The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-01-25
Army OF the West.

.'..It. sArrA Fs, Nov IL, 1915.
trust brief notice of recently scquired terri
tory. the condition Of the army and squirt society at
the capital of the province will prove unacceptable
to the readers Of the universally read Herald Much
has been said and written in relation 10 New Mexico,
well calculated to create erroneous impressions. The
object ofhis communication is, far practicable to
disabuse the public mind this subject and speak of
things they really exist The valley Of Taos and the
country bordering the Rio Grande, the only
ensive bodies Of land that have been cultivated to any
extent by Mexcans There ether lands border
ing the smaller streams emptypg into the Rio Grande
but they limited in extent Irrigation absolutely
necessary to insure any in cultivatng the soil
the location Of the country is such that the lands IT.
rigatsd ut very small exp nse; but little attention.
however appears to be given to agricultural pursuits
indeed everything in the province appears to be
Quoted small scale; and it il believed, If we have
Yankee enterprise and capital tina. in very short time
this province would exhibit quite different state of
wheat is very 6ne. and produced in great abundance
considering the mode Of cultivation. The country is sd
chiefly relied on az source profit wealthy Mex
leans possess immense herds Of sheep goats and catte
four hundred thousand head and hundred thousand
for not unusual; the sheep small and the
to Of
kind of stock There 10 doubt but this country is
Of % be ns
very fine extre nelly dry and bracing-rather cold dur
Ing the WINTER but sry ana pure , tine ,S
ture Santa Fe is situated in beautiful and extensive
valley surrounded by high mountains, which are co.
vered with from September to June. The city,
like Spanish Mexican Cities s laid of without
much regard to order, without any particular plan in
the design; the streets and contracted the
houses low and rude in sppearance they are built Of
do5 mud bricks dried in the sxn and plastered with
mud the outside, and the inner portion whewashed
they covered with dirt about six inches dsep this
enph acally mud city; there not brick stone, or
framed house in Santa Fe. There are some eight or ten
hes IN q
used and than one half are in dapdated state
as n sas%" to be- ON Ss
General Ksarn, left here on the 2Oth of September
for California. About enc hundred and seventy.Ave
miles south Of this place he met from Monte
Iey, which brought him intelligence Of the Americans
having taken that city and the country In consequence
Of this he back all the troops under his command,
except hundred men The last advices from him
by Cen S to ,aIo Command Of the Mormon troops
lam ented Capt Allen left here the 10th ul The last
advces from him informed that he was getting on ra-
mails were not doing as well as Was anticipated; owing
the scarcity Of provender and the heavy sandy roads
Of the LIST regiment Missouri volunteers, left here
the Goth uIt.. for the purpose Q: commencing
tile tribe, Who have been very troublesome
to the Mexicans for many years past in the way
children By the latest sdvices the Colonel had reach
ed some Of their villages but they were all deserted
He had not had any engagement with them %
peace with them Should he succeed in doing THIS his
orders are to proceed Immediately to Chihuahua
small portion Of Col Prices ID regiment volunteers
Col Wallack's extra battalion are here; also. Maj
Clarks companies artillery, two companies Infantry
and Capt Hudson's company Laclede Rangers from St.
Louis numbering IN all about eighteen hundred men in
Santa Fs and vicinity. besides two hundred u dra
goons under the command Of Capt Burgwnnow station
ed at albuquerque, seventy miles below here, on the
his to the csme Of the
dred miles above the Passo del Norte was called on 6y
some Mexicsns who informed him that the Naves sn
b. to send some Of bis troops in pursuit Capt des
patched Capt Grer with fifty men in very short time
which their men were mounted could not be urged fast
enough to overaks them. Capt g., one lieutenant one
Captain with these three concluded to make the charge
on the Indians, numbering about sixty He did So and
poral and private each killed his The Indians
seeing their companion: fall took flight and soon found
farther pursuit None Of Capt 3 party injured ;
several arrows passed near them-Capt g. horse was
:lighty wounded is said Capt behaved very gal
The society Of Santa Fe net according tn Amer.
lean notions very refined man or woman's respecsa
by is measured by The weight Of the purse he or she
may possess 80 far my walton has extended the
blacksgs and ladies' certain unquestonabe reputa-
constitute the rst circle or cite Of santa Fe society
These classes the first invited to the fandangos par
ties SC, treated with marked attention especially
the ladies' The leader of the fashionable circle is one
Sonora T. The history of this parsonage
as have lea rned, 10 simply this she was born near
Taos Several years SINCE she left her home with some
American traders and went to Chihush she remained
there several years from thence went Sonora,
and after wards returned to Santa Fe where she now re-
sides during her ABSENCE she acquired many accom'
plishmens-she became skilful, and 1t u saia very
successful gambler acquired quite reputation Tor
dealing monte and playing other games She has mouse
here we'll furnished and NOME bank, with other ap
pendages appu usual about houses OF that
character her establishment is considered the most
fashionable sort in Santa Fe She was invited and at
tended a fsndango given by Gen X. in the Posco or
Governors shoute 10 astonishing iact that win
greatest avorites Our servants give fandangos and
the Mexican women prefer attending the parties oil the
gentlemen of color, to any others that are gwen
omitted to mention that the subject of mining be-
ginning to excie considerable interrs: amongst the
resident here visited the mines at the ne
ami old Places about forty south OF this place and
was much pleased with my visit The mines are very
rich, and the gold Of the finest quality. have shown
specimens OF to several scientific gentlemen and they
have pronounced them very rich. These mines have
yielded much as two hundred thousand dollars worth
gold per annum, and il is supposed they might pro-
perly worked, be made to yield least ten times the
quantity The present system OF miuiag is very bad,
they have tools suitable for the purpose nor any ia
cility for working Sc; Is astonishing TO find out how
the Mines worked they have been, could yield such
an amount Of gold
1t is confidently believed that the mineral
Of this country far more valuable than they have
been heretofore considered. The experiments hitch
have been made consider very satisfactory establish
the fact that there gold in abundance the vicinity
Of Santa Fe and but few years will elapse before this
world Yours, &c MEXlCANAi
NEWARK, N. j., Jan. l6, ls47
improvements in Netoark.