New-York tribune., 1842-01-06

ness fran, the absolute incapacity OF our main "a
80, 70 ,ran.nort all that i. crowded upon II! Or
sbe II we go straight ahead and render the whole
| ,rodac,ive g, the esrles, possible moEnen,-oe'ng
,,u,vs careful to keep our whole Deb, so low That
our net income will more than pay its intere =
| Here is the question. IF you say, Stop where We
,re,' you decide to throw away the Seventeen Mil
lions already expended on works not Yet peted ;
if YOU say, Pause where are and let us look
aboat, you decide to throw away Million OF Dol
and therefore useless works-lo choke the Grand
Canal before We can possibly finish its Enlarge
,nent and turn off the trade and transportation We
nave 80 nobly won 10 seek other markets down the
St. Lawrence and the Mississippi. Enterprise, fore
cast, reason, prudence economy, al proclaim that
there no sate,ysr policy daying turning back
BUT all in oosso AurAD. Such We cannot doubt
will be the emphatic decision OF the People OF
New Y ork.
MORE OF The SAsTA FE EsPED1Tlos.-Every.
thing relating to this unhappy crusade, involving
as it did the capture by the Mexicans and the prob
able consignment fate worse than death Of
some three hundred persons, Of them natives
OF the United States, ha. deep and melancholy
interest We 6nd in the ST. Louis Republican Of
| the 24th ult. farther news Of its fate, fully confirm
ing the previous accounts. Letters are published
in that paper dated al Independence, Mo, Dec. Is
and Is, announcing the arrival at ths, place of
Siyncr Manuel Alvarez, the American Consul at
New. Mexico who obliged to leave Santa Fe
by the arocious barbarty of the Mexicans. When
he left he had with him eight or ten companions: :
they separated however, some 800 miles from In
dependence. The cold was very intense one man
having frozen to death, and others being very SICK
and all Of them greatly annoyed by the cold and
snow during the entire journey, which occupied
fifty days. The Eve who separated froH. the main
party are supposed to have perishcd.
According to the relation of Signor Alvarez the
Texan expedition, on their arrival near Sansc Ft
was divided into three parties, under command OF
Howand, Cook, and Mcleod. When short
distance from Santa Fe, Rowland, Baker and
Rosebury on in advance to ascertain the
disposition Of the Mexicans. They were seized,
stripped, and ordered not to leave The bounds
They, however, made their escape, travelled FIVE
days, were retaken by some shepherds, brought in
and shot Seven others were then sent in, among
whom we're Kendall Combs and Lewis These
we're seized on their way, and drawn up TO be shot
but the Captain who had them in charge dsobeyed
orders, and took them to the Governor. Seventy
more of the same party were soon after broughlin.
The party under Cook, numbering SO men and
officers, was met when IS miles from Santa Fe,
ny the Mexican Militia, and atteaptcdto TO negotiate
with their Colonel, but were told that they must
surrender or fight. They accordingly surrendered
without lighting, on condition that their lives
should be secure.
The main party-numbering about tvs hun
dred-under Mcleod (whe ii said to be a coward
and fop,) surrendered when about fifty miles IN
The rear of Cook. All the prisoners, three hundred
and four in number, were stripped of their arms
property and stores. The ProcIamatons and other
papers, and among them MIR. kendals passports,
were burned in the Public Square. The whole body
were then marched of, baretooted und half naked,
for Mexico, distance of TWO thousand miles and
the orders tina: each man who gave should
be bayoneted and left by the way When Alvarez
and his party left, the prisoners had marched thirty
miles. and three Of them had already been killed.
The conduct of the Mexicans is represented as
savage and terocious in the extreme towards the
defenceless prisoners, and TO have extended, in
country. On the 18th of October before his de.
parture from Santa Fe, Armcgo, the Governor,
wrote to the American Consul ordering the for
eigncrs to contine themselves within tho town Cor
twenty days. After his departure, the nephew OF
the Governor, who is also his confdant and Secre-
tary, accompanied by d sergeant and soldier, and
followed by mob, attacked the house of the
American Consul, burst into it, and wounded him
severely in the face. Threats were made by the
rabble against the American citizens ana many were
arrested and thrown into prison, from which, on the
return OF the Governor, they were released. Two
American citizens had their houses broken open
and their money and property taken NJ Alvarez
demanded his passports, which, after delay of
about thirty days, were granted. He had six,ces
companions when he left, OF whom seven reached
independence.
ZPESSsYLyANiA.-The Legislature Of Pennsyl
vsnia met al Harrisburg on Tuesday, and we have
doubtless letter, announcing the organization, in
the Post Office, but as there IS no Editors Mail
from Harrisburg wu cannot get i, ill this
ing. We only know, therefore, that the two par
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