The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1847-05-19

communications to secure attention.
From the Ne,o Orleans Delta, 9th inst.
Highly Important from Mexico.
Continued triumphant progress Of American
Arms-Jalapa taken a0ithout q struggts,-
Perotc delivered up to General Worth,
ac,th all ats armament, a0ith0ut q shot from
the ememy,-Reported remorol Of Santa
Anna from The command Of the Mexican
Army y-Particular of the taking of Tus-
pan-Probable juuct,om contemplated be-
taoeca, ScoN anil Taylor.
The U. S. transport steamship New
Orleans, Captain Wright, from Vera Cruz,
ming of the Goth ult., and brought US our
correspondence and the latest papers to the
day Of her sailing. We proceed to lay their
interesting content before our readers.
We would, in the meantime, state that
we have conversed with an intelligent
passenger, who came over in the N. Orleans.
He says that he understood Gen Taylor
had succeeded in communicating with Gen.
Scott, and that the object Of his despatch
was formation Of a mutual understanding
between them, with Il view OF Joining their
forces preparatory to descent upon the city
of Mexico.
Santa Anna boasts that there is still an
other ThermopylH on the road between
Puebla and Mexico
Scott pushes on without stop or fa!ter;
the destructive storm of Cerro Gordo delays
not day or all hour his onward march
with a boldness, an energy, and masterly
activity beyond all parallel, he has passed
t1, @1,o oC I'll,
traversed the dangerous and difficult road
thirty miles beyond: and appears with the
old vanguard army. under the gallant
Worth, before the far-famed castle of Pero,e.
This Bastile, so renowned in Mexican his
tory as the gloomy asylum of disgraced and
unfortunate Revolutionists: of the Unhappy
victims Of anarchy and of rabble rage, but
still more familiar to all Americans as the
dungeon of those brave men whose cruel
wrongs gave the first impulse TO the spirit
whence this war sprung sstrong prison
castle, with its battery Of enormous guns and
powerful defenccs, surrcnders to our arms
without blow. If one stone still stands
upon another Of this gloomy monument Of
Mexican servility and imbecility, the flag
OF the "stars and stripes" waves over it, and
American cannon and American bayonets
bristles around its now invincibles walls.
Not here does SCOTS army rest its wearied
limbs. A three days march will precipltate
of the the ancient Tlascalans Puebla-
whence marched the valiant warriors with
whose bodies, slain in hand-to-hand combat,
Cortez made his famous "Bridge Of Corpses''
with its $4,000 inhabitants, will yield to
our little army. And then-but let us
look no farther-let us await until the event
will Justify it, before we raise the cry of
exnltation,a and rejoice over the last great
). .achieyement left to American valor-the
zssEeaf the city of the Montezumas
ALArA, Mexico, April FL. 1847.
So SO elta-I arrived at this lovely place
norning, and found that General
Had hoisted the American flag in
4 -. ~ sae day before. He followed the
I'll heroes of Cerro Gordo 10 within
les of Jalapa, when all traces o
salIs ar a body disappeared, and he en-
.sdayassd sior the night within three miles Of
town evening, and entered and took
possession of it early next morning
Santa Anna did not pass through Jalapa
but, in company with Ampudia and Tore
jon, turned off to the left at his hacienda
and hnated fot the night at the nine mile
. passsafhich was being fortified, but which
neopd consideration, it was deemed pru
evacuate This evacuation took
sterday morning, and in the eve.
Harney's dragons took posses
The Pass-Gen. Worth following
footsteps. A number Of small arm.
ZEN. at the Pass, but they are of lit
value.
North, it is said, will move on Il
i which place many think he vii