The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1847-04-14
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The wound OF Lieut.. Col. Dieklaaon 81
The South .Garollns Tegiment. |. 81 i'm proving.
No 6iber othcers than those slrendy men.
TONED. ave been HI He'd OF wounded sotfar,
A1 fire, nf both round shot and shell, hss%
been kept up on the conaaahds saf Captait,
VliDton,e stationed at the lime kiln nearIihe
southeastern walls of The city. but a i ye.
With little effect. III is Estimated that one up
nftour mortar batteries will be placed a.,
this point 81 &. s.5
Many: OF The citizens df Vera Cruz. z.sss see,
ing the inevitable reduction OF that place.
are in fayo,s Of an early capitulaiion. 3 The
military, howeveE, yin!ently soppvse any
movement of That kind: and ii is reported
by the foreigt sresiients.tha. several sci.i.
zens have been shot for proposing IA sur.
render, although few doubt tfasou ur troops
will carry the place in q short lime. q
Col.ss Harney's Dragons arrived nj Vera
Cruz on the 10Th inst, afler having been
cast away near Anton Lizardo.S They
resched the scene Of operations in good
condition. rs ,l:9 - /! 5lSs+ +-ss! 80. .
On the evening Of the l2.h, 51ha,. South
Carolina regiment had a brush with body
OF some 200 lancers, and defeated them. q
We regret to learn that the report OF tho
capture OF Midshipman Rogers was pre-.
mature. Hewas still. unfortunately pris-
Oner. 3sS E.s.t% IL =, ~ @.s
The line of f.investmen, 80 now complete
and oil communication Win ihe. .ci,y land.
ward cut off. Two French vessels l,avp
succeeded in eluding the bloc ckadeS "a yoreii
by the wind. and have doubtless taken In
'.uid and comforl'',0 the enemy. The FIR.
ing from the castle, and also FROM The bal-
ieries. continues. s
CAMARoo, Mexico. March Ie, IlS47.
Editors Of the PicdyuRe-I have 55iust
seen and sconversed with a eenslcma di.
rect from Mbntersy--his information II
think can be relied on. He states That
Gen. Fayior has returned. since Ills lsss
battle. to Monterey with portion Of cas-
airy and four pieces Of light artillery. and
left Monterey with about 1900 troops 10
look up General Urrea, who is tilis side
OF the mountains and said 10 have 5000
roops--cavalry and infantry. Gen. Toy-
lor marched In the direction of Monte
morales. town abon. I2O miles sop,h Of
TINS, and report says, on last Thursday
plight Gen. T. and his little band were
within twelve or fifteen miles nf the hIexi.
cans. If Gen. u. overiakes them--peacA
he TO their ashes. He whipped Santa
Anna on the other side Of the monnto;n.
and now he has come 10 clear ou, all This
bottom land. 1.-.r...''''s
A ietterswas received in Monterey. from
|acpmmereial house in San Luis, i have
|conversed with gentleman who aa wand
read The letter, and it states that Gen San
IA Anna wns in San Luis: that Aristo and
Paredes'Hriends had declared apains, San.
Ia Anna and Proclaimed Herrera president
lf this be true, ..as the poet beautifully ex.
presses it," Mexico is ccnfusion worse CON.
funded. II will require soldier with :
bent gun barrel tostell what party he is
firing for. q. "a ~. -.
Since writing the above, the report. that
Gen. Taylor is or was at Cerfaiyo is par-
tally confirmed. "A letter was received az
Cnmargo. from Mier, announcing that Gen.
F..with portion of his light artillery,
,lragoons and Kentucky cavalry, were at
Cerraivo. and that Urea had suddenly left
that portion oil. the country. .lrz
LATEST FROM vERACRUz.
Arripal Of the Mississippi aOish Comm.
= ~
Perry-Probable Opening Of our Fire
on Vera Crux--Continued Confusion
IN the City Of Me1ico.
The slip Oregon. Captain GIiddon, and
the barque M"ntezuma, Caplnin Thomp-
son, arriyed los. evening from Anton Liz.
srdn. both having sailed the morning OF ,hs
20,h inst.
Captain Gildon informs US That he saw
The steamship Mississippi, having Comm.
Perry on board. on the 2Olh inst, abou, six
miles off from Vera Cruz, bound in. ,6-
Cnptain,G. was on shore on the rI9,h
inst. and in the American camp. It SEEM
ed to be understood in the camp ,ha, Gen.
Scot. would open the attack on Vera Cruz
ut noon on the 20th. lie also rel ports that
there or four hours after he sailed, ha
heard very heavy firing, which he thinks
was from the American works. The clos
ing sentence in Mr.. Kendall's letter sub,
joined renders this not improbable.
Capt. G mentions that Gen. Worth Is sta, !,
toned with his command within TOO Yards
Of the city. He also informs us that the
general impression was that the city was
very willing, nay, anxious to surrender,
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