The Arkansas banner., 1847-04-21
Meeting af Fayetteville.

Meeting at Fayetteville! In consequence of the intelligence receiv- Fed, of the late hattie between the American forces under Gen. Taylor. and Mexican forces under Gen. Santa Anna, large and respectable number of the citizens of Wash zington county assembled atlhe Court House, 2 in Fayetteville, on Monday the 9th day of q April, when on motion of Df. '. j. Pollard, \ Mai. F.. D. Dickson was called to the Chair, ! and upon motion of Isaac Murphy Esq,
 James II. Stirman was appointed Secretary.
 Tine Chairman called upon the Hon. w. s. Oldham to explain the objects of the meet ling, who responded in the following re- marks.
 Mir. Chairman; The thrilling tidings have Preached US, that the hostile armies of the United States and Mexico, have again met upon the field of deadly conflict. On the R22d and 23d days of Feh., battle was fought between l5,000 Mexicans, comman-
 ded by Santa Ann, and 5000 Americans, scommanded by Gen. Taylor. when victory again perched upon the ''star sprangled Ban E her" The triumph of Buena Vista, cost our nation seven hundred of her citizen soi- diers, slain or wounded. But they fell not, < eunavenged; four thousand dead or wounded I Mexicans were left upon the field, over which the ''stars and stripes'' continue
 triumphan,ly to wave.
 If the information which we have received,
 IS true, the annals of modern warfare do not
 furnish a parallel, to the battle of Buena
 Vista. Our troops were attacked upon Mexi-
 can soil, by Mexicans out-numbering them
 ,k r.. slS hs~t,o
 pitch of enthusiasm, under their favorite. f e Santa Anna. After two days of hard 8hgh.Ing, oahih 3aHra arui- his hosts wera Z compelled ,o retire, shattered, discomfted, Sdefeated leaving dead and wounded upon the I fed of battle, number nearly equal to the 5whole of the American forces.
 3 This event has proven that the blood of s'76 and of 1872, still flows in the veins ' of American fieemen, and that a citizen sol- adiery is the best standing arrny for free Zcountry.
 ssThe battle has been fought and the vic story won," but while the shout of triumph s and national exultation, echoes from one ex- tremity of the nation to the other, many a heart is filled with grief, many hearth made zdesolate, many community rendered dis gconsolate, for fallen sons, relatives and Friends. The names ot but few of those who kfell have reached us, but we have learned < that our village has contributed one of her most eminent citizens to purchase the vic- Story; that our fellow townsman, neighbor Eand friend Gov. Yell, sleeps in death upon
 the field of battle, and with him Hardin, a Clay, as we'll as many others; jewels more zprecious than those of the Spartan mother. While our bosoms expand with patriotic eloy for this brilliant triumph, achieved by / Jour arms, in which the Arkansas volunteers participated, and no doubt, most gallantly-- Eanguish expresses the heart, because of the svacuum made amongst us. i greatly fear sthat npnn receiving full information we shall be called upon io mourn the loss of many Soiers of our volunteer citizens. The name l of Gov. Yell has alone reached us as being among the fallen.
 His memory requires no eulogium at my hands on this occasion. We all knew him; knew his social virtues; his worth as pri- vate citizen, his fidelity and integrity as a spublic servant. The last twelve years of his | life, are twelve years of the history of Arkan- Isas. Within that period he has presided in
  government, represented her in the counsels of the nation, filled her executive chair, aud led her citizen soldiers to battle against the enemies of our country.
 That same spirit of patriotic chiyalry, that
 led him when a mere boy, to serve as a yol- unteer under Gen'l. Jackson, and to par,ici- pate in the battle of New orleans, to serve also in the Seminole campaign of 1877 and ] s'lS, induced him to surrender his seat in the halls of Congress, and join with the volun- teers of Arkansas, and partake with them, the 'privaions, hardships and dangers of cam paign in Mexico.
 Mir. Chairman; IL IS difficult to realize tho |idea, that Gov. YELL is no more---thal he shall never again mingle with US in the| walks of social lile--,hat we sl,slI neyer again be eheered by his presence But alas \ |it Is SO. We shall see him no more Iiisl body lies buried upon the field of his glory ,| his spirit has winged it's flight to anoiher stale of existence. And so toe, the gallant Hardin of lllinoisl He was native son of old Kentucky. He| possessed high order of taienis and elo-| Iquence, and had represented his adopted State in Congress With .irne Kentucky Ichiyalry, upon the first cali he enrolled .himselfa volunteer, and was elected to thel |comuaand of one of the Illinois regiments He loo, become brilliant object for thcI fatal shah on the day of battle. The youthful aud gallaa. Clay has also| fallen. He was the son of Henry Ciay--a| |name familiar as household words to everyI 'child in the land. Who can read the elo-| 'quent appeals of Henry Clay on the floor oil