Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-06-02
From the ~. o. P;cayune, May 90.

: are most respectfully connected.
From the ~. o. Picayune, May 90.
LATER FROM GEN. SCoTT's Amy,
1t was not until yesterday that we were
placed in possession Of the following let
ters received here on Tuesday by the Ma
ry KingsIand. It will be seen that Mr.
Kendall's letter is later than anything
heretofore received from Jalapa. while th'
letter from Vera Cruz gives more defiu
ito account of the occurrences near tina
city reported in our last upon verbal au
thorily.
The most interesting passage in Mr.
Kendall's letter is that announcing tha
Majors Borland and Gaines. Capt. Clay
aud The other officers taken in the North
together with Passed Midshipman Rogers
are at liberty in the city of Mexico. The
next step is TO insist upon the immediate
release of the men who were taken with
Major Gaines.
Mr.. Kendall's remarks upon a peace
party in Mexico will attract attention. He
has facilities for forming an opinion on the
subject which the newspapers afford US.
Were we 10 rely upon The latter alone we
should form a judgment very different from
our associate, but we do not doubt at all
that he has access TO sources Of information
far better than our own.
VERA CRUZ, May 13. 1S47.
Gentlemen-A band of about 200 Mexi-
cans has been prowlins about the mount.
ed riilemen's camp. four miles from this
place, two nights in succession. and last
night the men were aroused twice by the
approach of Mexicans.
Early this morning our gallant Captain
Walker started out TO give them battle and
had nice little skirmish, killing four Of
the enemy by the time my informant, an
officer of the Rifles, left, aud he represents
Walker long way ahead OF the scene OF
the first brush, following them up. guess
the enemy will find that they have gol hold
Of the wrong chap before Capt. w. has
done with them.
This morning early dragoon came in
from Santa Fe, where he had been left
with seven oihera 10 guard some stores be-
jilongirg 70 Government, and he states that
a body oisabout 200 " exicans attacked
them last night, Killing all his companions
and taking possession the stores, and he
only saved himself BY running. There is
another company Of riaemen following up
Capt. W., but regret that do not know
by whom it is commanded. / am assured
by an eyewitness that he saw four dead
Mexicans on the ground wien Capt. w.
met the enemy. 1t is generally supposed
that this party Of the enemy are near here
more for the purpose Of plundering small
parties and stealing horses than any thing
else.
JALAFA, May IL, 1847.
Since The diisencia went out al noon TO-
pay for Vera Cruz, another diligenca has
come in from the city of Mexico full Of
passengers, and bringing news of not a lit
tie importance. Among The passengers
was Mr.. Kennedy, who. after being badly
lrealed here about the lst Of April, was
driven to the city of Mexico.
All The passengers confirm what / wrote
you this morning. They say that at the
capitol there was no Government no or
der, no responsibilitv--all was anarchy.
Anaya was still President pro tenn, bu,
had neither influence nor authority. A
new President is to be elected on lire 10Th
of the present month-lhe tenth Chief
Magistrate this distracted country has had
within the last eighteen months. Icanno,
stop to count them all up, but such is fact.
The guerrllas suppose they
should be called now-are busy at work
upon the roads, especially between Pue.
bla and the city Of Mexico. The same
passengers were robbed the other DAY nc
less than seven times in one stage, aud the
inference is that the last robbers must have
had rather poor picking if the first were
Very searching IN their operations. The
diligencia in which Mr.. Kennedy came
down was robbed twice on the road.
II is stated that the propositions made
by England some months sinceg to offer
her intervention in settling the difficulties
between Mexico and the United States,
have recently been taken up by The Mex.
lean Congress, and after warm discus
sion, in which one Of the members said
that the whole affair was but another al
tempt of the monarchies upon the sacred
liberties of the Mexican Republic, rhe mo.
ton even to consider them was lost by q
vote of a. 10 33. From this it would seem
that the present Congress is determined to
shut every door against all proposals for an
honorable peace. -
Santa Anna has sent e lo,,er to Con
gress from Orizaba. He gives his own
account Of tho battle Of Cerro Gordo, and
claims great victory on the first day o
the fight. On the second day Providence
according TO his story, gave the advantage
to The Yankees. He says lnoihing about
the exerions of Tho latter. Santa Anna
states that he now has seven thousand
men, and that his force is rapidly increas'
ing; aud moreover that all are burning to
encounter the Americans again. He wants
monoy to carry on his operations, but Con-
! gress mas not seen fr 10 vote him a copper
! --one reason probably being that it has
not copper TO eiyo. Santa .hnna, so fal