New-York daily tribune., 1854-04-27
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SIR 4. the southern 20 vent lsely bed Ia ClAfies
.,BS 9 report % sd ch ~ plhlished - e'1 as
81 Ts. TEIBJss 0;ioa WAS offered Fs-on n'al l.
tie suhern routs L. arihs - second pArel "a sa
~ay end snother, that tee Gafslen fresy wha Mexico
ought = b rst I'd By III nate Of Ae Uatoi Ssses
IL the Gtcussof tht 90 aw,d these r.oa'i rs Genss
Gsssc ulale tn folo vioe naFss given q ne pss
E.b.d report Of the orooes diugs # he Convenn n
Nv izsrsr -s - s''.ie O. Re 1sa.s .ss'as
tstus re Covert 0lsru rcr css Which hfi ara
9 ~, +, n'.sor.r ,.iss, ~, 80 l4s.i T. ~
Sre's 20 "a a e r', e. .G - -, .si r.s i.
le stsTy soes &c a. TO 'sEr Ia Fsst 80 49, g
A, Ihe pss see b r. marked in aics contains sais
ueui .hib II TUE woai * b. d.ho bls ms self
ssaruhic oficsr tunu.d with the p-ri rnance Of in
rortsu daies sud 20 dis'i sus5ei Senaor shoald BE
vspng n IN, duty 10 uys aud field, If id nor At
ouce eIpo.e he utter ground OF this chAyss dss
tate o. It Of a s'pgia parice of'rah
FEt regyds my legged compile y with Gov Sc yard
Guch $ admire the character aud esteem the public q.
yces OF that eminent statesman 1t so hspPens that tia
tneI ef Washington or ny fsld of sb,r The Mexican
Bouno A., had never ms Governor S-ward hsd auy
CONNECTION with him rec'ly or ildrecd, % NY reuTn
from the survey being cesOus 30 pr pare report 10 9
Secretary The Interior embodyng account Of be AK
yorn ieus trd surveys % the COMMISSION Wlto unrF 1
charge called upon Governor Sewart am ong Other Sci
aiors esk his aid in getting resolution through me
s nate, 70 prepare and poiot Ny interview VA dii
exceed eve minutes is the extent OF my scqaAnianee
siih he Sanator referred 20
The resoluti,n. which was offered by Gen Houston
naAe me 70 prepare for tie Government rUpOt
which shorld embrace detailed account of the AIRY
trayersed and it, Gdartafion 70 railway Ny eNpi)rt
,ion wrie near tn 32d parallel for about 80 miles, ana
the Information was rev. aud was By many ened IN
poralt Many southern Sen tors, among thea Gen
Butler If Souh Carons opposed IT, snd the re 'oRtoa
a' a S tSS TSse rSSsgH 5e@ bnh a 9eto 20
ard d sirous a. INF ma ION should be gwen TO the
public
r. Wit that forgot the duies II nay posn aS 10
be sway,d IN determining the position of the boundary
line by desire to exclude the South from he route
thereby obtained mu, beg 70 occupy little more OF
My Instructions relative 20 the boundary line, which
were simply extract from The ith atee OF the treaty
Of Gusdaupe Hdago. were es follows
The sns.y line TssT; % o 90 M . Z. ySI iIa
Ntw heSi tnerce T-.tN "a soas L ne sl - 20 V
o. New n,,.o %e, ,b. m. we.,srn liae OF
New Mexico uu u irrs c's the first n n Of the RIVER A
These w.re ao tie instructions on this point given 10
my PREDECESSOR by NJ Buchanan then Secretary OF STATE
more ed neces aTy Tor on looking st the treay
map lDs,urEeli of Is47l the boundary is laid down It
- deg 20 min norsh lat which was aftersari estab
he'd b. the joint Commission: Beyond this hai no
Instructions, written or verbal, from the Department ot
the Interior nor did any Sn-tor or Other ever
advise or suggest particular line for bound try nor
w4s any suggestion made me- as to securing any Oiher
route for railway Il that referred To in the treaty
In dat document the following WOrdso the subject
"AkroLs VIZ b, the examination. ghlel ma. os mds,
'loaa oe ss',spse :. S b tssI5 i, wbos or ia ,trin
league frOin ei'her sio OF the ssr the
10 eon.uctn eqaaly for tho All
Ref ring TO the above my instructions say As the
"exarinaons 10 be made and the nf'rmation to he col
ecttd agreeaby to this article ore OF very great impf
ance you Will male such organic alton 4 parties ana
"a.scn to them such duties viii be productive NJ the
desired result This the extent of my Instructions
on this point
srous was to collect every informson as - the aia2
taticn Of the country for tie imposes OF railway thN
dJCct,d The organization OF lrto 70 oe th9 "orN ana
placed the whole in charge # Ii, Ut Nh'ppo survey
was accordingly made via San Antonio 10 III rao dis
tarce f nearly geo miles. pissed myself with a small
rnrty on the northern and Ices known route, across the
iph table land Of Texas the thirty second parallel
noticing ever peculary of tn county, and making as
fal' reconnaissance a nay forced march permitted.
Pom orHudu the I'rodc various rscDnui
sGuces ond surveys were made and pretty thorough
lnowodge ofhe country obtained In these exploration.
il was for the first iims discovered that fox nearly 20)
miles or about half of the length OF th9 Gll thls
river unapproacheble owing TO It's elevated mountain
AID thatbe right Of way given in The treaty Of marine
HAGUE south ofthat river Of no Its valley could
not be rendered av vaiabe for railway until point sOuld
be reached about so miles below he mouth OF the Sll Pc
do. and nearly 100 west Of our present boundary
Tie mountains extend far south, too, from The tiH
that we should be compelled, wherever the sOlher,
boundary Of New Moxco IN ud be- 10 pass through the
state Of Sonora Lieut. Wbipples official report T. me
corr, boroes this statement and Major Emory, in big
letter e. the Secretary of tie Interior on the subject 0
the boundary line established by the Comm snd mat
claimed by Mr Gray, obseryes that neither line siVes
Ne ihe road 10 CaliiorIa.
have now said sufficient 10 show my desire to obtain
information the Iracticaby of the southern route
for rsilWay that much information wa obalned ana
that the Senate refused 20 receive my reporn whi sai
Information would have been embodied OF rather that
tie r.solui n laid the table the S1uth Carolna
Senator voting for such dipsiion Of have also
slov the boundary defined in tn treaty. hNed
wherey er il might have been complied us TO 20 arough
sonora all Of which facts General Gad.den could have
OlsiDec had he examined the printed official dOcuneHs
Of the Boundary Commission.
So far from entertaining desire 70 lire 10 exclude
tie South from this route Gen Cad den siates, have
TO refer my letter to the President OF the Atlantic and
Pacific Railroad Company es evidence 70 the contrary
alec chapter the pactcaby Of the southern route
for railway in my forthcoming Personal Narrative Of
E1plorations made by the Commission a ing my con
necion with IT, In the latter have entered into the SUD
ect Of grading wood water rail ties the procuring sup
plies, etc presenting both the advantages AM d'alVaA
tagcs Of this route
Having thus disposed of Gen Gals most eNiraor
drsry assertions leave him 10 sec )int for ths eRpefi
the pTtgGices and eredGllty oil MS nc rers
hest be may and now desire 10 offer IN conclusion
few practical remarks the subject in dispute. As re
eards light of way in establishing the boundtry az
oeg % LIN We only require T. gave as roae iJs Ia
way small additional sirpof desert land TO enaoe Us 70
avoid some Of the mountain spur which extend ron the
ella Ten or twenty miles at the most would suffice.
Ts lire should then b. extended 30 far west tha, from s
eTtr,mty due north line should strike the Ga waere
tie nounnns terminate 20 or 80 mites east oi ne
Pho ,llages From that point We nigh fellow one Or
the ether bank Of the G Ia TO the Colorado. But should
an opening he found in the San Pedro mountain ne AZ The
tern att : si present line, might re- pct toe 6ua
through tbs in which the quantity Of land required
would he css -,
Much has b. said Of the ysue OF the territory when
Mexico ropsef to cede the United States in addition
10 the ahro alton Of the th article OF Inc Treaty II le
dalrpe Hdalso and the claims arising under w. 1r twenty
miAioLs Of coofs have been repeatedly a.&el That
th. courtry is and having trayersed pretty thoroughly
may venture to give opinion What IL desert 70 one