The Arkansas banner., 1847-08-16
Letter Grena Vera cruIi

We are permitted, says tae N. O. Pieayt une, Ia make an exsract from letter of h l lates, date from Vera Cruz, written by get tlesnan who certainly possesses more iha E ordinary facilities for getting at autheae news. l. shnws how meagre are the maA rials of the Vera Cruz editors for formixs opinions of the course of events above Ts letter IS dated
 vEaA CRuz, July g. is47.
 Gen. Pierce. with hts brigade, IS fairly al last. wilh, am .old, some 3010 mea- pretty good Eorce, 5ul not enough, howeVs, 10 lrigllen of the guerrillas, who comrnsH eed firing on them by inc tune they wsr7 xeiI out ol sight Of lhe city. This place very quiet now; sii fear oi an attack seer to have died off Pickett was ordered byEs9 qoarlermas,es last Sunday to divide od N quariermaster's mea-there are about 5O0 them IR sll-mio companies of 50 or men each. and ssseci a captain aud two ln- tenants to each, "a order that they mlgh, \ ceiye arms. Thls was done, bul the ofhesf would not recelg, (os the srms, and the m ter seems to be dropped.
 There IS ne pews here from headquafn thai know ol, ihe last from PuebIa wss Ia the 22i nl, h was stated that Gen. sc'G would certainly leave there on the l5'h ihis month for the city oi Mexico hsw difficult to get anything from the IntenTs an authentic shape; we have nothing bal moes and rev-ats. Everything ifem Kendall goes through to has paper, oi eovs and wisaieyer comes to Col. Wilson or lsF tended for the Government does rot lFansPH' here.
 The Qnss.eEmasles,s Office is in bulds
 the Mexican Treasury Department ~he IS within few feet of ;he waters of the Gs1 aBd directly treating the castle. The bS'1 ing IS, suppose. 3s50 or 100 feet ID leosfs yer, substantially buiii of ,his coral i&'' and stnccoed or cesnenled m and oulslds The gateway. or : Enbrsda' and Ssllda which are ia iafge golden letters oserhes' gives lsgeess and egress lo the Mole ands s' ter and the cisy The floors of thls baiisss3 are ali of flag marble. The o,hsr end a building Is Oecapied by .he Government the collector oi duties. The wide stes the second story are of white marble ip windows are very large, and delends' heavy copper graiings which arc, | sm S"' worth S200 each. There could mol " house placed 10 be more comfortable u'. IIsis ia hot rliGnaie. Ike sea breeze o'S'] in the whole day, and frequently so s"'s that you mus, have pound weaghs oe s'' Eaeee Of papsr you lay down or It IS "a, I nsaa car wear clothing m this bnile'ns the tune wlsh eomfors; m iset, II ose AN { out of iAe sas there IS no danger Cd 't' warm. la Msy and the tlfsi par. o' 1ss was rather hoI but sinee the m'ddie " E taa,e, ,or,h he rain has galien almost HR' ! ly. and the sf has been much cooler before.
 1 The ouarssrDssses, Ar. Smith. IS ss'' l" ,haayh as y.s not considered In danga hone he will secoyer shortly, as he is @.- l,ked bv sll 70 the department. Capt f'9 mer. oi the lst infantry, Is ac!ing al F''" { ln his place. ,s. i Thss rs probably lhe most important tesnas,esis a the campaign, and ,'s,,
 business esoagh Gor s half dozen o' -
 and vet there has been but one acting v l,eru,aster ae.e since the bombsrd@es-
 he of coarse liable to be sick. as IA lp' .s. r sen, rsse. asi no regularly suihor'se' ,erxaas;sr 10 SM the post