New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-09-30
LATER TROM SANTA FE.
Arrival Of Gen. Price. DIR. DE Camp. L. :. 4.
aud Others. ai Fort Lesyenworih-Progre-~
of the Troops marching 20 santa Re.

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OF the Troops marching 20 santa re.
From the ~ Louis Republican, sep; -.
We learn from Fort LeavenwOrth, that Gen.
Price. Dr. De Camp L :. 4 and others In advance Of
the volunteers whose term a service In New Mrsic0
bad expired arrived that poet on the l7h from -snta
They left santa on the llth Of August proceed.
81 by ea.y marches 10 Moro When they took their de-
psrture all was quiet in ewNexc0 which was then held
By three companies Of L. :. dragons aud three comps
MES Of volunteers, who had rlsnistec under hsjJr
Walker.
90 the 18th ofAugust they met Lieut.. Allen with
Capt NJ Ears company Of mounted men. snd they IN.
Campad together the Moro Next day Col Eastou
with his battalion Of Infantry reached the point
he had with him large train Of Government wagons
snd large drove OF beef cattle. On the 18th two com
panes commanded By Cap.s Shepard sud Jones passed
the csmpathe Moro here Dr. De Comp and others were
waiting for the arrival OF Col Price and Mr. Rch SUI
ter 70 Prices e2nent They Old come up on this dey
Mr. kch had bis team. wagon. aid contents swept
away, and everything destroyed by sudden and tori
BILE mountain storm, while bis way from Santa re -
ie was fortunate however 10 recover Bis trunk
which contained large Of gold dust, four miles
down tins mountain canon. On the 18th, the company
moved the camp three miles sill waiting for the vDlun
eefs arrive aud at nigh, they robbed Of three
animals Mex, day the volunteers having arrived they
all took up their march Tor the ULiisd States.
On thu 2Otd-we copy from memoranda kept By one
Of the compaIywe encountered one o. those terrible
storms which occasionally Wilt tho plains aud had
halt and hold our teams 10 keep them from running
away. Aug. 2l-lt rained all blight and We swoke wet
aud cOmorcss with such bleaiing. brsying aud
Ing around us 10 is saldom heard here OF auyShere
else. Aug 22-set Capt Murphy md WIN. Mcknigh,
Traders with = train Of 80 wagons. Aug 23-net Capt
Kofponay, with hls company Of mounted men, .ud 40
Government wagons.
Aug. "a Met, this morning, two companies Missouri
mounted men, and a. L. 81. encompod with another,
on Rabbitesr Creek Aug. 2Glt rained hard al night
the morning Is cold and rainy and duplicate ovelcOss
absolutely neccssary-rnet one company Of mounted
men, with sixty Government wagons. Aug. 2O-aet
Cant HOOKS OF lIlGOis volunteer Infantry.
with @ large wagOntrain. We hlsI met Col NcwDy
and Lieut. Col. Boyskin. Aug. 23-Met Capt kinueJs
company Of Illinois volunteers 81 the upper crossing OF
tho CimsrOne-a large Government train with them.
August 29-Met four companies Of Illinois yulGn-
tiers under command of M-jOr Donaldson, with Gov
nment train OF wagons, and 400 Government cate -
Sept. 3-Resched the crossing OF the Arkansas alter
spending cOmiOrioss night in the rain. We lost vol
unteer 20 day while pursuing buffalo ba was from Ma.
rion county Capt korponsy lost two Of his men In
the same way Sept 5--COl Wilcox. Dr. Hereford and
Mr. Lee left us sstnisbt with q small escort hoping to
reach Missouri before ~.
Sept C-MetMr Goldstoin trader, with bis wagons.
He informed us that Col Rails with two companies OF
mounted volunteers sud large Government irao, was
on the lower Coon Creek road. few miles dlsant -
Sept Col Price. Major Walker and Mr. Rich, With a
small escort turned to The right 10 intercept Col Rails
for the purpose Of getting the mail The day proved
rainy. and they reached camp late, much stsued
sept ll-COl Price received commission as Bnte'
der General in The army. liwas brought BY WAGON
train aud after him. Gen. Price Mr.. Rich and Dr.
De Camp and q small escort Loft ibis day with pTov
sions and blankets only for Fort Lesvenworth where
they arrived on the l7,h having marched more than
forty miles day for more than seven days aud ihat
with tired animals and at the end OF eight hundred
miles journey.
Col Price, we may infer was sick OF the duties OF
military life or else he, tho highest officer In command
in New Mexico would not have ventured to leave the
territory in so exposed a pOsiuon-s battalion of men
only left to protect the people from any outbreak which
might be- attempted What be will do now-wheihor he
will Immediately return TO New Mexico where The pre-
a of hfph rank mn be much want
ed remsiD lettering about Mssour-s yet TO be made
known.