Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-09-08

I the whole party toSrelire. They slefl the
whole of their wagonsisaye oplyoae iiIthe
possession of the enemy. All lsthebaggage
Of The officers and knapsacll sof lhelnen,
which; were ing the wa cons .ffeill intos sthe
hands ofslhe Mexicans, and iiittie alsasbes
sidesith mail was saved. 'Fl1es loss oEmen
in this affair.has been five OIL lsixs illedE and
two or three wounded d,and several ssmen
have subsequently, died FROM fatigue; and
exposure on the march. sss
uteighl miles thlssidea Df tha ridge,
Capt. Wells, on his advance defsct;aI "
dragons, accompanied by ooper,
with directions 10 so forward tiollsly,
and, if they found it prudent; 10 Tspol't.tc
Maj. LaIly; sbut sifB,hey enrdndtered any
obstacle, TO return and reporlslhe .fa,It al
once. Nothing has since ebeen heard Sof ;the
party, and:itis supposed lhe;wholes have
fallen into the hands of thss desicans.
These. twelve dragons we;s suppose 10 be
portion Of Fairchild's colipaay DR..
Cooper was the surgeon who genEup with
the train lii5fs sii3f 4
Capt. Wells had Eve: e:snccessive engage
ments wilh.the enemy before Che 6nal Eaf:
fair at the Bridge. In this. The cans
had one piece OF. artillery engaged, from ON
which they fred grape, and Werethnsl able
to make. good their stand against the com'
mand Of Capt. Wells. 81: {.
Maj. Lally on going upjwith The train
is said TO have had sharp!t skirhisl,
the guerrilas at Cerro Gordo, tpshaye
expected another brush with Them az I La
Hoya. No accounts OF these afIats@ have
been received, bot our latest letters say
that there is no dol:.t OF fthe;saIat5 of sthe
train.-No news had been head sal Vera
Cruz Of Captain Bssancon's company for
a fortnight, Itkwas out on8 seelt when
news reached there hat Major sLally ne
quired reinforcements, and litSis many
supposed that the company felsina with
the train, and, crossing ths National
Bridge, continued up 5wiiha:is, Others
again lhink differently, and suppose, the
whole company has been cut tfpGsby slte
Mexicans. Such isthe tenor ef soar5 latest
letters =, ,3.
Inregard TO Gen. ScoIt's march, there
were rumors at Vera CruzsttfaIhe had
met the enemy and repulsed them after a
sharp engagement. in which heS lost 300
men, This the Mexicans regarded asa
victory on lheirpart, as their9lpss was
was Insignificant Notwithstanding these
details, our correspondent writes thaiahere
is no truth in them whaleyel: II q also
considers the announcement ofthe Sun. of
Anahuac. that Gen. Scott arrived at hyoi-
la on the llth, as a stalemeifts founded
upon mere rumor. He has confidence in
the veracity OF the man who arfFyeat atonlth
2lsi, and declares The vanguardS Scouts
army to have been3in yolia3o is,e I3th,
having met no resistance so farJ aBotflit the
Vera Cruz papers and our conIespondent
believed that Gen. Scott was in possession
Of Mexico by the goth iusl., but they bad
no information 10 This effect. tssE.E IL :;
We have more minute accoprts on
board the ship Agnes ofthe various en-
gagements with the guerrillas mentioned
above. The Mississippi. being a fast
sailer, anticipated those accounts but
wilhou, supplying allstbe details;
We haye 20 later direct from army.
The Bels.in:s,d las Np!icias Gel apa,
army has been: n:interce cepted b% The sGerritt:
las. This paper appears to have adSices
from Puebia 10 The 9th inst. bnt only
states lhatthe last division Of The Hmeri-
can army left on that day 1000 0sstfong.