The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1847-11-17


'sihE YahkeeHs TAX nd itage Of The ionls
seige ot block d tho country has uIld deraons,s
focking here wit Their es: and $mcrchan-
disc, until there will not! be d city In the land
but will 8be stoc lteds with American goods.
WesgieW these operations hollow as the fore
runner Of fganoth other and different policy which
our government intends spprsuingt in this
country Time will shows "A j,ertcnn Star.
fairs in the city Of. Alexico were in a alii4S
ct state: The following ironsthe Genius OF;
Eiberty,o of tho 25th ult. contains tho most irn-
portant itemswe can gathor from The. Vera
Cruz papers: 81 rs q S,
From four French gentlemen who left ,he
city OF Mexico on the 13tf1, and Puebla on the
10th of the present month. wo llnfe rocaiyeil
intelligence of avery important nature, Con-
'cernlng the state Of affairs IN those dnartera.
Cen lane having, arrived at perots, was
there joined by Capt. Walker and his COM
mand both advanced together on thesPuebla
road, I'll they reached the town of Yreyes.
at this place, Capt. Walker, by, order Of.
the Comlnanding General, took up his line
OF march to Huainantla, by way. Of the towns
OF Sun francisco and Guapastla, On his ar
.rlYatt at Huamatla, a sanguinary engage
mant ensued in the streets, between the force
OF Capt. Walker, consisting OF two hundred
and fifty men, and that Fof the Mexjcans.
numberidg sixteen hundred. The result;of
which was thatotal expulsion of the enemy,
tromsfhe' town and its occupation by.ourr val
lant little Safniy which.lost in battle only six
men: Butt ttlia!gallant Walker, after perform,
ing prodigies Of valor, and feats Of the most
daring: character, fell in single combat,i
pierced ssby the spear of an enraged father,
Whp, goaded to actual frenzy bysthe death Of
sssop, who's, fall beneath the ann of Cant.
walker he had just witnessed, rushed for
ward, needless of al danger, to revenge his
death, and attacking the Captain with almost.
irresistible violence, plunged his spear into
his boiy,sand slew him almost Instantly.
The Mexicans lost two hundred mon and
three pieces ofartillery, the iattcrwcrc thrown
INTO gully adjoining the town by the vic.ors;
WHO, sttcr the achievement OF their obiec.
lthe dispersion of the enemy for which thew
were despatched to Huamlntla, evacuated
the place, and directed their course towarls
P.nal, on..hc Puebla road, which they reached
without any opposition, aud there meeting
with Cen. Latic, the combined American
force continued its m,arsh upon pucbla. Into
this city, in state of iDsnrrection, it entered
i'll Piatonns. dcliveripg.at every stepa constau
and we'll directed fire ofmuske,ry, which cea
sed not till the enemy retreatcd, and order re
stored in every quarter.
General Rea, Of whom we heard so mucl
lately, fled with 400 guerrillas towards Ain
CO. General Santa Anna was, by last ac{
counts, at Tebnncan de las Grnnadas-ha
sSngtby all his followers with the execution
OF 200.
w. G. Tohey, tho famous "John of York;
OF the Philadelphia papers, practical printer,
and one OF the most piquant writer's of thef
country, has published paper in the city oil
Mexico, called "Thc North American" Ill
ls beautiful sheet, and worthy to bear theJ
name of tha great Philadelphia paper Wei
shall give some extracts from il to-moyrclv.
Our correspondent, writing at a later date
than the 25th ult, gives the following ac
count of the death of Captain Walker -
"The death Of Captain Walker is fully con-
tirmed by later arrival. It is stated ,hnA
he was shot by cannon ball from masked
battery, about IL miles from the main road, u
at point some 16 leagues from Puebla
The bali also killed Captain Loyal of the /
Georgia mounted company, and eleven mcr]
are also reported 10 have been killed in thel
same action"
The following officers hive leavo Of ab-
sence, and proceed to the United Sta,es-l
those who are not incapactatcd by wounds
or sickness, 10 recruit for their respective re- I
gimcn.s:
Brcvc, Colonel J Garland, 9th Infantry;
Co!oncls G w Morgan, l4th Infantry :
Ward B Burnett, Now York Volunteers
I p Andrews, Voliigours; Liem,. Colonel
Samuel L Wa son, Marine corps; Brevct
Major r D Nv, dc, 81 Artillery; M,ior
W w Loring, Mounted R;n nmrn; Cap
ln;ns Robert Andersen, 1:h Artillery;
Phillip kcamcy, 1st Dragons; y L Ne
Reynolds, Sd Dragons; Jam $. w Dan.
vcr, l eth Infantry; p Z Anderson, l:,h
Infantry; Carrot Dykcmtn, NV York
Volunteers; Edward A King, l 9TH Inf;r-
try; Robert Porter "a PENNSYLVANIA Vol
un!ccrs; Wan II Irwin, liz I.t'sr.,y;
Eugene Vandevontcr, 18th lbiartry;
James Miller, ID Penn4ylvania Volnn.
tcors; James Murray, do; AP PChurchiil,
Volunteers; Lieut2nants II Prince, tih
Infantry; Wan Morale, Louisiana Volun.
tccrs; James D Potter, New York Vo,un-
tocrs; Charles a Cooper; Thornton r.
Brodhcad, 18th Infantry; John II Brown
Sd Dragons; II ID Coicnder, Ordnance
corps; Thomas w Sweeney, New York
Volunteers; Lorimcr Graha,n, lNth H.
fan,ry; WmA Ncwham, l0,h lnflntry;
VIM II Goodloe, 18th Infantry: John "
Hathaway, 9th Infantry; Henry De Wolf
9th Infantry; Mortimer Rosencrants, 5th
Infantry; Alphonsc + Palmer, 9Th Inf,n-
try; Edward Johnson, lih Infantry; Ed
ward G Brynton, 1st Artillery; Charles II
Jones, New York Volunteers; William
Brown, do; L.cwcllyn Jones, Mounted
Rifles; NJ y Van Buren,, do; Henry A NJ
Fillmore, I'd Pennsylvania Volunteers;
d d Baker, Marine Corps; John w Sew
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