Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-02-17

carry on The war, by hypothecating, {
if found necessary, selling church prop
erty. A communication from the Vicd
General, protesting against The measure
was laid before Congress, but it wa
carried by a vote of55 o3l on til
proposition to hypolhecate, and a. t
IS on that to sell. ! A rumor had reach
ed Vera Cruz hatSanta Anna had beel
assassi mated by tloops.!' Oh accoun
OF MS opposifioii to the Lplan adopted BY
Con gress to raise money. Whatever
may have happened Santa Anna, the
reason assigned for his rumored death
appears erroneous. He wants money
for his troops, and cares but little foI
the enmily Congress creates for itself il
: raising it. =.
A letter'from San Luis states ,that ,en
the 25th December, dispatches sent by
General Taylor to lis Government
which had been entrusted 10 French.
man, we're received by Santa Anna
The Frenchman was met by party
under Canales, and was killed, either in
defending himself or attempting an es.
cape. From what is known of The 10
tentions Of General Taylor about the
time the dispatches must have been
written,the writer is grossly misinfol med
Of their contents, or they were written
with the intention tina, they should fall
into the hands Of the enemy and deceive
him as:to Gen. Taylor's intentions.
La Vegas brevet rank of Brigadief
General has been made lineal for bis
conduct at Resaca de la Palma, and a
motion has been made in Congress TO
present him with gold medal,
In the Indicator Of Vera Cruz Of the
18Th ult., Don Pedro Herrera informed
his companions in arms that, at his ur-
gen, solicitation, 1.-The Governor of Pue-
biahas consented to assist the garrison
of Vera Cruz in its present strai.ened
situation with subsidy Of Slo0,00oj
from 20 to S25, 900 of it to; be paid ey:
cry month, and the first remittance 10 be
made in a fortnight. = ~
Nothing appears 10 have been said
recently in Congress, concerning the
peace proposition Of the American Go.
vernment. The proceedings 6f tha,
body, however, bear ample evidence Of
the, thorough ascendancy Of the war
spirit. The correspondent Of she Pic
ayune says: "A copy Of Mr.. Webster's
Philadelphia speecf was transmitted to
Mexico, and gave lively satisfaction
1t is fully believed that The administra-
tion Of Mr.. Polk is tottering to its fall,
and that a professed anti-war party
mus; soou come into power. II is inn
agined tha. Polk will save himself 10y
purchasing peace on any Terms which
magnanimous Mexico will grant. Some
are so extravagantly creduIous as 10 be,
lieve that the arms Of our Government
will soon be paralMed by civil war
Opposition articles. are published in
most ofthe newspapers, and are calcu-
lated 10 do more mischief in Mexico
than would be the case III almost any
other country, as there is nothing too
extravagant for the easy credulity Of
these people,"
According to a despatch from the
Governor of New Leon, the rear guard
Of Col. May, lost in the 'de6ls Of Santa
Rosa, was: cut off by a party of twenty.
five men and boys, inhabitants Of San
Pedro. AS is represented, almost their
only weapons were the stones rolled
down the heights by them. None Of
the rear guard appear TO have been
killed, as the whole, eleven in number,
WERE senrprisoneEs 10 San Luis Potosi.
The Governors Of the States Of Du-
range and Zacatecas refuse to place the
resources Of the States at the command
of Santa Anna. His demands, they
contend, are in violation of the iCohsti-
tuition, and if complied with, wouldleave
the States at The mercy of the Ameri.
can forces.
The troops of San Luis are repre-
sented by Mexican letter writer 10 be
armed, clothed and equipped.
We again copy from the letter Of the
;Picayune
"The passage Of the law TO raise mo-
ney of the Church property has crea+
ted the greatest excitement throughout
Mexico. The churches are closed, and
every indication Of mourning and .fesis.
tance has been evinced by those who
support the religious Establishments
The Government has addressed to the
soldiers circular in which the most
stringent measures are authorized for
preserving the order and enforcing the
decree.