The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1847-03-31

and &hilc believe them in part, we mnst
await further official intelligence.
From the ~ q. Picayune, March le.
Later from nlexico--Very Interesting aud
Important News.
BY the way of Tampico we have dates
from the city of Mexico to the 9th February.
These are fourteen days later than any pa
pers from that city we have seen.
The papers ofthe capital speculate much
about Santa Annals chances of success
against Taylor: 1'hey confess to their su-
perlorty in mere numbers, but claim that
the Mexicans are worn out by fatigue and
hardships, while the American have calm
ly prepared for the conflict.
In regard 10 the hardships which were
encountered by his troops, all accounts
agree they must have been severe -
Stagnant water sold at Matehuala at one
dollar a barrel. Soldiers frequently fell
overcome with fatigue and pershed with
out shelter in the snow. Bitterly is the
raised means to mitigate their hardships
All the credit of raising and supporting the
army is justly bestowed on Santa Anna.
and should he fail in his attack upon Gen.
Taylor, it would hardly shake his authori-
ty with his countrymen.
A letter dated the 18th ult. form San Luis
says the army was compelled to leave be-.
hind in that city portion of its artillery,
for want Of means OF transportation, but that
it would be despatched in few days agree
able to the orders left by Santa Anna.
We have no where seen any further
mention made of Majors Gaines aud Bor-
land and their fellow prisoners
The Mexican Government has learned
through its consul at Havana Of the expc-
di,ion of Gen. Scott upon Vera Cruz
Troops were accordingly ordered by the
Government TO march at once from the cap.
i,al 10 Yer, (rZ, but, as it chances, the
body designated for this duty and which
was to have moved on the Goth under
Canulizo and La Vega, was involved to
grea, extent in the revolt which broke out
the following day.
L. was the Spanish brig Orbe which re-
Gently ran the blockade OF Vera Cruz in an
audacious manner. She was from Havana,
and carried in cargo the duties on which
exceeded $4,000. This same vessel has
since arrived at Havana again, as we an
nounced in our paper of Wednesday.
An English vessel Of war arrived at We
ra Cruz on the 18th ult. from Jamaica, and,
it was said, with orders for the whole Eng
lish squadron lying at Sacrifices to sail for
Jamaica.
Senor Iriarte, the Minister of Finance,
has resigned. He had submitted his views
of the financial condition of the country, and
the proper remedy to the President, asking
either an approval of them, or an accept
ance Of his resignation. The Vice Presi-
dent was constrained to accept the resigna-
tion, but they parted with apparently mu-
tuai and sincere esteem.
We find the that about the
28,h ult by renting or farming Of the mints,
the Government had succeeded in raising
100000 IN cash, one.third of which was
despatched on the 23rd to the army More
than half of the sum thus raised was from
the contract for the mint In the capital, the
contract bring for ten years.
The Government has tegun to raise n
little money without the clergy. The sale
of Il house belonging to the church is men.
toned. 1t 8 said to bs worth about $4,000,
and it sold for $4,000, part IN paper, part
in cash. The putting in force the law
agains, the property Of the clergy probably
hurrie lon the insurrec,ion against Farias -
The Secretary Of the Treasury, Senor Cas-.
tMlo. was dismissed from office for refusing
to sign the bill of sale Of the house mentioned.
There has been pronunciamen,o made
in the State of Oajaca, followed by acts of
violence, in which several lives were lost.
The military commander had effected a
compromise of some kind with the reyoiu-
tionists, but by making st,pulations against
the authority Of the Governor of the State
and other concessions. The official docu-
ments in relation to this affair are volumi-
nous, but their interest ia swallowed up by
occurrences in other parts Of Mexico.
The Government has introduced bill IN
Congress for an amnesty to those engaged
in the late evolutionary attempt at tMazatlan,
save only General Mora, who is not thought
deserving of a pardon.
We find another letter from Santa Anna,
dated l7th uit. from San Salvador. in which
he denounces what he calls the assassina.
ton by the invaders Of twenty-six individu-
ala, Inhabitants OF Aqua Nueva, who had