Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-05-19
. JALArA. April %.

Eds. Dettd.-An express has just go
in from Perote. Gen. Worth reached
that town yesterday, at III o'clock, A. NJ
He found it completely evacuated by th'
soldiers Of the enemy, and Col. Vasque,
left behind to surrender it with decency
An immense number Of small arms, ths
big guns Of the castle and city. and ammu
milton, were taken possession of. 1t wa
unfounded. The report that the guns hao
been spikedin the castle they were founc
in excellent order.
| Gen. Ampudia, with about 5000 cav
airy, in wrelched condition, was neal
the town when our troops entered, wher
he put off.
1 Santa Anua had. not been in Pcrote,
since the fight at Cerro Gordo, and he is
supposed 10 be somewhere i'd the noun.
tains. In haste,
cHApPARAL.
| From the able and intelligent cores.
pondent of The Vera Cruz Eagle, we CO
py the following: .
JALApA. April 90, lS47.
Yesterday. a, noon, left the encamp-
ment near Cerro Gordo simultaneously
with the thousands eff Mexican prisoners
who had been released on parole, and
who were vending their way 10 their diff.
ferent homes,or to some place from whence
they may again be forced to lake up arms
against US. believe their line, extended
as it was along the road, was full five
miles in. length. The Guarda Macdonald
was the only corps that maintained any
order in their march-tbe residue uudging
along as best they could, and in most al
mirable disorder. We rode over the road
on which they marched with much diff
Guilty, turning our horses heads twenty dif.
ferent ways in the space of half an hour,
10 avoid riding them down. They were
less sad than men under similar circum.
stances would generally be, and cracked
many joke ct their own expense. This
was in The early part Of the march. But
towards sunset, when they bad measured
l6 or 20 miles of their journey-mosl Of
them in their bare feet-they became quite
silent and sad, and the effects Of the ia.
rigue Of the day, combined with previous
priva,ious. told sensibly upon them. felt
much interested in the numerous camp
women-tlose devoted women who fol-
low them through good and evil-and it
grieved me TO see them, worn down with
fatigue, moving at snail's pace, their
heavy burdens almost weighing them 10
the earth; Ths women e sif!z 9r @HSe
ned in her rebosa wife, far advanced
in that slate that women wish 10 be who
love their Iords'-ihe youthful Senorta
frishing along with her lovers 'sombrero
on her head; even to the pfattiing girl
who had followed padre and madre 10 the
wars-could all be seen at Que view NOV.
ing along-and> barring the hardships OF
The tramp; unconscious Of the existence OF
misery 10 this world.
These women. like the Indians, are the
slaves of the men-a slavery they submit
10 under the all powerful influence Of affec.
ton. In addition to their bedding and
wearing apparel, they pack upon their
backs The food and the utensils 10 cook it
in, and worn out as they are by The tolls OF
the day,whilst their husband or lover sleeps,
they prepare bis repast.
When the Mexicans first surrendered, =.
was about their dinner hour. In one OF
their forts the camp kettles were taken
from The fire, and the ratious were being
proportioned out, when the order Tor sur.
render came from The second in command
so they had to march out without their
dinners. That evening, although large
quantities Of food had been served out TO
them by our commissaries, they were pick
ing up old bones, stale pieces of bread,
and every thing tina, could be eaten. Yes.
terday, on The march, they would run up
10 beef, killed the day before by our ad-
vance. and cut off every Ipece that could
be obtained, as eagerly as though they
were half famished,
From the foot Of Cerro Gordo TO Santa
Annals hacienda, the road side was lined
with dead Mexicaps and horses.-At and
near the rauchero where General Twlggs
overlook the relreating enemy, they lay
thick around. and more horrld scene II
would be difficult to picture. Mexlcans
lay dead in every direction; some resting
up against trees, others with legs and arms
extended. and occasionally lancer laying
with his arm upon the charger that reeeiv.
ed his death wound fromsthe same volley
that ended tue career Of his rider. Some
of the prisoners passing tbrons would
halt to view the features of the deceased,
and then, mending their gait, regain their
place by The siGe of those more fortunate
10 the fight.
At the place above ciled was to be seen
all the property, other than munitions OF
war, taken from the enemy. In one place,
arranged in good order, were all the pac k
saddles-tben the pen containing mules
The provisions next, comprising rice, ,beaus,
bread, pepper, piloncsos, garlic, &C., piles
of shoes, knapsacks, and all the parapher-
MALTA of Mexican camp. Capt, Robert
[ Allen, A. q. NJ, stopped for moment,
and gave orders as to the removal Of these
things. ...ss5
The musketstaken from the enemy were
broken on stones as.I passed the spot where
they were. They were OF no earthly ust
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