Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-02-10

sIonafy staled that the money had bee
7takenaAaa by a government officer, but
he, was sHll ordered to produce, and he
completely paying $1,000 himself, and
mulcting the merchants Of the town out
ofthe residue. We had paid very near
$1,000 to.9he people for forage, mules
and ,horas. and little ct eeteras, most of
which presume came back in the
$500. Every night of the march, im>
niediatelyiepposile our encampment,
fire was lighted in the mountains, and I
have no doubt at all but they were inten.
ded as signals to show our Whereabouts
on the road.
Yictoriafis, altogether very pretty
place, and4arger than any town have
seen except Monterey. General Quit
mans command have been here since
the 29tiyahd were the first Americans
to enter .tEstown. The Baltimore bat
talon werlE in the advance and their
flag, wbichswas christened in Monterey,
now wayesl[rom wo,story house in the
plaza The Mexican cavalry were
moving 'bsl9re General Quitman for two
days before he got in. They were at
the hacienda Of Sanlen Gracia in the
mornibg,and our troops were there in
the evening. 1t was the same ayat
the CabaIMi 9 rancho. There were abou.
two hundred here in all, and some of
them leftthe town on the evening ofthe
28th, andttie remainder. the next morn
ing, but they were seen on the Houn.
tains by ogrmen, after they had encamp'
ed, and all The little tackles were
saddled upJo pursue them, but night
came on, and it was ofno avail. They
knew very$well lha: there was no caval-
ry along, land; hence their daring in
showing themselves.
The rear Of Gen. Twiggs' division
had not got1out of town yesterday on
route 10 the river, before tho advanced
guard of Gen. Patterson had entered the
plaza. Hc@efttweity miles this side of
Matamoras on lie 24tll, and: must have,
marched yery near as fast as we did 10
se.-.ihasozss.ss-.,-. II:.,e.s-ns n.=a.x.-ett
the place was occupied by our troops,
and desired lo'phnt the first American.
standard in Victoria. His command
consists Of the Tennessee cavalry, the
Sd and 4lh Illinois infantry, two COM
paRies of artillery, and one of sappers.
and miners. The division was accom-
panied by supply train, which with
the company wagons made near 300.
The simultaneous arrival of the two
divisions made quite show, and every
thing around wore a martial appearance.
The people of The town, less reserved or
less timid than usual, came into the
streets, and TO their windows, in great
numbers, and looked as though they
thought the thing was up with Mexico,
as our columns marched through the
square. Neither division knew the
whereabouts Of the other and their arri-
val at the same time was not anticipated.
To feed all the horses and men that
ale now here, it will require un,iring ex-
ertions on the part of the Quarter-Mas.
ters and their assistants. The greatest
difficulty will be in providing forYthe
horses, although up to this time we have
had no difficulty in obtaining forage from
The enemy, for which we now pay them
one price-60 cts. for corn, and al a
propor,ionate rate for fodder. This is
The price we paid on the route from
Monterey, and Ehus far we have contin-
ued it here. But the demand will soon
swallow up what is in The vicinity, and
then we will have to look. for it from
SOME Of the depots on,he Gulf.--Shoud
we remain here for any considerable
length of time, it would be advisable to
land supplies at Soto la Marina, port
at the mouth Of the river of the same
name, 65 orTo miles from ihis place.
But it is not probable that we shall re-
main here, for the Msxicans will not
come to US, and if we are not going after
them Just now, convenience as well as
economy demands that we should be
aearer the sea board.
Gen, Scott has signiied to Gen. Tay-
lor his intention Of taking. command of
this wing Of the army, and think he
will move ii TO Tampico, when he gets
ready, and from there, the only promi-
nent place presented in "my minds eye"
is Vera Cruz. 1t has been talked of
very much by Gen. Taylor lately, and
some Of his officers say he dreams oft.
I believe ! told you before that he said.
to the General Government, thatif they
would send hiu 5000 troops to Tampi-
co, he would march 10 that place with
1000 of those now in the field, and
would latter adding them together move
n, m and attack the city of Vera Cruz.