The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-07-10
Interesting Intelligence from
Santa Fe.
ANTICIPATED Battle WITH THE MEyICANS.
Military Movements in tho West,
SC Sc. &c.

The Charleston Ersning Ners, referring to myster
paper says has taken trouble to nq uire into the
matter and has CLEANED the following particulars
nected with the personal movements alluded to therein
Ii appears that Messrs Murphy and Simpson, of London
with another individual, Spanish subject arrived at
Charleston lately and during their stay the two gentle
sage to Havana but there being vessel here destined
for that port they appeared greatly disappointed and left
As the name of one of the parties AIr Murphy
troduced to the public by the New Orleans paper and
some sery as was Inferred seemed to DO connected
with his movements have copied the above particu
lars but they do not appear to clear the mystery
possible that these persons have public mission but
journeying with haste simply their private bust
But in the present excited public curos
y. We have given the information as we procured it,
and for what it is worth.
[From the ST. Louis Republican. May 81
We had the pleasure yesterday. quite Unexpectedly
of greeting Messrs Charles Bent, ST. Vran and Folgcr
traders to New Mexico-and gentlemen about whom
and their friends much socitude has been felt In
sequence of the hostile relations existing between the
United States and Mexico They reached this port in
the Radnor, and from conversation with them, we
have arrived at the following facts Of very considerable
interest to the public at the present time.
Mr. Bent left Santa Fe on the 9th Of May Taos the
Sd Of june and Fort Bent the l2th. The party
berng some twenty persons. had an expeditions trip,
and enjoyed fine weather The grass was high and lux.
urinnt and water in abundance was to be found the
route. When Mr.. Bent was at Santa Fe nothing was
then known OF the warlike movements on tho part Of
the Rio Grande and. OF course, hostile demonstra
tons were making in New Mexico against our Traders
or citizens In a conversation with Armijo the com.
mandant of New Mexico he old learn that Gen. Urea
his route TO Santa Fe, with force of from three
to five thousand gathered in Sonora Zaccteca and
Durango. The object of this expedition stated
if known, by Gov Armijo but there be little doubt
that the presence Of Gov Urea there at such time
was the result Of bis orders from the Mexican govern
mcnt and with ar intention to resist any invasion from
this quarter There only $50 troops in Santa Fe ut
the time of Mr.. Bent's departure
Mr. Bent did not the advance party Of the traders
composed Of Of the Armijos, Spyers Colburn and
others; but he learned from company OF about 100
Mexicans, who were out hunting buffalo, that they were
met by them at Sand, the Simar0ne, and sixty
miles from the Arkansas They pushing with
great rapdity travelling at the rate of thirty to forty
miles per day An express from Independence had in
formed him of the intention to send detachment of
dragons to stop the progress of Spyes then
the rapdity Of their travelling So intent we're they
upon getting along that a hundred extra mules we've
purchased, and when wagon broke down, was aban
doned in the road after transferring the goods another
Capt. Moore's command Of dragons met the
l7th between the Pawnee Fork and the Caches of the
Arkansas He six eight days travel behind Spy
ers party and supposed that he could not overake
them.
Mr.. Howard the gentleman despatched by government
on a special mission to New Mexico was met on the
10Th, at the crossing of the Arkansas, with his pack
mules broken down. He had however, despatched two
express to Santa Fe fresh mules and they
expected to reach there in nine days From thence
they to the foot of the Taos mountains
where Mr. Howard was to await their coming
ham and others at the Little Arkansas-Glasgow and
others at Cotton Wood Fork-Owcns and Letensdorfer
between Cotton Wood and Council Grove. He
the route, hundred and thirty wagons belonging
the traders He also met two long trains of provision
wagons-the first within twenty-five miles of Council
Grove and the other at Dragon creek. They were
dered to stop at Fort Bent where it Is understood the
whole expedition will rendezvous The party arrived
at Westport the 27th thirty days from Sante Fe. Mr.
+. r Blair and George Bent were left at Taos.
The trade in New Mexico was dull, was it likely
to be better during the present year. Tho company Of
which Mr. Bent is the head has been engaged in
prosperous years business.
Archulca, the former commandante of New Mexico
died on the 23d OF May, at Santa Fe.
Mr. Bent estimates the population of New Mexico at
between thirty and forty thousand Of whom rs 900
side east and north of the Rio del Norte He has kindly
furnished with table of the number Of Indians resi-
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