Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-06-23
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ilhas receivs 9ahe appointment Of Assistant
I Adiutant:: 1efaIsto General Wool. Z
E Atihss ctio1 Of officers in the Massa-
4 chusutls nenf, Lieut.. Col. Wright was
I;chosen coli osef Major Abbott, lieutenant
colonel Capt. Webster chosen ma
4 Ijor.
4 Several & 5amboat disasters had occurred
on tbs RID RfaDde, The most important OF
i which was de sinking of the steamer Ga
IIzelle,I bound ip The river with government
/. atores, abos 6O miles above Matarnoros.
She was Sial loss, the current having
broken bel 3 Z.
~ a1s:ssaa ssaITILlo, May II, 1917.
Ismenliohed inmy last. that squadron
of dragoons bad gone out in pursuit of a
pary of I'd diaus who had committed the
recent ouirs but ii appears | was misla-
1 ken, and itbat their mission was pacific
and nleifsIyss sntended 10 gel hack from our
i excelle5tffiends the Camanches some hor-
ses aud maI Ios (which had accidently found
their, way their possession. Justice,
how ever, swift and terrible reribulive JUS
tice, has overtakeu them, spol-laden as
=Ethey weres and half their number have
been sentitos 0vertake their victims.
Lient. CAT Mitchell and portion of the
ADVANCE Of goIs ID Doniphan's command ar
rived here ssterday morning from Parras,
having arrig6d al camp the day before
This n,ornis.g before breakfast, number
of men came lin and announced that on
! FridayB last detachment Of Col. Doni-
phan's regiment under command OF Capt.
! Reed, cons:aIing Of fifteen men and accom-
panied 5by D6n Manuel 1barra, very
wealthy cisizdn Of Parras. who owns an
extensive yard. set out for the Rancho
del POGO. aB6ntIhirty miles from Parras,
after tile Indians. He furnished them all
with fresh horses, sand they made rapid
march foral6ls POGO. At the rancho they
were Joined a party of some twenty
men, an advance Of Col. Doniphan's main
command and. before long the Indians
came up, hhS conflict was quite deeper
ale, lotr!:it,s Indians fought like devils:
! Capt.laeed staas sRounded in the chin and
shoulder ;by Srfo@s, aud several horses
were Killed the side of the Indians
I The slasg lisr vas more deadly. The all.
powerful fle caused sepenteen bold war
riors foa sbiIc sf1e dust, ard the resi-. fled,
3Eleayirg t6f heir ptunder and the great
4 erportipu: :0e their solnen and,ichildren.----
We also,s ed abpur 2, 600 head Of hor;
/. sas mil which they had stolen
don lTIfia5Is
Elbrave ass 1s is generous and hospitabie,
/ fought desperately. Most of,hese Indians
4 were Iippansand lot Camanches, it is
said. YDa will lhardly believe that after
! this generosity on the part of our troops in
Kidding theenemy,s country of maraud-
. ing party, some Of The grateful Mexicans
at Parras were detected in the act OF steal
ling somoS5T lhe horses belonging to the
command.
& The whoIeor Col. Doniphan's command
will be hers ingaafew days, and after re-
naming aWihile,to recruit their men ant
horses will proceed down towards the
: mouth oflhe river. They have now beer
(. 10 the service eleven months, aud wher
thew reach here will have marched t,ot
thousand eight Hundred miles from For
LeavenworIh, b, Mo-, their place of rendez
vous. They. have been constantly Oh The
march for eight months and have beer
without tents!since last fall; nor have they
drawn a single dollar Of pay since the!
have beenil service. We all look forward
here 10 the prospect ofa speedy movemen
3 upon San Luis with confidence; and daily
. expectthe arrival of fresh troops from be;
+ low. Ii islhongh. that the Parras route
will be selecieds and Ills represented I.
me as mtSst delightful one. Il train il
J about starting off. and | havc NO Time Il
. write more. His the ID Ohio regimen
: that goes 10 day. They are now entering
! the town. J. T.. d.
s From tht EN. o.. Picayuue, 9h instant:
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