The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1846-11-12

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reach that cit ysAsy The sentl of Noy eI,be +.
The question arises to,D he ia ;to Ira yrsc
Issnci country as lie will tayeto al, ~ 4
forced march ut The rate.uf twrii.z
ltySmilesneEd Tile only wu,e err al, l,iia
route is ir,SttIe Alcxican iaiiks, which will.
|doubtlcss be al lbrokenupas tic enemy ,rc.
Itires.s 70 carry: water sufficient Ia say We Ills
Isarmy and lean,s from suffering, wnuld re-
llire more horses, mIlrs md oxen, than
art,:rtw re in the army, alllofwliich are re-
lilnirGd for the hes,ransp0rtationefi ilie sneces.
fsary stores antl munitions. lnImaking This
retreat, tho enemy hayo tlnullless a.lGpteil.
| q Wise policy leaving behind them Gar
more formidable enemy for Gen Taylor Ia,
encoNnter viz this marcl) lllan he could
ever find inttieirsown arms aud fortified
ttowns. Ss,.3 S
i his policy has unqncsli0nably been
i dictated BY the sagacity Of Santa Anna. II
rs suited. on good authority, tIiut he had
sent orders 10 ,Ampddia to evacuale Mon-
/ I .s-sss', and nlI other places this side Of the
mouniains, but that those orders were. MOI
rcceived till after the battle.
| After leaving the troops necessary 10
garrison Monterey, Saiillo nd other towns,
Gen: Taylor will only have nm army or
about 5000 men with which TO penetrate
into the heur. Of tho enemy's country, unl
far hey ond the reach OF any reserve upon
which he might fall back for supper in case
OF necessity. Such we believe is correct
acsqnnt OF The present position and pros
poets Of our army, as derived from good
authority. Gen AmPudia has been super.
seded in command, bn. the name Of his
successor isnot cmcmbcred.
Latest FROM OUR ARMY IN MEXICO.
letter duted Ca.nargo,, Octob ber 90 TO
to the editors Of the N. o. Times, contains
the following paragraphs:
before my departure, the account Of
the departure Of Gen. Ampudia from Su,il,
la with the army was fully confirmed. tie
proposed 10 lortify thu, town and make an.
other stand; therefore he called on the cit.
izens to assist him. They held meeting
and The answer to his call was Monterey
was town naturally easier Of defence
than Satil!o, that il was fortified, anl he
had been driven out Of it, therefore .hey
would not expose their families and prom.
ersy 10 certain injury and dagger. The
General then left, tuking The road towards
San Luis PoIosi.
Il hive Ibis moneI I seen q letter from
Salinas, dated 18th inst, in which The wri-
ter states-"l heard lust night that Santa
anna was u. San Luis Po.osi, with 80, 900
MEN, artillery and infantry. He had sen,
hls cavalry near Monterey, in the noun
fseins, TO place called Labradorcs' where
g. Monterey, lis al present.
~ alss slwslSe re ans. spii .leir1
wax from y ilSitlssey home. had all beais
mglderel near Ian Ia place abou,
ten leagues :. ~ +
{ I; The FIRST patt &c lhis statement Is nntt
10 ne, relied on There were mo such sac.
e0Antsat Monterey on the ,I7lh inst. There
he nj such place as Labradores near Mon
;teIcysspnless il !bes3 "a small rapehose3pv '.
is kn9 ,tRas moi there, because
tiis ssg tieEeabo ntsssi,ad dsshesn asc er.ained
Suinas il much further
from San Luis Potosi Than Monterey,
and that part Of The story is but the cx.
tension Of report current at the latter
place ten days before The time mentioned.
AS 10 the killing Of the Texans near Lam.
pasos, ia is mot improbable. The troops
from that Stale we're disbanded at Monte.
rey, and number set off on the road by
Salinas, Lampasos, etc., to Lorcdo on the
Rio Grande. They were without prov- !
sions for themselves, or food for their
"o'oSot - SSitaAh ouiii ociuS aIIoMeu ioI |
each days expeEccs. Their organization
was broken up. and they went of in
parties, many without other arms than pis-
tolls and knives. II is very probable ,hey
levied contributions on The people, and in
that way gol into difficulty. a. first, all
the public arms were taken away, and il,
was not until Gen. Henderson sent Cul.
Hays 10 Gen. Taylor, that the arms were
restored, 80 be delivered up a, Dexar, in
Texas. Manyithen would not GO TO get
them."
The Commercial Times, Of Nov. 3rd,
saws: I'VE received yesterday private ali.
vices from The city Of Mexico, SO late as
The 2Sth Of September, which state tha,
Santa Anna had left the capital that morn
ing wiki 1000 cavalry and 1000 infantry,
for San Luis Po,osi: and that positive IN,
struc,ions had been despatched to the army
Of the North mol 10 occupy Saliillu, but To
retreat Immediately to San Luis. The
Dictator bad been utterly unsuccessful in
his attempts to raise n loan of two millions
OH nortage Of ths revenues OF The church,
ms The lien was considered by capitalists
Insecure, If not Illegal. He then applied
5ssDO, ,O96, But could only raise $4,000,
(which was Tie sum total with which he
islurtad."
a 4rs-,.. NEw.ORLEASst Nov. 8.