The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1847-06-30

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Il bsss lale Vera 1 CruzaHus are to-day Gsisi:
Il lated the editor o The SpSnisi lsa,
here ON siis ests b3ishn,en of Tile
II IslHrs!l baAds on iiH yoatj I'D leo, an ii
had sfla Iiacf 90 five Eia tha sobbnrs nSaf,
h and render lhsg ggasasEe safe Tor ifassfIersl
t;t1eaaa ~: ese rob era, whn gere ptinci.
tpaity yscnfnPos Gf ID emo II lized $of ali
4 naiIe1s, have given way anti xes eos,s.
4 llpanies, rho. Mi D !; patriotic object, face
the greatest dang In ard der TO ma he ttIe
llAnericAh feel The spirit ssOf vengeance
(which amin il sllerIf. So
great tr1afiyyegastit he refrsetJy y ns worse
ti,aR the aise1se. 8 Pad re Jarantnsa band ii
lagreat curse 10 the cisnles In wb s.h III
MO sess thHn any band 0fs srobbsfs I,as hasjs
1 hersssss lie goes hoE dlra vs. support for
himself and his elbow mara ude rs from The
tranctins Gbont Ii ms Every man. 5 house is
ishis house., and woe falls on the poor gruna.
bItri In q tlrnmary firm. s..
| lss As Ire 6nls no guards son tho road, liz
filaiiy grows boil def. and small afties q fhia
1comulhnd max d siescsnts upon The will taa es
lWi.hin few miles Of Ihts city. Ii is not
limPossible, indeed, thatti alarm this eveiIs
ling arose from some neig ghboring Indians
VINO may hare seen one OF these maraud.
fling parties but nobody wilIbelieve an n.
dian IN this part OF The world. If one OF
then, seee ten men he will make thou-
sand Of 4hem, befors he gets into the city,
ne weather is growing issSg :ntnlsrable,
| but not Hi6re wholesome. Every night
gives .is q rain, and al e morning. are Pc
I.cuiiarIy deli ghIfal. Foriwo days i have
not heard of q case Of yomito, but those
acquainted with the climate say its worst
season5is nearly upon 1s, and that The rains iln
are fruitful ofdiseass. Many are leaving,
forathe United States. and for the Interim,
from fear OF the pemito, and somerun too
late. What comparative results will be
exhibited by trialssof the American sys..S
TEN, is q. matter Of some interest, gand The,
cDnjertures are favorable, as every maj,
feels cleanliness 10 be most conducive, If
Enos essential 10 health. s.
EothiDg whatever new from The interior
to-day. 5s vi ~;
People here, Of NIL countries. including
asayell Mexican thinkers, as Americans
hope that Herrera willseceive,a majority
of the snfifages Of ashc electors at lie aI,-
preaching election. think he will. and.
his choice will be g tacit,,s hu, All nnmislakn-
able expression of the sianai viii !. 10 IN
|sar
pared as iirst with Isstricii ions. b ii & am:
sure means VII be foupd a}rcn6ve them
before he will Ehave occupied .he chair a
month. !. s.S 7Si55E 4.
Upon examining the subject carefully, Ii
am induced TO form the opinion ihat Santa
Anna does not, ut this time, desire a resell
ectinn. He has not The moral eonraga 10
carry ythrough only measures whiehswiil
save his country from further disgrace, and
he is very willing to see another man inn
molate himself on the altar of his duty--hat:
at the sanotime placing himself in q posi-.
tionto take advantage Of oil the unpopular.
ity accruing tolhe victim. He willreturRs
10 his seat within six months after the cone
summation of q treaty of peace. lam nei.
ther a prophet nor o gambler, but iwould
be willing 10 back my predictions with a
siia: g two.
if Herrera were man OF greater eper-
gy, and Of more decision OF character, L
shoul.l look forward to the ey ent yvilhmore
hopeii but as ii Is, he can do rnnchS good !,
and / believe. will not shrink from his du.
~. As the prospect Of his succession is
SO fair, II may nai he aninteresting to give
10 your readers a short sketch Of bis pub.
lie life. He is now about ffty.Gve years
Of age. having been hpEI In February,
llss q y AZ sixteen he entered the
service oftthe crown.in which he held q
Icommissiont fer some years; but retired be-
fore .herevolution for independence COM
ismeneed in earnest. In 1921 he raised a
regiment or two in Jalapa. and served with
credit. but nothing more. during the war,
passing through all the grades Of Colonel.
! graduated Brigadier. brevet Brigadier, and
Brigadier General, up TO that of Major
| General. He also, for long tins, held
The important Office Of PresidsRt Of The
fpermanen.} Court Martial. In lS42 he
was elected q member Of Congress, and
after It's dissolution. become amember,
and subsequently Pfesiden. Of tho Council
OF State. II was mainly to his prudence,
good Judgment, and high character, that
| was 10 be attributed the success of the re-
voiution which drove Santa Anna from the
counlrys in 1874. AS Presi&ss.s ofihe
Council. he was for some tinaes In effect,
Chief Magistrate Of the Nation, an otfics
which he was regularly called upon 10 fill
in August or September, 645. by the votes
Of the departmental assemblies. The plan
!. Of San Luis Potosi, aud the Pronunciamen.
10 which followed IL, tore him from The
Presidential chair within, thrse or four
months after his election, aud raised Pa.
redes to that station. Since that period
Herrera has keptvery quiet, bnt has been
under surveillance for most OF the time,
{ Santa rns fyaata him sl enrdt a lIv and lie