The Arkansas banner., 1848-04-25

Tue U. 8. steam fsigats Mississippi sailed from VeEA Crux on the a inst. for Boston. We give q list of ner ctices and passengers below. We re- gret to learn that there were twelve Fourteen cA- | ses of yellow fever on board when she sailed. A gentleman who came passenger on the Wash ington, 10 whom we are indebted for much inlor- maiion from Mexico, very kindly communicated, assures US hat the general opinion among those stdered good. is that the treaty will not be ratihed by the Mexican Congress. In fact, the nembers are in'imldated by the poputaee and will not dare 10 vote tor the treaty. So says our informant. We have not room to-day for the interesting and inte. ligent speeulations of our correspondent "D' 5. on inc same subject; we will give then to.tnoFrow In anticipation that the army might fall back from Mexico. the Pert COmmissary at Paebla had received ordoFa early the 20th n. fsOsD head quarters to e0ntrset for 15O00 Tatons to be deifv- cred at moments notice for downward move ment. Capt. Webster. Qnartermaster at Paebia, had also received oEsss Co have iTsDepsftaton req. I dy. Al Reroie similar orders had bcen reeeievd. Alef San'a Anna had been escorted by Col. Hughes to the hacienda of Ei EnccTo, the property ot the hTmer, he remained there till tho I'd tast., when be leu tor Antigua, just north of Vera Cruz, whore hc siabaFked on the tth inst. on Spanish brig for Kingston, Jamaica. as some accounts gay others make Havana hts destination. It has hlah- eIto been uadevstaOd that he would proceed to Ja- maea.
 l There was much excitement al Vera CBux on the S0th alt. having been discovered shat 2d Lieut. yahn Smith, of Capt. Whites company of Mounted Men, had deserted, taking with him seven men sf Lis company, The same day Capt. White gave pur- | suit and got wind of the fugitives on the OFizaba road. but could not Overtske them. The same eveEing one of the, number. seFgeant-a youth of | about nineteen-rs,urneJ aud reafed the following: Smith and the oke ps told him they were going out to hunt, and he accompanied them under that im- pression until they about eight miles from inc city. wAen Smith called halt and made known his inten.ioR of joining some robber band, The ssr- geant told him that he would not desert-that he would die first. They then told him he must die. He gave them his musket, but upon further consid- eratien they concluded 10 let him go Giving him fowling piece, which he could not use for want of caps, they allowed him to retura. On the morn. ing i the st Inst. they fell into the hands of Zen ooia, or Cenobio, the great guerrilla chief He, no doubt thinking that he was robber enough for the road and unwilling to place confidence in men who would desert their eoantrys standard, would nol accept of their services but kept them prisoners. He also immediately sent word to Gov. Wilson, who despatched Capt. Kerr with his command so escort the worihies into Vera Cruz, where they arrived on | Sunday, the 2d inst.
 l Since the deseI ton of Smith some men have re- eognised him as one who has been quaTtered at the expense Of the State for length of tiino, in tain strong house under the direction of a warden, ee being copce rned with others in appropratng 10 hIs own use large quantity of funds not his own.
 
 Wilson will do with the fellow It is greatly to b. hoped that he will not let hitn of with impunity. The Free American Is very indignant at the con duct oi the Mexicans, restored to civil author fly in Veia Cruz. The following is from that pa- l per of tue lst inst,
 OaIy two days have gone by since the gover rnmcnt l Of the city has been granted ,a the Mexicans, aud m two days these authorities have made more ohan- ges in the different offices than the Americans in one year and one day.
 All the Mexicans who hold offices under the American Government have been discharged Some ot them have even been threatened by the new ofhcehelders. :.
 1 A friend of ours assures, (and We believe him,) l that a.yonng man, lawyer, was forbidden 10 plead saase before Mexican court Of this city, unless he should show proof that he indS a0t .4meTicaR, I and he hoped 10 be Spaniard
 | When the civil authorities were in possession of | the Americans, Mexican we'll as American law yers were heard in our tribunals and now thai these men are in power lawyers Ls0<t give proof before they are admitted at tue bar that they no Ameri I cans.
 | Wscome now to events in the city of Mexico, and must expsaSs IegRets that cannot to-day
 hd room for the letter Of ntellient cOtrespon- dent there. He was of opinion the 18th nit. l that the court Of inquiry would adjourn to the UnI- ted States all: three or four weeks at farthest Gen. Butler is determined so send Mr. Trist out of the country soon pos ibse, and had demanded oi the cont that the remainder of his evidence should be taken as early as possible,
 In the proceedings of the court on Monday, the 2nh, tt will be that Gen. Scott offared U pa- per to the court and concluded with tnotion which was overruled, The paper not read to the court at length. but tue American Star furnishes a cory ot il, wbich annex for the interest which attaches 1 toii
 Mr. Prfstient GnL Gentlemen of Me Coarf--I have already declared my intention 10 impcach the testimony of Paymsstcr A. W. Burns, witness for the defence in the case before the court who, siEce that declaration and the clear purpose manifested in the cross-exanination against all precedent under i the circumstances. was permitted, the morning of the 25h inst, the last session of the court, after nights reflection, aud perhaps consultation, to come in and 10 alter his recorded testimony In a matter quite seriously affecting his credibility. Notwith- standing that advantage, the examination has abundanty shown, in more than twenty instances. that the witnesss had almost a total want of mem cry one side of be sase, matters of no little in- terest and importance. aad on the other, powerful and minute memmsryg graspihg and retaining incl dents, which. at the times they occurred must have ' appeared to sssY enc else wholly unworthy of be- 1 ing treasured. The court no doubt. will. at the proper time, look closely to that poe alar,y of mem- mory, thou my specify ing the numerous instance i m this place. Some scattered proofs, | will, how ever, here glance at and only because they dis tantly separated the records and the files of the court.
 | The witness says, in testimony. that, though he was present at The operations o ihe ly,h oi Aug, he was not with the operating forces the following day, and therefore did not them carry the en- 1 trsnched camp oi C0nirsTas, the church and bridge at Churubusco Yet in the letter of Leonidas which he swears was written by himself, and not by Maj. Gen. Pillow, he asserts to the public that-"The foregoing account ef this unparalleled victory, tmeaning inc events of the lAth of August, was myself an sye,cifaeo to- and will voach for It's rectness"' The witnrss. thea, notwithstanding his oath, cannot be the author of Leonidas. | So, at the end of the last paragraph but Of Leonidas immediately preceding the quotation just given. the writer, speaking sf the heroic Butler, colonel of the South CaroliRa regiment, says: "No one laments bis death mose than the rriier of this q communication. who ate with him the last meal of which he partook prior to hisdeath." Now, shall show by witnesses, al present in the United States, that the lsmenied Col. Butler. who fell at Charu- basco, early tn the day-August 20-took his meal at San Angel, near the field where he gIoriously