, 1869-03-29
Milliona Of Money and Thousands
Of People Involved.
The CITY or Mexico. d VAST
Archive OF Forged Deeds.
ealnornians Trembling for Their Homes
a Rogns Twin to tha Mr,. Gaines
- .. Claim.

senoe time Ego wrote you pathetic sketch OF
Nuly Nctaasrahau. claimant for q great t.nct OF
lknd. called "Ptnoeha trande," In California,
Within few days have rad tho two e3xbo1ase
senate documents UPON this auh}ect, oue Of which
L ats1ed b. Williams, Of Oregon, md Ferry, Of
Connecticut; tho otHu b 6sN3ee ana Kellogg,
both Southern SeuztorA. The latter Ia positive for
AcGafrthan: thE former beve1e Against ht1n- he
u csled supporter OF I shallow swinGle and tho
n&ufe-head of rnouss1ons lraud, which a liAl.e,
u passed, to batter down every Land title Ii Cs1i-
1ofnla Reading over this majority report Of Fer7J
and Williams, ind m extraordinary condition Of
rhn9s existing tn California a. to titles Of land do.
cended from Mexican pstants, Hox eoyesed by
tow1s and cities and valuable tnlneA The Ac3eE-
faaan ezse sonanncaiJ u,ukszsseA shlA pszaenlar-
y IN the report which p.unouncea against MeQa5-
fahsns claim. So extraordinary In it, consequences
u this claim that two powerful Hobbies are here
lighting up the Tyll Ane4 Of It md
While corporation inhaniung tho AcGar1ahau
lands Is well represented, the claim OF McGarYa-
han against them has been made the capital Of q
stock company called the PenochA Grxnte, which
Is distributing stock and spending money with 4
looseness which amaEes me, At this time iii the
carPet-hagRtng senasoEs are believed to be co1a-
mItted to MeGa1rahau, with Morton Of IndtAua
2nd some few Eastern senstosa to boot Tru1a-
bul, Conklng, Ferry and otaerA, take the other
Side easagtly. The AcGafrahan people claim that
Penocha Gnaude ts worth from ten 70 twenty mill
ions Of dollass Ills opponents describe tho vhp1e
tract tobe worth no more thAu half million and
Bay thai 1t can be bought today Tor 500, ,ooa.
think cal .ntertst Jon tn thls matter, and pro
pose to try to do 80, mt specifying ~ Ely
opinions.
l. Inst no mere dlne.ences Of opinion oopld
have led 10 two such opposite rrports as these
both Written In a savage stJir. Them ts fz4aA Oh
one side or the other, and somebody in the seuata
b party to It.
2. That this case e1empllncs tho e7er.tncyeaslnz
danger OF bringing to Congress pstsxts c!almA Ia
stead OF leaving them In the hands at the touTA
This case u an appeal agalnst repested dcclsous OF
Supreme Courts, State and United RtoteA and
Congress asked In It to deliberately set aside the
decisions Of the highest bench In the land.
TIE sfoRY or MEXICAN LAxn TITLE.
When the United States puschascd California. the
Provisions Of the treaty confined oil bona 6ie MeN-
can land ui1eA Alyas4do, Aichcltore1a a1d Pho
P'co had been Mexican Governor Of Calforn4a, and
thcf had granted, for agriculture hnd other usca,
great quantities Of valuable land, as freely and %
fooushlJ as VIC a1e giving 1t away to railroads.
The land records Of the giddy government Of these
atc loose and vague, and nAny pf them asc claimed
to have teen burnt or destroyed. OF stolen by the
American army Of occupation In 1s&7. Two books
OF land titles ART e1tant tn California, however,
called "J!mcnoa Index and the ATon1A De
Raxon.' Jlmcno 1as the Secretary o! the Cover
not, Aichehorena ind his book Is considered 10 be
perfect Transcript of al tho land t1tes Of 1874 the
year In which the PeuocaA Grand title wns made. .
After tho Americans took possession Of CalIfor-
nla huge Immigration took place-. Giles wsrs
built m!uct wese opened and the paoe Of properly
Advanced astoundlngly. Then tho validity Of ones
utlc 70 ns property became Of the highest iulpo1-
tanee, and the numerous Mexican grant8 lar ut
the basis OF any mana right Ia the lot or Gact
~hIen hG had purchased,
A xet ot Mexican hwytsB md landholdcrs rc-
malaed behind after the. Mexican dominion de-
parted, ahd their knowledge o5 the legitimacy OF
titles Has found TO bc very p.pntstle. Being MAIN
y scurry fellows, rundown anenteh or haIfArecIs.
with Mexican traits Of dunllctty lying. forging and
70 forth. thf5 took To the oakthess Of aystenatcai.
" forging uflea- In thls way tre d!neront grants
Fe1g produced, MI covering the alte OF the pEesent
city OF Ban Ftnncsco. Three ME1Ican2 were pattca.
iatls tupuczted IN forging sause false titles and
suhornlnR Witnesses 10 testify 10 their legitimacy
VI, Gomez, Abrceo aud Aorruo, ald TWO oi thest
have been convicted Of deliberate perjury. The
majority, rarurt hays, that ali Of the nse e1pay
! notorious for theac csimea- Gomez was the oti4i
nal alleged pate1gtee OF the McGeHahan cialta o1
Feh0cha Gtanlc.
Not only were the Calltornlans annoyed and the
! pcrnanence Of their properly anecicH ~ these
Ay shSAN41 tka[SJ klE 1lEAlEAu tfuSHfIlEUcH1a
after fts occupation had long ceased In California
| tloEnka real estate
Many Of the subordinate officials Of former tiAys
IN California ati1 used IL Mexico, and these wcrt
! sought out fy Mexican speculatora and paid to
| suDstahttate forged uucA The archives OF tho
Mexican Government were pretended to he ran-
sacked n4rapcrs werc always forthcoming u
bec6 up sotde alleged ancient title, which changed
In : moment the ownc1ahtr Of Millions OF hollsrb
worth of real estate In sau Francisco Sacramento
Stockton, ETC. Keeping In mind tho influence Of
these Mexican arrhiyes upon Caluuynta property
you will understand what a fat thing It Is to bC
American Minister TO Mrzion After the many
revolutions 1t the Mexican capital, anybody eau
undeTstano bow casy It waB to change rccor,is ot
stnn the archives WIKI forged grants, all Only
sealed, exntt and Witnessed ty people either dead
or purehasAble living
- xuARaAHASs pEEnt
And paT.lJ IN this waJ the present Me0ar1ahau
title IL alleged to hare been raked up.
!. Gomez claims 10 have got rauecha G1andc for
nothing from Governor Nlcae1tosenA in 1s+s, md
he produces grant Or espeit.nts al tu'1 stamped
and accompanied with correspondence.
"Desltng;;r be kays, @to devote myaelt to the
Interesting pursuit. Of agriculture which Is OF zach
vital importance to this depaEtnc1t, nn,i which. q
pleased to corrcue me In nFnPerry the place
known BY tht name Of Panocta GFaudc, boEn,tea
s pqn es ea
shown BY ths man whleh n ans Tina viii pc
sent more correctly drawn than tho one now pro
I'm view Of xhas have ret forth prsy Youl
E5csensy 70 y niessed % ;sks = s ~ Pefaon INC ~,
tain the means Necessary for the support Of my
txrge family"
This has IN oily and plsusthae smack to Il
Senator Williams calIA # = clnlusy forgery.
z Gomez clat1ns that the title Itself was burnt
up by American soldiers at Monterey, but he pro
dpceA AnahaYss torn people Tho Raw the title decd
or who heard Of It, and he proves the general tac
thBt eotaa papers were burnt in Monterey, N 1ss
| s. Gomnz sells hls right to HcGaH,nan n 1851,
thirteen yesa efEs the tssuc Of sa1d iced. har1ns
had Il before th6 courts several times: Fns befors
| the Land Commissioner Of Ceafornia, hy whom
wan rejected, second, an appeal before the DIS"
rrttt CouIt Of Calforotx by whom IL was deelafes
good; thlri the &alne District Court rejected the
etstm under the pies that II had been cond1med B.
the fruod Of the District 4Atso1neJ- himself betn
IN owncr; tsutth, the amended rejection MAS sc
aside, and The clatnn aga!n confirmed unier plea 0
want or Jurisdiction; dtlh. the Supreme eoul
| Knocked the Claim n fraudulent
< McGazTahau, buJtuS the claim ct Comes, Of
gsn1zea q staek company and proceedesl to dcnuan
his land from Congress, asking Congress to ee
aside tia decision Of the Supreme Court III
uouse Of Representatives have passed the taats
and It sstcfs n the aeoatc
This Is tnef present CONDITION nf this celebrate
c1Atn. which dnEin4 Or befoeo al this litigation
h&d been eettled 1pon By hundrtds ii nincss An
1a1nt11, beceue valuable, md 1he tsAs u tnEtz
Ing industry: ...... -.
Hnx I'M roRakay WAs Fousp out.
The minority, or rather the eounlmator5, rcpor
| IN fsyer Of 4eGArrahan's utle, Il his U~n mo
p,ausiele vufston Of the h5ztosy Of hi lost I'LL
But The repot OF wfNauaa md FezrJ le2 n the igl
| upon the wh9tc Of this exh2ordinA<y Aof ~toA9ss
Mexican titles
! II il clsttnpt that the AcGaf1ahan flue-dfcd
penuoned ii nonn Of The records Of as4A neitn,
tho Tuna d. &xtun nor Jfmt'sds {ndfE 11e osl
iua fece!yerof the 2Rezea tkir Is sno~n to na,
, been convicted o6 forging and changing the dat
! Of nad title6 anu an his associates IN proving
former existence pf soeh deed are shown to
sca,nre, seailawaGs and shazPers ne des
! | t,selt u claimed to bc lost and )
:. II the eo,eu{ {ora,y nalup< pspezs arc shown to1
= preserved. me established precedent Is To p
: | no attention to MeucAn deeds alleged to hh
: been LOST or Destroyed thH prrte11 being tse e
!, ccse for al the mReok1c& fhlEeztts which hz
yexed the pa3ienee and teta7ded thc mte1css1
csi1a1uts- NcGA1rst4n SaoWu to bare b
aware Of thu fraudulent uA1a1e Of bis <lat1z, =
= = be therefore, rsrchased tnbo q lawsait fas ~
y | poses nf specu1asioh inc -hoaAo@zNAe '"
:. | ranochx Grtnde were there before AcGatFah
= ru,chascd into this clatm. Tney reestTed poas
non ssse, thu @nsl decision Of tbs s0tRe1oe Co,
ae.tnt, AcCsfYahan in 1867, Nhen tho 1Aod heca
:, rass Of the puhllc domain And to meet this p
eis,ens persecution theJ haze been obliged to Z
:. raoF lasyers'snA agents, 70 contend agslaa. 4 Il
~ mld.bae lohb5 II distant Washington, IN order
"a kcepthe fasms,hsy nsyn tuFRosed the houses Il
II hare boaL md :.iae public work. ana Dniaes Il
of b.,s developed
The report IT Mt Williams Il 4 1enatfa
. document for rs who live In the Old Altar
-, Hopes Of the country, or Upon the freah PRINT
70 p..s 4 10 ~ IL 1ss..,, ..r,t,.a :,
q eat .lAe oeeas 60 s1ee 70 soe .na.%1 - 80.