New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-04-21
IMPORTANT FROM ARIZONA,
MRS. PAGE STILL ALIVE.

and abe has passed through actual trials hsrdshP ana
difficulties daring the last fortnight exceeding IN 1nri,
ing interest any of the most wrought pages VI
fiction.
Last night messenger arrived here from the santa
RS,a pinerv with letter for NJ. John Page, stating
thai his wife had cone in alive AFTER spdarnS almost
Incredible trials Mr. Page immedlately SCI OUT ae-
eompsnied BY ply sie'sD, sos everything P0'eoio W
Be done for her ebef will be done. 49,
IL saorns from what we can learn that Mrs. Page,
r,ohhlv he day following her seizure by the Indians
kndng that her friends were On sne trs reioseo 70 go
- h. her for dead After time she revived TO
frS bsrsef weak from Lose Of blood, with wounds still
opsp footsore from her previous tras, without food,
and Ipiee from any habtation. What position for q
yo0ne woman Of eighteen summers BRIDE Of two
noDtks-wbOse life hitherto had been all suns inei
Through all these trials Mrs. Page struggled for two
weeks and dragged her emacated form by degrees to-
ward che home from which she had 80 late been rude
ly torn by ruthless sgvages. No one suspected her
presence IN the mountain, and those who were looking
or intelligence from her thought she miles away
amid the haupts Of tho red man. How she was enabled
10 suffer much and reach home at length Is ncom'
prehansble. But sad as have been her trials, how
pleasing the consolation at last that she is
surrounded by rends and that she is no longer at the
mercy of the sayages.
Last mail brought MS intelligence that Fort Buchanan
iE TO be abandoned. The present necessity of contnu
ing that poet s very great; but orders having been
given fof lis abandonment any remarks in reference
% the eHnle CT Will OF course De eupofnnOue.
Ripe anImsls were stolen on Thursday night from
the ranch of Mr. Graydop, Just without the limits Of
she reservation which Fort Buchanan is situated.
This Is within four miles of the post. Application was
made for The assistance Of scouting party but 30 re-
duced 10 tie force at the Fort that the commanding
officer could spare but three men-all the available
force being with Capt Ewell, who has gone 70 An
vyhA Canon to negotiate an exchange OF his indian
prisoners for the little girl who was stolen with mrs
Page.
tucson Is full of strangers, all drawn here by the
interest attaching the movement for the establish
ment Of q Provisional Government. The feeling IN
unanimously adverse 70 the measure. The delegates
from both sections mngle freely and much good feel
ing prevails; but fesr there viii be some wave Of
trouble rolling over the quiet waters ere the COnven-
ton closes i.s session. The delegates from Eastern
Arizona already find thar they have been deceived in
regard 10 the feeling existing among the citizens OF this
section and some have expressed regrets thst they did
not eOnfne their movement entirely TO the country
lying east of Apache Pass, leaving Western Arizona
out of the question. As there is no prospect OF har
monEne the opposition feeling here, the advocates of
the have 70 choose between forcing the thing
upon rs, IN the lace OF remonstrances, protests ana
opposition Of sdlourning the Convention TO Mesilla
and there organizing their Government to embrace
only Eastern Arizona.
Much local dissatisfaction exists among the people Of
Tucson at the action of the few friends of she Pro-
vsiOns Government. i stated IN ,en letter that
the citizens OF this place mostly opposed the measure
and thar the few advocates who tried TO get up q
n6tEnQ LaNOfdpe 70 Tue cause ON6Fuiu
caused II 10 break mp in confusion. is alleged
BY the Opposition that but SIX persons Of Tucson
IN favor of the Provisional Government, and that
they have elected four Of their number delegates TO
the Convention the other two signing the credentials
~ officers of the meeting.
Now ss this was no expression OF the popular VIII,
and as ten men cannot be found who attended this
alleged adjourned meeting, It will furnish very
pretty with which test the fairness and love Of
justice likely 70 pervade the Convention. As the ma
ority have already decided upon their officers from
Provisional Governor down. without consulting either
the people At large the delegates from this section,
is likely TO call for little investigation in such cases
as this. ARGENT.
Correspondence Of The St. Louis Republican.
Tucson, April l, 1860
An express train arrived here on Saturday night,
bringing intelligence from Mrs John Page, the woman
who was stolen by the Apsches and carried into cap
dyty.
FROM the slight information already acquired, it
would appear that Mrs. Page came within sight Of
some Of her friends of the pursuing party, although
mpeIceived by them, and refused 70 follow further.
The Indians rather than give her up and supposing
themselves closely pursued, lanced her IN several
places and left her for dead This must have occurred
on the day succeeding her abduction from home over
two weeks ago.
We have no particulars of Mrs. Pages condition
during all this time Ii is only known that she revived
somewhat after some time; that she supported he by
digging for roots and notwithstanding her enfeeoled
condition enabled 20 drag herself TO her friends IN
the pinery Her husband who had been in Tuscan for
come days. exposing information In regard 70 her from
Capt. Ewe started for home on Saturday night with
ply aclan. ,
This whole account 90 incredible that it would
be pronounced an April hoax If the subj wers one
which admitted Of any pleasantly, but it Is really true.
How Mrs.. Page, a fseole young woman, with quot'
dian fever and ague, with several lance wounds IN her
body left for dead high bleak mountain, far from
home; bow she should, unassisted bind her own
wounds, seek her own food, and summon to her aid
the energy requisite 20 gain her home, is mystery
that can only be explained by attbuting Il 70 Prov
Dental causes. Further particulars will doubtless
arrive N few days.
Capt Ewen, who had come in for supplies, left this
morning for Aravypa Canon, 10 effect the release OF
the little girl who was stolen with Mrs. Page.
Several animals were stolen from the rancho Of MIR.
Gray don, four miles from the Fort, on Friday night
Last; but when application made at the Post for
assistance the muanding officer could detail but three
men 20 follow all the remainder Of the garrison being
on duty already The Post is TO be abandoned say
cent adviees from the States and the orders having
already been issued II is useless TO inquire into the
visdom Of the measure. ] mention made in
the recent army orders of mounted volunteer cOmpa-
MES of rangers. Those what we most need, aud
our Indian difficulties will until the plan is
adopted The peculiaTities of Arizona such that
sygtem very well for Oregon, Texas, or Arkansas, is
not feasible in Arizona. Owing to the drOuth, our
population must always be mucn scattered, compare
lively spaIse and peculiarly exposed ncursious from
.hs Indians and nothing short of total extermnstOD,
or the more humane but less eectua method of plac-
pg them on reservation, and forcing them 70 remain
on the limits viii ever be found TO afford security.
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