Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-12-15

which %: rcoarrs well know. lie men
,inns thar licu,anant Abney, who was Sc
ycrrly woun;.ed, has since recovered
NArioyi. PALACE, DC; 27, 1917.
Dear Br0it.r.--Dn the twentieth OF M
.usl we Inuh possession OF four lurls "l
! Coatreras ani three al ChuruHasco. Al
Cru'rcraS we captured twenty pieces OF
cannDn, four al them were the cannon that
! ;iaa!a Anna captured from General lay
I iur at i;Gcng Vista. W Churubusco we
! captured as many more. but hey w"r:'
nearly all siege pieces. besides, we looi,
! SGcar uamy prisoners, among them were
lo.lylivc .tmcrican dcSericrs, aud amongst
the de>crlcrs was Riley. notorious scnan
I Lrcl, VINO lad The Impudcnce 10 say, after
nc was taken, l!at i!lhc yellow scoundrcls
! had s,goI up TO it, thar he would h.v:
/ licked iic Americans. They were tried
ty the Court, aud all condemned TO he
! hanged. except Riley. They could not
( liud suli:eut proof against him. lie was
bran.. on the face, with The Letter L. III
! four different places, and whipped severe.
! ~. I;ie Palmetto Boys had the haaor
n! taking t.iesc prisoners.
/ "a tie i3tn q! September. We TOOK :ho
Castle .! J:.arui'cr"c, which commands
I he city. Gus rcs!mcn; Charged upon iic
castle, under h"&2y Iisc G! inG3hclry,
.garc aud canister. AItcr hard struG-
gle, we cnt:rr,! The castle. Fortunately,
aor many Of ca: regiment we're killed. We
pursued hem TO the Gariia, ard after q
much harder s:rusSic-and still grea'cr
lass. we entered the gates. Oar regimen
suffered very much, but The CID Palmetto
! hoys were nc first that entered the satc
of tic city, and our company the first, -
that is ,ths Old 9G Boys. They fired
u?on Us from every quarter, with muskc-
lrr. grape aud canuisIer. Our company
has suffered more from sickness, and III
battle. riIan any other company in The reg
imcrl. The only protection we had, while
VIC were within The gates, was the aqds'
d"cl. About two thousand lance:s made
an attempt to charge upon our regim enl,
for il was the only regiment With" he
gates. assure you, il was pretty s1uaily
tunes, wher they charged upon us. bu We
fired Que round a, them; they dboui G!ced
ana we have moi seeu IHcn since. tEcy
soor commenced firing in our rear. IIna'
ly, they commenced firing deadly fires Oil
caci, side Of the aqueducl, p"drine grape,
cannisler aud round slot amongst Us. LI.
Mora.nc, at that time, was very SICK, III
hospital; It. Abncy was wounded, so we
were commanded by Sergeant Blocker.
He saliaatly led us through the battles OF
Chapu!tcpcc and The Gariia. While NC
were under such heavy fires CT The Garra'
iiirrc came Il round shot and killed SIX oi
company, namely, Sergeant Eiochcr'
corpn:a GDudc. privalcs C;uaket, Lies
Callahan, and Martin. iic! were al
liant yr;:rg r.ci,. The! deaths were v@:y
mech !aneuird. Sergeant Blocker hciHS
Killed. /! was in command Of The company
l'.vm Icl like | was old General Laiag-
cme ii was moi, ought To have hcca.
Niah, scon came on, and after beng mach
In;,.ucr through the day, VIC were busIly
cM aged for half the night, IN planting our
car.aon, and throwing up bags ol sa"" Tor
projections, so that we might sainlc old
Santa Anna the next morning, hui tie was
too smart. lie left about midnight. with
lis troops, and has not been heard "i s'"cc
until he other day. News came. stating
tila he had attacked our men al 'Ie'I'
and was badly whipped.
When We wurc at l.uhos island, on
regiment mustered nine hHmdrcd aai s.
vrnry-Evc effective mcn, aiid n0". We only
u,rsicr one hundred and Hi.. ia can
ladsc yourself. whether we have sGi'cTr!
ns not. We have suffered more than IL"
rcnncsscans ever did. for When :hcy were
discharged, they hai three hiadrcG mch.
Ne raric u.n his nIasniiicen; ciry, on 'hc
:1;n of September, aud are GuHr;ercd IN
;hu Hal: Of lHc IirnlrzunIa~. "" have
n.iG quarters, an'! cmjoy ourselves !lnc'y
ever: d1v. the few Of us WHO are Ir'i. ii.
G"urcf, is in my mess. 0ui o! SIX men
laat ha,. in my mess, when ! lcI' i"mr.
,.cYe arc none living but myself. a"i !
;.ank God that AN yc! alive. A!icr We
came in rhc city, took Cnnpcr :H'n ny
n:r>s. Nc s,l along f"aly together, h;>
is the place 30 fad oul il man. We Ia"
.uc:prGnuSiy every day. OF 'u"nrs' t"'n;'-
r.c.. an.! Ill or,.cr cnod carab!cs. Every
III ,s IS very cheap in The fruit anh vc@c'
ab,c Inc. ! can yet twelve oranges l'r 4
v;cnvunc. For Il ccut, or (iidcoJ as l."
'ii"Xicans call il, yoa can sct as mGc'' ~
yon cAu cai. Of almost any thing. Snc-
i have hccn III this place. my health 'ias
been rcry snn,l, anh still improving every
Iav. | oXpcc, you would like 10 l."r%
lew like soldering. Somctincs. IN"
:, ..rr,, ,uurh and at nlhcr lines ..,T .r;:r