The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1847-11-24

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bia the evening Of the 10th and were attack
ed the same light by strong force undc
uen' IorreJon. Shortly after they were
attacked by Col. Vamos. In two enoaoe
ments they lost fifteen of their nu mber, bu
suppose they killed at least ten times tha,
number. They returned to Puebla and
zen; Lane placed the dispatches in the
hands OF his adjutant general, Lieut.. Sears
| VINO came down with his Mexican escort to
vera Cruz, but accompanied as far as Plan
del klo by the first Pennsylvania Regimen,
under COL Wynkoop, Cap, Loyall,s Geor.
gia mounted men, and three companies OF
artillery. The American portion of the cs.
cort halted at Plan del Rio and were to re-.
NAMED with Gen Patterson. 1t Sears reach.
ed Vera Cruz in the nigh, of the 9TH inst,
accompanied by Capt. Geo. Taylor, I'd Ar,
'lllery, 1t. Lear, lst Pennsylvania Repi.
ment, on their way home on iu.lough. 1T.
henderson, Louisiana Volunteers, came
down to join his company. About eighty
discharged soldiers also came down.
Inc Mexican spy set is described as a
rough looking set of men. They fight with
ropes round their necks, as the saving is.
and therefore fight gallantly. Col. Domin.
guez is thought to know the road intimately
from long experience upon the line in dit:
ierent capacity. We understand that we
have altogether about $50 of this descrinlion
of force in our pay. OF the dctach-
ment which came down with Lieut.. Sears
one OF the officers lost an arm bv the wav
and two others were severely wounded
AN American discharged soldier, who came
down with them, told our correspondentthat
they fou ght mos: gallantly.
Cen Lane remains at PuebIa, retaining
all the command Il. took up with him. A
circular order from Gen. Scott directs gar
rlson OF $50 men to be stationed at tho Ma
tlonal Bridge, 1900 at JaIapa and 1000 at
Puebla-the two last points under the
command Of general officers. Gen. Cush-
ing has been assigned by Gen. Patterson to
the command at Jalapa. Gen. Patterson
had reached the National Bridge on the
morniug of the 4th inst, with ali his force
having been entirely unmoles,ed upon the
route.
Gen. Lanes command is quartered in the
heart of Puebla, the General occupies the
palace.
Santa Anna was at Tepaucan on the
10Th ult. He had given up the idea of 60
ing to Orzaba as he had proposed.
We have the Genius of Liberty of the 5,h
lnst,, and regret TO see by it that one of the
editors, Doctor Quinn, is seriously indispos.
cd.
The guerillas are quarreIling among
themselves. The Rainbow says: sit ap.
pears that Jarnauta's band have declared
Col. Cenobio to be traitor to them and 10
his country; that he is leagued with the
Americans, and even supplied by them with
arms and ammunltions for the purpose of
destroying his brother bandits. Aftermuch
hard talking they have at length proceeded
to blows; and in one engagement, tits said
that Jarauta was victorious, and that thir-
ty of Cenobio's men were killed"
Later accounts confirm the above. but
say that only twenty were killed and tha,
Jarauta was shot through the leg. Papers
of Jalapa Of prior date had said that Jarau-
ia had Withdrawn from the field to attend to
his religious duties.
The Arco Iris of the 5th inst. speaks of
an expedition of 1900 men as about to start
from the camp at Vergara agains: orizaba.
Our correspondent makes no mention of IT..
The same paper says on the English side
that the unburied body of the late lamented
Capt. Walker remained on the field two
days after his death.
By this arrival we have two numbers of
new American paper published at Puebla
and called the Flag of Freedom. We learn
from it that Col. ChiIds was entertained on
the 2lst ult. at dinner given by number
of officers who served under him during the
siege ofPuebIa. We have no room for tho
report.
The INFLUNcE OF WoMAN.-Deprived
of an equal voice, in the government and
councils of nations, and Of the chances to
reveal heroism and physical power on the
battle field, woman has exercised but a
partial influence over the fate ofmankind.
In savage and semi-civilized epochs, she
has been scarcely more than creature to
bring forth the progeny and bear the bur-
thens of the world. Drudging and bowed
down in the wigwam Of the savage-fol.
lowing the trails of armies to kindle camp.
fires and prepare the food of the warrior
tiIling the fields of her little more civilized