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FROM THE ARMY. NF.w-.nLEANS, OCTCIE.R 30. LATER FROMN MONTElIEY. There is not much news from the A rmy. Lieut. Price, whose deth has been anl. nouncedin the Mississippi papers and our own, is, thtank Good, alive, and now at the St. Charles I otel, in this cit y. From soine of the officers of the U. S. Army, who emnte passengers on the Plineti.; and who left Atonterey, on the I fith in1sant, we learn that the first Government Express, order. ing General Taylor to carry on the war with renewed energy, in cionseqenitice lof ie refusal of Mcxico to negaot:ate, was within a Iew miles of M onitercy, and would reacs that points the neit day. The healti (if the tro.mps 'at Non terery wits timuch better than it hand been oil the It it Grande. The fortilications in the city were garri soied by the regtular troops. Gen. Traylor's camp was a bout three mHies this side of Mointe'rev. The last accounts tron GeneralA npidia and his army left them beyond Saltillo on their march toward San Luis Potosi, at whiei point it was rumored that Santa An. na had arrived at the h;ead of thirteen thou sand, and daily expecting reinforcements. The Georgia Rtegiment was the otly reinforcement which hud reached Mon terey at the time our informants left. Orders had been received, it was un derstood, by the other Regiments sta. tioned on the IRio Grande to move to wards Head ouarters. The Kentuckv and Tennessee monited Regiments had mUt yet reaclied Matamoras. The people of Monterey who hoad left about the time of the siege, were gradully returning. They had beguit to exhibit friendly feelings towards the Americans, interchanges of visits not being rare among both parties. There had been affrays between the citi zens of Monterey and Texas Rangers, which resun 0id, first, in tihe assassination of a Texan Volunteer, and then by way of revenge, in tile killing of eleven Me'xiCals by the comrades of the slain. General Tav ior, to prevent similar recurrences, had or dered an eflicient guard to be distributed through tile City. Lieut. Col. McClung was rapidly rccov. ering from the eflects of Isis wounds. One of tie oflicers of his Regiment informs us that the rallaut Colone was the first man hlLat silowed himself oil the first Fort stormed by General Taylor's Divisim, and timt he received his wounds whilst va. Ving hi:s swc,d aloft ansd clhcering on hits in.n, showtiig "Victory!" The musket bail struck him onl his left hani wililst holding Iis scabahrd to his hip, aind Cut of' two of his finge'rs, glanciog from the scab bard and entering his alostme, frisctp"rjng in is course, te bone abiue _P JIPL. We feel bouid 46 state farther, t'on he evidence furnished us, that Gen. Taylor's coolness and soundI judgement ihrtgh iret day.-swas cma i-ed .. by every-one engaged, and his intrepidity was such, hue being in the thickest of fight and always where the balls fell fastest, that his escape was deemed miraculous. lie still preserves the same noble feelings and stands ready to go where .hiWGdvernnient may order him, dr 'the services of his country may call him, whether at the lead u five, or twenty thousand nens. The American troops i~n and about Monterey are quite pleased with tihe po sitidtn of the place amdl lhe manntl~ers of the inhiabiants. Thie latter certainlly sem a1 degree hlighler ins civilizattion thana the pea pie asbout Camnargo anid latamloras. Wec are gratsihied to be able to state that the duels, which were on thie talis sit Cama rgo bietwe'en C;ol. lisalie Pey ton and Geni. Mlar shall, andsc also betweenu Caipt. Alsson, of thsisecity, and Capt. Chueeves, of'ITexan -Vol. IinIteers, haave all beenI amni cably a a rs aged Gen. Amialaitlia has issuecd anotilher pro clamation since his retras. iromi .'1linterev calling upon01 the Alexicanls to flock to hais stantdtad to repeiil the inivadlers of thi'sr soil. Ilis excuse, ini the proclaat slion I, foar ald eeat at NI1ontercy, and the suarrenider of that city to otir troiops, is A wANT OF AniicsTma! Thte titter falsity of this statement is well known, for an~y qjsunity 0.A amnlnitioun wsa foundl at alonterey after the capjtutlation.~ LAm Tic . 0 FiG.\ Ti'il. Ailal. L.~ AtR~IrAl. ElF Tit (;A.l5:s'I ON. The steamnahip G i alsto a rrive v 't es.I rerday evse ninsg f'romi l ransos Sania igil via G alve's ton, insiniig leftI the formoe r lace oil the 29thl, anid ihie Iatte'r on the 30 ulitimo.a We havie luot receivedl asny correspaond-l en ce from jl oi ercy (the muailI not b einlg distributed yesterday) of a L.ates' date hanai we' pubilisheda oin the arr iva'll of the l'%bitaet to, Iats t T'hursday, buiit thei Gualve s tonl Ne ws ,.- a, of the a 30th. furiniis h.n sonme initelIigen ce, whsich we subyo~.t a''i'rlm IGol. Daii is, we Iern thatt lie Mex i cans have to tally evaua oteal sthe whlsle coun try this siide of' Stan Louiis Pot osi. -Yhpu ip. formlationl hias beeni derived froms .so eanty soutrce's tha t there is stow no dublt of' this fact. They'i left behinsd saome forty dlra-. g ons to de ~st ray the f'or til iains that hsadi beemi constructedl at 1.'s NIluertais, a sisr ally strong antd dillicolt p11assi the rad to) da 1tillo0, an id a bout fj.vec or si x silehas be'vondi thet ltii'iineomla. T'hey' liaie aso dijsmain. tiedl Saltillai, dei.stroyinig whalt'eer miight lit of1 0u tao aour asrmy, ath whsich thaey enuisaa not take i aa. Ttis th're is siows notib. ing lef fo Gn. Ta rtao eo gj~uer,. but aI barreni saegion of' rugeuatig'hn a in~is iad thirsty plainss, iaflrdinlg itheimr wvater ntar provaisiouns f'ors lte suibsistencea aof soms air lbeuas, ove.'r ai dli si a'a' aof at or*Il a thre hui.J dred muiles to Sa'. Lotuis Potosi. if. ui. ha cen said, Genmraili- . lmr lis ord-rs i march upon 81i San L-is Polosi, s1it 1as to! reach that city by the ein oilf November, the questioi arises how lie is ti tr:averse stich a country, us lie will have t" ,,, by it forced march it i lie rite of iftet:n ir it w - ty miles per daty? The mnly witer ii dbis route is inl thl(e Mexican ii mlaiks, which will douliess b- all broken iup) as the eiemiv re tires. To carry waier stllicimn ti savme his army and teams froi sulleritig, would re itireit more horses, nmules.4 and oxei, thaln are n i il Lite arrmyv, all of which aire re iitired for the trmislortationl of tie Ires. sary stores aid miimmi tions. In makinmmg this retreat, the encimy live doubiless adop mm1ted a wise policy, lea viiig behmi themi a far more formidble enemy for (ieii Taylor to eico-ster (viz this march) than lie could ever find in their owni arms anid furtifled towns. 'his policy ias unquestionably been lictated by time sagacity of Sanit Anna. If is stated, ol goodinuthority, that he had smnt orders to Anmpudia tim evaciate Nmmii terey, and(i mall other places this sid e of tmie rmountains, but that those orders were not received till after tle battle. After leaviig the troops neceasar) to garrison Moniterey, Satillo and other towns, Gen. Taylor will only have an armv of about 5000 mien vith which to pinet'rnte into the hmeurt of the enemy's conitry, ami fair beyond the reach of aniy reserve iuon which he might fall back for support in case of necessity. Such we believe is a correct acsount (i the present positimi and pros pects of our army, as derived from good authority. (enl Amnpudia hus been super seded ini commaml, but the name of his successor is not remembered. LATEST FiROM OUR A131Y IN MIXICO. A letier dated Ci.nargo, October 22 to to the editors of lite N. 0. Times, contaiis ihe following paigrailphs: "Before my departure, the account of the deimrture of Gen. Ai putli front Satil lia witi the army wmms fully confirmied. Ille proposed to tortify that tuwnm and miake ti. other stanid; therefore lie called on tihie cit izenms to assist hilml. They held a meetinlo and the answer to his call was Almiterev was a townl naturally easier (if de fence thant S.atillim, that it was forti ied, and ble hid beein driven out of it, thereore they would not expose their fmimilies aiid priopi erty to certain injury and danger. h'le( General then left, takiig time road towards San Luis Puotsi. "I have this imomc: I seen a letter from Salinas, dated l8th inst., inl which tl:e wri ter statcs-" liearml fast night that Santa Anna was :at Sun Luis Potosi, with 30,000 mien, artillery and infaitry. lie had sent his cavalry near Monterey, il (he imoui tains, to ma place called Labradores' where thej vernior of Monterey is at presetit. I also itea:rjitit twelve Texatis, oi tIleir tqy from Mlonterey home. haid all been murdered near Lampases, a place about. tenl leagues northl OfBaiiia.s." "Tiie first part of this statement is not to bchrelied on. There were no such ac couits at Monterey omn tie 17th inst. Tht..c is no such place as Lubradores near Moi terey, unless it be a small rancho. Gv. Liano, it is known, was not there, because his .wvhereabouts had,, been ascevrtained a few ilays before. Sulinas is mumich further fromt Sain Luis Potosi than Mo.terey, and that part of the tory is but the ex tension of a report current at tile litter place ten dayvs beforne time timce mntiined, As to the killing of time Texanis necar Lamii. pmamsms, itg is itot imprmba ble. Th'le t roopm from th-st State were mdisbanded at .immmnte rey*, an~d a tnumber set ottf itn time roadh by Sainams, Lampamlmsos, etc., to Loredot oii th'e Rio G ramnde. Theyc were without provim simins for Ihemsel ves, or food for their horses, a certinh sum beinmg allowed fmmr eaich damy's expe:ces. Tlhmeir organhlizationml was brokemn up, andm themy wenit oil. imm partimes,mamny withmout othmer arms thman pis tols andmi kives. It is very probabmlle they leviedii ontrtibutions n time pmemplie, aeud i' itimt waty got imnmo dillieniy. At f irst, ..ml the pumb lic arimns were tamka mnwa.y, a nil iti was mnoit uniitil Geni. liendm!ersoni semnt Col. Llays to Genm. Taylor, ilhat time arms werme restoredl, sim be deliveredm ump at Ilexi r, inm Texsi. Manmythen would not go iu get Thie Conmmerciaml Timrnes, of Nov'. 3rdl, sis We receivmed yeis ermdazy prnivatime mmm. micms from time city of N Meico, so late ais time 28 t' Sepjte i me r, whImi ch simate thamit S.min ta Annia hadmm le ft thme capital thm1121atmornt inig with 20(00 cavamiry andmm 1000 infan~ stry, fr San Lu1,mis l'otmsi: an tim atm pomsit ii n-m m striliuins hadim lieen des pa1tchied to t~me air my ofi time Nortim mmmmt to occummpy'S altiil, ha t tmo ret reait immiietdimatiely tom Sn m .miL . The''mm Dictamtor hmad bieen uitii ly unmsuccessfuil im his attemlpts to raise -> looan iif twom ililionis minm a1m mmr tag e of thel rev enmuems of time chumrchm, as time lie., was cnmid~meredl biy caphitmlsts mser'.rem, if nmot i-ilegaml. Iii thenti iappliied $i-l),00tJ, bmut coul mlinly rmism 270t0 .whlich wa~s ti.e smm total with wmhich lie s t ar tLam." N mw-Gmn m~-IA Ns.. Nmmv. 3. Iiavet a lmtter fromim miur cormresp:Ulentmlil 'Jim dli'tiento," who m is yet in l'ensacobm mml di sintg mms that thme U. S. storem sip ieliefI, ltlmllu., I.iemutemnant Comninmmlinmg, ariviedi there mmm thn 3thm i, twmeimy mdays fromum Vera C'rmz. lki letter is dated'm thei 3lst ult. lie writes ---" imonly in tilli genmim byv lierf minteIr i-st regt.amsdms timem priojieteidm ittIck oni Alva'mram. mimi wim'mch Conunodomm~mrme (Conner intendms tmm iss -nom r ini thme H. im4, bmmminmj L. ii .b... Adams, heretofore second in command. Cominodore Perry has hoisted his red, braiid pendisant oin board the Mississippi, and of course is to be regarded as a Coi modlore, not as a Captain. The attack on Alvarad, w 'as to tale place on tho It iti or llth, ast firllhest. The steamer Mississip pi arrived as the lRelief was coming out. There is nithing sure worth communica. ling. The Princelon sailed this morniig foir Vera Cruz. The John Adams was to len1ve to-day."1 We learn fuirther, that the remainder of the Truxton's crew arrived at Pensacola oin the Relief, also several oflicers on their way North to attend the Naval Academy. [Tropic. TIHE SUMTR BANNER. SUM'1TERVILAL, S. C. W eiuesday, Nov. I1, 18 40. OUR PAl'Et. The first numb. r of our papelrr was i.,sued on the 6th inst. Ve then proumised thlat this, our next in. sue, shoul.i be on 'Wednesday nornit.g, the Ilth sat., in time for the nmails of that dlay. Owing to press of work, this was found io be impossible, aR we had only three days-Saturnlay, Monday and Tues. sby, in which to work. With an apology for our unavoidable delay, we l'elieve that our third nusu'er will be issueid in tirne lor the mails of Wedneseday, 19th inst. As Wedn~ssday's inail leaves at 7 A. M. it is necessary that our paper slould go to press, and be ready for mail, on the evening previous. ItISE IN SANTEE ItVEIR. We are infi'rmed, that the Santeu Ilver, on the 5th and Gth instants, rose, in lew hours, with such rapidity, tisaL considerable difieu!ty was ex periecied in firrying over tile imeil stage. The waters, t.y this tirne, have, in sonie degre', subsided. This rise argues that the fi'edkrs of the Santtee, in the country ate this. have been swullen by a siort and heavy rain, which, in a short timse, increases the streanas of a hilly or miountainous country to sevaral tines their usual mnusnitude. Till' COURT OF COMMON P'LEAS ANI) GENERAL SESSIONS FOR SUITEl DIuS. TiRICT. Tia Court clised its session on Satur day lazst, rt 8 o'clock, P. M. Judge Frost presided, for the first time, arnigat ts. hlis urbanity and devotion to buinisess have been remarked by all; anid, as a gentleman and a Judge, he has attained ani enviable popularity with the lawyerp, and the com munsnity at large. It masy not be impertinent to remark, that whilst ills IHonor spared no pains to despatch the business. of Clho Court, the issue icket was' not even openg4''he Summary.. Process Docket oceaihed Mon. duand Tu'esdaf; he.Traverse Docket, the remainder of , T rjeel s D'4 r td, however, was L ftiyved as.aJay of.Thasait' j giving, in1'accorT'VId with the re t6tihmn-. dation of the'Executite.., This had 'only the effect of continuing standry cases. on the Traverse Docket, which wo'uld have consumed an-, entire day. We hare never known Jurors, and the parties and witness es, more attseti'e and punctual, than at this Court. This state of things susgg.!sts tihe inquiry-what is the natture of the evil? A t the last regsular Termn, the Issue Docket was barely opened; and, notwithsstanding the intervention of an extra Coturt ini July, there are now, on that D~ocke't, one huns dred and thirty odd cases-ninecty-six of wheich are old cases; anud somse of them have been fightting their way, from the foot to the head, for foturteen Tferms. If the fault is tnot with thle Judges, (whieb none allege,) then, certainly, thtere mist be more business ina the Cutrt, than the ternai of one week can accomtplish. Of this, no sine'cani dloubt. Whein a Garantd Jsury Is kepti, in constant sessioni, fromt M imbauy till Thnursday', it may reasdily be imae~ginsed that the Solicitor mutst occupy mutcht times. Our wturthiy Solicitor rema~rke'd, tt, foer e ighIsteeni umothss, he hars occui ied the Coart. The ex tenst, weailthi andu poipula tioun, of Sunster, if for a mion~enlt consiei',. will give someW ide~a tif th nyit.'oer and Va-~ riety of contracts, oi 'all descripstions, whioch, sooner osr later, finds thteir wtay to the forisum*. It is certainly untjudi to dhefer chesaants oin the civil side sil' the Court, forev'er. for thec purposes of example ons the crimialssI. Thle want of time is the evif comps~'Ilted of. 'I The remessdy is a ppa ren{. Let thu Lecgislatuire give two weeks to Siniter, insteads tof onte. Or, if' this can-1 no lt be (10net, g ivue ans alit'rnalte second week, with Richlandis. Ilo [1 ite atrransgemsenit cast most conivenienstly be made, it is not our perovinice tu suggt'sh; lust of' this, we are certai-n-t-the juistice oft the counltry de-5 mntld it;. the pesiple demnanid it; anid their lisepresetattives shouli look wellt to tile mnatter. Cors'si. -ince otur last, the sal'es of botton, ini the Charlnestoni Market, have sbeeni, sdutr ing thle w'eek cloin 0g in Fridany, ith Nov., i12, 1:3 haler, agaiinst receipts, in h~e ,ame~ timte, sofl? 211 hsalets. TI lhe sdil II 'nce., itn f.,uo of sales. is 31 1 b'.a1 'rite prices, as at our previous aidvices, varied from 8 to 10 cents; by far the great. er portion selling at from 9 3.8 to 6 5-8. A NEW PLANET-LE VERItlER. It seens placed beyond reasonabl doubt, that a new planet, calledI "Le Ver rier," has been discoveredt This planetis nXt visible to the niked eye, and its appa rent iotlon is so slow, that it l.as, doubt less beeni heretofore, considered, by astro numers, as one of the fixed stars. Le Ver rier, who first declared that it existed, ont in honor or whon it is named, deduced its existence as the cause of certain irregular. ities in the motion of Urants, for which li could account on no other hypothesis. Before ever it was seen with the aid of a telescope, he declared not only that it ex isted, but its sire, its distance from the sun the period of its revolution, and Its exac posiion in the heavens. It is said tha tlis planet is about three thousand millionm of miles distant from our earth; and tha the period of its revolution is about two it ndredI of our years. -1 . . t - If it be inhabited, as our planet is, and the allotted duration of man's life be there, as with us, three score yen'rs and ten, then the Adlum of Le Verrier is now, less than thirty years or age ; and our i'irk will have to reach the age of fourteen thou sand years, wheni he shall see his seven tieth year. Shouil the diuration of this new planet equal the present lurationi o the years of our world, when it'shnll havet arrived at the ngf of six thiisamiIl of its ycars, our world will have reache'd the agr of twelve hundred thousand years, Le Verrier, hiteself, issaid to be not niort than thirty years of age ; if so, lie aud lih Adam way considered as contemporaries. The pilanet is of the eighth mtagnitude it has been seen inl England ; arl in this country, it has been observed, at the Na tional Observatory, in Washingtoni, bi Lient. Maury, and, at the Caibidge Obh servatory. (Fron the South Cirotinian.) STATE IFl.CTIONS.11 We present to-day a compIlte return ol members elect of ite Legislature of South. Uarolina for 184t0. Those marked thtus Are Senators elected in I 14.1. A 0BEVI LL1. Scnator.-T-Thomas C. Perrin. kepresntat - Thompson Mau'in, Piessly, Gdri. ALL 8AINITg. enaktor.-3nshna-J, Wnrd. .: BARNWELL. DIsTI8cT,. Senator.-A. Panereon. Representaives,--Jamnes J. Wilson John M. Allen, Jos. J. Ifarley, Henry B Rlice. CIIIIST CIIURCII. S iator.-J. S, illieit.* Representire.--DWarren Du Pre. ClI EST ER. Senator.-N. R. Eaves.* Reprsetire.JsF. W aiT $1'Luirep, J. i.'Ueinu., Senator.---. . anina. Reprresentatires.-. W. Bloakeneyt Lohn bouh. Scnator.-Fj. J. oses. Rep.eseniaive.-..Cader, JB CLA EN DON). Senator.-JN. L. Mannin. Reirsenstatirers.--lG. W.lCooper, MoseC DFARINGTONELI. Senator.--Ue. W. arr au. I'ohne P. immrean . P oi~~ Senator.--N. i. G rillin.' Represenatire.----Oules Towrls h anyArhu ISiiAs Dnie oln -Senator.---J. uanan.' Rep)resentatiers-Mamue it~lti U.Owens FRt. G. Pahe, J.R.AknW..Bye G R ; [ENSL . Jowe, . E.lliemea, P. . Jaion.. ~Senator.-J Lui.e loipr. RCenaftor.-W. J Talnr.Gier.J Represerrtatires--A.Xo llailtons, lBoki ra. Cant,Jr Se'nator---Wm. Ellbv. LEXIGON. Senator-BLiemue Hon. * NEW BERRY. Senator.-John 1. Noel.' Rceprcsentatives-lleij. Wuldo, Nup'. thct flail, Henry Slimmer. OR1ANGE. Scnatur.-J. 11. Felder." RcpreccntIivcs-Dav id F* Jam leson,.?' L.Oponer. PEN DLE'I'ON. Siaor-Alexansder Evnn. lRcaesminatircn--Mhvid S. Tayhrvy . James L. Orr, Jolhn TI. Broyles, Wmt.' Sloan,1E. [1. Gripffin, E. Alexnzinderr Jr.# Jamnes1W. flarrisonn !PRINCE"' WILFJIAM.r Sen tur-Wi~lhfin W~lli01n5. Recjeintatiiic-W. P. Vutlcnck. ri',lNtE OtGE, WINYAW. Sno-tF.Alston.'I Rcpnsen~a~jcs-Jolm J. 51ieldleffon,. r Ilarlesan Rteafr. Jr., S. T. Atkins~oun, &'nathr- Jos:1eli A. Black. Repre.etlthes-A. It. Tiayl-sr, A. It, Vinsoin, Wirn. '.De~ussure, Juitmcs DI, ISPARTIAN BU tG. Sena r--Guiriel Cannon. *'e ,-I I jhai'eJ. E, - i ( c i i riy FI-ler I.Miller. S. Oulersomi, r.. PC. Smith. 81'. ANDIZENN"S. lec'p~cru7I~~.nj' V J. Bul11. 8". Il3Ait'1lOLOMEWV. )'pre4tatircs.-AM. EA. Curm,. 'I'umat SV. JAMES. SANTEE. ST q AMI.-%, GOOSE~ (RElEK, .:/.rcW~.a~v .files S. sri (agwrle; 8iX (INS, COL.ILE1ON. Sen ator..\ 11. c. G . itl 11:111. lb1 jprcs- 1. (Jf's.-i'. J. whI.', H,. ST. MIMNS. BE1IEEY. Sevatolr-l" . PalImer. Iht'prL'e111(icc-Jobli II arlestoi, Itus. 1'. Pm'rclier, ST. Uhf.'OflGIW.S PARIH 'Seriafor-Dr TI M A ppleb~y. U4rcrstenmrit*- r- S iedomi. ST. II EI.ENA PAII1t11. Sruntur. I ). Tlreville. Iteresentafire11...lsm Scytur-'l' G(iuuclwjmg. Represcytvifir c-. MI l11zm ier. Si', PI'u's. Viii--A & lar in I'I. ST. PII11-1.. WI' .IU~~d 8 AND ST. MICHAPL'Sr it~~at~VRtW D HPter,, Johin. Philkips.Jame1 Simo~ns, P D Tourre, J All Welkcr,,( 0 emm iger, IV A .P1iiaJ y U C ecldv!., \1Jjh Earev, D RtichaWrd son,~ I Dul 1~im 1, lletiry Iluribeck, It IV' Ilmit, D E lisgfr, Jr, C 13 Northup, 1 0 S*I ST'N 'IN' PARISH. Senatr. . I C "trdii.. Itcprt'scntati4, b.AlMzyck Porciter. YO ItI.L