Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-02-03
MEXICAN GENERALS-WHO Is
UREA?

URREA7
No, The least important items in the
recent news from Mexico, alc those
; which relate to the distribution and or
ganization OF the Mexican army. Tia,
army numbers fortv-one thousand men,
of whom twenty. ivr thousand art with
Santa Anna, in the city Of San Luis d.
Pnrosi, eight thousand in the fertile soil
of San francisco, and IA like number AT
Tnla, town distant from S.n LUIS so
miles, and from Tampico one hundred
and 'wrnly. or the eight thousand mrn
at Tula, Two Thousand five hundred
have been formed mo corps Of obs"r-
walton, and the command thereof given
to General Josst Manuel Urea.
Urea is barely fifty years Of aye,
though the hard life he has led has given
him somewhat older appearance. His
manners are very polished, resembling
these of IA Fr'nch general Of the old
regime. His administrative talents ar"
good. II caanol be denied thai !e is
an accomplished general; bur at the
same ,imo, il mus, b.. Admired that he
is SOMETIMES wanting in decision, when
decision is most wanting.
1t is worthy of note, that the corps
which Urea now commands, is compo
srd If rlr ve'y bet infantry regiments
in the Mexican ST. vice-lhese are 'm'
Cortagnardia, Of 'rampico, the Pueba
regiment, and the corps OF veterans
May we not infer from lhi, circumstance,
that Santa Anna has assigned to Urea
an enterprise of t'grea,l pill and mo.
menl ?"-N. Y Herald.
a Strange Tale.-Tne N. o. Delta
says HAT Il few years since, ii Sergeant
in The army al Fort Lravenwort was
arrested on charge Of having s,olqn
money from Lieut.. r., an officer at that
station. He ran away, was followed,
arrested and money Iound5, upoIEsblIlp.
Z n-ttfe cHnT 0s:-1.aaI mn Isi drrrSr,
disappeared and uas supposed 10 have
been murdered.
The Sergeant was brought up for
examination. TIL. proofs cx lhi
ted 10 him the money. his II CHI. Sc;
his only reply was, Where is my accu>
SCR 3 Bring him b. ioic me and you
shall see who is the tlil" Bul eui.
+ could NO be found. Th- Srrgn.u,
thcn comic seI tia he hli EN- b ibrd
10y Lieutenant T. 10 deser an take
upon Inns If the inIany which )usIl,
belonged The Lieutenant himself, wIlu
was drftu!lcr 10 the Government, and
wished TO cover his crime By the alleged
robbery of the Sergeant. That he had
gwen him wa hundred dollars and
horse, 10 fly from tbs fort, which after IA
svere conflict with conscience. he al
last consented to do, bu thai brlnre he
had goue many mIIes his horse broke
d"wn and he was thus oyertaken and
arrested.
On the 1St Of October, last as the
Mexican force was marching oul Of
Monterey, one CT the officers undcr
Gen. Worth, whose troops were drawn
up to saine then, rcco.niz d in one of
the Mexican CnIonIs familiar face,
which proved TO be tina; oi Lieut.. T.!
Thr Delta says -
AS soon as the Mexican's eye fell
upon the faces OF the TWO Americans,
he was observed to grow deadly pale,
and TO pull lis cap over his eyes and
turn away. But the Am, licans had
scth enough TO satisfy them that The
Mexican colonel was NJ 9th that the
renegade Lieutenant t., for whose
crime poor man now SulliIs the infimy
of Imprisonment in the spenilrn'ia, y Of
Missoui.-An Inspection Of the Mexi-
can military roll, and qniry among the
Mexican officers. confirmed th,. truth of
the personal observation of our officers.
We understand that The evidence
will be laid before the Executive for the
purpose OF obtaninga communication of
the punishment irhe unfortunate Ser 4
geant the victim Of The infamous Teach
cry and vIllany of his base officer, who,
to the crime of having disgrac. d his i
count'y's Uniform and betrayed its I
adds the eternal inflmy of q
The paricidn and the traitor. L
Mrs Gaines Lao Suit.-Thc N. Q. a
'etiersonlan says that the Supreme Cour h
't the United Srales are about to take up y
he great law suit, in which Mrs Gen. II
Gaines oh'ained ajudgmen, for about sew
,nIeen millions in the Dslrict Court of !.