Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-04-07
Editorial Correspondence of the Pieayune.
CAMP NEAR VERA CRUz,

a. e VI IL
Two or three persons, supposed TO bt
spies, have been captured. One of then
pretends TO be Freucbman, and is very
anxious to be released, as he says his wife
is about 10 be conined. Another favor:
one of Gu ~ Vici' as gracious subjects
although b, retends not to understand q
word of our vernacular. Iu addition, a
well-dressed female has been captured,
who has been caught outside the works
uuder suspicious circumstances. A Mex
ican has also been captured, who says be
is gardner, yethe was detected last night
showing lights near Gsn.NP Paterson $ lines
and as is supposed 10 direct the fire ofthe
enemy. He will not 60 back to Vera
Cruz in 4 hurry. .s,''t
Reconuoiterng parties are going out
this evening towards the town, and smart
skirmishingis anticipated. You shall have
a full account Of all that occurs. There
are rumors in camp-onIy camp ru,nors,
mind you>-lo the effect that on account of
the non-arrival of the ordnance vessels an
assault upon the city is 10 be anticipated.
March Ia, Afternoon.
Al this time, !half-past 3 o'clock, they
are throwing l3-inch shells from the castle
Of San Juan de Ulloa. and one of them
has just bursted shorr distance from
where am writing, yet without doing
any harm. wish you could hear one Of
these huge projec,iles in the air as they
are coming, and see the scattering they
make. The roar they make may be COM
pared to that of a tornado, and every man
within quarter Of mile Of the spot,
where they strike thinks they are about to
full on his Individual head. The conse-
quence is, that there is general scampe''
ring to and fro. Il mean when the men
are lying idly about camp-and so deceP.
tive is the sound that one is just as apt 10
run directly towards as from them. Il!
takes two men to pack the shell itself,
yel Intend sending one Of them to New
Orleans if possible az sample. ~. Y Y
A large nlmber of vessels have come id
within the last twenty. flour hours, some OF
then doubtless laden with ordnance aIds
ordance stores. So soon as the norther
blows over they will be landed and placed
in position. and then we shall be able to-
talk back at The Mexicans. So far, they
have had The argument entirely on their
own side. il may except The skirmishing
with light arms, of which there has been
far from inconsiderables - 4.
-3.'+ March Is, Morning. I
!, There is a prospect Of some little close.
fighting to-day, as our outposts are TO be
thrown in nearer the city walls. Some of
our riaemen and sLarpshooters are all
ready in molion, and il. the Mexicans will
allow them TO come near enough they
will render a good account of themselves.
! THE noriher has ceasedl-ili is now near
2 o'clock, a. .M.-yet Communication with
the vessels is sill difficult GU. account Of
the heavy surf, Last night there was a
report thar the chip Louisville, With Col.
Duncan's battery on board, f:ad one
ashore at. Anton Lizardo. and, Maj. Sra
ss.ss,s-@~rf tfIs,
fantry. was sent down by. Gen. Worth 70. To-
afford any assistance. The report is moi
this moaning
From, Correspondent, of yGreenoillc ,Moantaineer.
,qsa, AQUA, NEuAvA, (alexico) Feb. z. &
Z Our present encalnpmeut is celebrated
as being the place where the Mler prlso-
ners were decimaed it is also said This is
the last water there is for forty miles on
the road TO San Luis, aud if Santa Anna
comes this way we will give him a warm
reception, so as 10 sharpen the appetite Of
himself aud Army for waller. This is
beautiful eucampmenl, surrounded by the
mountains, and The plain is so level that
you eau see for miles around you. We
have 10 haul wood. which is pine, about
len or twelve miles. The road from
Monterey 10 Sallllo is the best rock road,
and the best natural mountain ROAD have
ever travelled; the ascent from The time
you leave Monterey is so gradual that tits
barely perceplibie until you come within
mile Of the pass. and also the highest
point; and even al The pass it is not very
steep. You travel the whole distance 10
the pass, about 80 miles, with the noun :,
lains on eilher side from half TO five
miles from you. On the left of the road
the mountains are the most. abrupt and
precipilous ever beheld in my life, while
on The right hand side, if may be allowed
the expression, the mountains appear very
much ,he same. After getting through
The pass, the mountains appear less abrupt
and precipilous, and gradully recede from
the road, which runs The whole distance
10 Ssltilo go miles) on a high, level plain
no timber Of any kind growing up ou IT;
and you can see Sal:illo distinctly ten
miles before you reach it, This is but
feeble attempt at describing the most ro-
mantle picturesque country [ ever saw.
Sallillo is mol so large as Monterey. and
has some very tine houses, although The
mos, of the town is of sun-dried bricks.
The Church is the 6nestI have seen in
Mexico the front of The building is mol
vet finished; but sir, the interior Of the
Church exceeds any thing in splendor aud
magniiceuce ever beheId.. was PAR
licularly struck with full length portrait
of the Virgin Mary, bedecked in silver,
gold and jewels and on the opposite side
our Saviour, nailed TO the cross between
two thieves. hope some day to get home,
and can then give you a verbal oescri2'