The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-01-01

Later from New Mcxloo.
4 ROW AT SANTA FE-Tw0 MEN sHor, AND III
hUBDKnm KxBCUTED 81 LYNCH LAw-MURDBR Of
AN INDIAN ACHIEP BY A MExIOAN-rRADE WITT
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. AMONG THE INDIANS.
We have received the Santa Fe Gazeieto the 26tl
Nov, from which we extract the following articles
news
trict Attorney for the territory had arrived at SAINT
Fe.n
The commission of Charles BlumpEr, ESQ.,, wnt
was appointed Marshal of New Mexico, had been re
oeived.
General Garland had spent some d.vsat Santa Fe
while Gil LIS Tay to visitF =. ~ ~,
Gshersl seems % be msb shly &C
uusinted with the diheren. voe.- .ne TERRITORY
and We anticipate much benefit to the service, sswel
as to our citizens, under the new arrangement nov
has been broken up, and one Of the companies or
dered to Cantonment Burgwia, and the other t
Albuquerque. We trust that In these arrangement
the intention to establish post on the Pecos viii
not be given up. Nothing viii give us the same %
curly against the Mascalero tribes, inhabiting the
White Mountain region, that now seem likely to give
some trouble Is the establishment of Q military post
on the Pecos, or near the Seven Rivers II will also
secure the speedy settlement Of one the farest dis
tricts of country In our territory.
A difficulty occurred at Santa Fe on the 18th Now
which is thus described BY . correspondent OF the
Gdzette:-
Several Of the citizens Of unqusstionsbls rsspsetaby
divertipg themselves ct game Of monte In back
room whom the harmony Of the smussnsnt disturbed
by the entrance Of stranger somewhat ntoxcasd with
acompsrion who seemed to 20 more sober: :.
b Stsphenion and the latter Scaon Stephenson com
menced betting the game and from casual remark,
Stephens exclaimed that he could whip any OF that
in Santa E. This obtained prompt rpy snst the
bank would be bot that upon anything else
her. however ocularly than In anger Here tbs affair
seemed to end but very shortly After Stephenson again
sought sossn ON which he seemed resoatsly bent by
rsmov. appealed 70 hs friend scsOn to take him away
This appeared TO exssperste Stephenson still more and
rssu in Of the citizens Of santa 70 rsmarkng that
II he from Tsxss - he kept frequently repeating,
he would End that at Santa Fe there to whom
name or country could communicates terror. Words
lion who had been observer only of all that had pass
ed, drawing heavy Colts revolver ana firing upon he
the room, which, - they were all unarmsd, he might
perhaps have BY force Of slaughter had he
not been aIrested In his N urderous Intentions
Scallion fred three shots, the first one struck his
own companion, Stephenson, in the hand, and the
second one struck the Hon. Hugh N. Smith in the
chest near the sternum, on the right side, and was
afterwards cut out from the back part of the shoulder
The wound was regarded as mortal by all present,
as it was supposed, from the direction the ball seem.
ed to have taken, to have passed directly through
the lungs. Under the excitement Occas0ned by this
belief, beth scallion and Stephenson were imme.
Stephenson was sent to jail, but Scalion was not
so fortunate A court was at once organized by ap.
pointing citizen to act as judge, who orr ered jury
Of twelve men to be empanelled, and the prisoner
hearing OF the case he was found guilty, and mme.
diately hung.
We are opposed to this summary mode of admins
tering justice, lynch law as it is called, however
much the circumstances may seem to justify it. In
The present case the excitement was very great one
If our most respected citizens had been shot down
n the presence of his friends by desperate, with
out the least provocs alton; and even after the deed
was done the offender seemed to feel no conjunction
Tor the crime he had committed.
When asked how he could thus, without cause,
murder valuable citizen his answer was, III don't
care d-n, If you don't like what have done, help
yourselves It was also in proof that both him and
bis friend Stevenson wore IN several drinking houses
juripg the evening, and seemed determined to have
4 row. no matter with whom. They declared them
selves true sons OF Texas, and that they could clear
The town. At the bar In the Exchange they drew
their pistols the barkeeper because be refused to
pistols, vociteraing again that they were from Texas
aud could take the town. This conduct had its ef-
Iect in producing the final and unfortunate result
which closed the business Of the evening.
Another reason that had its effect in producing the
closing in this sad affair is the fact that many
murders ha been committedin this Territory within
be last two or three years. some OF them OF the most
DnIrovoked character, and the guilty parties have
The nsuffciency Of the jas, and others from being
acquitted by jurors when the proof most positive
against them, and others from being permitted to
escape without even an arrest.
The Gazette gives the following account OF the
murder of the Muscalero chief Cuentas Azules -
information reached Governor Merriwether q short
time since, through Major Bachns, 10 command at
Fort Fillmore, Of the unprovoked and inhu man muir;
der OF the celebrated Mascalero chief, Cuentas
Azules, under the following circumstances =
II seems that after the murder OF the ten Cali.
forrnia emigrants by the Mascaero nation, they were
informed by Major Bachus that the murderers must
be surrendered the whole tribe would be held &C
countable for the offence. Cuentas Azu!es, with
some fifteen Others came into the fort to see Major
Bachus and to inform him that they were not OF the
party that committed the murder and to renew their
statement Of the chief, Major Bachus caused the
party to be fed and kindly treated While In the
fort the chief traded with soldier for horse, that
the soldier had previously bought Of Mexican, who
missed by Major Bachus, they left the fort on their
return home, by the way of Dona Ana, where they
met the Mexican who had previously owned the
horse, and who claimed him of the chief as his
property. The Indian very properly. refused to give
up the horse; but in negotiating about the matter
he suffered himself to be decoyed away from his
party by the Mexican, and was assailed with club
and left fer dead, the Mexican making his escape
with the horse.
The right to the horse was afterwards investigated
by Judge Campbell, the Project for Dona Ana
county, and ordered to be returned to the Indian,
the Mexican having, as proven before the court,
fairly disposed Of It TO the soldier.
We make the following extract from Major BIS
letter to Gov. Merriwether:-
went 70 Dona Ana, and inquired int the cir.
oumstances and cause Of the foul deed.
The motive seems to have been plumber This horse)
and the who committed the deed Mexican from
Messla. This place. am informed, II filed with rsfu.
from justice whore they ara beyond the reach Of
laws and under the protection Of acade Who Judge
Campbell info rms me- has invariably refused to surrender
Q criminal 10 the authorities Of Dopa Ana county.
Cuentas Azulea not dead 1t T. Il. yesterday, but
he probably expired after his brains lite
rally beaten ont His people excepting his mother wife
and child fed to the threatening vengeance
sgAinst al Asxcans aao especially against those Of
NessillA.
This foul has probably rendered this friendly band
Of Apache the most hoe lie of any this frontier and
have much reason TO fear that our highways will again
be infested by numbering parties and the business of the
country interrupted shall vrits mole to Mr. Smith
agent Fort Webster 10 advse him OF the facts and
shall all the means at my disposal TO prevent any III
from this outrage upon the Indians
This case presents further evidence of the neces
sitv of n apppdv settlement of the hOundarv uvasL