The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-03-29
Affairs 1T Sante Fe, SO
The Indianapolis, (Ia.) State Sentinel Of the 2lst
lnst., publishes the following letter from General

Affairs 1T Sante Fe, 80.
The Indianapolis, (Ia) State Se~tinel Of the 2lst
Lane:-
SANTA Fr October ls, ls4s.
Ma EDIroR-Desr Sir "A march Of thirty. eight
sshtest accident to this ancient town The distance
from Fort Lesvenworth thither eight hundred miles
ofthe most beautiful plains The soil generally rich
producing nns grass: wood and water The
neral sovsrnmsnt soon BE- settled b. our
people, whs viii hnd water BY digging, and Who will
carry the timber along With them By planting and
poses: From such beautiful soil the growth viii b.
rapid .. ,,. ~, ,n,,o... -. .,,,...
world, (sr at least that have ever seen.) Any
Der Of cattle sheep and goats, can be reared and at
Corn Wheat oats fruits and Vegetables generally, can
% grown In great abundance being only necessary
to ditch IN e many acres 2: may b proper oon,s
plentiful harvest Is certain to be realised. within
dxty miles Of this place met with FrenchmAn, whe
large and we'll favored. This crop was his nrst
pertinent, snd IL has proved entirely successful the
yield has been abundant Wheat succeeds better here
Two thing. only are wanting to dsvslops the value
Of thu beautiful snd interesting portion Of our eoun-
You win seldom hear Of any one being sick in these
extensive plains and - there is no local cause Of
The nist 70 the estsblshnsnt Of line Of settlements
for the r year or two S.Dos
not more than hundred miles apart extend to the
mprov.msnts 1oaid soon Ss msse sns AZ
would soon BE- produced. Then the traveller could
An&a restng place and good fare and accommodations
with such srrangsmsnt tho whole road would seon
torial government From the enactment Of good laws
and their faithful ADMINISTRATION security and pro.
lection would be necessary consequence Ths ooun-
try around and adjseent to Santa Fe IL mou
and the valleys are adapted to cultivation The noun
tsins howevsr are covered with to!erable growth Of
timber and the creeks Of the intervening rsvines AZ
ford abundance Of good water.
Col. Washington is here In command, civil and
military governor. He IL good cficer and . kind
coed man, and will. doubt, do much to put matters
right in this country.
mp to the 9Th instant, when 1t raining and
then snowiBg and continued alternately raining and
and hard oD our and
able to US. Our animals, however, have sustained
themselves well for service Of thirty eight days In
the harnees, and under the saddle, without forage
and subsistns entirely on the grass that they could
pick during each night. This shows that the buffalo
grass ON the plsins, which is very nne better than
any grass In the states From the Cotton Wood Fork
distance Of several hundred miles large bands Of
snep until s Ii. OF sss
former We killed many, but of the latter We killed
nSn:So they ere 'nd shy ..n' and keep beyond
Lieut.. Hswkins, whe commands the escort Is 60 Cd
ofhesr and has oondnctsd the march well and Doc.
have everything at hand to make tho trio pleasant
The boys who came with me from Evsnsv ine-Cjavtt
Eohos, Weight, and Gregory, and also my son-ar eli
well, and gsing on to OEcgon.
We shall resume our march In few-say two days
Our short stay here has been made agree
able by the Kind hospitst!e treatment We have re-
ceved from the othcsrs statacned at this place Capt
Brent the quarer master, has rendered every as
sistaaee In his power, by fSx nishing addition nj
animals, forage. and other things for our future
journey.
With dnoere rssyect, an, cir, your obedient seq.
want, JOSEPH LANE
MoIE GOLD NEas. FRoM YHE SAND WICK
IsLAsDs--We have zeceived Sandwich Islands
papers bv the Tsar, which arrived al this port yes
terday from Honolulu, whence she saNed on the
10th of November. The Tsar has tub and valu-
able irelght--among the rest, a coRsign. uent OF
real California gold dust, 1900 dollars worth.
The Poyuts,aw Of the 4th OF November gives
the following summary Of the news Of the previo us
week -
"Snce our last only few incidents of interest have
nlnrpirsd worthy Of record large number Of whas-
Fhps sailed In the early part Of the week The precise
plumber Of passengers lie usknovn. Several ind,vdu-
s, oTiog small biliA s5ost tom we're a ,ns the miss