The Arkansas banner., 1847-11-15
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-"N '"V""k Fe'9 "te''suhy tettcts frax, o,,r PC Pular correspondent will command s.ns,,l :, ten'ion and reward eareful perusal. They ,,.- markedly spirited, graphic and interest,ng T, aareap in fashionable life, the COW hi,,irs e q, Mexican editor. the sermon of the Rev. NJ unr. ty, inc charming aneedote of the meeting ef NJ Sommsr aud Major Hunter, the iormanoe or , Aztec Club and various other subjects are rrIat.s these letters with great vigor and dpiquancv.-D.s.
 cSs:y ef Mezieo, Oct & lsr
 Els. Detta.--T day or tomorrow ,raio ,s1 escort leaves here for Vera Cruz It Is pnds, g. command of Cot Harnry, and will be escorfe, a details Of ihe different branches of the seryiess ven eompanles Of Infantry under Col lohnSon s conpaHies oi Drsg00ss under Capt Harder and battery of Artillery (the re-eaptared Bpena V,.' guns under LisOt Lowell. IL will be areompani.. by Gen. Quiiman and uen SldeIds who are on ,h,. road to the United States as also Col. Harnev D Lawson and Dr. harney, and the following ls, 4 officers who were wounded in the battles in ,be x, ley of Mexico and are disabled for selyies Ia IL heid:
 We are unsbis to insert the names of these .,, laat men. bat find among them those of Co.'s t;,, land. Morgan, Burnett, Andrews and Watson. ,r3 about fifty inferior oficersl
 Here is ast of men who, since the war esn menced, passed through your city in the stten,,h Of health with blight hopes, anticipating for thsm selves inc honors 10 be won ia warning for ,h., countiy's cause. They came here 10 defend th, n, tions honor and 10 bear ther breasts To the stor a battle to secure the nations Fghts--,he ouesiios v not to be asked how did they conduct ,hemselye,s the trying times l1st passed-iheir loss ef limbs ,s the tracks oi the enemy halls vet fresh thnaaghbr, bodies. is evidence ot where they were when "A. .fu al. sf. l.
 returning to their homes because they are uhs, or service in the 6eG-they will plant their feel ason the shores of LoGi4ana about the 18th of Novepbs, literally band ol crippes, they are war. worn ana batt battered veterans fir sh from the blood srrne and hard-fough battie-fields in the valley of Nr, co--some of them passed safely through the differ crt actions until they el In the diiehes at the s,s, of the city. How will New Orleans appreciate their noble and patriotic conduct Let them be received as becomes the Emporium of the south" and Inc character of its people let them b. honored as their conduct here deserves. and let New Orleans manifest tiat degree o magnanimity which has ever characterized her--ueet them with firm grips of thc hands and warm embraces--ligt ID the city R halo Of glory, and let the deeptoned notes o vour artillery echo from the old Cathedral and reyerhera along the bsaks of the MiSsissipp-pav to them that tribute which is due to the bravet of the hrsye and tho sous of our country who have wovenaround our flag fresa and nevcr-fa1ing laurcs at which wc can ail point with exul,ug pride.
 The return of Geul. Qui'man for the purpose of joining his proper Division ia the column of Gener. al Taylor, required a new appointment to the ofbce of Civil and Military Governor of the City of Mex ico. The high bener has been conferred on UsRl F. F. Smith, whe, iram his high judicial auafea. tons well his military abilities, IS one of Ae most fitting persons that could have been selected ie discharge the important duties. Gen. Quitmau has filled tue office he has just left with honor 10 ths American arms and credit to himself. The gallant old Soutlron will soon be among you--reeoieet hs services the hard-fought fields of Monterey n. collect how he led his command in the valley oi Mcxicorecoll ct that he the first soldier 10 hus the American ealors with his own hands the brca tworks at the gates of thc city ef Mexico ins reeollect that he. with Gen. Smith, the hTa officer of the American army to enter the Gram Plaza of the city of the Azt es.
 In addition to the officers going home under oT- derS, the following persons will accompany the ae tlchment Many of them have ''secn the eIephanl' in sll it's phazes and different dresses--they hnt suffered severe confinement in the Mexican dut- gcons. and have participated in the achievements before the capital May they meet with warn reception from their friends in the white settle ments'' From kentues ', Major John P Gaiaa, Capt. C. NJ. Clay. Capt. Wm. J. Headv Capt tiea F. Smith. 4. .. NJ, Lieuts. Wm. r. Barbour, ' C.. Churchill, George K. Davidson appointed to the llth. From Arkansas, Malor SOlon Dor and Capt Columbus C. Danley, wounded at GaEiia Belen.- Of the Navy, It. R. C. Rogers.