The Arkansas banner., 1846-11-11
Froas N. Q. CoHriSr. Ocf ai. From Monterey.


 Our fellow citizeas began to feel s,nsasy al the delay of intelligence from the aeai of WAT, and the failure of the Galvcstos To ar rive; which they had i,npaiienuy expected for more than ten days. ltwss sixteen days { aso, yesterday, since the exciting news uf Gen. Taylor's yictefy was received here, and a variety of sinister ran,ors had been circu- ! lated. which. futile as they were, increased the public anxiety to know further details of the hattits. Yesterday aEternnnn the sssan.- CT Galveston came up to the ievee from Bra. Eos, via Galveston, bringing dates from the arny as late as ttie 6lh inst.
 The news is interesting. The gailan. army of Gen. Taylor is ia quiet possession of Monterey. witl, all its GoftiiicatioBs. Some additional works have been added lo those constructed by the Mcxicaus--and we are informed by an officer jass from the place, that its strength is sarh at present, with a garrison of American soldiers, as enable ito defy the whole force of Mexico.
 The loss of our troops was about 560 m killed and wounded When our nforman, left Monterey, the aggregate number of men and officers if for duty, was reported at 5.200.
 Il gives lis great pleasure io learn thai several officers who were said 10 have ben nlortally wounded or dead, are recovering ol their wounds and doing well-amoag these IS the gallant Mcl.nng, of the Mississippi volunteers. whose wound, although very severe, will oeeasiou only 6 temporary loss of his service in the army. The brave ma. jor Lear of the 3d U. 5. Infantry was also reported killetl-but he is recovering of his wounds. The Mexicans left large stores ot ammunition and provisions in the town when they evacuated Il, with g pieces of brass cannon, mostly of large calibre.
 letter in ihe Picayune dated Monterey. September %, states that an express had eorpe iu from SaiiBas, one day y's' ride from Saltillo, with information obtained from Mexican, that Santa Anna arrived a; tue lal- ter place on fhe 18th ar 27. and immediately began to lortily the place--that he brought with him l3,o00 troops. which, with those of Ampudia, would swell their numbers To 0,000, or upwards. IL was also reported that lie was constructing works on the line of the Rinconada, the limits assigned to our army by the terms of inc armIstiee The same letter says further, that Santa Anna was hourly expected at Monterey when the Americans attacked Il.
 The scoundIel Candles was committing murders and robberies between the Ataerl- can posts. IL is pity trap could not he laid that could catch him.
 Gen. Patterson, commanding all the posts east of Monterey, has issued an ordei declar- ing that as the armistice obliged all Mexican tr1aps to retire heyond a line running North and South, thirty miles Westward on Mou erey, all bodies of a.med MexlcanS. who shall be found in the neighborhood of the Rio Grande or on the route 60 Monterey, will be considered and treated us outlaws, aud calls upon all officers under his com msnd To apprehend any Mexicans hearing arms, and iu case they should attempt tn re- SIst or escape. 10 treat them as enemies oi mankind, To fire upJn and destroy them,
 This Is a judicieus and will timed order oi Gen. Patterson. few severe examples will be of service lo these Mexican bandiiii.
 The Delta quotes a letter from general P F. Smilh--as ioIlows-sWe have taken g pieces of brass cannon, and an immense amount of ordnance stores, and are now in possession of all the works, city and sur rounding county"
 The Delta says-the Mexican force a, Monterey could not have been less than l0.- 900 or l2,D00 men, and now that the forts have been examined by our engineers, they arc pronounced to have been of the stron- gest and most scientific construction i'm pregnab!e, indeed, il would seem. T'henum- Der of Mexicans killed and wounded has not been asceriained. IL Is believed io be 2900 i
 The Matanoros Flag says bearer of les- patches arrived q, that place on his way to Monterey. only ten days from Washington. Tine steamer Aid was immediately chartered to Camargo. and il was expected he would be at Monterey on the 9,h; making fourteen days from Washington. These are probab- ly the despaiches mentioned Ia ihe Unio,I. ] containing orders to discontinue the aImistice 1