inst, Gen. Scott issued the
following proclamation, which no one will
doubt was written by him: