Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-03-24
elorrespy I.lls 3 Charleston calfisr. 5.

patch summoned Vice, President Dallas
to tbs Eite House, where heIyel remaiis;
| To-day Ex-Sefaior Evans, of Maine,
passed through Inr city to .Washin zion in
.obedience 10 a similar Presidential sum.
mons. In. The midst Of all these singular
.movements.. and immediately on The over.
turning Of Senator Benlon's aspirations.
Secretary Buchanan retires 10 bis native
mountains, When most important inteIli-
genes IS momentarily expected from the
seatof war. A screw must be loose some.
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FIR on NEW MEXICO.
. The foIlosiog gimportantintelIigence, re-
ceived bYt ting Gorres pondent Of The Evening
Neus, from P PhiIa5elphia, via Piitsburg,
by Telegraph, shews that our forces in
that section of Mexico are in most criti.
ical position, and sihat the next accounts
from lhal. quarter will probably be meIan-
choIy, inasnhch as there is every prospect
that a dreadful massacre will be the re-
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!. PITrsBuRGH, March 16.
By river wei have ST. Louis papers, four
days in ADVANCE Of the mail, with dates
from Santa lFle covering importan, news.
There has been an extensive Mexican in
surrection sat Taos. All !. the Spaniards
who eyincsd any sympathy with The
American cause. had been compelled 10
escape: II 'sss b
Gov. Bent Stephen Lee, Acting sher-
III, Ger. Elliott Lee, Henry Seal, and
twenty Americans were killed. and their
families despoiled Ebe Chief AlcaIe was
also killed. T6isaH occurred on the l7th
January. The insufEection made furmi-
dable s6eadWay, and the disaffection was
rapidly spreading. The insurrectionists
we're sending expresses out all over the
country 10 raise assistance The number
engage idlhe outbreak at Taos was about
600 T hey were using every argumen,
TO incite sHle Indians To hoslilities, aud
we're making preparations 10 lake posses
sion Of Sa1ia Ee. 81 '.l;. Is, =.
The Americans al Sanla Fe, had only
about 500 affective men there, the rest
were on The sick ,llsl, or had left 10 join
Col. Doniptb ham Such being their situa-
tion they cannot send succor out, as they
are hardl :abtslo :defeud1 themselves. It
is tboughgthatS Santa Fe must be captur.
ed, as neither Tue Fort or Block Houses
areceomPletsd.. ~ = s's '.s y =
{ 1t is announced as The intention OF The
insurrecti5nists who. captured. Taos. to
take possession Of the government wagon
trains, which afs carrying forward our.
supplies, and thus cut of all communica::
;tioil.
The Representations made-to Cal. Don.
iphan, that chihuahua would be an easy
zcnnqdesr, were evidently intended as a
lureito ,raphilns Besel aspirit Of security,
andisad himif ifaroff INTO the,interior, where
he might be easily tcutiof. 1astss !,
SIT is the universal opinion Santa Fe,,
that ifs General u IEool had gone direct 10
Chihuahua there i,snnsd hive sbeen no.
trouble ina, axieo.s Col.g Doniphan had
possessiol9o OF, I'll Passo: Del Norteton the
t2Sth Deceiii5Se Lsiiers had been: recei-
we'd rom ID Sc 6a, STA.
ting g.that Gems Wool was wilhinthree days
march Of Tie capi,1l. This TOO, was an
other ruse 10 lure Col. Doaiphan on in
con6dence and ent him of:sfgom., all chan.
ces Of escape failing back ppop San.
ia Feeto reliese il ,ipiis emergency. assi
a Thsg Mexiedas are bold insihcir tone
sapt;con6dentnf capturing Col. Doniphaa
and bis, comamnd, which consists Of about
'600men, 500 of5ithem being Of his own
troops, the frsl regiment OF mounted Mis-
'so6ri volunteers. and a detachment of:lOJ
men from Santa Fe, under command of
Lieut., Col. Mitchell, of, the cd regiment
consisting Of 30 men from Clark's bat
talon oflightsatlilIsry,.u ,.u'nder command of
Capt. Hudson. .andLieut. Kribben, and 20
froni' Col. Price.siregiment. and Col. Will
locks ba,talIiolIi They assert that they
will massacre every American in New
Mexico end con6scale all their goods.
"A leller from Col. Alberl, u. S. Topo-
graphical Ensiqeer,oflaler date. confirms
all the above intelligence. The details of
the battle Of ifBraciio are also confirmed,
The massacre. beyond doubt, has been
horrible one, of swhich5we have as yet
heard but the beginning; and the in5ur-
reclion has been kept so quiet until all
was ready for .ihe outbreak, that our hand
full oftroops there must be demolished,
before anyfeifaf, can:be made to relieve
them from The most advanced Of our Wes-
Tern military posts.
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