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tes ~ ~ t fo.ea , f 17nft N 4 J '1(e~ ~~ Mrcaiiosesi e ;rdal fof tinig~foit. A few dilsle h ion was broughtupthere hal been a i ens meeting of thiefinsjorlty or that bod wvhen a resolutionase aaofedthaasll nre ruz -sent should ;ake .an oath to v~t gnji any propositio for pr olong as ted States soldieatoo upon the 9 Mexico. Tho'cori-espoiident of the Nev Orlens .Tines says. that the. blockade of n ou. t-.,. ais veyee fect 'Froin the 10tirto the ~4th Deceuiiber, the simount of duties paid yshel entering hepori of Alvara d, only a short distance south of Verare lot was not less than $200,000. l Thereport of the. Minister of Finance repreSents the treasury to be mich mbar. rassevr Thet cense's of the-ariiy at nn emisPotosi bordered o n $400,000 a month, and * of that of Vera Cofu Aili s Co, on $80,000, and it was found Iniposqlible to suoply this sum entirely. D Igrnaa uL'o deraud, residing in London, had bienap painted an agent to negotiate a inan of rtwenty millions of duollirt, and. D. Manuel res.. . . . F. Lizardo, also in Londn, had hieen ip. pointed) agent for'the Mexican bond hold nera in England. Early in December the governor of the federal district was authn'ised to eqtily from the piublic rents, 0000 infaritry"and 4000 cavalry, and a sufficient number 0f artillerists for six pieces of cannon. Tbis force wvas destined for San Lis PotoLi. * ~Char. Evc. Nc s (l'rom the N. 0. Plcayane.) Later from the Armay Important from gmpico-Arrival of tor Kinney of that place-Later News from Gen. Taylor-Engagement of Col. ay pvith the Mezicana-Disposition of the American forces along the line of opera <V tions, 4ec 4c. The Georgiana, Capt. Crispin, ai rived morning, having left Tan pico on the 14th inst. The verbal news she brought was alarming, it being to the effect thatSauta Anna had placed himself between Gen. Taylor and Gen. Worth with 35,000 men, and that a general action wvas immediately expected. All this is an exaggeration. We believe the authentic facts to be as fol lows: Col. Kfinney arrived atTampico on the 12th inst., direct from Victoria. Le en tered that town with Cen. Quitman on the evening of the lth inst. Gen. Quitman drove the enemy before him for the last thirty or forty miles before getting to Vic toria. The Ml exicnes ere reluctant to give up the place. As Gen. Quitmran en tered the town the Mexicans were going out on the other side. Gee. Q. had no ca valry and could not pursue them. Cul. K. speaks in the warmest terms of the prompt and soldierly conduct of this ofbicer. Col. Kinney parted from Gen. Taylor at Monte Morales andI pushed on wvithi Gen. Quitman to Victoria. From thence he made his tay, almost alone to Tanmlic, taking Soto Ia Marita in his route, accom plishing a distance of nearly 250 miles in three days, and narrowly escaping from the advanced parties of the Mexicans on seve ral occasions. he spent a part of a night at the old rancho of Croix, where Sanchez was stationed wvith twenty dragoons; fet in the morning lhe contrived to give him the slip, lie also succecded in evading Ro mano Falcon, the man who is reputed to have been killed Col.Cross. At Soto la Ma. rina he found a company'of sixty ranchieros. lHe rode at once to the alcade, boldly told him that Gen. Taylor had sent him on a fewv hours in advance to prepare supplies, and by this ruse made out to come of saife ly-the rancheros at once dispersing. The services this officer has renidered since the Mexican waur broke out have been invalua ble, Hie has ridden tihusandb and thou sands of miles through the country almost alone, his favorite servant Catalino has been killed, lhe has been himself beset and attacked time and again; yet by his superi or riding, by his knott ledge of the Spanish language, by his prormptness and courage, lhe has so far succeeded in escaping. fSuch services lie has rendered the country sure iy wvill not be allowved to go unrewarded but to the news brought by this arrival. We have no reason tosuppose that Genis. Butler and Worth have moved from Saluil Jo, as wvas reported in town yesterday morn. ing. We believe them, together with Genemial Wool, to have been still there or in the vicinity as late as the 1st inst.. wvith at least six thousand troops, as wve farther believe that a division of the Mexican army was not far off', watching otur movement's and readly to take advantage ofany favora ble opportunitunity which circumstance may afford. It may be, and this opinion is entertainett by officers of the army high in rank, that the Mexican soldiers seen in the neighborhood of Saltillo are advanced parties of a force of somo 1500 or 2000 men kept in position on this side of the desert, between Saltillo arnd $an Luis, to destroy the water tanks in'case the American army shotild move in force in the direction of the latter city. This viewv of the case pre cludes the idea of a seriotus attack upon Gen. Worth or Gen. WoolI, the obsject of the Mexicanas only being to keep~a watch upon the Americani forces, to retreat be. fore any adlvance,, andl cut off the supplies of water as far south as the operations of our army make it advisable to do so. That te troops spoken of as threatening Saltillo are scouting parties of' this eom ps-nf uabser. vation is conifidently believed bay olir.ers of pXperiece andl discretion--though others, A 4 eni N1 - . ;Vi p" A eent114f kop 1, to'Tamplo q thcetriCt a106'. exacans wereto st~c&~jlI~lA~a~e 2th tilt., is buit ime ame .aieiino. i*,T h s already rcached heob ay .ifMatamorias. Tre is little donbt,-as we learn frorr Ivatleiters tht'there vas a large M exi. ean rrce prbiJy 6tostly *avalry-at ila at lasIdatep all inder command of G~ene l6 dins. rea, 'Romerg, ue andisohes arc also repoted 'to We Inthe i.,dity. It may be recollecied ihat ourl s' Vicounis from the city of Mexiio Irepregented Valencia as ou hia. easrch to jila.. .Front a'correspondent at Tampico we I in 'lt on ihe 1stof JanuaryGen.,Tay d forwaril Col.ay, of the Dr-. goond to amine the mointain pass be ton Mdh e.Morales and Labradores. On his return (fror Labradores htook another pss 'i iing to Linareis. and was attacked by a large boly ofth6.eneny anihis rear gurd cutrqff. ThIs waseffectedbygolling stones ingo the pass, which was scarcely Widtienouglh fb- a single ho-scrman. May mpnged to et through with the main body anid reached a spot where he was enabled to dismountifd return to the succor of the re'ru d,'ut it ivas too late, as the enemy hi d retreated with' their prize. At one tune during the passage of the gorgethe diragoons would.- have .been almostrat the mercy of'the enemy had the latter dischar. ge their pieces vith any accuracy;.for the position they ,occupied -was diirectly over thie heat's-of our * troops. We cannot as certain Col. Maf's lise, 'or whether he had any men 4illed or not. Atthe present timelierocan benodoubt, Gencrals Taylor,. Tiggs, Paiterson...and 1llow ,are at Victoria, . and with a large rc. . G laGen. 'Tylor but a party ofuive unfred *Texan rangers with him, -their ervices, with the enemy's cavalry hanging about him -in. almost every direction, would be invaluable. Below we give the letters of our corres. pondent. What wuve have stated above qualifies and explains a number of the ru mors he has furnished; [Special Correspondence of the Picayune.] TAM PIco, Jan. 10, 1847. GETLcMEN-We have had, within the lasi'few days. some extremely cold weather, unprecedented. in the knowledge of -the oldest in'habitant., A bout 10, P. M., o'n the Btl inst., one of the "northers," to which this coast is so frequently subject, burst up on us with extraordinary violence. The brig Foam, that had groiunded on the bar the afternoon previous, was broken entire. ly to pieces during the night. At I1, P. M., one of the Government steamers (the Undine, I believe,) took off the captain and crew. The next morning but a vestige of her was to be seen. This makes the fourth vessel that hans been wrecked on the bar since this place was taken by ouA forces. An expedition, co sisting of five compa nies of regulars and five of the Alabama regiment, is ordered to report for a march at 3, P. M., to dlay; it has been in preparn lion for several dlays, and is destined for a descent upon Tuspan. Gen. Shieldls will command in person. We have it repor tedi that there a thousand troops at Tus pan, but I presume it will be a "veni, vidi vici" affair. Our Genueral is a rman ofgreat energy, andi since heo has been hero has in. stituted many projects and reforms that wvill be advantageous. 13. A. T AMaPrICo, Jan. 11, 1847. .I wrote you yesterdJay that an expedi tison wvould leave that dlay for T1uspan, buti I was very confidentially misled. The rli mar for the pa1st few days wvas allowed to sparead thnat tI.e force was destined fur that Place, and the Mexicans despatc-hed couri ers carrying the intelligence. Iteinforce ments were calledl in from the surrounding counltry, and we heajr now that thicre 2000 men there on tile qui vivc for an attack. T1he Government steamers commenced fa ring uip yesterday at noon, and every pre parauin'appeared to be making to cress over to Pueblo Viejo,, en route for Tuspaun, when the commanding ornicer at the lines receivedl srders to march his men towards Altamira. It was a pierfect surprise to every one, and whether any good results rrom it or not, Gen Shields deserves credit for the rusc. I amt assured f'rom hadaquarters thtat the ot'ject is to open a comnmunication wvith Gen. TIaylor at Victoria, aun:l it is deemed ex pedient to send the presenit force to meet this advauce. Fromn 2000 to 3000 Mexi can troops are known to be betwveen here and there, and very possibly Gen. Shields w-ill have an opportuity to) cope with Lhem. But few of the regulars posted here lsave yet been in action in this war, andI all ire desirous ofshiaring the hontori of their companions in arms who have heretofore b)ein more fortunate. May opportunity )ffer-1 need say not more. The number oh men is about 050, which reduces thme force remaining hero to 050; but no attack is to he expected on this place, except via thme very route General Shields has nowu taken; so that, although redluced in number, wve are not weakened i strength. B3. A. Truseico, JAN. 12, 1S47-A fternoon. Gentlemen-Orders andI counnter orders. Col. Kinney, of Corpus Christi, arrived this mornuing wvith dispatches from Geni. Ta'ylor-heo left Victoria on the evenming of he 9th -inst., having ridden over 200) miles in three days. le wvas attended a portion iif tihe Wvay b'y four dragoons, anid came t - 214 h: :e; to ss on - o'e 7. !rjw:~ . o Cal e 4 o iea thte Mexicad -fdre, at 4ig~ amounts to 80i000 4 j 4 entire forcei i'the field at'50 Thi ired j1 gileRcr~J~ Col. K., has createi the rest ex ment throughout thdtty nQ Ier, wildh Gent.y, Wortihsind, Wol men-conidered tliefilo dIs t.. were at. Saltillo. A 00,4 win eored n i, w ayt1taktliem and our men had faken p4sooutioudeli antelpagon, as thei town waisilnac bile of fortification. The'ngugementshiuid hlaie takien place on the 27th ult. ind.l; Kin; noy speaks confitlently of ourisi ea'. IThw var seems to..becomnencidggingeairnsii. You Obayrely;.upon th6 accuracy qfuG*. K's. opinion of the strengti'orilneioiemyj le is perfectly informed by. Mexcan' throughout the country 1h his paj, and I believe lsjbeter aegilainted wit.h them thai alny other person; inthe country. His ac count of his rideironn dicinia rlch is hair breadth 'scapes and iisterj strata. g*i". He says that he knobsh Mexi cans better than they' kn'o'w themin'elves, and I think has given proof dtf-te Gens. Taylor and Patterson areAt Vic-. toria with 6000 'men, awaiting orders from Gen. Scott. It is not supposed tAhat any movemeni wifi be rmade against San Luis Potosi. It Is. pronnthcd -k etrpnget fortified post in all 'Mexico, an'd Santa Anna has said that the nan tait takegit is welcome to the cpiltal. -I believe that a change of warfare, will-take plecioh Gen Scott's assuming the Kcommdand The mountains wilJ.be retained aijd Vera Cruz subjected by a land attak-thehol for Mexico!.But.you ire doubtless better in formed of the planig 6f 6u Genrnent than ourselves. At al e~its, th6beWyet remains -everything to b.eadone.. -. SUMTERVILLE S. C. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3,t8 47. gy Messrs. A. WiTE, &. Co. are autlorised Agents for "Tu SUMTER BANNER." February 3, 18-17. M-Wo are indebtcd toothe Hon. J.'A. WooD WARD, for a copy or his -speech on the Moicati War and for a copy of the sIeech 4( the Hion. JAs. A. SEDDON of Virginia on thei Winit:.Proviso. We shall endeavor to publish extracts, as our limits shall allow. COTTON. The price of this article In the Charleston market for the week ending Friday, Jan. 29, varied from 9 1-2 to 12 cents per pound. REVOLTING MURDER. On Saturday morning last, the 30th uli, a most inhuman murder was committed, near Fulton in Clarendon County. of this District, by a man of the name of Reuben Stark. While hi. wire wras .preparing breakfast, Stark went into thme yard, got an axe, and, coming into the house, struck her and her two children on thme back of the head with it, causing them to fall insensi ble. He then consummated lise horrible design by cutting their throats with a razor. A servant girl, wvhom he pursued with the same intent, escapcd and fled. After kil ling his wire aind children, lhe attempted to -iii himself by cutting hisi throat; but only succeeded in inflicting a daingerous wvound, being prevented from completing his attempt. On Sunday afternoon lie wvas brotight to this place anid confinedl In thme district jail, lie will~ probably recover from his wound. In murdering his wvife, Stark destroyed thme existence of a being, which, though it had not yet seen the light, in (tie eye of the law, is considered as having an exis tence. We are informed that Stark, at the timne of murdering hmis famlily, was uinder time in' Ihuence of delirium Iremens : and that 'for soimetime previus to the act, he had fre quently threatened the life of lisi wife. THIE RAIL ROAD. Tme late WVilmington papers contain a notice that tihe books will be opened io re ceive subcriptions to the Wilmington amnd Manchester Rail Rqad, in conformity with the charter, on Monday, thme first dlay of Februiary, at different specified piaces, and tunder tihe dlirec-tion of appointed Corn missioners. This is in conformnity with the charter granted by North Carolinas-. Commissioniers are appointed at time fol lowing places In South Carolina: At MAR ION COURT IloUSE, tunder the dj. rectiin of W.W.Hairlee, BI. K Hannegan N. L. 8earborouigh, Wmn. Evans, S. F-. Gibson, mind C. J. Crawford. A t DAILLINOTON C. ii., untder tihe direction of George WV. Dergian, J. D. Williams, J. P. Zimmerman, Jas. 8. Gibson, and J. W. McCatll, A t SUJMTRER VILELI, tinder this dIrection of Win. hlaynsworth, "1. Moses, J. DI. lamnding, L. White, J. Oyson, J. L. Masiney, S. E. Wiison, J, E. Denis, S. McBrydie, nnd J. 0. Dumrant~ And at ittel) other places and tmnder the dlirection of such gentlemen na m... bed Will 2rr ti ov)i lu i no 6d. e4 e tjr it h-.ia a t a duIn mer md a subserihe a d er prtniq e e',C pben d a ben es who 1 r.r9 i~~ r2, 1 10'. mno to mTi~~rbIRIhr.Ie oupes p i i. abu t p V6iti nir pr se. 4 the' c breW4setibo rI ia ehp i no Iff ft!Tlr ibcie a eitjad, h s'Ji' beeliken oaitisd . taiwl deiskekfd ph fins; air9 tra t no a po wobipt e mokp a use dher, t litd onn ied oi tre h 4iWeesti ia Lier0i snt aei Wg; tben~ wen tsall beh.Morh alyil th ae Niadurs~rbeinditsnequhar stikk be 'r' t ed -Or em i nti,* nquI ani, ariih; 6, f tWe difei'dt t aianagi stediy~erse'aonri as. Clitdifia Wi:li dgit'ei i ld eiIn i li ' n be tenl twoikful~is-anthepelt oi the Eonybouula:mn It b'lbyt "f'te.Pk i~s sihof -arners ef'iteirtiis roen~om the onek of our nl Ationd wi l'2i?( ev e in pabnfitfronh Ws -ad Ittak ghomitt to . calwitly in lian'dandtto uniate-i iAl elalies :n- a geceral -endeavor to-carr ihek wibo thurs nied wa: and se fbecad t e 'Cain(l6ie M ii.en , otdiu ie wf hgn the abksr )prd' iahaln nor hehi!e ep: t e6b' psihon fm o.- :V.0r fI~ f ic4' as ;t ~ iots th e b e'd f resmli6nsa wilprse d etmia ti a in t i. ,ad'o st in sh l--be.- b- , e t e1 aelte i bebanilh wo t ntei i. ., ol dtityushould iu'fai remis ur Unetineia lo theecominideainf anaisezeif thean nrgegpn themr to calie mtin o the miad. It~n fis incumben aner sl aehe vnthe Coisoes .apinted; n heite n. ner thesNth Ceiglin triiu owins. chate ,ou reiouily.c rse lariaj toat .aci m~~t atidfthe aImll'bil ; bideI fnurL giisatierf abe ho b l' Weshedie.we 'hishtild be divetn cuio' i of tuld wito'unidtontfi a eitize ofe tihe district", ind wud 'pecsiig'litambedome awre upo ne plmcade:alla'mchi of the at gited bj 'tn edilact ' u'r htihtk road have eertinmbeadtho fie in tdaker ie wthed hereisd iotat-uc apone d diadeuilm. ciernte ntngrfth toin iriduce hiesdn ceharer. The aicting of it&eize ond ideda evening a ier favor, -cniein h tien peraied the whree tasseiha theld Manchostdt; ach mube uilant Assbsptions for sjabeteck eto le awaren of the Gdiatt mny 6wtercdisap, pointed byhouretidare thtproe' h Wuue covuere tof-ortie bemardta odBki wted moref by.d thanuc a ord-ae ao~-~dm pledge f thigin.r thne iiridea niaehre The ~eeting of itenon~ensa een. esq.,n presed'ut ctheimeeting the ga hlirelowo tsen tawradf aencoteen tiemen.pokoa cdgne the cassonblnd thi the matther-a~e odgemtedb with an ani spallobe bthat q, .htale il h er ite susfublcyitons e stck.can. akmilhefirst of 'ebruary, b timgeo proic ftue ark"e wilo begitizesmove ar Our oreab.dees thll werdceiveaby a leaeneo, thiti th spirii ithia aniat sct onsared. t ihodd meetinga ov w~ #s, i. r e te 4mW d r4 hunl a na'~iirj the an e".z willaihew what the ~ ~ - newspapers rernai1 aging h A of serald~ears to - 601 had f conined i6i. W i(, -.a eN d$4/: oew ,.agl uemagistratedec~.4i4 returningga' enpyoL 'JhnB with 'sppeis, writtaonitwi 1~~rtor oilier ins icais fh q dic ore #lea ;I, a must bp sent to the blisher arnd an that it may bd taken out by im4!'n no!!uP ECToF A N ErinTBA : tere tom Washington. iathe -N oie.siaeakiwithio w sfidence o sibili for an e4;risessiuaoCores - ingunecessaryin qi 'sqn "eeof-th pfrab~bilitv of the present .Congrs4a~ able, amidthe ragingof the confi 41 l ts, to do-what the cisis deaam The Senate nd h diedene of, Virginia, on the 18th inst n nn rected that the fapatical reslusionu d the Legislatue a New H mpuh recently,transmitted-inby Goi e that Stale to be Executive f shall be .senI-bgek-16jd.: ~ .lTe.,PhilidelI1ilk C 6inme Ihes a table, exiitist h~ crea~ of the .Jensyvavnia(%s From ti he-peity Item u 0I65~~ iL reachse in 1840.the eiitmomai The Supreme CsiurtofOhso4 Bal amnng' gother decsi~ons Wave de~44~4 verset to Ihni~itygwhat has beenjAi~ i~I Jety ease. T lie-tu~rdeclstre rl tnance of thseCincinnaat tCousacsbipi~ Rigtrading, bartering anid sellnen Si Ravoid as to :those who conscieitlii~ osrve the seventh day of the *klf4 the -abbath."--Ibid. 21.1sg PocarET.PICKIsNG.AMr Kelley~ yoting genteman who is alerk; in -a book storbeTnE Mr. Greer, while sidg y esterday evening at te wifidog o rl Post Office, awaiting::for lett.hrs hai - rocket picked, or a. pocketabp:cW osti ;ing arsmalI'quantity of money Hl~~p cions wcro directed towards a pers~ had been standing (or some tismbM him, and who had; been nnticed by hiji lice fgr a few weeks. past, ase;endeavor to. palm himself offenmetinie aii% man in the U. S. Navy,-and nti as a;Iieutenant in tkseA rrpy. :.ThI,~ wvas arrested and ctssfined ingt~ Honuse last night. -But as in bins, the stolen, articles could :i b uponr him, and -s. there as5* evidence of.hs guailt, le w~stki disehiarged byhe: Mayor. - Thme HusnTlegaofh em~ states that. one. of the .reen ,traniportation te.' oaaq -and ihsot 61l1ihe Gers -miMi brousght wvith them' wilhin' thre years. bIqgp however, that some exists on the Iupper TitlIcI of a dispute as o te~ii~~t clais are seig(,~ necverthoeiee o'baj German-'ri~~*l the g~~f~v ews - , t -