Arkansas intelligencer., 1847-03-27
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T,om He y. q. Com.. March ).
LATE AND IMPORTANT FROM NEW
MENICO.


vii DO seen tina, skIrmsh has i,sen pace for
tho fir, time since Gcnc-al Kearncy took posses.
son OF New NrA,ro. The news was received at
from Su.a Fo Jsng IS Il,o as the 7th OF Janu.
ay.
Iao ''onir- n.p.7rs 70 Lr tho most correc,
aor 4, .' a..o1.t Of T.. ar,'ai-. /! IS in the
=, ...,1 49,. .: .am Lou'. hc,bhon.
',. ai -".,saGni Li-l IrItisry-Camp
I... L.lr', HiO 'ir7@.,. Deem sr 90. 1871.
l'-N ..-I en- O.. y vr:c 70 You few
...-. lu..nL'l"..t Of brc.hIug up Camp.
'r i'.. ..tu:a: I.ay Nr,9aI overlook Col.
I'., o'> r.".a"rI l,nar C'pin. wiki 80
.. ID, 2'.y.rIty L.. ,or ~ pys1. auI Col
J... .I "a ~i5 'pwiag w:d.r0 men. Col. Dom.
ann uH. .t 100 w.u v. .ih han, the remainder
Of D.. r-. .; heju, sex, attending on sick,
"gI o .n I!.r'r-I tho c.Il.ry. From Fray
Cr'...' u' Dv:pramc"t mlrcloI with Col.
Da % >ra.a, wh. d, At tic !7guua of tho Jor.
10. 10 dI "a r!', nr"s r~oc,..I Us through an ex.
i"a.., a. by N&Ior til'run. tha, tao Ncxcans
" ...r"w"i 10 r., >: At II I'u>o. AMI had col.
."'. d r'a,l ..aJ,.' EuaI.cro troops. intending
TO g.'" o., bol,n. An c&p-o,, hal been sen, 10
: .'..s 'c for port CT the Artillery unor Major
l''... at ~ ."S .ld a2 ": rarc,cI Us from
.a"r", .o TIM! the co'nchmcat Of 30 men f.om tho
.n'.r ca.i auns Of our corps are a. tbst arc here
I.on3 Toe ,oNaI.on. 1t tie SoI.hcru end of the
JD.".D.l, ten miles nor.h Of Den Ana, the traders
had 'numIrd. Contradictory rumors of the
ID. ny ; nppru"ch r-aca,i us daily.
l';r,aE. lGur,!m9s day) when wo had Just
in camp here, with about 600 men. had
4a- ..d o4r animals. and mos, Of the men were
cn, o.. in rrrfyHg who'd oNI water. the news
VS. O.oa-a: Iu!u camp Of tho cnnmy' ) being 10
= LII auI advancing. 1t was olo4t two O'Clock,
r.. H., nrI the uay vs. yery 'a,qu!. Oar horses
Sr.'oE som" a.>:a"r' irun r1@Y At tie time, we
ilrueG .II-n I,an ard determined to meet the
enemy as infantry. Ih'jr attacking being evid.
entity L.s guei on the le, lank, near which wa,
our -on Iran our detachment was ordered from
The extreme ll-It .o tie .r.J, where We soon took
up oar p2,.uoa. U"e poce Of Artillery, 400
Rc-D.,r L0u.. IS aul Cag55y, AMI 100 Regular
Iu.uu,rl, h'-... ,0u" tive auuated IiIi!ia troops
from !. Ht~I cow" o,ni ih" cnrmy'S torco ac-
ror .n, 10 s.' ha-, !9.o-ma:ol cln obtain from
80. o.:>o' Prs'ar5s oui inm papers found omongs:
IT,. ~ =. "1 tie feel of battle. The enemy
ra"-" a. yea On IL" East within half miIe
o. "a an", mOuu!rIas, in their rear. In our
r"nr VS. ,"c river, wiki i.t'e JrushwoOd on its
basis.
pr.'jNnE 70 the encounter a Lcu:anan, from
Their raahs came forward, waving black flag in
his .Du.. but huIri when within 100 steps of our
I'e. iu9<. Ca.!w0,, oar Interpreter, rode out
10 H.rt ilm. Tie MESSENGER, with the black
f.. or T. iaacn. drH1n!,d that the Commander
.'uI cym' into tp.,r camp, aad speak to their
General. Iuc rrpy was. "if your General
" t.t, n see our Commander. let LiI come here"
I'VE shaj break your rants then and take him
tl~c, vas H." r,,ort If tao Mexican. "Come
aud take him. sud cur ialo-pr,tcr, unwittinsy
using the phrase OF the SParl.n at ThermopyIm.
~ curse On you, prepare for CHARGE cried
the NrXcon. We give no quarters, and ask
nour. and waving lis black lag gracefully over
his L"a.I, g1lioPeI back towards the enemy line.
IAelf c."rgc was maac by the dragons from
t.rlr right. erected upon our left flank, bringing
our u"tarameat mo the closes. fire. Their in-
hn.ry. with one howzer with them, at the same
time attacked our right flank.
Their charge was handsome one, but was
too well, TO cody, mot to break our line After
their fire had been spent. their front column be-
M at about 100 steps from the front of our flank,
our Iue poured a voey into them, which being
a few sues repeated, created such havoc in their
that their forces wheeled to the left, re-
trco"aI from our fire, and in their flight made
al "t.acE ol til" provision train. Here they met
" ia very warm reception, and were soon COM
peI,ud 10 ily IN a, directions and in tho utmost
con'u>lon. Their infantry having been put to
T. 4, t, the llo@arI company, under the command
Of l. o.. n. Wright, taking advantage of the
2njc, charged upon them and took their cannon
tium tdcm-thls was soon manned by the ar,iI-
berry detachment, under Lieut.. kribben, in Col.
Mc.r.'s escort. The enemy had by this time
E,I, leaving their arms, baggage, provisions and
other stores on the field Of battle.
Il smal. body of mounted men under the COM
manl of Capt. Reid, had by this time gathered
together in line and charged upon the enemy,
pursuing them into the mountains, where they
soo1hi r. fIgo.
Tia number of their dead, is said 10 be a, leas.
thirty, ..at Of their wounded was slight as far as
ascrr;oiued. Had We single piece of cannon
with us they would have lost more of their men,
but having no artillery on our side. we had to
act as Infantry unit! We 60, possession Of the
toMi.arr SO gai.auIiy captured by the Howard
company.
We lost not single man. and had but seven
slightly wounded-we took eight prisoners. six of
whom dIad last night. Thus ended the battle Of
&mrl.o, tie frs. battle of the army of the West,
anI as bra'eIy fought by our men as ever men
fought at any eng glgement.
We have every reason to believe that there is
more in store for US. c. H. kRIBBrN,