The Hillsborough recorder., 1868-11-11
SURVEY orrHE NosTasRN Bousp,HY,

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Washington, Oct. l4.-- rhe comaiission-
ter oil the General l.snl Ojire has received
ssdvicess from United States Astronomer
Darling. designated by the Secve,asy Of the
1lntssior 20 odetermiiie ths survey and mark
the, ,norihcrn boundary Of New MsIiesss,at-
ins that the party had ad4ifeschedd ihe iho
Grande. ciie huaalred and, forty eight. miles
vest oi the alpsint on The 9th ui,iino.
81 Ths eastern part Of the line passes over
% region OF country which hssneser before
been iraversed by Write men. ' Ii wis ge-
nerally supposed that il was q beauuiul
rslling prairie. Col. Darling reprssents the
first t~eniy miIes Of the line lwes,of the
initial point o rolling plain covered with
q isruriant grsSth Of nutitinps grass, hs
Idestitute OF wood or water. h NJ 8..
The next 6fiy miles of The line is over
Al exceedingly rssged region the general
character OF The country 10 comparatively
level. but il 10 intsrssctedb by Dumerous can
mons with almost I.erpendicuisr walls. III
ssms instances twelve hundred ieet high.
Deposits oil iron occur in gleat sbuaiance
uyrr all this distance, and was suthcisa, Ia
c.u,e . ehangs oi tweuly-siri drgress ~ the
a.snei,c needle in gring the distance of a
iusrier 81 n mule. stsra a@7soe4 L3s Ya'F
+. The C.nmaron river which the party
had oscaslen tollfs,srse Tor aver ene hun
,lred and, filis miles. is almost dry during
the sumner .eason. the water standing on
Nv IN sisgnaat ponls. The valley Of tha,
s,rram ~ Tram oie-haH, 10 Eve miles wide
and vii! becpMe a mast-ssiusble agrirultu-
raj region. ,wh,le the uplsnds are cIuihed
With 6ne ssewlh of good grass and will
become sslushle as grazing lands. Ap.
preaching The hs.dywoters of the Cinsrou
river. water brcanes Inars plentiful. Far
six weeks the party we're compelled to sup
riy themselves with, wsei from pools fern.
sd in the ieiges OF rocks collected by rains
|Gut IN coming near the Rstoon mountain,
~ abundani supply of pure cold wster wss
launi in the small sneun,ain streams which
resrmble shose in sPsnRsylsania. i1sn1 i =
The line cruises the ssH nit Of the
snawys range sf the iRstens moostsins one
Handred aud twenty-five niles west d the
initial print The party erased the SUM
nit August 30,h. and IL vas thin covered
with snow. The line passes through the
tswn af La Cosiells leaving the largest por.
tioa an New Merieo ;it iss Msxicsni town.
eonsiructed ef adabes. or dried snburnt clsy
bucks. about three tinss the sire nf com
mon brick, and Z contsins sams sirieeu
hundred inhsbitsnts. Ii 10 -situsied on ths
eastern border Of San Isouis valley. watersd
by the Rio Gr,nds and its tributaries. and
ens Of the finest axricul,aral and grazing
districts in the United States. Nj g. 4 i..r
This ,valley contsins . large usnber oI
s.ttlers. who engage 10 ssricultsrs 20 u.
maed sH,snt. bss are chiefly interested IN
raising sheep and cattle . branch Of is.
dustry vhich proves highly remunsrative.
from the fact that stock sraze in The val.
|iey,thrnu ghost The year and require no feed
ing. Notwithstanding the repuied hustili'
lies &C the Indians iH that quarter. che par.
/ " vas M, nolss,ed beyond being compell-
I'd 10 divide asuppliesi~ith war party ol
Kiowss.nt a=lI'ssb p.Ia II q .si,y*r. 2
/ The astronoser has psrssed his labor,
with snerry. and expects ts complete his
work by the middle Of kovsmber. The
whole length Of the 'liae 10 three hundred
and twenty miles. 'ts = Ball. Commercial.
Tsrrss 70 Lus or HIS SALAar.--Ths
Hartford Post 10 responsible for the story
lof conductor 90 q road not thousand
cn;l.. from n. rtTard vvho had arreed. in ths