The Arkansas banner., 1847-02-10
From ias DsmofraiS Erass. OusP VOnmm1eeFNs

REOTm OAE 0AaAnN~~r
 1T. hxve been politely fufnished, by our ,n"s.I,owusman. Mr. D F, Shall, with thr snow;,e ,o extracts of . letler, received by him .I.s, mail. from an officer in Capt Pike's
 ,a.drou of Arkansas Cavalry. dated
 CAwp NEAR PAToRAs,
 45 ns. from SaitiliO, Dee. p, 'i6.
 sThe place II which we are
 w eucamped is no town, but 0bly Ha- .;.ods Il belongs to Don Emanuel Sangis, .-h., alone contributed S125.O00 towards s.,,y;or on the war with the United States, besides furnishing lhe army while at Aonse- rpx with provisions.
 We moved from Monelova down io Par- ~. where we were encamped some twelve 5,y.- a, the end of which time, |. C., on the nh inst, Gen. Wool received an express f,om Gen. Worth, stating that the siexicans were advancing upon him at Saltilio, that hc bad only a0out 800 mea to make stand .g,;ns, them, and that his assistance was rspdeJ immediately. In about 20 minutes ,..r,v tent was struck. horses saddled, and ,l ready to move. We took up the line of march. that is the ist aud 2d Draga0Rs, aad ,he sArkansas Desiis,7 advanced some l2 miles. bivoaced on hill side, without any ,uoper--our wagon not getting into camp uunl l2 o'clock that night At daylight nex, morning we resumed the march, in high .U;ri.s, with the hope Of fighting when we -s.ehed SaltiIio, if not before but, after q long and iaiiguing march, we learned on ,he ls,h. after we had camped, the painful fact, ina, the report was hcar. There could not nossibIy, anything have occurred that would have tended more 10 dispiti. our troops; yet ve bore it with resignation. hoping still 10 have an opportunity 10 show the grit we are composed ot-
 Our march was continued until within IS miles of Saltillo, (having passed through this place,) where we pitched our tents, with the exrectasion of being confined to the camp for two months, as al our camp, or near 1t, Gen. Taylor designs establishing his head quarters. Our squadron, however, were only allowed to remain 3 or days, when we were ordered by Gen. Wool to proceed 10 Monclova, for the purpose of escortiug some clothing aud specie down, that had come from San Antonio, and had been halted at Presidio de Rio Grande. Accord ngly, on the 2lth. we left Gen. Wool, and wended our way To Saiiillo, where we re. e..ained for the night During the evening, Capt. Pike call- ed upon Maj. Gen. Butler. The General in quired where he was going. The Captain told him to Noacloya to escort down a Wa gon train. The General replied, sha, i, was wholly unnecessary. We all agreed with him, and here ended our expedition, to the no small joy of us all, for we did not relish the idea much of being in the saddle on Christmas. Believing, n0p. that we should have merry Christmas, and ''heaps of fun at Sal,llo. our spirits arose to their full height Well, Christmas came. and was pass- ing merrily and swimmingiy on. when about II o'clock, an express arrived in hot speed from Gen. Wool, stating that Santa Anna was about to demolish him, and that he was about to retreat. This was scarcely communicated to the commanders Of the corps, when the long roll was heard, and fuss was kicked up that would shame Bediam itself Capt Pike ordered ssBoots and Saddles,u to be blown, by bugler Crouch, and we our squad ron onlyl hastened 10 the rescue of Gen. Wool. Our march for l2 miles was at a fast ro., when we met Capt Preniiss. who told us, to our modification, that the Gene ral had but re,aIiated the hoar played of on him. The origin of II was from Dyer, our butcher-man. He, oa the authority of one of his Mexican .'helps," told Gen. Wool, that, on the previous night, one of Santa Am na's sergeanss had been in camp, and told the aforesaid Mexican 'shelpn that he would be down on the General tl,e mex, day. But he did no, come, and what is more. Mr. Santa Anna is not going to come. So ended the battle of Aqua Nuava. fin other words white waier.) In short Gen. Wool's column has been hoax upon the Government, as you will learn sooner or later.
 You will please present my special regards to the fair presenters of our flag, and also 10 all the young ladies of your and my ac- quaintauee.
 The boys in camp are all well, but nearly naked. Our friend W. c, has huge pair of whiskers in cultivation, as we'll as myself, which we intend to bring home with us
 Your friend, J. c. P.n
 FROM RIo DE JASEIRo.-The brig Adams Gray, Capt Boyce. arrived yesterday from Rio de Janeiro, having sailed thence on the 18th December. Capi. Boyee reports thas she ships Loo Choo, Thos. II. Perkins, and Susan Drew, with Col. Sievenson's Califor- nia regiment, sailed from Rio for their desti- nailon round the Cane under inc convey of