New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-11-05
FROM the = Louis Republican Oct ..

An extra from the Office of the Liberty Tribune dated
on Tue.dav layr contains long snd interesting letter
from John T Hughes its correspondent al santa FA
II Is dated On The 7ll instant and gives daily account
of General Eeerney expedition 70 San Tonic. l. coz
tans s5ou: 80 inhabitants bat at his time about sou
persons from 81! the n--h5orlnc villages we're assem-
bsd --eieprate the anniversary OF the Holy WIEN
On te srrisal OF General hearuey ana MS troops ts
proceeded to make dazzling exhibition OF their cers-
monies 50 70 impress them xi:h ldes OF the pom
pgus character OF the church The Genera! and ataf
took their quarters the volunteers eEcaped N
the suburbs. about O'Clock at night the town WAS
brilliantly Illuminated by the pine ta-Ots hat olaze6
from all the walls OF the city. from the tops OF the
churches and the private houses 70: Jour aouTE there
was continual discharge OF firearms, throwing OF say
rockets and fire balls. The elements TrcTr red with
long streams Of IRE for 3D feet higa. The rockets
would sometimes explode in the ar and asaln iaI
among The crowd and explode producing treat coniu-
sion While this going on ~ another part OF the
square there were some lic persons mostly women
sitting on the ground listening comedy, or some
kind OF theatrical exhibition Every thing zald was u
course. in the Spanish language
Mex; day the celebration was renewed. The church
was crowded TO oversowing though ample enough 10
contain two thousand persons SIX priests ofcated al
the altar which lighted up with twenty four can.
dies General hearney and stat officers and some OF the
officers of the volunteer regiment were present Dur
ing the whole time singing. instrumental! music and he
firing of inuskery were strangely comminged To
wards evening horse-rscing, dancing and gambling &C
cupied the attention of the tnronr-
Col Doniphsn remained in command OF the troops al
Santa Fee attended 10 the administration the laws
Governor OF the Territory superintendent the erection OF
Fort Mdrcg on the hill overlooking the town, and com
pe,ed with the aid Of Willard ? Hall the organic Law
and Constitution for the government OF the Territory
small printing press found at Santa fe which was
used for printing Public Laws &c but said that Gen
Kcarney will BE- under the necessity OF sending manu-.
script copy OF the Constitution and Laws OF the Territory
the for publication This to be done by the
next Express which TO Leave in about u days
Six dragons and volunteer had deserted from the
Army but it not known whittier they had fed The
health OF the Army mad greatly improved Dr. vaughan
who had been left at Bents Fort with u sick men, ar
rived ~ Santa F6 the 10th in company with Lieut.
lnces OF the ls Dragons six OF the men had died
four a, the Fort, and two gu the route.
second Lieut.. James : Oldham, OF the Company from
JAG had been tried bya Martial and sentenced
be dismissed from the Service, with disability to
the Armies OF the United States for the period
OF twelve months
Col Doniphan expected to be ordered Chihuahua.
Gen. Armijo in Chihuahua. Nothing had been heard
from Col. Price and his Regiment OF Volunteers.
LATER FROM THE CALIFORNIA EMIGRANTS.
4 letter from a youn. OF this city, of the
party that left for California last spring was received by
his friends yesterday and kindly placed in our hands
and from which have extracted the following patc
uars The letter dated the I'D o. July, at Fort
Bridger, which the head Of Blacks fork OF Green
River far from Bear River Mountns and brought
In by Capt Walker who was rcturnn. from California
with Lieut. Fremont At Fort Laramie, Col Russell aud
many others of the emgran sold of their wagons and
with packs containing few articles pursued their Jour
ncy on horseback. Inc grass on the route rom Foft
Laramie deficient and the animals Jared badly For
one hundred miles OF the States the country Is
Represented being mserably poor and barren though
fifty to one hundred miles farther. the valleys OF the
Platte and other afforded very good grazing.
The soil however Is sandy aud full OF salt The parties
were the south pass OF the Rocky Mountains on the
18th of July and mad then no Indians after leaving
Fort Laramie and considered themselves beyond their
dangerous vicinity and only few OF the eugrauts kept
a night guard. From Fort Laramie they had pleasant
weather with cool nights and warm days though very
dusty roads I'LL they reached Fort Brdger and during
the whole route they had not seen more than dozen
buffalo.
Col Russell and his party, by hard travelling reach
I'd Fort BridCer three days before the others,
but his horses had their backs badly worn and he
manned there four days recruit At that place they
were metby MI Hastings. rom California who came
conduct them IN by the route, by the foot OF
Salt Lake. disc, NJ by Col Fremont, which Is said TO
be two hundred nearer than the old one by Fort
Hall The dis,ases IL California was said to be ak nun
Gred end fifty miles. through hnc iarnln. country,
with plenty OF grass ior the cattle.
Companies of from To a dozen wagons, says the
writer continually arriving, and several hsy, alrea
dy started on, with Hastings at their head who would
conduct them 10 where the Road IONS the old
route and there leave them and push on with his party
Russell had also started. guided by who
through with Hastings. He Is SAID TO be very sick OF
the journey and anxious 10 complete IL Instead OF en-
terng California the commander OF halt military
caravan he mad been iofsaken by his most cherished
companions. and his undersrsppers have treated
him with lndgnity Grayson had quarreed with all his
companions, End every who could raise horse had
left him Boys and many others had determined to go
TO Oregon and expected 10 arrive at Fort Brdeer
III day two. Curry had also been persuaded 20 20
to Oregon and from thence he would 90 California
and the Sandwich Islands. He still in bad health.
The Oregon may be considerably shortened ~
avoiding Fort Brdger. and passing stretch OF forty
i've miles without but most companies go that
way The emigrants were heartily tired OF their jour
ney and enths OF Them wished themselves back IN
the States The whole company had been broken ny
INTO squads by dissatisfaction and chickering's and II was
pretty much every man ior himself The accounts they
have received OF Oregon and the CALIFORNIA; by the par
ties they met returning the States had greatly dis
hesr,cncd them and they had horrible antcpatons OF
the future in the country which they believed TO be
when they beautiful AS the Elysan helds
The climate Fort Brdcer Is described delightful
" pleasant the days clear and warm refreshed BY
pleasant breezes and the nights were cool. with light
dews and occasional frost Fort Bridser is said TO DC
miserable pen occupied times 10y Messr5 Brdger and
Nasques and resorted to by number OF loahng trap
pers 10 exchange urs and moccasn with the enGrants
for -four bacon and whisky The latter sells at Two dol
lars pint.