New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-06-08
Aen 0rIsals 4ailg Crescent,
! I.aportant from Arizona.

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From the st. Louis Republican we extract the
following interesting letter:
MEssIILA, ARIZONA TRaRrroY, May 25,-News
arrived in town this morning thattfe family Of Don
Jose Miguel Montoya, residing upon rancho
about five miles from this place, near the town of
Santa Tomas, had been murdered by the Apaches.
II seems that valuable lot OF mules were kept in
the .coTrals Of the rancho, and that a party of
Indians numbering some twelve or thirteen, at
tempted to steal the animals They were resisted
by the family in the fight which ensued Don Jose,
his wife, three children and a peon were killed.
prisoner. and the animals all stolen. The rancho
was then fred and burned to the ground. One old
peon, who was severely wounded and left for dead,
y the only person left to tell the tale. On the
night before this, six valuable horses were stolen
rom the Stephenson Mining Hacienda, belonging
to Maj Sprague, q. s. A. In fact scarcely day
passes RAW but we might chronicle some new depreda
non were we SO disposed. Since the order has
been received and the troops at Fort Fillmore have
left that post. these depredations are much more
common than heretofore In view Of these facts.
Governor owens mas been induced, upon the ap-
peation OF numerous property-hoiders ID Aha
| vicinity, to issue the following =
PRoeLAMATIos.
| Whereas, under orders issued from the War De-
partment Of the Government Of the United states
the military post known as Fort Fillmore situated
| upon the Rio Grande, in Arizona, il to be abaIl-
| doned and whereas, the settlements upon the Rio
Grande, Rio Mimbres, and other streams are left
entirely without protection, the nearest United
States military post being nearly three hundred
miles Distant and whereas, this portion Of Arizona
thus left unprotected ia infested by bands of hostile
Indians. who are continually committing depreda
| tons upon the settlements in this section of thf
Territory therefore, for the better protection o.
the lives and property of our citizens, j, l. s
Owings, Provisional Governor of Arizona, by Eir-
tue Of the power vested in me by the Constitution
of the Provisional Government, do hereby order
that Col. Frank De Ryther, of the First Regiment
of Mounted Militia and Col. Marcial Pardilla, of
the Second Regiment of Arizona Militia, shall i'm
mediately organize their respective regiments as
| provided by law, and proceed forthwith each to
enroll two hundred and fifty volunteers from said
| regiments, which volunteers, enrolled, shall
| rendezvous at the town of La Mesla, upon the
and shall hold themselves in readiness to garrison
| Fort Fillmore as soon as the said post shall be
abandoned by the United States Government.
| Done at La Mesilla, Arizona Territory, this ed
day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand
/ eight hundred and sixty.
/ By the Governor. JAS. A. LUCAS,
| Secretary Of the Territory.
/ Thus it will be seen that if our Federal Govern
/ ment will not give us protection, people will
\ endeavor to protect themselves. Great excitement
exists here relative to these outrages SO recently
4 committed near us. A company of rangers are
Il now in the field, but their exact whereabouts are
II not known. But must close.
Il Yours In haste,
! P. s. Since writing the above learn that two
wagons camped near Cooks Springs upon the
had all their oxen driven of by Apaches on thu
night of the 23d, and one man was badly WOUNDED
in an attempt to recapture them. He Is expecte,
to die.