Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1854-08-05
'FDM NEW MEXICO.

FhM NEW MEXICO.
A6s Of the San, Fe Gazette to th. 1st Of July fur
nishes the followinetems Of news from New Mexico
Gen. GAEIAsD sdved in Santa Fe, from his recent
trip to I'll PAso on thursday, the 3d. and for the pre-
sent will have bis esdquarters here. Major NICHoLs
and Capt EAsTos aiyed day or two afterwards.
FoRr Arkrxsos- ge are glad to learn that this I'm
portant post has bel re-estabshed the Arkansas.
The Secretary Wans ordered two companies to be sta
toned there which presume have reached their des-
tnation BY this TIM small force there win do much
towards keeping Of the plains quiet and also
viii be Of mufh ssre to the trains which are now on
their way tog'ew Neico
FIGHT WITH ixDIil IN THE RAToS MoUSrASs.-We
mentioned in ou lot paper that fight had recently
taken place a the atom Mountains between the Apa-
ches and the nted tates troops under Major CARLTON
Since that ume We ave learned further particulars Of
the fight. tn trco left Taos on the goth Of May, and
reached Fort assa lsetts the 9th. Here Captain
sQUIES, with lis conany Of Mexican volunteers and
Pueblo Indians Was Mt to the country, to exam
inc the M0s0o a9s, ID join command again the HUI
srano river He disyered the trail Of the Apaches in
the Mosco, nd SAW here thirty lodges had been en-
cAmped Thence thefollowed the trail by way of Max
wells Pass, che c9stras the most northery peak Of
ne q the Apishapan snc rnr-
ton Mountains where they surprised twenty-tWQIodg6a
Of the enemy on the 9Th Of June. All their horses but
two were captured and the while Of their provisions and
camp cQulpagN ana feW hhu WOunueQ. Inc
Indians scattered in all directions and pursued by
the troops butwithou success. The country the COM
mand marched through was Yy rough and mountainous
and in some places the sno was four feet deep. Kit
Carson was the guide Of thGommand and the Pueblo
Indians Of Capt Quinn's cdpany led the trail. The
troops returned to Taos the tn instant This was the
hardest expedition during Y war; and those who were
engaged in it deserve mud credit for the manner in
which they carried it out have heard the conduct Of
Maer Carlton and officers oken Of in high terms, and
also the good service the Pubic Indians rendered greatly
commended
THE PRocREss OF THE JARILLA WAR.-We have mo-
thing new of warlike chcter since the issue of
last paper In looking owl the military transactions for
the last two months we fl that we have unintention
ally omitted to do full iuse to Lieut. Col CooKE This
gallant officer was left in bmmand at headquarters dur
ing the absence Of Gen lrand since the first week in
May, and had the directh of the campaign The nume
rous expeditions that HE gone into the field show how
active he has been Hfspatched Lieut.. Bell down the
eastern frontier Of heerrtory towards the Mescalero
country, who complete scourged that region; and he
also set on foot the exon into the Rocky Mountains
after the Apaches andFhich Major Carlton gallanty
carried out We likebe learn that Col Cooke, few
days ago. sent anothd expedition into the field under
Major Blake purs the Apaches, who are said to be
collecting nesr Fort Massachusetts,
THE MILITIA CALI INTO Active SERvIcE.-In view
of the continuation hostilities with the Indians and
recent the eastern frontiers Of
the Territory the ding governor the 10th Of May
ordered out four hllred of the mtiatwo hundred in
San Miguel and theame number in the county Of Rio
Arriba The numF required were taken by draught
from the body Of citizens who we're also to arm and
equip themselves In the brigade of Rio Arrba the two
hundred called oere soon under arms, and some days
ago took the field hder the command of Brig Gen. Cha
ves In San Mgj there has been some little difficulty
in filling up the rks of the battalion ordered out from
that county and the last accounts received from
that quarter they I'D not marched to the frontiers
THREE Prisoner KILLED.-Lieut. Macs, Of the Rio
Arrba battalion rted from Valecito with six Indians
to bring to SAINTS n. On the way down they made an
attempt to escspe when they were fred upon by the
guard and th,ee kneA Their scalps were then taken
off and brought in; which we dangling at the sad
die of one Of the me. in front of the palace.
| MAN MURDERD-Qn Sunday evening" the 18th
instant as Mr. Jose Antonio Casados was coming to town
attend court he WIS sho in the Apache canon between
posed to have been committed by party Of Government
teamsters who were encamled at that place.
TIVE WEATHER.-The weather this spring has been un-
usually cold for thu 1t least SO says that vertable
person g the oldes inhabitnt" Snow yet Dgers upon
some Of the mountains rolnd about US, ana the wind
which comes DIVA from thm blows cold ani chill, and
until within few days, fire was required most OF the
time to be comfortable. The weather is noF more mode
rate, and wehope soon to have the g,uial cline Of
summer. .a
DEsTRUcr1yt FrRE.-Santa Fe was viited last Satur-
day evening the most destructive fire that has occur
red here for svera years 1t broke oft about hapast
ten o'clock inthe store owned by Mr. Messervy on the
southeast coner Of the Plaza opposite the Exchange
next communicated to the store occupied by Preston
Beck, which ras destroyed, with nesy all the contents
The store Of Owens Estes then sok fire, and was also
destroyed but they fortunate enough to save
nearly the rhole of their stock of goods. Here the
flames were stayed by pulling down the portals and tax
ing the roos of the adjoining buildings. The loss Of
Mr. Messery, who owned the three store-houses will
not be over hree thousand dollars. Mr.. Beck viii lose
about eighteen thousand dollars, and Owens Estes a
few hundred III