New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-09-17
IMPORTANT FROM ARIZONA.



t.,v The multiplied instances Of Indian deproda-
So,. which have occurred within q month show
that the country 10 now alive with tseu' s"o - At
only excessive vigilance and caution viii asah Tor
the protection Of lie and property. were infaDs
our only fear We would be wells but W. have II
our midst Mexican population OF 'Ix 20 every
A~s,;cs,-a racs noted for treac 1ery and dis
Aons,.v vet so cunning and dis>embling wihal,
a.. u,dsr the mask Of friends nip, they will not
hesitate 10 rob and destroy wheDe, - opportunity
saer,. With nations, haired for Americans, a
r,,ion hich tesebes that it no crime 10 destroy
heseties, or those not Of their faith, and gross
ignorance allied 10 knsvery, what wonder that our
citizens suffer 81 their hands
Two son. Of Don Manuel Gsndera. Leader Of the
Conservative in the strife for supremacy in Sonora,
reside here, and many Of oar citizens think that
many Of the most desperate villains OF that unhap
~ State, whose crimes Danish them from home,
come here supphsnts to these young gentlemen,
claiming prott elton and relief as their fathers SOL
disrs, escaped from captivity. That they have
beef thus imposed upon several times 10 known;
and some think that 70 this class Of adyenturers
are due maby Of the outrages We have experienced.
This feeling has been gaining strength for several
weeks and since the atrocious murder OF Mr. John
WrightsoD, which chroncled last week, several
have asserted that bis murderers were known the
Cs1deras as bad characters, and that had
thew given notice of the fact TO the Ameri-
cans. the murdered man would stall be alive.
The importance Of demanding information IN
reference TO Mexican refugees becoming thus
apparent a meeting of citizens was called
for the 2lst instant, at which nearly all the Amerl
can residents and many Of the more respectable
Nexicans were present, including the Messrs Gan
no or,av undp VI ich labor.
ing we're stated in their strongest light by number
sf speakers and their remarks interpreted for the
benefit of the Mexicans. Situated as We are, very
near the line, our property can be seized and con
veyed into Sonora before preparations could be
mide for starting in pursuit. There is band en-
gagged in stealing stock in Sonora and bringing it
INTO Arizona for sale; and their departure there
are frequently animals missing from this side which
are doubtless taken by the same parties, for sale
there, thus thriving of the avails of both Americans
and SOnoronans.
The meeting was characterized by feeling of
the utmost fairness The idea was constantly i'm
pressed upon the Mexicans present that the policy
proposed was as much for their interest, ss resi-
dents of Arizona, as for the protection of the
Americans. We did not ask them to expel such
men themselves-Ony to give information of them,
and we would ourselves that they committed
no outrages. Two Mexicans, one of them Don
Antonio Gandera were placed on the Committee
Az they are OF great importance 10 those at home
interested In mining companies here, su9jOin
ecp% ,.,,s Tia, all x.a,.r..a md ,,,s u.,,,,. who
thieves maderes men Of bad character who come
.S ' s e6 Said be to the
Of th, Pje.inc or tie Ame,lean citizens gssr.y IN order
Rt.osed That all weldposed Mexican, who reside here
intend TO reside here expected TO conform 70 the above
resolution or not make this region their home"
Copies both in English and Spanish have been
posted in conspicuous places, SO that all miy be
fully aware Of what has taken place. An additional
resolution adopted fixing the penalty OF horse
stealing-death.
The good results of these resolutions are already
perceptible, and may yet be able to feel that we
have less 10 fear from the Mexicans than from the
Apaches. Still, when dealing with people whose
national characteristics cunning aud treachery,
it is extremely difficult to adopt eiectual meas
ures-we may restrain and curb for tme-but to
check entirely is utterly impossible.
FURTHER INDIAN DEpREDATIONs.
Since my last a number of horses have been
stolen in various localities by the Apaches, and we
have authentic information of one attempt to am
bush party. But their object at present seems to
be plumber alone. They have bad nothing to arouse
their revengeful passions as yet, and they flee at
the least offer of resistance, even when having over
towering numbers.
NO RANGER EXPEDITION.
The project oil forming Il company Oi TduscEs HAS
not met with success Ii will require some start
ling massacre atrocous act of barbarity to fuly
arouse sufficient numbers to make such an expedi
tiOn effective. There are few here sufficiently
experienced to command such an expedition. 1t
requires intimate acquar lance with the country,
indOmitable courage and decision, familiarity with |
Indian warfare, and sound judgment Under such
a leader the expedition would command the re-
spect and perhapsthe cOuntenance of Government,
but otherwise band of self constituted regulators,
however meritorious or justifisbe their cause,
would always find party opposed to their pro- |
eeedings. How unfortunate that Government ,eM
not see the necessity Of sending mounted troops
into this wild cOu1tIy--tbus leaving no excuse for |
the citizens taking the war of determination into
their own hands
Public opinion III the States is adverse TO CON- |
panies Of rangers. People who have never lived
on the frontier are apt to think that the whites are
usually the first aggressors, and that the lndisns
would be friendly and quiet if not driven 70 hos
tility by repeated wrongs. Their ideas of Indian
character, derived from the perusal of romances,
invest the red man with noble attributes, generous
impulses and indomitsbe bravery. The women
are all considered princesses, with kindly hearts
and mercfu feelings among whom even captv-
ity would find consolation. Ii is difficult to re-
move this impression except by coming into actual
contact with them, and witnessing their degrade
ton, poverty and yi:es.
The Apacbes are among the most wretched |
specimens Of the Aborigines. They cultivate but
little, relying principally for subsistence on what
they can steal-horse flesh and mule meat being
their favorite food and their clothing, when sup
piled with more than blanket consisting of what
has been taken from their victims. They have
meaner instincts, more untamabe, treacherous,
and shitless than their red brethren esst Of the
Rocky Mountains, and repeated efforts to secure