The Arkansas banner., 1849-10-16
Frrmeas asA his Aaen.

The following Aesed. .ties is extracted ffnms aew wark emitted, z Four years Ih the Pacific. ih her Msirsty's ship CoiliagWooi. by Lieussnsnl the Hon fERasrsrk wsipole, R. N
 Dariag our stay sl McEterey, California, Cap. tain FrRmoat and hls patty arrived. pieeerded ey aaegheT treeF ef AmeFveaa horse. IL was party of seasara mosatrd, wke were used io scoas the eoaatEy ts Keep od maraadsrs. Taeir sfissey as saiiafs, they beiax nearly al Eagsisa, we ~ll not qaesiisa- As cavalry ifey w0Rd probably have been siagataFsy destructive to each sih~f. Their lsa6ss. hewever, was kae feli0w, and one of the b~st riae-sso's in the States. Frsmoa,'s pasty nafaTaliy excited curiosity. Here wese true tTap- p.ss tfss ets4s that psoiaeed the heroes of Fenhi m0Fs C0apeT's h-ss Serks. These men had gsssed years in the wIlds, tiviRg their owB rsscurces: they a eaft0as set. vast cloud oi dust appeared 6rst, and thence in long hs emaFEed this w,iaess wAA parry. FremOBi rode ahead. spare sctire looking m4a, with such eyel He was dressed in blouse and legEins sud fpIt has. After kim came Ave Delaware Indians. whe were bis bedY-gaard aad have beeA with hln Ghssagh all hIs waaasrisEs: they had eAargs ef tive buggsge- heFses- Tlss rest. asRy of theta blackeg than the ladian2, rods two aaa tive, tise Ttlls held by ons hand aesesS le poulael of the saddle. Thirty nias of them are his regular mea. the rest are loafers picked up lately: his erigiaa men ase princpally beck = eodsmsR from the State of Tennessee, and the hanks Of the upper wstees Of fhe Missouri. He has ese CT two with him who enjoy hiRh regulations iR tho pgziries Kit Carson is well kaowu there as the Duke is Ia Esrspe The dress of iisess men was principally lasg loOSe coat of deer skin tied wth thongs ia front; trousers 0f the same, os their own usaRslsctsTe, v hseh, when wet through, they take eif. scFaps well inside with knie and pa. on as dry. the saddles o( various fashions. though fhese and large drove Of horses sud a bssss kesd-gua, were things they had picked SD shost California The rest Of the gang were a rou lh set; and perhaps their private pablie and moral ehassetsrs had better Dot be too closely rxaHiaed They are allowed no liquor, tea and sugar saly: thia, no 6oubt. has much GO with their good eoDduct aBd tae discipline Is very strIct They were marched Up to open spare the hills ncar the town, aHaer large frs and ihers toek np their quaEt<rs uesses of six CT seven ia the open afr. The Iad.sus iay beside their .sader One n1au doctor, six foot sik inches hgh, waS aH odd looking fellow. may l never eoai- aaaer bi, hands.
 ' The party, sitter settling themselves atroiled iato the tewa. snd ia lees thaa two days passed draskenness and debancheTy, three or four were missing,
 Sharp is the knife. &ad sudden is the stroke
 And ssfely weaid the Yankee fneman rue
 1T subtIe peniards, Trspt beneath the cloak,
 Coaid blant the sabre edge clear the canon
 smoke
 They were accordingly marched away into those wiids of which they seemed much better citlzeus Ia justice. heweyeT to the AmereaHs, must say they seemed io treat tlte natives we'll and their sathorities extended every protection to th-s. Oae of the gang was very anciviI to as, and threw ou us the whitening inpatstion o( being Britisf,erS with an intensity of scorh thai must have been painful 10 hiHseif; inquiry, he was found 10 b. deses,es frsm the Marines. Iu fact, the most vo- Ientty ankse discovered be English fellows Of high principles, of course"