The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1846-11-25
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81 By tliesarri val here este rSay from gra.;
Eos Santiag q. OF The Steamship Edit, Gagsl
tain Gouilard, and he fohrmas.ed g teatI.
ship yirg ginia, Capt. Tuck ed Sl!s6t
inst. we l,aye received files She Slatam 9.
ros rissg s. Flag i.s ,l, insssnts in; 8:
sN,on,erey TO The 20ihnlt Us, Us
;tedadyaaeeo q npudia tfom saltillo, 10
.tion with Gen. Taylor. That report was
said to haze left Monterey on, the 18Th.
Invention, entirely destitute of ,ru,l,.
that the gallan. Captain Ritlgely had met
with sad accident! which was likely$to
prove estaial. Indeed,ii. was positively NJ
iirmed yesterday in the city, tha, he was
dead. Our correspondent refers to the &c.
scilen. below. We deeply regret the unto.
ward circumstance. which has deprived
the army Of one orits brightest tsornaments.
end the country of an Invaluable public
servant. s<-llh s.ssssssSss s..5 f.
Shortly after leaving Brasos Santiago.
onthe 7,h inst, the Edith collapsed her
ffue,f and scalded the second engineer, Mr..
Cromwells badly, without nny8furlher in
jury. Shs1made thegspassage from Brazos
Santiago under canvass, and Brought hilh.
er lO6 discharged volunteers, aud U. 81
troops, ,11;ssSs: 81 Il
The following items we take from the
Matamoras Flag. s,s.
From Monterey.--SsNSYeh have adsicesfrom
this post as late ass the Goth ult. The
health Of the troops is said to be,frather
bad at this time. the principal. complaints
being the diarrhea and chills andsS Sfevers.
II is supposed tl,at the fruit, SO readily OBJ
taincd, increase the'sickness.
The Mexicanssdo not appear TO be as
we'll disposed towards the Americans in
Monterey as they are here, but thai may be
owing to a lack $ofs fsseeming what they arc
not, and ignorance of8the deep cnpnterfeits
that our Mexicans know so WE'LL how to
play of. A person belonging 10 the Ala.
pama regiment was recently strolling about
outside7the camp, when lancer was down
upon him and ran thim through several
tines
Before the steamer Col. Cross left Ca
mergo, news had reached that place of a
happening TO one of,our gal
liant officers. Maj. Randolph Ridgley,
who ncted so distinguished part in, the
battles Of May last, and more recently at
the storming Of Monterey, wna riding out,
when his horse slipped and fell on the
stone pavement. In! The fall Mai. Ridge
ly's head struck with such force against the
cnrb:stone as tos fracture his skull He
was sill lEulive at the last advice although
no hopes$werc entertained Of his recovery.
The unfortunate accident created deep
sensation through The army, rs this off
Ger was universally esteemed. 4His@placc
in the lines will be difficult to supply.
A gentleman recently returned from
Montery, who has good opportunity of
forming correct opinion Of the future
Gen. Taylor, expresses it
as his belief that, after garrisoning Sal,il-
10, the main body Of the army will tnke up
the line. Of march for Tumpico, where i,
will be reinforced. preparatory to making
a descent on San Luis Potosi,. which it is
generally supposed, will be the next bat
tie scene. Tk
1t seems to be an nscertained fact in
Gen. Taylor's camp, (Mcxican rumors in
this city to the contrary, Notwithstanding
that Saltillo is not TO be defcnded-,he
whole Mexican force being concentrated
nj San Luis Potosi, which place is being
fortified in the strongest possible manner.
Gen. Wool had reported himself TO
Gen. Taylor, asswithin a short distance oil
Monclova, and we arc informed that part
Of his force is TO form junction, with
Gen. Taylor at Monterey,e the remainder
moving on to Chjhualiua - the hole force
being deemed unnecessary for this service.
II ia a!so statcd Ia i,s that Vicior;. nnJ
MI the principal townsin Tamaulipas are
TO beimmediately garrisoned, andwe would
speculate ihatit tisswith the ultimate object
Of placing all the country on the ems. and
northeast side oftlie Sierra Madre, under
lhe Government and laws Of the United
States, to be held as portion of her terri
tory as an indcmnitica,ion for the wal.
The state Of feeling on this subject cannol
be misunderstood. Every day i. becomes
more apparent; ;tha. this range of moan
tains is hcnccforlhsto be- the. dividing line
between Mexico and the United Estates.
/. can no longer be vieWedfas vague sup
position such we believeto be the fixed
intention Of the$American Eoyernmen,-
in no. other way can she be indcmnifcd
for the war.
Z ST. Joseph's Isldnd.-rhe military de.
pot al Joseph h'siIsland has been roken mp.
Colonel Belknap has returned from IN in,
spectionof The military tlepols on the Gulf,