The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-01-04


The Western nail brought us the Santa Fe Ga
" ilF the n onth OF November, from which :
gamer SOME items Of interest
brutal murder was committed on the 10Th o.
c,tco MARTINEZ
Maj. S'mcbson, Of the Rifles anived at Fort
mon on The Esd, from Fort Leayenwortb. Compa-
by"h,' Capt Walker Of the Rifles arrived at i, 1
iNgsflo, Texas, on the 24th where il was to tax
pos' Tor the wir'er. The usual number of horses
sad mues are reported as having been stolen by the
4 The Gazette of the Sth ssys:-
CAPT. Bowman. with bis company, has arrived at
Fot massachusetts,, and relieved Lieut.. Smead, who
esctSd ihisplace on the 4th inst, on his way 70
Lieut.. F. nth, sth Infantry. arrived from Fort
stanton on The 2Dd inst.
GO. Bonneville and Major Thornton left town on
he Iid instant, On tour of inspe stiOn to Can't
Gment burgwlr. and Fort Union.
On the some day, Doctor Anderson, y. S. A., left
ioc his ation Fort Massachusetts,, ana It. Willard,
tor Fort : anton.
la the Gaa,ne, of the 22d, VIC find the following
interesting item news
From Mr.. Larkiu. sbo arrived in town few DAYS
since frm Bets Fort, on the Arkansas, we learn
thst diff, u,ty bad occurred with Mr.. Bent the
proprietor OF the Fort, and party Of Kio va In
dian, which .as Likely 10 terminate very serious
y. 1t seems tbat Bent, after his return from the
states, forno it Necessary to discharge one OF his
nen IS this man was friend of the Kiowas
they took his part, and one Of the chiefs used in.
euiuDg Language TO Bent in reference to his dis.
charge for stich be was chastised. This aroused
chs whole party, and hut for the Cheyennes, who
came TO the assistance of Bent he would in all pro-
osOiity have been killed and his properly destroy
ed. In the difficulty which occur, ed between the
parties one OF the kiowas shot. This served
70 exaspei att III. still further, until the quarrel be-
came so serious as to induce Mir. Bent t.
despatch the greater portion of his goods
to the tOen of Mora, in Taos county for
security. He also sent to Fort Union for
soldiers 10 protect him in making his retreat from
the Indian county. Mr.. Larkin left the fort with
the wagons that brought in Bent's goods From
NJ: Joseph Doyle we learn that after the departure
a Mr.. Lars'n the Cbeyennes made an attack o
patty OF Kiowrs and took from them some forty
hesd Of horses and drove the Indians to the south
From the last nc ,ounte, the Cheyennes had started
"a pursyi. Of anotter party Of Kiowas with the
ln the Gasette of the Doth, We find the following
additional btws:--
Relia6te Information has been received from
Bents Fort, iD relation 70 the attack made by the
hlOwas on that pa e the latter part of October, and
military pa ty from Fort Union has been directed
TO repair to that point to investigate the matter and
report the result 70 The headquarters Of this Depart
ment. 10
Csdito, a Mescalero chief. delivered to the CON-
handing officer al Fort Stanton, eight horses re
STICK, lndiant agent subject to the demand Of the
owners, upon proof Of property.
A, Investigation has been made into the reported |
roobey OF beef cattle by the Navajos, noticed last
week, and toe whole story CT the major domo in |
chargeof thscattle, proved false, the cattle having
qisd aud strSJed from the herd on the route 70 De-
Company, E,(r ifes) had been ordered from Can
toa1ent Burgsin for temporary service at Fort
onion.
About the sth inst. party Of emieran.s from,
Alabama, six men and lad sixteen years old, was
attacked at Eagle Spring, Texas by about twenty
iiVe Indians. The fig ut lasted nearly five hours
Col Reea, Who Was al the bead OF the emigraut
part. reports himself and Que other severely
woJnde0. aud all his animals, except three either
kilsd or wounded IT'S supposed that several of
dbe in1inas were kdled;.two, it Is said, beyond
doubt
Lieut. Cooke, Eighthinfantry, at last adyices was
ous examining the ual of party of slndahs, re-,
ported TO have passeo near Fort Bliss going north
with q lsrge huUber OF horses mules and cattle =
Aessrs C.ey ana Walden have jdst returned
rom tLe miues aud inform us that the s.Caronde-
let Mining Company" have their quar1 mill,nearly
oosptte5 and expect 10 be i'm full oper IN in
che course OF Tour weeks. They have laborcd under
great disad, an ageS-not being able to obtain
mechanics, III shs rerIisorys tor render the nthe
proper asslstsnce, AID conssquentyst the work. has
been much refaroed 8ne, the pr6priet6rs; Mr..
Julien Can ache appears 4 possess nuc geuius
snd so excellent capacity for WORK ,underts-
yrest zeal ana energy hsiiig iull confidence in
,bs eventual success tie com iahy: lie appears
20 le onelof iboso eli made MINI fitted ior an
1ndertskng OF Tins chhrattef, tand the COM
psny aisidpa'es, by his, exeftions@ ana ,energy I
Lnat tbey,wls iealize rlch return Tor their lsofs
The aetnt.M Mr.. Eugene Leite6sdoffcy Was, kind
s1d affective ard accompanied themi 70 TIE mine. T
.hsre they were sho~n considerable qljntty Of
tbe orr aleady Extracted andy ready for Gushing
The ore appears tobe easily pulserned and the gold
easily extracted. ~ -...- .at /
The tuildiug Tor the machinery is one of the hes.
n the country, immense tsant 0C labor having
been bestowed upon IL 10 make il ans wcr TIE pur- /
pose for which il was designed Great credK mist
De given 70 Mr. Leiieusdorfer, the agent and to Nr.
6smsche for Their energy in attempting TO dcve |.
tspc the mineral resources of New Mexico. 80. |
Gss Pnlsaslphia Mining Company, Of which
MT Iter Is theaaent, have at considerable expense
brought out q crushing machine Of about thrty-fve
horse power, hut by some unforeseen occurrence II
has no: ye. been erected We trust that this ma
ooine VIII SOON be IN sucut ssful operation and from
she known experience Of Mr.. Ider and assistants We
Ne satisfied that the company VIII prosper under
their administration.
3siiis ", and csube reached over level country,
abOun ling In roDG1tie scenery, VIC think Il would
rspsy our citizens 70 pay them visit and jddgef for
hem-eTes.
15o1t the 9Th inst, q parry OF Hexicsns under
Doc PeCro Armijo, was on the Puerco about twenty |
Dozen Navajo IDoians took from hun about thirty
head Of mules and horses al OF which were no y
ever, recovered except two hsrsts and two mules.
The Nsysios we're followed, and il was ascertiinel
10 be the band under the oumand oil t;e chief ar |
C-lursta who lives on the San Juan and who has
been 10 troublesome for the last twelve rnonths.
iSenor Armuo wss in Aloaqnerque on sunday
at AID he sppoareo very anxious T. get authority
Il pIrstc with armed parties the robbers, Tor the
recovery OF his stock By force.
II g. presumtd such authority exists in this Terri
toy tcat OF self defence.
Es,or Nichols and Capt. Easton returned from
hibl1ueruue on the 10Th inst., with forty ODD
oucks aud geese, the product Of their hunting ex-
cprsiOu.
Col Bonneville ard Major Thornton re,rraed on
tbe 10th mat. nom their tour q inspection Tley
vistd Commitment Burgwin, Fort Union, and
Hatchs Ran no. each OF which they found In good
order, and tie troops in comfortable quarters
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earth during the day and the darkness osr.ci
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