Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-01-30

| FENCES OF the city were ample and strong It's
garrison, however, disheartened by the fall
OF Vera Cruz, made no show of resistance.
ihey lett, and Lieutenant Hunter took the
clty without firing gun. AS soon as he ap-
| peared, the Alcalde sent out flag of sutren-
] der. lie took possession OF the city, and
leaving vessel thore, ran up the river and
captured Tlacotalpan. For this conduct Lieut.
Hunter was court-Inartialcd and dismissed
from the navy He was sent to Alyarad0not
to attack the place, but only to blockade the
port and no more. He disobeycd orders in
accepting tho surrender, and in attacking
I Tlac0talpan. His conduct was gnllant bnt
was bundcr in policy, and was donrerous
rs an example of disobedeuco of orders. lie
was dismissed from the service, and has since
| been known as Alvarado Hunter His pre-
Ecipitation defeated the object of the expcdi.
ton. Tho garrisons retreated, and drove off
large numbers of horses and mules, which we
expected to..get. The plan was for the navy
merely to blockade tho port, while Quitman
was TO take Alvarado in the rear and prevent
escape. E[>El
we remained ono day in Alvarado It is
ar'c'i numerical city. The richest agricul-
tural region in Mexico lies back of Alvarado.
II Is very hot and sickly place, / visited
the graveyard, which was very full / re-.
member eadng the tombstone of Ellen Coch-
rane. wife of our Admiral Cochrane, who
was buried there. | remember seeing the
names OF several distinguished persons there.
! doubt there is on earth more disagreea-
BILE place than Alvarado. 1t swarms with
mosquitoes, sand-flics, and all manner ofver-
min. Tired as was could not scep un
der their stinSs The only expediont by
which could protect myself sufficiently to
sleep, was to keep on my shoes ond gloves,
and cover my face with my handkerchief
| Our day in. Alvarado was a day of feaeting o
and rercl. Fish meat, fruits, and vegeta-
bles were in abundance, and very cheap
That day my name procured for me good
dinner, and turtle soup. An oficor heard
somebody call my name, and was so struck
with the name that lie sent for me- He said
1t was the most singular name he ever heard
and he had n curiosity to see the man who
I borei 1t. There must lie q charm in my name
While in Mobile an old lady visited the Pal
mottoes. Ihelpcd her from her carriacc
and walked with her about the camp. When
she was about leaving she asked me my namo,
rs she wished to remember to whom she was
| indebted for the attentions she had received
gave my name. She said that she had of
ten heard her daughters mention the name
with delight, and gave me an earnest invita-
tion to visit her. Ono day while fishing in
Mexico, my companion called my name. An
officer who heard it, gave me warm greet
| ing, and invited me to dire with him. 4 few
years ago, was in Washington, aud wrote q
political article for the Washington Union
Father Ritchie almost embraced me when he
heard my name. .
onsthe fourth day of April we started back
to VI era Cruz. The first day we marched to
the cattle-pond, a distance of twenty-five
miles Next day the march was still worse
The weather was very hot, and we had no
water. Many men tainted, many broke down,
| and fell by tho wayside, hundreds quit ranks
and went off in search of water AS VIC pass
ed skirt of woods left raaks, almost faint
ing. iell down under shade, and throw
ing oNmy clothes, cooled and rested fer q
halEhour., was left entirely alone. Resu-
ming my lonely marchI gotback to the, beach
and dug hole in the, sand for water. 1t
was cool and refreshing. Stragglers poured
ia until nearly q hundred of 1s were there.
| slssa feetedbthere about three hours, and when
| we 70, camp,it was nearly rundown.
~ tired we sat down 20 rest, Thus
! torod into little groups. At last
ie eeene. twas night, and was a
ty pderer along the gulf-shore, in an
aaeG country, with no human being in
siahs or Roaring. | knew not whore camp
was had no road but the beach; on tho
| wosa ihe lightning flashed from q dark cloud
from the cast came the low, melancholy foar
| of the watcr of tho gulf. ] was sore, exhaus-
ted, and ready to fallfrom weakness. TO re-
| yivemy tagging strength, | undressed, and
bathed in the gulf. / did this undera mo-
montary apprehension of an attack from
| sharks. The bath refreshed and revived me,
and still in nuPe iiesdii,td iG.y cacls. ,..;.:,ch
The feelings which such soene and such an
occasion produced, cannot be described Af-
tor several miles more overcome, gave up
hope, and was about to throw myself down
on the sand, hungry and hlankctless for the
night, but just then saw tho camip-fres a.
| head and with all my remaining energies [
pushed on. 1t was about midnight wien /
| got to camp. Stragglers continued to couio in
! oil night and until O'clock next morning. /
! verify believe that the forced Inarch of that
day killed a hundred men. We were now
oniy l2miles from Vera Cruz Next day we
| struck camp on the plain south OF Yera Cruz.
| We remained here aboIt ten1 days.. Gen.
! Scott had got off some, of the army; and we
were only awaiting the, arrival Of mules to
remove us TO tho interior. We had already
lost many Palmottoes by disease, and hum
dreds ofus wcfe disabled and sick. Eating
greSse is fatis poison to life in the tropics,
and ous mon killed themselves by eatipg,a-
con. Ia IS. I, g = ,Hig 81 < gqe IL
A SLEEPY BaIpE AND D5sausTED
BniDEoRooM The Courier de Lyons
says, that at marriage of "a young couple,
during the long exhortation Of the priest,
the bride went fast asleeps The groom
discovered it just as hc was about to put on
| the ring. lie was much annoyed but con-
cealed 1t opt3of respect to the holy place.
| But as soon as the service was over, he got
into carriage with his friends and drove
eff, announcing to the brides father that
he was leaving fsyons, and she mfghs do as