New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-10-28
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Later from Arizona.
The Mesillh Times of the 10th ult furnishes
following intelligence (:


The Meslla Times of the 10th ult. furnishes the
following intelligence:
Speaking of gold, Mexican merchant and
specuator in Mesilla has twenty five pounds of the
dust. Several of our merchants have it by the
pound. If the dust were only made the circulating
medium in Mesa these tight times would be
almost entirely relieved.
AT Camp Rohlero, there are at present three
ompanies-Capts. Pyron's, Coopwood's and Fra
zers. The grass is excellent in the vicinity of the
camp, and the horses are recuperating rapidly.
The men vigorously drilled, daily, and have all
the routine of camp and field in constant practice
infantry exercises, dress parades, company and
battalion drills The officers drill daily with the
sabre. --a
There are at Fort Craig and Fort Union, accord
ing to the report of deserter, seven companies of
regulars and four of volunteers with only ten days
ratons The regulars are to move to Albuquerque
and the volunteers to remain, but only for
few weeks, it is supposed, The volunteers will be
commanded by Col. Pine. Fort Union has been
destroyed, its garrison having moved some six
miles from the post TO naturally adVantag geous
| position, which they are fortfyng. -.- .--
That portion of our Territory lying adjacent to
California, and on the waters of the Colorado river
of the West, Is attracting much attention in Cali
forna, although almost unknown to this portion of
| the country. Two large mining districts have been
prospected, and fair PAGER diggings discovered,
the best of gold quartz, and an extensive silver
region, similar i'll resources to the Washoe country,
aud equally rich. These districts are named Po-
| tosi and Colorado. Our California Exchanges
| notice large emigration to those points. One
Ex,' who is much inclined to Abolition, says in
/ this way the Territory may be reyoutiouized and
| made sound in politics.
| By private letter from DR.. J. Nagle to W. D.
| Skman, Agent of the S. A. and S. b. Mail Co.,
| dated E Paso, Sept. 10th, we gather the follow
( ing:
| Our mail down this week was cut off by thirty
Apaches, under Nicholas, fifteen miles from Eagle
| Springs. Owing to the heavy state of the road,
the mail was being brought on packs, and the
men having carried the breastworks made by the
Indians to hold that position, they had to abandon
| their stock and the mail, which the Indians took
| possession Of We had one man, Lamberg, wounded,
| but not seriously. Oar got OFF about sun-up,
| and fell back on Quitman where we have fifteen
Or twenty men. Capt. Holiday, who is there,
| will try and put the present mail through with
what men and stock we can spare, though the
| Indians have possession of the road, and will
| probably attack the Frenchman's train. We will
| perhaps have to mount ten or twelve men with
| each party for the present.
| "Since writing the above, Stewart tells me that
| the Indians attacked his party about P. NJ, 18th
and he thinks they left him about midnight to. fol
| low the Frenchmans train"
1t is proposed to initiate martial law in Arizona
| Lieut. Col. Baylor, second in command of the I'd
| Texas Mounted Rife Regiment, and by the inter
probation OF some men, not Governor of the Terri
tory of Arizona, has made speeches to the iDhabt
ants on the opposite side of the Nile suggesting
that they petition him to declare martial law in the
| Territory and petition, we have been informed
1
| raj hundred signers.
| The necessity. in this Territory, the slightes
necessity, does not exist for the establishment Of
| martial law We have just escaped from one des
| potism, and why should we plunge into another
| martial law law which recognizes no Aabea:
| corpus whose tribunals are secret, from whose de
cisions there is no appeal, for whose proceedings
there are no Investigations, no house or home in
| violate, no one safe in property or liberty. That
the intelligent portion of this community require OF
| desire any such order of things ls false.
In the Arizonian of Aug. 10th there is published
a list Of the deaths by violence ia that tbnly set
| tied scope of country from STEMS Peak to the
| Colorado river, known as Western Arizona, from
| the date of acquisition TO the lst Of August, 1861
These unnatural deaths were 20 70 per cent. Of the
actual resident population. And within the las
six months and since the Inauguration of an opeI
war by the United States forces with the Apaclies
and since the withdrawal of the overland mai!
this per cent. has been 1870 OF tue entire popila
ton ; and every rancho, farm and mine III tha
scope of country has been abandoned in conse
| duence. One third OF the deaths have occurred
within the last six mouths.
| This is q trightful retrospect. But Western
Arizona has rot mad to hEAr all the burJhen of the
legacy left by the United States Government, il
the inauguration of tnG Indian war by the United
States troops at Apache Pass. The whole Ter
| ritory has suffered most terribly. Whole valleys
have been depopulated, mning districts abandoned
and the bravest and most Industrious of our citizens
murdered by scores. sd - .~ ~ ~
We herewith publish list Of all the deaths b.
violence which have come to onr kno oWledge, oc
curriag,in the proposed lnuitA If the Territory o
Ariznna, within the last Xxx months. 70 Tue U. $
Government hstyr To hay the hlams, &ad tn