Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-09-11

| made 10 that point IN waSo"'' -. yunrces.
and water scarce He there met CaP'. W 1 rh.s
ter, ofthe u s. Artillery, 1. Cad%eil anu I'D J .eni
Bent, only ten days from Independence, anu s
bv them 10 Gen. Kearney all the news OF whlc',
he was in possession. From this party ne he a.,
| Of The murder. on The evening before, oil MT. W.
| T. swan. of Northampton, Mass. He was re-
turning. il is stated. from Fort Bent, in compa-
I nv with Major G. Clark, and was shot from MS
his horse, when within sevenly-hve yards Oh 'ie'i
camp, By Indians. v =,
| On the 18Th, he met Mr.. Turly's company o.
three wagons, from Taos, and also iof.y-.nlee
government wagons and 81 men. ihey VIZ WI },
ing BY for repairs. They hau iosl il'leen so"L ~
oxen many oil the men were SICK. anu lneJ ndd
only Two rounds OF ammunition. No guard coul :,
be placed al night and they had nothing WIN
which 10 proreci themselves when hunting Ihelr
oxen.
The Indians were attacking some Of The colnPa-
MES almost every night This detachment OF wa
CONS was then I6 DAYS behind the army, which
Mr.. C. learned was subssling on hall ration OIL
bread and meat, with neither sugar nor conee:I
kle expressed the opinion thai loo Mexican SOL
diers could capture al the supplies o. Gog nal,
ment stores from the Cotton Woou 10 Deh. ",
If they only knew their exposed situation. ~
was also stated that the dragons had only filleen
rounds of ammunition with them. Mr.. &. says
that The Indians were in Santa Fee Offering Their
services 10 Gen. Armijo, on condition that nc
should lef them have the spoils which they mishi
take from The Americans, but that ne had refused
10 accent the proposition. If he had acceded 10
il, the army might possibly have been defeated,
or their supplies cut of, which would have caused
great distress. Major CLARK and himself gave
The men all the powder which they could spare
and lett them.
On The 18th, he met twenty-five Government
n "a
Coons, OF ST. Louis. lie learned from them,
that their camp had been attacked on the night
previous, and lhatlhe had killed one Indian and
wounded another That night his camp was al
tackled at Coon Creek, and an attempt made 10
run of his stock.
From the 10Th 10 the 9Th he met parties every
iay, all Of whom had suffered more or less by The
Indians, who seemed bent on stealing their stock,
and succeeded in carrying off some.
Mr. Colbun represents trade as being extreme
" dull at Santa Fe. There was heavy Storm
of snow in the mountains on the 18th OF June,
and on The 10th OF July he saw large banks OF
snow On the 9th Of June there was !remen'
dous hail storm on The ST. Charles some OF The
stones measured nine inches, and he saw one
house which had holes cut through the roof by II.
The corn crop was very poor. Mr.. o. ex-
presses The opinion, that the horses Of The mount
ed men must suffer severely during the Winter,
as there was bnt liluc surplus grain in The coun-
lry, probably not exceeding eight thousand bush
els of wheat, and m corn.
The Navajo Indians were committing depre-
talions on The Mex,cans. They killed one man
and wounded another on The ii u!ino, within
Twelve miles OF Santa Fe, and were almost daily
running of their stock
Mr.. Algales, American Consul al Santa re,
was in feeble health. Mr.. g. records the death,
in March last, al Santana, Of DIR. Henry MasuTe,
but this must be mistake, as that gentleman did
not leave here until after that period. II has re-
ference, doubtless, 10 a brother, who has been 10
Mexico for several years.
DAIRY IN BARRE, MASS.-The Barre
Palrioi gives The following description .! The
Dairy Of Mr.. Harrison Bacon, Of that town:
Ills dairy consists OF ihirty-tour cows, twenty
four oi which arc grade Durhams, and he re-
naming len Native. We arrived al Mr.. Bacon's
ward a, The evening mixing and such enormous
and jislended udcrrs as were carried BY twenty
seven OF The thirtv-lour animals, il was never our
Measure before 10 behold. The build Of the cows,
form Of their necks, heads, limbs, &c, approach
ell the nearest in every particular 10 what consl-
iule the peculiar characteristics OF good milkcr>,
as described by Col. jacques in an article We pub
Iished last winter we have ever seen. We saw
the cows MIXED, and our expectations from what
we saw OF them, were more than realized, IN re-
gard To the quantity OF milk they gave: Twenty
Two or twsnly.three Of hem gave each over IL
quart pail full, and many OF them nearly pail
and half.
did not occur to US 10 weigh the milk oflhose
who gave The most milk until il was TOO late
We, however weighed the milk Of one young
COW five wears old, and Two heiiers four years od.
The weight was as follows The COW gave25s
lbs equal to 81 lbs day; one heier gave II
lbs, equal 10 I3l lbs day, and the oihcr2l3 lbs,
equal 10 l2s lis. a day. The cows, as 10 SIZE,
are The most Of them about middng, weighing
from 80 to 900 rs We should judge. Seven Of
The 81 cows quite ordinary mixers leaving
~ cows such as, We venture 10 say, are not 10 be
found in one lot in New England, if indeed they
are 10 be found anywhere. Mr. Bacon Informed
US tha. he commenced making cheese about The
Isl OF Al ril, which is the usual lime OF commenc-
ing. since which he has made from 81 cows
between and 5000 weight OF cheese and thinks
he shall make from IL 10 $4,000 weight
more. before the Isl OF December next, making in
tine whole, from April 10 December |, about
20, 900 weight The day before we were there he
made l31 lbs. Of cheese from one days mix, and
thinks by another week he shall come up 10 lao
lbs. a day We hardly think this, with The same
number ofcows, has been equalled by any farmer
in This or any other country.
Mr. Bacon gives decided preference 10 the
grade Durhams over The Natives, and is now
raising six yearings and eleven calves, which
are halt blood Durham, and in which we think
the most skiul connoisseur OF stock would hard
" be able 10 detect fault. The reason OF the
preference given by Mr.. Bacon 10 the Durhams
over The Natives, is, that they generally yield
more milk, Of an equally good quality, though The
difference in this respect is oil less consideration
than the fact that The Durhams yield milk aooui
month longer than the Natives. he says he
finds il ditlicnlt 10 "dry up" many oil his Durhams
al all. twenty-five oil Mr.. Bacon's cows were
raised by Mr.. Elias Ayres, who has recently Ia
ken up his abode in Virginia, and whose expert
ence and skill in breeding animals for the dairy
were well known 10 most Of our farmers, though
we have reason 10 think they were mol sufficient
ly appreciated By them.
THE FALL BUSlNESS.-We never at any
time knew the Fall business 10 open as briskly
as il does al present. Our packets are arriving
full OF goods and stores are preparing IN various
accommodating positions 10 receive The impor-
tations under the warehouse system.
Ncr York Sun.
Just 81 hero, and hAlc better. Never was
there larger or better stock Of goods on hand
in Boston than can be found here now, both oil
foreign and domestic manufacture, and never
did our merchants sell upon more advantageous
terms than they are now trading upon. Their
prices are much less than they were last season,
and they are determined 10 suit their customers
al all events Boston Post.
SIGNS OF "RUIN."
|. A new furnace is being erected in Lebanon
county, on account Of an estate, the owners ol
which have been connected Tor upwards OF three
quarters OF a century with the iron business OF
t--"~,.l".";. Every is strained by the.
Judicious and experienced manager to have it
completed early.
2 The large rolling mill Of the Hon. David
Pous, located at Pousgfove or Poslown, is still
in process OF building.
s. The new establishment at PhRnixville,
for making Railroad Iron, intended 10 be one oil
The very largest and compleiest in the Union, 10