The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-10-04
Iron the st. Louis Republican of the ed ult.I
late and important from Santa Fe,

thing of the attention to business and incidental
delays.
Mr.. Aubrey left Santa Fe on the 18th of Sep
TENDER, and reached Independence on SUNDAY
night making the entire trip in five days and SIX
teen hours-the shortest trip on record and beating
his own time on former trip by several days. On
his way in, he had to swim every stream, was de-
layed by the transaction of business at Fort Manu.
with his own teams, which passed that way, and
with the various parties of troops; and besides
breaking down six horses and walking twenty
miles on foot he made the trip, travelling time only
counted, in about four days and half! During
this time he slept two hours and ate only six meals.
1t rained upon him twenty-four consecutive hours,
and nearly six hundred miles of the entire distance
was performed in the mud and yet, what is strange,
the rain did not reach Council Grove. At indie
pendence he took passage on the Bertrand.
She was detained, night before last, several
hours by the fog and low water. Yesterday she
reached st. Charles, where Mr. Aubrey took a
buggy, and arrived here last evening, making the
entire distance from Santa Fe to st. LOUIS dis
lance of full twelve hundred miles, in fraction
over ten days. When it is recollected that eight
hundred miles of this distance was performed on
horseback, or on foot, the performance seems al
most incredible. We learn from Mr.. Aubrey, that
he made some portion of the trip between Santa Fe
and Independence, at the rate of one hundred and
ninety miles to the twenty-four hours. He had no
one to accompany him. Such courage and indom-
liable energy, almost surpasses comprehension.
Creek, Major Reynolds division of the Missouri
Volunteers; Major Walkers battalion, and Lieut..
Love with a small number of U. S. Dragons.
There were with this party Messrs. Finley, Allen,
Carey and McCarty, traders. He passed Col.
Rails and portion of the Missouri Volunteers at
the battle ground, fifteen miles beyond the Arkan-
sas Col Eaton's battalion, with the recruits I'M
der Lieut.. Allen, were at Fort Mann.
Gen. Price and staff were water-bound at the
Pawnee Fork; also Major Donaldson's division of
Illinois Volunteers, and Lieut. Cooley, of Col Gil
pins command.
At Cow Creek, he passed Capts. Cunningham
and Bonds Division of Illinois Volunteers, water
bound At this place he also saw S. Rutland Of this
city. He passed Col. Newly, DIR. Robinson and
Lieut.. Hamilton, at Willow Springs. He met Gov.
Lane, en- route for Oregon, at Council Grove.
Mr.. Aubrey thinks that the first detachment OF
Gen. Prices command will reach independence
about the first of October, and the whole military
force may be expected to arrive by the fifteenth.
From an extra issued from the office of the Santa
Fe Republican, and dated on the 18th instant, we
gather the following items of information: Com
pany H. First Dragons, commanded by Lieut.. Bu-
ford from Fort Gibson, arrived at Santa Fe on the
9th inst all in good health. Lieut. Buford passed
over hitherto untravelled route, which he con-
siders the best and shortest between the United
States and Santa Fe
Mr.. Alexander H. M'Kinstry, formerly of this
city, died at Santa Fe on the 9th inst. His remains
were embalmed and will be brought to the States
next spring
Bvt Lieut. Col Washington, appointed, it is said,
civil and military Governor expected at Santa
Fe by the 10Th of this month. be left Chihuahua
on the Goth of August, with two companies of ORA
goons and one of light artillery, for the department.
of New Mexico, and five companies of Dragons
for California. The Republican hopes that ne may
reach there, it is impossible for 200 men to
garrison and protect so extensive territory from
the savages.
Major Beall, U. S. Dragons, was in command
of the military force in New Mexico. He had re-
ceived petitions from Taos, Peralto, Albuquerque
and other points, asking for troops to garrison the
frontiers as the inhabitants were in constant dan
ger from the daily ineursions of the Indians, who
continued to murder them and to drive off their
stock. The small force left to garrison the country
made it impossible for Major Beall to comply with
these requests.
Mr.. d. Waldo arrived at Santa Fe on the 9Th
ult, with large train of wagons, loaded with
commissary's stores
Lieut.. Love and escort, Mr. ]. Findley, Mr..
McCarty, and other gentlemen, left for the States
on the LIST inst
Willard Hill, of the Quartermaster's Depart
ment, was killed on the LIST inst, by being thrown
from his horse.
young man by the name of Russell was killed
by the Apache Indians about the LIST of this month,
at the foot of the Taos mountains. In company
with another discharged volunteer, he was going to
Taos, when they were attacked by the Indians.
Mr.. r. s companion escaped unframed.
Major Beall, in command of the 9Th Military De-
partment, has issued an order, permitting Diego
Archueta the leader of the Taos revolution, TO re-
turn to his family and friends, without molestation
from any quarter Gen. Price and staff lett Santa
Fe on the 26th ult.
The crops throughout the country are said to
look fine, and to bid fair to yield bountifu har-
vest to the growers. A much larger amount Of
grain has been planted this year than in any pre-
ViOus season.
The Republican, noticing the passage by the
Texas Legislature of bills to establish the county
of Santa Fe-to arrange the militia of the county
of Santa Fe-to establish the 18th Judicial Circuit
to be formed of that county-and to allow the
county one Representative in the House, says:
"We would now inform our Texan friends that
it is not necessary to send us Judge District
Attorney to settle our affairs or put ''things to
rights" or there is not citizen, either American
or Mexican, who will ever acknowledge himself as
a citizen of Texas, until it comes from higher au-
thoritV. New Mexico does not belong, nor has
Texas even right to claim her as part of Texas.
We would also advise Texas 10 send with her civil
officers for this county large force, in order that
they may have a sufficient body guard to escort
them back safe. 1t will also be well for Texas to
put Mr. -, as a member from the county of San
ia Fe for their next session Of the Legislature and
we sincerely hope the seat may be reserved for
him. as it is quite probable his services will be &C
Young idea how to shoot Texas should show
some little sense and drop this question-and not
have it publicly announced that Texas smartest
men were tarred and feathered by attempting to
fill the offices assigned them!
The steamer Ploughboy arrived in port yester-
day afternoon from the Missouri river. Among
the passengers were Lieut.. Col H. P. Boyakin, LIST
Regiment Illinois Infantry; Major n Johnson, U.
S. Paymaster; Major J. T. Bradley, U. s. Pay
nd Dr r
LIST Illinois Infantry.
Major johnson, U. s. Paymaster with an es-
cort, left Santa Fe on the 10th of last month, in
company with the LIST division of the LIST Regiment
Illinois Volunteers, composed Of companies B, E
and D. They kept company with this division as
far as Cold Spring; when the escort, composed of
% men, commanded by Lieut.. Hundey, of COM
pany B, left the division and arrived at Fort Lea
wentworth on the 18th inst.
This party left on the Plains, on their way home,