New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-07-15

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affair; the Minister of Justice consulted WITH t'e
Mul.t.r If Foreign and Iorerior Relations about
thu grant Of land; and ra-h officer issued the orders
which were required ~ give the m,tte' al "lclA
shape The propositions were accepted and di'
rectons were gwen ~ 4 rotary "a draw up COZ
tract between the Mining Junta aud Ca'tillrro 10
regard ~ the working of the mlOes. On t1e 2Otn
MAY, l-i6, III. mining psrten-Dcia wss approved
ami on rbe sd May, Castillo L,pzas, TIE Mloist"r
of Foreign AID Ir,srior Relations addressed an
order 70 Pho Pico Gosernor of Calturhi1, instruct
ing him 10 put C,s,ill-rO IN possession oi two
lea.ues Of land The contr1c,, however, Was neser
.ebed: be ole il Was ready Tor gniDg, tae GOV
eminent cnt off toe rrvenue OF the quicksilver
fund and forbade all payments out OF tbat and the
mining fund, except Ia sustain the Mining College
and the office of the Mining Junta. This put an
ED 10 mention ot Ca.tlll-ros case in the off ;ia
records ubu November of that y-ar (l-io), when
the MIulDg Junta Mas ordered 10 report Ia Toe
Minister of Relations, who Was u report 20
Congress. The JuBta made their report, stating
oil they bad done during The pgecedog year, meg
tioni1e amOig other things, the proposed contract
for working the New Aim,d-n NINE. and lts terms.
This report Of the .IuhtA Wa read oY Minister
Lsfrsgua, and was printed part OF hs report,
The whole beng one Of the public documents OF
Mexico al oct.vo volume OF 800 0r 800 pig~s.
copy of this printed report j. offered III evidence,
and with il are about 40 pages OF manuscript,
coLi, j from documents, relatIng 10 the Cistiero
business IN the archives OF the Mining Ju1ra,
the Mining College the Ministry Of Justice, and
the Ministry Of Relations which latter nlstry cor
responds WITH - hat our S.cretaryshp OF STATE was
before the creation Of the pertinent oi the lnte-
nor. The more important documents are traced
copies on trai spareDt p1pers. and bill are 7u'heht-
csted by the signatures, seals and Osths OF the
officers hayn the archives in charge; their sigma
lures sgalb authenticated by the chief clerk OF the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs. and he again by the
American Consul.
Mr.. Brllpgs brought with him from Mexico
some official from each of the Offices where ih-se
archiyrs are kept. From the Ministry of Relations
comes Castillo Lonzis, who ~ss hlmself Minister
il May 40, spd again held the same positlon under
/bosga few mouths ago, AID has been T. nbissi-
dor 10 the United States and Engl and. From The
Mining Junt4 comes Jb.e Maria Bsssoco. Tue
Youngest member of il, yet - years of age. rom
the Mining College tn, re are two professors, and
from the Ministry of Justice clerk. Bis-"c" has
finished bis direct examination, and has sworn -
tie accuracy Of all the dOcunents-be havlag ex-
anintd oil of them. and compared most Of them IN
the City of Mexico. HIS testimony IS very full
exuhcit, aud strODg in favor OF the clam. mat
the other witnesses will Testify 10 the same effect
"A well understood. If the documents are genuine,
the Ii IT, OF the claimants is good and must be CON
firm.d: If the document. be not genuine, then
there has been tissue OF iorgeries far beyond
everything Of the kind previously known, as the
perjury in the LlmantOur clam is supposed tn have
SURPASSED any thing 10 ITS kind previously recorded
in our law books. But the Immense mass Of docu-
menIary evId,Dce, the multitude OF little notes IN
the various Offices, the nice correspondence oil
dates. the great number Of CLERKS employed III
writing them the attestation By numerous living
wiipt sses ard by widely circulated printed dpcl-
m4nts and the efforts of the claimants 10 have the
Goyernmen nj appoint Commissioners 10 examine
th, Sc matters IN the City of MeAco-all these for
bid reasonable u.an 10 believe that there is any
fraud here.
When we look back now to the letters which
assed between james A. aud Alexander Forbes
We fud ia them early as May, u, references
10 the note Of Castillo LaDZas ordering Pro Pico
10 nut CasterO IN possession of the tw0 leagues;
bur j. a. tbOught-as did the United States Com
mis>i. after hm-that this not good title,
50 he wanted to make a better one aud a title was
forged, but has not been offered; and what be same
of It is not known. The ease may be compared to
that of a, u, & and ID owing piece oi land; a
and Il, fearing the title is not good, forge new
one but never produce IT. ont even If they should,
their fret title remains good, though they two
de,erye punishment tur forgery. S. j. a. and
A. FO bes may be forgers but the title to the niue
remains good.
IL will probably not be long before the claimants
viii nose to dissolve the injunction, and think
Inc OuTI VIII III justice W. poubu w tiuHN h"'
motion unless there be- new evlded.e 10
prove this I, simoDy from Mexico to be fraudulent
a, il rs now, the Government is pu'sulng dog III
thc.maDger policy 1t Will not work the mine itself
nor allow the claimants 10 work 1t, while the State
has about : ,5O0, coo per year cut of from her re-
sources.
The suit in the District Court is managed by
Messrs. Peachy aud Billings for the claimant, and
by Mr. Edmund Randolph for the | nlted States, the
laiter paid not by the Government, but by Mr.
Lawrence, the rival claimant. Mr.. Randolph was
engaged with Walker in his fbusterlng adven-
lures in Nicaragua, asd was--if general public ru-
NOR never CenIcd be true-an sdslser aud encOur-
scer Of Walkers expedition against Sonora and
Lower CaiOrois and of Crobbs foray upon ; mo
Ta Mr. f.. though a gentleman oi much ability
and learning, does not fairly represent the Uoited
States in this suit for he bitterly hates the MeAi
car $ and he allows this hatred 10 appear IN his
management of the case agent Of the Govern
mept. For instance, he asked Mr.. BOssoco when
on the witness stand, whether The church party
does not hate the Americans; whether the church
party did not murder number OF Americans at
Tacubsya lately; whether the church party had
not reillsed Ia permit an American consul to reside
among them: whether the witness Is not Il member
Of the church party; whether Mexico Is not in
great confusion, &C., all questions calculated To
wound the feelings of the witness, and TO throw no
light on the case.