Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-10-02

Correspondence OF the 81. Louis Republican,
SANTA FE, Aug. Is, lS49.
The mail leaves tomorrow. avail myself Of
The opportunity TO give you few i:ens of New
Mexican news.
A party OF California emigranis which jeff
Fort Smith (Ark.) on the 2lst June last, arrived
here yesterday without accident.
Hardy, Hickman, Adams and McMsnus, with
some sky wagons. arrived safe al This place
from Independence, Mo-, and have gone to Chi
huahua. Oher traders Tor The lover country will
be i'll ia fortnight The prospect Tor The Chi
huabua Trade has somewhat Frightened since ms
las: letter TO you, occasicnsd by The reduction OF
The duties al FL Paso OF so per cent, equal 10
cents on The yard on cotton goods. AS late as The
first of August nothing had been heard from the
irooIs Which should have arrived al IL Paso
from Texas.
A postscript 10 letter from an authentic
source, daei chihuahua July l, says that "ac-
counts from California as late a lnns s, mad
been received in mat place (Chlhuahua, via Ma.
zatlan,) which represents the gold rs gariaS out
and that affairs were in horrible condition tGcfc.
This news had but little effect on The cmigranIs
here. They were delelIninci Ia believe nothing
untavorabe 10 their hopes. aud have pushed on
10 The reaziti Of their fate. Col Collier and
his party are sill here. He Aeps 10 leave soon.
Our Indian difficulties are ihrcngiug last and
,ary commander If this department. takes ihr
field in person 10 ,m1lrow against he Navajo In
dams, with nearly all the available force VI h
Territory.
Col Washington has been placed BY The Genes
raj Government in mos, critical position, anc
The different tribes o ln!iars by which he is SUI
rounded have no. been slow to lake advantage oi
she oversight tn call il by no harsLcI name, OF
leaving him with such lir,ited means To con.
tend agaihs, such numerous and powerful Ice ..
But be has met them 50 lar with 4 iifmne.s a
purpose Sufficient 10 hold Them Ter 4 while in
check. Should they crord him 100 hard, and
any disastrous result ecsue, the iaull must 70
rest on his head bn The heads Of those who have
abandosed him or his gallant little force TO an
unequal confiic; bul This is noh;ng in his ca
reer Il Yves but reasonable 10 suppose thai Gen.
TAYLOR would have obained TOO keen recoec.
ton Of his own abandonment, waen locking
down from the heights Of "Buena Vista" upon
the gallant officer who did him and his country
such good service on that memorable day, in The
fearful pass of "La .7ngastu'a" as reward Tor
that SERVICE 10 place HIM second lime in po-
silion equally as critical, equally lorlorn.
There is, certainly, something wrong in The
War Department, or such isloyarcc, careless
ness and oversight could no. occur. The few
troops that have been ordered 10 This Territory
are bein. daily lesseued in number to make up
escorts Tor civil officers in their endless routes 10
California, aud the balance are doomed 10 be
bachered in detail by forty thousand savages.
As observed in my iaa!. III, Government
should send an adequate force TO this territory or
abandon il at once, ard ihen they will be spared
the recollection OF having wantoDly sacrificed
men worthy OF better tate.
Yours truly, w NJ