The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1848-05-17
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BY this arrival ,ye have The proceed
SingsI of the Court Of Ina d1irYs on .fha ST IsiRgi
17th, l6th and 81 OH iilt. The q
tiers fonr correspo dent, hereto annexed
sars.all3 that we can room lliIs morning
without desaining our paper from ;sliea
press. !, hey aIo5 5ex xtreinel interesting.
and will be- found TO contain tie news 3
2of5im1po ortance, tlle bnrde en- of Ii being that
there is al yet no quorum of the shiexioans
Congress OF Que retarost hat the prospects
softhe ratification of the treaty are waxing
fainter, and that5 Paredes is still nts lafaess q
sat Sum Lnis Potesi.
Especial Correspond aencs s,5 of sihs p;;cdpAas.i
City or MRxlco, "A April ! IA 1s4S.
Enclosed YOU will find d Il anslation sc Il
the first letter. have recaiYed from The q
gentleman employed as your cxo,rresI,oiili.
fent at Queretaro. You vii perceive that
he says Senators and Deputies are soon.
siantlySarriying there from all / paris of
Querctaro, and yet he adds that the House
OF Deputies lacks sixteen or els ghtceri &c d
quorum, and the Senate four, showing Tic,
Eug;6er of Cong ressmens present al ihs
seat tof Government 70 be less now; thansit
was a .fortpigh ago, when stl,e Mexican
Fjournals reported that but fourteen were
wanting in both hofises to ma ke II alIor-
Fuin. This tallies with reports here thats
members are leaving Qneretaro for their
homes, us fast, ifsnotss faster, Than new,
ones arrive. There are few here now; i,
that do not despair fthe treaty being ra-
3 tilted by the Mexican Governments, chiefly
in consequences Of the tardiness displayed
by Pena y Penn, in bring IMP Cong ressI To- &
gether, and the nom fllment ofliis prom &
Use 10 have asquorum assembled as soor, as !,
the treatysWas returned ratified by our
Goyernments. Reports are scuriren. sill ,5
too, that Bnstamente is opposed to peace,
and, you will observe that your Queretaro
correspondent in speaking of ann and
Minon going 70 San Euis Potosi with the
army, says they have gone under The; pre- q
text OF supPressing an Indian insurrection
5 in the Sierra Gordo district, which lies be- i.
tween Tampico and San Luis Potosi Pa. i
rcdcn, fha f.i mi q ;,s
the Government at Queretaro ngainst him.,
and the drdss issued Nto the Governor of
San Luis Potosi to arrest him, was still at
8 liberty at the last atlvices from San Luis,
4 Now, the object of Bustamente in going TO
San Luis, without doubt, is either to over
awe the pnrtisans Of Paredes, and arrest
him, or to coalese with him, and, If The
latter, farewell to the Government Of Pena
y Pena aud peace. Time alone can re-
/ yenl the designs of Bnstamente, but swe
shall very soon have a knnWle dge OF them.
/ ltsis gratifying 10 know thar the :Inei, now
here will permit no triiling on the part Of ::
the Cove rnment mt Que d: af
Mr.. SEWER arrived here on Saturday
Rolh heand Mr.. Clifford say they Gun ,aii
have but very few words with the Mexi.
cans, and those are 10 4 raiify. the treaty.
quickly, and tho gene eral-in.ciiief has
within q few days declared that he WILDE
very soon either in Vera Cruz OF Quere4f
taro. Fhis is the only way TO deal with
Mexico, for their strength is entirely Id (
procrastina,ion. Il q q SIS & IL
'Fhe trinl Of the officers and men acclI.
scd ofthe late murder and attempt at bur-.
glary Is going on. would send YOU d
report of the evidence, but the court has
only admitted reporters on condition that
the evidence shall no. be published
here or in the United States, until such
time shall have elapsed thai. there will be
a certainty ofthe publication moi reaching
here before the trial is concluded. q q
The Court Inquiry be through
with the evidence here istweek, but If
The information Ishave received be delay
ed to investigate another case. am told,
and consider my authority good, TINT
serious chargesare to be preferred against
Gen. Scott by the Government.
I You have doubtless heard that "a council
of war was held when the army was inPeu-
bia, to debate the propriety of ssbuying
peace. by advancing certain sum OF money
to Santa Anna. il is said that Gen. Scott
although the council OF war decided against;
the plan, entered into negotiations with SAM
tn Anna, through Macintosh, to bribe him
either into a treaty, or not to oppose the ad.
vance Of the American army upon the capi.
tai; that the sum was agreed upon, and that
ten thousand dollars were. advanced as aearn.
est money! cannot believe that Gen.
Scott is guilty of this, but. that charge to
the effect have mentioned, or somewhat
similar is 10 be made. the character and Spo.
sition of my informant leaves mo no room To
doubt.
There is a part of your Querataro correas
| pondent's letter that / do not very clearly
understand It is that stating that seyessn
american officers have jcined tie MeSicaftS
army. can only learn Of one Amor
otflcei who has gone from ths line ;of tho arr
my to Qnereta, q Lieut. % Sullivan, who was
| promoted from the ranks To; 81 conmisslo sia
one Of the old Infantry regimen ents for gals
! pntry at Palo Alto and Rssaea de- ID Palma.
He resigned his comm ION sone time ago
and itfis believed went To- f1uarctayo TO iosm
tho Mexican army. II lis psu,,abl le that many
of the desey.ers from the ranks of our asstiN
with the viow gofs blaming commissions id
the Mexican Army represent themselves o.