Santa fe toícklfj ajUU.
Hlndpemlent a all ttdngt-Neutml in notbJiyr,'
sattswv, ovhisu 27 1802.
t-trett i; . NOTICE. .-
Mr. . ?1Fm. Pirene will hcreifier at
tend to (lie publishing department of
tba QatetU office. Persons having
business pertaining to the printing de-
partment of our office, aré therefore
, referred to him,. ' ,
J ,s ,
,, Religioui services at thoMeth
,. odist Chapel on to-morrow at U o'clock,
A. M., and 7 oclock P. M.
I fcTTUottiw of tie Santa Fé Weekly
Gazelle has been removed to the house
formerly occupied by the late, Gertrude
Parcela.
" ARRIVAL Of THE MAII.-PIF.RCE F.I.KCT-
I n BY AN OVERWHELMING MAJORITY.
The ma 1 his just arrived from Independence,
end wt itop tlx press ta s'nnotnct, that by tele
. krkuliic ilMinlclit to tilt's endetice. it is ascer-
kiifl tint Glm, Fakklin Punce was elected
; by ti. overwhelming majority. Every Stale of
II Union is said to nave pons lor mm, Dili lour,
Kritucky and Tennessee not yet heard from. We
J will give the mijorilir next week
Thf papers announce the death of Daniel Webs ,
' ' Hezekiah thinks there is no truth in
all that lifts recently been said In the
' newspapers of the States about Sic
Tranttt, as he recently saw him amongst
,,tie Utahs consulting the "medicine?
man," who advised h(m to take a donee
interim, and the last he saw of hirq he
s was after , herd of deer, Irving to lomo
(oget the ncc.
Ileielciah thinks that the Superintend
a dent of Idian affairs should have head
, ed bit 'nfy' something after this fash
' joni '
" Tlie Superintendent of Indiin. AflVirs
1 " in New Mexico,
I To all the Indian Agents in the Tcr-
litory to whom these presents may
Come, 'fti r
.JIaekia thinks that hanging a fel
ttuti im Antf.sin m l.ttnl. tj,at.Mf,s
an unpleasant difficulty, in which, how
ever, the fellow hung is sure to get
?Toped in.
t ....
""" Eoior to wbom honor is nor due.
' J. L. Collin Esq. has favored us
'with a perusal of a manuscript reply to
Maj.Weig!itman,which will be published
In a few days, in pamphlet form, fur cir
eiililjan. If Mr. Collins feels as we did
when we got through our reply to that
gentleman, (?) he is conscious of having
'employed his dissecting knife upon
lather a putrid subject. We shall no
;tCe the pamphlet of Mr. Collins more
t length ,whrn it is published. Our
pwn opinion is, that Weightman has al
ready received more notice than either
till talent or his worth can claim, but as
hit ungentlemanly attacks upon Mr.
Collins and others from this Territory
rere made and published and sent to
this Territory for 'circulation, while
those persons thus assailed were in the
States, and had no opportunity of re
plying to them here, we think the com
m unity will justify Mr. C. in conde
scending, even at this late day, to meet
nd repel them.
At Weightman t ems otrtmlcy ar.x
ípus that the world should know he is
si very remarlalle ji, we hope the
pamphlet will be read by every one into
wjjpse hands it may fall, as it is the only
oorreot biography of the "Delégate of
New Mexico," we suppose, that has
ever yet been written.
Hunger never sees bad briad."
JS..-"''
X We don't 1 lleve a word of it. .Any
man that will not give to the hungry, is
lad bred, and hunger seel thousands of
them.1
j THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
wl meet in this city on Monday, Dec.
.JJIAT RAIL.ROAD MEETING,
to much talked of a few weeks since,
will it come off before the next mail
leaves for the States? Who knows?
Why should the ' ladies ajf be Demo.
fc;':;;i:;.";::.;:;;
fir tmt lí"Jre II f'i fr-mn.
ELECTIONS. .
í'Kcep I before the people" that on
next Wednesday, Dec. 1st, will be held
the election in. this District, to fill one
vacancy in the Council, and one in the
House pf Representatives, as well as
for the offiocs of Alcalde, &c. There
will be a "right smart chance" of can
didates in '.he field- All of them have
our bt-st wishes. The successful ones
shall have our congratulations, and the
defeated ones our sympathy. We'll
rejoice with' those who rejoice, and
weep with those who weep."
DCT'An Apache Indian was killed by
a white man, and two others dangerous
ly wounded, at Las Vegas, a few days
since. The Superintendent of Indian
Affairs promptly dispatched Sect. Grei-
ncr to that plnce, as soon as the news
readied here, with full powers to give
the alTuir the most rigid examination
Mr. Greiner ha3 not yet returned, so
that we have not received the portion
lars. We suspect, however, that that
infernal, omnipresent spirit of all evil
WJtishyx was at the bottom of the
difficulty.
Yu would here call the attention of
Congress and the authorities generally,
at Washington, tb a lament, ble defect
in the Inw inrelalio;i to selling intoxica
ting liquors to the Indians. The law
forbids persons selling such liquors to
the Indians within Indian territory,
but inakes no provision against selling
liquorto them out of their own territo
ry. The consequence is, that the In
dians may come into our Territory, buy-
as much liquor as they please, getdrunk
and commit murder or other violence,
and there is no way to prevent it. The
only redress we can get is in punishing
the Indian, at the link of endangering
the lives and commerce of a whole com
munity.
A gentleman living near Val Verde,
in the region where most of the Indian
depredations of the last year, in this
Territory, have been committed, re
cently informed us, that more than one
half of all their difficulties with the In
dians could be traced to this evil. Now
we humbly submit the question to our
authorities at Washington, whether it is
not too hard that the lives of hundreds
of our citizens, the peace of families and
the whole commerce and interconise
of the country should be constantly im
perilled for the pecuniary benefit of a
few creature to whom Nature gave
human bodies, through mistake, but re
fused to dignify them with a soul when
the mistake was discovered. Owe us
a Maine-liquor-law for the Idians at
least, if we cannot get it for cluislians!
P. S. We have learned, since writ
ing the above, that the wagons of Mr.
J. Harrison were stopped by some of
the Apaches, between' this place end
Las Vegas, and several articles taken
from them. .We fear these things are
but "the beginning of the end."
INDIAN CONFERENCE AT ABIQUIU
Chacm't account of the manacre of WhiitU party
tht fight with the mail company othtr mailers.
Maj. Greiner bus kindly furnished us with (he
item of bis "talk" with the Utahs and Apaches,
at Abiqikiu, of which we have before spoken
We publish, as the most interesting; matter, the
account which Chacon, an Apache chief, gives of
the massacre of White's party, in the fall of '49,
ltd tht fight with Hit mail party, (Flournoy's) in
tht spring of 1830.
We were present when Gov. Calhoun held a
conference at the palace, in this cily, mora lhan a
year agg, with these same Apaches, (a few of
them). Chacon was then present, and was, of
course, the prlnrlpal spok cunan for his people,
lit was examined and crosa-exatmned by Gov,
Calhoun in relation to his knowledge of the tame
lAairi which ht reíales at Abiquiu, but without
the least success he stoutly dmicd any knowledge
of them whatever, t
Cut from Chiron's whole manner at that lime,
wt fell a.iti'fied he knw more afcout those matteri
.han be cared to tell. Had lit been a civilized
candidal! for the Presidency, ht could not have
displayed more tact in dodging tht questions pro
pounded to him, and effectually thwarting every
attempt to "smoke him out."
We did not then wonder at Chacon's unwilling
neis to communicate anylliing upon the subject
The circumslancti by which ht was surrounded
wtrc well calculated to awaken suspicion of wrong
and out him on the alert acainst any catch. The
tniltant wt Hut k hinHfiil In numbers clised in.
(and unarmtd. The large room was filled with
Cili?ens, together with several officers ot tht army
ii their glittering uniforms, and swords d, r.gling at
their sides, and beaded by the "big war captain,"
in full regimentáis. '
Bwidet this, Governor Calhoun'i manner to
ward tht Indian wai lutighty, imperious and
dictatorial, ntber than conciliatory. It did not
therefore surorlse us In the least that tht Indiana
1 1 1 I- . tV.;. (Vflf n-Ant.l In,. It lnwd
! frimiiiiling tlicmsrlves. .
At Abiquiu tht Indians were upon their own
ground, unawed and unttrrified. No circumstances
surrounded (hem calculated to coerca them into a
concealment of the truth, or false representation
of things, Tht people of Abiquiu are all on tht
most amicablt terms with both the Apaalies and
Utah. When the Indians go into that place, they
put up with their friends and acquaintances "just
like white folks," and art hospitably received and
accommodated, in return forwbU h they herd stock
for the people with a great deal of faithfulness.
We are not aware that the people of Abiquiu have
ever had any difficulty wilh those Indiana, a rather
remarkable fact, tht moral of which tvery ont
can draw for himself,
The account which Chacon gives of the massacre
of While's company of unfortunates, will bt read
with interest, as there have been to many con
flicting reports and surmises in relation to that
event. We are satisfied, ton, that Chacon's ac
count is, in the main correct. It agreet very ex
actly wilh such of the facts as ire known. The
reason which he assigns for this outrage, wt give
from the brief notes taken by Mr. Greiner i
Chacon said : "His people went to Las Vegas for
the purpose of making pence. They were there
attacked by an ai med f prce, and fourtten of their
number killed. Chacon himself waa not in wilh
his people, but waa near the town, tnd heard the
firing. The reason assigned for this massacre of
the Indians was, that it was said an Apache hail
killed Iwo Mexicins, and drivenoff tht atock at
Casa Colorada. This report, Chacon says, was not
true.
After this event, tht Apaches, uwler Chino,
altacked. two Amriicans and one Mcxlmn, ncsr
the Wagon-inoiind, capturing Iwo children girls.
Chino himself was killed in this tight.
The next event (of course Chacon had no dates)
in order, was Ihg massacre of White's parly. This
deed was perpetrated by the Utahs and Apaches
jointly, ihey had gone into the tamp of the
whiles in the morning, which, Chacon laid, was on
Red River. But this could not have been so, for
the party were aaassacred nearly midway between
the Point of Rocks and Whelstont Creek. From
the spot where the party wert murdered to the
crossing pf Red. River is a very good day'i travel.
If the prty were encampej upon any tti earn when
the Indians visited them in the morning, It must
have been tht Whetstone, a few miles from where
the massacre took place, or tht Rabbit-ear, twenty
nulos further back, and a few miles east of the
Round Mound, But Chacon's saying that the
camp waa on Red River, was most probably from
the fact that it was in' sight of Red River, (as the
place of massacre really Is,) and, in a direct line,
not i great distance from it,
The party of Indians, he says, were driven from
the camp, and this was the cause of their attacking
them afterwards. We think most likely Ibis is a
true statement, Wt know such is the treatment
the Indians usually receivt from Iht trains. In
deed, it is Usually found ntmiary to resort to some
such measure, in order to get rid of their most an
noying importunities.
After this repulse from the camp, (probably at
Whtlftoi)i,JMhe fight commenced. White and
negro woman were killed, and the woman, (Mrs
White,) and child were captured, and carried off
prisoners to Red River, where they were kept un.
the Indians were attacked by iht American
troopa under Maj. Crier. They had taken good
care of them, and had the Americans sent for them
peaceably, instead ot lighting, they would have
been given up unharmed, Mrs. White was killed
when the fight commenced, and, Chacon says, he
has always been tola that the child was killed wilh
the mother. He has never sttn or heard ot it
sini'e. We have no doubt, and have never had,
lhat this was the fate of "Mrs. While'i, child,"
which has been the subject of so much specula
tion and vague rumors.
THR HUL COM TA NY,
The fight wilh Flournoy's company commenced
early in the morning, and continued (in flying
skirmishes wt suppose,) till near sundown. Five
Apaches and four Ulahs were killed, and were
buried back of the Wagon-mound, nerr a lake ot
water. The Apaches tnd whiles were at war at
that time in consequence pt (he affair it Las
Vcgis, already alluded to. He says there must
hsve been a great many Indians in. Ihil last fight,
or tkij eould wt haet killed eight Jtturicant,
Preceding' this tight, there it mother incident
related by Chacon, of which we never heard be
fore. An Apache woman, daughter of a chief,
(Lobos) was In prison at Las Vegas. She was
taken out of prison and conveyed by tht American
troops to the Wagon-mound, lo point lo them were
the Apaches were, A few men went with her to
the top of the Mound, when she leized a knife
nd attacked them, making so desperate I fight
that they wert obliged lo shoot her,
From Chacon's statement, taken in connexion
wilh our own observations last spring, we have no
doubrjthat tht fight with tht mail party com
menced in the morning at Red River, and termina
ted at the Wagon-mound, near sundown, the dis
tance bttween tht placea being twenty miles,
We examined, last spring, just on this aide of Red
River, and near the road, several pits, (or rather
commencement of pits) lunk in the ground, now
partially filled up. It is said by tht Indians (as wt
were then told) tht these ecavi)lions were com'
menced at that time, tnd .for that purpose. Ai
there was no timber in which to conceal, and no
bluffs near the road at this point, (as it the place
where While's party wai attacked) behind which
they might form an ambush, they resorted to this
expedient of digging pits in which to conceal them
selves. From the number of pits thus commwced)
we hive no doubt, as Chacon says, that then
must have been a great man) ,
The mail party probably camt upon them be
fore they had time to complete their work, and tht
fight commenced, continued a flying fight through
the day, till arriving it the narrow pus of tht
Wagon-mound, tht Indians closed in upon the
little bnd and overwhelmed them by numberi.
We hivt often thought that lillleband mutt hart
given tht Indian! a desperad fight, from the fact
that the mail has loarctly ever been molested by
the Indians on that route, from thit day to the
present Chi'on's statement confirm! our precon
ceived notioni of thii fight We think it altogether
likely there were mors killed ot tht Indians than
Chicon is willing t tdmit Ccrlaiply tnough to
hivt mdt them a little iky ot tht mil. But,
poor fellows I It was s sad price thy said for Iht
benefit of otheri who should travel the road in
future. That Wagen-monnd pssi ought to bt
christened "TAtrmofytoe," for if there be my ir
tue or glory in crimson laurels, there lie it that
spot, in scarcely-noticed graves, a few as brave
men ever formed subjects for i pean.
The damages done st Greenhorn, Chacon says,
were committed by his people in a stale of actual
starvation, tnd they had to have something to fi.it
or die. They were on a war parly took loiie
green corn, 3 horses snd 1 mule. The horses wert
returned, the mule wis taken away by Tabbawat,
and could not be returned, but they would account
for it.
The mules Ihey had taken from Jemes, some
time since, they had returned by Waquin, or Jo
quin, who was then present.
The wagoni stopped by hit people some time
lince, he said, were slopped by three of his band,
one of whom was present. The blankets, Sec.
taken, were given by the driven of their own ac
cord. ,
Such ire briefly the statements ot Chacon.
Doubtless, he has made them is favorable to his
people is he well eould, but taken in connexion
with the known facts, we think them about the
most reliable of any we have yet seen or heard, in
regard to Hie massacre of While's aild the mail
parties. He is satisfied that Cllicorel isqiies was
in both those fights.
Tiisichdvini, captain of the Tabbuwatt, (a band
of I lie Utahs) came twenty days'travel to attend
this conference. Hitherto, he said, he had always
been on the other side of Iht mountain, near llou-
haduiix Fort, and he had been friends- hut now he
would cpme hers as he had been to well treated.
His peopletAere all friends uf-the Americans, us
all the emigrant! could testify, and man could
travel alone or with hit family through their
country, and would not be molested, Tiena Blan
co, another captain of the uine band, was also
present.
Mr Greiner distributed provisions and presents
amongst those In attendance, to the amount, we
believe ot $3000. They expressed themselves
mii'h gratified, and departed in peace. At some
future time we shall give our views as to the true
policy of the government in relation to the In
dians. FACE THE MUSIC!
The Superintendent of Indian nflairs
has adopted the rules which we give
below, for the government of tlijs Sn
nerinteiidencv. We hope they will be
1 - w
enforced. We have had quite enough 1
diddling amongst the Indian Agents in
this Territory. Here are the tules;
"The present viler inefficiency of the
Indian Department, has olliged me
to adopt the following
. RULES
For the government of all persons who
may be connected with the Indian De
partment, in tha Territory of New Mex
ico. 1, SinocureB are abolished.
2. The public service is to be the
great aim and end, of all Agents, Inter
preters, and other persons who may bo
employed in the Department ;'and every
possible exertion must be made, to ad
vance the puuiic interest.
4. Private business must not inter
fere, with the discharge of public duties.
4. The expenditure of Agents must
bo confined to the narrowest possible
limits, which may be consistent with a
proper discharge ot tmhiiu duty; ant a
careful discrimination must be iiiivlo be
tween the privata and pnblio expendit
ures of Agents.
5. The residence of tha Atcent, must
be within the limits of thoTribe to which
ho is assigned, or as near thereto as
practicable. ,
6. All orders from superiors, must
be promptly obeyed, or satisfactory reas
ons given,. for the failure to obey.
7. Xliu expressions "I can't ' "1
couldn't," or "I don'tknow," are inad-
tuissablo phrases, in Heports to this Su-
perintendency.
8. All Ullleei'j who may rlisregarcl,
or fail to observo, these 1ÍULES, will
be deemed to bo,lout of health," and will
be relieved, temporarily; from duty ; and
should not satisfactory assuranees'bo giv
en, that the "health1' of the officer, is
likely to amend, his unhappy case will
bo reported to Washington.
WM. OAKIt LANE,
Sup. Ind. A fairs, for New Mextco.'
Santa Fó, Territory of New Mexico,1
Nov. 2d, 1852.
From the Mo. Repub,
. LIGHT SPREADING,
The spirit ot party will do much to blind men's
perception! ind wirp their judgments. But truth
must sooner or liter dispel tht darkness of party
prejudice. Wt rtjoict to let onmistikeable signs
that light it breaking in upon the minds ot tht
Southern people, ind that Democrat! as well as
Whigs ire beginning to see the nomination of Pierce ,
in iti true character. The Columbus (Georgia)
Enquirer, one of the ablest Anti-ftott journal! in
that State, says : v
"It is now becoming evident that tht prospects
of Gen. Pierce art daily diminishing throughout
tht Union. Tht artificial enthusiasm manufactured
to suit the occasion when his name wis first in
nounced, it dying away under the learching in
vestigation! which ire constantly developing his
entire unfitness for the high olfice ht seeks, and
hu meagre proportions begin to stand out in rather
scanty array by the side ot the great ind gifted
men ot the Republic. It begins to be teen that he
ii not a whit sounder than he should bt on the
great question! thit hivt agitated, and still deeply
interest, tht public mind in short, thit ht it at
best i poor politician, tnd thit is to anything else
he it no when in the fight. Hence there il every
wtir m alnmlir fallinv off in tht faith a wall ai
in tht hopes ot his supporters. At first his friends
nretended that there was a perfect Mate of enthu
siasm everywhere) now it takes hard blowing of
the editorial bellows to keep the smallest Spark
alive. Tbil u the condition ot things at well in
Georgia as every where else. Here, at least, ríen
whobattled against the foul spirit of disunion, and
crushed the monster of secession, have no fancy
for Supporting a candidate who Is the creation and
choice of the followers of Rhett in the south, and
the disciples of Van Buren, Rantoul fc Co., of the
north. The voters are opening their eyei to the
tact that Pierce is surrounded and supported by ai
dangeroui I set of mixel up and amalgamated
politicians as ever attempted lo rum or ruie a
country." f ',
Scenery in the Australian Gold Fields.
The following letter Appeared in the
Geelor.g Advertiser, and is stated to Be
furnished by a very respectable corres
pondi'iit: " A month's sojourn on Fryar's creek
has given me a deep Insight into the
morale of the diggings, and opened up
scenes that I could not have antici
pated during the rosy days when the
wonders of Ballurat first flushed our
imaginations with the prospect of vast
fields of illimitable weulth. At Baila-
rat, there was peace, unity and securi
ty, hut at Fryat's creek these desirable
qualities are' reversed, and quarrels, .
disssensions, bloodshed and danger, of
t lie direst description, reign supreme.
The Government is palsied, while the
ill-doer runs on in a career of uncheck
ed crime and rapine, or at the most if
checked by a occasional pistol shot, or
similar act of summary justice, respond
ed to by a groan, and the effect mani
fested the next morning by blood stains,
when a few observations are, bandied
about from tent to tent, lhat a man was
shot, and no more is heard of the matter.
A surgeon is called in to attend a woun
ded man ; no questions a're asked, (he
fee is paid, and if the man dies, he is
disposed of. I sneak from experience,
and fearlessly say that, in retiring to
rest, the same precautions are necessa
ry and are had recourse to, as though
one were, in the heart of an enemy's
country, and fearing a midnight on
slaughtguns and pistols are loaded
sentinels appointed for the nightly watch, .
i nd intruders, at their peril, are warned
to stand off ; and if wild justice be oc
casionally executed, the evil cannot be
imputed lo those who stand in defenoe
uf selves and their hatd earned treasures,
but to the necessity of the time, and the
laxity of the ruling power. If. the ordi
nary routine of justice be unequal to
llio emergency, resort will be had to
that which is commensurate to the oc
casionthat resort is a terrible one-
hut it is now coolly asked by many,
whether it would not be better to esta
blish a Lynch law than to allow thieves
a i lenary immunity. It is a question
now, whether Lynch law would not be
better than no law at all? So far is the
necessity of Lynch law felt, that I am .
sutified if it were propounded by any
influential man on the diggings it would
he luiled with acclamation. The inha
hitnnls of towns cannot conceive the
feeling of danger prevalent here i it il
not a fear, but consciousness of uncer
tainty, and an indignation at the auda
city with which thefts are planned and
executed. Men have been stopped and
rilled on the highroad at mid-day and
I, slAHiling with three other men, saw a
man seized, his arms pinioned, and his
pockets emptied, without daring to as
sist him ; so numerous were the asso
ciates of the thieves robbing him. Now,
I ask 'you, to imagine such a scene per
petrated before you, what would your
feelings be? When such union for ill
exists, surely it is time that union for
good should take place to counterba
lance it." (
Missouri Legislature.
Mr. Barret offered an amendment. r
It amends the Senate bill, by inserting
Pacific Railroad Company in the first
section, adding to it a section providing
for making a branch from the Hannibal
and St. Joseph Railroad to St. Charles,
and a section providing for making the
main trunk of the pacifio Railroad to
South-west, provided there be subscri
bed to the capital stock one million oí
dollars; a section pioviding for a branch
from the. main track of the Paoific Rail
road to Kansas; State credit to be loan
ed to make the branoh to St. Charlea of
nna and a hull" mlllinn nf dollar, whim
the subscription shouM amount to five