Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-02-17

some extra small arm men, showed oil at
balf.past eleven. Lying on their oars
few minutes, alongside, they were addres.
sed by Captain Duponte in few peril.
nent remarks, setting forth the necessity Of
his sending them upon 80 hazardous an
expedition, wishing them 10 show the enc
my, by The manner of bringing out The
brig from her more exposed position, how
they would have handled the gun-boats.
The officers and men in the boats-euyied
By all on board, for such was The en'hu-
siasm, that every man was disappointed
that was not selected for the expedition
gave way, and pulled directly for the brig.
We al once opened the fire from the ship
upon the town with round and she'll shot,
concentrating the ;freupo the government
buildings, which. fortunately, formed a
space between this hill, behind which the
military lay, and where The Condor was
lying. Our fire hadthe effect TO make the
troops withdraw litlle,to fud greater Sc :
curly behind the highest part OF The hill;
we soon saw that our shot and shells were
doing fearful execution oy the holes in the
walls Of the houses. Ms The enemy did
not open upon our boats Immediately, our
FIRE was slackened for fear that orr shell
might burst before reaching The shore, and
do injury to our own people.
When our boats boarded the Condor,
the enemy. with three cheers. opened up
on them with volleys Of musketry and an
Is FOUNDER charged with grape aud round
shot: and culverine situated within mus.
ket range Of them. Our fire, from The ship
was al once fercely resumed, and 80 well
directed, that it prevented the enemy from
approaching 1.-THE Condor, confnins them
behind the hill, as the whole space was
swep, by our shot aud shells. Their fire
was also warmly returned by our aunch's
gun and the small armed men drawn up
on the deck ofthe brig. Her cable, though
of iron, was soon cul with an axe. and our
men were, heaving cheriy upon The haw-
ser, running to the kedge auchor, which
they had dropped as they approached the
brig, with off she goes, and off she must
CO.
In the mean limo, the enemy's fire be-
came so hot, tha, Lieut.. Harrison ordered
the brig to be fired, fearing The boats might
be disabled. This work was done under
showers of balls, as they were receiving
TIE fire of a, least FIVE bundled muske,s. -
When she Sas Warped up the kedge,
che was taken in tow by the boats; il was
at this moment that the enemy had some
exulta,ion. seeing tie boats pulling away
from the brig, and not observing the haw-
ser which was slack, they though, the
boats were beaten off, but they soon saw
the 'hawser tighten and the brig follow the
boats; the let cutter was sent 10 assist in
towing in>charge Of Acting Master ). f.
Stensoh.
The brig was soon out Of range Of the
euemy's musketry, the fire was far ignit-
ed, she was lowed 10 eeward Of US, and
the boats cast of;-we ceased firing, our
officers and men were joyously received
not man was injured, which seemed mi.
raculous-the brigs side and masts were
full Of shot, and one OF our launch's oars
was broken by grape shot, the only in
jury do6e US. II SCENE quite as strange
and fabulous to me, an eye witness, when
written, as it must 10 you, that Two boats,
containing about fifty men, should be ex.
posed TO so great fire for from twenty
to thirty minutes, without sustaining inju.
~ but such is the whole truth. believe
you may search naval records in vain for
better planned or more completely exc
cuted expedition. lis eni:e success with
out loss is the highest evidence of its jus,
conception and its gallant execution. The
spirit that lighted the fires at Tripoli is
still alive 10 our navy. The old spirit is
noi buried. but raised up.
1t must lie 'recollected this cutting out
was made at id.day, aud previous notice
given. The truth is, the enemy did not
open their fire upon ou. boats until they
boarded the brig, when. with three cheers
they opened upon them, believing that
they had every man baggcd that was in
reach of their shot. There can be no
doub, they felt that they had them trap
ped, from their exultation. Never did
GET Of men behave better lhau ours did.
Merico.-The N. O. Bulletin Of the Sd
inst. says I'VE have seen letters of 9Th
j January, from the city Of Mexico, and
from parties having access tohish sources
Of information. which express, in decided
,erals, the belief that The difference be-
tween the two nations will very speedily
be amicsbly aod honorably settled"
THE NEWS FROM MEXICO.
We deem the last intelligence from
Mexico Of the highest importance, al
though he report Of the assassination of
Santa Anna should not be confirmed, The
loss of,he only man i'd Mexico capable Of
leading her armies would be an irrepara-
BILE blow. Bat the intelligence in other
respects, significant of the distracted state
of public affairs, and is the prelude
to a change Of public opinion in that