Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-04-07
From the Ne,0 Orleans Pieayune, of the
25ib March.

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INVESTMENT OF VERA CRUZ.
Debarkoiion Of the american Troops near
Yera Cruz-Iauestment Of The CITY
Capture Of Merican Oul,oorks- Skir.
,1lnlishing Nth the Enemy-Capt, .dtbur-
tis sklied-Lieut. Col. Dickerson, Of the
Pulmeito Regiment. iDounded-PoSltaon
.oj tie rmy-Continued Cannonade,
Tie schooner Portia. Capt. Powers, ar
rivedthis morning, az o'clock, direct from
Vera Graz, whence it sailed OH the 18Th.
! THE following Memorandum was furnish
eJ by Capt. Powers. Of The schooner Por:
I Iia, ~.
Schooner Portia. Capt. Powers, eight
.days from Tampico anchorage, but " as
detained 10 the south and east OF Vera
4 Cruz, by a heavy north gale until the l7lh
inst. The .. s. Sauadrun and all The
: transports left Port Lizardo for:S SACRIFICES
ION tie psa inst, with 4 2 100 lreaps. On
ne n iorniag she I9thsa landing all
sss1ass isssesi yssslls
rs IN iiss frSsi, Cf ioat
! much opposiiion from Tue enemy q as;sf sI ne
aanaius was well covered by cynstant ! i
aischars ofbnnbshells and round ishpt from, ~
4 sIe 70. S. steamers and gun boats anchored
i,ea The beach aud in front of The landing.
Immediately after an orsanlzatio6 of the
American forces on the beach. lheytook a
I; lineDf fmarcli over the sand bills.lo liie al
tack of the enelny's outposls aud ipftihca-
rions, situated from one TO three miles from
the castle aud forts Of The city. Tbey car
fled every one by storm, not, however,
witiioutlesns seventeen men.
On the lllti and 18th, The American
forces were employed n throwing up
breaslworks. and digging enrenchmenls.
occasional skirmshiug look place With
tfelenemy. who we're throwing showers of
bomb shells aud round shot from the ecas.
lie ianI city, but without much effect. :Du-
rina this time the seamen were landing
provisions and ammunition from thelrans
s ports. ,.,
ON the 18th, a Strong oorth gale Sc, in.
which cut of all further communication
We lefidnring the uor,hef, aud as we
we're unable to make grosressto the north,
believe that it wat impossible for or
bombs and shells TO have been Landed un.
fthe 18th inst. so that The hombardment
of The castle aud Vera Cruz did not prob
ably commence until Tho Goth.
There were some feats of bravery dis
played on the IIth, in which Col Dicker
son. Of the Palmetto Regiment. South
Carolina; was wounded iu the breast by
musket ball from :he enemy, aud Capt.
AIbpr,is, or lhe2d Infantry, bad his head
shot OF, by an So pound ball. This same
ball broke a drummer's arm and took Oft
priyate's leg!
But. on the same day the American
army had gained complete possession Of
Sall The Notifications Of the enemy which
were raised by them to stop our troops
from approaching the city. Al the water
pipes leading TO the city were cut OFT, aud
;liike COMMUNICATIONS efectuaily stopped.
Gen, Scott landed in person on The llth
insf. AFreuch bark ran The blockade and
mooioidred under the walls Of the castle on
the g i1niorniing Of the 18th, and many .oi
our transports were ready to leave for the
United States. as soon as the rorther was
over. This vessel brings dispatches and
letter. bags from every vessel in the Gull
squadron then at Sacrihcios.