The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-10-11

Directing to It's being thus appropriated, or, TO
their own term, desecrsted. Colonel Brooks told
Bishop to submit the documentary evidence of th
title . the Judge, and he (ths Jldgsl was set
good, demanded its evscustion By the Judiciar
During these proceedings there were manifest sig
OF an excited state Of feeling among the populsc'
ana aeclsrstions made that the court would not
| permitted to sit in the house.
On Sabbath evening, as We are informed, q coz
ference took place between Bishop Lamy and Chic
Justice Baker, in the course Of which the Bishop
intlmated the popular excitement then existing and
increasing, and stated that though he should do
what he could to prevent any violent outburst he
could not be accountable for such should It come.
The Judge replied, that should he find him (the
Bishop Identified with any popular commotion Of
Early on Monday morning. the crowds we're seen
gathering around the entrance of the building,
andviolent gestculation and angry invectives were
mingled with threats that the court should not
organize in the house At the appointed hour, how
ever, the court met and was peacefully organized,
but the popular feeling was apparently. only
called upon the military comm andant to know il
the aid Of his forces could be calculated upon to de-
tend him in the effort to keep possession. The
should issue his call for the military forces, he
would then decide for hmself upon the propriety
OF ooeypg 1t, but that he would not feel justified in
bringing out the military until the civil authorities
IL now became very evident that possession Of the
h'use could not be maintained, and 30 it was
deemed best to evacuate the premises. The Judge
accordingly turned over the keys to the Governor to
make what further disposition of the matter ha
might think proper On Tuesday morning tho
court again met in the same house The Governor
was present with the Bishop, and large concourse
Of people, as we are told AS we were not aware
OF what was on hand, We were not present in per-
son The court adjourned to meet in the hall of
tho House of Representatives, where the subse-
kcsk L.. ILL
court the Governor came forward and surrendered
the keys to the Bishop, formally putting the build
ing in possession of the church.
we have presented, as nearly as We could, the
bare facts OF the case above. For these facts We
have relied upon the information we could gather
up by inquiry from various sources We have re-
written our article less than three times correct
ing and amending, as subsequent information SEEM
ed to require, and IT We have not got every state
ment perfectly correct it is not because we have not
labored hard for that end. We shall be glad to Do
corrected # we have erred materially in any state
ment or placed any person or party in false posi-,
from ever mentioning the subject st all in our CO.
lumns, but for the fact that we knew the communi-
ty would expect and had right to expect US to do
SO. We have no heart to CONNIE ct upon the affair
We feel, as an American, humbled and mortified,
and shall therefore dismiss the with bare re-
bearsal leaving our readers to draw their infe
rences
In conclusion, we will say that the question of the
right OF property in the above case, we have not
touched except incidentally Oar reason for this is
that 1t is a question which properly belongs to
another tribunal. Ii is proper, no viewer, that we
should state that up to the time Of the meeting Of
the late Legislature there three claimants fog
the property of which We have been treating, viz f;
the Terntoryrof New Me xco the General Govern
ment, and the Catholic Church. The Leg islature
surrendered the claim of the territory in behalf Of
the church, and, If recollect rightly. appointed
committee to petition Congress to sure oder the
claim of the general government IN like manner.
The question Of property title, stherefore lays be-
tween the church aud the general gov nment.
These respective claims had never yet been either
Surrendered or tested by the proper tribunal.
THE NAvAJoE EXPEDITION
From the Santa Fe Gazette, Aug. %
Col. Summers expedition starts under rather un-
favorable circumstances, in some respects. We are
informed that he lost no less than twelve horses be-
tween the Rayaco, (the present head quarters) and
st Domingo. the point Of general ndexvous, about
thirty miles south Of this city That this Navajoe
movement is precipi ate, considering the circun-
stances. we think will be generally conceded. The
troops, many Of them at least had but Just arrv ID,
ana scarcely had time to breathe from their toll
some trip over the plains The horses were broken
down, or badly faded, as to be unft for aaother
arduous trp 1t was not possible for men or horses
TO recruit their strength in the time that has elapsed
since their arrival.
A gentleman from below Informs us that for a
who,e Gay after he passed the eacam pment Of the
army he met stragRliug soldiers AMI drag Dons whs
formed, has taken hospital wagon for the relief
81 the sick and the wounded the preba bty Is
that there will not be- much fighting done, as We
understand the main object Of tho expedition IL
merely to establish military posts in the Nsvajoe
country.
THE CROPS Ek29
From the Santa Fe Gszstte, Aug 2s1
From gentlemen who have recently yisi.ed thu