The Arkansas banner., 1847-02-17

Ws eoaY lFum lhs DaIla an sxtfsrt fsons \ AIssmr, by vhieh \ vii NJ srsn shss Chas- Icy Msy has hsd sssshss bfush wisk sks enemy. The lsstaF | dssed yiesosis, Jsa- aaFy AsAs
 Between sevda aud eight o'clock, ?. M, Ispt May got la wl1h Ais draa6ona ae reports the loss of eleven men sad sAsm 4 hotses, and seven pack mnless As iAr as eaa gatstr the pariiculars, and they come From Captain Mar. shey are these; hesw6sn Monte Morales aud Linaras Eapaain Nav 'escefsxinsa shAt there waa | pes iss ( rosfa q ne mpaBsaans, aud deiegaiued to esker- suan sle nature of IL His cosnlmaad eosssis. isss of two conpanies oe ,lraeo0ns --Seme seventy or eighty men. OA apgwoschinr she loot os the naouatatn, every ppecansions wss used 70 g0ard aRsinsI surprise. A F.eAtnn- ant with twelve lneai ansed as sAe rnas,suns1 anu gaasd ef the paek Of mules of tho rom- salaads who rcrnal0ed soape few hundred yards l,s tho reaE, and in this way tliey pro- gtensed slowly and carefully, until they tutna ont the pass, which was se naftow tlsat A was wstls lsach ,liliiralty \ siaaia horse could 50 throngh t. But Nav was determined to traverse it, and malsr what discoveries ha could ea tha other sssge = nlsmoanilng hinesrh aud meM, he lrsl htx horse aud the way, aud after experiencing much difficulty ia getting rom rock 4a rork. the cosntnand ultimately sueceetled in gettinr 1 tllfOugli On the riglis hand s9.!e of this pass iheFe is \ perpeAdicnlar ciStf af some six hundred teci. or so high, aa sutne of tie men say, 'thai man up ihere looked Ike Ia ltttle boy.'' On the leil hand, about 10 or II feet uf Ipsspentlicmlar. there was gradual slop .o theio on which an enemy could run down, iife piece and then return. l. is reprssss.-
 ted as heing ihe most dangerous pass to a daring that is known. aud ene whasp
 T few determined men could stop the ad- \ vance sa thonsanels. After going as iar on
 tue otiief side us was thraghi necessary, they turned ta come back, and tie mais body re-t
 traced 4leig steps with the sagna eantiun
 observed u elisesing the Ersl passawe. But
 the rear guard we're fsas se lucky in getting l through this time, for 1t appears after she
 Lieutenant anti Sergeant got through. a large
 body of men. whe stationed taraVselses on
 the perpendicular side, sAowered down
 stones from lIic top 90 iasi and xo heavy.
 thai their advance was completely cut oil; and there tIiev were either killed, taken I prisoners. nF fnsne their escape to tle other
 side, l. seems that Capiaia May was not taken by surprise. for he was continually urging vigilance, and Jeff his best hsssler iti
 lae rear |, sound ihe alarm in case af ar-
 c,den;, as though he anticipated an attack --. ] A rumhlng soand m inc pass caused him to
 halt for the rear guard, hus they not coming
 up when he thought t was time fnr them s0 I reach him. lie wbeeied about and went in Inc
 direction of tho pass agaitl s:s tull speed He
 shortly met the Lieutenant and Sergeant, an, immediately tlenauletl of the former, sWherss your men!p The answer of the Lieutenant
 was. ..close al hand,n at the same sinse luf,s- ing his heal around IS with the expectation
 of seeing them just behind him. Bnt there
 were none shere save ihe Sergeant, and sIe
 truth immediately flashed upon the eon-
 mander that something was wrong with
 them. As quick as thought, and tl,e nature of the path would permit, they dashed of
 for the pass, and when they reached Il found
 that large number of stones had been
 thrown down. and discovered traces of blood
 along tho defc They followed up as fast as possible, but it was of no aya:s: they
 could make np further discoserirs, nor learn anything of the late of their companions, and
 they sorrowfully reiruced their steps, and
 arrived here as above noticed