Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1848-05-03
{ Correspondence off Picayunc.
CRY OF MEXICO. April lG

our city.
Correspondence cftic Picayunc.
CtTY OF Mexico. April Is.
I, is reported on the authority Of the
Progresso, the "Puro" paper, published al
Queretaros tina, Pena y Pena has asked
,hatfour months be now allowed him 10
obtain ratification of The treaty. can
learn Of no authority for tue report, and am
disposed to doubt lis truth !; for If Pena Y
PeCa is desirous Of the ratification of the
treaty his only prospect Of succeeding is
by pressing The subject upon Congress i'm
mediately. l,is added, TOO, that the Mexi-
cans have great hopes Of obtaining con-
lcessions Of The treaty as approved by the
Senate of the United States, from our
own Commissioner or Commissioners, and
if they were to be guided by the past. as
had occasion 10 observe in a furmc. letter,
they would procraslinu,e negotiation, or
continue The war, 10 the conviction that
the more The one was procrastnatcd, or
the louger the other was continued, the
greater would be their ultimate advan-
,age,I have, however, strong shopes that
neither Mr.. Sewer or Mr. Clifford will
permit any lrifling on the part of The Mexi-
cans, bur willie them at once without
'parley, "Gentlemea, here are our terms
accept Them or reject them, as you think
proper. We are. couqnerers, and have
and will exercise The. right of conquerors
in debating our TERMS, This is all the
negotiation that-is necessary. and all that
should ever have beeu used. Mr.. Clifford
arrived here day; before yesterday, with
The Secretary Of the Commission, Mr..
Walsh, and was very ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS,
oil The troops in lie; city having, by order
of Gen., Boiler, turned out 10 give him q
q. - b $ s,ssi,s s..-f1ss.
= We learn that Mr. Sewer left Vera,
Cruz for this city on the 7it inst. and the,
conmander:ia chief has ordered similar
hooors. 10 be paid 10 him. Caps. Fair.s
child aud Kerr, n command Of Two com.
ported mn efrnoru up: They viii remain
here about week, ard together with Col.
3Biscoe, and Lieuis. Kelly aud Hun'er, also
of the Louisiana Battalion, wilt,llieu re-
iurn 10 Vera Cruz. The prospect is still
sfayorably for speedy meeting of Con-
eress nj Querelaro and for my own part
Notwithstanding the contradictory rumors
aud reports on The subject shall be dis
appointed if The treaty is no, ratified with
in q month or six weeks. In anticipation
effavorable action upon the treaty, all the
sick who can beal removal, numbering
about one thousand. were sent to Jalapa,
with nm escoF, commanded BY Lieut.. Col.
Preston, of the 4lh Kentucky Regiment.
On Sunday night last, between the
hours of 8 and 10, patroc Of ten rife.
men, commanded by corporal, was fred
upon from The building known as ..bull
pen" in the Lepcro quarter of The city.
After sustaining the fire for abou, 10 min
utes, the patrole was compelled 10 retire,
Reinforcemenls; consisting Of one coa,pa-
nv Of rlie Rifles, under Lieut. RUSSELL
three companies of the 4rh Kentucky
Regiment the name oil the commander OF
which have been unable 10 learn, and a
company of Marines, under Capt. Hen
derson, were ordered out, These forces
having arrived on the ground, forty or fifty
armed borsemen were mel, who, secre-
ring themselves in and about the "bull
per," kept up fire upon oar tronps for
nearly au hoT.--Several sio,s were also
fired from the tops of the houses in the
vicinity, and two riflemen were severely
wounded. Owing to the darkness Of the
night, and the fear that our troops might
accidentally shoot one another, their fire
was mol effective, and buttwo of the Mex.
leans were killed. few were taken pri.
soners, and houses in the neighborhooi
were searched; and arms found in them
During the latter part Of the fight firing
was heard towards the kllemede, 10 the
opposite quarter Of The city and Lieut.,
: Russell started in the direction from which
il was beard, but on reaching the spot nr
one was TO be found. The firing al The
kllemcdc was, it is thought. fur tho pur
pose of drawing allentinn that way, anr
by weakening our (orcess a, the "bull PEN
to enable the Mexicans there 10 act witt
more boldnees and effect.
The parties accused Of the murder o
Manuel Torillo and Of the attempted bur
elary Of the house in which he was clerk
was arraigned yesterday before militia
ry commission, Of which COL Burnham
cf,he New York Volunteers, is president
and after the charges being read, al lhei
request The examination was postponed
until this morning. to allow :hem time IL
obtain counsel. Since / last wrote 20,
.Lieus Madison, of the - PennsyIvani;
Volunteers, and. Sergeant Stewart, of TIT
9Th Infantry. have beeu arrested on th'
charge Of being concerned is lte affair
Armstrong, who has turned States eri
,dence,, and is kept 10 confinement in th'
palace, says that since his imprisonment
he has seen auoIher officer who was im
i plica,ed in the foul deed but whose name
: he does not know, frequently poss in ant
out ofaihe palace. Z Measures. have beer
z taken for this officers arrest as soon a.
be is.seen by Armstrong again. There
are now ten person in confinement chars