The Arkansas banner., 1847-05-19

 The bllcwing article taken from ,A. Washington Union, we seiecs sa accovn, o,s me raos,elOquent, and jos, tribute il p.x. 10 the lanented Yeii Strange lha, the onlv letter wriseu from ths army de,rae,inc from hIs far iane, should come fEsp an Arkap. sas yoianeer. not tn has eommaadl
 i THR TRIUMeas or THE WAR We girl in another column, le,ser from, Monterey, stating that official in,eIlisencr had been tceIved al that place of the can,uye of Caihuasaa by Colonel Doniphan, a, the head of a ,orps of Mssonri volunteers. A. we have stated in the same column. ,his brilliant achievement presents an additional proof of shu valor and prowess tn our gal iant army which has made every hattle cl any note, mall their various lines of open. ! ton, victoty.
 It Is, indesd, q remarkable feature in th, present war that it's glory, wher rightly viewed, is difased, isther than concentrated \ Spfrit of the most victorious bravery energy, and perseverance has been tisplay. cd both by the officers and soldiers of oo, armies n all heir operations The battle, which we have won, have been won as much by the patriotic ardor of these who felt, u l every blow, that they were striking for the cause ot their country. as by any remarkable generaishp ia the pgelimiaaries of the bat tie, or any unusual feats of strategy npon the tieid. Tie successes of Kearny and prrs and DonIphAn in the west, while they ahun. danily attest both the military capacity and the chlvairous Saior of tlcee otgieers. hsv. been achieved hy an enduring aud resolue energy in their soldiers, which the patriotism of a free people can alone create and sustain, The same remark IS emineEtly true of OUT successes in the line of operations from the banks of the Rio Grande to Monterey and Ssttllio, No adverse circumstances, how. ever apparently discouraging, or unusual la wel-plshned military operations, could dSun. the bearing or quench the marital ardor of our army. At Palo Alto aud Rcsaca de la Palma. our troops, though cut off from ,heir supplies by an uuforseenadyaace of the enc. my. vet, in the hour of trial, redeemed al ! the untowered accidents of the position in which they found themselves. by an exhibi ton of heroic daring on the part both of masses and of individuals, worthy of the palmiest days of ancient chisalry. Through out all ranks of the army, there seemed 10 be but one all.ahsorbing desire to meet the ene- my hand to hand. Under the action of such a spiri, victory was smost assured before hand. Such an army. even under the lead of suhailerns, must win the day.
 Nor did the long delay which attended the march to Monterey--Ihough 1t made it- self felt in the ravages of desease among our troops--seem to contribute in any considers. hle degree towards quenehing theif military ! enthusiasm.
 | Before the walls of that eisv, there sull { reigned, throughout all the ranks of the army the same universal and irresistible zeal and i courage. lu the presence of an attacking force. that inspired to great deeds, the fate oi 1 that Mexican stronghold could not be doubt ful; and Ii the Capitulalion of Monterey, ss [ il was at last adjusted, did not altogeiheI meet the high-raised ansicipations of the country, such result was not attributable 10 any signs of diminished ar.loF, either n 1 the army or amoug its officers.
 [ The battle sf Buena Vista is but another i instance ot tle same indomi,abie spirit per, vading the army through all it's grades Conifonted with force three or four times , superior in number, n'arly every regiment seemed anxious to vie with all the rest 70 efforts Of almost unequalled heroism. Tn nnconqueraSle enthusiasm hich urged tho chivalrous aua lamenled Yell lo rush for. ward al the head ot handful of galiaBl spirits like himself to meet the onset of osei. whelming numbers, and togather the blood, laurels which spring up from the grave o ! the patriotic and the hero; and whilst he fell, covered las a letter says) with so many snd { such ghastly wounds that it was almost ilR { possible to recognise his person, this in. domItable enthusiasm of energy and eourags spreading throughout the army, and exhibit l ing itself i'll other examples scarcely lse illustrious, supplied the place of en,vshcb. ment and ot slratagem, redeemed ihetofiuas' oi tke day al the moment whea they grew darkest, and snatehed victory even from the very jaws of disaster
 | In the third main line of our military ops- raiions--the expedition of General Seoa against Vera Craz--a larger measure of mllr ! tary combinaiien has, indeed, been exhIbIieil The disembarkaiion of oar troops, and ihs investment and reduction of that city, s l complete Tn its eventual triumph, and atleR ae4, eB the part of our troops. by such u' J considerable loss, fofm, undoubtedly, astrii' ing development of military science, and for. sight, and skill Yet even more, so far S | opportunity has been presented, the herof ardor of our army has made itself every whfts eeassieuous Witness the bold and success ful charge of Col Harnsy against most tes- ful odds. Witness the magnaDin:ity of hg General Patterson on that occasion, whs' though he was lis superior officer. yet, when he found Ilarnsy braVeIy eontending wl'a the enemy, generously retired, and Itit hs houoFs of the field m the hands of HsfpeY
 Witness the various well-knowH ind!vldus' instances of voluntary daring in the Hsaage' ment of our besieging artillery. The lass' i tldings from this held of operations ind%ai'