True Democrat. (Paulding, Miss.) 1845-18??, 1846-09-09
- NEWS FROM SANTA FE.
Correspondence Of the 81. Louis Rep.
INDEPENDENCE, Aug. l3 1916.

today of further news from the pralrles.
| Our townsman, Mr. Samuel RalIston, has
inst returned from Santa Fe, after an
Unprecedented trip of eighty days. lie, IN
company with Messrs. Weick, BIumer
and others, left here with their goods in
Nav, and arrived in Santa Fe, making
journey of forty days. After completing
their arrangements. a small company,
consisting Of Messrs. Rallston and Hill, OF
our place, and Mr. Hutchinson and Jno.
Mcknight from Chihuahua, started in and
are now here, in thirty days from
Santa Fe. Previously to Mr.. RaIlstOns
departure there was good deal OF excite
ment created by the numerous reports IN
circulation respecting our troops. Expires
SEES had been sent out in every direction
by the Governor and private citizens, to
ascertain their truth, but many OF them,
after being ont two or three days, returned,
having learned nothing satisfactory. The
| whole country is in u state OF alarm.
Farmers adjoining Santa Fe are driving
their stock into the mountains, securing
their possessions ahd putting themselves IN
position that they can be out Of harms
way at moments warning: Provender
of every description IS exceedingly scarce
Uhere not having been rain for nearly
three monthS) the vegetation is nearly
exhausted. Our informant thinks the
troops will have some difficulty in securing
enough for the maintenance OF their
animals even for month. Provisions
must of necessity also be very hard to get
and unless some other means OF securing
them be found out than such as was ac-
ticipated, previous to their departure, they
will be in a very bad way this winter.
1t was pretty certainly known before
they left, that there would not be even
show of fight on the part of the AleXcans,
unless a very small force was sent along
at fira, for the assertion Of the Governor
was made, and word sent to Gen. kearney
by our .intomantS TO that effect; ana he
furlherSays that spectabIe force comes
upon him, he shall Immediately abandon
the country aud remove South OF the no
del Norte. The common people, and
especially the PuebIa Indians, are averse
TO fighting the Americans for an order for
volunteers from the Governor met with
no response from them at ALL and he has
now not more than three hundred soldiers
in Santa Ee, miserably clad and poorly
fed. Neither were any soldiers to be had
below, for Chihuahua had not and could
not furnish any, and Mr.. Mcknight says
there is no probability of any being gotten
there. Some Of the traders had arrived at
Santa Fe, but no business being done, they
had gone below. Speyers had bought out
all the Governors wagons and goods, and
and other small lots of goods from traders,
and gone on. Mr.. VIM. Mcknight, Webb,
and DOane, had also gone. Gen. kearney,
all the troops and traders had passed up
the Arkansas to Ben'S Fort. The company
of Armljos, going ont from here, were met
at different points, progressing slowly. Mr..
VIM Mogollin at or near Arkansas;
Samuel Magotiiu, little nearer this way,
and Gentry aud Others at Council Grove,
and some others still this side. Almost
every day provision wagons were seen
upon the road, vending their way along;
carcaSeS Of horses oxen and buffalo were
s.rewed along at intervals. The great
scarcity of water So frequently spoken OF,
proves to be a fabrication. On this side OF
the Arkansas there is grass and water in
sufficient abundance for all that have or
may 60 out Col. Prices regiment was
met, just getting fairly into the plains,
about two or three days ride from The
Fort. This is all the news | can gather
for YOU nowhere will be an express 10
the Garrison to-day or to morrow; he ought
to have been there before, but hIS animals
broke down. Through him, probably, you
will hear more particularly.
TENAs.-A day or two ago a friend of
ours, who had Just returned from trip
into the interior Of Texas, called on ms. A
| few miles beyond Nacogdoches, on his
return, he met a regiment under the COM
maud Of Gov. Yell Of Arkansas, Of 1000
men on their march to San Antonio, where
| they were to remain until further orders.
lie also met, within about eight miles Of
San Augustn, a company Of dying arlil-
cry, about 80 in number, under the
command of Captain Washington, from
the interior of Pennsylvania, who were
bound for the same destination. The
Captain informed hIm that this company,
when IL landed al NalchiiocheS, had
already cost the United States S3OOOO.--