The Arkansas banner., 1847-03-31


 The TanySes seAssBa scr..nsgasiee dss ssai,siailen ssT ahe aesgmarh af HausA Ann ~aih lssss Arsicle.--The eaaors were rai so vel mEyF,ped in ssr=ssa sa s===.. =4 Ea=..s Fssn ss sRs are hern. huz 1hey deupe he simple eT asssi- news From the Mrxscnns We tls. reFarp, ss@e she -alate eE ahs senliaelss artIrIe.
 Fsom tks 7smpaus SsnGsmss Ezssu. Mar1A ii. Our cry was sh1ewn snao great uaaae sf sxcitssassli sssiraasy- ty alae rerniM ef News rum San Lul- Poaosl, giving the pAnicniafa uf haeody engagemeHa hetween the AsBsEs- can foecss andrr Gca. 7ssvlnr nnd ihose uf the Mexicans under Grn. Snasa Aaus. ss paiut called Bnrna Yarm- As these Aetalis are frusn Mrxsraa iunrsul. wr aF course have 10 receive ths@ ns spch. and give them just as much creAepce as each indsyidnal may suppose them 10 N worth, making pEopeE AlloRance Yer the known disposasaon of ihls people se exAggegaae everything: from the nGhle conhtct od two courageous armsee ;n the alIufemeaIs of the rockpIt. When tue canlenas oi the said paper werr pramnl- gated 6rst. there EAs sssrk horreE caulmls- glea wiIh the recital. tisat oae would have supposed fiIat Alexander the Great was again at the head nr he Nnecdoniaas, carrying triumph and deraslatsoh wherever his army appeared and there was such an ar of gran deur thrown Aaousd the strntegcms of the dignf6ed and cepqsenng Mexican chiefsain. that we were earned hack 10 the golden days cf Roman warriors
 1 From all we were able io EaEher in she exrIied staie nf pnbiir mInd. which having listie io work upon was snrenting and con fiicting with itself ln eSery possible way. the accaunts pabIished n our paper of the 6th inst. are parfly eoufii med In thai numbrr re gave the subs,ance Of despstrh from Sann Anna, declaring his intention is give Gen. Taylor hattse on 4he 2lss, ulf. Gen. Taylor ssas then represensed as heIng ai a place called Agua Naeva. New Water, for iifyInE hiiHself--we are new inclined 10 ttTruk 1hts wss inteAaed hz. sese eenEraa as a rnse ta decov Santa Anna into 2 regular standing engagement knowing thai the poiat he had selected was one that SaBiz Auna mus. pass. being the enlg good water withlu a great plumber os EnIles. u hIrh woasd he sufficient to supply the wants ct 90 large B force as Santa Anna had then under his com mand.
 And as we have drawn this mach Grom the probabilities attending this bloody en- counter. we wIh further suppose. Il prob able that on arriving here the Mexican army, which had been fully prepared for The strife bv s,arvAlipn and thirst called all their energies inio requisIslon. and hence the slaughter reported 10 have taken place on both sides--the oue q struggle Ior food and driek; on file other, nalural display of con- rage Sna mIliiary enthusiasm
 Tire enemy, communicating our army shoul four te one and standing. as Ii were. upssn his own ground possessing superior advantages ia the way of interesting fFSen7's ,n all aaris of The country, together wilh correcI knowledge oT its geological and geo. graphical character, aad maav other farts calculated ta iavor hInB. IS reduced to the necessity of 5nveusiag subtefages to account for aa unpardonable want of surcess, anonn- ung. in a word, te defeat This is haniia- .ing. lndecd. Tseaty-Iwo thousand men against four or five thousand, with all the attending favorable circumstances. and vel tisai ti.e larger force should acknowledge the necessity Of falling back after less than two days hallie, IS almost incredible We would be Iaeiined to Ihink tse de<paiefres of Santa Anna g forgery; as far as lhts acknowledge nieni goes. did H'e moi find II in me of the prints under Ihe patronage of his Govern uepl