The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1847-04-21

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'ssiSessall iilisiissj 81, .slIaITba
conn M s31c AL:
Ian lltledn 6ero ress of
Ep0sisi on, sal5sl icptS Scn nninfssiope
ssEhe c0mtlli Tall ass EN- esia Fareyer
abe esg0yer rttfhsnt of NJ Xico may appoiut.
.'Ede United Ssaieg en,and The parallel
lof4 26 dag soc sfatilnde llrom the sGuIfof
'MeSico !ostbe Facitic. asihe dividing lines
|, IN esl, ni!ed States Wilispay fifteen mil-
feppisdl, ,solemnly gaging not exact or
claim 9 anye Expenses of tl,eEisar. sliese ex-
lpenses are estimated 5astnboiitihirt mis
lions:s ns:sconscguenilylhe Uni ted States 81
tsiders that.s.hoy swoula enty-eig ght
ngi mgillons7o s7ofdoilars for the e1erritory describ-
| ed. .45, !, = ..5;lsss !.
s. The United Slatcs s:suarafieeSthat i. viii
ineverTconsent That my Territory or Slate
EofS Mexico sliatl lbe anne ed stnSt be sA meri.
can union; II equally guarantees The SOW.
ereignty "f Mtxico. espcciaIlyiher territa.
ry s1uth ofithe paraIlefof 26Ileg.
| * The United States wilE place ten thou
snndsmen,s ,sinfant-y and avuiry.@ .@upon The
boundary. line, ,osprevent Juggling, 5atid
| incIfsionof the IDtliuns. .& ~
! The United States engage to ndinst all
disputes about old claims--wc give The .e.
rnandsIsin Spanish Prorel territorio ccdi.
do Por tacrTus deudas crtraneeras,l l2fc.l
Ansaiiiance offensive and lie Gensi We sha Il
be signed between the United States and
NJ eSico t0frepel all European in,ervcn.
|tipn in the affairs Of America.
Aiorhn is authorized by the Government
21fss'heaUnted ,fss States to adjust the terms OF
Ihc trent!y Of peace.
Editorial Correspondenceoft the Picdyunc.
80 VERA Cruz, April 1, lsd7.
Although The rcsull,s MOI yet known, /,
lisgeneralty conceded tha. the cxpc,ilon
to Alvarado will no, meet with nnv enemy.
Agents 'iave arrived here frcm that place,
lthis'is most certain; and they saw ihn, The
armed force there all fed on.lhe capture
|ot Vera Cruz being kn"wn.E ] started fot
Alvarado, intending IL see The show ,here.
whatever it might be; but The vessel ON
winch was To go got of before could
| reach her.
FromEthc direction of#the c:.y$of Mex.
co wehave varieiysof rumors Allagree
that Santa Anna has reached the capito,
but the accounts cnnficl as 10 his present
position and prospects. One report has il.
that with miserable crernnan,.ur his army
nc has joined the clergy, a MI Sis making
headwny ugainstIhc stubborn Gomez Fa
rias.fS Another and later rcpnr, is tosSthe
effect. that Santa Anna finding the clergy
determined upon holding on 80 their rich
property entire and Of making overtures
of peace 10 The United States, al oncc inin.
ed Farms, answas now bent upon seizing
every penny belonging to The priesthood
To carry On llIa war aganst the .usnrpino
oarba RUNS Of the Nnrlh." One thng is
certainz-nll was anarchy and confusion n,
merely Of Mexico five days since, and
guns and bluodshed were the order OF boll.
day and night. Pur,y was nrrayed against
party. faction agains, fnclon-all were by
The ears. and there was neither head, tail
nor body To the Government. The entire
population. like The Ishmaclilcs, ,those
"greasers," Of old, were fighting and quar-.
rclling,-cach mans hand was tnrncdt
against his neighbor. II is impossible tn
divine what all his will end in, unless i,
be in state ofsniinirs worse confounhcd
than the present, ,ir such state can be.
THERE'S isSof course strong, ,party--at It's
head the commissioned officers IF the
country opposed to peace; for with tia,
would 60 ul their hopes Of prefermcr,,
and, wha. is of more consequence 10 them
now, bread. SO longas the war continues.
they are sure Of place in the army,, ana
win change To rob out Of every dollar
raised and extortcd to carry it on. More
unrrincipled men have never3cxisteL; for,
too cowardly,o iishlsnnd win bnoly nr
their enemies. they content themselves
Swith pl"ndering their own people. MOI
one an ten Of them has spark Of that pa
tratsm Which seek c,h its counlry's good,
allthrir vaunling 10 the contrary, and This
extensive faction the friends Of peace have
10 contend with. The latter party is com.
posed of1Ihe clergy, anxious 10 preserve
the immense wealth and influence they
have accuInulninl by FRA nd nud hun, h.,...