The Arkansas banner., 1847-08-02
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slslsils v e.ri.s sy2,;ss Ws tass received encshtr iH,Asssslnf lss. ter fred, U. ]. Ee, sE DAisIn6qx t6aHty, ie iis broshets which NiII ht isdna C e16isIa ni1t. isfs of e0nsidefthic inieftst:
 PnNoFE, Mexieo, g1ns 0sh. I841s Htar Brskker M hase anile I1keiy 1een eneagsi in several vety dangerous esoni< al lcnal tlaey might be so, < ihtsn e0axsdiS dogs were net se eexily ltsalaznez 6s iAs l1l- ismnnio nams q W6lke<@10 C1W un.y 1< whieA ! have liEns io E<ln,a, ns an WFl,inf by caitdln liehl, SAFy much IhsiRued cad sis2. py ffOm the iues 0f tllf8e ni4htS fsaE nzd lhe irAfn is now here en ils m1y iS JSinps. and | ihs only shsucs anny lssss e cone time.
 We ns,aek Iowns wish 5000 iahskiianla On "Wednesday iasi we vent en scous of thiskind to tomn called Ricnunsl2 lAeeo was ksit sixfy of ns.-- me charxti i6lQ ii as . run. and you never in yous ne as elscl a |scamperinR among inc cosc0rds This pt1cn wac twenty miles from PeFols. WeIeit there al i2 0'esock, t0 hest up swamp Wleie come nnie-dsisers had been murdered. na- fore we arrived ai shs piace wn mel wiih thrce or gnnf Mexicans, and wish them one of the mem who vas with the mnrdtred pas- " They had tied him and weht in passnii nf the other iwo, and while tlsey were nhseas hs united himself wi.h his issih snd escaped. They told us where she murdered tDsn lsy. We marched forward h double quick iims, aud when we arrived Ii tho swamp, these they lay sure enough, stripped entirely nsked, and chopped and maugled in the nsost h0r- ri,i and savage manner The man wba e. caped said there were 70 If tIle unrlerefs, each armed with pistol and hatchei, abd that they went into a ranehe or town some distance from here. We returned to R. and made them feed ns and our horscs, nnd as one o'clock in the morning charged into this ranche and took every d--l of them l was sent round the town in search of skuIkers-- found seveEal--two of them wers ploughing with oxen, and drove them from their ploughs, thinking at the ssme iime twenty of them would not drive me from mine in old Baltimore county. We marched just our own number nineteen into the castle, psiso- neis This was about twenty miles ffom Ia Peubla.
 We here crtssed prsis:e, and fl we ssw one wolf we saw i've hundred. You may think this an exaggeraiion, butI do not be- lieve i, would be if ] was to say there were ten times that number, for such bowling. snarling and clashing teeth never heard.
 had full view to-day ofMoui Ofaxbah, the highest point of land essr expect toI see; the top is always covered with snow, and from its appearance ilis now several feet deep.
 The water here is co cold il will make your teeth ache, aud in ait she towns among these mountains, they have any number of them ofnamented in the most beautiful and fanciful manner
 The castle of San Jnau is not eomparausc- ly drop in the bucket, to this cas,ie If Pe- roie. Some say is covers 90 acres, but | think ten would be nearer the mark; and ss for strength, 1 eould 60 into it wiih one hun- dred men, and bid defiance 10 JMexico. The Mexicans would have made stand here, but they had taken the largest of their guns 10 Cerro Gosde, there to be destfnyed. ss0As goB K4nkee fv
 sometimes zee the newspapers from tho States, and it ia quite amusing to sec your speculations about peace, and ssacconnls from the army" What is the use ofcrying sspeace, peace, when there is no peace.n tell you yonr sheep had jus, as weiltry b lorna treaty of peace with the wolf. There is no more dependence to beplaced in these steacheroas. blood-thirsty hounds, than there is in . sabid dog. They will reach out one hand to grasp yours in friendship. and with the other plunge the sssassin's stilelio to your heart. have seen so much of their sreachesy, ihai hate them all collectively. They not only murder and rob their victims, but ihey chop their bloody corpses into fragments, and scat ter them to the fous winds of Heaven. Would any but a sapags foe commit such acts of violence to deceaey, to say the least of iti But our gallant captain is made of the righ. material lo cope with them. s.Even tis namen is equal to host, and we can't coax even deeent fight out of them. {
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