Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1859-03-23
Important from Arizona The Hambug OK.
plodedi The Gila Goldmiaes Failure.

A correspondent writing iram inbae, AfiSo'
MIA, under date Of January 80, says; ,.
The President, in hls laie meSsage 10 Con;
gress. says, referring TO Arisouia "Ike topl'
Iaiion Of that Territory, nIimberingi rs Is al
legged more than ten Morshs9 saEs, " w.,
Now, whoever alleges this, alleges what " not
true. Raking and scruping together every hn'
man being within the proposed limits Of Ariio'
na-Americans Mexcans, and lndians, white,
black, yellow, aud red-you eauno, make TO-
tai Of eight thousand nhabipnls. The Indian
population cannot be estimated with much Ger.
iainty, but every tribe is greatly oysrestinafed,
MS is usual in such cases. The Mexican pop.
ulation nj this end of the Territory is very
small, not over one hundred aud iouy men.
women, and children at Tubac and perhaps
twice that number at San ZayieT and Tncsop.
An old resident of the Messlila valley, who
knows everybody, declares ihn; there are pot
more than forty American residents IN the ,sl'
lev, and not one solitary American woman -
There are exactly sixteen American 'ndiea ~
Arizona. have the names now bo!ore Ine on
n slip OF paper and know the place OF rest
dence Of each one Summing up the eniice
American population, including the men en'-
poyed at the overland mail stations, aud allow;
ing largely for transient rsrsons we barely -.
make two hundred and fifty think this is,n.
very liberal estimate. Some Of the 'oldest in
habi,ants" kereabouts declare ,hal i, is lmpos-
si5!e TO find eeen two hundred American res' a.
dents in this territory. The vote or Mr. Mo~-
ry is no criterion Of the population, for, 10
dnote the Presidents language, cit alle5ged
that erery5ody voted-men. women, children
Indians, and Greascrs" do not pretend TO
say that such is the case--l only give The COM
mon rumor hereaboufs.
In regard to the ella gold mines, the RePub'
lican's correspondent says: rs.I, -
We have bad news from the Gila goldGlnes5
Every few days some "seedy,' dead.broke, and
individual strays into Town with
the usual story-"No gold there--ai id
humbug!" Que fellow told me might Judge
Of the state of things at a place where hity
cents was big bet at monte Provisions and
clothing command the most extraordinary pri-
ces. Flour SIG per hundrel, sugar 81 DO per
pound, and coffee So per pound. Every body
that can get away is leaving, eod fresh !ooIe
arrive constantly, allured by The false reports
published in the neVspaperS.
There has been an enor0!oEs HHoAn' 81
fazsehoo1 uttered and published concerning hiF
tsu5,try and its resources. rs an agricultur-
al couXtrv, it is aeorth,ess Rain seldom Gailp.i
and there is very little permanent water
Were it not for the Indians, something might
be done Mt stock raising, but under the existing
order of things, there would be far more loss
than profit Silver mining viii eventually, be
very profitable, as no country in the world Is
more abundant in silver ores and metals. Sew
,ral silver mining companies are now in oper.
ltion, with fine prospects.
rive will no doubt eventually get the truth
rom Arizona. AS to the correclpess OF the
bove letter, we presumea paper with the repr'
alton of the ST. Louis Republican would no
publish such an account as is here given, I'M
ess it came from responsible SOURCE
States.