The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1847-03-25

support. IT,
IMPORTANT FROM NEW MEXICO.
We received yesterday from our Balli-
more Correspondent. through The Magnel.
ic Telegraph, The following important and
distressing intelligence. lirtached Pitts.
burg on Tuesday BY The Ohio river. in nd.
vance Of ille Mail. and Was sent thence by
Telegraph 10 The Philadelphia North A.
merican. from which source il comes 10 Us
through the cllanml above mentioned.
Instruction at Taos.--lsy The river
we have 81. Louis papers four days in adj
vance of the mail, with accounts from
Santa Re conveying important news
There has been an extensive instruction
OF The Mexieans a. Taos. All tho Span.
iards who eyinced any sympathy with the
American cause had been compelled 10
escape. Gov. Bent, Stephen Leo, Acting
Sheriff, Gen. Elliot Lee, Henry Leal, and
twenty other Americans. were Killed
and lhrir families desroilel; The chicl
Alcalde was also killed. This al took
place on the 10Th Of January. Gov. Bent
had gone up 10 Taos Few days before ia
look after farm which he owned in thai
viriniiy.
The insuneciion had made formidable
head, and the disaflection was rapidly
spreading. The insureclionisis were send
ing expresses all over the country 10 OBJ
tain assistance. The number engaged in
the outbreak al Taos was about six hun.
tlred. Al lis commencement The Alcalde
of Taos sent word down 10 the Alcalde oil
ragus Of their movements, land wished
him 10 Join them. lie would mot; but sent
an express Immediately 10 Santa Fe, adj
yising them 10 be OH their Guard, as the
mob, who were composed Of the lowest
rabble, and whose desire was 10 plumber,
were huIrying on TO the Puebla Indian
villages and settlements 10 arouse them
and march directly TO Santa Fe and take
possession Of that place and all that was
in il. The Americans al Santa Fe had
there only about four hundred effective
men the rest were on the sick list, or bad
LEFT To Join eol. Doniphan. Such being
their situation, they could not send succol
Out. as they were hardly able 10 defend
themselves. It's therefore supposed that
Santa Fe must be captured, as neither the
fort nor hlock.houscs are completed.
II is announced as the intention Of the
insurreciionists VIII" captured Taos 10 take
possession Of the Government wagon.
trains, which are carrying forward our sup
plies, and thus cut OF all communica.
lion.
The representations made 10 Col. DOM.
phan that chihuahua would be an easy
conquest, were evidently intended as a
lure TO enirap him. hegel spiri, of secu'
riiy, and lead him Far into the interior
where he might be easily cut of. 1t is
the universal opinion in Santa Fe that il
Gen. Wool had gone direct to chihuahua,
there would have been no trouble in New
Mexico.
Col. Doniphan had possession Of FL
Paso del Nor,e on the 2Sth Of December.
I.ettershad been received from the Govern.
or OF chihuahua stating that Gen. Wool
was within three days. march Of the cap
i,al. This too was doubtless another ruse
to lure Col. Doniphan on in confidence,
and cut him off from all chance Of escape
or of falling back upon Santa Fe, to relieve
it in its emergency.
The Mexicans are bold in their tone and
confident of capturing Col. noniplran and
his command, which consists Of about six
hundred men--fve hundred Of them his
own troops, (the first regimen, Of mount
ed Missouri volunleers,l and detachment
of one hundred men from Santa Fe, under
command of Lieut.. Col. Mitchell, Of the
second regiment, consisting of thirty men
from Clark's battalion of light artillery,
under command of Capt. Hudson and
Lieut.. Kibben, and seventy from Col.
Prices regiment and Col. Willock's bat
talon. They then assert that they will
massacre every American in New Mexico
and confscate all their goods.
A letter from Lieut.. Albert, Of the Uni
ted States Typographical Engineers, Of
later date. confirms all the above intelll-
gence. The details Of the battle of Bra
cito are also confirmed, The massacre
beyond doubt has been a terrible one, oil
which we have as yet heard but the begin
ming, and the insurrection has been Kept
so quiet until all was ready for the outbreak
that our handful of troops there must be
overpowered before any effort can be made
to relieve them from the most advanced oil
our Western posts.
Letters received at ST. Louis state that
Colonel Cooke and the Mormon battalion
were ,hrcehagdred and fifty miles beyond