The Arkansas banner., 1848-03-21
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 In the Picsyune and Delta of the ssA isy find the fotowfag interesting insenlrenc,, Col. W. F. Bisceess eeussic, vim ., Gnerillas--Death ef Lleut. meaa.,...
 santa Aans's application for hi. n.. ports.
 ! The steamship New or,eans. c.,f r, Aald, arrived at any easly hour yea'erd.v n~,..e ins, 's sas
 Our aceeunss ey tAs skiY France iot, Lien, c Biecoe and sHait command enrage,l wph w of gaerriliss five times their anush~r. The ff-.v was as we anticipated; t,e gneJsllias were dt,.'s but not wfhcut severe loss oa cur part rh, -,S lant Lieut.. Heuccrson and twelve asen wcrv ks., l on our side, and tho Mexican loNS is ,snnn..s " f have been about the same, Col. BisrOs shs,.'p the gaeyrillss ihFce seversl times. Ills tean. .., said e have tampeded. sSd we ssgrel to say .A,, l the colonel was compelled io lvave kis ktles ..s wo0ndrd hehssd Sad Haake hN way b Cordcvs p. wagons, or the greater part ef then. were hat,.s the mules were taken by the gasrri,las Ce.s. Biscoe rtachcd oriEzba the svsaing ct he a2S o,,
 The Free American anhounces lhst the rsm.s 1. Of Lieut. Henderson were brought back ie Yer, CruI on the lst of March, by Capt Tayls,'. c,-,s pany who volunteered sc go out, nilh Cent. r,s, child and Connolly, Iieuts. Pesrsan and Kslly a, the LouissaRa volunteers, aad Lieut. AnSersDn at the Georgia volunteers VI | In the sane number of inc Free Amsrican 1T. find the following tribute to this brave I,eas;,,, soldier, written by private in Capt Farch,s'' company, which we copy:
 To Me Editor of fAe Ere .amerIean--I.,rut u,, ders0n, ot Capt. Fairchila's Louisiana Mogn,., Men, died on the field of battle as hero. He -. good citizen, brave sOldicr, good officer. ,.s a friend to the soldiers. Pride neyer en,erns \. heart; kiad te the poor; he IS regretted by all vh. know him, and dare say s viii be u,passlbs :. l find another to til the v.>a.,~,t ss~s.as,su ., l dsstn. Honor to the brave, and peace 10 ths o,, who died for 'he right of his country.
 A. PRIVATE. ! That we may do 10 injustice to Gel Biscoe q, h. command in rcgsrd to his skitrnish with the r,., riilas-which is represented by some pliyas .r. counts as discreditahse te our arms--we coay ,A. following account of t from the Free American ,f the ls inst t was wrttap after the return of Csl Biscoe and his commsand to VeEa Crax,
 Lieut.. Col. Biscoe lest this eity on the mornins i ef the I9ah Feb with attachments of IopisIan, and Georgia Dragons; on shat evening al ahou, { o'clock, some forty or fiffy guerrileros whtr. ob served at a place called MataceFdera. A chsfv, was immediately made on them. and the Mexican. retreated to the edge of . chappsFAi, whea our troops numbered ahout twenty-five men \, ,ha, time, commanded by Capt WsfEord. of the tseor. } gia Dragons, came cloee upon them. some four hundred gnerralsros rushed out of the chspparsl and deadly conflict cnsucd Our troops howetr, succeeded in passing tAouKh their lines and hen gallantly returned and again openrd the ranks of ihe Mexicans At # moment, the meiu body oi the Americans, consisting in all of about ssrenn five men, come up to the rescue of this gallant h tle band, and a general fight took place. hard e hand, In which we have 10 regret tho loss cf 1, friend, Lieut. Henderson. ol the Louisiana VogR. teers, who was lanced, shot, and eeply cut iu tue face by the Mexicahs. He died like hete, ant hs desefves to be recorded in the pages oi tue history of hts country. We have also 10 lnonra tt. death of four of the gallant Geovgans who so nehiv charged the enemy. The other man of the sans corps, were severely wounded, and Ehree LouisiaOl Volunteers slightly.
 ! Fhe mnies having given out from fatigue. tt Wa thought absolutely necessary hy Col. Rito To aisl den kaem, although we understand that he mad, ul possible exer,ions to spve them
 The guefriilos having retired from the fed they were at different times pursued hut they not anxious te come Io eio-e quart rs with OCT troops.
 } The command tien pIoc sedcd on to Cordovu, ans then 10 OFixsha.
 The following officers were In shis enras"n,a'. Lieut.. Col. Biscoe. commanding; Capt. Wab,r. and two lieutenanie, Georgia mounted m n, Cert 4 keer; Lieuts. Henderson, (hied,) BeIry, iI'~s. I Mitchell, and Hnnter,a
 !! From the City of Atxiee. \ The dates from the city of Mexico are to he s6h ! of February. Letters written tha, day say that armistite for..two months wcud be signed by GeO. Butler the following day. Our correspondent at Vera Efuz sgrees with the' Free American hat such an srmstiee had been arranged and deterGO- cd upon.
 We have no leters from the city of Mexico % late as the 26th uit, and the New Orleans ssil-d '' after the arrival of the express from the eaFi. tol that the news by t had not finally tfan'plrtd Our latest papers from the ely of Mexico afe D the l6th uit., but extracts ffotn the papers a be best introduced by the following letter Iron Opr excellent correspondent, ID. s." the mass ci whose interesting correspondence We aTe csmpeIfa to lay over til 10 morrow:
 | MExrco, Eco. Ii ls4s. You will find in the inciosed extracts from be Star, all the news orth mentioning. Among othsi things is translation of letter from Santa AHna in relation to bis escape from TehHacan, and ol ! note soliciting from his Government passport E leave the coahi1y.
 "Most Excellent Sg.-Ai Tehuacnn. wss prsps' ing the accompanying note, to forwarded o lor Exceliency, when the people weie snddealy ntadeS eaily in The morning of the 25th ut, by fvdf han dred dTsgoons of the enemy, under command q f Gen. Lane. They came from iseSco, and by 'h express order of Gen. Scott 10 take possession Q my person Tn Nalle way UT oibt'. p'" iaAis' VI hurried marches and journeying by night sueses ded in reaching the viciniiy of Tehaacan wi'bea being perceived Fortunately, however, was ia formed of his approach two hours bcfe he cam, and thus was safe from his clutches. with my lan' ly, and with small escort which aecompahied u' I took refuge in the town of Teetitan del eaim'O where there was force from the State oi oslae' My prosecutors forced open the doors oi my hshi'' to n. and searched for me wjth extraordinary aeu' ity extending their search 10 didefent beases of n { place. The greate, part of my sqnipage was ass iroyed by tue invading soldiers. and the chiefs oO my wtoDght silver rlaie, two canes. a new unio'@ end other things ofless value, as l have been 'A formed. A.,
 "Afer two days, Gen. Lane proceeded to o'i'Ae' where he remains. having left 10 very fssofAa' recoeciions of himself b, Tehuacan. ieii 70 this place. in order to look about me and see b,h shall go, and place myself bey and lhe reach e p enemy, now that cannot fight agoinss tbein, cons qaence of the moarnfui conai;ion to whth have been reduced by the Government. when a dered thst should throw aside my arms f0 sensible that spurious MexicsRs aud thc ihsS', prosecute me al the same ime--tbe one eehiag Y tyaiior, and the others the ostg obsioeie 70 "s - goiiafioa of peace. FstaI posiioa, m wbiea ss. % hsen piaced by the Injustice of some Of 'ny e"''