Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-04-21
From our Correspondent.

BACK OF VERA ORUL, SSih MufCiii io4I.
Mr.. Edaor.--The siege Of Vera Cruz is. at
last, at an end. and this morning at ~ o'clock,
The garrison OF the City and Castle march out,
and lay down their arms In few minutes
the banner of the Stars and Stripes. will float
T from the Castle of SanJua De- Ulloa, as well
as from the walls of one Of the most strongly
fortified cities in the world. tg gf
must do the Mexicans Justice TO say, that
with their scanty force, in men and supplies,
they have held out remarkably well. The mum
ber Of troops in the City and Castle have been
yarous!y estimated, at FROM four to FIVE thou
sand men, with as good a supply of artillery
and ammunition as could have been furnished
TO any city in the world. but have no doubt
that they were pogrly supplied with provisions.
On the 9lh instswe anchored off Point Sa
crificios, with force Of about fourteen thousand
men,, and Immediately commenced disembark.
ing, preceded by Gen. Worth's brigade. which
was formed ia line Of battle in suif boats. On
the same night Gen. Worth proceeded to invest
the city, and took a magazine. situated near
rail road, in front Of the town, at about two
miles distant from the sane, and also took the
ruins of nm old castle, which is said to have
formerly belonged 10 the family of Malebrands.
On the 10Th, one or two of our brgades met
with some opposition, aud had some fighting,
and on the lith. our brigade was sent tom to
their relief. and the Palmetto Regiment had
rather fierce engagement, which continued
for about an hour, with lDss Of seven men in
wounded ,jincludins our iLieuL Col. Dicken.i
son. Our own company, the Sc Boys,;iiwere
much exposed to The FIRE from the batteries of
the enemy, but escaped without injury: The
cannon, balls and shells fell thick around us,
and though they missed their aim, they gave
i,s some unGasiness. Capt. Sumpter,s compa.;
tnyswas exposed 10th hottest Of The FIRE from
The small arms, and :receivedt the most damage,
From The itliio the1nIorning of the 26th inst,
Tie city was closely; ;besiegetl,. aud. we had va
rids lutte slsirnslies.w small parties Of the
;ef,s6iy I6e ARTILLERY from the sclty and The;
cnstles! kept UP! nn!incessant fire anus during
the whole time and ut NIL pou,tss Of the conn.
pass. At4 P. NJ, on the 22d, our batteries
!opened ON the city, aud continued to play until
the. morning Of the 2Sth. when the enemy ask.s
ed furia iparley,' md begun tosarrahge with
en.IWorth; Gen.. Pllow, and Col. Tniten,
the terms of a surrender. sa4jr $40. ,rs, ~
- 30thl Mnrch. Lam now able 10 say, that the
City and Castle huve indeed surrendered, and
that they are ar this moment garrIsoned by our
own troops. had the pleasure yesterday, TO
see The enemy haul down his colors, and to see
our own flag. waving from every fortified point,
both on the City of Vera Cruz, and the Caslle
OF San Juan De Ulloa. =fs
The terms Of the surrender, rs near as can
ascertain, are these.-The Mexican soldiers
were TO march ont, and surrender their arms,
and be released on the parole Of their officers,
tha, they would fight no more in the presenl
war with the United States. The officers Of
course, were put upon their parole Of honor to
the same effect. All public property, with the
arms and ammunition have been delivered into
our hands. understand, that we have receiv-
ed about six thousand stand of small arms, and
near two hundred pieces Of artillery. ! do not
know the quantity Of ammunition that has been
delivered over.
The number OF killed and wounded on bofff
sides is very small. We had from fifteen to
twenty killed and wounded; and the enemy
near two hundred, and am sorry to le'rn that
the greater number Of those were women and
children and unarmed citizens ofthe town. II
was impossible for the result to have been 9th.
erwise, for our batteries could only be directed
against the city, and we had no means Of as.
certainng in what quarter the women and
children had fed for safety.
our prl%uue, uHuef ueh. oSuituiau, 10 uuoc1
orders to-day, TO march against Alyarado. a
town about thirty miles distant, and then 10
return and follow the main army under Gen.
Scott. which will proceed Immediately 10 ia.
lappa.
-.Onr brigade will probably hive small fsh,
at Alvarado; but think at Jalapa or Puebla
will be fought the great battle of,he campaign.
The health Of the army is toleraby good, but
the weather here is very unpleasant indeed,
and the water is scarce and disagreeable.-
When we get into the mountainous country,
we hope to fare like princes.
You will know how to make allowance for
my bad composition. for have not even had a
chance to visit the city, and am every mo-
ment expecting to march.
My health is good.
Yourc S,c SATJ1DA.