Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-06-16

and destruction. To consequence of the
falsily ofthe great number of similar sto.
ries, Col. Wilson, our Governor, had The
man arrested as deserter. Thus matters
slood until yesterday, when deveIopements
were made by an arrival from Jalapa-
the first that has reached US for week
tending to confirm our worst fears.
We conversed yesterday with a gentle
man who arrived in the morning, and he
informs Us that a point about Two miles
on the other side Of Puenie Nacional, he
saw the ruins Of the. diligence, underneath
which was human body stripped with
the exception Of pair of drawers, and
muIilated in The most beaslly manner
This is supposed TO be the body of Col.
Sewers. Near him lay another perfectly
naked and likewise dreadfully mangled.
Our informant was assured that five other
bodies lay in some thick chapurraI short
distance from the road. Now the number
OF killed, with the man who escaped, ex-
actly corresponds with that of the party
which accompanied the unfortunate Col.
Sewers, anG leaves no doubt in our mind
ofits distinctions,
Our readers win rccollect a party of
Mexican robbers recently captured near
Vera Crnz by party Of amaleurs under
Col Banks. Ten Of tbem have been tried
for robbing, secreting arms and ammuni-
ton &c. Five have been acquitted and five
convicted. The latter were sentenced TO
four and a half mons work upon The
public streets and thoroughfares in chains.
Two more yet remain TO ,e tried. We
hope this example may be salulary.
The Eagle inform US that on the 2Slh
a party Of six Mexfcans, coming into Vera
Cruz from Santa Fe, were attacked by
some OF their own counlrymen and robbed
Of all they had about Them.
The Eagle gives some details OF Com,
Perry's expedition TO The south, bu, moth.
ing particularly new. The commodore
arrived at Vera Cruz on the 24lh ult.
SANTA ANNA STONED IN THE CApIroI.
From La Patria, Of yesterday, we learn
that letters have been received in this city
BY the way of Tampico, from the city Of
Mexico, 10 the 2lst 'ult., in which it is
stated that Santa Anna arrived in the
Capitol on lbe 10Th May, as was expected;
that the reception was very. different from
what he anticipated, The populace or
ruhhle- princinallll LanA.aa-- =!
!showered upon him curses both loud aud
deep; and from words, proceeded as the
old nursury story runs, to Try what virtue
there was in stones. His .Excellency not
being ambitious TO follow the example Of
81. Stephen, escaped with great difficulty.
aud, projected by his friends, sought an
asylum nthe palace. The people, indig-
nant at the frequent defeats Of The Mexican
armies, aud the failure Of Santa Anna to
redeem his numerous promises, sought to
revenge themselves upon his person. Had
it not been for the armed force and tho
police, the unhappy Presiden, would have
been dragged through the streets, as was
once the fate of that poor an1putated limb,
which has served him so long as most
potent remainder of courage and gallautry
which are now badly in wan, of ncw
props.
These statements are based upon in
formation, communicated by very reliable
persons. to a commercial house in this city
which obtains the first aud most authentic
news from Mexico.
We {ofthe Delta) give the story in our
owa language, as we learn from La Pa.
tria and other sources, not vouching for
its truth, but not dscredilins it. We
think i, not improbable that his Excellen
cy has arrived al The point iu his history,
where he must make Que Of those rapid
descenls from great power to great moth
iugness, so characteristic OF all who rest
their hopes upon the tickle and lreacherous
rabble of Mex:co-a rabbe, whose nature
is strong compound of the worst vices of
civilization and barbarism.-N. 0. Del.
Ia.