New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-07-12
Remarks.
Years Amt mdx Ng's Men Props

The ioree uing table Is not given aS perfectly accu-
rate Vet it is believed 10 be about nearly s0 a.
anv that could be made the present day. The
column marked "props," tProprlr,ors,i though
even less precise than the other STATISTICS, presents
about The proportion Of the whole number ENGAGE
each year who were owners.
We will now proceed with our dis]o'nted ex
tracts and give what idea we can of New Mexico
its resources, people, condition, &c. &c. In re.
gard to the intelligence Of tae people, and the
state of the Arts and Sciences among them, Mr..
Gregg says
There is no part OF the civilized globe perhaps,
where the Arts have been much neglected, and
the progress OF Science successfully mprdsd a.
in New Mexico. Reading and writing may fairly
be set down rs the highest branches OF rGucaion
that are ,aush, in the schools; for those peda"s
VINO occas ionaly pretend TO teach arithmetic yer,
seldom understand even the primary rules OF the
science of numbers. should perhaps make an ex-
cepion in avor OF those eCclesiaSiics, who have ac-
uured their education abroad; and who, from their
VOCATION are necessarily obliged 10 possess a smat-
terny of Latin. Yet II IL Il well known fact that
the majority OF this privileged class, even, la
mentally deficient in The more important branches
ottanilinr science. have been assured by highly
respectable foreigner, no has long resided in the
country, that the questions were once deliberately
put 10 him by Il curate-whether Napoleon aud
whether Europe not province of Spain!
The women are, if possible and as elsewhere,
still worse off than the men
Female education has, If possible, been more uni
ycrsav neglected than that OF the other sex: while
those who have received any instruction at ALL have
generally been taught in private families. Indeed,
until very lately, To be able 10 read and write on the
mart OF u woman, considered an Indication OF
very extraordinary talent, and the fair durusei Who
could pen ab,letdoux to her lover, was looked tpun
as Amos, prodigy. There Is, however, 10 beiound
among the higher classes considerable spr,nkilog
of that superficial refinement, which is the hane o
fashionable society where, and when consists
not in superiority OF understanding, not IN acquired
knowledge but IN that peculiar species OF assumo
ton, which has happily been styled the he"lhs
garment with which Ignorance decks herself
The condition Of the press and of the general
political intelligence Of the people is what might
be expected:
In nothing is the deplorable state OF things already
noticed made more clearly manifest, than IN the ~
sence OF a public press. There has never been d
single newspaper or periodical OF any kind published
in New Mexico, except III Tie year 1854 when
lirtle fooscap sheet lentited FL Crepttscuto) vas
issued weekly for abouta month, 10 the tune OF hit.
subscribers, and was then abandoned, partially oi
want of patronage and partially because the editor
had accomplished his obec; OF procuring his election
10 Congress. Indeed the only printing press IN the
country is a small affair which was brought The
same year across the praires from the United States
and is now employed occasionally IN printing biilrts
primers and Cathoic catechsins. This literary ne
giigeDce il 10 attributed, the limited
number of reading people, than those iujudcious
restrictions upon that freedom oi press which Is
so essential Its prosperity. An editor attempting
to arragn the conduct OF public iuncuonares, or u
oppose the powers that be, IS sure " subject hi-