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thle 7ti f brtiaiy, a cWuhula'is'a a towns I thir h thenceto Saitillo, adeord' -frgt'be ""naps bef6,re..us. His, srtry wasI in the tdnoit li1 riVss-rodcado, de Mier ias-tthe'0'V Gdin rM**klt' ha'vi'nV provided no r Means Sor uindetiling:.suih a' march. We 1~. 6 -j q- o hi . r ih pi'ithe^e of thestate -cof rI trog'. bef ir un. .Onr of Sin e cna'st ist resore rmarcein-g wad to distributed evle day's pay. forthe month *of January-Il in could not sustiain tliemmore thoa a'week, and the question-was asked, "What.shall wedo when in 'front of the etiemny?" The'troops are represented as patie.nt atid loyal, but; in a.pitiable state of distress.. In derision. they.speak of going forth'to solve the problem of 'figting 'withleomt eating."? - The same paper which innounces Santa Anna's arrival at Matehuala, mention( that Gen. Taylor is fortifying Saltillo, and has with him 0000 troops and sixteen pit ces of artillery. This shows again the ac. curacy oFthe information possesed by the Mexicnns ofour movements. In tIe papers before us, the latest ac. Counts we see from Vera Cruz are to the 9th of February, two days later than the udvices via Havana. Not a word is said if the evacuation -of that city, nor indeed, of iis defence. We have not seen an allu sion to the movements of Gen. Scott, nor is a wo'rd said of any threatened maich up. on the capital. El Republicano is- very much engrossed with the discussion of the political alTairs of the country, and truly they appear in the most deplorable state. The nation would seem to have reached a crisis which must result in absolute politi cal disorganization or revolution. The Administration of Gomez Farias Is charged by the press with inability to ob tain the assistance ofa responsible Minis. try: it cannot by any exertion raise a cent of money, although it has a Congress so sibservient as to pass laws placing the revemues of the church at his command aild the press is holdly preaching sedition and revolution, and the church threatening excommucnetion. In suct, circumstances as these E1 Republicano calls upon Go. mnez dFurias it once to resign. The article is written with great force and eloquence, and his duty is urged home upon the Vice Prcsident, with a powerful appeal to his patriotisim and magna niiiity, to yielJ at once, aid thus ward off the imminent la-. ger of civil war. From the Picay une. Marcit 14t4. Arrival of the Arispe-The Latest A ithem. tic Accounts fron General Taylor-'he Sunmaonv of Santa Anna and Replyof Gen. Taylor-Latest Despatches from Monterey-Forlifcatious of Los Muer tos -Abandon ment of Ceralvo--Oceupa tion of Marin, Mier, etc. by the Mexi cans--Contradiction of McCullochs Capture, etc. etc. The U. S. schooner Arispe, Capt. West, arrived in port yesterday afternoon from the moutith of the Rio Grande, having sail. el thence oni te l1th inst. Dr. Jarvis, of of U. S. Army, came passenger on her. lie is thme hearer oif despathes from Ca tma rgo, to the governmejnt at WVashiington. Dra. Jatrris left Caimargo on- the 2d1 inst, TJhere had been nothing received thereI fromi Gent. Taylor in several dlays. Thie rutmors which prevamiledl were brought thiroughi hy Me cxican is, and were of the miiost conctraiidiecory chiarrcer. urthier details of Santa Anna's move melnts -Conufirmation of previons Rumors -Captuiire of T1ra ins and Mcrchan di zc. WVe hasteun to place before our readers the so uine d Ilette r, fromn a valuanble corres. pondceni, wi~ichl convey scoe further de tails in rega rd to I he imrportatnt events transpiring on thme Rio Girande. We regret to say that they confirmi to somec extent the apiprehen~isionis which have been enter ta ined relating to thce critical pos'tion of General Taylor anid thme foreca under his cocmmand, Vumvthecr ne ws wvill nowv be Icookedi for whhl the most intense anxIety. At present all i dotubt andi and citnfusioni. WVe still trmrst and helieve that there is a great deal of e.xaggerattioni int the various reports that have reached tus. M AT AMOI A S, M ARCh! 1, 1847. Gentlmen-T his city was thrciwn into thme greatest concsternation this morning by rhe arri val oif the~ steamer Aid, wvith letters iromr Canmargo and Mocnterey, stating that Geni. Taylor ha.I been attacked by Satita Anna at thme hecad of 25,0)00 men at Saltil lo. T1hme pr~stscri pt in forominog us of tihe troth of the matter, was added to the letter b'y Camplatin Montgomnery of tihe 7th, nowv Q.luarterumter at Mo cntcerey. TIhe letter 'vas dated thme 23d February, postscript the sa me cay w vhiebc I states that the fi ght ecim. mneneed, oin thme 22d1 February, and that no farther itirnmauion could be had. TIhere are bietweeni 7000 antd 8000 mien between Ca . nargo acnd Monterey, who have entirely , it off all ccommcunication betwveen those iwo places. Gen. Urrea is at Marino, a toiwtn abtout 28 miles this sidle of Monterey with six thotusandl cavalry, and Canales has rancheros stiflicient to nmtke tip time num her. Gen. Tamyloir has issued orders that noit ies< thtan one regiment shall attempt to le'ave fcamargn on this route. Col. Mor gan's commtand (thme second Ohio regiment) atbout (four hundicred strong, left cralvo wherice they were stationed, to join General Taylor, alter having burnt every thing they conld take with themn, and it is eonfi dently believed that he and his whole comn moandl were either cuit to piees, or takent prisoners. Thant gallhant, chivalrous scul hen) McCalloch, niith his men, has beenm ':ptnred. iI e had not more thtan twventy righmt men, aill told. T1hi is ill the famult o1- Geto. Scott forT aving taken awdv4the regular forces'frain istl hat part o- Ore' coiuntry. - .1Shotild Gen. me raylor. be able to fall babk 'on M6nterey o .can then hold -out until einforciemeits each him, as they lave some sixty. days ations at that point.* But I am afraid he 6 in a critical position, having nothing but re Folunteers. with himi he .cannot htave that (n onfidence which ho would have, haid not by hat immortal man, Gen. W. Scott taken se iway from him the whole of his most eflec- sai lye force. But-old Rouou AND REA DY has th leiermiivd to conquer or lie. SantaAnna, in lent him a summons to surrender. TellSanta dr knna, sayis the old man, "to come and take vie." I have conversed with officers of he army here. whip think that Geis. Tay. do or might be able to fall back on Monterey. Si lie has some 4000 velonteers with - tmr hla mud I think.they will fight tip the last. Cil. at Durtis is stationed at Camargo, which is ai iourly threatened with attack. Some 700 lie af the Virginia regiment passed through this place three days ago) on their way to - oin General Taylor. Should the General A even fall back on Monterey, he will have a de large body of men betweei him and C- e, nargo, who can, and no doubt will take T tho place, and then down on Matamoras, w :utting off Gen. Taylor's supplies entirely. sp Every person is on the alert. The Mexi- di :ans say that the army will take this place ra n a very short time. Several of the bet- th er class of the plopulation are preparing w, m move to the other side of the river, in In .sve the place should be recaptured, as pr hey know they would be killed immedi- F ktely. You will find this letter very dis onted in its details, but you may depend ab in the correctness of every part eof it, as I wi -eceived it from high military authority. C4 Yours truly, ti fin 'From the American Flag, March 3. tih NEWS EROM THE AR MY-WAR! as WAR!! c Our town has been thrown into the most . ntense excitement, by the reports coii stantly reaching here, relative to thie per. ta lous situation of Gen. Tayllor's division f he army. They are so vague and con 'used, that we hardly know low to corn nence an abstract even. That a battle has >een fought, no one here can doubt for a L noment, but how it has resulted, or what to langers impend on the line of the Rio am 3raode, is enveloped in the most perplex ng uncertainty. We give, however, what tit eeims to be the best authenticated stOate- cI nent received hei e, from the seat of h osIti mmies. Gen. Taylor, while at Nuean, 22 niles rom Saftillo, with 6000 men, watsattacked mn the 22d ult., by a Mexican foice of 5,000. Pindi:ng that ie could lnt main ain his position, he made good his retreat o Saltillo, covering his vagon train.-- c lere a severe engugement took place in cc lie streets, in which the Mexicans suffer- c 1 a heavy loss. After destroying what ta f the public stores lie could nit transprt, co me cominned his retrogade nime-ment on I 1oiterey, until lie reached the Rincona la pass, where he wats again attacked, but uccessfully defenmded himself. Ilere, all lie rumors, reports, and letters teave him. ince ine Monterey, anod hie weould be safe,-M muy his ability to accomplish this much vas altogether problematical, as thme Me caswere swarming iei every dlirectieon. 5thi met., wvrites to hiis friceal inm thmis place. 'Three expiresses teo-damy from Moentmerey, ightiing in Sahitilhn Marine in Mt~xicamn )osses5sion; large train of wvagonms, 126, g nd I80 private mulcies taken; Mec'Cumllochm's om panty taken; 8000 cavalrv this side ofg he mnouintains; and thimngs in ge-neral tinrn-dti inpsiude tdown."' Froim anothier source we earn m that Col. M oirga n hias iabancdmnel Ci. i a1VO, deastreoyinrg al propery hvte ceuld n4 rot .ke wvith him; thmat a coriier froimi Moen ercy r~eorted. at Cacmargr, 15000 Mei-~ aims between time two places, and that (6000r nore were in time neghborhloodl 0f Victo- ar is. Trhis much wee cull from time mauss oif reports before uis, without vomucihing for itsti :orrectness. 'The destination of severalI iats have beeni chmanged withmin thme last FJ ew days-, on reaching tihis place, menil one, mihe Troy) hceld in reserve at Camargo. ter oivey. despiatchles. All time wagom..rn trais are been stoptrpedl here, and every oinie is " mthe equi vive." Wec have strornmg con. " idence inm old Zacm, arnd believe it abinest .r mnpossible to whmip himyn; but shmouhlimharm ' efaml his ivlision of tihe army', thme cocnse. iuence ter thmose whoui have left him withm . etuch slendeer resources, will be terrible.- el' We wtilt suffer all the tortuires of dotmcfeul Pr ituspa e ucntil we hear somietineg from our ra ittle. ...-miy, thcat can be relied uipon. "i Capt. Hemrie, whoe tately eff'ected lis li mscape frorm thme Mexicanes, hias reachmed Pf tiatamoras. S'i bie inc IMPORTANT FROM TAMPICO. he in adlditionc to the accounts from the inm- te herior of Mexico, we have news from the vt tsland of Lobrs, viia TIampico, to time 1st jd inst. On that dlay betwvee-n fifty and sixty Ivi sail of vessels, having onl berdu General in Scoti, with amll tihe troops assenmble there, hi left that islande for an attack uipon the city wi and Castle at Vera Cruiz. Every vessel inc in the harbor, that could carry either meni, hia provisions or mumnitionis of war, havinig te been pcessedt into tihe service. It was uni-'p jerstood that Gen. Sciott expmected to coin- tIm rnenmce thce bombamrdmenmt abojut the l0th ,m nst- cem WVe have been favonred ihi the perusal maf ia letter dated 20dmthilt., froim a seiieor >elonging to the Palmetto Rlegiment, whiich itate. thmat they were aill in tine hmealthm andm ptirits, and anxious tel be unmder wvay for hmemr ultimate deselination. It states thai sa hce Newberry Company arrived at the ti ind on the-25th,'in timle to join the egi nt before their departure. Char. cou. FROM NEW MEXICO. The following important intelligence,' :dived by the correspondentofthe Even. 7 News, r om Philadelphia, via P't ,burg, Telegriph, shows that our ford1a inl that Ition of Mexico are in a most critical po. ion, aud that the next accounts froni at quarter will probab'y be melancholy, sam1ch as there is every prospect that a eadful maisacre will be the restlt. PITTSDURol, MARCH 10. By river we i;ave St. L'is p pers fiour ye in advalce of mail, with<,stes from nt-i Fe covering important news. There a been an extensive M exicean insurrection Taos. All the Spaniards who evinced y asymtapatlhy with the American carse .41 been compelled to escape. Gov. Bent, Stephen Lee, Acting Sheriff, en. Elliott Lee, Henry Seal, and twenltv rnericans were killed, and their families spoiled. .The Chief Alcade 'vas also kill. . This all occurred on the 17th January. he insurrection aiade formidable head iy, and the disaffection was rapidly reading. The insurrectionists were sen ng expresses out all over the country to ise assistance. The number engaged in e outbreak at Taos was abiutoo. They re using evezy argument to incite the dians to hostilities, and were making eparations to take possession of Santa The Americans at Santa Fe, had only onit 500 effective men there, the rest !re on the, sick list, or had left to join Il. Doniphain. Such being their situation ey cannot send stccor otit, as they are rdly able to defenl themselves. It is aught that Santa F- must he capturei, neither the Fort or Block Houses are mpleted. It is innounced as the intention of the surrectionists w ho c-aptiired Taos, to to piossession of the governnment wragon tins, which are carrying forward our sup. ies, 1nd thus cut of ill comninictiil)-. The representations made to Cl. Doni an, that Chihuahua would be an easy nquest, were evidently intended as a lure entrap him, beget a spirit of secuiity, d lead him far off into the interior, where might be easily cut off. It is the universal opinion in Santa Fe it if General Wool had gone direct to ihutahanit there w ouibl have beeni no tro in New Alexico. Col. Don i phan had ssessiion of El Passo Del Norte .t' the th December.. Letters had been receiv from the Giverinor of Chihuitaliitn, sta ig that Geii. Wool was within three days arch of the capital. This, too, was an bier ruse to lure Co. Daniphan on in ndfience, and cut him ol from all chan. s of escape, or of falling back upon San Ve, t) relieve it in its emergency. Thu Mexicans lire hold in their tone and itlident of capturing Col. Doniphan and i command, which consibts of about 600 m. 500 of thein being of his own tro-ps, ! first regiment ofimounted Missouri vol. teers, and a dletachmryent 100 rnen) from in ti e, und51e r caotmeandi of Lieu t. ColI. ichlI, of the 21 regiment-cansisting oif men fromii Clark'sb bta lion of light artilI -y, iuder commoanil iif Cap;t. Iison14) and14 telt. K ribbhen, itnil 70 fromi Col, Price's ienatt und Col. . Will' c4k's battalio.n. They %erl that theiy wa'ill moassucre e'very Amner an in New Mexico and confiscatenalltheir A letter from Lieuit. A lbert, U. S. Topo apahiclal Engineer, of Iater date, contfirms the abhove in telligen lce. Thet deaails of n hat tle of Bracito) tare talsoi coi rmned. te miassa cre, heyonid doublt), las beeni a rinnble one, of u biichI we have a*is vet tard buat thle heg inniin g and thae insuirr'ec in has beena k epa so quet tut il all was osthere mtt he demon~lkibed, before y ell'rt cnbe matde to reliere' them front ae umost advan~ced of our Western military sts. .lUIT' OF EXPElNDlTURIE TJO IM PROVE LAND. Mr. Cohe, one of the most disti nguiishedl ricuiltairists of his slay in Great Britiain. di who was raised by his sovereign to thec gak of noabili ty, comimenceid, in 1817, to aroave onae of his fiarmns called Elmheram muk, by dIrain inog. dli chi ing iand tiip-dlres tn thec landi n ithi thte soil taken reim the Ltehes. lIn the course of teii years heoex nided ?510 I15s ini thtese 01 eratuons: which ised thte aanual reint of the farm ?500, dl *ifeourse yielded a profit of ntearlyiune indred per cenlt per annum uipont the ex iaditutre. Cairolina planters are too4 short ;hed to look teln years aheid foi profit wever great, from ean pperationi reqiiir g paresenlt expeniditure of money or Is 'or. I t reqiires moneay at comnpotind ill restu iniSoth Carsilina more than tean 'nrs to double itself. Now stuppose a antier lays out a sum iif money in imipro. ag hais esante, whtich for ten years him no conme, btit at the end of that time, yields mr a hundatired per cent prolit, aul after urds, mno profit air all, at is plaina that hie is the long rut more benefliteid thant if hae sI puat suit his mniey at compounad inter rest. Buai such is not the eec of ex nilitutres madse ini t he iminprovemientt of id uindler ctltultitt. If judsicioshsl isle, thaey yiel ant incoae the first or ste. mi year. and cointinule to do so annuially er wards, tunder good management. Cheraw GSaette. "Cure for consumption," as the landla1s id wh'len she spinakletl snauff on theo uic alt; of haer boarders. -SUMTERVILLE, S. C. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 1847. AGENTS FOR THE BANNER. MEsss. DeLoRaME &.WHIr., Sumterville, S. C. T. W. Piours, Esac., Camden, S. C. REMOVAL. The of~ee of "THE BANNER" is removed to the new building nextio the lot 6f Mr. JaaEs.1-. VAUOZJAM, on the Statebuig Road. tn-Any business connected with the office will be attendeld to at the office lately ocedpied by Mr. Jis D. BLaNDING. OUR PAPER. On account of the non-arrival of our printing pa per from Gadsden, which place it reached on Wed nesday the 17th, we were compelled to print- this number on inferlor- paper hastily procured. from Camden, to supply the dcficcncy and emergency of the case. COMMUNICATIONS. All communications addressed to "The Banner," whether of marriages or other matter, must have the name or some responsible person attached to them. They must also be postpaid to ueet aten Lion. COTTON. The price of this article, in the Charleston Markel, for the week ending Friday the 19th. varied from 9 3-4 to 11 1-2 and 12 cents per pound. PERIODICALS. We have received the March number of "The Southern aind Western Literary Messenger and Re viev," containing. a continuation of Campliell's in teresting "Introduction to the llistory of the Colony and Ancient Doninien'ot Virginia," also, the pretty song "Rnsabel." to) the air of "Lucy Long," with a varlet of other entertnining matter. The March No. of the "American Agriculturist," with.a restoration of thw fornuer beauti:ul vigne-tle, is rec'iverl. containintg its usual variety of useful, practical. agrt-ultural matter, suited to the South as well as to the North. and for the benefit of b'oth. jir We winh to call the attention of thisoe who desire to erect a memorial to the departed, to Mr. Hu-rZR's advertisement in to-daye japer. SUMTERVILLE TEMPERANCE SOCITiY. FRIDAY, March 19. 1847. The Socicly concncd this eveniing at the usual hoi. The followingi resolutions were adopiitel: let. That the regular nieetings 4f this .?nciety shall hereafter take place on the first Friday in eve ry month. 2nd, That the President, witlh the conrurr nvee of any three menlcra, shall hnrte ponmer to c..Il extra meetiengs; said nueetings, when for ptirloses t.ther than th-it of hearing addiesses and receiving plelgs,, sohalil c-nsistt of ten nemblers. Afler consuitation, the notion was mne and agreed to; " That the ev. Thos. V. Nel liciampe, the expecte! orator of the ev, ning, be reque-sled to defer the delivery of his address until the nsext regular ineeing. to wit, the 2nd if A gril. The I1ev. W. Lenis then rose ani addresseid ie me, ting with rnuc-h firvor andl ili'gtree, randl was f'llouwecd by the 1lev. Tr. 11. flum.t-l. Fue pledges wvere added to the list ; thrxee of ri,.nat-s and tno of aniales. DE&ATII 01- A SUM-rT:'.l iOLUNTEFIt. Late letiers rieceivedi in this ;.are* informn us of the death of Mr Scarbiroughl Drzke*, on~e of the Sumter Vilunitects or the Palnetto ltegimeont of~o Ca. Volunteers. RAIL ROAD SUBI8CIII PTION fl00K8. Thle subscription h'onkls to the blanches tcr andl W ilmiin gI'n railI rond n re' nowv tp, en at this place, at Alarion anid Dairlington u ndler the cnommissio'n ersu neid ini thle ch ar ter, to receivte sublsc-ripItions to) thet amu~t at lens t of three Ihumndlri-ld i, htusamndli dilhmra. rThe books were openird in this State andii 'in Noth Carolina on the first Atmbndv in this mointhi antd will comntiniue ope n fo'r six ty days froma that time. The crisis has now- come which is to test the poiwer of this district to fulfil the ex pecta tions wthich she has raisedl in the minds oif the people of the United States in regard to this rail road. Sumter wuill havi e done lher duty, whlen she htis dlnne all that she can. No motre is asked. Shte promised no more. Let hecr, then, tdo all that is itn her power, and no one can blame her; butt let that all le ample evidence of her eff'orts and zeal, in this cause. We have onice before re marked, in contnexion with tIs subject,-if~ Sumter has the will, she htas the means, anid we still ido not doubt te truth of otur remark, but hope, in this case, -to see it verified. These remarks are made, because wve believe it our dutty, in accordance with our promise, to, keep tis matter before the attetton of the people of the district, and to urge them, if necessary, to all thme tmeasutres connetctedl wtitht this important entterprise. Let their ideterminaution be. that thme road must and shall be built, end that they will dli their part; and we believe that both will be dotne. Now is the time for action. Whlile we look to Wilminugton as the chief actor, wve must look to otur selves as important lalyers. The perform ,11nce of our part is equally as necessary na any other to the succes of this dram. Ypourjudg iiit.qaie aireb .dnw ced-of Iji necessity 'aii practic igecottstruetlon of this road.: The neceisisry funds itethe only thing now wanted for is ejig tbn, Be ready, then, 6r the -subscriptbonik ak, as soon as you are able, and iji n .Jaty to subscribe during ihis their openig# en. deavo'r to make y'ourself abler as saonao possible, to subscribe mt Iout. fuliretime. It the necessary. sbscriptions cunnot be . obtained in sixty days, they may he pro. cured in a longer period of ijpe I ljen come forwart now, and dosour biest. . SENATOR BENTON. Sehiator BiNT4N, on beiig a p ine by the President Major General in the arnmy and on being informed by the same that. his powers as'such wVere inferior to those of the present senior Major Genifralses' that he could not take the chif comMand of the army now in the field, dedined to accept the appointment. which had also been honorably confirmed by tile sew nate. It remahis to be .seen whether he will be appoInted to attend the army, with anbassaderiml poncrs to make a treaty with Mexico. We extract the following fron the Col. umbia correspoodence-of the Charleston Coitrier, 'f March .12, in relation to Judge )VARDL'Aw, andl the triils ofrWnzTscoTToN and WRIGHT for muder. Judge WARD LAW, we believer, will preside, for the first time, at our coming Court of next week. Judge WARDLAW, who hans presided, ip; as you well know, one of the ablest of our -Judges, lignified in deportment, quik of perceptiot, anl. thoroughly versed in the learning of the law; he inly needs a little more urbanity oaf ninter to) enag ethees term as well tas the admiration of the 'bar and conemunity, wsharfi his apparent auste rity often ifflneds. But however niuch his muanner may offe-nd, no one can fail being struck with the rare ability and inpartiali ty witI which he fills his high stition. - The tribl of George WI.itecotton for the murder of a slave resulted in his acquittal, the evidence being entirely circumstantial and insuficient to fix the fact upon hi. The presectntiton Vas condiuited nith great fairiness by the Sahlicitoir. atssisted by Mr. Mn:nis for the prosectiaona, Ut ho made an inlgenaiolts Seetch. 11.e was defended by Messrs. D.SAussunE antd THADEWELL, in speehes averaging uapwrards of two hours enche; that (of the latter was a very adroit and skilful delflee. The other case was that of Wattorr for the' enorder of RAW. LIsUN, which also resuled in an acquitial, the evidence cl.arly showing it. to hne been an act perpetrated in self-defence against a desperate and recklestzs tnan. '!lie array of taleait oan hii side seemied ti stim ultate the Solicitor, who made out a very strong case- fur the State, anel displayed m bt e !1!. amt2 with egnal abuility on the other videj by Messrs. BILac aned TuADEwELIL, wheo,however. wereevery barief, leaving the brunt of the battie to be borne by Mr. Moscs, of Sumter, Whlo had been speccially r etainedh for this case, and ni ho did justicr. tea his high reputatiop by the mnanne'r in whcich he sustained the cause o~f his client. Since the day when Pnr.g'res ivas wve'nt to electrify the Conil hlounse bay his dazzlinag and mtatchlcss elv queence, u miore suastatine d and1 poawerful ef (earl has not been listened to within its walls thcan that made bay Mr. M. in the casef W atonir, and wheich could not rail oaf its due effte: upon the jury, a very intelligenl. cane, asi juries go. LETTER FROM AN OFFICERt OF TI'hE SUMTER VOLUNTEERS. The fullowing is the latter referretd to in our last ntumber, of a date 'previous to the one then publisheel, though stil.. of some interest to the inhabitants of tha. ehsirict. Sutre OREGON. Feb. 6, 184. .Gulf of Mexico, Liet. 24edg. 23 m. Lean. 05 dg.3 mn. Mr. Editor:-Hasinmg just hearned atejl eestination of our Re'gimnent, and iadt knowing wrhether anotl~er opporttimity may ofrer so fiavorable to write you of our pro. gress, I begin this letter in the midst of the "wide waste eof waters." with the .promise oif closing it on sheere, when we reach it, if possible. I have dotted down fur mny own amusement and intformation,each day,. miuch things as I deemed worthy or note, ant!, from these "peneiHings," -I give yoti .a succinct history of ouar tour from M.obile to this phace,(if pleee it may be called.) On Wedesany, the 27th uit , theSumter. A bbe~vlle and Lanicaster Companies, A, E.. and ha of the Palmetto Regimen't, 8o. Ca. Volunteers, tunder command of Lt, Col. -Dickinson, le ft Mocbile on board the stei er "Creole" for the Transport aborenamed. That evening we embamrked on her, wilst' she was at anchior ini the Bay of M6b1le, seome thirty miles belowv the city. 'Here we~ were detained from va rious cauiseh till Sat'. urdaty the 30th tilt. T1hie Kershawv, Edge field, Charleston and Richland Comnpanies,. (ceampamtes C, D, F and H-, Palmetto Re.: girnent,) tunder Col. Btlter in person em barked the same duay on board the ship "Alhzambra." within halfa mile of us. Ma. jor ladudeni, with the Chester, Fairfield aned Barnwell . ofaniie~s (B, G and K,4 sailed the Tuesday preceding. All things ready, s5is were utnftirled, and a friendly breeze soon dirove us from our native sho,*s. This wuas on the 30th Jan ..liu.cavlg