The Arkansas banner., 1847-03-24
MExICAN CORRESPONDENCE.
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 &r DEAa ksAsaiAer skiias aes asads sAess ssa e ag,u' returned about daylight this morning frstn oar scouting vxpsdiiioh. and found ndch tO ny F.
 grst that cur servant with true miitssy obedience. had maiisA. sdns Der or 6te days ags ietsssakAt
 bud lee with him b b. used in ease of aesiaenis, which fear sas sed you tO sappose the sfhir more ssrioas thsa l. hss pssvsd. wh<a we iefl fexpeeJ ted to hs goas as Esrshess. not more than iwo ~ trse cays. Ssar as Eve passed. and he come to ths eoaedsion tat all wss over with us. a% ws ksd ses out witL bat tssy snall force to attaek sOns.two three hundred desperadOes under me bgsr gaefTix leaders in the eoaDtfy, then thought # most ech
 siderate to leave some sueh nemenlo-of our iate. and now having returned safe and sound ia timb, &e. am anxi"ss 10 correct any taiae repcft that my hasty note may have created. uFoa tie 3sSh ut, an express arrised from the Aleaids Of Ada uos, ranehe sboat kfiy mles up the san 1uan. stating iha, the Nexieans under cabales weIe in force ia that neighborbood 4 few hours atef com 4AanieatiOn was reesiyed from Capt. Latham, com msRdiag the escort of abou, thirty men, stating that the train of 800 pack mules were entTenehed a few miles from AldanOs. and hourly expecting an at. tack from ahoat two hundred oi the .Ladiones' un- der Candles, Ramirez. Carabagd and others. ard asking immediate relief Accordingly. Col Mot. gan, the eommahdant of this post. sci to work se- srecuy biting out reinforcement with which, as wrote you. 'wruag ia with the expectations of getting within striking distance the next morning and If successful returning the following day--ia- stead of which have spent eight days of the most inieRse excitement. which can only be appreciated by oae well acquainted with the character of the leaders went to meet and the thrilling incidents ! ever attending rowing life upoH this border. I would that yoa could have seen our little band of thirty five men, # was drawn up in the giimmer. ing moonlight, just previOus to starting. To one at all skilled in military affairs it presented pre- haps the most ineongrnoas sssembiage of mounted men that ever started upon wuEiike expedition :; formea as il was Of desachmenis picked from the three diErFent companies of the 2nd Ohio InfaniIy
 armed some with muskets and some with rides, and mounted on every description of beast that the qHarternaster's caread could furnish, wagon kor- ses. mules, and mustangs. Thus armed and equip ped saIiied forth at brisk trot in the wake of oar guide. passing through New Camargo and seve- raj ether ranches, astonishing the csnines and walk 1 ing up the siambering hamans. now and then bouncing upon protracted fandango. where the dark skinned senoritas were still tripping the light fantastic with their lank haired beaus, we followed up narrow mule path, some times knee deep in fine dust. sometimes upon the rocky edge of pre- cipitous gulIies. along the bank of the San Juan
 until the decline of the moon left us snost in total ala tnfa h.yt tramp of our cavalry and the occasional praying of some ambitious mule. About two o'clock we reached camp of Csmanche Indians. from among whom we took another guide. and pushed on through the ehapparal to the bank of small rapid stream that bid fair to stop further progress
 the hank exceedingly steep and the edge of the stream perfect bog-as hcrse afiet horse in al tempting 10 ford it begged to the saddle skirts and was only extrieated by the most desperate pinng
 ing or laid paniing and helpless, this ali last passed by lighting fire upOu the bank and ieading across where the ground seemed to be most firm. As the party were reforming upon the opposite bank, the first grey tDts of dawn began to appear; when it was ligh, enough to see, we found our
 selves upon road broad enough to ride two abreast. and like passengers who have tumbled into stage coach over night, commenced locking round to dis i cover among the grctesqae ami dust-begrimed yis ages of the individuals around us, who were onr ! companions. Thus we ratted on until about ten o'clock rolled into the courtyard of the largest ! house in Aidanos, ourselves and our cattle con- pleteIy tired eut Here having despatched a cour- fer to Capt. Latham. fed our horses. and ordered 'summat' for the iaward man, we unceremoniausiy tumbied down upon all the beds in the establish ment to await further orders. About midnight our eoarier returned. reporting the mule train quietly entrenched behind their packs at L'Ailacca, about eighteen miles distant and the Lai-ones retired be- yond Manteca, abo0t six miles stin further on, where we proposed so eneamp the next night. Hay
 ing despatched oar cafe and toFtillas and swallow ed flying gaip' of good old cogniac, set out about sun rise for L'Ailacca. Capts Smith and Walker,A A. Q. NJ S, MT Tree, formerly Sergeant
 Maj, 2nd Dragons. Mir. Rogers, (~hose father and brother were murdered by the Nexicans iast spring near Poin; Isabe sad myself, all the yoiaaieers on the occasion, belagby our owa request. apf oihtsd the permanent advance guari of the party In this oFser We overlook the train, and were warmly wei. eomed by She little band that for three days had been penned up in their ioftheation wiih them, d.
 tes ahothsr attack upon the cafe and tortiIlas. We
 pushed on to Manieca Ne had not been here long
 before one of ihe arsieros Mexicaa msle,eers) de- serted. carrying with him one of the best horses in
 the patty and we had sbaadan, evidence that the
 band we were ia search of were %. far of. A Mex ican spy was sens out. who promised te is,redss4 himself into their camp and return, lead us to t before day break. We were here informed
 that the band vas dissded-Caaales with about one
 hanared men having gone te attack train supposed ;. to be oa the msia road to Monterey loaded with speeie--ahd Ramirez. ebe of the boidess and mosi
 viliisnous of their leaders. who had bess identified tug with about lse men to surprise Al day igat cur spy hai not returned. and we advanced tha, day to the ranehe Tiejo. aboat twenty .oae