New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-05-04

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rf.sSv e., 81, coming up n full gsCp. L.. Bel a nc
head 81 his men advanced TO meet them and he'll par
Iey. He tod them Ais object W az a., a;J
evidence OF it, gave up the man he had eapure ' -, -
fh,v nust surrender three Of their horses Tor m us5
ctiie they Lad recently killed, and also Their eis L,
This they tused DO denying al knowlei -s o. INC
meter: whereupon BIZ ordered his men to take inee o'
tls:r hos: horses which be pointed out and Loa', me
chief This made the Indians furious snd ihey snowee
Demonstration FOR fight Lobe ~ he meantime inihns
h. oscspe. and again placed himself ~ mex nean go
| Bel LON determine io aita'A t"e" Ni,''il, 49, =
ce:yed hv tie I,dians thcy dlsnoan;-i turned men
hol-. lo.e and ur rel 10 resi-t. They we're drawn up
opposite each otLor. and GhoEt thiFiy p2cas aaF'Tg
tIo.Is in d line ard The Indians IN seniclrce. p-i,
charged through them. The men ussg Cot p.s'".' ~
Of he ssher The Indians failing hsi on ne rouhi ="
lodging lehind Their horses lhe dra-ols ,i , az,
charged then again then they b1oke elh Enn NO 81
ravDe near by nao, e--ibe {" h"r men, and his aie
| ,leir escape Two sohers were killed ard iolr o1liy
wounded; If the Indians hve were kiiedi ncu'ins io
Chic: Ltc ard many supposed - have been WJlndei
a. much blood upon the r",s AMI e' -r WSie
le,red avav bv their comrades. Among the spoi tha
t into the hsnds Of the Americans were the horse, bows
ATOMS lance &c. Of the chief Lieut.. Bel, the same
evening marched for the crossing OF the Red hiFc: "h
L wounded a. he not strong enough 10 pursue the
Indians md the night the attack baud Of forty
Apache- made descent on the her Of Government cattle
belonging to Fort Union, and ran on 200 heat. Lieut.
Bell has already been ordered 10 90 ID pursuit aud also 10
| mCo; the mail and see i safe ID.
subsccuent engagement took place near Cantonmen
Bucwn Oh the eth Of March, the particular Of which
arc contained in letters to TIE s.. Louss Repat'coa;
On The night Of The goth Of March, Lieut. Davidson ie
Can,onnen Burcwin in command Of hfy-seyen men N
pursuit Of the Apeche, who were supposed 10 Ge 49,
one hundred strong Next morning about and f.r
exceeding in numbers what had been represented ihey
numbered least two hundred. There was oI t one '
alternative as they raised the waTwhoop upon .he az!
rroach of the command, and the attack upon MUM 0'
monoed at once. .,4.t ian. Do,;I
son osf killed and twenty one wounded
two,lrds Of The command being killed and wounded-ho
forced to retire fighting his way over Two n,' at
with The disadvaniae Of having The wounded to carry with
him. Lieut. Davidson received an arrow wound n9t very
severe in hand to hand conflict Surgeon Maernier was
also wounded slightly.
Tie victory wa. dearly bought TO the Indian. n
about ftv Of them killed. and nothing bag their vast
superiority ia numbers gave them The triumph Every
thing safe at Canonmeu' BuTgwm there being my
odd men there. II was expected that the whole OF the
Generals diposabe force woud be sent out against The
enemy.
Another letter dated the 3lst says
The mCnccd firing upon us. every shot taking ei
feet eer upon the hcr,e- or men, Il was sad sight 10
sec 20 many falling dead By my SIDE We were N Sd
bad lace that the Indians had gleat advantage OF us
and whom retired they OF all sides OF a.. had We
stopped three mimutcs longer not nan would nave Deen
saved. The wounded ere now IN The hospital McNcin
whom | met in Taos to-day, told me that he was az the
place o. action Yesterday afternoon and counted sixty
dead IEcian bodies.
large iumbr Of Me1ioan started las nj gt 70 bring IN
the dead bodies and to attack he Indians II they could
From our Santa IL paper. we extrac, the following
news:
RrrtBS or THt EXPEDITIONS ~ SEARCH or rhE CfH
ISDIAss.lhe expedition in search Of the IAN ihah-
who stole the animals from Taos abOu, 'hrec weeks
ago returned after absence Of eleven days, saturday,
the nth 1Loy followed them about ~ niles bu;
failed 20 o,crfalc them. They Travelled up the valley of
the Del Nore until they struck the Indian trail abou; tn
miles above he mouth o he TrnchGres, thence through
the sand Hi Pas on tho head Of the lluerne, down
he ten miles and turned mp the north fork into the
VALLEY Of lie Wei Mountains They returned by he head
! o the Sengre de Crsfo Pass and Fort Massachusetts
They saw mony indications of Indians and al one pace
| counted than hundred lodge marSs. They
followed the trail until joined the main village which Is
now oncampc further TO the north in tie valley of the
Vale Saadc and numbers, Is supposed, near three
thousand warriors. The detachment eros l the trail Of
Col Fremont, in his recen, survey for railroad and
iound large quantities Of snow, sufficient to render the
route nnlIacutalle.
! WiroHoRarr ASD SoRcERY At MAINLINE learned
willie in the Rio Arriba that three four had been
killed in the Indian Pueblo of Nembe, for the crime
OF wichcrG The Catholic Priest al Canada, states that
depuation OF Indians waited upon him, with written
charges against four OF their number then in confinement
accused of having eaten up the little children of the village
He ordered them be liberated there cause to
keep them confined. One OF the deputaon appeared sat
sf,d, and said he would not have anything more 10 90
with The matter but the others objected and seemed bent
on having them executed Two three days ailerward,
the priest inquired Of from the Pueblo, what mad
become Of the prisoner and was told they had al oeen
put TO death " presume the matter will be judcialy
inquired into at the coming term OF the Santa Re Court.
DrTREDATloxs ny The UTAH ISDrANs.-We received
news from Taos two three days ago that the Utah
Indians had been committing recent dePredaons IN that
section of the Territory. On the 26h u party Of them
made descent upon the settlement of Culebra and stole
to Mi Blake, commanding Canonment Burgwin at Taos
YLo started company of Dragons in pursuit on the morn
inc of the 2stl u They accompanied by Kit Car
SON. the Indian Agent and about twenty citizens Us vol
Wtecrs
MORE GOLD DiscoyERIEs.-The richness of our gold
mines is becoming apparent every day and new ds
coyerCs are made. A few weeks nessis Spencer ~
Sherman discovered n mine, properly re-
opened nm old one that had been abandoned for many
Years he has been tested and BIDS ar 10 eh Wen
Msior has been making experiments al
his mine Davenport and Inc yield more than comes up u
the e.rcctaion. He took the from many places, ana
after rouudng up and washing found gold IA each He
eo Tested the surface earth al different points the
mountain in which the mine is located. AMI in each in
stance upOn washing found gold. We saw al the count
inc house the Hon. William > Messervy Saturday
I'M last twenty -four and pelnyweghts Of
gold hrough. in from the dggngs ~ the Placer Mount
nips II was nearly pure and worth Si3s -. pur-
chased hy Gov Merweiher who takes II 10 the States
sample Of the produce of the gold mines Of NewMexico.
DfPARTURE OF HIS EXcELLEScr GOVERNOR MgRI-
wyTHTR FOR The USTED STAIEs.-liis EIcellency David
Heriwe;her Governor of NewMe1ico accompanied by
his son Mr. RAYMOND MeIiw ether and Mrs.. Louis Smith
left Santa Re Monday the goth instant. for the United
Governor Merweiher viii be absent some four
FIVE months sud III the meantime VIII visit Washington
III order TO bring before the Administration many mat
| ters If importance 20 this Territory.
DIsrMCT CORR or THE UNITED SrtTIs-The Dis
c Court of the United States for the First Judicial Dis
! uict. Territory Of New-MexicO commenced its March
Term in the city Of fe, Monday the Goth instant
There present the Honorable james j. Davenport
Associate Justice Of the Court OF the United States, and
presiding Judge Of the Fr Judicial District Territory Of
New-AoIco; ". ". Ii. DAVIS. Ed, L. ). Attorney
Charles Blummer Esq United States Marshal and Lew.
! d. Sheets Esq, CLERK Of the L. = District Court.