Arkansas intelligencer., 1847-09-18
Ia VOLUME 6-NO. 81 }
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From the ST. Louis Republican.
Additional News from Santa Fe.

M1--Caulter vino arrived in, the Bertrand. from
r'c W Hi'sS"ulri'r-%uishcs later and somewhat dit-
ie'ent oeeais IN rtgrr,I-tn the denth Of Lieut..
Brown and his men. Thar olfirer-,,uk- -hlct,l,
nahan and Quiscuhcrry, and a Mexican guide
left camp on he'2Sth June, in pursuit of horses
belonging to Captain ilornies company. which
had been stolen the night previous. when the camp
was attpckcd. They were expected 10 return the
next day, but did not and feares were ont"rtained
that they might have been killed. Ou tho 9th of
JaIy, these suspicious were realised, as imforma-
uon was then received from a Mexican woman b.
lint they had been murdered, aud their bodies
burnt.
MaI Ed'nonson. on receiving this news took
measures 10 avenge their death. He marched
with some sixty men, and a howitzer, against the
town where the enormnes were committed and
hIs, arrival there, about the hour of day break
drscoVered Tint the inhabitants were hvino to the
mountains. lie commanded them to stop, but as
Ih"ydid rot DO so. he fired upon them. killing six,
woundIng several others, and taking forty or inv
PRISONERS. From some Of the prisoners il was
ascertaIned that the bodies Of two Of the A mcri.
cans were burnt, but that The body OF Iii Brown .
who had the emblem Of the cross on his neck and
WAS supposed. from this circumstance. to be ;;
Catholic, was hid in the mountains, where il was
afterwards found. All the houses of tho persons
concerned in the murder we're burned 10 the cronud
7 hyTorder ofthe Mainr. Some articles of proper
ty lost 10 the engagement the Red River canon
al this place, showing that Of the Inhabitants
al least, were ParlIcipatcns in that fair. Two
or three houses were IelI 10 shelter the women aud
chdr-n.' Under the orders of Mni. e. mill
about half mile from the town, Los Vias) be-
longing 10 the AIcalde, wns burned doan-t hav-
ing been ascertaned that head of the outraoe.-
CaPts. Slack. Hancock, Jackson, and Lieu,s. OK.
ley Layton. Smith aud Williams. Volunteered no
part of this expedition, aud were ccispicous ac
tors in il.
It Is stated that, before the burning of the hou.
ses IN Los Was was consummated. a search was
tlaue' ana that two letters were found by Lieut.
LAYTON written by a Mexican, and dated on 1t
/ "a July which indicated clearly that another rev
/ oIution was about to be attempted The writer
says, IN one of the letters I'VE are on the ,tcb
day AID tight. and shaI occomplish our end. .,,ond
( he calls on the friends of New Mexico tn he n,
the alert The pistols. bowie. knife. &c. belono.
'ng TO Lieut.. Brow n were also found with num-
0cr OF articles lost in battle on the 2Glh of Nav.
/ at Tie Red River canon. Lieut. Brown and bis
party arc SAID 10 have killed ten Mexicans before
they fell. ald To havo conducted themselves ,ytt
great bravery.
Al express reached Bago on tho 9Th of JuIv.
stating that thirty men of Capt.. Morin's conononv
"a grazing party, belonging to LIT. Col WiIock's
hattailon-had been attacked by about two hup.
2 drtd MeXicans on The Seneca, eighteen miles from,
Fernando de Iaos. The enemy rushed u,on
/ men, ana Killed live men and wounded nine OH
. erS' anf succeeded in capturing all their horses
tents and extra clothing. Among the killed wero
It, LnrkIn, and Prlvaies Ovens, Wright. Mason
ana wilson. Only sixteen men were left TO pro.
"cl me camp, and they rereated under the banks
OF the Seneca, where they maintained ther nosi.
/ lion until Capt. Shepherd of comnanv ! arr;yad
with, h's men. They then drove off tho enemy.
and Captain Shepherd took up his ouarters nbont
Il mile from the scene of action.
he artillery company under Can't. FiscIor
ana me MiSS""rI mounted companies under Capts.
/ n nil l,f,S,
tne-and. IRON the movements of the Nexicops
ohother attempt to recover possession of m.
country was expected 10 take place coI p.;c
/ had ordered the n0mediate conceptr.,io, Of oI
4 me troops at Santa Fe-except The command Of
Mayor Edmonson. who was remain at Las Vegos
warming. '
conflict Of authority has tnkcn nInce o,Soo,,
I re- On the 1th day of July an affrav occurred
al night between party of Mexicans and Anne.
ricans ID which II is said four Mexicans were kim
Gu anu one American wounded. Col Price is
s'ld to nave caused the arrest Of sevornl Vcxi
cans ana thereupon Judge Houghlon. of the Dis
'ict Coufi ihteriered IN their behalf. or the re.
sun OF TINS norPosiion, we have no account
nc or'gIu-of the affray may he safely otirib,,al
10 drunken trohc. 50 characteristic of CoIonaI
! FrlceS administration Of ail,irs in Santa Fe.
/ from confessions that were made bv some Of
] 'he MeXicans 1t would appear that Mexicans. Co.
/ 't'"'C''9, a P"CheS ana klOwaS. were enu,oed in
the light of the Red River canon, on the 2;tb or
/ Nav. w." VI
L,ert. Brown whose murder by the Nexic,pe
/ we nave announced above, was n son of Rob-,
- Brown, OF Perry county in this State Young
McClenahan was from Ste. Genevieve and vonn
Quisenberry was volunteer from this count = ,h,
son OF Mr. >. Qusenberrv. The news will fan
win crushing weight upon his pnrents-for he
W"Sa young man OF excellent qualities a nd great
/ " beloved by those who knew him. His return
mao oeen looked for. for some time and. trusting
that he had escaped from all the dangers of tbe
service IN which he had been engaged. we learn
mat his mother. with all n mothers care for her
ch'ldren, had prepared his room for him, even in
INC most minute particulars necessary for his com.
Tort. Alas. 1t is one of the hardships of n s,ote
oI war, that the best arranged plans are st,ddeni
/ marred and the house Of feosting too freouen,lv
converted lntothe house of mourning.
A VISIBLE kIss.--A young and very pre,,v
lady, riding in the Concord CT rs was observed :,
| nave piece Of court plaster'' on her lin
" hen The cars mad emerged from one of the lono
covered bridges INTO the Iigh:, ii observed TO
! Lave QiSa DDerOd: but lhav