The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-02-09
Interesting From EI reso aud the Upper
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SCARCITY or Foop Ar SANTA Fe-rnE BOUNDARY
coMsuSSloN-IHE INDIANS, &c., &c, &c.
. From the National Iatcl.igsn ser, Feb
We he'd the pleasure of conyersog yesacrdaY
with very intelligent gentleman jlst from Stnta
Re, via III Paso, which later place he lett the l9.h
December, making the journey thence TO San An-
tonic N twenty one days, ~ the midst OF snow and
severe cold lie gives, we are sorry 10 say, dis.
coUraging account, not only oi the county OF New
Mexico itself, but of its present destitute coalition
through all the settlements on both sides of the
nver Com was selling al IS tue ffnesa, of two
end q half bushels and Il was supposed would run
mp to Sl2 by March or April Vegetables, OF even
the lew KINDS there fourd, were exceedingly
scafee, making living not only hard hot precarious.
1 he expectation was entertained that the troops
throughout The whole ninth military department
would have to be put uron kalf rati0ns in most OF
the usuul articles Of subsistence, flour being
uoheb'e exception.
The weather at santa Fe. and indeed, down the
whole valley oi the Del Norte, has beca unusually
cold this winter On the tih. 9th, and Oh, OF
December snow fell in the neighborhood Of Santa
re several feet in depth. Near Delgad0's rancho
sx men, heTders, were frozen 10 death; cattle that
he'd stood together for mutual shelter were found
dead and sii, and even the poultry on the roost
succumhed 10 the inciemency Of the season. For
long series Ct years no cold has been remembered
20 severe ~ that II December last. Esen - I'll
Paso, IN a rtcioa renowned for the mldness Oi lie
cli.nete, The thermometer iell u near zero. The
co!dsst dsy vas Friday, the 6sh. Wiad east
southeast, with a ptltng hominy-grained snow
falling.
The whole ~ the American commission for the
location ~ Tie rc'u boundary line between The
Mexican territory and The new acquisitions of the
American government, had arrived AZ the Pass,
with the exception ~ the or train carrying the
supplies. The Me xican Commissioner, Gen.
Coade. had also arrived. CO.. Craig, commanding
the u iliay eScort 10 the American Commission,
vas sncsuped near Magoffns ranchn opposite
~ Paso, expecting. however, 10 leave with his
command, IN the courc ef r short time, for the
Coppermine region. on The Rio Gila.
m n ba Hot nv, he of
the 9Th a December, between MIR. III. B. Wake.
men, the wagon. master of the OK train mentioned
above, and Ters0n attached 10 the Commission,
by which Wakem2n lost his life. He received two
shots from his antagonists revolver shaitcrinv his
LETT ANGLE ard knee. Ca the fourth day moriitca
ton took place, but death did not put en end TO
the wounded mans suiierings till the 18th. An
investigation into the circumstances was no doubt
made on the arrival Of the OK train nj the Pass,
from which they were distant, when our inform.
ant met them on Christmas day, some two hun
dfed mules. All the other member OF the Com
mission were in the enjoyment Of robust health.
Accommodations for The Commission being very
eceniy at the Pass, iis members are distributed be.
tween that place, Socorro and the Presidio OF Snn
Elizerio The main party. with the mule trs'as,
under Col. Creig's Escort, got 10 their respective
roets on the q h and 10Th ~ December, though the
Commissioner himself, With few companions, got
into III Paso about the mi6die Of November They
took the route up the Pecos, leaving Il at the
Uorsehead crossing
Many conferences took place between the Ameri-
can and Mexican Commissioners before the i'm
portent preliminary Of a starting point for bounda.
~ could be agreed upon, for Il appeared tina. the
terms OF the treaty of Guadalupe Hdalgo, the map
by Disturnell, and the old Mexican msps, were as
inconsistent with each other they are with the
true topography ~ the country itself Preparatory
measures were In progress to send an exploring
party over the eastern section Of the prosabe line,
IN order that the final operations might be rendered
Of more speedy attainment
during the second week Of December the annual
fair was held at Ell Psse, at which the usual ethi-