Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-04-28

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mud, that rises up in larger bubbles, as
thick as has1y pudding these mud-pits
send up strong sulphnrous SMELL. AL
though the ponds boiled violently, | no.
ticed small flies walking swiftly. or rather
running, on their surface. The steam
that rises from these boiling springs is
visible al distance ofmany miles, appear.
ing like the jets from number ofstesm-
engiues.-Angas's Scenes IN neto Zea-
land.
From the N, o. Picayu7e, 14th inst,
Headquarters AT Aqua NuEvA, J
Army of Occupation, Mexico,
March 4, la47. J
My Dear General-Your very accep.a-
BILE and interesting letter of the l6th No
vember last reached me on the Oath Of
December. while on the march from Mon-
terey to Tampico; but the nature of fmy
duties since then fbeins most of the lime
iuphe saddle, 10 addition to other matters,
has prevented me from replying TO it until
the present moment. BE assured, my dear
sir, have not since then lost sight Of it or
yourself; and | feel highly gratified for
the hat,ering manner in which you have
noticed the conduct Of the officers and SOL
diers who marched with me from the Rio
Grande to Monterey and compelled that
place 10 surrender after much hard fighting,
as they fully meriled the handsome enco-
miums you have thous improper to bestow
on them. For this you have my sincere
thanks,
The general then alludes to the misfe.
presentations which have been made in
regard To Major General Butler at Monte.
rey. These Misrepresentation had been
the subject Of cor versations between them,
and lef - feel: like dislrust or unkind-
ness tow Ids each other in their breasts.
The letter then goes on:l
was aware of the report as we'll as
stateinents in few Of the public journals,
that it was intended by certain individuals
| to bring Gen. Butler forward as "a success:
sor TO Mr.. Polk, which gave me no con:
cern, and would moi, even had il been The
case, which did not credit and which
had been forgotten. L doubt iflhe subject
would have ever again crossed my mind,
had il not been brought tony notice by
you or some one else. IthaYe neverheard
Linn or any Of his friends alinde to this mat
l!ter II gene; IsIsrs,-sss
his wound not healing which gave him SO
much pain asto render .himunfitfor duty,
lefta short time since by advice of his me:
Idical attendant for New Orleans, where !
hope he will very soon recover SO as to be
able to take the field once more. e
may observe that l. have been also
named as candidate for that high Office
bya few newspaper editors and others,
which has been done without my know,
ledge. wishes or consent. ~
This have assured all who have writ
TED me on the subject; assuring them !
had no aspirations for that or any other
civil Office That my whole energies, men,
tai and physical, were and had been alb
sorbedin such way as thought oest cal
culaIed TO bring this war to a speedy and
honorable close, believing it was for the
interest of both countries the sooner ii was
donelhe better-at any rale so far as ours
was concerned; aud the President making
should be lost sight of until this was ac-
complished.
Here follows brief statement ofevent
from the lime of Gen. Scott's arrival q, the
Bazos ill General Taylor returned from
Victoria to Monterey. The letter then
proceeds:
Ire,raced my steps to Monterey, where
[ arrived towards The latter part of the
month (January,) and where expected to
remain some lime to recruit myself and
horses bu, few days after my arrival |
received information from the command in
nv from, at Salrillo (56 miles in the d.
reclion of San Luis Potosi from Monte
rey,) that the command-between 1000
and 5000 slrong-under Gen. Woll had
became very much alarmed in consequence
of about 100 picked men and horses, be.
longing to the kentucky and Arkansas re.
gimenls Of mounted men, who were sent
out towards San Luis to gain intelligence
respecting the enemy aud to watchtneir
movements, having been :akcn, after be-
ing surrounded in The night aud all made
prisoners by large force ofcavalfy. about
SO miles 10 advance of Saltillo. So said
one of the party who succeeded in making
his escape the next night and getting back
to Sallillo; also that The Mexican army
was advancing ingreaa numbers towards
Salliilo. These reports induced me TO join
my advance Immediately. Leaving Mon-
,erey on the 9lst January, | reached Sal
tilo on the morning of The I'd February,
with small reinforcement, which increas-
cd my force 10 5000, when lost no time
in moving forward aud establishing a
camp at this place, about 20 miles in ad-
vance of Saltillo on the San Luis road,
for the purpose of carrying on a system of
| instruction, as well as to watch the move.
ments of the enemy, and where | expected
10 fight him should he attempt to move on
Saltillo. Here I remained until the 2lst,
examining The several passes through the
mountains-at which time l ascertained
that Gen. Santa Anna was advancing and
near al haud with an overwhelming force.
Not exactly liking my position, having as
cer,ained thalthey could gain my rear by
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