, 1869-08-05
The Mud City or snnta Fe.

l49'hSA I241b& VI A16 &1u lr1n vi lie nfliGiu y
~ :, NOD culFrrts and cobhouae trli1geA bvt
nhsncfol truth remains that tho people have bt
! s~indied, and II 1nure subAdIcA arc voted. :
co'lalnno 10 bc s"iuiIed Oh = tlu.t gigantic sca
Not another dollar or anottler hcfr Of }auf tn
Ie CbfppIctc ful1lMrDt Of The contract with tho II
T. | er1ment-R nrstc!asa road or forfeiture Of
y the property and rEghta Of the cotnInnJ stpui
,, lnfc1thIJ demanded BY Congress. Lot tho Eht
y tinker i To-. understand thai they Tan never tla
Q ( hnolhCr du'ar until they do tue huneas thing
, PhoA sHxHIpAN TO RAhTA rE.
Uy thu excellent stRRs Iinc of larlow t Bani
enh NJ nlRdc ui!U h1hflFrh anil twenty f1yp ,uI]
per slny, Itd Tu1c>led Habtn 70 In throp s.ars d
s1 hourk-cxart1y On tIuu. Tho fua'ta for tho NJ
two itGilarc.i miles, I'LL no reached tin ltatt
Mountains. wrro In splendid condIil0!L Aith,,l4
all TIN rnsHcnruFx werr aIHch with H1arpcA r,fl
nha fusoyrfn, md In hourly anticipation Ut
prn''sflc nttnck hy thr Inatnnn, VIC rscuprt, n
! tnw o.1y afnaIl tA,,d us Tho r1pskHi4 Al Gu
} siderable tatahEr, WIN I'LL not lt!Ik ts.at, Il
soNio 1ua1un, M attack VI W. t,A, pIsnty
opportunity ta rxrrCsu Ar skill In ktiDollIR Ut ri
antelope aud Woltrs, a1unH this route. Thu et
slol!. VI which VIC changed mules ar, fs1lu IL
to nfttfn ln!'rs apart, according to tho facility
otinninE Water, AMI nro grntrny built und.
ground, aud Bo constructed tAat two os three Il,e
| eau defend themselves against huu,ired Indlnu
hcme OF those stations inuBk have Cost the slug
aaw 10 timber tue entire four hundred aud tr.
n1lea, except NOME scrub pines AMI cetlars on til
Ifaton Monhtalns. Coal, however, has been toun
In several places, and no doubt, can be had /!
abundance for fuel We crossed but very fe7
water courses until VIC reached tho mountains
when small Rtreat1s became plenty, aud notice.
that they werc Elled with spcck!ed trout TIL
Ehnss s:s~'-~-- st'- 4r1so4lLliy adupItt
to grazing. ''-'
| NAN SHOT Br L uoRsx.r1uxR.
| Aear the AFkansas Inrer. the dey we passed. a
young nan OF the name Of McNcaL Hhose uo,ue,
resides IN Massachusetts, who WAS engaged IL
minlag IN colorado, Taa shot by horse-thef and
o1ea III Just e~olra hours after. Mc.itits hosse
had been stolen, and he Wis puyaupR the thief In
company with keeper OF stAge-4tat1pa and "A
fhe5 same up with the thef, he wheeled his horse
nd Cred, shooting Mcneil through the lungs
The stat!on-kecper then fred ut tho thief Houn,,-
Ing hm; and then tool. Mcneil to a ne,ghbortne
ranch where be died. The station keeper then
took up the trail Of tho thief and overlook him
and obtained AeSe!l's horse and brought 1t to the
s1afion Just rs We drove up. In conversation with
the staflan-seepef, Of whom obtained the ubo7o
particulars, asked u he Killed the thief lie re-
Piled; He promised mo he would never steal Auy
more hoTses, and don't think he WILL" Tits is
only common every day Incident on the plains
and IN the Enorntainsr and illustrates border life
fnArEL AsD FREIGHT.
Sheridan 10 Santa Ee- The road for the entire dis.
lance !ooks like thoroughlares leading out or a
larEe tQFn or CITY. Immense trains OF landed
*aEo1st drawn " mules or oxcn-gene1ally the
latfeF-FeEc constantly met aud orertaken MI
along the route. Aany Of these trims going west
we're government trains, With supplies fos tic car
raons IN lie numerous forts IN Colorado, New
Mexico nnd Ar1zona, and many were laden with
merchandise for Las Vegas, Santa Fc, Albuouer-
que nnh Il pnio. The tzalns bound east were gen
e1alf laden with copper md wooL 4 very large
AHa increasing amount Of cosrse wool is produced
IN NcK Aeuco, and this branch Of busnsa Ia r..-v
profitable, Is aheep aEc very hardy here. and grs
their living The year round. ! saw Ereat many
Cocks, Of thousands together, grazing under tho
ehafEe or he1dsineh, rs I passed along. 1 aso
sa", especially in the Valley Of the Arkansas, In
mense herds Of Texns and Mexican cutie fatten.
lhg On the rich grasses for the Chicago and Fulton
ha1kets. More than th1rty thousand stecrs are
nov awaiting shipment At Abilene aud Salna. on
the kansas paeiuc RAILROAD. which hare been
hr1Fen from Texas and the Arkansas Rycr.
1e1as and New Mexico WILL, at no distant dAy.
supply the nnrkets Of tho whole country with be-.
and Wool and mutton. These can be producci
much cheaper here thun elsewhere because no
feeding IN winter Is required. Tho only tnlne
"antihg ls cht1p transportation to inquire to eycrY
poor Man tn the land pound Of beef for ten centa
md good Woolleu winter suIt pf clothing for ten
tlolnrB.
.. LAND 0RAkTB n EET AE11Cp
A most ecEtous drawback nnd uulsance 10 the |
Eeti'cncnt and prosperity Of New Mexico are the !
nuncroua pretended grants Of land to lndly,dua,s
W tho 6panish and Mexican Governmental |
These gsnuts arc of tumcnsS exte1t-sompt,ucs |
twenty, thirty, forty md sixty mlEea squarc with
7eft Indefinite boundaries, hut nl1a5a embracing
me best mineral md agricultural lands. scitlers
10 lot Ike 10 E1Ak making improvements on ,ar.c
Jfnx1f inf O1y]t
u take such ands as these fcudal lords do not care
10 cialm, OF pay tho prtcu they ask for what thcy
10 c1aIm.
These wholesale apd thieves and an Iadcra, for
'uch thcJ AIp III most iusia tnans1,s
% control the election Of Tvrfltorin1 ,.rty-
satcs TO Congress who arc favor.
,slc to their Rcl,encs ani thus arc at,1c tn t.en
hc'r hoGua clniuls pending, or pcrt1apa, Ia ri
htm ratl1ed ~ the Interior Department or hy
onRfeha+ as the cAse may rcqntte. MBuy ects1crs
1afe IbH4 tnt thnt they were uHntfe peftunncut1y !
10 locate, becantc Of the uncertainty Of gettluu
III tncfe sams territory. EuuRscaa should nut
qhlctus IN thcsc laid grant eiaiina, hy ths nrc.
''saEy lrRtslution, n+ once. 1laIlrnad grants are
'ad enouRh. Without frct,gnlking bog,Is Spaulsh
u" Nctlenn grnnta- Thts wholesale nl,surytlou
y tile public iAudi by shnrks and thlryes, IL
fHst emphatic condemnation Ut tilr rrrfeseutb- /
ives p1 the renplc in cohgrras Let II be stopped,
II lit Tie tfadfpg rascais hAYe lease to stay at
UMe.
TIE tNrfAHR.
It requires pluck te touch ihls kuiJect, take
hletIc'er view ono ulay. lut ha.p rome uy.
l1DH. anu shall RjtAk out Without fear Of Gen.
fal NhcfhsaH, The tntIan Commissioners, or the
quaker Agents
In inc nfst place, ts t1le that The IhIsns hpId
he Maud Ut 1G'!ustry patslyEed In feu MexIru,
hta hare tiuhc NJ fof month";; Rirl neither t3tJ.
tai ehtf'1Isn tHr thr Quaker ARrnsn ts,tne 10 thu
ele' of the FForsc al all. In tho tInua Altos t..
TH', III Grant County, .lDkrn Vf thn ,nnet e1trn.
Ire ror'~f, guilt AIT silver Minus, pnrplet With
AhrtlHrtr at cnarH,unA r4pen'e, ilaxr lsecn htau.
t'le'1 MI arconnt IT The iitst,lty .! 4hr ttnat.,
III t'''n'taH'ls oi tiie Arr thrnwn cut VI rlpln,.
l1s's AMI the ,narhluery lntt Il, ~, I,ufhnd AMI
fStntml. A'n'.nH llt'sp hIaahunssl Rtu lin rr;.
'fH9r'l lIni4HsrF r"ph1r uIIar s'1a naaIa ttIa at
rs" Atfanlsa xpti hlhp. Hlo~nrt !~!a, Apat,,u
Aaa. ltaftta sotrt sha tAaht blhnfN whLeI ,ah. I4
IAIilr'!.
ln l'ena Ann Cnnnty mars than ..oxnn ptnula. |
In Hll!Ia hAfa trnaA AhAA4it.4o+l III k,xtHn,
"HhtS tnunli.a lnuta hayn t,ceu Rhau.iouei an.
he 'illhrFs driven sway ny 1hp Nayaj,t-. In Nan
nah hlxfY'htftn tnlnea haSn bceu ahantAUsd, III |
aleacta County Mnsu than = dozen profitable |
9!ss hsYo fsreh ahanaonot In tact t1lr psoplu
eEo arc at tht mercy OF tho ln,llans, who steal
an!ra' aheep. cattle, horses, and everything they
IN get their hAndA on, b&,sIie4 con4kAutly kttln1
10 ftsnrd the military "A 4 Nuisance, 40 far -
fotccf!ou u concerned. 4 few weeks ago the
nd!nnS dspFe on four hundred head OF mules
rum the very town OF Sheridan; only dsy or
wo Llnce they drove away herd Of sir thousand |
hetp not twenty-five mtles from Saa.a Fc
sist!o ten da5a they bare destroyed four malls
rolen Twelve mules and shot the drtrerz within
hundred miles Of here. E7esy day br!ngs news
fresh ouErugcs- And Jet Gene1a! Sherman had
be impotence 10 teu the people OF this place
7heu he was here, TINT II he were IN 1ndIan he ,
fould behave wozse than the Indians do, and TINT
Totie men had no badness IN this county" 1nat ;
e sain this seems incredible, and Jet have been
0 Informed b5 dozen Trustworthy mel Not :
MY arc all. or nearly al, Of the mines .
New Mexico abandoned On account |
The hostility Of the Indians but no ,
can be done, and NO new m,nes can !
c opened The Indians gobb!e up every party |
no rehtofe are miles from tort or large town, |
nd the consequence Il, miners arc leartns the l
es1itotJ, bo.lnesa Is destroyed, and merchants =,
re failing TO pay. because the5 have lost their
ustoners and cannot sell their gpodA Thus Is I
lev Mexico. because OF the Indian policy Of Gem
ri Sherman, doomed TO relapse into \ Wilder &
ess Inhabited BY sayagcs and her pntoid wealth =
I the precious metals to remain hidden n the 4
at1h; and all bccause twelve thousand Apache
asaSes choose 70 haEcit 30, and General Sherman
Grces with them. The people Of New Mexico
Fould wipe out tn three mouths this Apacne null
lucc. and no thanks 10 General Sherman or the I
they WeTa allow ed to DO so. Bat they
re not The government feeds md supplies
hese sayages With asns TO murder and drive out (
be settler. and then panlshes the sestle1 As I
murderer he KILLS IN Indian. 1t Is high tine thit
oltcJ was stopped Cuiets It u, 5000, the govern
1ent Ill have On ,ts handa Two foes to tsht On
he border. (