The banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1844-1847, 1846-06-24


We understand that Canales is at AL
mitos Rancho, on this side of Reynosa,
levying contributions upon the people,
and plundering them Of all their mules
and other movable property. Has has
closed the road and intercepts all COM
munication from this direction, treating
all those who are suspected of coming
from this place with the greatest harsh
ness.
Correspondence Of the Char. Ere. Ne,cs.
NEW ORLEANS, June l3.
First Movement Of Invasion Of
Mexico
On Saturday the 9TH inst, Lieut. Col.
Wilson left Matamoras for Rcinoso, ma
king the first movement towards the in
vasion of Mexico by the American
Army. Col. Wilson has a command
of five hundred strong.
Four companies of the 1st Regiment
Of Infantry under the respective com
mands of Major Abercrombie, Capts
Miller, Bachus, and La Motto Capt,
Prices company of Tcxian Rangers,
with a section of Lieut.. Braggs' battery,
under Lieuts. Thomas and Johnstone,
company Of Alabama volunteers un-
der Gen. Desha, form the command.
This movement IS highly interesting.
because 1t opens the ball of carrying the
war into the enemy's country. RENO
so is small town on the Rio Grande,
sixty miles from Matamoras and con
tainIng about 1000 inhabitants. 1t is
presumed that Col. Wilson and the
brave soldiers under him, will take it
without blow,-at least the soldiers
fear such will be the case.
The volunteers are in good health
and spirits-very few cases of sickness
1t is rumored that Gen. Arista has sent
a proclamation to Gen. Taylor, ordering
him to leave Matamoras within given
time, or he should be obliged to come
down from Monterey and chastise him
for remaining on the west side of the
Rio Grande.
VOLUNTEERS FOR THE EXPEDITION
UNDER Col. KEARNEY.-We have
been pleased to see the promptness
with which Major Mackay, of the
Quarter Masters Department, and
Major Lee, Commissary Of subsis-
tence, have obeyed the instructions
OF Col. Kearney, in their respec-
tive departments. AS necessa-
ry consequence of the call tor SO
large a force us Col. Kearney ex-
poets to take with him-especiaIly
as the whole expedition will be
through a country where supplies
cannot be obtained-an extraordi-
nary, amount of ordnance stores,
subsistence, baggage trains, &C.,
are required. But the orders have
been promptly met. Every thing
that money, and industry, upon
the part of those officers, could Sc
cure with the least possible delay,
has been already procured, and
will be in readiness in a few days.
A portion Of the supplies were
shipped yesterday evening, and the
whole will be on the route by the
last of this week or the first of the
next !; and it is confidently expect
ed that every part Of the requisi-
ton will be at Fort Leavenworth
early next week. When it is re-
membered that thisexpedition will
require near thousand mules for
draught, several hundred horses
for the ordnance and for mounting
the dragons, at least two hundred
wagons. large stock of cattle on
foot, and other stores in proportion,
and that the requisition only reach
ed here last Sunday, some idea
may be formed Of the despatch
with which the United States Coz
vernment officers have performed
their duties.-St. Louis Repu6.
The trial of Nutter. one of the