Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-04-21

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/ aseains, The administration Of Gomez Fa.'
rias had at length been terminated 10 q
/ favorable manner tothe government, and
that Generals Pena Barragan and Salas
who were ,he headsof the opposition TO
Gomez Farias, had been shot. =. ~ ~
This last item we consider very ques-
tionable. -s, ~, :,
FURTHER FROM SANTA 7FE.
The ST., Louis ,Reveille Of the 3lst
instant contains a, statement furnished TO
the Editor by Mr.. Caldwell, recently
arrived from Santa Fe, which differs in
many respects from the accounts before
published. 1t appears that the massacre
Of Gov. Bent aud others, was perpeirated
a, Taos on the 18th Of January, and inn
mediately runners were sent out by the
Mexicans to the different towns the prov
iuce, calling upon the inhabitants TO assist
10 the murder of tho Americans. a'..sa
We learn also that on the 18th. the
night after the murder Of Gov. Bent and
his companions at Taos, Mr.. Romulus
Culver, of Clinton county; L.. L. Waldo,
brother of the doctor, and Benz. Pruett,
of Jackson county, together with five
others, were killed at Moro, atown ofsome
1000 inhabitants, and situated seventy:fve
miles from Santa Fe.-After this outrage,
the insurgents, 10 the number Of some 2OOO
collected at q small town called La CaHi-
ada, some twenty-five miles from Santa
Fe. Col Price, hearing of this, immedi-
ately went in person al the head oi 3oO
men, and drove them from their position,
killing sc of their number.-About the
time ofthe battles between Col. Price and
the insurgents at La Canada and Lam
bada, Captain Hendly, Of the Ray county
volunteers. who was on. The east side Of
the mountains, in charge Of party Of sra-
ziers. hearing Of the massacre at Taos and
Moro, Immediately repaired; with abou,
80 men to the latter place, where he met
with large body OF The enemy, and an
engagement ensued, in which Capt. H..
lost his life. After his fall, his men, under
command Of their lieutenant, fell back on
Vegas, and reported at Santa Fe the
condition Of things, and the probability Of
a well appointed force beingable 10 defeat
the enemy at Moro. On receipt Of this
intelligence al Santa Fe, Capt MORN, OF
Platte, with some 200 men, was despatch
ed To Moro, aud on his arrival the inhabi-
tanls fled. leaving every thing to the mer.
cy of,he Americans. The town. as before
stated, was burnt, and every thing possible
for the enemy TO subsist upon was destroy
ed. r
Late from Merico. the way Of Vera
Cruz and Tampico the New Orleans Pic
ayuue is in receipt of papers from the city
OF Mexico 10 the 18th Of March--.previous
dates were 10 the 9th of February. The
papers are mainly occpied with the details
Of the Two factions struggling for power
1.-The one 10 re,ain, tho other 10 acquire.
Santa had been advised Of this effort 10
create areyolulion, in favor Of Gen. Bar
ragan. Gomez Farias, therpresenl Vice
President, ,Stisa represented cas- extremely
,un popular II relerencelo; Santa Anna's s
| movements we find many items Of interest.
II appears that he was al Cslral when he
first learned of the 'reyolution IN The City
sof Mexico, ,:aud, ,sxro,e thence on. the .3d .!
MARCH,; ayowing his opp posiiiofI on
Ethe 9Th ahe wrote 10 the Seere tary yof " ar,
1gannouncing his intention to march on the
capital with a strong force and pul down
The revolution. ssss,s l-g,s -ls,s.s VA Is VI
The entrance of Santa Anna into San
Louis Polosi was made on the 9th ult.,
and is said to have. been a triumphal one.
AT nighthe was serenaded, and the,ow
was illuminated in honor of his arrival.
From the published letters Of the Mexican
General we gather that it was his desire 10
have all shostilities between the Two cou-
tending factions suspended, until .he ap-
peared himself at the capital; presuming
that his presence would tend 10 restore tho
harmony which had been disturbed.
Ere. Ne,cs.
Chhuahua.-The Mexican paper El
Republican, Of the 18th of March, an.
uounces that The American arms have
,riumphed in Chihuahua. The small
forces, says that paper which defended il
were routed. But it is obvious from the
manner in which the baltic is spoken of,
that it redounded 10 the glory Of the
Americans.-E're.N Ne,oS.
Peace. Letters have been received at
New Orleans, said to be from persons Of
the highest respec!abiliy and whose
means of Information are ample, which
state as matter of positive certainty tha,
at the latest dates negotiations for peace
with The United States were under consid-
GRAFTON at the capital. I, was thought
tina, the return of Senta Anna would be
the signal for the commencement Of over
turcs.
Dreadful Massacre.-Information con-
cerning frgh,ful occurrence, has recently
been received by the British Government,
from its agents on the Western coast Of
Africa. A negro chief, having 2oOO slaves
upon his hands, and being unable to dis.
pose of them, had them all killed before
his own eyes. The French ,vernmeDt