The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1854-05-24
MATT. F. WARD
From Mexico.

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From Mexico. :.
We learn from a gentleman who has
just. arrived from the city OF Mexico. that
the account Of the recent alleged victory
OF Santa Anna over the Alvarez insurs en,a
is utterly unfounded. No victory has
taken place, and none is likely to, accor.
ding to his account. Alvarez is still per-
iectly secured i'll his natural stronghold.
The whole c@,nlry( (Acapulco) is fortreso
in which no &hiunitlon is required, and the
natives, unlike Santa Anna's party, require
no money, and live on comparatively no.
thing. The sickly season has jus, CON-,
menced. Santa Annals fnrcaa are diving
in numbers, and will not be able to exis,
there month longer There is no money in
the Mexican treasury. Five per cent: per
month has been offered by the Govern.
ment for oank Of $4,000 and $4,000, to
carry on the var and pay the soldiers
| Santa Anna must go Try the board. unless
he accepts the treaty There is no truth
III the assertion that the priests are ready
and willing to loan muney to the Govern
ment The church has no faith or conf.
dence in Santa Anna, and will lend hrm
no money, and he dare not take their wealth
by force. The people would rise IN their
might, ard hh;afi hin from power ii be at.
tempts it.
The iiny prisoners taken a, Guy.map,
aud carried in chaina to Mazatlan, have
been released from their CHAINS, but are
still in confinement, awaiting the action Of
the Mexican Government. Mr. Crippa, Of
California, acting, charge OF the Un ted
States, has, in & onjunctl0n with tho British
minister, addressed strong letter to the
hle1 can Government, demanding the
prompt trial OF these men. and their re- eease
ii innocent. A reply has bcsn received.
stating that ,Hey could be treated fairly,
and be dealt With according to their quit
or Innocence. Twenty of them are native
American citlsens. twelve adopted citizens
Of the United States, four are Engliah sub
jects. and the remainder foreigners. The
aricst NJ ihesr nj, Ii arose sG follows -
| Neas nfG2ads.s San, Eeancise,, tf,at rhe
Government of the Unned States had ur-
chased Sonora, 10 the 25.n degree Of north
latitude, from Mexico. These men, wish.
ing TO take advantage OF the purchase.
wen, down immediately in the Anita 20
Guyamas, Wlthc9s arms and siso without
passports. They were sczed an fillbus,ors
being without passports. They rely upon
the fat Of being unarrned as evidence OF
their peaceful intentions.
At Vera Cruz the American Consul has
been much lncensed at the conduct o the
| Governor in breaking open letters address,
ed 10 American citizens in Mexico. Our
informant saw letters Addressed To the irn
Of Markoe a. Co, Drummer, and Haryt,ls
Il Co, which had been opened by the Gov.
ernOr Of Vera Cruz. The postmaster O,
! Vera Cruz acknowledged in presence of
the Consul and our informant that the ae Is
| had been violated by the hand OF the Gov.
ernnr himself.
Trade Id nearly at an end in Mexico
Prohlhltlvc import and export du,ies, and
outrageous cXtortinna. have deferred mer
chants rom engaging in any large oppera.
Ito 8. and The revenue will fall short this
year uf about FIVE millions. Along the RIO
Grandr, except at matamnras. all trade
with the American ,side ia prohibited, and
guard are stationed at the principal ports
to make seizures. The import trade INTO
Texas, however ia carried on by SNUG
gcrs. who Can run the gantlet on the
Mexican aide for sh,all consideration from
the American tradens.- Washington Star.
The following il the letter referred to
in our dispatches OIL Saturday. II is pub
lished in the New York Herald
Cry OF MEXICO. MAY 2, 1854.
Th" position OF his Seretc H, ,shncss the
President Of the republic is critical IN the
extreme.
Suppose he had succeeded in driving
Alvarez out of his mnun,an iastnesses
near Acapulco, Santa Anna had nearly fal.
len INTO the snare laid for hun by Alvarez.
who, by strategous manGuvre, has placed
himself hetween the capital (Mexico.) and
the forces Of Sant} Anna. whose supplies
are thus entirely cut off, and his men are
fast becoming victims to the effects Of want
and tho climate.
1t ls also known to the Go .ernment tha,
Alvarez had captured upwards Of four hun.
dred mules laden with baggage and pro
visions for the use OF tho forces under
Santa Anna.
Queretaro is in state of revolut on, and
il is impossible mt to foresee that this CAP.
Ita IS about to follow IN the same wake.
The arrival of Lieut.. John q. Farke, O
the United States Army, and escort, at
Tuzon. department OF Sonora, on the 2Oth
February, was sSoficially known in the city
OF Mexico on the 2O,h ult. He will trace
the northern boundary, or, rather. limits
and bounds. between the two counirles.