The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1847-01-13

infested by predatory bands of frdncHsros,
by which the travelling is render ed inse-
cures One train had been attacked a few.
days ,beforesour informant passed over the
road, as had also sev eEal sniaiifparlies, and
some few mon had been / illed aid swopnd-
cd. I. g. 8 25l: : s 81 Saiss
We need not say. that ahis. ne VS. posses
'sss the highest interest,", AS we.wrile we
ha We s6nly.1erbal reports in.5egard 80 it,
but hope 10 rdceife this moi ling our cor
respsnleacs from The army here. is no
inlrinsiciimprobab biii,y;in1 tho news Of San
"a Annals movements, and If he possesses
Tho energy and. skill claimed for him, moth
ing appears more likely iban that he should
falliiike thdnderbolt.upon some point in
our extended line and hope 10, crush us.
But We, have every confidence in tho vigi-
lance ofaGen. Worth, and his ability 10
hold the, enemy in Schsrk until Gen, Wool
and Gen. Taylor arrive 10 his support.
We wait r.her intelligence with The Ut
most interest.
From tho Evening Mercury,
The adyices from the invsaing army,
which wspublish. i'm ano thor column. and
The position and mannerain which our for
ccs are 'knownio te disguised, are well cal.
cuiated TO create anxiety, ifnot epprehen-,
sion. Santa Annaasppearssto be moving
eitha boldncss and tact that were hardly
expected. snd if she have nearly the force.
-tha. is reported, hpSis abundan.Ty able 10
make descent on:one or the other ofthe
sdasachsd posts held by our troops. and BY
superiority Of numbers toTcut it 10 pieces.
Gen. Wor.h's command at SaItillo, though
not SO far from snccor as The division tin>
der Gen. Wool, lis the point directly lhrea-
tened, as the destruction Of that would in
volye also the destruction Of Gen. Wool,
cutting off his communications. The po-
silions Of tho advance posts respectively
were: Con. Butler at Monterey with about
1000 men; Gen. Worth ut Sa1,illo with
about l700;s Gen. Wool at Parras with
about 5000. The Two latter places are
west of The mountains. q
That Santa Anna has made the move.
ment ntindcated, thereis no reason TO doubt,
but many to belieye. "a gentleman in this
city received a lctiera few days since from
an officer in Gen. Wool's army, mention
ing that rumor had reached that camp o f
Santa Anna's advance. and it is probable
that Santa Anna is well Informed of the
Pbsts in possession. of the Americans, and
Of their being widely scattered. In pos
session Of his.in(orpation. rapid march
20 Saltillo and taking possession Of that
place, would cut of communication be-
tween Gen. Woops column and The forces
Immediately under the command Of Gen.
Taylor. Gen. Wool's camp al Parras is
west and a few points north of Saltillo, lis,
miles Distant; San Luis Potosi is almost
directly south Of Salillo, the great road
from San Luis Potosi to Saltillo passing
shert distance: east Of General Wool's
camp: Ii Santa Anna took this road, Gen
eral Wool would be apprised Of the ad-
vance of the enemy in sufficien. time TO
break up his camp aud join General w or,h
at Saltillo; hut there is a rosd marked on
the maps, from Zacatecas 10 Sal,iIio direct,
which is probably the road preferred by
the Mexican Chief, and should he succeed
in reaching Salliilo before Gen. Worthi
could be well reinforced, il is possible the
place may have to be evacuated, as no forcs
could be spared from the
garrison at Monterey. The brigades Of
Generals. .Quiinian and Briggs left Monte
rey for Victoria on the 18Th, and, therefore,
had been four days on the march before the
express arrived at Monterey, and no con-
siderable force was stationed at any Of the
points between Monterey und The Rio
Grande. By the last advices. two. regi-
,nents hadbccn ordered from Camargo 10
join Gen. Wool, bu. they could, nt the time
Santa Anna'ssmovement became known,
l'ayc scarcely reached Saltillo.
Notwithstanding this apparently, inau-
splcious posturetof affairs, we do not in
dulge any lively apprehensions. The vi
most confidence is to be placed both in the
watchiulness and skill Of the accomplished
offlcerswho command, and we have no
question they would be able to anticipate
The movements Of the enemy in time TO
prepare properly for his. reception. AS
The reports Of Santa Annals advance rea CHI
cd Gen. Woors camp so early, it's not
impossible the latter may have effected
junction with Gen. Worth, in which case
we should count both to be safe, whatever
force them exican might number. Should
the companies Ell route from Camargo have
reached Saltillo, the force Of Gen. Worth
would be increased tc 2,400; and al the
worst we believe lie would be able to hold
outtill he could be further slrengthened.tl
We shall look. for the next accounts, there
fore, with interest, but not with fear oil
any serious disaster.
4 SAVANNAH, JAN. 6.
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