The Arkansas banner., 1850-01-29
Late and Inserestlne ffom El pns.o.

Dt. 0Ovtx. wko snived st New Oriesns os th. Palmetto, furnishes ths PicsyuDs with an account Of his trip from which we take the following;
 Dr. t;oae left Ei Passo on ,he 18th ol October last. wih the GOveshmeat train Of lao wagons, es- eorted by two companies of the a 1mahisy aislrr ibe command of Capt Wm. B. Jobns.
 l The train which Dr. Gotfs acconpanied msdc fhe trip from Fl Pasao to ihe lower crossing of the Rio Peeos distanee ofthree hundred and htiy miIe,, in thirty i've days. The tEein suffered very nuch iot tue fret few days through scarcity ot water. there being more than ihonsas,d Animsls besides the men 10 provide for. On the fourth day oat they met with severe show sioTm; which fell to the depth of about 6se inclies wbich occasioned loss Of about sixty head of oxen. There was not sick of wood To be found to make 6ge 10 cook wiih, or even 10 watin themselves, and tbe lIain enduIed the gTea'est hsrdships during the whole Iouie, 4speeisiiy ali she Ssli Plains, which were very bog gy, and toe road generay was very bad. account oi the heavy rains that prevailed.
 On the 22d Of October. when about ll6 miles from E PAsso, the fTsn halted at tpe loot oi the Gaadafupe mountains. where wood and water were ple6fuI in order to recruit ihe anin1als and make repairs to the wagons. Whde thus encamPsd, two of ihe tcamsters went out hunting, and not TetUru- ing fears w,re entertained for heIr safety. Signal guns fired after night and light was made for ! Ithef guidance During inc whole of the next day nothing was heard of inc men, and it was thought that they must have been killed by tbe Italians. On the 25ih, the train saTted again, and at IndePend- enee Spiihgs, distance cf five mites, the heTders found the dead body of one ol the men, who had been shoG through the chest and stripped naked. His compsnion never wss afterwards heard of. Fresh Indian signs were discovered along the road, and evidences that large body of maraudipg savages had been lowering about the traih were plainly per- ceptible.
 After the train struck the river Pecos which is
 f,. county they travelled do~n its banks l60 miles to the lower crossing, known as the crossing of the Third InfartTy, where they met the San Antonio train During the travel along the TiSeE The banks of which are very steep and boggy, ;here was gTea, difficulty experienced, on account of the quick sands, tn watering the teams; especially The oxen, which rushed ino the stream and were occasionally carried down by the velocity of the caren, or were lost in the quick sands In ibis way the train sus- tained loss ol about 250 animals. Great credit is due 10 Capt Johns for his energy and perseverance m pushing forward ne train, and for bis care pro- vding for the comfort of tie men, as we'll as that oi fine apimal. The train from Fl Paso arrived at the Pecos about ten days before that from San Antonio but was detained about eight days in transporting the Government stores aeioss he Pecos 10 the wagons oi tte Fl Psso tain. Both trains leii the Pecos; on their TetnIn; on the 5th of December.
 While al Pecos express rider came m from Fl Paso wIth advices that Mir. Coons, with 8 trsin ol
 
 canon of the Guadalupe mouHisins by party ot Aparhes. This information we have before given our readers and it is fay confirmed by Dr. GJfFe. He also states that Major Henry, of the Sd infsnIy had come out from Ei Paso, with a co npany of iroIlntet men, but when he arrived the scene of the encounter no traces ot the Indians were 10 be rerceived. Mr. Howard. of Texas, brother o. Major Tom Howard, was shot in the arm al the time of the attack but not considered seriously injured By the same express 1t was reported that party of Caiernians were surprised and lak en prisoners by the Indians near The Copper Mines. on the river Gila, and that Major Richardson had been ont there. with company of mounted men. but had returned without being able to oveiake the Indians. oT hearing any thing further of the cap- LtHrsa Americans II was also reported by the same express thai the post opposite Fl taso had been renewed 10 Cona Ana; that the headquarters of inc Sd Infantry had been transferred 10 Albnqnef oae: and that two of the enmpanits at Fl Paso had been ordered 10 San Eieazaria, making four companies al that post, commanded by Major Henry
 On ihe way down the Pecos iivrF, near ConnoI. ly's crossings party of Camanches came into camp and evineed the most friendly disposition They said they had just reformed from Mexico where they had been marandng expedition and had run off l50 head of muies which thev had with them. and were taking 10 their home on in. i Colorado, Texas. They also informed inc train that their great chief, Santa Auna had lately died and that the celebrated warrior, Buffalo Hump. was
 
 now thsfr principal chief The scene on their an. polch toward their train, as described 10 us must have been as wild as 1t was picturesque They came riding down al galop, dressed in gay coIors painted tn every imaginable fashion. and deeeo,a. led with plnmes, trakeis, and sktns nl animals. On they came, whooping and yelling in genuine prairie s',ie and were hrs'taken tor enemies but their cry ot ' how d'edo, which they Ieprsted 10 every one, treasured the train. Several mules were porchased ron them, and they Jeff the most friendly terms and protesting the kindest feelings toward the Americans.
 The Indians at Fl Paso before the arrival of the ga Ihiah'Iy, were very troublesome, having made thIee deeeh's upoR the rancho at E Paso and driven oh about 300 animals belonging to the Mqxieans and Amercahs DI. Gofe states that the country has been ysfy much oveTaied as 10 its fertility and ja Potianee. although there is undoubtedly very great mineral wealth in New Mexico, which has moi vet beea developed. IL ia extremely unsaf, for small parties 10 venture far from the settlements on ac. count of the Indians. nsr.f4.