The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1847-10-27

o'ceu ny WlaJ. Lal!y, and that he imme
diatcly entered the city, drove out the gaer
rllleros and surrounded tho mill above
named. What credit 10 place in these ru.
mors know not, but if Santa Anna is re.
ally g prisoner, it has been intcntionalH Che
has glvehbimself up. IF he has been kill
led, 1T has been what the Mexicans would
term one casualidad: a>shecr accident, for
no such intention ever entered his head.
AS prisoner, Santa Anna knows pcr-
fectly well that he can humbug Mr.. Polk
with ease, and all his friends besides. We
shall know the whole truth ofthc matter in
the course ola few DAYS.
! 1t is said that the Mexican CONGRESS is
to assemble at Quarctaro, on the 5th of
! October-neXt wcck-and that Pena Pc
ma has gone out TO- be installed as the acting
President. have beard Mexicans say that
the body has many members who will de-
ffbcrate manfuIly and seridSsly in favor of
peace; but my opinion is, that a majori,v
OF hcm will talk of little save honor and
bitches and glory, and last extremi,ies and
RUNS, and Of being buried under them. and
kindred nonsense. Some of them NAV be
brlbed, or hired, 10 espousc the peace Side.
We shall see
Gomez Farias is at Queretaro, but we 10
not hear what he is doing. Gen. Herrera is
also there, and if amy leading man in Mex
ico Is IN favor OF peace, he is the one. His
influence, however, is confined almost en-.
tirely to the moaerados.
ReIon, in his letters TO Santa Anna. told
him that if he would continue the war. he
would perish by hisside but they saw, that
when the armlstice was broken; he remained
at Querctaro and forgot all about fighting.
Valiant man is Manuel Cresceneis Reion
but he has a prudent way of manifestinn il
Ill the hour Of peril. 81. .... .l,y few DAYS
since, without followers, and has gone
North, perhaps towards Guadalayra, his old
and favoritc ground, to stir and influence
the minds of the people against the Yam.
KEGS, and Try his hand against them. He
is, no doubt, one of the bravest and best
generals Mexico has ever produced.
MIR. Wells, thetpartner Of Hart in the
He may be recollcctcd in the United States,
not only as pantonimist, but as dancer
and actor of some distinction. Capt. Penn
berton Waddcll, of one of the new regi-
men,s of infantry, is also dead. The
wound of Gen. Shields, although painful, is
improving. A musket ball struck him in
the left arm at the storming of Chapul,epec,
but binding a handkerchief round it he con-
tinued with his men until every thing calm,
cd. Gen. Pillow has almost entirely rcco-
vered. Since commencing this | have
heard another rumor to the effect that AL
varez and the Congress Of Puebla have
risen upon Santa Anna and put him to
death. This can hardly be credited. AL
varcZ is doubtless in that direction.
The loss in the different divisions in the
storming Of Chapultepec and capture of the
city on the 18th is as follows: In that of
Gen. Quitman about 800, in that of Gen
Twiggs 369, in that of Gen. Pillow 142, in
that of Gen. Worth 1873. Owing to his
previous heavy loss the latter only had
about 1000 men engaged in the last battles.
AS l know it will be of great interest to
their friends, before closing this letter l will
state that the wounds of almost all the off.
GERS are m doing well. I can speak positive
ly Of Col. Garland, Majors Wade, Waite,
Loring and GLADDEN.. of Capts. Mason,
Walker, Danley, and Of Lieuts. Foster,
Shackclford, Selden and Lugenbeel, and l
mention them as being some of the most Sc
verely wounded. G.w.K.
A LACoNIC SERMoN.-Job, c. l, v. II,
Nacked came out of my mothers womb,
and naked shall return thither." In dis.
coursing from these words, shall observe
the three following things: First, mans
ingress into the the world secondly, his
progress through the world and, thirdly,
his egress out Of the world To return, first
mans ingress INTO the world is naked and
bare; secondly, his progress through the
world is trouble and care, and, thirdly, his
egrcss out of the world is nobody knows
where. To conclude, if we do we'll here,
we shall be we'll there; and could tell
you o.more were I to preach whole year
Pine Knot.
=. A SCIENTIFIC VIEW OF Ir.-Hastings,
of the Albany Kickerbocker, must be a
queer fellow. He says in a late paper
How any one can look at the human foot
composed of IA bones-any quantity o.
elastic cartilage gill and half oflubri
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