The Arkansas banner., 1847-09-06
Froa tAs x. o. Pieaysas 2ad -s4gsst. ARRIVAL OF THE GIIVEST0N.

Gen, Meit'x MovemeRts---ESeape of Major
 Gaines and Passed Aidshipmaa RegeRS--ER.
 seunter of Train with the Gaesaillas--Ptril
 of the Train---Deaths of Adiaiant Guiot. 1 LisHt Hill and DF. Hammer.--Gen. Riefte'S f Arrival at Pnehla. kt.. ke.
 1 The Steamship Galveston, Capt. Haxiiand, aFri- ved on the 18th from Vera Cruz. having touched at Tampico. Bsaxcs and Galveston She ieit Vera Cruz | oa the l2th inst.
 l from Puebla sa the 18th oC August just one week
 later than we had before received. Our letters were | hroueht through from Paebla to Vera Cruz by courier despatched exclusively for this office The news is important.
 l Zen Scott was still at Puehla on the 9th inst. ha, the army was to take up the line ot march the nex, day for the city of Mexico Gen. fwiggss di- vision leaving on the 7th, Gen, Qnitmans on the i s,h, Gen Worsh's on the 9th. and Gen. Pillows on 1 tie 10th Col. Chiids remains in command al Fae- 1 bIa.
 | not on inc 2d inst as some of our contemporaries stated He lost ne, single m. on hts march, not withstanding .ano,hes severe battle with the guer 1 rillas."
 l The most agreeable news by this arrival IS the escape of Major Gaines and Passed Midshpnan Rog rs from the city ot Mexico, and their safe arri | val at Gen Seott's headquarters. They were ot course pot under parole al the time they eitMexleo The pagticaiars will be found n the letters below ] from Mr Kendall. His letters mention an affair i between Capt. Ruff. of the rides. with his com maud. and a Mexican guerrilla party, n winch the 1 latter was entirely routed. Mir K, also writes us of the death of Lieut. Hill, of the 2d Dragons, and l Dr. Hammer of the South Carolina Regiment We need not refer particularly 10 his letters which abound in interest.
 ] From Vera Cruz, too, the news iS important i The train which eft Vera Cruz the evening oi the 1 9th inst has been attacked about 24 miles rom 1 Vera Cruz: indeed attacks commenced shortly at ter leaving that city. The escort to that traia was under command ot Maj Laliy, Of ,he i2th Infantry, Col Wilson being down with yellow fever. We have confidence that the following is more correct report os the principal affair than that ot the Sun of l Anahuac Ii is from officer oi intelligence, and 1 is to the latest date.
 i CAMP AT BRIDGE, 24 miles from Vera Cruz, Aug II, 1877. { t;en,Iemcn-The cammand under Maj. Lally was met by the guerrllls yesterday Tn force at Paso l Oaeia one mile in the rear of thls camp, about F. l N. Attacks were made in front, in rear, and up- on the centre of the tram, and they were repulsed at all points and advanced to this encampmens. Our force was we'll distributed for the defence of
 the train the force iu the being nearly as long 1 as in front and a guard of two companies m the centre of the wagons and Ankers along side oi the 1 train throughout.
 But oar oss is severe two officers being severely wounded. Capt. James II Cslweii, ot the foltigu- CTS and Can't Arthur C. Cammins of the llth h. fantry tue iofmer native Ol Maryland. the latter of Virginia Ten m.n non commissioned officers and prigates are wounded. None were killed out right. One has died since. and some perhaps dan gerousIv wounded. Hopes yet entertained oi ] tue recovery of the two captains, II Se can send ! them to Vera Cruz. believe that the command 1 ing officer hss sent b Vera Cruz for detachment ! of horse 10 escort anbGiances to take back the wounded which nay accumulate by the hne we ] reach the National Bridge. We are loco strong with train of seventy wagons, ant the troops all raw and comparatively uninstrucied But think
 xe will make oar way through securely; perhaps ] fizha. our way for many days. We are about i2 miles from the National Bridge, and We move on few mics to-day.
 The San says eight men were killed oa our side, and that Capt loyclt's Georgia mounted mea kill ed 2 of the enemy a charge. Gov. Wilson itn- med,atcIy ordered mp re-lnforcemeais. Capt afr chids compaUy started al once to go up, and CaIJ Seeeltts of he Louisiana bat ilioa were also or Aereh up. X gentleman who came oyer on The Galveston saw the latter leaving the city Captain i Besancon's company was absent scout when the news reached Vera Cruz os the danger 10 the train. When he returned, he would be ordered up, and other forces weie be sent forward. The yer bal reports are that the Americans had thirty men i wounded in the skIrmish and as many horses killed IL is not to be concealed that serious fears felt for the safety of this trau. The Mexicans have msde extensive preparations to haTTass It and cat It of if possible. We informed that the number ] of Mai T,aily's command fails short of one thous- and men rather than exceeds that number. The l Msxicans are under the impression that the train takes up million of dollars in spscieso says The
 Boletia of Jaiapa ol :he sth inst, which has been received al Vera Craz. The Bolefin prays God that the uefrilas and national guard together may succeed in cutting oi the train. The National Brge IS the point where the decisive action IS ex- ! pected- There was q report in Vera Cruz that the geFFIlss had destroy ed part of the bridge and cree ted defensive works there. The latest number ot the Sun of Anahauc sets down the number of guer fr.ff fnNn a.t. hx fha han Nl n FIrh hpnfV they must not be eSpec; to desis from their atac KS ' so long chance remains for them.
 Two men belonging tn the irain Jagged behind on the second days march iton Vera Cruz, and were cut of by the Mexicans. One of them was horribly mutIlated, both legs being cut od below the knee. He died immediately The other 70 severely wounded that he died shortly after he was found by \ Capt. Besancons The wounded man just had tune lo give description of the murderers, three in number. and the course they had takeu-
 They p.eF4 pursued and ca.fsAt and al once an ex- ample made of them.
 ' Capt FairchL returned from scout on the 9th si0s'-, aiier having made circuit oi about thITty miles. At small towE called Paso de ToFo, he found scereted in loft some fifteen or twenty es- copeiGs and a. many sabers, which were destroy ed. suspicons induced him to exaEuIne soEHe trunks in the hoase m which he found several hundred of cartridges wrapped up in womans clothes There were but few inen about at The raHchos, but al almost every place they learned that the gnerTt
 ieros had gone up towads the National Bridge.
 A detachment from Capt. Besancon's company, thirty five in number Iett scoa on the 9th inst,
 under Lieut.. Waters. The Sun of the ilth inst, announces that private of Besaneon's company
 was killed the evening previous by the Mexieans.
 Eiis name is Francis Loring, Canadian by birth.
 We regret to read in the Sun, of the death of L.est Gaiot. Adjatant Of the Louisiana Battalion.
 He died on the 9,h Inst., after illness of only thee days, and buried with military honors the
 evening of the same day.
 Col Wilson, who was to have commanded the troops that accompanied the last trsn from Vera
 Ciux, IS eonvalescehi and considered entirely out of danger.
 The reports as ,o the health of Vera Cruz are
 more favorable In private practice there was ise fever but great deal of sickness iD the hos
 pials.
 The Spanish Minister resident in Mexico IS ex-
 pected in Vera Cruz about the 25th inst, on his
 to sttars fro4u Vera Greg he vvtli