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Show BEVOLUTION IX SEW MEXICO. Gotttnor ltenthtr htadt if Jrl Marty, in jwjimhoi vf the litveluUffiiistt, Los Yt)AstXm Mexico,) March 12, DfGl. The stage arrived here this rooming from Santa Fc, en route for the States, and as it was about leaving here on its way in, nn express nrriv'ed frpra Col. Fauntleroy, commaudlng this military department, de-partment, to tho i-ommaudaut at Fort Union, ordering this ohlcer to prepare for defense. On yesterday morniug, nbOut U o'clock, the people' or the capital (Santa. ITe), Americans ijml Mcxicai)s,vcn mai,pe, seeming to have sprung up like "Cudmus' uieii,' well" armed and in great numbers, at once seized and now hold tort Marcy. Col. V: declined to surren dcr the Fort, as was expected, and while in the act of remonstrating with the populace, popu-lace, the citizeu soldiery rushed upon the works, and in to:i niiiiuten they ' were Uken jKUsession of. Governor Reuchcr was the. prime mover in these proceedings, ond lie now has charge of all the military equipments and public property. Everybody is surprised at this well concocted and efficient toujt ' arrti. In brief. New .Mexico now has declared for, and practically affiliated ( with Texas aud the South, and the United States is suddenly ignored and our allegiance alle-giance change, Arizona ulso absolves her allegiance on the 16th iust. Excuse haste, Oacuo Dkoroj. 'Tfrpusfiwu of April 2. |
