Santa Fe gazette. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1859-1864, 1864-04-09
s From the National Intelligeucer,
In the Court Of Claims.
MARCH 2, 1864.
William s Grant uersus The U ).
No. 1885, October Term, 1864.

Judge WILMor ueliFereo Inc oplhlOn OF
the Court
The claim in this case ia for private pro-
perty destroyed and Abandoned 10 Arizona
oa the 10Th of July, 1861, by order ofGapt.
j N. Moore, commanding United States
troops in the vicinity Of Tucson. Grant
was a contractor with the Government for
furnishing commissary and qpartennqater
supplies for the forts and military posts
in Arizona aud in furtherance Of bis con
tract had expended large sums of moneyin
the repair and erection Of Touring mills,
dwelling. g.houses, store hosses shops, and
corrals. He had personal property also Of
considerable value consisting in part Of
flour, wheat, corn, barley beans, merchan.
disc, furniture, SC ln the mills and store
houses Of Grant were valuable supplies
belonging to the Government
Tue people of Tucson were lawless ad
vekturers and intensely hostile to tho Gov
crnment Of the United States. Lieut. Lord
speaks Of the citizens of the Territory as
TRAITORS of the deepest dye" that they
openly talked secession long before the war
commenced especially those in the vicinity
ofTucson." Capt. Chaplin IN his deposi-
ton says tucson was lu.i ol samvisrs \, ;
white people-werc Southemers in feeling
and ready 10 taKo up aLhS lotvne oo'l'lcri !,
cause LAVePVlon' " '1,' u'' "0'v t,l ! @'e'
n Von,ouet%'o nay was iyu's s ~ a, iu0sou' %
ana wnel Sne properly was ou'ns 1p9 pe9
PIE asScnoeu ~ 'u!S ''a'Ioe'S . ",.i'ru, 'uu
"',h sacll 1ntea'eu5"s ue''iols'tSs'ons i r az
1adActu L'eu'' bo'u M 70 P'eP'ue ~ ,o' p an eA
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tIuoe hau "Gcn ' ou'ns C S"u IN. aoa"loHsi VI VI
the iVtn y 1u'y' aHu up ~ 'loo' '."U r ~
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pucl'Nlan ~ VIZ IT, 'lo I y inf,,aat;a ha ~"
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le1s' teuo' .otoeo NM, u1" r0,L ,t oT T", tan,, ~"
were ''e'se.aiAeI i,j.l " oSVpy ss
"n' 'u' On '"' 0"''' '''' 20 Wv - ''''''
To "a, ,.d. .,..
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lungs rs u" khew ''Io't ~ '4'5' W. ".ooD |
''P', NJ 'ore u'reV'eu lneu'. H''u' | Ooli
"'npE'p acoMpa''y y u,"s opu'' y 1, uesto
SUN IoVcr"'Osn' S'VleS 40 i'o coulo NJ ~
transport, toge'ucr wa, WIN su'H p'iSu'o i Pt'
rsfl! o. Grant as mlYn' ~ VI w ya'ae 70 ! u
pno'c enemy OF 70 lne u's'Vyal pgop's u, y
tucson VA foce"lne 'ulJl,''"'.ol nu',, 'I' T
FoI Buchanan was 10 p9 uol'nsoueu' s Il
to'k an eScoss anu teseN'I .'iG. t 'Oas 4 ~ a, =,
Vsner ol tue mal" ooiy' Ia I Ms ~ ,ePJ'V H.,
lNAN'af DeP"VuneSnss ~ ~ '"5I' ~. on ,hn ,'"'' -
lug s'e urgency ., 'lio Ja'e' . fi 9e,,I 'n' W e'
closed written oFacr 70 Llous, c MY r ~ Pi g''I
mana OF IfOSps en to"so @ 's0ln ro'S s.J pioI'
inrdsei ms report u IIe 1 o"'o ,. : t, tu'""au ~
Ne''Ilsr ll'G oeqs' uoF 'lIg iepoi' l,S'e Sp -
Ken oi are peiOte us, n'r, Lieut. hOiu III u
deplsltion says; ms property was ae'
tf9ycd IN aec0raance WIN W''''eu V, I'ug. i.
alyen me ny Oap' - ~ moo'o' r. - "
make a report III tne iaa''ei a.. u G'P
Moore anu no "pPigfeu " ~, "'''' sS'J l,t
would enclose II nnS 'cporS 20 s"O "
Department ana tlaV sh9u'u ~, pe !, i"FT'1o II.
meHtiollea 'or, '''1 o,n llanuo' !" WIN = ''
astidn Vapt Ousp,u' u VY,l.lGna 5@lni.;.
sort buchanan says III m ms HePos's'on', n-
'Capt' moore 'o'I me, Sn' aay aI'et j.,
arrived AZ foft pgcuauNl, l = w " ~
ordered lHeus' noIu' n4S , o1ps 1 i,JI'' iI
desItoy ~ 'l'o ~ ppopo S stY.e1 sog a. NV Wa 49,
VISIONS tpS' l'Su Io'H cnJat s.o,u" uJ -'' co, orS
1og tue s'o Vi .,,o ooSGaIil'u'' ~ III Iiui i
mil ana all oIusr pt9Pery YIN yilSI eOu'1 q q
1e 'ISnspVI'sa n, ur %'l,pn !, "Vulu " .; d
pengut 70 .ne poUp!e % r tuas oslh''y .l, y, ,,..
"eao nos Gonos ;. t'oh th 'ns N es'uon. ~.
Saken IN cS1ueA,o'l WIZ wlsI 'ne n aoSlse YEP par
eIpG''oh ol Lieut. I, noIu N .no eoS'Iu''l
9l lno p!upotsg muse, a1n s1.a,ps . I,o ~ "
laEge mn, anu s;ns LING; o'ss's 5 al ~ mo .Heti u
ilfe the V'ner uui'uliBS auu P.oPe'ty, u
ne aotoa unuoI % anu u nt aoVO'gInoo M WIN ~ =
express Sru5rs " VSpr mYVIs, c Nv
noIlheu MI, ufan' nall all llVur @ peloIG ii
nre was seS9 y ll'0 in.eli''on " oul i a. i
p"l'u'psS anu p'opgt'y, auu ieques'eu II, W, u
10 secure AZ on1o eu.u s".""oT1H ms 'Ae p"p' 4
as ne W'Sueu y ptg0oive, ~ iSo' . " u