The Arkansas banner., 1847-04-28

,--.,;ng nf tho bombs and tne nre ln kn1
 .sl vhieh had accumulated. They. how
 'S." -, remained long enough tO discover that
 s," ,lsee was deserted by al but the dead,
 Is rrh;eh a eoodly number were lying on
 .s. aoor. The artillery, meantime, had been
 u1..;rg v. upon the building to the ief, and
 .n ,C,er we obtained possession of the
 'S.,ch 'SS i, was discovered that few. if any,
 S S"S.ns remained in 1t This building was
 ..Lsn 'iu bv the troops, and good shelter af-
 Coded At the same time humber .Of the
 "nsmy made sortie to gain the mountain.
 Gan, S, Vrain's company (mounted) which
 s.J hitherto done nothing, now charged
 ncou than. killing fity-two; the remnant,
 orioe to the la.eness of the day, escaped
 in,o the bushes, and, it was supposed, crawl
 od back tS the village. About 6, F. M., a
 ,.h;,e 6ae,was raised upon the house to the ,;sbL but had scarcely appeared before a do,en muAets were levelled at the bearer,
 and he and his flag were literally shot to .;se.a This was shameful act, but an excuse can be ofefed-the men were exas-
 De,a,ed by he death oG their comrades, and
 b,l no thought but that of revenge. The 6r;ng on our side was then ordered to cease, as the enemy had not fired a gun for twenty
 minutes At dark the men proposed to seek rspose after their hard days work guard of 100 mea was sent around the town. At dsy.ish. the following morning. . flag of ,rnee vas sent in to the colonel, which was accepted on condition that the survivors should conduct themselves peaceably, and also surrender the goods which they had stolen from the traders and others in the valley of Taos.
 The action should be reckoncd as among the most severe that has occurred in modern days. The buildings in which the enemy wae, are buiit of mud lone house over the o.ter;l score of them forming the base m,nt, and the wall of each being as least folr feet thick. Numerous loop holes were cts in these walls, from which a fire was kpt up on our exposed company, and would have proved most destructive had the marks nen been good. Had two hundred Ameri- cans possession of those buildings, ten times tleir number could not have disiodged them. Heavy artillery could do it--but nothing ,lse. It was said that at one time it was be- Ieiged by 2J00 Spaniards for ten days, and 1t snether by 5000 Camanche and Apache Indians for three months; in both eases the ,esisgers were obliged to withdraw, with the loss of two thirds of their number, and wiihou. doing any injury to the besieged.- But it did not prove invincible to the Ameri- san soldiers. In one day we gained posses sion of it.
 The loss of the enemy is supposed to have been 200. On the 6ih, Montoya, the leader of the Spanish rebels was hung in the. pres sace of the troops in this town. The com mand, with the exception of our company that is, all that is leh of i,,) and the baital- lon of infantry, under Capt. Angney, have gone to Santa Fe.
 We copy the following order of Gen. ,cost, issued after the capture of Vera Cruz, md also the Tariff of duties instituted by Gen. Worth.
 HEAD QUARTERS OF THE ARMY,
 Vera Cruz, March 30, l847.
 GENERAL ORDERs-No. 80.
 The capture of this we'll fortified city, the of Mexican commerce, with the castle of San Juan de Ullua, the enemy's principal fortress, with 5000 prisoners and IS many stand of arms, 400 pieces of ord nance and large quantity of ordnance stores, have added to the glory of the American ,rms acquired elsewhere in this war, and ,annot fail to contribute powerfully to an carly pcace--so much desired by the United States.
 These important achievements have estab- ishsd new base, and opened shorter and better line of operations upon the enemy's capital and centre of resources.
 The general-in-chief congratulates the lrmy he hes the honor personally to eom- nand upon this brilliant opening of new and tenders, on the part of the United States, immediate thanks to all the ;orps-regular ard volunteer, including a detachment of marines, under Capt. Edson- which formed the line of investment and prosecuted the seige to its happy conclusion. The troops have borne the heaviest labors, n camp and in trenches, without failure or murmur, amidst sand storms of distressing frequency and violence; skirmishes by day md night, and under the incessant fire of the .nemy's heavy batteries of the city and castle. The steadiness and cheerfulness of officers and men, under the circumstances, are worthy of all praise.
 The general-in-chief sincerely regrets that he cannot give the names of the hundred, or rather thousands, to whom particular thanks are due on this occasion. He can only emu merate the few who were isolated by rank of position, as well as by noble services. Of this class he is happy to name Breyet Brig. Gen. Worth (now brevet major general) and Brig. Gen. Twiggs, commanding the regular brigades; Maj. Gen. Patterson (second in command) and his three brigadier generals Pillow, Quitinan and Shields, of the vol- unieer division; Col. Harney, commander o. the regular cavalry; Col. Totten, chief of engineers; Col! Bankhead, chief of artillery and commander of the batteries, ably assis- ted, m succession, by other 6eid officers of artillery. Cant Hnma. ..4,n~ nh;of ..c ~.I