Weekly national intelligencer., 1850-06-15

is written in the form of diary and contains much inorms
tion IN regard to country Of which but little has hitherto
been accurately known and about which much exaggeaor
has been impossd upon the public At the point the
side OF ne o Grande opposite 81 Psso, instead of there
being large population, there only three houses the
Americap OF east sde The town Of Ell Paso is wholly ST.
tnated II Mezco. There three villages the island
but to what jurisdiction they wiEapperan must remain
certain until the boundary line shall be established between
POSSESSIONS Of Mexico and s United States, fixed by
| the treaty Of Hidago.
Prom FL Psso up the Desert Of DEATH think il not un-
likely that there not dozen families the American side,
perhaps not half that number. The manuscript which
ree and which may be regarded entirely reliable, aE
nonlomaon that point the objects Of the
dtion dd not require exploration Of that locality
Mr.. kUSK must really interrupt the honorable Sena-
tor. he . speaking ola document which know moth
ing abeb but have Of the Of this county Of
81 Psso and they are nearly TOO in number
Nm MAhGUM have not come to that yss. speak
Of the intervening territory between the middle of the Pass
and the Desert Of Death have reliable information of
any population Of seaence and they not Of the white
Bat p1eb do not controve the information Of the
hou0rah Senator ohe population of Ell Paso twenty,
thirty more miles helOw as we'll as above the Pass.
Mr.. RUsK. The town Of Dona Ana is above 81 Paso
Del Norte.
Mr.. MANGUM. Understood the Senator to say below.
have not examHed h map to ascertain where that
situated There is however, apprehend, reliable
formation of there being than twenty families between Ell
Paso and the Desert On the other hand upon the opposite
side Of the Rio Gande Che Mexican side there are several
The plain is not remarkable for fertility, but the nhabt
derive bare subsistence from the products Of the SOIL
Grain, to supply the wants Of emgant for other pur-
poses has to be brought from Chihuahua I will make
another general remark the information derived from this
report The whole the country, from San Antonio the
Paso del Noe witt occasional exceptions is perhaps an
American Atlantic bye, Of the most arid sterile, undes
rabe, and worthless that any American eye looked
upon within the old limits Of the possessions of the United
States On hand huge naked, volcanic mountains spring
ing up the couls the other vast arid plains rocky,
unpsoductve, not shaded by tree dwared oherwse and
such scarcity Of wter and what there is of the
conceivable quality that the traveller is subjected the
greatest exremities bf suffering for the of it.
/ The expedition, whose observations have avaed my
SELF being by out and open military road from San
Antonio Paso de Norte returned from the Pass differ
and more non The appearances the country
still more nhotabe. Speaking Of distanceof hun
ded and seventy niles down the Pecos to the Horse Head
the report says But few places can be found more so
tay, present deary appearance than all this
gon the Pecos The only signs of e moving things
is and then single deer few antelope, focks Of
ducks crclng ovr the lagoons, solitary wngng
his way up the Of the The grass and
SALT and wood pr culinary purposes with difficulty OBJ
etaned."
If this country we're situate between Pennsylvania and
New York. or Pennsylvania and Virginia. would be
sdered utterly worthless and remain uninhabted unless by
sepents and much Of would produce enough ten
to keep alive backsnake AS to this country
becoming slave country have long since become satisfied
that it is beyond the remotet probability indeed regard
it impossibity 1t never no. never, unless indeed
mines shall be discovered and slave labor carried into the
bowels of the earh Except 10 mnesand we have no in
formation of any dscoveessave labor would be not only
not productive, but to the proprietor rIous ln respect to
the proposed amendment fix 81 degrees north latitude
the point Of departure vote for it. adhere to my
first impression, that just north of Ell Paso is the proper
point ofdeparture. ..
As to the other amendment that the territory ceded by
Texas shall remain in the plight to slavery up to
36o 3V it under the resolutions of annexation,
think declaration that effect is at all necessary differ
A. O. A..
shall not argue it But, whether am right wrong,
consider the whole matter of practical Importance
Slavery never can, will go there Slavery will never
abide long where is Improbable. Where it shall be found
profitable it probably will to the end, II has from the
beginning, exist aboonism, free soilsm, and all the rest
the contrary notwithstanding But in New Mexico, if
proprietor with fifty hundred hands there he and
they remove be supported by other than
their labor If neither removal could be accomplished
exaneous support could be Obtained the slaves would not
run away from the master, he would run away from his
slaves Slave labor be Of value there It can
there Therefore think the proposed amendment wholly
unnecessary and adhere the bill, in this respect,
ported
Mr.. RUSK. desire word Of explanation think the
Senator from North Carolina only little confused in
bis geographical notions but also that he has received very
wrong information in regard to the character of the soil
about Ell Paso The honorable Senator has been mised
Until very recently there has been communication with
Ell Paso There point upon the Rio Gande called Paso
del Noe there is also county of Ell Paso which COM
mences miles below that point and up sixty
miles above it. Now with regard to the character of the
SOIL of consequence 10 this discussion, only
indicating the character of the country generally have
been there but have been such county very fire.
quenty looking for Indians than for water good
land and can tell the Senator that the notes of the country
taken under such circumstances much to be relied
have gone over country searching for Indians, when
knew that Indians searching for me- and have thought
poor country and have afterwards gone the
country when Indians after me, and thought
very fae country. IA laugh.l Perhaps if the Senator
had ha have ade
examination the face Of his red brethren Of the Forest
but do think that at this day explorer going from San
Antonio to Ell Paso could say there water
Mr. MANGUM. Will the Senator allow to correct
himf gather my information from exploration made last
under the orders Of the Government by engineers appoint
ed to lay military route.
Mr.. KING The main object we had in view to set
e as far as practicable the disputed boundary of Texas
That was great object Il certainly enter
taned opinion very different from many others to the
right Of Texas to the boundary claimed. My opinion
that the claim Texas could not be successfully
But do not shut eyes the fact that il disputed
boundary Their object to prevent, possible, any col
sion between the people Of New Mexico. supposng them
Mexico and the authorities of Texas which threatened
and which would be unfortunate. Hence that,
with reference to the extent of country, snpposng from the
nature Of the country that would be Of very great i'm
either TO Texas New Mexico accomplish these
obct, prepared to 60 in favor Of procuring OF the
State of Texas by purchase, reasonable compensation
although had doubt Of her tte-such portion would
settle the two questions permanently. In doing however,
gentlemen of the committee will do the justice say,
that insisted that should any line that would cut
Of portion in which there actoa settlers in the val