The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1848-01-26
MUSTANGS" LETTERS.
CITY OF MEXICO, Dec. 23, Is.

"MUSTANG'S" LETTERS.
CITY OF MEXICO, Dec. %, 1917.
Eds. DeIta.-I can only write you line
by this conveyance, bothtor the want space
and time, before the courier leaves.
All the new troops under General Butler
that have arrived, are in good health gene
rally.
wrote to you in my last that there could
not be any movement TO San Louis, Quere-
taro. ETC. for some twenty weeks, which
turns out to be true. If the expedition does
move, Of which there is some doubt, it will
be under the command of Maj. Gen. Butler
and consist of about 1900 troops. Col. Ri
ley's brigade is now in Tacubaya, three mil
es from the cty-Gen. Cushing's at San
Angel, seven miles from the city, and is for
med out of the South Carolina, New York
and Pennsylvania Volunteers.
War stock is down, and peace stock is up,
but must admit that the market, among the
outsiders, is rather huctuating, and spccua-
tons has taken a wide range. On the lst
of January next is the day fixed for the meet
ing of the Mexican Congress, with Herrera
as President. Their proceedings will be of
a highly important character, and full OF in
terest to the people Of the United States.
MUSTANG.
The "Star announces the death, from the
effects of a wound received at Chapultepcc,
of Samuel w. Brady, Of Winchester, Va,
Mr.. B. was one OF the three that escaped the
massacre Of Maj, Dadc and his company, in
Florida, December, 1916.
MUSTANG.
CITY OF MEXICO, Dec. II, 1916.
Eds. Delta-Y YestcrIay morning, de-
tachment, under the command OF COL With
ers, consisting ofthe 9th Infantry, section
of Artillery under It. --, and COM
pany of Dragons under Capt. Gai'har, star
ted for Pachaca, town situated near the
mines or Real del Monte. The object Of
the expedition l understand to be to protect
the proprietors in working the mines, and at
the same time to collect the revenues aris.
ing therefrom.
The prospects for negotiating peace inn
mediatcly increase daily, and IN fact, we
have every reason to believe the Mexicans
will conclude i, during the next month"; if our
Government will accede to the terms they
offered during the armisticc. An entirely
different opinion exists in the councils of the
Mexican Government: and with large ma
jority of the people. My correspondent at
Queretaro writes me, under date OF the goth
inst, that about thirty of the new deputies
had arrived, and that by the 5th or tenth Of
January. there would not only be quorum
but nearly, if not the whole of the Congress
present; that there is no opposition to the
negotiation of peace, except among the de-
puties from the States of San Louis dc Poto-
81 and Jalisco. The New President, Her
rera, is known to be in favor of immediate ne
gotlations. The present Government has
succeeded in destroying the whole army land
has organized new one, composed Of the
able the Government to keep down the old
one, and also will be its support IN any
measures it determines upon.
informed you in former letter, that
there would be no movement from this place
upon San Louis and Zacatecas or Queretaro
before the middle of January, and now re,
peat it. although the city is full of rumors
every day about the march Of a large COL
umn upon those places.
The puros or democratic party of this
country are at present completely poweriess;
they have been defeated in their opposition to
the present government under their former
colors, and they are now attempting to rally
under the flag of annexation, hoping by these
tactics to tickle the ambition Of the Ameri-
cans, and thereby prevent any negotiations
being entered into, until they can have time
to recover their strength sufficient 10 over
throw the government, and then make a
peace with themselves in power. think
our authorities arc little too shrewd to listen
nd h he nf
people, with very little good sense, the tao
tics and politics of the different parties are
| we'll understood. MUSTANG.
Correspondence of the Charleston Neaos.
WASHINGTON, JAN. II, ls4s.
To-day, in the Senate, Mr.. Mangum sub
mitted resolution calling upon the Presi.
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