New-York daily tribune., 1846-01-12
From the st. Republican, Jan.
Later from Santa Fe.

v..,..,.,, u, "a received from correspondent ~
Santa Fs etters-one da.ed On 'nE leu. o,,
- ,bi. ritv bv gentleman who formed one Of com
49, centy arrived a, Indc peDdence from New Mexico
E,o1 the rst of these letters learn that the recoIs
-, ~ ,be eth October and elected Thomas Charvis
Penresentatiye in Congress Gen. Manuel ArrnlJo hao
been appointed Governor OF New Mexico o1t naa no
then entered upon his efcisi dutes anu sn AZ;
Ga-cin Copde was appointed General OF the MN OWE
ion conposed OF the States Of Durango Chihuanua ao
New Mexico Jose Antonio Charvis haa oeen r app0'''
ed TO the head of the Custom House al Sa a rcb o
ON the first of June Manure Charyis. man ihuch re-
s,ac,sJ bv ,be ricans. died in Santa re- 0enera
conde Collector of Customs Is said 20 have been iucn
barder ON traders than in former years. lno outee
t ~ - ssvrn hundred and fifty dollars per wagon
load of goods and hundred and hity dollars ioI
,ransIa,ing invoices &c and they were rgldy eHsceu
No, only ths the case Dut many oi que soUos
seized as being prohibited and heavy losses were su
tsned The writer had one load conhscated team ana
an and the driver was Imprisoned and yet MS loss was
by no means the greatest AL OF the companies na,G
bseo IN the habit of taking out conraband goods WIN
the Implied assent OF the Custom House 0icers
year the Government Cen Conde TO Santa win
orders to enforce the law and be mas done So
yeryoy at auction and the Collector declares tnas nc
wlhereaf,er enforce the law 10 this particular. Dutes
VIII be- it is ssid at least sieoo per wagon
ton poods will nearly stop the trade to Santa e. ine
trade had been very prosperous as owing 10 su sPpe
henon Of the people ons s0%sl ,Ss rehsse
The citizens of New Mexico had been very Inucn an
,ad NV the Utaw Indians They are supposed TO nave
killed nearly ono hundred of the citizens OF nai S;
md ,bev wcro daily running off stock. On Ked RIVER
near sos the people In numerous places were alrnu "
cny TIE their lands and many were in sunerihg con
,,;ona Muuy Of them express strong desire 10 De an
syed 10 the United States and say they wish 10 DC u
der a government which will protect their hves ana
nroperty and not subject them to forced loans OF 10
bave their property seized by the soldiers OF the coun
rrv as has been the case still the majority arc oppscu
10 annexation M arc most oil the oihcers. -
II may be Of interest TO our merchants 10 'ce'
,hat r. etensdorfer Bro Co. and Norris Coiourn are
tho principal wholesale dealers in New MEXICO Lett
cnsdorfer & Co had bought out Godenstein. and Col
burn bought out Douglass, Hattin g. Co. Kaufman 30
ling and Jackson Davinney Inc hne eoodS VI al Iao
stocks were readily taken for the lower trade mr. De-
vnney very ILL., and ms lie deSparea OF, ou' 40 .nu
nbse ouen letter says nothing In relation 10 h H"y
be pres sumcd that he did not die
From the last letter learn that the Americans on
tho frontier at the Moreau and the Spanlards. nave
been ordered TO the river Avao win all the
stock and 1t was tnen oeie'cu oy ''e 4'o"'0"i' ''
war was TO be declared.
Messrs Wehercd e. Co. had just arrived from tne
,trted States The Custom House, 1t is said exsctea
fron, them full duties all their stock-Rnd even the
aans rate was charged for an empty wagon. On bag
ynoe.wneong the charge Sl5G. The writer THINKS
That whea bTn!io 1sct tho clair OF dovernor tne
Atnr, i--s- Nil Sod moro iayor He appeared very
friendly a.d ~ itcd Ameycars - the Assembly when
met and IRON &c 10 s palace. tt..-e, In hs toast
10 the A,nericans in The strongest terms
s wish for tho peace and welfare OF The two countries
He said that declared, there would DO no
6phtinp by this people ofNew.Mexico.
Mr. Joseph McCama died at Cottonwood on his way
TO Santa Fe and buried ai GREAT ousn
,ty 81 eold From forty sixty miners were coming
into Santa Fe daily and WAS their opinion that more
d would be taken OF the mines this winter than Tor
many years previous
severn months The Americans had raised several hun
dred dollars to give dndango to Gov. Armilo, on his
Induction into office