The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1847-05-26
Correspondence of the ". o. P,cuvuue.

Correspondence Of the ". o. P,cuyuue
In CAMP, WALNUT SPhINGs, near Monterey,
April rs, ls47
AS an empty train goes down to Camargo
tomorrow and carries with it mail. shall
avail myself Of the opportunity by writing.
The LIST Mississippi Regiment, now cut
down to two hundred and odd men, accom-
pany the train as far as Ceravo and remain
there TO garrison that place until their term
of service expires, which will be next month
or earl y in June. A part Of the Texian
Rangers also accompany the train as an
escort. A train Of l27 wagons arrived
flom Camargo on Friday, and brought late
mail from the States and among it number
OF communications for General Taylor from
the War Department. If the on dit is true
here, the Department has not condescended
to take the slightest notice Of the generals
communication for many months. Perhaps
the Department will begin soon to conceive
that General Taylor is really person Of
some littlelmpor,ancean deserving of some
slight occasional notice. | fear there is not
much if any prospect Of an onward move
force adequate to such an undertaking.
The time Of nearly all the twelve months
volunteers will expire very shortly, and un-
less they should desire 10 stay beyond their
time for the purpose Of going tc San Luis,
and which it is not likely they will do, there
is 10 prospect Of a speedy movement -
Now is the very time when the most vigo-
rous measures should be pushed, and il is
unfortunate that General Taylor had been
left without adequate means to operate Ell.
fectively. Accounts have been received
here from San Luis as late as the 9TH inst,
ani they represent the Mexican Army as
| entirely broken up and disheartened. as we'll
as the people. Mr.. Freeman. and intelligent
American, who has lived in San Luis Tor a
number Of years, arrived yesterday from
that place. He states with the greatest
confidence that not more than 10000 of
Santa Annals sarmy gcd at Buena Vista,
reached San Luis Hundreds deserted on
the march, and hundreds died on the road or
were left sick and wounded. He says the
entire length Of the road, presents most
sad feature-graveso on every side, nuburicd
bodies sick and broken down soldiers at all
the ranches, and every other evidence Of
routed: dspiriled. starved and broken down
army. 1slto be supposed that Mexico ever
can raise another army Of such strength
In this region it is the unanimous opinion
that she never can bring such another army
into the field durin~ lis war.
You have published accounts of the dis
graceful outrages perpetrated before the
battle of Buena Vista and will be no less
shocked to learn that an equally sickening
piece of outrageous barbarity has been per-
pe,rated in this region by persons calling
themselves Americans. 1t appears that
near little town called Guadalupe, near
Marin, an American was shot two or three
weeks ago, and his companions and friends
determined to revenge his death. According
ly party OF dozen or twenty men visited
the place and deliberately murdered t,cc,s-
ty-tour Me1icans This is a fact, a mel
ancholy, incontrovertible fact. Under pre-
text OF revengeing the death of a comTade,
the inoffensive (for all we know inhabi-
tants of the rancho, who have been assured
tina, they should be respected and protected,
have been wiIfulIy murdered in cold blood
Ali efforts to ferret out the perpetrators of
this daStardly outrage have proved fruitIess,
unfortunately, and they will never be dis
covered probably Such foul deeds as these
must be revolving to every good citizen.
and it is sad thing that the we'll earned
and dearly bought laurels of our troops
should be stained by such acts as these, per-
petrated by iawiess and irresponsible per-
sons but tending to. bring discredit upon
the volunteer forces.
For the last week or more here the
weather has been very warm during the day,
but the night and mornings are cool and
comfortable, and there have been number
Of smart showers. Lieut.. Col. Wright, Of
the Massachusetts volunteers, and lieutcn.
ant Of the regiment, arrived on, Friday with
the train from sMatamoras, with a commu-
ncation from Gen. Gushing. All the regi-
ment is at Matamoras and will remain there
for the present. ~ forgot 10 smention, that
there are aSnpmbers a of cases Of smallpox
among The, troops, although il has not as
sumsd anything approximating an infec.