Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1846-10-12

the MeN'can villages on his route. and WAS therefore
master oi New M,xlco. Il MAS supposed that he would
soou despatch lorcc u 2oeO men 10 alloruu,.
From The 81, LOUIS Republican. 18th dt.
S,Nr, FL, Nrw MrNtco. !
August u. 1876
From the heading af my letter, YOU Will perceive
that SANTA fe, and with 1t The province III New Mex
90. is taken Even now. the spanaed banner waves
over the nttnrt palace al ten. AfmiIb, American sen
nes puatd the tonn; American soldiers parade on the
public plaza Ga the highlands south OF The town. tent
upon tent may he seen, aud their inmates busly Oh
gagged IN cleaning thelt armoi. dulnr, aud attending
To lhrlr various military duties, the ,annan OF Maln
tlalk's brallun painting significantly wIh then tru2
aes towards the lown all dennImp that. unless symp
TINS belc mt the war east oi the RI del Nurte In cnd
In one word the expedition of Gen $ W kcarney
with tie Amy lhc Nest has thus lar resulted IN TIN
tnosl successful triumph which even the sengune
/ could have nnIlnrd.
/ II temrmbrr night my last communication 10 ynn
addressed irnm Fon bent At that ,l.ce our army
remained but three days camping nine miles ca4i 1T The
Fnu. near the mouth vi PH0ctwhy. Some prisoners
whom "" made there, and ahu II was supposed, were
spies III Gen Am9n. spnad snnnus contradictory reports
among ns hut Cen keatney without paying the least
regatd their hosllc ntcnnus treated them trm,rkn
bly, itlendly them about the show ed them
rtuo torccs aud especially our eanuon-and then
sent them hume, with the request 10 tell Gen Arnsp
what they had seen. and that III less ihan twenty days
we should meet hlia, not on by paihs-,ol s,cahly-
but boldly, openly. an the highways ot New Mexico.
ready any obstacle whrh might pr, sem itself
way but ready. also, those uhn made no
hnsllle demonstrations towards Us. rs fellow
our Republic. On the "a o August mccs lcu the
camp. and NJ the Fal ctossd the Arkansas the IN
mates oi the For salnng US 10y hosting the American
flag.
Oar marches Were extremely htigung after we LEFT
the Font aud the sandy SOIL the bad quality Of ntass
aud the want 81 go"d water. JHned 10 an aim n,up
portable hrl aud the hh alns hlon I'M from rhp west
had The Elect OF aampenlng The spts ~ The men con
sldrrlbly, 10 mnst II the ammunition wagons OF aur
arefy we had already been lutrrl 10 put oven, they
also cave ou soao and 1t with great diff uliy
such Is npl easily Imagined that the artillery pr,
cerdcd onward. MI. Glasgow Mr.. Irttensdnrirr aud
e1hrr traders, jlaed ahf amy nj The Fort and proceed
ed almg with MS III lhe rear. Capt. Gook. with sever
al men. sent ahead un mission ot penro Il Gen
AnlIe, aud Mcs-rs Bent aud I.clensdodrr followed
INN, cApluIing the country.
Ga the Sth reached the Rait0na mountains and
On the lOh wr rncanped On the canadian fork of The
Cooreo. having IN teo lays gotten successfully through
the mosl dangerous passes whIrh be Imagined At
ter We had passed these mountains, gave mp all hopes
oil mrefng an enemy, lnaanuch determined band Of
five hundred men nlahl have nj least delayed our pms
sage through LIEN Cor months perhaps DESTROYED ont
entire afces. without amy olhcr arms aud ammunition
than the rorkS ON these impossible mountains
Ga the CANADIAN Fork NE bad n rest day. and with
ont any interrupt arrived, the 18Th al the lower
f.ro settlements, aud eucsmpcd that ll at thr Slf
pilln The people wrrc lllc Disturbed our npptuneh
and rather hard the delivery from their uppfrssora
aud protection tom the danger threatening them lrain
the surrounding Indian tribes We learned there from
Captain toak, The news reaching u.s. thai a orce al
twelve thousand MeXrans and Purhls, with two Ihnu
sand armed met amongst them, had rncamprd NJ mud
laflhed the Canon passes near Santa F. which made
6nncfal kralney Tor moEent apprehrnd thai danger
had beiallcn him. On The cvrnn. reached tn
lowo of Los 1egos, snall place containing near
hundred buildings. \ messenger from Arm, pe,
General kratury iew miles east of tho place. pivny
ffsufahrce Ia "tr commander lint Captain Coak hid
brcn III Sant1 Fe and that his mission had been duly
respected sumo other information, though Of huo I'M
pnrtanre. never became fully known 10 me H., which
reason shall not trouble You with the deia of the lrag.
ments, Which only learned. The AIcaIdc aud some
oi the weailhlcf clzans waited an the General in the
evening and T. HIN, seemed, Tranquil and assured Of
The friendly Intentions o onf tpvetumrnt towards hem
During tbs ~ lhl messenger reached the camp AID
stated that large body Oi the enemy had arrived with
III Two mlles u the place, and WIRE Certifying a dan
eerous pass. None seemed more assured that battle
would onsne IN the morning than our General aud every
preparation was made, aud every recautlon laken To
meet the ehrmy.
Eltly IN tie IN fnlng tho loops marched towards
the town, The lg OF each troop displaying The aud
stripes, patriotic speeches made some u the vol
nnlrcr companies, the slow matches were m aud every
heart beat with qpwng Anxiety for the moment of the
ftnconle. Pnviously however mtmal possession
taken Of the town; ben. k"afncy uomlualed the AIcale
and Two other evil iii OF The place az Captains
who hefcnpon took the oath OF aIleeianfB 10 the United
States OF America. swearing 10 discharge the duties OF
ther oil rs Iuhiny, and 10 support aud protect the
cause 81 e noD against thelr oppbsefs phumspeyer
The ceremony ended, flfce marched towards the en-,
canpnrn al The enemy The nlgual Tor gtven,
thfce companies Of infantry marched HE summit Of
he hills enclosing the Plss-bol. arrived at the pass the
enemy had fled, and had gratfaJu OF learning
nothing else than that the mail um the States had ami
we'd, bringing among other heWs thai of the promotion
1 o Cal k.gf la al IipTt