, 1859-01-04

Lent. No"rF - published letter IN the
Washington Union countesacting certain state
meots made By the Stdt<s respecting Arlzona
md Sonora The following comprises the
main points contained in the letter:
l. Arizoaa contains large arabic region,
Though it has neTer been cloimed as grea: az.
ricuitura State, get, on the Rio Gru1de, the
Gila and its branches, there are large tracts IN
tirelyanoerupied. open tor settlement. nad on
which the f4suer Gun raise sugar aud corn, cot
tnn, all tie euall grains, tro crops u gear, br
irrigation.
Although Arizona is not heavily timhered
country, there ia in the agricultural portions an
abundance Of the best fuel in the wor!d-the
nezqu,t; in the mountains there is pine, some
oak !; IN the San Pedro Valley, near its mouth.
ire growth OF ash; On and near the line at
the head OF the Santa Cruz valley, walnut,
though the quantity is limited The Sunta Cruz
and branches are heavily tim5ercd with cotton
wood. the Santa Cruz espec;u!ly, Of very large
growth. North Of tie Gila the several varieties
9. Emigration is prect'cable By the Southern
route at oil seasoa8 OF the year.
9. The whole western boundary Of Arizona.
By the Colorado River, which is navigabie is
now in direct intercourse with San Francisco,
hY steam, and has beea By sniiing-resxeIs for
several years past.
4. The " "bowling WILDERNESS" OF 600 miles
on.y exists in the imagination Of The States.
The Overland Nail Company hare stations and
houses e7ery few miles throughout the Terrific
~ and on the Mail Road and between the set
Elements, rapidly growing. there is constan:
travel Lnd intercourse. Sonora is even better
I'll, hayiDr more large towns, and the best sea
port on The Pacific coust.
5. There are better opportunities for pro!i:a
Bile investment in Arizona cnd Sonora than in
auy part ofthe United States This knuw, and
eau demonstrate to the satisfaction Of any one
who cares 10 inquire.
6. The late extraordinary developments in
reference to Arizona. IRE simply the resul. Of
the improved medium Of communication by the
overland mail. 1t has never been claimed. by
me at least, that the country west of Tu7con to
the Colorado Riyer. t1cE:he rdNfy oftht Gt'a.
was al inviting country, or susceptible Of pgri-
cultural settlement, s2se in l!n,lcd localities.
The valley OF the Gila. now the great gold re.
gion, oud its b1apches, will sustain ye'y Large
population. The want Of water complained of
III The "gold d'gg:ngs" existed il California
until the construction Of the Immense ~ s;eu, OF
canals uno t.ttehes which have became 80 profit
able to individuals and companles. Arizona L.s
lhe advantage Of not requiring them SO long or
30 expensive. The Territory, from the Rio
Graude wcAt 10 the Santa Cruz. is .he iia*st
grazing courtry the sun eEer shont OH. IL.
records 8: the Nar Department e';ssain a'ua
dAns eyi1ence in the reports ct Crin3el B3une
vile and Others, and the letters Of Gen. Lane,
who trayerssd she Territory long before it BE-
!onged to the Euited States, arc evidence Of the
highest possible character on this point.
In this connection, Mr. MoHr5 publishes the
two following letters. voucaipg for the respecta-
hllit5 mi Integrity of the writer's:
Foay Fst1xass, New Mexico Dec sls5s,
lii UEAa Stn: | am here on business. and
will return in q few dags.
The silver mines ore getting better every
day, and Us all anticipate rich time.
. The geld mines recently discovered on the
GIta Klrer ire extensive. Mt two weeks hince,
The river had not been prospected over sixty
miles rp to the trst@of December it had
been pros2ected one hundred aud sixty miles,
ard was found to be richer IN gold. There sre
some six hundred and fifty men row Ut work
there, ind the lust overland mail stage brings
news thAt tne5 passed some 5oo men en- route
from California there and uany more comlrg.
Several vessels are already starting with pro.
visions. tooIs. &c. from San Francisco, to meet
the wants ana demands OF those people. Should
this emigration continue, which it will, there
will be tifty thousand souls in Arizona within
twelve months. Success to Arizona! ssy; and
this must make il ut nuce & Territory. The
yield is from Il 10 $l5 per day per man. With
all this We must have Territory, and troops to
support aud protect the people IN their first I'D.
ventures to open the rich mineral wealth of this
country. which IS acknowledged By ull to be the
richest country On this continent. The Gnvern-
uent should take immediate active measures to
protect these people. They call loudly tor as
sistance, and they taust hare it.
Specimens Of silver hnre recently been shown
from of your land, worth f1G,0oo to the ton
only have time to say lew words. From
the abore you can form some idea of what ne
are doing. Yours truly.
ELIAS BnoTs.
MEs1LIA, Nay o., lis.
DEAR SIR: The exports truM tho geld mines
ar. :n,Al; it appears that men are making irnln
$t; tu Sc per day, anl very lew have anything
like proper lneans Vi Working to advantage. -ts
gtIttra thing, they nre c4rry u3 The dirt !roul
orr u TWO ulileS On tl!tir larhs, aua washing it
il olluar; pans sill, it appeass that they are
being pletty we'll paid tor their work. There ar
lu1iI,ers here only waiting to hear from BIZ
.irrcl. ("Do las been written to by Judge f}ol-
n to witt the nlines,) lnl il he REPORTS ayoraby
thty will bundle up and leave lor TIT ' d'ysns
at once; ilIough, errn uow, III one doubts hu:
there is plenty Of gold there. Mr. Nrghl$on
passed here toIay. with bis train be and his
parry Appear tn be getting along finely; he sup
piled hnl>elf with beef, pork, Llsl, &c, here, fur
The remainder uf his trip. lie appears 10 50 pre-
pared to Hike tlc nl3ulltains in Arzona lisSofgc
their precious metals. Tie people uf Arizona are
beginning 10 Crawl ont Of that state Ut lethar,y
in which they. have gotten into, aud arr, now be-
ginning to h"lI UP tlclr heads Little, whether it
utIilse O4 I0G 11sGDfEIJ Oh lGc I1cD rOA FtlCtIS,
or Of tic fact that they have faith that Congress
will not lou5cr delay in giving thcnl govern
ncnt and that protection to which every Aulerl
cali citiztn has right TO eXTecct-rerl,aps both.
They DO not believe lat Congress will continue TO
eud deaf car to their payers particularly that
they aye convinced that they AK ii because they
feel that it is due t, thea II T., 900 or l5,0o0
souls ;sle not entitled t" a government an'l pro
is rfon;.it.s VIII uuub this number DO! If 30,
vt viii lave them within v'ry Jew months /;
only riye us i government, aad wc will very soon
have the population no. oaly to make a respect-
able Tcrriurr, hut poru1ous State. We will in
short time leave New Mexico 50 !aE in the shade
that she will b. ashamed oil hcrelf-rhat Is, if she
or ler people know whal shame Is What we
n,ay lack il growing hemp, cottoa, and other
staples, wr will make up IN hard 'mctal-go'1,
slTcr, copper, &c, and what we ulay tack in other
WAYS We will uakr III in elttle, sheep, mules, &c,
which may be rl,-ed nj little OF np cost On our
grassy plains and msuntliu sides. Iu my opinion
there Is no country uuder The sun which Offers
greater advantages to tue stotk.raiScr than Ari.
zonl. The tact is, our cattr, sheep, Gc-, Keep
lor the year round VI our Grama graSs. They
have not better teef III any market ii tic United
States thau we lave in McSa with all their ad-
yantaEes Of sial!.feediug. Here our bceves nerer
even smell III car ai colu. But, rrpeat, ne lack
Government and protection to develop to oayau-
tlge the the great RESOURCES OF arizona
Very truly yours, JAS. 4. LUCAS
To Hon. $. MowET, Delegate to Congress from
Arizona, Washington, D. c. Il
Movements of the Africans brought by
the Yacht WandereF.