Washington telegraph., 1846-12-23
LATE NEWS iioM SANTA FE.
Efpress f.omF Fol. Fremont.

In ~ 49, =
Express from Fol, Fremont.
We copy the ialIoing interesting news
from the st. Louis publican oil Tue is'h
ulIimo.
We had tho pleasir, last evening, oi
meeting with Maj, lipatfiek. L. 5. In
dian Agent Tor The 0non Territory. lie
was inst from Santa =, having lell thai
town on the 18th of Oober,
It was intended la Maj Fitzpatrick
should accompany &c keafnet on his
espedltion to caliorni Us n guide, his s'l'
perior knowledge ol llu country making II
very Desirable that he sluld accompany The
General lie according did sai hll, when
about li5 miles lrnm lna Fe. down the
Rio Grande. the cpmnnd was met by an
express from Col. frennt, with intorma.
tim To the siuationaf ailaifs in Upper
California. This party ,nsislet ei SIXTEEN
men. They lefi Paeh de lns Angelos
with ily mules. each dfying ahnnl ane
blshel Of dried corn, n when they met
General kaaney, such as the etped ten
with which they had tYelied, and the
danger. OF the ronle. h only eighteen
mules survived. I'heYwefe ihiiiy one
DAYS on the route. ffouihe express Gen
Kearney learned that tpef California
was completely in pnssessn Of the Alnefi
can iorce., the Mexieas having been
driven out oi the lcfrilor that Cal. Ere.
mont was nelins as pfosinnal Governor
q! that Department, aud Il whole eoanlt,
was quiet.
On the reception of lhisnews. General
kearnpy determined 10 dhense with the
services of a portion ol III iofce, taking
ony 50 many men as wefuItemed neces
safy Tor an escort lie lheelois selected
one hundred men for this prTinsh an1 or.
delci the remainder back tasanlaFe. lie
was accompanied by Gnpls-aphnsoL rur
ncr, aud Moore, l.ieuls. ianmonl and
Love. and Lieut. Emory. ni te fopaghph.
ical Engineers. With lhi. comm inf he
recommended hs e,ped.linn-laking VIII
him lhrce ol the PERSONS VII, had inrinedt !
pirl Of the express cumpany..s guides, al
thus relieving NM. filkpaitis u ihis duty,
lie returned with the remaind { nllhe conn
pany to Santa fe. aud sIafi.l lhenee on
Tie llh ult.. for tbs ely. llasiii pfaeeaH
Immediately far Washington. iariIg in hi.
charge drsp4iehes FUN ca. slueslan
commander II The Amsfieanileei IN ihf
Paeihe. laf Gasemnfnl.
flefe was npihing new atlanta f. =
Much apprehension Was let 3 tn The up
ply o. illage ir the hafses aa cutie. an
II wa. ieafed that many ef lhln woald b
lo,l during the winter. In ret. aing hum
many wagons, containing ptnI.iens, &c
were met, broken down, ani IL team. hal
given ou'.
MAJ. +. brings inlartnaiianal tie deail
Of a young man named CpWa. whase IA
iher resides in his ely. lie ,snl anl - II
Lieut.. Fremont. but at The limflsI1nsrd I,
the California volunteers. lIrSts eaplur
ed by the Alehieans. and mlsi inhumanl
tortured Ia death H. alzo apnlinn. lh
dra h ofBazilc l.aJ'unrssr, vh,has Iiirnd
Ia this country H. aui tvtolher per
son.. were killed hy the KANT lndiins
On the route from Orspu To Caiinrnia.
The change in Gra. krarnn di,po.i
ton OF his forces will leave arge mum
bcr ofmrn unemployed al sauh fr. Th
regiment under The rommand ID Col. Dom
/ phan had mol marched f,r Chlaahua, b1
that wa, their destination. E,cn then,
very considerable military fur1r would l.
lett al Santa fe-proiably nsi le.. tia
fifteen hundred mrn-ani, unl'.s The snl
rounding Indians shnuli afford ihrm snmg
Thing odo, their career promises to be
very quiet and unlniefr,iing nae.