Litchfield enquirer., 1846-10-08
ARMY OF THE WEST.
Correspondence Of the Bali. Republican,

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SANTA FE, New MExrcO, Aug "a.
From the heading of my letter, you will pre-
ceive that Santa + e aud with II the province OF
Now Mexico, Is taken. Even now, the star
snauyI.J banner waves over the irrmer place OF
Cen ArtnIjo; American senlInels guard the
Town; American soldiers parade on the public
piazza. On the hI-nlauds south OF the town,
cent upon tent may be seen, ana their inmates
busIiy engaged IN cleaning their armor, drilling
and attending to their various dulles the can.
noa of Major CiarK's Ddtli lion pointing signlt-
candy Win their uuzZIrs toward the town; all
denoiIng that unless symptoms belle me, The
war east Of the RIO del Norle Is ended.
On the morning of the l7th, the SON Of Gen
eral %dlaAar was taken prisoner by some OF the
dragons, al,c from him we learnt The following
facts: Gen. ArmJo and SaaZar (lhe famous
murderer Of the teXanS) had encamped al the
Canon with near live thousand men, but owing
10 the JealOusIeS OF the two Generals and The
apathy # the soldiers, a lnuuny had broken cut
IN the army, the result ui which was, that Ar
MILO with his guard composed OF two To three
hundred dragooas, had flea toward the South /,
the PuroluS returned to Their homes, and SiI-
IAr titd TO MS hJmes The young man plyGgrd
"is Lie "H the assertion that no enemy would
meet US IN the canon passes, Which indeed ,ur
ted out to be The trnth. On !he l7Ih we en-
/ c"mped at Old IccuS; ard, on the 18th. IN the
evening, on The fifteenth day OF our war eXpcdi-
! lion, after Il most iaigu!ng march in winch
SEVERAL hundI cd horses und mules had to be left
behind, unable, longer to follow, we arrived al
Santa re. The flag soon waved over the pla-e,
and 10 honor Cf ii the artillery fired thirteen
guns rom their cn"ampment Oh the highlands
ncar The town.
On the next day formal possession was taken
OF me town; Gen kearney addressed the ciii.
| Zens, and took the uSull oath from the Protect
and Alcalde Of the place. If shall have any
| me lett shall, on Tomorrow, give You a re-
port OF The ceremonies which took plvce on Fl. e
occasion. GA the 2lst Capt. Fischer. of the
artillery, captured three OF the enemy's cannon
J al SalliSteo, a small town twenlv-seyen miles
from Santa re, and there had the honor of p,in-
Ing me only trophies won in the campaign.
me people are tranquil, and as peacable as
mlghl be Imagined; but few of the citizens had
Ned the town, aud most of them are daily re-
turning. Gen. kearney is fast reaping for him
sell a crown OF untadlng lanrels for his affabie
a'lG kiA" treatment OF the people, and the Wis
and stateSmanlIke policy which he purSups
He proclaimed himself Governor OF The Terr.
Tory OF New Mexico on the day after his arri-
val, and all look upon HIM as the fltest man
VINO could have been selected to reconcile this
people thus successfully to the sudden and eX
Ta9fdlhary change which their Government
and internal policy has Undergone.
oh to morrow body of troops will march
towards AlbuQuIke, to take possession of that
district. 1t is supposed that a detachment OF
the army will be also be sent to California -
The artillery, und Major Clark, is erecting
Notifications in front CT the town, and the two
companies under his command, commanded.
by Capt. Fischer and Weightman, it is gener |
ally supposed will be stationed here supported
by some other torces-Maor Clark command |
ing the garrison.
hese are the current reports generally cred |
tied although Gen. kearney can hardly know |
for certain how the appearance of things may
change, or what steps may become necessary
to ensure permanent tranquility in the prov
ince.
In conclusion, let NE say we have not lost
a man IN the artillery. nor have we any sick
at the present lime; that we are all as conten-
ted SIS we can possibly b., and burning with
mpatlencc TO hear from our friends in St. Louis
and ous brother soldiers in the South
More IN my next, which will be followed by
'he next mail. Yours, &c. &c, G5.