much smaller
than that of last year. It is calculated that 300 wagons will cross
during the Summer, three-fourths of which will go to the Salt Lake and
Oregon, and the remainder to California. Grass is abundant on the
plains, but the snow is reported to be very deep in the mountains beyond
Fort Laramie.

Advices from Texas give accounts of the rapid improvement of the lands
on the Brazos River. The troubles with the Indians still continue. A
battle between a small company of Texan militia and a band of Indians,
took place near the head waters of the Lema River, on the 24th of May:
Six Indians were killed, and the remainder driven off. An expedition has
been ordered by Gen. Harney, to aid the Indian agents in their demand
for the release of white prisoners in captivity. A train, composed of
170 wagons, with a large escort, left San Antonio for El Paso on the 7th
of May. A company of Americans, while crossing the Rio Grande to attend
a ball at Rima, were fired upon by a party of Mexican soldiers. Two of
the American soldiers were severely wounded, and the Mexicans apologized
for the act on the ground of its being a mistake.

News from Santa Fe to the 1st of May has arrived. On the 2d of April,
Governor Calhoun consummated a treaty with Francisco Chacon, principal
chief of the Apaches east of the Rio Grande. The savages agreed to give
up what stolen property had been in their possession for the previous
eight months, and to settle in towns, provided teachers and implements
of husbandry were furnished them. As might have been expected, this
treaty was broken within three weeks of its adoption, although Chacon
bound himself to maintain the peace, on penalty of forfeiting his head.
Fifteen companies of the U.S. troops were to leave Santa Fe on the 10th
of May, upon a campaign against the Navajo Indians. This movement was
considered necessary, on account of the serious injury which the health
of the soldiers had sustained from the inactivity of their mode of life.

Governor Calhoun issued a proclamation on the 23d of April, appointing
the 19th of May for the election of members of the Legislative Assembly.
The first session of the Legislature was to commence at Santa Fe on the
2d of June. The Mexicans were well pleased with the new Government,
since it removed the power from the hands of the military. Business was
very brisk at Santa Fe, and a number of mills were in the course of
erection in the neighborhood. The census of