The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1847-04-07

wounded at his sitles nil Lincoln SO
Of The General,sss slpff thasintepFi,l Young
Officer who sosGistingi,isRed hitEse At Re.
SAGA dc lPalma, was killed..
The battle afs,hc 23d slaste,l from early
morn ill about 4P.4M. when Santa Anna
drew o!aslis army and ;retiredlo Aqua M.
eva, TO await u reinforcement. Il.
It.will be remembered that .Sun,a A nna' Is
de reservc, commanded. by Gen. yasqnz,
had been delayed in its march, and has, no
doubt. jDinetlyhim a. few days after The bat.
wing. and many Of his men are deser,inp.
Cap. .Pren,iss' strnng artillery companv
was not in tho action, but had left Mon.cr-
'ey 10 join Gen. Taylor. with six cnnnon,
two being lS.pounlers. On ,l,e III March,
ono al the Ohio regiments also left Mon
terey ,ojoin Gen. Taylor. If these and
Capt. Pren,iss' artillery arrived in lime, the
the Generals heavy loss willrbe fully re.
paired, and he will be ready to meet tSanla
Anna'agnin.
Gen. Taylnr, nj the last accounts, was
still maintaining his position, undis,urbed
by the enemy. Ef.s
An exchange Of prisoners had taken
place, and ''OIl Rough an.l Reahy's" pro :
mise to Col. Marshall tn get back Cassius
vi. Clay ami his party, by tuking Mexican
prisoners enough 10 exchange for them, has
been fully redeemed.
Geh. wool grs"t'y distinguished himself
in the action, andnIl The officers fought like
heroes.
After the battle, General Taylor leman-
ded ot Santa Anna an unconditional sur
render "f ms whole army, which the Int
Ter declined: hut in return, required nf Gen
craI lhyinr Ia surrender Immediately. I'm
mortal he The reply of "Old Rough nnd
Ready" as delivered BY the gallant Liru,.
Criltcnden-"G E MIA AYLOR NEV.
Z r SU RREN DER r'.
Santa Annals Adjutan, General was en- p-
iured by the Americans, bu. was after
wards exchanged.
Gen. T"rlor occupied his ground on the
24th and 25th without opposition. N
Col. Morgan, Of tho Ohio Volunteers,
with small (nrce, cut his way through,
large hndes ofarmed Mcxicans, and urriv-
cd ut Marin. A detachment Of 3 compani-
cs, under command If Col. Gr,l,Iings, was
sent Ia his aid, and the whnle party are
said to have arrived safely nj Monterey.
train of 100 loaded wagons (U.S) on
their way I" Monterey from Camargn, un-
tcr.an escort of 80 volunteers, was cnp,ur-
Ell by body Of Mexican cavalry a few
miles beyond Marine. Three of the men
made good ;lher escape-lhc rest were
taken prisoners. Ayonng lady, the dangh-
ter Of an American citizen living IN Mexi-
CO, and returning home from New Orcnns,
where she has bsen going To school, was
lak en- with this train, her father having been
killed by the Mhxcans. She had escaped
nntl arrived 1T Monterey |" -ufv.y. whore
her misfnttnncs had excited the most lively
sympathy. The latly's name is Miss Burns.
Col. Curtis. "f the Ohio Voluntccts, had
started on his expedition against Urea,
who was at hldemas, village IN the San
juan river. about fnr,y miles from Camar-
Ga. The Colonel has fine force ofrnIun-
tcers. composed "f The Ohio and In,Iinpa
Regiments, II battalion OF Virginia Vnlnn-
teers. and Captain Hunters company, ofU.
S. dragoons.
The Mexicans have possession of Ger
alvn. China, Aier, and NIL the towns be-
tween Cumargo aud Monterey.