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

march upon San Louis Polusi, 50 as To
reach that city by the end nf November,
the question arises hO,v he is to traverse
such country, rs he will have to de-, by II
forced march nj the rate uf fifteen ur ,wrn.
~ miles per day? The only water on Ibis
route is in the Mexican tanks, whirh will
doubtless be all brukcn up rs the enemy re-.
tires. To carry wafer sufficient tu save his
army and teams from suffering, would re-
qnire more horses, mules and oxen, Than
are now III the army, all Of which are re-
l"'rcd Tor The transportation Of the noces.
sary storcs and munitions. In making This
retreat, the enemy have doubtless adopted
n wise policy. leaving behind them far
more formidable enemy for Gen Taylor to
encounter wiz this mnrrh) than he could
ever find in their owm arms aud fortified
towns.
This policy has unqucslionably been
dictated by The sogacily Of Santu Anna. L,
is slatcd. on good authority, thu, he had
sent orders to Ampudia tn cvacuate Mon.
tcrcy, anu all other places this side of The
mountains, but that those orders were moi
received ill after The battIe.
After leaving the troops ncccssar, to
garrison Monterey, Satilo and ether towns,
Gen: Taylor will only have an army Of
about 5000 men with which To penetrate
into the tcurt Of the cncmy's country, and
far beyond the reach Of any reserve upon
which he might fall back Tor support in case
Of necessity. Such we believe is II corrcc,
acsount OF The present position and pros
poets Of our army, as derived from good
authority. Gen Ampu,lia has been super.
scdcd i'll command, but the name Of his
successor is not remembered.
LATEST FROM OUR ARMY IN MEXIC0.
letter dated Ca.nareo, October 90 %
to the editors Of the N. o. Times, contains
The following paragraphs:
Before my departure, the account Of
me departure Of Gen. Ampu,iia from SaliI-
la with the urmy WAS fully confirmed. Tie
proposed TO tortity that town and make an
other Stand; therefore he called on the cit.
izens TO assist him. They held n meeting
and The answer to his call was Monterey
was town naturally easier Of defence
than Satiii", that il was fortified. and lie
had been driven out Of it, therefore thcy
would not expose their flmiIics and prop
erty 10 certain injury and dagger. The
General then left, taking the road towards
San Luis po,osi.
hufc Tins momcI seen letter from
Salinas. dated 18th inst, in which lie wri-
ter statcs-"l heard last night that Santa
Anna was at San Luis polosi, with 80, 900
men, artillery and infantry. lie had sent
!'ls cavalry near Monterey, in the noun
lalns, 10 place called Labradorcs' where
The Goycrnor Of Monterey is at present.
also hearttstha, twelve Texans, on their
way from Monterey home. had all been
murdered near Lampascs, a place about
ten leagues norll, ofSal;Has."
The first part Of This statement is not
TO DC, relied on. There were no such &C.
counts nj Monterey on the I7,h inst. There
Is no such place Us Labradorcs near Mon
tercy, unless j, be small rancho. Gov.
Liano, it is known, was not there, because
his whereabouts had been asccrlaincd
few days before. Suinas is much further
from San Luis rolosi Than Monterey,
and that part Of the story is but the cx.
tension Of report current at the latter
place ten dnys before the time mentioned.
AS 10 The killing Of the Texans near Lam.
pasos, iil is not improbable. The troops
from that Stale were disbandcl at Monte
rey, and number set Off on the road by
Salinas, Lanipasos, etc, 10 Lorcdo on the
kio Grandc. They were without provi- /
SIoHs IoI themselves, or iUUu Tor their
horses, a certain sum being allowed for
each days cxpcEccs. Their organization
was broken np, and they went OF in
parties, many without other arms than pis-
lols and knives. 1t is very probable ,hry
lowed contributions on the people, ard j"
that way gol into difficulty. ~ first, all
The public arms were taken away, aud il
was not until Gen. Henderson sent Col.
Hays to Gen. Taylor, sha. the arms we're
restored, 80 be delivered up at Bcxar, in
Texas. Many.,hen would not go 20 get
them"
The Commercial Tines, OF Nov. 3rd,
saws: I'VE received yesterday private all.
vices from The city of Mexico, so late as
The 2S,h Of September, which state tina,
Santa Anna had left the capital thai morn.
ing with 1000 cavalry and 1000 infantry.
for San Luis Putnsi: and that positive in.
struclinns hadbccn despatched to the army
Of the North not 10 occupy SaI,illu, hu. to
retreat Immediately to San Luis. The
Dictator had been utterly unsuccessful III
his attempts 10 raise = loan oftwo millions
on morlagc Of .he revenues Of The church,
rs The lien was considered by capitalists