American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1851, 1851-08-25

ingly unPropi tiousf Very soon after We forded
tne rlyer below Isleta, We struck into the yery
heaviest sand yet encountered. In tact 1t WAS
the worst to travel + ever saw in my life. or
wish 70 see, The poor animals seemed to drag
and pull almost their hearts out to, get our ye-
hice, lightened as II was Of the live lumber,
mssropgn the hub7deep, moving, slppery sand
M Mniuen y y was 50 bad. that twas no easy mat
, yer " get oyer II pedestrianally II was nearly
like ascending a hillside 10 q div snow: you
would continually slide almost as far back at
one steP, as you had advanced at the preceding
one. hut time and patience conquer ali thinos.
ana time and patience took us over this maIn-
orable sand -siough. After We had passed tour
trials were repaid by three or four mica OF
capital road, mach of it through . handsome
grove of cottonwood trees, but the soil a good
usaI covered with the satire, or white saline
efhorescence Of which have frequently spoken.
Ihe country along here is fenced in with the
same Old Sandia range, standing some three
Thousand feet above the valley level. But II
has acquired the name of the Sierra de Manza-
ma, and trends to the eastward as you pursue
| It, getting considerably broken up into detached
masses. Our destination for the day, where, in
| lact, we remained the greater part of the sue
ceedlng week, was the hacienda Of Henry Con-
nelly, esq, NJ D., gentleman well known all
over New and the greater part of Old Mexico,
hardibood, mercantile skill and success, and
high public spirit fear not to speak Of him,
Iof hnd Mr.. Gregg, in his Commerce of the
Prairies, /" has set me the example. DR.. Con-
nelly is the same who was elected Governor'by
the people of New Mexico, under the State or.
ganization, which was superseded by the exist
ing territorial government. He is highly re-
spected by the whole people, and, with the
native Mexicans, is personally more influential
Inp AeSNnr 1T yz.-
his Mexican name, and so potent is that name
in Chihuahua that i have been assured byya a
trader thlther, that once, when through some
informaity or the rapacity Of the Mexican GUS
tom-house officials they would have confscated
his whole train, the simple production of a note
from the Doctor, not exceeding half q dozen
lines, testifying to the respectability of the
trader, and of the Doctors acquaintance with
him, sufficed to qnash further proceedings, and
| release my informant from all embarrassment.
Dr.. Connelly's handsome establishment is
called Bosque de los Pinos and, being mme-
diately on the road to Ell Paso, is made to par
take much of the character of caravansera
found the Doctors hospitality worthy of the
man and his reputation. To his kindness, moro
than to any other visible cause, have reason
to ascribe my recovered ability to undertake
the hard journey of more than three thousand
miles that laid before me. At his house / was
better aspects, and though / must confess 1t
does not meet my approval as q system of
CUISINE, yet i got along with it exceedingly well
| But what felt to be of the most service to me
was the capital homemade wine which the Doc
torproduced. 1t was the pure, unadulterated
juice of the grape, every way healthful, and well
| calculated, when temperately used, to make
glad the heart of mar" ,s...,,. ..r.. .l.,ss....
Bosque de los Pinos contains jsst six hun
dred and forty acres, or one square mile The
greater portion is occupied by the largest and
handsomest cottonwood grove saw in the ter
ritory, covering great deal of excellent land.
remarkably well calculated for gardening pur.
poses and completely irrigable. If the Govern
ment should determine TO remove sh, heul-
quarters of the army in New Mexico from Santa
Fe to some place where centrality of position,
freedom from the allurements of town. salu-
brity, plenty Of shade for exercise drill, or pa.
rade high fertility, and righteousness of locality
as regards suppression of Indian Outrage, all
stand combined, no better spot could be selected
than Bosque de los Pinos. There was q place
spoken of for the purpose about twenty-eight
miles northwest of Santa Fe, called La Canada,
but that is too far north for the cultivation of
grapes, and many other products that would
succeed well at Bosque de los Pinos besides
being not sufficiently central 70 the population.
and out of command of the most troublesome Of
the Indians. .
I l have mentioned at an earlier point in these
notes the loss sustained last year by DR. Con-
belly at Cedar Spring, from the successful at
| tack OF the Jicarilla Apaches on his caravan
But that has not been the whole of his losses
from Indian assault within the year. Twice
has his estate been visited by bands of Naya-
jos. On the first of these occasions about two
thousand of his sheep were driven irreceyerably
| off, and on the second from seven to nine thou
sand! believe, also, that some OF his herds
men were murdered. 1t is no wonder that I'M
der circumstances SO trying as these the Doctor
at times expresses his dissatisfaction with the
administration of public affairs in the territory,
and complains of the uselessness Of keeping the
largest military force in the country precisely
where they can be Of least service He has
designated certain points at which military
posts ought to be established, if the object of
the Government be to render the people and
their property secure. From his thorough ac-
quaintance with the country, its wants, and the
habits of the Indians L am inclined to place
great confidence in his judgment and represen-
tations ....f. .-..., -t.ts
Something more than a mile from Bosaue de
los Pinos stands the pleasant little village of
Peralta, Immediately on the road south. There
are several thrifty looking thaciendas in and
about Peralta, with ncater porfales and cleanlier
approaches than are quite common in New
Mexican hamlets. Its plaza is large enough to
drill a moderate sized army in, = .a.,, -,
Having remained at the hespitable domicile
Of DR.. Connolly nearly week, or until lthe
main body of the party from Santa Fe, with
which we expected to travel through our jour
ney home to the United States, had arrived
with the carriages and wagons, left It not
without the kindliest feelings and best wishes
for the prosperity of its proprietor and the nu-
merous constituents Of his well-ordered estab-
lishment aSt5 p E0DaHlis
The day on which we made our new start was
cool and frosty one, the preceding thirty-six