The Arkansas banner., 1847-04-07

inE. fslll oa haIr is. sispsrsar and lilIiAe Ia gFeat Eaany ufahEn 4 llke rhatKe was made Y Cd. Msy, si the head ef asqunA- Iron of DragOanS, Ana one of Arkansas CsE- alfys against large body ef fie rnemy;s Cavalry. wlth like results ] During the engagnnseut cn Ibe aixht, sansA ] Anna, seeing tha1 Gen- TEsloFs force wss nos well pposecied on he lefs aank. senl . large fcrce of csvslry zFound that goEua, and oallaaking Taylcr, succeeded IT throwing .es9zl80 men iaso his rear Bus GcR. aiayieE irznedEz-rly seai Capt Brzgr, with hss as- 1 lllery- 1szinst this ierrc, who Snreeudn9 ia cutting thrm of from fhr snaln body. LSeuL Cntea3en was despatched, yith Ess pf trnec. tc de-nrna the imrnediaie surrender of lthis force TAe Mexicas officer, pretend ing not fo understand tAc character of his mission, insisted Ihat he should bc blind faldGd. according sO ahe rules oG VII. and thus had the LieutcnAna carried into the eamT of Sanaa Anna hi1nstM This was a Fuse to gel tine io exlrlcale hle Msxican < Cavalry from the dangerous pasItlon, aud , pending thIs truce they were all drawn of by 3 different road from thai hy whsck fhcy nad gained ttiis position
 Lieut. CrIiisnden was cnaducted blind fol- ded 10 the fent of the Mexican General-in- Chief. which he found long distance from the scene of action, and which he thought thc safest place he had been Ia during the whole day is he approached Santa iAaasas tent he was greeted with B most tremendous flourish oi trumpetS, which might hxse been 1 beard nIe of, bHi produced no very great terror h the mind oI the kentnrkiAn- Ills blind was taken of. and be found himself IT Inc presence of the famous MexIean Chief, surrounded by hrillian, staa of beaizzened, glded, and moEstacied officers Santa Anna Ispologizcd to the Ileuienani for the aca oi hi<-oficers, in haFIng hIm bliDdfolded. say ing, that so Iar from having any desire 10 conceal has sItaailon- he wEs desirons of ex- hibiung 10 Gen. Taylor ihe utter folly of re- slSIias so powerful an army as he had 3D. der his command To wtirh iltc Lieutcnani repllea- thai hrs simple message WAS 10 d'e- niand his Santa Auna'sl immedazse surrea- der to Gen Taylor. When thls extrSnrdi- nary demand was trenslated so ibe Mexican, he raised his hands and eyebrows Tn utter asiohishmeni al fhe iemerify and presumption {. of such message, and replied, that he woaid expect Gen Taylor fo surrender III an hour. or he would destroy all his forces
 LieuL Crittenden's reply. which we have already giyen-~ Gen Tsylarss nercr ssr- rcE9ers :" terminated lhe interview, aasG the battle recommended. md was continued un- ] iil nighi
 1 Santa Anna took three sfaan pieces of our ariilerF, winch, under Lieut. O'Bricn, had been posted too far Tn advance to be covered by eur Inianty- Al the gunners were shot down, and when the guns we're captured there ! was not soldier left to man them. One oi those pieces WAS aa old Texan 6-poander, which during the Texan Revoluuon, had : : du.1F Eord rzectstsatt stset.ae 4At Msx4rss. ranks. As 10 the Aars be boasts of having taken, they are very Praaatly nere company markers winch were dropped on the field and pieked ID by ihs valiani Mcxicaas. His ExceilencT of the War Departmeul 10 whom Santa AanA las sent these uophies, vii no l doubt be sorelv disappointed in the size. lexture, and beauty of these standards. Mexi- i can pride iS easily saf4sfcd when such me- u,eutoes of their Prowess and valor as these
 console them for so ingiorioGs defeat
 All the officers on our side. ia this hard fought hatile, distinguished lhesnsslres. The
 details If ihe ba11e were con6ded 10 Gen.
 Wool, who nobly justi6od the coaEdence of hls commander and broiheT-velcr1n, by the
 mosi sctiFe. jealous efhcieB1 and gallant I conduc. Throughout the whole action he
 was cousianay engaged m the disposition oi
 GUT forces, and ID rallying them 10 the on sei, { l. Vras miracle that he escaped the thick hving balls which itf5nne3 inc ranks he was
 tnarshzlisag. There was bur one complaint made against hgm and ;ha. xas, iiai be ex-
 posed himself loo much. Bris. Gen. Lane,
 also showed himself 10 be brare and Ca
 pabie officer Although wounded early ID
 the action, he kept his horse unsl Il closed, and never for moment Jeff hls posi-
 Y The old Geuersl-In-Chief renamed at his
 original and much exposed position, super
 intending the battle and narrowly watching
 is evcnls. An cscopeFe ball passed through
 liis orerc1at-that same old brown. so ia
 mlliaf 10 al the officers and r,sn who have ereg been under Lis command, and which
 has seen sgre==l esisfssigss ia Florida in Texas and in Mexico.
 on Jtse nigaI rs ttIr aea asa. t1Jil t1Jtil zrigs drew
 of from me held of haille. oar E8ea were
 engaged all nighs in bringing iu the wounded and taking care o ahen- The MexIcans as ' Eel as Lh1lx oEa men. There weEe. how-
 ever, bai few of cur men. found ca tAe
 deld wounded They were. to use s-rta
 Aana's significant wcFls, 1T hls dssFaEch, E.--all dead iae cuwzrily miscreants having ]. killed every nan when tAeE aEeF4aoa.
 wounded and helpless cn the field. Nnh
 like iarpifaie and iFeaehegy, they leit ihail
 own dead uabaIsea and thelr wounded ur-
 cared for. ez the field where they fell Ttss latter were carried a Salnllo- In ogi own
 wagons. she former were burIe1 by fhe d. caide, under thc orders ni Gen Taylor.
 \ number ai ollicsrs were taken prisoners, and sY ssrhaBge vzs Effeg~tFS hr winch a \