Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1846-01-24

LATEST FROM SANTA Fr-Cen. NJ,
Atmijo has been appointed Governor n MIu NUE.
Mexico. but has not entered upon hi, CIV sw
duties; and Francisco Garcia Condo VA. 'a'
pointed General Of the fifth division. com.. sP'
Of The States Of Durango. chihuahua ana rTvsed
Mexico. Jose Antonio Cha,yis has NV. "ew
pointed 10 the head ofihe Custom Hons. 'p'
Santa Fe. 's' 10
On the first Of June, Manuro Charvis
much respected BY the Americans, died in S ss,"
Ia Re. Gen. Condo, collector Of crs,s" a"'
is said TO be much harder on traders than
former years. The duties amount 10 49,. "a
hundred and fifty dollars per wagon load s'e 70
goods, and one hundred and fifty dolla,s VI
translating invoices, &c., and they wers ,;, w
~ exac,ed. Not only was this the cas-. f~.
many Of the goods were seized, az beino wv WV
hibited, and heavy losses were sus,ais.df nv
The write. had one load conhsca,ed. ,eam -
all. and the driver was imprisoned. anil . "".
his loss was by no means the prea,e., a.,
Of the companies have been in the habit If az '
ing out con.raband goods, with The im, i;A
assent OF the custom house officers; but hi,
year the Government sent Gen. Condo 10 s.n
ia Re, with orders 10 enforce the law, ard h.
has done so. Coarse cotton goods-obiec,.
Of con'raband-had been sold very low Al ann.
sion, and the collector declares ,ha, he will; will
hereafter enforce the law in this particular
Duties will be, j, is said. at Ieas, $1,000 ~,
wagon. Gen. Condos order prohibiting ~, H..
introduction Of course cotton goods, will nsa NV
ly stop the trade 10 Santa Fe. The ,,,de b,a
been very prosperous, as, owing to an ann,s
hension OF war. the people Of the ioue, ra..
try had been induced 10 visi, Santa Fe to m,Ls
their purchases. A'
The citizens Of New Mexico had been ,s,,
much annoyed by the Utaw Indians. Th.y
are supposed to have killed nearly one Hmm.
dred Of the citizens Of tina, State. and ,hsv
were daily running off stock. On Red Rive;
near Taos, the people in numerous places wars
afraid to cultivate their lands, and mapy we,s
in suffering condition. Many Of them s,.
press strong desire 10 be annexed 10 ,bs II
States, and say they wish 10 be under a CIV.
eminent which will protec. their live. and
property, and not subjsc, them to forced loans
o: TO have their property seized by the soldiers
of the country, as has teen The case. Still lhs
majority are opposed 10 annexation. a. ar.
mos, Of the officers.
The writer says he was a. tho gold mines,
and that the miners were getting gold in y,e,t
abundance. At the Tuer,o, K. Campbell i,
the only American engaged in working. In
that plassara, he found piece Of gold which
weighed fifty ounces. Gold from this new
plassara is worth nineteen dollars per ounce.
that Of the olJ, nineteen dollars and iweD,y
five cents. At the old plassasa, there are two
Americans al work, Mr. DaIham, Of St. Lou.
is, and Mr.. Waters, Ct Vermont. They pe,
the gold by process Of grinding and Quick.
silver-the dust is much sough. after BY ira.
ders, as specie is liable to sir per cent, eypor.
duiy.
From the las. letter, We learn that the Am.r.
leans on the frontier, at the Mcreau, and tho
Spaniards, have been ordered to remove to tho
river Avajo, with all their stock and it was
then believed by the Mexicans tina. war wm
TO be declared.
Messrs. We.hered e. Co. had jus. aursa
from the United States. The Custom House,
it is said, exacted from them full duties on al
their stock-and even the same rate was
charged for an empty wagon. On baggage
wagons the charge was $3.50. The writer
thinks that when Gen. Armijo takes the Chair
Of Governor, the Americans will find more "a.
vor. He appeared very friendly, and invited
Americans 10 the Assembly when it met. and
from thence TO his palace. There, in bic loss
to the Americans. he manifested in the strong
est terms his wish for the peace and welfand
'ne !" sanntres: he said that, if war we'sds'
cared mere wouio - nn fighting BY tho PEG.
Pile Of New Mexico.
No mail had been received from The Uu'sa
States for several months. The Americas
had raised several hundred dollars. to gi'ss
fandango to Gov. Armijo, on his induction IN
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