The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-02-02
NEWSPAPER ACCOUNTS.

NEWSPAPER ACCOUNTS.
We oondense the folio wing items from the Santa Fe
Gasate:-
The Legislature Of New Mexi,o assembled NJ the "lov
ernment Palace" in Santa re the 9Th December
They to have acquired pretty good knowlet of
the number of officers FOR these bodies one
that of interpreter will strike people novelty
In the Council the following Ulcers elee edPfesi
dent James a. Quinn; chief clerk Ein r. Clark assistant
clerk Nicolas Quntsnary Alard eDgrossing clerk, Dona
cAno Vigil enrolling clerk Charles p Clever geaut at
arms DR. j. d Edelen dooi keeper Desdero Vigil inter
prefer, Horace Dickinson The House was organized
BY the election Of the foil srg off cers:speaksr Theo
dore d. wheaton; chsi clerk, d. V. Whiting; sssistsnt
cek Severe Tulo third clerk Nestor sandovAl fourth
clerk Lorenzo LAbad at Salvador Garcia
deokseper, Ausustin Doran; Interpreter Jesus Baca
In the Afternoon Governor M.rrivsther, accompanied
by the Secretary OF the Territory William MesservY,
appeared before the legislature aud read HE in
English II Afterwards read In Spanish by Mr. Whit
ing ohsf alerk Tho mestase Ia not published In the
CARTE hut 1t is sad to have been well received. This
subjects OF taxation for rsveDas purposesony $50 SO
having been paid into the during the yearof
criminal code-the selection OF funds-the CREATION OF
Board Of Land Commissioners to just sad determine
titles geological survey Ct the Terrtory-,pproprs
lions for the construction and improvement, OF osdssnd
of the location OF the Pacific Ratlcead-are all
mendcd by the sovernor to he notice of the Legislature
The remains Of Gov. Bent ADD Of Judge Herman Won
Grolman aseassnated years ago oy band OF
sprators against the government having been removed
to Santa Fe buried by the Freemasons Of ha city
on the 27th nit.
The Gazette chronicles tho arrival from Ca,sri> Of Kit
Carson, John Hstehsr Lucen Maxwell IL vi, Thorp,
Timothy Goodale, Elias Bevoort, John Raaford Henry
Asrcuse and two other Ane leans They left Los Auge
los the 25th Of October.
They crossed the COLORADO At Fort Y.ma near the
mouth Of the Ga and folio wed the latter river to the
mouth Of the San Pedro, and The San Ps.c until tay
struck Aubreys trail They travelled on Aubrey's trail
until they reached the Me mbos river about twenty miles
blew Fort Webster thence BY the ordinary routs to the
RIO Grande, which they struck about the mid Of the
Jorrada eel Eusrte; then folio red the wagon road to
Fort Conrad and tbs valley Of the Rio ande 70
santa Fs, where ttey auy,d in safety on Sunday the
2bth day OF December. they sas but two IodiAns on
the whole route and me- with no accident Toe weather
was generally a.
"Tbey report that they near hundred thousa I'D
sheep the read to California. Mr.. Abel aud others
bad Q drove OF thirty four thou sAnd hesd and
within e miles OF Los Angeles the met Nicolas Pine
and others at New river on the Jlrnsda vita 6teen
Thousand, bavirg lost two thousand Aubrey aud his
party had reached the Pimo and we're eating aleng
WELL having lost only about hundred and forty head
On The kf.msros river about ten miles from Fort Web
stsr, they met Lieut.. Whipps with train Of wagons
on hsr way TO Santa Barbara also met C.P's,n swell
With con pany u cfsgoons, on march ID sae White
kountsius."
Capt Dodge agent OF the Navajo Indians, reached
ssnts Re ON the 2ith and from him the editor OF the
Gasds derived the following facts In regard to those
"Thsy number abopt eight thousand, OF whom nsar
two Thousand warriors Tnsy are good deal in
chned to agriculture, and this year they raised sixty
thousna bushels o. oeIn ave- hundred bushels Of wheat
ave hundred OF beans betides large quantity OF pump
kns, melons, peaches wild potatoes SO They ranussc-
turs large quantities Of blankets stockings 6,-a their
wearipg sppare and maie their weapons su ,h rs
bows, arrows &C. They are all brought up TO work and
men, women and children are constantly employed.
own zoU,uVV sneep fVfVVV norsee enc hundred
and Hfty head OF horned cattle One hundrsd men in
the tribe own ~ many fifteen thousand horses and
hundred thousand head Of sheep. some Of the
dians have forty ty poems TO attend their herds
They treat their with great rsspsci and the
modern doctrine Of womsn's righh seems TO Be fully
carried out 10 practice among tbs tribe The women
own all the sheep, and the dare not sell them With
out their per missor do they ever make an import
tant trads without consulting their squAws They Admit
women TO their councils Who anticipate In their deib
erstons, and often oentrol them. They rely ki eut
consiosr theft great virtue. They worship women a.
their Great Spirit and believe abe starts the sun every
morning ~ ih course The agency is so hundred and
c0unny.