The Arkansas banner., 1847-08-30
Hvn tAs N. O. Dsitz. ReaA taa- latest from Vera Cruz

NtI-0l1l41K N~Na~@~%~r ..'S yesterday from Mexico She left Veia rs'. c... v, the 7lh. and Tsmpseo on the 10th. T. nave by her nothing later from the City .M~,,eo. nor from Gen. Seoss's quarters,
 .pasAl. Such news As was adoat al Vera r.., ,od Tampieo will be fonnd in oar cor ce~so,,,drvce below, and in the extracts which ...r .. sake from the Sun ol Auahuac, cf which -s have file to the Eth inst
 Csp,. Aud reports the steamship Mary x;.sslapd as having left TamPico ria the p,,sos for this port on the 6sh inst.
 The steamship Galveston, Capt. HasIIand, h.i ,1iyed at Tampico, and sailed for Vera Crv1 on the Sth lnsL
 The steamship Fanny, Capt Scott, arrived ., I',noico on the 7th inst, and Ras to leave 10, Vera Cruz on the 10th inst.
 The Sun, of the 4sh inst, contains the fol- louiag from Jalapa:
 The mall arrived yesterday from Jalapa. ", have received the BolefiR de las No tiess, and copy from Il the following items. Ths paper IS ultra Mexican. ln the number of he 27th July. we read:
 The train passed without halting at this ,I.ce, but Gen. Pierce siopped here with .boe; 300 men of hi. cavalry. He address d \ letter yesterday to the ayskafamieaio of s;s ely. which we give below. Several mvrsers have been committed as well by she Yankees as the Mexicans, and this has ex- ci,ed the American General very much.
 We learn that Gen. Pierce has just Jeff ihis place for Sedeno, about half league nom tAis place. where he will find the train.
 We do rot know whether the authorities have answered Gen. Pierce's letter. which reats thus:
 JALAPA, July 26, ISi7.
 Ts fAe esrpsratioa ef Jalrpa-A brigade of the American army, now encamped near galapa. are in wan, of provisions. 1, there fore. ask this Corporation of Jalapa to fur .ish, st reasonable price, all this brigade is "a need of will take the necessary steps ie protect those who will furnish those pro- visions II, a. , o'clock this evening, pre- e,sely, ihe provisions demanded are not for uaryied. all the members of the Corporation wal be sent to Perote as prisoners.
 F. PIERCE.
 w.K VAN BoSKLIx, Brigade c. M.
 The Bolettn, of the 30ih, contains the answer of the Corporation 10 Gen. Pierce's Dote. l. IS too long lor our paper of today h says that lte members of the corporation are surprised io receive such letter from Gen. Pierce; that The inhabitants have always furnished provisions to the Americans, N hen they needed them, without the interference oi the authorities of Jalapa.
 The same paper says that Mexican Ia trsIior. II says was encountered by party of goerrillas. and being suspicious, he was required to undergo an examination; but having offered resistance, he was Killed Three large packages, containing letters from the officers of the army. 10 their friends in the UEiied States, were found in his posses sion
 The letters. after having been read, were sent to the government al Mexico.
 Four American deser,ers arrived at Jalapa, on the 30th ul,-, three of whom were from Puehla. and one from Gen. Pierce's traiu.- They were to leave 1alapa for Coatepec.- The Botetia says that those from Puebla re- port that the assertion was very great from the ranks of the American army, and that g deseriers were advertised m one day at Puebla. The one from Gen. Pierce's train ls said t0 report that wagons full of sick fol- low him. We don't believe one word of ,hls
 The Sun, of the 5,h, has the following account of the guerrillas
 Yesterday morning. g.-sbout II o'clock, n sergeant of the l2th infantry, a portion of which is stationed al the encampmeut at Borgara, while on his way to town, was at- scked a mile and half this side of the camp and SithIn two miles of the city, by two rsncheros or guerriiIas, both mounted and armed one with a sword and the other with a lance. The sergeant had only a sword. and Perceivlng the two advancing towards han with rather a menaeiag appearance, he drew his weapon and prepared immediately 'o aet on the defensive. The two rascsis gaIloped down on him and made desperate efort Io kill him, but although he did not escape being wounded and that severely, he male gallant resistance, and according l, his own account. leit rather severe memenlos on lhe persons of those who calculated upon eeing hls captures. After several passes on both sades the guenilIas decamped and made tracks al once for The chaparral, and our hero, the sergeant gained the camp m safety. on his arrival there, being very much re- oaeed ih strength by loss of blood and pain ,aFs'ng from his wounds, he was placed in hosP,'Al aud all necessary attendance wa. afforded hun by Dr. Howard, the assistant surgeon Of the eneampmenl The moment me circumstance was made known, Col. wilson of the l2th regiment U s. Infantry, who IS about 10 proceed up with the train, oe'a'led party of the Georgia cavalry. now encAmped under command of Loyell, to P"ceea at once, SCOUT the neighboring sand nus, and gave them orders 10 lake aii whom u'eF migh' md lurking around, as prisoners, In order that the offenders above nigh, if possible be recognized. We did not hear last evening thai the party succeeded in ar- resting any. but WE d, trnx. .h., sa-..ll