The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-03-31

Colonel
should stop there after his long delay wrote him
Ply that had idea OF visiting FL Paso that time
and wished him TO meet at the copper mines On the
I'd Jay OF August Colonel Graham arrived being thirty
nrc days after he reached FL Paso nearly ten months
from the time of receiving his appointment After this
the Colonel instead of attending to his duties the
Grande line OF survey made visit of courtesy to General
Conce the Mexican comm issioner which weeks
more 50 that he was not ready to commence operations
Iadvsed the government of the delays of Colonel Ora
ham, and Of his extraordinary pretenons and obstruc
tion 70 the survey The department sustained me in my
position, and Colonel CT aham immediately recalled
His successor, Major W. H. Emery was appoated in
Fl Paso .'''"-s VS. -
DENY the assertion that the scientific portion Of the
work was committed to Colonel Graham. while the Com.
missioner made the dsbursng officer The position
OF that officer principal astronomer head Of the
typographical scientific corps Whatever related to in
designations in natural science confded to by all
the Instructions that emanaed from the Department Of
the INFERIOR and when the Colonel demanded any thing
and The matter referred to the depar tment new in
sructons issued, which placed all departments OF
science not directly connected with the surveying and as
tronomical portion Of the work, under my charge.
which you speak, and which is denied by the writer
ferred to, have only to say that Your statement is
am prepared to show by all who were with me at the
time Your statement is also true, that about twenty
persons connected directly or indirccyIwith the commits
SION lost their lives by violent means and If should in
cude in the number those who had been attached to It
the number would be much larger.
Of the initial point and boundary as these
would occupy much space besides which nv report call
ed for by the Senate and in the printers hands will
elucidate this question vii. say However that your
editorial remarks the subject though very concise
were clear and that with the exception Of or two
typographical erros) every statement made is true.
The writer, "Vindtx says that the work. Is t'pro
badly all to be done again" II the government
should find that the engineers Of the Typographical corps
Colonies Graham and Emery and Lieutenant Viii ple AID
Others and the United States Surveyor Mr. A. B. Gray
who had the direction and charge of the astronomical
and surveying departments perfome their
ties acknowledge that 1t will be great source not only
ef roget but surprise to me- il will undoubtedly be
10 The government and people,
'VinSex" says that Colonel Graham "refused to mt
his Instruments the ne In reply TO this assertion
have only 10 that never asked Colonel Graham TO
put his instr mcnts on the line referred to- Had done
and bad he refused would have taken the earliest
| Cpl or unity to relieve him from duty.
Videx asserts that the United States SURVEYOR tire
| frsed to sign tbe,mapn Whist map2 No Official mans
baye ever been made presented to me- nor has M
Gray ever been asked by me to afhx his name TO map
'Vindtx' obs ervcs.Tt Is much more simple TO sav
that thee objects (auding Ill Paso and the Rio rand
rightly placed and that the latitude and Longitude
wrongly placed the map This would indeed be
the extreme Of simplicity and any individual who would
presume to say would thereby prove himself TO be not
| only simple but extremely ignorant.
"vindex remarks that Colonel Graham Ia well iknswu
for bis able and scientific report and abors In the North
eastern boundary" The ten twelve years "bor of
Colonel Graham this work are better known 10 the
country than the report which has not yet been made
When published should be living at that long though
thus far In vain looked for period viii more cheer
fully than myself accord Ia him whatever need Of praise
-. Z. ID Il. b.. at...s a-i sc;cntCc aitsinment
JOHN T. BARTLETT.