The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-12-22

We publish to-day sene very Important intslh.
seses from New Mexico, consisting Of several on
gisal lssssxs upon the pvessat oonaision Of shss
Territory, and its future prospects, vhioh will DO
read With more than ordinary interest By uembsss
Of Congress and all other classes Of the community.
This correspondence contains items Of great political
and ration 81 sons. qusnco.
Among thtse matter thu. challenge our attention
10 the success which has Gro snsd the new mode Of
de afiDg with the Indians. IL has been found. at
length, sitter some dear bought experience. that var
and hostility are not the true means Of couqaerng
the cable tribes Of the red men. but persuasion
and diplomacy. l. is also proved 70 DO the most
economical system, for enc years war costs moro
than would be sufficient for tsn years' raliops dis
niDutsd snopg those wild children Of the forest,
who, owing to scarcity Of game, are induced 70
sc,xe, for purposes Of food, the horses and mules Of
the sm,gfants proceeding ~ the overland route 70
California. Owing to the nature Of the country,
they cannot DO subdaed by Sighting There is
mo- hing let, therefore, but hindness. That this
has been successful TO degree unprecedented, ap
pears from one OF the letters which rsfer and
it only requires to DO followed up in . liberal aad
generous spirit, to render the victory complete
surely, the red men, driven back from their hunting
grounds by the advancing ofsivlisstiOn, have
claims upon thi. grea. ration which ought be met in
n manner worth, Of the superior intelligence Of
white men, and espe cisy Of eng hsened Americans.
We have feen, from tho sensas reports, that tho
Indian population is dying SO rapidty away rs to
suggest the painfal apprehension tina. the day is
lot dxtsnt when the last red man shall bs seen on
this conrntn mt. The ete. ofovilissti, IN upon those
10 n VT naka III han apdkh
capable Ofama]gsmaton with the white races Their
tqnsws, too, arc not Of nature to ningle with
the uhi.et, AID 50 degraded by Indian custom that
white men prefer even the dark daughters Of Eshi-
opia But whether or not 1t ia tho destiny Of the
red 10 fade away from the earth, it is the duty
Of our government until the problem is solved, to
mitigate their suiisrings and 70 treat Them with ali
practicable humanity
1t will be seen, by reference to our sorrespon-
dence, that faith ha, not been kept with the inha
bitans of New Mexico, in protecting them from
hostile Indians and that even she salaries of the
civil Ulcers Of the Territory have Lot yet been p.d
No.hiDg, in fact, has boon done as set for New
A xico. and the native white popula ion are left In
cbe same baIbar0us ignorance in which our soaques.
found them. The guarantees then given for the
deyelopement Of the resources Of the country, and
the application Of cur Institutions to the elevAtloa
Of, the Mexican race. have net been redeemed. IL
is suggested that the best mode Of .feetmg this
grand object 10 . national railroad % the Pacific,
which will create more rapid Intercourse ketwssa
these people aud the natives Of the United States
and, by inducing extensive emigration and settle,
meDt there, m amalgamation would bs effected,
which, in q few years, would make the Territory
equal to Texas in Intelligence, and capable Of self.
government, when the population attsins tho nsess
sary amount. At the same time, this great high
wsy would operate rs perfect security to travellers
bound for California. Several routes arc proposed
but the best cannot DO nseertained till there is
better exploration Of the country than has yet bssu
attempted. Semi monthly mails are also sallrd for
between Santa Fe, Nov Mexico, and Ssa Diego,
California; also, between Taos, Nov Mexico, and
salt Lake City, Utah Territory.
II is stated that the mineral resource sof the Ter
ritory are ipexbaus.ible and only want geological
survey 10 dsnonstrate the fact. By listle attea-
ton on the part Of Congress, this beautiful virgin
country may be made no. only paradise I, its own
irhabitalts, but source Of Unfailing wealth to the
nation at large. That the Immediate Ia .erpo.tion
Of tie legislature is demanded, appears from the
trembling sprehensions Of New Mexican sin
ners that the saints Of Utah. who dreadful son
sunss Of the fair sex, viii carry off all their women
and leave them without any to propagate the sse-
sies. If sJyt thing can move the husbands, and e.
Tiers, and young bsehelns in Congress, to speedy
acton in The premises it is this touching sonsdsra
tien, which 'comes homo to every mans own hui-
meas and bosom"
THE LATE COUNTESS or RUMPoRD--AMERIcAs
Monthly ABROAD, ETC "A very interesting bio
graphical eketch Of the late Counties of Ramford
will be found in the letter of our Concord CORES
pendent, which We publish to-day. The oonetitu-
'ion Of tie United States puts sn express interc.
upon the establishment Of asy order or title Of no.
biit, in this country or 1t is qass liksy that in
fttad q the coun erfeit upper ten Thousand or
the goldfish aristocraoy, we should hsve had regu
lar Get of nobility ami geatry naunting their tilsc
privileges in the faces of the com non psopls, as
they do in Earope. Had the old federal party OF
1859 been strong enough the fortunate 70 who i've
upon the labor Of the massss would not have been
put uppn t1c same constitutional level. Il has been
said that the society Of the Cincinnati'' had for
itf ultimate objsc. the creation Of q republican
mctlsa ~ the essis CT Law and order; bat it 70
happened that Jefferson and his party, ana hs prin
cp'ts. were too % rsfai 70 be overcome, and thus
it fell out that the most glorious nation upon earth
was founded upon tie great fundamental principle
Ct equal rights. Mr. Jeferfon's amendments are
the cream Of the consultation
But il Jonathan has been denied. In his own ooun.
try, the sesgaws Of titles stars crosses and gar
tsrs he has been bleet With the society Of ali sorts
Of the various orders Of nobility and evou Of royal.
~, from abroad. There was the traly noble ssd
illustsious Marquis Do Ia Fsyesse, and tina. fus
specimen Of imperial glory, the eK King J,seph
BOssparte. end many others Of the Napoleon dy-
nasty, and Louis Philippe, and host Of others
from tho varioss countries Of Earops, Ass Africa,
and America. Lsteerly, We have hsd . daughter
Of the ancient house Of Amsri,us vespuoius taking
mp her residence At OsdensbuTg in tho style Of
pripcsss; sud, SIN moro recently, whole detach-
nsnts Of the republ,ssn mobiles Of Hungary and
other European countries.
On the other hand, quito . respectable list OF