Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-03-17
F1om, he Hamburg Republican.


go We are Kindly permitted TO make The
following extracts from letter, written By
one Of the '96 Boys, on the island of Lo-
libos,. dated February l4th.
We are now on the Island
Of Lobos, situated about midway between
Tampico and Vera Cruz-beins about
$500 miles distant from each of the above
neniioned places. The Island contains
s,a about 500 acreslof land which is thickly
recovered with chaparel, and a variety OF.
se,liefs glnwlhs 5pecuiiar5gt gto iiiis country,
;ssf.such as. orange, lemon, lyme tree, india.
.Irubber, Sc. anakinS it The most beagii(ul
spot my eyes ever beheld.! We are en-,
- gagged clearing aplace 10 pitch our tenIs
hpon, which, i assure YOU, Is,Very labo-i-
II Gus work, bit when accomplished will
al render our Situation beaulIul-ihe Pal
Fslmetto orange aud lemon trees, decorating
.t.t our streeis; aud aifUrdiig US shade 10
,1s protect us from The scliorching rays Of the
I,ac. sun; rs hicl TO day are as oppressive as the
war,nestlsumlner day III Hamburg, not
!, @ithslanding the weather Tor few days
past has been extremely cold.
We have severul wells on the Island
"a. dug by, our nien.bu,'lhe water is far from
being good--sontelbiug ike the poorest
S pump water in Augusta, on ahot summer
= s'.lay, withou, ice. I'VE relish it however,
and drink q great Quantity Of it.
There, are portion of three regiments
90 The Island, The Mississippi, Louisiana
aad nsylvania-composinsi in all about
1850 m.en. We are concentrated here Tor
the purpose of making descept IN Vera
Cruz, which we anticipate 10 very few
tlaSs. =
You would no doubt like lohare'a dis
crip,ion Of our voyage, but it is impossible
5oT me 10 give il iiow. in full. | will just
mention lhe Storm. We crossed The bar
!ssbst Mobile with The bright expectation of
reaching this place in four days, but we
were destined 10 much longer one. I'VE
s.statied on Saturday aud OIL The following
ssiFuesday the wind commenced blowing,
s:and t3.o'cAock squall struck us which
.ssdamased our rigging considerably-and a
irregular sduali- storm ensued which lasted
astwenty eight hours increasingly. Tossing
1ysoursyessel from wave TO wave, as :. il she
), would go 10 to pieces every momeut-lhe
waves sweeping over our deck, presenting
"a most frighllul scens. However, she rode
Through 10 safety. The following. Tues
sfday night we encountered regular North
Lerher, which come upon us and >contired
fforty.eight hours. We losr during this
storm three men. Our friends who had
previously arrived, were iu the act Of
s;sending oul schooner 10 look for Is, as
sweentered the harbor, having been out
ia days. Youmay be sure we were glad
is1osetfoot even upon an enemy's soil.
1.-THE worst is ye, to be lold ofour voyage
aand tbs with the deepest regre, that in
form sbe sister. and brother, together with
lhe friends Of Edward Ramsey, that he
is drad---he died last Sunday al two o'clock
SP. M.sTI1saw him breathe his last, and
aelosed his eyes, Immediately after which
Il was detaiedwith eight men TO assist in
the funeral ceremonies. After. Captain
Brooks had read The funeral. CEREMONY he
was consigned 10 The sbripy deep.
Several Of our men are sick, but none
dangerous have not been sick day
since [ left. The prevailing disorder
5shrousbeutthe camp is, the mnmps. = =
stpa yours &c., e. w. STILES.