The Arkansas banner., 1847-03-31
MEXICAN CORRESPONDENCE.
sIrercuzms sx = \. VI
CAmARso. Nexieo. February Alh, leST.

thn Aoqr uf the EuTt-m ene Ethe buidinEp waa e. ] namfusssa--apm wAirA lihssw myseH down. ard wss sosa aslssp. arssmiag sf osAes ed brishsss ] ssyss than hnd spss4sea is uen Antsasss klsCAsa. q msfla aiasr midaigAf ws ssss sll aFaussA ey tAs nsiss sf frng ia fhe dirsstisa sf sAe esnssd. anA haA juss grssped ca asms. and wsse ssFmiag she nsn. when fhs A1axiean ssnaEiss eans ssasisg brsmshis@ fsem lhs Aeid. esying ouf. Csmasehssi canaseAss,l Thsy saastA shat shsy wase aalssP. whsn thsy heard ssae eas dsiviag eG tAe ualss. thry Foss a=A wcss fssd aa sy lsnr meas tbsy frsa in ssssza and thsa Eaa e Get ss thsir lsg esaiA cary SAsm 6og the fsst. A Ssw men were mamntsa and sent to asesrain a strength and direetisa ta- ksa sy the party that hsd ran oG the mules. wae returned in Iittis time. ropoFting seoat sae-half tha nalss Ross, anA that t wss too dark b eilew ths trail. It was vsry paaia that all this wss iAs work of Ramirss. but what coald hays bssn ths nstiss gas not so sssy to discover. we. howsves. laid by car arms til daylight. whsn pasty q as msa were despatched b endeavcr b reeoxeF the males, while the ssst sst to wark eonstTue:iag bsniesae ef the paekr. sxpsetiug aa attack. TAe fprenooa tAas wore away; about one o'clock. eaa of tho Mexieans seat to haat ths males. returned Gor reiafoseement; thsy bad ovsrtaksa the rob bsrs a, their ranchs oa the Re Colorado. and oaaA them to bs two handaeA sircss- About twsa'y nssa were sif to desend the packs ia eass q an attack
 snA the rest were ssoa in the saddle sad PasAngss fass ss the short Iegged Poniss could bear iAe@ througA q thick ehspParal b the Fesesfs rsssss-~ We arrived there about saa down. passing through their camp of the prsvoas night and sossd car mule hanters hivouaeking apon the figs and Peeetes they had Eoaad aseaT she taiEgins' fhey had reAehed the rssehs jast the resx gaard of the enemy les it and made Eve prisoners. among whom we rsceg- mixed two that hsd been quite efzsioas asost us at Manteca Two of the prisoners were at work mak-
 ing tortiilas for party and all were quite baneh- cd with fear of being hanged in the morning. Twe stone houses and a few miserable jaeais completed the establishment: in one were found several swords. pistols, and escopetas. with ali sorts oi horse equipments. and the absence Of wouens gear. with many other signs. gave abundant evil denee tha. i. had been used merely as rendezvous Ios the robber band We stretched some hides up- on the floor and rolled in our blankets, till dawn again called us into the saddle. The prisoners were tied neck and neck and sent back ts fort, under the charge of two of our own Mexieans, who were in part owners oT the mules aud quite delight
 ed with an opportunity to avenge themselves upon the robbers, by setting Ire to the matched rocfs of the buildings, while party filed of in the other direction. after admiriag fer while the grandeur of the burning of the ranehs and the scenery around. I, was small opening in the ehapparal, at the teot Of an abrupt hill our little force drawn up in silence at the edge of the wood, Mexicans were slowly driving of ths,r prisoners upon the right. and the stiffness of the morning was oaiy broken by the hoArse rumbling of the Rie Colorado. as ii rolled its Hmpid waters over its rocky bed, and the roaring of tie devoaring element that rolled in huge columns of dense smoke from the burning ranche CT added its lard glare to the dawning light of day
 It was truly grand sight and one of the 6rst eyi
 denees that have seen of the horrors of war. AL though those wAs= we were pursuing. eouidsearce- iv be Identified with the Mexican nation ss with the exception of their favorte haun;s. they are gener
 ally denoaneed by their people as williams and ladrones. Our march this morning reminded me Of the history oi early border life in the States. ard the pursuit Of some of those hardy sons of the west af
 ter Indian foes. We pushed on following the trail of the stolen mules until we arrived at Los Tahios- large rsRehe in league with the gang-and found it deserted but by one man ard woman. The man we de,ermiaed to take with us. and having DO time to eelay, we mounted him behind one of the advance and soon found his horse and saddle. both ingenoasly seereted in different places in the chap
 paral. and having crossed the Capperdaro river. a bsaseh of the San Jaan proceeded cautiously aisng the trail. momentariiy expecting kre from the thiekets bordering the path. Ia the afternoon ws came in sight Of stone ranche on the top of high ht, and the advance urging their jaded horses into un-ses of al the top of their speed to secure if possible the inmates. and giean some iniormstion of the robbers; this found vacated. all the valua
 bles having evidently been removed in haste-it was on the hank of the San JuAn-and affss resting l . shsst tins, gre set aat for China quite large town about three miles upon the other aide of the river, where it was known that many Of the fam ilies of the gang resided. On arrival there the eniy eouveuiens snd safe pisce for our horses was the yard of the Padre. which after much respectful negociatioa. was granted for that nee. We soon sseeraiaed that the cause of the apparent ii wi oi the Padre, was hs eoanestioa with the shis Of the very gaay we ware chasing. sc that we made assth- CT reqaisitiOa upon him for a room in his house. which. after repeated entreaties the part of the Alcaide and the one who acted as interpreter and ssndry threats the part of our Colcael. was Ike
 wise with very ill grace accorded. Here we found that caEabejal and the two Algesettis ehisis sf the gang-Aad dined wiiA the Padre. and lslt town jast psesieus to sG spPsoaeA-aad that in all probability the stolen mules he'd sseady been divided aad disposed of on this seceaat we dsisr- mined to end our chase here, and gave shs Alealds until the next evening to furnish nambef of maies sqaivsleat te that tat had been stolen. Having finished these arraagemeuts our next object wss to
 look oat fos some ef the creature eomfoes % sead-
 ag for the Aieslde, who had presessed hinseif d. together at oar service we furnished him with the plata. and requested hin to have provided for during oar stay-soon afterwards, cane two Mexi- !.