Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1847-03-09
FROM NEW MEXICO.
Another Arrival from snutn Fe---Rivht
Det.ssen Colonel DoniPhan's troops

EhkOu NEW MEAuCO.
Another Arrival from SANTA Fe---Fight
Colonel D~oniphan's troops
and the Mexicans.
Our correspondent at Independence announces, in tho
,ouo~ins letter, the arrival OF a company Of Traders from
Santa Fe. and the reception OF very impor,sp, intelligence
rom New Mexico. lie writes.
lspErEsDEseK, Mo, Feb. Is. ls47.
~ nc"s OF some importance from Santa BE has lust
men w,S :, = aa'on 'ogive you the information. Nine
aS", "Im W. wagons, direct from Santa Fe, reached hero
.h' evening, who bring intelligence of a ba,,i, b.yiny bs.n
cam. ,hoa, Sc. III ponipaaa's regiment and the Mex
Jas' na an interview with Mr.. NJ l. Krit.er a rad, from
~. : . Mh1 "a ono OF the company J.st in. The par
uenusrs winch he gave mo are as follows.
Coi. DoniPhan was ON his march down IN, e,un,,v o,,h-
~ ,huenoins OF expecting tojoin Gen. Wool at Cbihuabp,.
"non wi'hin about nifty miles OF Peso del Nor,e. thew or.
,NeaS oouy oil MeAieans approaching them with |. bIark
nag. Donphan halted and cent ou, an in,.,n,.,.s Ae
what was meant by IL. The answer was a Jema,S s'"
~. I" ,s,n Surrender. Col. DOniphan asked fifteen min.
oos 70 m'nS OF inc matter, and in less than the timc a.L.J
formed his men in battle array. and ut tho time orJe,cd ~.
men a $ soon as they 10 med, to squat close to the ground
whch they did. The Mcyicans hred. Col. Daninhs,
did not return tho Ere. hoping to avoid a ba,ue. m. NJ"
lcans hfed again. which wounded scyeml Amercn,s 81
a Ivniphi mnh'ng ~ a little more serious than n, frat, or
dered his men To ire, which they did with con,id,r,bIe a.
'.et The Mexicans stood but tho one fire from, =, uns,-
nng marksmen. They broke ranks and scattered In c-n
Al, Sn,% r"'ins o Killed on the field. Doniphan had about
aA nunuleu men with him at the time, and they report thai
ne'o were Twelve hundred Mcxicans. None OF the Amer.
leans were kiIed-scven wounded. H"e-
D%oniphan's destination is Cb,bu,bu, IL
WOOL, but how sadly will he be Disappointed and ho, Ia
" wiz no DC whipped If hergoes down there-perhap. n,
m'y w prudence enough To seize upon FL Passeo and
there remain To be reinforced,
ihefo had been an instruction planned nj Sant, r..
neaued oy the priests, but IL was discovered i'm Tim, !, prc
!" AZ the umo the company LETT, the American. had
y" VI nc nhgleaders arrested, nearly all OF them p,i.sts.
anu IL was thought that they would be executed.
iherc has been n great deal Of sickness in the American
army ~hieh was vefy ia,al-feve Of a typhoid eh,,ac,,r
sweeping them oil daily. Out of Prices whole t,gimen,
mere was not 5OO mon able to perform duty. HoW.yrt
Poiuon OF MS regiment was IN the mountains, but our in
ina n cfNIenE a haa 80 g.. L. II.
regiment has been much more healthy.
foods were extremely low at Santa Fc. Calieoe. nj,
Us low us they arc here. Tobacco Is selling nj ten eep,. :,
PSunu. several OF the traders sold oIt At reduced prices.
u company sold at 80 per cent upon eastern cost. Near.
~ all sf them will lose money.
" hought nj SanIa Re, that James Mag HI l.. (whosa
nus oeen noucod) would be put to death in Cb,h,,bu,
as you ieeoilect ne was robbed by The Indiana below th,
pass anu 'hen taken prisoner by the Mexicans, Who searched
MIN anu iound on hs person papers and dispatches 10 ten.
cruz Inc MeNicans regard him as n citizen. HAVING
W among mem 10 years, and taken the oath of ale.
glance. they Will Try him as n traitor.
The winter had been unusually severe i'm Sap,n r., ,b.
coolest within the recollection Of the oldes, inb,h,,.r,
Inc company suffered very severely COMING in. thcy L~,
the Moro on the lith OF January-Santa Fe a sbn,t nm,
previous. '""' uhe
They saw nor heard nothing Of the one hundred and
twenty men, Transfers. that had left Santa Re for the St,,c.
US november, and encamped on the Arkansas, with only
en- Gays supply OF pr. vision. They were seen BY the last
company ihst came IN, n few days ago-probably nearly tho
whole OF them have perishcd.-Nino men were frozen 10
panies that started in thus winter. We expect more ipfor-
mauon IN regard To Doniphan's regiment, by the next arrival.
l VIII inform you OF II as soon Us we receive the int.li.
genco. n