New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-04-01
From Arizona.
The s.. Louis Republican publishes the following

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letter:
Tucson, March 8, Is61.-The Indians have made
\ another visit to the Senorita Valley since my last
i letter. band of sixty surrounded the house of
!! Mr. ". p. Barshal, some fifteen miles from Fort
Bachanan, set tire to the house and endeavored to
suiIoeate the inmates. Tour in number, with the
smoke. Mr. Marshall, who had been an invalid for
/ some time, Mexican attendant and two AIneri-
1 cans u hessrs Wilson and Snllivan,) were Id the
t. The fire became intensely hot, and with
the ingress Of smoke they were compelled to reach
fresh ar OF perish The Indians had barricaded the
4 openings and their only hope of escape was
| through the roof Wilson, who was foremost, was
| shot as he emerged from the house receiving 4
\ severe wound in the shoulder. Az this moment.
| DR.. Irwin surgeon at Fort Buchanan, accompa.
MED by another officer Of the post, arrived IT
slgnt, When me sayages, supposing they had an
escort OF soldiers with them, beat hasty retreat
thus releasing the party from almost certain de-
struction. Mr.. Marshall's rancho is one of the
finest IN Arizona, and the many conveniences
Win winch ne mad surrounded himself enabled
him 70 enjoy the lnxnries of life with all the eusto
vonchsafed to bachelor in a wild country We
sFmpathize with him in his loss but trust he feels
submissive IN the consciousness of having escaped
martyr $ death of burning alive. The wounded
man Was taken to the fort and placed in the hos
pItal. Indians have been particularly active in
that quarter of late, and several farmers on the
so n! have suffered losses at their hands
| The people Of Mesiila Valley, on the Rio Grande.
| have called Convention for the 10Th instant ID
: take into consideration the necessity of i,nmedi
ate action with the South.'i Two Commissioners
we're appointed by the recent State Convention Of
texas ~ confer with the people of New Mexico
and Arizona, in relation to tile present politirai#
and invite their cooperation in the formation
OF q Southern Confederacy. Ihave heretofore ex
pressed ny views IN regard to the justice of the
claims Of the people Of the Mesilla Valley to class
nseiYes as citizens of Arizona, when the senti
nens. Interests and requirements of two sections
are totally ct variance but since they viii persist
n considering themselves part of Arizona, we |
will see what right they have to dictate the no,icv
OF the territory. Let us compare the census re-. |
turns OF the TWO counties, as taken last wear nv
the United States Marshal, and we will And The |
wealth, enterprise and Importance of Arizona If /
the Pacific slope, far greater than the Arizona of
the Rio Grande with nearly three times our POM
iaton. We believe Arizona, as comprising Arizona
county, New Mexico, is better entitled to take the
lead ~ matters that pertain to her interests than
any foreign community. We have no interest n |
common with that people, except the desire for n
great Pacific railway by this route. When NE
spreaa, We Wish TO expand southwest, toward So
nora, and secure a port the Gulf Of California,
oar population is small but we have far more |
intelhgence IN community, in proportion to nurn- |
oers, 9 predomlnancy Of the American element, |
them 10 IS not SO; for, although the enlightened
counses OF the prominent Americans in the Mesila
TX alley command respect among. the MEXICAN
voters, mere IS a hatred Of the Anglo
saxon race, which occasionally manifests itself |
and winch can control elections we have no
desire to place ourselves under this slavery TO a
sefylle race, who by our laws are voters, but who
90 not possess any intelligence and are INCAPABLE.
or tlle most part Of deciding for themselves
proper form of Government.
lhe great majority Of our citizens are Southern
q feeling; are earnest and determined advocates
+ Southern rights but they appreciate The great
blessings Of the Union under which our coantry j
as prospered for over seventy years, and are IN.
Wiling to abandon it so long as there Is hone far
satisfactory adjustment Of the question. They
dnire the determined attitude of their Southern
'rethren, but look hopefully to the efforts of those
distinguished patriots of the border States who are {
irving manfully for compromise. ~ 4
y When oil hope OF adjustment is abandoned then II
Nd not Till then, will ouraeitizens decide whether
9 50 with California, and become an integral part
I the proposed Pacific Republic, or to unite with '
PC people Of Dona Ana county in application to tile
cnthern Confederaey for that protection SO long
enled Ply the Union to which We still cling with |
Election. ess !" - :
the citizens Of Tucson have already given ex '
ression to their views, after freely discussing tie
nestlon. The resolutions of that meeting were | q
to the Republican, and we're doubtless | i
unilshed. No delegates from the Pacific sope | f
I'll pc sent TO the Mesilla Convention and we re. A
udate any action Of that body which proposes to \
lciude Us IN the secession movement / n