The Arkansas banner., 1847-09-20
me Baltle of Monterey.

4 Western yolansees, recently returned from Mezico, gHse the following graphic account of the battle of Monterey to . crowd of eager Iisseners:
 aThunder!' said be. s.yoa may talk about yonr yearthquakss and sch; bat can tell yua what. boys, one feai gsneWins serinssnaxp, Ike we hal Ii Monterey k worth all the Fourth of Julys thaf was ever nscked Into one. Thar amt nothing in crea- iioR Ike t Ceiiin tite en hsandy s.nazlera makes man feel pretty considerable elevated fern while
 -its very inspirin for man of lively imaainafIon --bat if you want to feet taller than ahet-tower, digger than elefant and stronger than n iaekase-- M you want to feel like you could pull up | trce hv the roots, and sweep al cFeatlon into Kingdom cum with the hFsslsy asae--f yea van, ts see further, hear better, and hoiier louder, jump higher and step further and quicker than yon ever di in yoar llfsall you've got te do N jet to take hand Ath old Zach al them lnfernai Msxioans and be srd.rsd uy te the pints of their lanees and hayone,z llke we was nj Monterey"
 ! "Did you feel skeer'd Bob 7''
 sFskesr'd. the thaudafp' snys he, "I ahln,t have 4 10 lime to feel skeegid. To ke sure, fsi, lstle skisslsh when seed we wes gwiae io have It, sure snnE PeFhnps did feel iitlle week ia tho ilnts when seed the officers nnbuttonin their shirt col. lars and the men throwin away their canaeans and hasessacks. .s they was Harchin rite strait up te them ar works, whar the greasers watin for us, every devil with his gun pinicd and hs finger on the trigger; khew'd they was gwtne to let hAya it, 1 and felt monstrotas uneasy tii 1t cum. Rat when I It didn't eum-when I heerd the balls whistle round my bed, and seed the dust fly from the pave ment wi'ar they struck-when the whole street was | In hIa2e of fire, and the men was dFuppiu round me like nine-pins after a ten strike-when tho roarin of the eannons, the rattlin of the muskets the spcliin of the horses and the shouts and gfoas of the men was all mixed ap, couldn't tell one l from fother; never thought of nolhin but Rettin nj the casses what was hid behind the walls and rubbish, in the houses, the roof, and in tho ce- 1 lars, giyin us perficlar noxz"
 "You didn't feel 'fraid none theni' ax'd little felar, what hadn't shat his mouth or tuck his eyes off the speaker for ten miniis.
 s'Fraid, the mischief! How could f--Was not old Zack thar, on his milk hess, prancin' around
 niong the piatt0ons and colaIHss, EiviE' his esaeg like nuthia' was the matier7 An. boys game like his is ketchn just like the measles, and one look from old Zack, when he's got his dander up, would make woman fight like wild cat. He's the man to fight volunteers. Thar's need of a standin' army when he's in command, for he'd make the greenest volunteers that ever shouldercd muskt stand agn the whole Mexican nation, led on by all l the ginerals they muster The boys know he don't never surrender, and they don't think that of sich think themselves
 Wasn't you monstrous glad when yer tim@was 1 out Bob--so you could come home i''
 "Not by no means I wasn't. I'd staid Il yet If l 1t hadn't been for old Scott.''
 s'Why don't you like Scott"
 "To be sure do-hes u fust rate old feller, and knows how to lick the Mexicans too. But didn't suit him."
 | "How was thatl'
 "Why, you see the gincral's got pretty well into the hart of the country now-rite in among the wimn,iD, and he says he don't want to enlist any more good loOkin men.-He says he ain't afraid of all the Mexicans that bear arms, because he knows his men won't surrender 0 them, but he says he don't like to risk 'cm to the "ARMs' of the Mexican gals, who never falls 10 lay seigo to the heart of every good lookln' volunteer they caa git their eyes on. And, boys, Mexican bullets and
 ances is hard things to dodge, but look out for the black eyes of them senoVpcsas the call 'ens-you mout well try to bid defiance to a streak of lightnin if you happen 10 be good lOokin' enuf to draw thar attention.'
 l ''So. then, it was your good looks prevented you 1 from stayin' in Mexicol'
 | "T0 be It was. They wouldn't give no bounty to good ookin' men, so cum home.''