The Arkansas banner., 1847-07-19

he auspices of Com. MeCluncy. Its mili- iary appearance and general equipment could not have been surpassed by any infantry company of the army.
 The Artillery 6eid-piece commanded by Lt. Ganesvoor.. lst of the J. 4. was likewise superhly arranged for transportation and eff ! hciens service al moments warning. The other ield-pieces, commanded by LIS. Blunt, Rogers and others, were similarly provided for, and, without moments delay, the move ment commenced towards the city. where, we had been assured, the enemy was await ing our approach, with we'll organized force of 1500 men.
 And now in reality we encountered the tug of war, the road before Us was no road al all, bat merely mule path through tall rank grass, brnsh-wood, swamps and quag- fmiSrs innusner15le. vertical sun poured It's burning rays upon as, and the men har- messed to the guns performed the task of steadily dragging them forward, when oppo- sed by almost insurmouutable obstacles along Inc route h some parts of the road by which we marched, the carriages would sink m the mud nearly to the hubs of the wheels i-across one swamp the pioneers had con- sirucied temporary bridge of limbs of trees, but there was no bottom to support 1t, con- sequenily il sunk with the weight of the canaoa; and had Il not been that an unwea- rled spirit, ,ndouIitable courage and determi- nation acluaIed both officers and men, they must have fallen by ihe wayside with un- mitgated fatigue Com. Buchanan and others were complImensed by inc commander-in- chief for unsiriug efforts and great exertious in forwarding the Artillery. Several times we came within sight of the enemy, but he delivered his fire and then retreated ere we arrived within musket range. Once they made stand and opened fire upon us from the mouth of defe the position was so
 well chosen that thought we should csr- taInly have chance to engage them; balls from musSe,s and eseopets whistled over our ht ads some minutes while halimg for the
 Artillery to come into line, but when the or der was given to move forward. they stood their ground but for short time, and soon after were seen rapidly retreating.
 | 4 quarter of mile from the Fort. front ing the road by which we were advancing. they had constructed sem-cucuiar breast
 work, winch must have been carried by the bayonet and the main Fort was a scientifi- cally erected barrier, surrounded by deep ditch we'll calculated io protect them from any fire we could have brought to bear for a time sufficiently lcpg to have made gallan. tiyh,-and vel some hundreds of the brave j troops of 'rabasco had fled like sheep ere the action had fairly commenced, and we march, ed up 10 deserted Fort, the Pioners, under the command of u. Maynard, and the Ma rines, commanded by Capt. Edson, leading
 There we halted until the commander-in- chief, Com. Perry, and staff, passed in and look possession. pro forma.
 t Here we asccrtained why II Is that the Mexican soldiery cannot succeed m drawing a bead upon us more effectually than they generally do. picked up several escopeta cartridges, the ounce and a, half copper ball of which ragged. and there was powder enough in 1t. 10 charge howitzer, conse- quently the balts fly wide of the mark. They have no idea of graduating charge, but seem to think that m1eh powder is ali pode- reso on the battlefield. After remaining at ;he for, shor, time we fonued anew and marched into ihe city. took possession of the public square and qOartered our troops in the governors palace-tiie identical bdiidlag in which ihe puIssani Gen. Ampudia vented his bile upon the inanimaie he ad of the gallant but unfortunate Santmanat The city was deserted by the natives, and only few Span ish, French, and German residents remained. After holding quiet and undisputed sway over the city and it's pendencies-dismountin
 and bursting the guns, blowing up the forts and burning ihe birracks. during week, the { commander-in-chief has decided on leaving Com'r Van Buren as Governor. The bomb vessel Etna and Scourge. with sufficient force of seamen aud mariners, are to be pla- ! ced under his command. and if Gen. Bruno or any other Mexican hero should attempt to dislodge them, he will have to rise early
 for hard days work, and fight as American , chieftain has never fought before.
 , As 10 the number of killed and wounded, in taking this place. have no. kept the run
 of it-the medical officers aforementioned being with us, it were superluous for me to
 do so. Yours truly,
 MARINUs. . , P. S-The steamers had pretty hot en- gagement with the fort, which you will ga- ther from their own report
 The following extract from one of our most obliging and intelligent correspondents, shows the great importance of Com. Perry's opera tions al Tabasco:
 VERA CRuz, July 2, lSi7. If have understood the char acter Of Bruno and the people of that pro- vince alright, Com. Perry has achieved more difficult and importan, undertaking than they
 seem to think. The people Of the province
 of Tabasco since the frs, landing of Cortes
 have ever been esteemed the bravest and
 most obstinate of all the Mexican race, and Gen Bruno, who commands there, is consi- dered one of the bravest and most cunning partisan leaders of the dsy. Ever day since the first expedition of Cen. Perry against that place, with force iuadeouase to the al-