The Arkansas banner., 1847-11-08


 mtnfes daseoEd and diEanien Or thear own prissts eud sesh ends. and Gssily. hasx eonsnmnaled fAeir career q haseheps D ahan1oulng tn the hour ol PeTi. ssf ecaasry in esaish ghey hrst dseg hreafh nnd whose brrsd they sa Isag had easen- Such are ile Iaairiduss, ssFs La Yuz, sho nsz st.rsbafs sa Gen Santa Amaa's trrnsom. Inst wnrst ef saeeFss fhing NhirA is a'oae due ss thssr own eewarSice and iasafhorASnasS0ns
 Msn cf soslna dSscfimieatiea and eorTscf yndr- z~nt. wasn have ysfaezsed esents As they orcursed enpAassrniy &sszFe US. ssys ihe editors of La r1z that ine ennnAnder- fA-ehaef ever cisgsisyed the ancst hrrcse Faisg ana iadnmiEnhae resoiuiaoa sr- ing h every part n which he presented hs1sef st ehz'iaaie and sangAiHssy festsasnre iD the enemy. Tc esrrr impartial misd # Hass be sell evident that man wko has toae sssnnck-nlso has anferea sO nauY rrirations and encoaatesee SO many perias- rRn he neither . traitor nof ccwnrd-
 ca the lss cf the present month Cea Santa an- na. at ihe hesd ol 10oa easaly and inGAatry ard thrre piefes lg artillery, sailed cot CT papbla in- ien3ing tc attsck the Amerieah tain which fsIg JasAPA en tfe Isl insf. and reached Hsioss nn the 4th- But before arriving al Tepegahnaicn tho de- sigRs of the commaadef- in-ehief of the Mexican forrss wsre lvlrHstrainA al hia Hen with the exeepsiea sf i9a hasss4s of his persoz kuzsd has- ing Pronouneed ae1inA hi1. Asan excuse ior this preceeding the oshcers and priyntes alleged that thsr were 6rniy epavimreA tkst thair fnfksr eea- tiauaDce at the dspssal ard under ae orders of the ex-PTeel3enf xenld only he Allowed bv their com piete sacrifice, Hnd thai wiFhal teis esnntry euId so' derive the slightest beaeft from it.
 They attIbated fae unfortunate events Of the war snd their want ef sncress la their battles against tse invaders. to sis facapacisy ard anskiliu.nees Even some of them ionily declared him to be a traitor and consequently so be unworthy of holding snv ceHsmaRa in the MexicEn army.
 The greater part of these transactions trsnspired al Nopaiaeza- HN
 Ssnta Anma having got to Tepeyahu~aeo wifh his
 
 mens at Quefetars directing hi@ to proceed siilher a once wIh al the troops which were ai hts orders. Bat the General dd no; deem Il convenient 10 con- ply wiib tbe Inafdste of his governness, and took sp his Itn~ ef march gor Oaxaca. whisher by the lates, aeenaat he was weading bis way. He pab- hciy declared that hts inteaten h going to 0zxsca were te see whether he could raise there another army. with which he mightEetarn ie renew the eon- bal with the enemies of the Republic.
 All the Isfie4s Iran the integtor ccancide in say. ing :hai Gen. Santa ARaa. conscious of his Inpn- frney io eec: thing more. either ia lac cazry- IS making his way towards Guatemala. fsr the par- pose of leaving the Rspablic ct Mexico forever and that his march to OaxxcA IS ozlg preiexi 10 tae quiet aecozu piisAEaeEt oi his designs.
 The reports thai Gea. santa Anna was ess4eavor- iEs to reach Guatemala, and thss Gen. Scot had given him passport b embark 4Epm Vera Cruz il he should thiak best. is denied by La Ecz de Ia
  copied Ia the Aneo-Ifis. He ss resolved. says La Vox. not to abandon the cxEse of tAe cosntFy and 10 ccnsinae the war without respite nnon the ene- mics of aexsesa independence and religion.
 The Genus oI Liberty says that SessoT Pena ' Penz IS discharging the duties of Presideht al Que retsro. He h4s refused to recognize his associ- %'es in power, the IndIEidaals nominated and ap- pointed hy Santa Anna. He proposes that Congress shall take upon itself the office of elecing nea to that important and high office.
 The following brief note f;om our Vera Cruz cor FespcndsAf leaves us ia doahi in regard to the safety of detachment nl Texans, bat we are iaeliaed to think they uiii take care of themselves.
 Vera Cruz. Oct. Is. Is7 Great excitement was created this morning by g number of reports that put in circulation stoned by the arrival ef an express from a company of Texas Rangers, announcing that they had been attacked zbout twelve miles from this place by a ge surrFiila fesce. thai they had losi man killed and abo7; eighteen were missing. The re- port was current that the whole command. excepting two. had been ca: ed. and the immediate departure Of ths Rangers a fa speed. induced the eTizeRs to believe fhat the Tcpoft wss trap. I do eei a?pse- hsmd that any thing serious wiii 10 this mand. and have no doubt tsatIhe missing eighteen are safe wI:a tiseir comrades ere this
 fhere appears to have been some dithealsy iB the Massachusetts Regiment. judging from the tol- lowing order issued hy Get. Cushing. We have letters n the mail twhich moi distributed last nigh;l which we presume wiil throw soTne light oh tl.e affair:
 HEApsvAnrsxs. Vera Cruz. Oct Is. ls47
 ORDERS No. g.
 l he following named men of eoV.pan1es -, -, -. lsi Regiment Massachusetts ILSeniy, being in corrigibsy fngtiaous and iasubcr1inafe. will, oi course, piove cswaras fn bcuI of danger. and they canHo, be permitted to march wtih ibis colaun ot fhe arny They are disarmed and detsch~d from the regiment and ysi report to Brevet Mai. Raehas 4,,fs fts of Saa Iuau Aa iaay be performed by soldiers who found un- worthy to cary atns. and are disgrace and na- iszrsce to the artng-
 By order of Brig Gen. CUSHING,
 " " II. DAVIS, 4. 4. D. C. Here follows list of sixty five names ot the men above referred Co.
 Our readers will recoilect the expedition under Capt Wesls to the National Bridge. of which we published a miAule account. immediately upon returning ic Vera Cruz, Capt. N lis desn anded a coart ef isquiry. The following IS the opinion oi the court. readerea on inc Is, sePlefE5er:
 OPINION or THE Couar The court are Of cpin- ion thai Csp; Wels. i2th Iafaatry, could not haze saved one anbazBce and six wagons, or destroyed ihem xlthnnf a great sacrifice ai Iite-perhAps the destruction oi bis xtsoir command,
 That his conlact was ofirer-like and energetic, and that he is not 10 blame ior The loss oI the gona or package of d-spatches-
 The court of inqairy Of winch Lieut.. Col Niles is president, Is hereby dissolved.
 By order of Col II. Wilson.
 tSigBed,} B fl. ARTHUR, Adj lst fnf,
 A. A Gen1. Der. os Vera Cruz. The James L. Day arrived al Vera Craz on the I7th inst. from the Bsa1ss. Col. Jack Hays weni oa her with the company oi Capt. Roberts. el his regiment.
 The Alabama had arrived at Vera Craz fien thi. port.
 The steamship New Orleans was al Tampieo al last accoasis, bat could not get oot over the bsi without ligatberlng- Lighiess had been sent ircm Vera CruE 10 hyr assistance.
 We and ofaer mention Of Gen. Lane and his command than gwen incidentally tue narrative oi affairs as paeksa- He was al Peroie on the 4ih inst. and we hase DO doubt whaasver entered Puehia a very few days thereafter.
 The 1re9l lriz of the 18th inst. speaks of the ex- iensive preparations making al YcrgaFA io aesgaieh B train. l. says there more than 4.906 troops tbere, ui al arms Their HumbeI leads the edFtoi io conjecture tEal Gen. Psierson has Tlsw rK- pedss0n against state not hitherto invaded ey enSriean zrtus instead of reinlorcing Gen Senlf