The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-12-31

greeted by the appearance Of two of compspes
nS,hiy speaking of the Sucker regiment there Is
IKE discipline among them: every does he
MT and their officers do try TO restrain them.
susnI returning ON the rsymsstrs last night and
nnupe no sentinel at the door went back nd
60 the circumstance to the Msjor, who ont and
iast Sonna search for the missing 'odierhs
fact was immediately reported to the oficer Of the
BY letters Taos there seems to be acme tronbs nm
there also Captain Smithson has resigned on account
officers There have been charges rent down, Also,
against Major Reynolds The Major In now on an sx.
besome in that section stealing stock from the Quarter
master All the troops have left for the south except
Geiss' company, making in all about Eve hundred
at this post The troops that south are six
MES OF the Missouri Mounted Regiment the st Louis
Battalion, five companies Illinois Regiment, the Santa
Fe Battalion three companies of regular Dragons The
aggregate number Of the whole r about eighteen hun
dred under the comDsnd OF Colonel Rails for the pre-
sent They will far III Psso iris winter and In the
spring move on Chhushus. Major saalding Paymsstsr.
proceeds south with the last command Hs will leave In
few days. The expense will be very heavy, as there
win be stock o,t in this expedition than there
IN crossing the plains The roads ere very bad and the
Navajo Indians have every chance TO steal from them
The valley is so that they camp
before they are seen MIR. Aubry arrived safe, not,
however, without some trouble with the Indians Mr..
A. and three of his started ahead of the wagons
ut the crossing OF the Red r!ver-when they had pro-
ceeded two miles, they chased by about nifty In
dams on foot for fifteen miles One Of their mules
ont during the chase and they in very ticsl
situation when thy got to the Moro. The Indians
came within quarter Of mile Of the town There Is
considerable sckness among troops at this post
The principal disease the influenza There has been
but one death from It, as by taking medicine In
the first stages 1t be cured with very very little
trouble. The difficulty in McNairs company has been
settled General Price Is looked for every day and there
IL some anxiety to know what course he will take
report reached here this morning, that there
three thousand troops in chihuahua erecting fortin-
cations and casting cannon All the Mexcsns have left
FL PAso for the South. Three companies now at
the =" pass"-McNair's, Korponys and Jones's under
the command Of Lieut. Col Lane
From he Sam Eo Ran D,ta
HEAp9uAErERs NINTH MILITARY DrrARrMtsr, !
Order No. le. SANTA FE, October 20, ls47.
1t having become manifest at headquarters many
persons in this city and vicinity in the habit Of
propratng and wearing the uniform of the army the
OF not belonging to the service Is hereby ordered that
all persons found clothed in said uniform entitled
medatey arrested and punished and the Provost Mar
shall is charged with the execution Of this order
f. w b. NEWBY, Col. Commanding
W. H. SNYDER, Adj't
The Grand Jury in and for The County Of Santa F
the Judge of the Circuit Court for the county Of San
ia Fe.
The Grand Jury for the county of Santa Fee Territory
Of New Mexico having duly examined into the business
brought before it, beg leave present to the honorable
court short review Of the state of affairs existing in
this county and which has been elected In the Of
their proceedings
They have found that owing to the lily defined limits
OF the civil and military authorities In this Territory
many abuses and distractions have crpt into the judi
ciary business Of this country: -
That the public jail has been emped Of Its contents
eonvicts who were fulfilling the prescribed
by law and prisoners who awaited their trials for often
the honorable court which they now address has virtual
acknowledged the existence CT superior authority by
refusing to issue writ OF habas corpus in behalf Of
| citizen They do not wish to be understood casting
| reflection on the course the honorable court has
thought proper to pursue on the contrary, they
commend that all collision between the civil and militia
ry authorities be particularly avoided -
That the settlement OF civil contracts has been arro-
gated by another authority than the regularly appoint
ed civil courts that the military commander has been
the self constituted judge jury Of which
cernsd hi, private interest Where civil laws are
snppo,ed TO exist h pb bs 81 % an IN
the legal of the country have been ssissd
upon wiz the license to public dances) and applied
purposes foreign 70 the Of the country and
for They have, in short found that the city and
ty Of Santa Fe have been deprived Of many privileges
which they suppose to belong to tho civil authorities
and that the rights of citizens have b. infriDged up
on They decline any comments upon the course Of the
military commander, not knowing the extsnt OF his
powers or whetAer he has transcribed them. hey
have found that there is surplus fund Of about $4,000
in the County Treasury. They recommend the sppro-
pratien part this fund to erection Of ooun
yJail and the payment OF Its maintenance aud more
rary place of shall he selected end persons
confined by the civil authorities be kept separate and
ti,Is from from those Of the military They r.oommsna
when citizen is arrested Tor any offence against the
existing statutes Of the territory lie be- handed for
trial 10 them They also AXE occasion to recommend
that the different ceviDg aud dsbursDg officers Of the
funds Of the county be requested to publish in Spanish
and English In the public paper at the expense Of the
county at as early period practicable their several
| accounts. JOSEPH NANGLE, Foreman
OREGON.
The English bark Janefte, Capt DriDs arrived here
on Wednesday Last from Oregon. No papers
ceived and little news, be- oDd What we had already
learned Advance companies of the emigration had
arrived after exper encDg rome difficulty with the In
diahs Notwithstanding the despicabe exerons the
part Of certain reckless ulstug portion OF the
Oregon people to deter the California by is
suing circulars garingy fasr and despatohng smooth
toDgued hrelings TO intercept the different bodies the
emigration to that country will not be ss large
hrs anticipated We have this from EXCELLENT authority
The u.s. the emgr ion to this country
year, must be immense The Oregonians will find in
the end honest dealing to be by the best policy
| San Franefsco (CoI) Star, S,pt IL.
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