The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1847-06-30
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81 tisely when aksteamer will llsleava Cor y0nr
&. pssy hItsjn Order 10 be in limo for tho Gal.
! veBt1al which may possibly get of this
fegsnings shhIf giy@you q hasty sks.ch OF
what has taken place since wrote you
!, lmy last letter, and which has been kindly
j. furnished 40 me by Lieut.. Rigcr, Of
4 Capt. lBlain's company Of ftheyol.iguers.
d 81 S1sn. Cadwaiader: marched with his com.
y mand from the place where he reached
Col, aicIn.esh, seven miles thisside Of the
Pueitte Nacional, on the 10Th instant,
reaching the bridge about sunlown; which
he found occupied by the guerrilas, as
well as the heights around.
Lieut.. Blskeyl of the Voliiguers. was
detdchsd with q sectioniof mountain how
itzets and twenty men, and supported by
the iafantry they were ordered to charge
the bridge, which they did in gallant style,
and sarried il. but regret 10 say tha, OF
Lieut.. B.'s detachment he lost one man
killed and four wounded. Lieut.. B. being
/ tfsIsasssd among the latter, having received,
a rnasket ball in the loft leg. They also
lost lye horses, but cannot learn the loss
sustained by the Infantry in this particular
charge. The infantry Immediately charg-
ed ste heights. carrying them in fine style.
In the meantime, Gen. Cadwalader, fearing
for Hthe safety Of Capt, Blair and Captain
Gaies's companies of yoltiguers. who were
on tic way TO the command in charge Of
train containing forage and provisions TO
supply. the place of those captured from
the train while under the command Of Col.
McIatosh, sent back Gaies's company OIL
dragn0ns, who fell in with a large party OIL
guesrillas who attacked them, and whom
they nooly charged, leaving ten dead Mexi.
cans on the. field. l cannot hear what
number Of our men were wounded ct the
National Bridge Of other delachmcnls with
the exception Of Lient. Rhodes. who was
wounded in the knee, who has returned TO
this place. On the morning OF the ll.h
the advance had another sharp encounter
| abou. three miles beyond The bridge, dr.
wing the gucrrillas before them. Captain
Blail's and Capt. Bernard's companies,
havfig turned over the supplies. Ief. the
bridge pn their return. Atttie same time
Gen, 4adwalader left their 20 proceed on
his Inuruey, anu they report that on tho |
42th they heard the repnrt of firearms in
! the objection Of Cerro Gordo. and from all |
appeirances there is no doubt that this
command had to fight every foot Of its
way 10 Jalapa. The loss Of the Mexicans
was no less than forty, while ours. as far
as hsird from, is one killed and eighteen
wounded. IL the Galveston does not ieuve
to-day shall t.y and find time to visit
camp four miles distant. and may give fur
thes SIS saS2.ssac.ulars, In hasle. 81
3 len. fshietds; / have been infurm-
ed t3%ss physician from Jalapa.T although
yet feeble, has given up the idea Of going
homc&and is going TO enter a2ainupon the
] dutieaof his station.
Army Movem ents.-Ths 2d Mississippi
regiment have moved forward from Mon.
terey .in join Gen. Wool. and the Virginia
and North Carolina troops arc 10 leave as
soon as the Massachusetts regiment, who !
left here nn sS"aday last, shall have taken |
their elace. Gen. Gushing left this place
for Geo. Taylor's headquarters on Friday
last. Portions Of the 10th infantry under
Lienl, {;ol. Fay. Of The Sd dragons. under
Maj. Cats. and of,he 18th infantry still
remain!'fncamred in our vicinity.
AraosrMERlc RA1LwAYs.-The atmos.
pheric lrinciplc Of propulsion upcn rail
| ways, IL still matter Of controversy
in England. Upon the Croydon line
ithas heen tried and abandoned; while
on the South Deyon line, where we
believe il has been longes, in opera
ton, it 10 still in favor. We learn from
the Lc:iaun Railway Times, that the
Devonli,e has been repeatedly worked
from Exeter to Daw!isi,, in every possible
way, with heavy and with light weights,
and that all experiments have been emf
nenily successful. With light weights a
speed Of TO miles un hour was oblained,
anl with > wzght Of 90 10 100 tons, q
speed OF 80 TO 35 miles an hour. Further
extensions Of the line, 10 Plymouth and to
Totnes, are contemplated.
The Philadelphia u. $. Gazette Of Sat-
urday saws.
Gen. Tom Thumbs Levees have given
net Proat Of over $4,000 in 22l.2 days,
which, counting Is dollars in silver to the
pound, asoirdupois, make 5S times his own
weight in silver; or counting SO half eagles
TO the pound, avorIupois, makes nearly
four times his own weigh, in gold!
! "Dnring this time, he kissed between
25. 900 and 10000 ladies'"
?, A MuEuMrNT To WILLIAM CAxroN.--
II is proposed in London to cree, by sub.
scriptien q monument 10 William Cayton,
the man who introduced Tho ar, Of printing
in Epglatd. The style Of the monument
Is thus Indicated: IA fountain (of living
watsr) by day, out Of which should arise
tall pillar, obelisk, or cluster ofGathic pin.
nacles for light by night; the diffusion Of
/ lipht beiDp ths fit and in,elli1ibie symhnl