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 Col. HampArey Marskairs Report of Me Battle cf Basna Vasi4.--we eagerly commend the attentive perusai Of this officers report to our readers, con taaiag as t does much Information relative to the conduct of our ycIunteers on the field Of battle II comes from a source disinterested except in the magnanimity of feeling which prompts the author to do iustice to his fellow soldiers, and desire to give to each regiment its proper share glory, won together He puts to flight the islanders which have been eircalated both at home and abroad on the Ar kans troops; asd the well deserved notice of their bravery, stands in bold relief against the statements who have snasayorsd to dsissst oss S% the msaf. Col Marshall. M will be seen, acted in csrt with Col. Yell, when the heaviest charge was made; he was eye witness of the gallantry of our troops, and until they encountered force superior in number, when the melee became general, Colon.l Yell fell. and the two regiments separated tt will be recoliacted that Col MarsbAlI is graduate of West Point. cool and uadavsted and certainly under the circumstances competent in every re- spect to give history of the affair which may be relied upon lie says, drssc aisitnciitR be- tsseca Cni. YeHs eomsaa,es and ny D. They stood skealdsv so sAoaldsr ap fo Me moment cf collision Eath ths easmy Gad eehassd Handsomely as could Aars desired" Let us hear then no about ''want of discipline 'swant of bravery" from those who only '.snufed the battle afar cf," or were in distant part of the field after the action commented. The citizens of Arkansas owe this officer debt Of gratitude for the manly way in which he has exhonerated the reputation of our troops from blot or stain ard for the eloquent eulo ~ be passes upon Col. Yell in reporting his fall.

 0y-A \ new paper called the "Herald' has just been established at Camden, ouachita county, and we should judge, from what we know of the cti- gems of that county and the prosperity of the place, il viii have fair chance of success. The only bar we know to its prosperity is the whig principles it is intended to disseminate We anxious to see il do well however if 1t were only for the interest ot some of our whig friends in that county, take in its circniation one of whom shoTt time since when we proposed to shed some light upon him through the columns of the Banner, declined subscribing, as he said that among our many patrons there were some not ai an iiierary, who to him regularly to a. avail themselves of his knowledge of reading to obtain the contents of our paper and conse- qaenty there was necessity fot him to take 1t. We repked that this was the best evidence ai- forded us of the avidity with which honest men saek tke frtfA He subscrbed for the Daner