Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-06-30

NO. 3d..
From tie N. O. Picayune o fthe lzihins:.
LATER FROM VERA CRUZ.

Wood, arrived last evening from Vera
Cruz, whence she sailed ON the evening OF
the llth inst. The Massachusetts brings
over l55 sick and wounded soldiers, under
charge of Dr.. Tudor, besides the following
passengers Mr.. Joseph HarFod, Dir. Tu.
dor, U. S. A., Purser Bryan ofthe navy.
and MIR. Bosworth and two servants.
The following deaths occurred on the
Massachusetts C. Gaines of the mounted
Rifles. aud John Drew, of company I, 7lh
Infantry, died on board before the Massa.
[chusetls left Vera Cruz, and were sent on
shore for in'ermenl on the lIlh June. On
the l2lh of June, John Pope, of The Noun
ted Rifles and John. Smith, of company G..
7th Infantry, died at sea-. On the 18th J. :
F. Carson, South Carolina Volunteers,
died. On the 18th, D. Scurry, South
Carolina Volunteers, and H: Heck. Cd
Dragoons. On the 18Th, L. Grover, COM
pany Z. Mounted Rifles. -.
The vomito is represented as on the
increase at Vera Cruz. We regret extre-.
mely to suy that P Paymaster Bosworlh, who
sailed from here only on the 18th ult., 3
sickeneG and died in Vera cruz Of the
uomito. His remains were brought back :
on the Massachusetts in charge of his
brother.
Quite the most important intelligence
brought by this. arrival rela,es!fo an attack
upon large train. by. the. Mexican guer-
rllas, which has been partially successful.
BY the Fanny we learned that train was
10 leave Vera Craz on the morning of the
5th inst.. for Puebla, under command oil; :;
Lieut.. Col. Mcintosh. The train had in
charge S225, 900 ia specie, of which SUM
one hundred thousand belonged 10 the Pay,
masters Department, the remainder to,
the Quar,ermaster's. One hundred and
twenty-five wagons and six hundred pack
mules were in the train, which was esc0f-
ted by 800 troops. ;.
The train left Vera Cruz on the night
ofthe 4th inst, aud on Sunday the 6th,, :
when il had advanced about twenty-five,
miles, il was attacked by large party of
guerrillas. The place was we'll selected
for the purpose By the Mexicans, being
represented as defle. broad enough for a z
single wagon only. II is said. loo, that.
slight works had been thrown. up B. y tho.
Nlexicans TO obstruct oinr advance. The
attack was made upon each extremity 81 s
He
wagons which were supposedto contain
the specie. Z. Is.
Private accounts represent that the at
tack was so far successful thar thirty of our.
wagons were dessroyed-tbopsh not those s
containing the specfe-two hundred mules;
loaded with subsistence were taken,s and
thirty of our men killed. The American,
Eagle Of The 9th says our loss is variously
estimated al from four to twenty, but pri-
vate accounts, from responsible sources,
give the loss as we have done, a, thirty
men. The check was so severe that Col.
Mcintosh determined moi 10 hazard an.
advance Without reinforcements. Our
troops accordingly enlrenched themselves
behind !heir wagons, and dispatches were
sent of 10 Gen. Cadwalader at Vera Cruz,
The general left on Monday evening. the
9TH inst, with force Of about FIVE hun.
dred men and four howitzers. Private.
accounts say further thai ON the 10th. part
Of The voltigeurs also left, with four howit-.
zers. to join The train.
The Eagle represents that ,our troops
received the attack with the utmost cool
ness, and that the enemy, being repulsed,
fell back towards the Puentt Nacional,,
which some suppose they may attempt TO,
defend. No later news from the train had,
been received the morning of the l1th, the:
day the Massachusetts [eft. On The 10th,
large mail was despatched 10 This port
OIL the propeller Washington, which may.
be hourly expected. Her letters may
bring us further details. -.
From an intelligent passenger with whom,
81 conversed. we learn that a. letter was
received in Vera Cruz from Major Bennett,.
Paymaslcr, who was in charge Of. the
specie in the train, stating that the Amerr;
leans lost in the attack s32 men and 200
pack mules, besides % wagons.
No later news had been received from
the army of Gen. Scott, The. reason. is
obvious for The present at east.the COM.
municalion has been entirely cut of, We,
do mol regard this as at all alarming, for,
Gen. Cadwalader will no doubt open a
passage to Jalapa al once but it indicates
a necessity for some cavalry force upon,
the line to clear away the brigands which.
infesl it, aud who must have mustered in,
grenter force than had been anticipated 10
attack train guarded by 300 troops.
But the audaci,y of these guerrillas does
not stop here. They are enieting Vera
Cruz and stealing our horses. For sew
eral nights alarms had been created in the.
city by these predatory attempts. Private,
letters says that sixty horses were stolen Z
from one pen in the immediate vicinity of
the town. Aregiment Of Texas Rangers
it seems TO us, would find ample scope for
employment in the vicinity Of Vera Cruz.
The steamers Palmetto and Edith arr.
rived at Vera Cruz on The 9th inst. The,
schooner Gen. Worth had also arrived
with one company Of .yoltiseurs.
We await anxiously' our letters by the
Washington. ssS Z
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