The Arkansas banner., 1847-03-03

oAScftS reserve thcH sue ofinS anu prlFa4e baggage; and ths troops be allowed to retire under thsir officers withoNt parole, reason able time bsing allowed to withdraw the forces
 ". The immediate delivery of the main work new eeeuPicd, to ihea aspy of he uni- ted States
 ] V. To avoid collisions, snd Tor mutual convenience, that the troops of the United States shall not occupy the Town until the Mexican forces have been withdrawn, except for hospital purposes, ssorehouses, Sc 1 VI. That the commanding general of the United States agrees not to advance beyond inc line specified in the second section be- 1 fore the expiration of eight weeks, or nnsiI the respective governments can be heard from.s
 | The terms of the demand were refused by the Mexican commissioners, who drew up a counter proposition. of which only recol- iect that II contained permission to the Slexean forces to retire with their anms.--- This vas urged as a matter of soIdiery pride, and as an ordinary courtesy. We had reach ed the limit Of our instructions, and the com- mission rose to report the disagreement Upon returning to the reception room, sf- ter the fact that had been announced that the commissioners could not agree upon terms, Gen. Ampudia entered a, length upon the question, treating the point of disagreement as one wh 'ch involved the honor of his coun- try, spoke of hts desire for a settlemeB, wiih- out further bloodshed. and said he did not care about the pieces of artillery which he had at the place Gen. Taylor responded 10 the wish to avoid unnecessary bIoodshed.--- It was agreed the commission should re-as- semble, and were instructed to concede the small arms; aud supposed there would be m question about the artillery. The Mexi- can commissioners now urged that, as all other arms had been recognized, II woold be discredilable to the artillery if required to march out without anything to represent their arm, and stated, in answer to an inquiry, that they had a battery of light artillery, naneu- vered and equipped as such. The conmis- sion again rose, and reported the disagree men. on the point Of artillery.
 Gen. Taylor hearing that more was de- mantled than the middle ground, upon which, in spirit of generosity. he hado agreed to place the capitulation. announced the con ference al an end; and rose n manner which showed his determination 10 talk no more. As he crossed the room to leave it, one of the Mexican commissioners addressed him., and some conversation, which l did not hear, ensued. Gen. Worth asked permission of Gen. Taylor, and addressed remarks to Gen. Ampudia. the spirit of which vas that which he manifested throughout the negotiation, viz: generosity and lenieney, and desire to spare the further eifnsion of blood. The commission reassembled, and the points of exploitation were agreed upon. After short recess we again repaired to he room in which we had parted from the Mexican commis- sloners; they were tardy in joining us, and slow Tn executing the instrument of capiiu- latiou. The 7th, Sh, and 9lh articles were added during this session. At late hour the English original was handed ,o General Taylor for his examination; the Spanish ori- gina having been sent to Gen. Ampudia.- Gen. Taylor signed and delivered to me the instrument as it was submitted to him, and returned 10 receive the Spanish copy with the signature of Gen. Ampadia, and send that having Gen. Taylor's signature, that each general might countersign the original to be retained by the other Gen. Ampudia did not sign the instrument as was expected, but came himself to meet the commissioners He raised many points which had been set- tled, and evinced disposition to make the Spanish differ in essential points from the English instrument Gen. Worth was absent. Finally he Was required 10 sign the instru- ment prepared for his commissioners, and the English original was left with him that night that he migh, have ii translated, (which he promised 10 do that night and have ready the next morning SpanIsh duplicate oi tie English instrument left with hisi. By this means the two instruments would be made to correspond, and he bs compelled 10 admit hts knowledge of the contents of the Eng lish original before he signed it.
 The next morning the commission again 'met; again the attempt was made. as had been often done before by solicitation, to gain some gtant in addition to the compact Thus we had. al theIr request, ado red the word eapttufation ID lieu of surrender; they now wished to substitute stipulation fos ca- pstnEatioH. Il finally became necessary 10 make peremPsory demand for the l,nme,Ii- ate signing oi the English instrument by Gen. Ampuda, and ihe literal translation (now pertecled) by the commissioners aud their general. The Spanish instrument first signed by Gen. Ampudia was destroyed in presence of hts Commissioners; the ,ransla- ton oi our own iniruinent was counlersign- ed by Gen. Taylor. and delivered The agreement was complete, and it only remain ed to execute the terms
 Much has been said about the couslrue- ton of article 7, of the exploitation, copy of which is hereto appended Whatever am biguity there may be in the language used, there was perfect understanding by the commissioners upon both sides, as to the in- tent of the parties. The distinction we made between the light artillery equipped and ma neuveFed as sueh. deslgned for and t,Sed in