Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-07-14
From The N. o. Picayune; jane 80.
LATER FROM THE ARMY OF
GEN. SCOTT.

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GEN. SCOTT.
The schooner Iona, Capt Stevens, ar
rived Yesterday morning from Vera Cruz,
and in fow hours afterwards the steanl-
ship New Orleans, Capt. Aud, came in.
The laller left Vera, Cruz on The 25th
inst, and brings us letters ofths 25lh and
papers Of the Oath. Que hundred and
ffty-six discharged soldiers and teamsters
came over on the New Orleans.
Our dates from the. army fsGen. Scott,
al Puebla are TO the 14lhtEinst. The inn
mediate advance ofSolh army upon lhe
city ofMexico has been postponed until
the arrival of reinforcemens. The rumor-
which has been 80 generally circulated
through the city that he had arrived with
in twenty-five miles Of tue cityaot Mexico,
is without foundnlion. t;f
A rumor reachsds Vera Cruz on The
night oflhe 24lIl inst.that Gen, Cadwala-
der's command had fallen in with guer..
rilla party few miles beyond Jalapa, and
by a movement uoperceivedby the guer.
riLLeros, succeeded 10 surprising them and
killing about thirty Of them, without losing
man.
Other letters have been received IN
Town as to this affair OF Gen. G Cadwall lader
which represents it 10 have occurred near
La Hoya, about eleven miles beyond Ja-
lapa. The surprise of the Mexicans were
SO complete, as one letter says, that hIty
of them were killed Gen. G.: suffered no
loss, all agree.
By another letter, dated the 24lh inst.
from our Vera Cruz correspondent, we
learn that the Train which went up under
command Of Gen. Pillow, was attacked
srCalera, said to be nine miles beyond
the Puenle Nacional The guerriicros
were dispersed with The loss Of thirty men.
Verbal accounts say we had some eight or
ten wounded, but none killed.
This affair occurred on the 23d insl.,
and is first mentioned in letter we give
below dated the 24h; but though we have
no further authentic details about the ac-
liou. We have conversed with gentle.
men who came passengers on The New
Orleans. They enter tain various opinion:
on The subject, but we are inclined 10 think
that skirmish did lake place, and thai
The Mexicans were readily dispersed. The
report is that an account Of the whole
affair was received in town by The New
Orleans, aud will appear 10 the columns
Of some of our cotemporarles.
The force under the command Of Gen
Pillow left Vera Cruz on the 18th escort
ing train >of about l25 wagons. The
force amounted to nearly 1900. men, aut
consisted Of the l4lh Iufantry, aud a por
ton of the Sd and 9th Infantry, six compa
MES Of The Volligeurs, ss detachment Of The
Sd Dragoous aud six howitzers. Tha
such train woul Id meet with serious re.
siatance from guerilla parties, was not tc
be expected, but we regretihat our &C
counts induce the belief thatit suffered
excessively in the first and5second days
march from The heat Of The weather. The
march on tho second day is represented a
! having been particularly severe, the time
chosen for it being during the.heat Of th'
| day, through heavy sand! aud when clever
| miles were 10 be made without water
One hundred and fifty men are said Il
have been completely .knosssanp on lhi
march; six or seven died saPop the road
fasl accounts. Bolh our private advice
and the papers of Vera CRUZ impute thi
triains with fife entirely - The change
inlroduced Iby Gen. Pillow of marching
during tIic heat Of The day. Instead Of Sc
lecting early mornings or the after part o.
the day for such service
There are q great many guerrilla parties
upon the road; small body of our troops
left San Juan OH the 2lst hoping TO over
take Gen. Pillow, but after proceeding
Two or three miles they encountered some
guerriHeros. These they charged upon
aud dispersed, but they saw SO many others
on the road in small parties that it was
thought prudent TO reliuquish the design Of
coming up with Gen. Pillow. As this
officer is somewhat famous for exacting
from his men long marches it is well that
no further attempt was made 10 oyertake
him.
We regret TO learn by this arrival of the
death of Mr.. Thos. G. Banks. He died
at Vera Cruz Of sthe vomito. lHr, Banks
was connected, we believe wilhlhe Guar.
lermaster's department.. Quite recently
he had rendered important service in sur
prising and capturing party Of Mexican
gueiriIlas near Vera Cruz, Of which ac-
counts have been published, and he was
particularly successful in defending and
saving public properly when the train
under Col. Mcintosh was attacked. He
was very widely known throughthe United
States, having been an extensive mail
contractor OH the great route through Ala
bama and Georgia, and more recently with
large hotel al Buffalo. lie was man
of great energy Of character and much
kindness of heart. His friends were nu-
merous and will lament with US his un.
timely decease.
The course pursued by Capt. Walker
towards those desperadocs who fell into
his hands is said 10 have been highly
approved by Gen. Scott. We have been
asked if Gen. Cadwalader adopted Wal
ker's plan and shot those who fell into his
hands, but we arc unable to answer.
The Eagle says that an enterprise is on
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