The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-07-19
News from New Mexico.

The correspondent Of the st. Louis Repub-
lican, writing from Santa Fe, June Is, gives
some interesting particulars in regard to mat
tiers in New Mexico. OF the state Of feeling
in regard to the present crisis he says little,
from which we conclude he had nothing ia.
vorable to his cause to report:
The Fifth and Seventh regiments, the cor
respondent says, are ordered to the States
They will not leave, however, before the
volunteer regiments are organized and equip
ped 70 supply their place. Ceran ST. Vrain
and Miguel f. Pine are appointed Colonies;
Kit Carson and Samuel Chaves, Lieutenant
Oolonels; Jesus Maria Baca Salazar and
Francisco Chaves, Majors. CANDY now
Col. Loring having resigned and left for the
Southern Confederacy, accompanied by PAY.
master Robert u. Reynolds. Col. John b
Grayson, of the subsistence department. and
DIR. Edward N. Oovey, have also quit the ser.
vice, and will doubtless soon turn up in
Dixie's Land. Lieut.. o. @. Wagner in pur-
suance of an order from Washington, will
leave this evening for the States. Major
Whiting and son were passengers in the last
States coach, which arrived here on Wednes-
day last n c,,n.ur .,r NAV u..
In New Mexico, has been appointed Governor,
but will not qualify himself until after the
expiration of Gen Rpcher's term of service.
On Wednesday morning duel was fought
on the hill near old Fort Marcy, between
Messrs. John @. Phillips and Joseph Gum
ml aSsnt f .Srss ,nSt rnoSody burt
Wolf, soldier. returning from a fandango,
was waylaid and inhumanly m murdered. Fran
cisco Pancho was arrested upon the dying
declaration of the victim. as the man who
committed the deed. He has since had hear
ing and been discharged.
A party Of men on their way to the San
Juan mines, last week, were attacked near
Navajo Springs by Navajo Indians. and one
nj IA NM ahnR al "a ~
same tribe run of sixty one oxen belonging to
the train of Mr.. Vicente Pine, between Las
Lunas and Laguna. About the same time
they stole eighty head Of cattle from the Pne-
bla of Isleta.
The Arixona Apaches are In open hostility
to the whites Of that Territory, notvithstand-
ing several OF the bands regularly received
arms from the United States Government
In consequence Of recent demonstrations OF
the part OF these Indians, 1t is said that the
Pino Alto mines have been deserted. as also
the settlements ON the Rio Mimbres iu fact,
we have accounts from almost every part Of
the Territory Of ranches being abandoned In
consequenc of the marked hostility of the
Apaches, and It Is not unlikely they will soon
make an inroad upon the Valley Of the Mesii-
Ia There can b. no doubt but that they are
Infinitely more wariika than ever before.
The Placer mines, within sight Of Santa Fs,
arc again being worked. They are now
managed by practical miners Of large expori.
snce. Thsrs n NO question bus that he quartz
Of these mines exosl IN richness those OF any
others knOwn IN this country. The great diff.
Aeulty hers tqfcre encountAIsd IL tllsir prod.
table voFktnks vsf the inability of The miners
10 tSvA ths sold sftpf Il had SseA xapaIat66
nor ~ qGastx. Ltst aatuYdky as axuosIs
i6S6t VA uts1, 1hlen sssal.sa q ~ pFo1us.
llos Z! q riy.ao.f ecl'ass y gold ffe3 Alls1n
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