The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-10-20

their wish to- remain in the public service Commands
were unavaiiing and mutiny length broke out
ing which tho regulars were commanded to fire the
were dispersed Shortly after Governor Armijo threw
up his command, Ief the entrsnchmens, and has not
since been heard OFFS Louis Union, Oct TO-
The Lexington (Mo Express of the 9Th inst contains
few items Of news from Santa Fe which we give be.
low:-" Mr. Hill. Of this county, who went out this
spring. returned yesterday making the trip In twenty
ing to leave for California 1000 men, the rest OF the
army were to winter in Santa Fe. They had nearly
completed the fort All was quiet Trade very
duiI; the whole country being literally flooded with
goods which were selling at prices less than Missouri
Many OF the traders going south The troops
expect letters by company traders now nearly at In
dependence. The inhabitants had fed or as friend re-
msrks-the women had fed to the Americana, and the
men to the mountains Another example the natural
shrewdness Of the sex.
The bark Margaret Hugg Capt Little, bound for Point
Isabel Texas) sailed from Fort Monroe on the 18th inst
with detachment Of two hundred troops lately station
Cd at that post under the command Of Major w Nor.
rs; consisting Of Company "A :" an Regiment u s Ar
tillery, Lieut. j. H. Miller commanding and Lieut. A l..
McJilton Company *" 4th Regiment u 8. Artillery,
Captain T. f. Hunt, commanding Leutenants J. r. Ga.
resche and j. A. Brown Each Of these companies is 81
strong And detachment of 10 Infantry recruits Lieut.
McJiiton commanding -Norfoik Herald, Oct. IL
PRrsErr TO OH RoUoH REApY.-A splendid
silver pitcher has just been completed by Mr. Warder
sversmith Of this city, to be presented to General
Pao Alto, and Resaca de la Palma. 1t stands on four
Eagles cawsl and 10 enriched by the most beautiful
ana SSihssng It: weight Is 20 ounces.
are committee OF gentlemen Of Louisville Kentucky
ALBANY, October IA. 1916.
Poities-Whis Preporations-The Weather WIiiism
II Seward-SiIa Wrishi-The Regents oft Uniper-
sify
The wings of the state concentrating their finest
metal as necessary preliminary to the just
opening up so richly We expect to election this
fall remarkable for the immense number of candidates;
and for the Incorporating energy with which it will
be contested As very material fixture nthe approach
ing struggle. George Dawson of Roche ster has been
detached from the Rocheser Democrat, and has been
employed by. and associated with, Thurlow Weed of
the Albany Evening Jouvnsl a reserve or fsrlorn
hope. Dawson is about town looking hale and
vastly confdent he is opening the books and odds are
being laid out Young very freely. casual and en-
tirey unprecedented glance through the big bay win
dow OF the executive chamber to day. betraye
OF high interest. An animating conversation appa
the confidential members Of the party sustained very
prominent parts We profess entire ignorance of the
sd tine sv n to be $
counties nor in any portion Of the State under eu
The whig young men have made their selection of
delegates to the State Convention to be held at SYRIA
euse on the 2lst inst.
met William II. Seward coming down town from the
notices of set-of retainers &c, suppose hanging
On his arm He is engaged in the trial Of civil suit in
gage his attention before he leaves the city seward
fills prominent position in the party and is as
Kind of appellate oracle 1t will require all the activi
ty and energy of the wings defeat silas Wright and
we do not doubt that Mr. Stewards mission hero partly
With the consideration plainly before him that the re-
suit OF the election next month will powerfully affect
his political prospects, Mr. Wright is still calm, and evi
IDENTIFY unappr hensive. Every knows that there is
momentous stake depending upon the issue If Silas
Wright had remained in the Senate he would have been
mprecangly that Wright has invested his only chance
with Folks breaking and broken fortunes he elected
Polk, and if his own State negecs him now, he
forever This is the way the took OF fate is rendered
This conviction forces itself upon the mind, and the
struggle between the rival parties this fall ill be
whittier than and clearer than virgin gold cannot
who trusts his life and his character to the
ever vary ing tide Of popular passion
The Regents of the University of this State will meet
at the capitol on the Gath inst The meeting special
one, and the occasion may offer subjects Of interest
WILDERNESS HERxrMER Co, Sept Q, 1886
Life in the Woods-Scenery-Du Duck Shootng-Lake of
Eagles-Mrs. Breroorf and Chiid-Indian Tradition
We have now passed through chain of seven of the
most beautiful lakes, filed with savory fish, and covered
with ducks and wild game in abundance that the heart
Of savage goated over, the eye of white man
ever coveted. Our camp il made the shore of the
eighth lake. or, eur Indian informs u.s. Las Wonta or
Lake Of Eagles was the name by which it was known
the Six Nations One of the latest acts Of the cee.
braed Red Jackets life to make pilgrimage to this
leke, and, after spending week upon its shore, hunting
deer and catching trout and seeing that the eagles did
return to their former nests in the tall pines he wrap
ped his blanket around his head and wept like a child
shall longer fall y and he left glorious old GODS
forever
The scenery among these inland seas possesses
various picturesqueness that hardly illus
trate. while passing from the broad bosom of silver
sheet OF pure water of ten fifteen miles in extent
and avery motion Of the paddle brsakng the stalk
OF snowy golden water lily that seemed longer
waste its sweetness on the desert air. after coming in
contact with our admring gaze Now flock OF broad.
bills huter up before us from the thick sedgy banks
Crack goes the shotgun; two have become victims to
bumps Of destructiveness and another hutterng
like the heart Of love stricken swain. Exupere
wades in after the game sight at her delicate extreni
worth than the eanaresi that look, glistening
through the waves like the feet OF Venus whose body
has long since been trsns6gured by Jupiter. As We
glide along, snipe whirrs near the low copse
wood, and canoes wait till he is fairly bag
ged-now startled bitteren sailing slowly BY,
just over our heads; Tom and both give her shot
she quive she falls directly into wies lap who looks
quite puzzled to know whose shot killed the bird.
thus ia: passed ' the last Two days % need
Adams, in the primeval Eden of the Empire State.
The lake Of Eagles 10 about miles in length and is in
depth from ten to two hundred feet 1t Is the last body
Of water meet with till reach Raguette Lake in
let; that is about twelve miles distant Owing the
Beologlcal survey, we KNOW
but little OF the location advantages Of this re gioB-
lis true that they visited Raguetts Lake yet beng bit
ten by few attentive musqstoes, they backed out and
the consequences is that the people little better of
than before far any real information ia concerned
This is to be deeply regretted there is country
havo possessing the elements Of the FIN
est portions Of State, when brought into notice
and cultivation
We have killed but three deer a. yet, but
when get into the waters of Raguette
Lake We expecting some rare sport We intend TO
send out after larger supply of edbes having found
that appetes lose nothing from the balmy and
night encampments which extraordinary express shall
a means Of sending you this epistle. Mcnasppe
pointed the rock under which the beautiful
Mrs Brevoort and child were buried, who we're taken
at the burning Of Schenectady by the Indians, and
here persisted of their sunei ings. 1t appears that
Mrs B., with her baby in her arms. crept
was found dead beside the waters of this forest lake
To the east of us there large beaver meadows,
where the Indians used to raise their and Is here
la these they LEFT their wives and children
when they made the bloody descent upon Wyoming.
These impregnabe forests have been place for
thatrf haU