The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-01-09

ten OF the former Yet there arc seasons
son through which passess before reaching the ccora
de- When At Hsrmoslo, in Sonora, met an American
who had passed over the route and he found the
bed dry in many plaoes."-(vol u, p A)
And on page oAe Of tho same book he says'''h half
past FOUR wiahout waiting for breakfast resumed our
Journey and In two miles reached the GiA, or ~ bed for
4 IVES dry here"
ant Cook Eighth infantry, informed me that the scsl of
the Gila Valley, where there was anything winch ap
preached TO soil was light and that In ,he dry ssa.oo
party Of men travelling would raise IN "impapaoe DUST
nh, and in some iocslitiss unwholssons During ihe
Arizona looks quite green and inviting but the
brief rainy season over, everything dries up and the
whoe land assumes it's usual brcky ard appearance, -
Colonel Bonneville styles IT, "an arid and burnt up re-
gon"
In the scnota valley there are nine small farms, the
hundred During plentiful for water, nne
crops may be raised by irrsating On the santa Cux
river nsrs .s q wsrs y wA:n M ns ses %
land under cultivation, exclusive Of the itsle fertile val
ley Tucson, referred TO BY Col Bonneville Beyond
country Immediately around Tnbac and Tucson, except
ing the small valley very poor and cannot DO ouitva'
each sma quantity o. iand under cnlsiva.ion but are
especially adapted for grazing large number OF cattle
can be kept in the Santa Cruz valley and on the adjoining
hills whenever the Indians are subdued.
In anticipation d returnining eastward, Colonel b
says
Springs, with orders % wait for us, and an vessels
with water that might mot be delayed On the 9Th,
taking Colonel Reeve with us, went down the valley
closes sometimes into canons rocky and precpous not
thirty yards wide at others forming openings 90 as 70
give farm, Of hundred acres There are several farm.
branch Of the Santa Cruz rver although Il sinks before
reaching h. Having turned the southern point q the
Cruz river, which wide, pretty valley all the way
down, and continued on a. far a. Tubac Here the
Ms1STs had S formerly S:.isHG q asS
place have been taken possession Of BY the officers Of
the Sierra Colorado Company, and town laid Of Those
have such reputation for unheahiness, in addition to
the objection Of having troops stationed towns that
accordingly looked elsewhere"
works Of the Sonora Exploring and Mining Company, also
the mines Sopor San Xavier he states % be pueblo
ration Of al who Visit that region or Tucson The chief
town Of western Arizona, containing pop0tion Of 81
Americans about 800 Nexcans and 100 Indians the Colo
fucscn neat little town on the edge Of cienga or wet
meadow formed by the sinking Of the Santa Cruz river,
sTsss growing IL sns meadow, ses travelling through 90
as and burnt up region - We had passed over After
s9 pos sos or
eastward travelled along the overland mail route, and
joined his escert at Dragon Spring.
mail route, passing the stations and pleyas, until
rived Cooks Spring Here We learned that Mr. Barnes
SaS on HE RETURN between seens Peak and Se
mountains, lost twelve oxen out OF hs teams from heat
and want Of water, and q the mail station At 0o
their coral by Indians, and at Cooks Spring the mail
station had lost sx snimals together with Ave six ami
mails Of detachment Of soldiers from Fort Fillmore, all
From Cooks Spring Col. B. proceeded 70 the town OF
Ia AesIla, In the Nesila Valley. This . small valley
the land. The valley has population Of about ave thou.
sand Nexicans and between seventy nve and one hum
BE- SsIa or IA Soshs o
Las Cruces and Donna Anna small towns, are looatsd on
the eastern bank of the Rio Grande.
.Ds ss os ~ ssS ssr
Buchanan H vsst Of III rsness OF m0usHans Win psyss
he noansns Srsak % allow hs road % psas, and ths
road ssf may be said 70 bs good road or - lsngh.
ssvs csnons q sSs mountains, and szcsedinsy
IN the dry season. soAmea sinking IN few yards and
q ohsr running n hs valleys for some miles, = in the
Pedro The only permanent water course that does ncs
sink In csosequsece q the great scarcity q water Hook
troops commercial trains, COS stock drvng unt ssr
the rains n The months Of July and August me noun
tain ranges run north and scuth, with The exospuoa Of
sss :ss wn. WI, fna' and Mount e.ian which range -.
Colonel Bcnneylle regards the mineral wealth Of The
whieh he visissd, reports = iollows:- -
for the mineral rsgoa ths valley Of the rvsr Santa
csus, from a could san, appears 70 BE- snstvork q
with had extending, suppose much further wss
The principal mines saw were the Santa Rita and ths
ton works Il Arvaca, Il The rvaion q tho oosrs of
operation md soms q heS Be-. spsciness The nschns
the company went, Il my opinion they were doing
wonderfully wsil Il was sSs se.erL imprssson shss
up ss ss. aca my y ss sS
si.1sd claimed & e, u silver t - ~ xsa copper vss two
BE- employed, and s vaas Of ths mines that may b. dis
ana The supplies sacsp. he lev nnss Obtained from Is
suffers store n Fort Buchanan como from Sonora, and
In general terms, that part Of The country may be said 70
the lands tho San Pedro and Santa Cruz are cultivated
10 the fun extent OF their watef."
NE xscS ouon Ds rag. s.a
company from New York b now rsopenng On large
scale the famous ssephsnson nine trom which vass
sila the copper ninsg On the Bmbreg river, ns
sreaa which runs from he Copper Nina Mountains In
- shs nines are being worked 70 advantage. Whsn
Co Bonusylls visttcd than thsy we're employing about
10 Nm. ne ore very dne and nse didcu . work.
zPschss, Who, sssnG Old sad rhsase, osassas % r.
oeivs rafoos ffon tbs Unilsd 0ases govsnmsat
peace In another letter viii dwell particularly
upon u mineral resources and population a lrisouA
The Mock Ssssion oT the Hsusa q RApss.
ssntat1vss,
70 xn wrTos or THB URALD.
wAanScfoH, ian. Z, le0A
Ihs consultation provides, n ths sixth artcss sAsrsof.
thst the Senators and RepressnAAves a ths Unissd
Satss shau be bound BY osah a. arnaEsn 10 sappers
the oonstitutoa Of ths uni6sd HlaAss
M ssaaAoss ars IN under eaah u aaavuaasm; bue
none oe tbe present members a the HouD hsvs tAhn
the regulate quAllnca&iona
h member a ~ Hcuss a nsprsu1n4vss onalelsd 10
hi pay before he kss hin oa1h q enoss Osstninly nol
h II, @ers1ore, VIZ, on tAe past R ths esrsssntat
Arms, 70 advance money - usgwugn nsnbess, o. b
proper for msnb~S slsct, but Who have M
worn g suppor ne conseaunea e rssaevs mmsy frea
and thus pa themsslvss under obnCio0 - . o6osf
who holds en cnce thay vim hAv4 % m NJ mBeaks
10 suppose that no cae oan swsw In nsnhsr a. Ouu
erees e1cept epeaksr. 1hat , ony a. q ~ modes
1 having that duty peFformed member On take hio
oath be(ore dteAl cnoor, especially u ths United