New-York daily tribune., 1863-12-26

,.,c tedions Winter Their herds
r,. tho wear round and In this fespcct one iee.aI
them from a other countries anu tna. w.
-; ,oh er l.ece retain THAR substance ana cure "lVn
the ground af'ording Winter iced equ"i 10 '''
| gathered hay Of tie bast. ,.,, "a -, e, of
In spite oi he cxertons of the liberhinihaeo , h
Neur Nc.ico its advancement is greatly rctaineu W
the od Mexican policies cntoed up"n IT. or W., Wor
custom aro pcrtnaciously adhered to by tho o'u MIA
Prominent among them and that which is most poe,
for ovi! il their land system. mean the . on nirng
gr, ns which were reserved under the tfea;es
Tho territory Theii hstory in detail sil @ ~ @nosillr
AZ n is time but only say sufficient to dfu" fS'
public sttention 70 the subject .,; o,h;oct fms
The action OF Government on ,"Is SUI? ~ tho
fr hos only been 10 reward frands and VI ''
most stupcndous character. What are lhc e. no tho
have examined some Of The payers On a. I 600 square
,iise in sirie estate You will iud an old paper,
bearing date perhaps. moro thhn iW s"ae r;,b"nt oc
letter form than othcr"se w'aN' other attesta.
know ledgment without witness OF an. ,, ,ssmmel
fon sighed y somo Captain enarni or o,h'i sfn,,s
official assuming 10 convey trGrt oi n re " Snry,yor
IN IN a q. 1etermne whether 1000 or 100 Uo
a,rcs are inendcd to be- conveyed by the
And wha, is The proof in too many cases o;i hose
witness sweers It is the signature of the oneih
sirnature Il purpors 10 lie. Do You Know ms
Vss How 90 YOU Know it, have seen other papers
signed h, tho snlc person which have occh P'o'o ''
I'm tsatimopy ike this insufficient to recover
cent. in court oi Ice are ~.
Raronia estates socnred and II ho' from - a." The
nv. l4ieH ~ u''Nf "ffNN
This last appeal Is too often successful and the MOST
Hinder The plcs Of fulfilling treaty stipnations WIN
oul, the claimant represented Congress has comihiod
some of the graves, in this regard III 'he "Hoe
an " cysmpc We Travelled two days one
OF ticse grants confirmed BY Congress ana Saim'd !,
consist u 20 miles square or Loo square IN nes o
sssc n oos It, :OSe scres beside mules and hos,
withou, court. The income Of the owner from this
Ranch" Is estimated at $4,000 per year sueh are 'e
claims 10 tsothirds Of the arabic lands of
and their controls the pas,uTage OF the rest
both mountain and arabic ,...,,nr. Thc
Its effect on New Mexico is most dsn,%,'o1', %
owners of these estates control the polV! uiI Po'
s,ho Ter,;torv On each ranch large nun Der OF
icnorsn, pcon slaves who ARE held by custom ne wen a.
law and IN their ignorance rests the lhtsst o' 'he
"xn.r Ipteross thus situated are Opposed 70 prog
rcss and spite the efforts q. the few enLghenedAmeT
, cans here. civilization declines.
This il natural. One man 81 each one hundred nhu
CITY control all the public affairs OF the Territory Now
Tor the evidence. This Territory was Organized III
ls and up this time thirteen yeart there NJ fci hs
bceu taE assessed upon the landed property for a.!
purlose nor dollar Of raised for education n Iu
poses and New. Mexico is today without a system o'
TAXATION or education
al hls and Congress siauds responsible IN great de
, gree FOR this decline In ciyihKaton.
Lot Congress stop short: and AZ ca't cause nh inve'
cAtion be- fore they proceed further IN this system 81
wrong--noi only wrong TO New'Me1ioo' put u 'n'
whole Union.
ttlNc ali The rtates tcDAnu, Oul no lhol'. n ~
slight examination viii show that the Mexican Eovcrh
rneut has more than oncc declared the amount Of land
| which any one individual sLould acquire under
grant where the grant was valid. ard ono hundred o.
these grants equal 60 tie maximum OF the declared hc
qnsit'on would not than equal siagis gram gwen
by tho loose action Of Congress.
Points Of mountains and certain valleys, which are
neither known nor be- ascertained by survey. M'
arbitrarily designated rs landmark and they hr'
either Designated the Interpretation given by th'
owners themselves or those Ia heir immediate
more shameful system Of speculation and fraud doc'
Lot exist in this Government, nor ono hausht wiz
such dcle,erous consequences 10 our whole pohey u
regard TO the public lands am happy to say tia, Gen
CLARK the Sgrvoyor II TIN, 1erritory has done
much and siiil abors expose this system ~ pubbC
robbery and /, sustained BY lis Department. trust an
Investigate will take place before the evil Is ncnrahe
reserve spcculaions as 10 the gold regions 81 An
yons for the future with the sao remark that the ac
counts are confrmatory OF each other and ~ converse
tons with persons who have personally visited that r
gon an satisfied they contain no material tiag6era
L., H.