Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-07-31
THE NEW TERRITORY OF ARIZONA.

ave learn" says the NV York Journal Of Com.
merce 'that the residents Of Arizona will come be-
fore Congress at its next SESSION with new and strong
claSis 10 recognition Is distinct lerritonal PEG.
pie. They vii! SET forth il strong terms Their grie-
vGnces aGd necessise. They will ask that The Gads
den Purchase may bs eTetet iuto separate Terrific.
ry under The uane OF Arizona, lnj Cor Iuch other L.
gislstion as may be deemed proper W SSlSfess TO
piacp the people OF that iarRs district OF c0ltry on
au eIual footing with fhoss Of Oregon aud Washing.
ton Territories The Gadsdcn Purchase e.ts!ds from
the Rio Grsnds to tho Colorado Of the West-sI hun
dreG miles in cugth, by between fifty and .i1'y IN
wid.h-G embracing Oh area OF about tnlrty housand
square Eies say twothrds as large as th State oil
New York. We gre assured, upon competeI! author
y tina, the impression whicn hes in some way been
dfdsed throughout tho country, that this great terri
tory lie mostly DESERT is entirely erroueol<
'rhs great emigration to California in TIC early
years Of the gold excitement traversed tie whole
length of the Purchase without difficulty. From
tb. Rio Grande to Tucson, two hundred Ind fifty
miles the country suusurpnssed for grazing purposes.
AMI il we'll watered and wooded. In the ,enire Of
tho territory are the valleys Of Tucson Gslabozos,
Smta Cruz, and San Pedro-aud they will usthln
population CT teuc of Thousands. The Sal Pedro
Val ny alone was reported by Lieut.. Park., of the
United States Typographical Engineers to te caPa
hs OF sustaining population vi oeyesai tE.u5ands.
The valley of the ella river. which ior+s Is great.
er portion of the northern boundary Of the Purchase,
ia susceptible Of cultivation throughout lis ,nre ex
tent.
"lhe Pimas Indians large did ssai civilized tribe,
raise magnificent crops Of cotton wheat aui oor ia
the valley OF the ella. The cotton 10 woven into
blankets by hand, aud the fabric ia most elk ilu aud
even beautiful. The portion oil the TERRITORY stigma.
tiS I'd heretofore DESERT contains, We ere conf
IDENTIFY assured, almost fabulous mineral wealth in
silver and copper: aud, at what appeareG to be II
most uufnyorabe point water has been found in great
abundance by sinking ve,;. few artesial wells IN
Arizona will forever reGeelu thft cGGGtfy rom tue
name Of desert.
"a late valuable work on Megica gives, it lis ep
pendr statistics taken from the archives Of ne Gov
ernment at the city Of Mexico, dating bsrt to the
days of the Spanish Vceroys, which prove that III
acquiring the Gadsien Purchase we became possess
ed of tbs richest mineral portion of Sonor! This
fac, is couf rpsf by the testimony OF res'det Mex!
cans, rs well 81 hy'tks tradition of the country.
The silver mines la.e opeosd Mt Arvoca Soporl,
Santa Rita, and BarbarsoTsJip; numbering ever one
hundred distinct veins Of rich ore, a;c oay an ear
mes, Of what will BIZ under the fsvoIetb ausp'
Gee of Territorial Government. In copper mining
already about two millions Of dollars are Invested,
and the ore Of TIE Ari=Ona mine has b'n ProG3unred,
IN London, tie richest erer sold an that marie. The
Gila River mines and the Gsdsonian mines ars prov
Ing themselves equally opuent."