The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1847-01-20
Correspondence Of the N. o. picayuuo.
Ok THE Rio GRAsDE (sELow MArAMoaos)

Correspondence of the N. o. Pcayuno>
OK rns Rio GRAsDE {BrLow MArAxoaos) I
December 90, 1916.
Gentlcmen.-After a .tolerably pleasant
Trip oi four days across the Gulph on the
Edith, we landed yesterday morning q. the
brazos, where we were greeted with ru-
mors enough to have filed pnge OF your
paper. The "ncws" being Of serious
character. | went TO several officers whom
| found there Colonel Taylor among the
numbcr) and made nqniries.-Thcy in.
formed me that the rumors ran thus: Gen.
Worth sent an express TO Gen. Taylor, a
few days since. informing him that Santa
Anna was moving on SaliIlo, and was
then within three days march Of that place,
with 25,OOO men; that Gen. Worth would
hight him, but desired reinforcemcnts 10 be
pushed forward 10 him MS soon rs possible.
Gen. Worth has only about 1900 men with
him.
Gen. Taylor had started for Victoria.
Gen. Wool had been ordered from Parras
to Saltil'o. Should i. be true that Santa
Anna hns made some demonstration in
The direction Of Sallillo, Gen. Taylor ha 8
ere this gone 10 that place. So well were
The officers at the Brnzos convinced that
the General was at Sallillo, that Capt.
Montgomery. bearer Of dispatches from
Gen. Scott, is now on his way to that place,
and am going along with him as sort Of
body guard.
We found Gen. Jesup at the Brazos.
We left that place yesterday Immediately
alter dinner and rode 10 the mouth Of the
river, Col. Taylor, Capt. Montgomery,
Capt. Reeve and myself and emba, kcd nj
o'clock last evening on board the steam
CIR Mckee, for Cnmargo, from which place
we sl'a probably travel pretty fast until we
reach headquarters. Ny opinionis that we
shall arrive there in time to see some Sc
we're fighting. Our Louisiana boys must,
he in hurry if they do not wish to arrive
too late Ia render impor,an, assistance in
that part Of Mcxico.-What a pity it is
that we have now $4,000 men out here.
perceive no great changes in this pu r,
Of the country since left here. There is
not so much hurry and confusion nj the
BraZ"s and mou,has formerly. Capt. Hill,
Quurlermasier at the former place, has had
every thing regulated and arranged SO sys-
tema.icalIy lhut there will not be much
trouble or confusion in landing troops
there hereafter. Capt. Ogden, nj the
mouth, manages every thing rs smooth as
'city merchant does his business.
Just before we reached the mouth last
evening, tho Col. and having rode on mile
or two in advance Of the others, we saw
four men in boat outside of the surf, two
oi them naked, throwing up their arms
and evidently much agitated. On looking
more altcniively we discovered that their
boat had been swampcd and that they were
holding on 10 II. Every wave that came
carried them entirely under water, SO that
they were out Of sight fully half the time.
AS we could render them no assistance we
gave rein to our horses, and spread the
alarm at the Quarlcrmaster's. returned TO
the beach, MS near as possible to the poor
fellows, and waved my cap 10 encourage
them. One Of them appeared to be nearly
exhausted. Presently o boat shot ont
through the breakers over the bar, about
n mile from The scene of distress, tho men
in her bending their whole strength to the
oars. number Of persons had collected
upon Tie beach. 'Fwo other boats follow.
ed the first. The exhausted seamen in the
swampcd boat frequently turned their eyes,
as they emerged from the water, to see il
snccor was coming; the weakest Of them
disappeared at last to rise 10 more, though
his comrades exerted themselves TO keep
him up. The leading boat now came
alongside and took the poor fellows in.
Our eyes then turned towards the other two
boats, and 10 our dismay we discovered
that they were both swumped just outside
the breakers, aud that the noble fellows