, 1855-06-15
Another New Territory.

We have letter from well informed
correspondent in New Mexico, dated Santa
Fe, Jan. 81, 1855. from which we learn
that it is proposed that Territorial Legis-
latnre shall memorialize Congress to erect
anew Territory ont of the Southern portion
Of New Mexico Our correspondent writes
on this interesting subject as follows;
Ihave seen memorial 10 Congr S. drawn
up by Hon James A. Lucus, Of the House
of Representatives, to lie presented to the
General Assembly for adoption, which is
very important 1t is ably written and
contains arguments very potent in them
selves. The session of the Legislature is
now about closing by limitation, so it will
hardly get through both branches at this
session, though at the next annual session
it will certainly bc disposed Of il not at
the present Should the memorial be
adopted here, and should Congress proceed
to act on its prayer, the subject would Gre
ate, doubtless, great political excitement
in Congress throughout the Union. ]
know there is at least a respectable mi
nority" in our Territorial General Assem-
bly, that faYors the measure. The object
is the creation of new Territory by Con
gress. to be taken off the Southern portion
Of New Mexico-nnd the name suggested
and recommended in the memorial is Pine
riq which wus originally the name Of the
region now proposed to be erected into a
new Territory The. name is, / think,
cuphonious, and would sound well as the
name Of Territory or Of State.
will give you some Of the reasons urged
in the memorial for the proposed measure.
| condense them The present Territory is
about 800 miles long by $50 broad, with a
superficial area of $4,000 square miles,
inhabited by about 100000 people. II is
settled principally in its central portion
from the North to the South line, aud has,
besides a large population in the territory
lately acquired from Mexico, extending
from the Rio Grande to near the Californian
Gulf Within this newly acquired terri
tory there are several towns formerly in the
Mexican States of chihuahua and Sonora.
That portion now proposed to be erected
into new territorial organization is Tar re-
moved from Santa Fe, the seat Of govern
ment. The Tornado del MIretO interVenes.
There is much difficulty in extending and
executing the laws over that region of coun-
try on account ofits distance from Santa Fe
and the officers. The road Is dangerous
and difficult to travel. For instance, Los
Cruises, the county seat of Doua Ana county,
Is $50 miles from the seat ofgovernnent,a and
over the tornado del Mnerto, dead Mans
Jorney.) The nearest town in the new
territorial acquisition in New Mexico, aud
which would fall in the new Territory, is
about 600 miles aud the most remote about
800 miles, and over the routes almost CON-
pletely rendering all communication with
Santa Fe impracticable from the circum-
stances The territory proposed is said to
possess vast agricultural and mineral re-
sources, and to be capable Of supporting q
large population aud is claimed to be the
finest pastoral country in the world. The
climate is mild aud salub5ious. The boun-
darcs proposed are the following: Begin
ming where the line of 80 Q North latitude
ntersects the line of l03e Q longitude,
thence along the line of 32e to the Rio
Grande del Norte, thence down that stream
TO where the parallel of 8lo Al, crosses
the river, thence West on this parallel one
hundred miles, thence south to the parallel
Of 81 . 90, thence West to the intersec-
ton Of lllo longitude, thence to point
on the Rio Colorado twenty miles below
the mouth of the Rio Gila, thence up the
Rio Colorado to "a Q latitude, thence East
to the intersection of 1903 ? longitude,
thence South to the place Of beginning.