, 1870-05-12
TEE NEW MEXICAN ARCHIVES
Governor Pile In Trouble.

| From Tie 81 Louia Republican. Nay 81
Ouf latest advices from SAINTS Fo show tha'
the excitement a1nong the Inhabitants OF New
Mexico oycr the destruction OF portion Of the
tancient archives OF that territory by soma ol
the territoEat oiicers, instead Of abatng, has
Increased. End extended from Santa Fe to the
Other tonus Of New Mexico. A public indig-
nation meeting TAs held ut Albuquerque on
archives was severely denounced, and the Fed
eral Government requested to take steps for
the protection OF them in future.
Tie Santa Fe Post Of the 30th u1t., the off,
cial organ Of the Territory, contains tho re-
port Of the Citizens Committee appointed 1t
the nHss meeting held on the Saturday before,
to investigate the whole subject and state who
are the parties to bIane. The report states
that the archives had beon preserved and well
taken care Of for t1oo centuries past,
and protected from waste OF loss un-
til very recent date; that daring the PRO-
while the Iast Secretary was in Office, tho re-f
cords were removed in = loose condition to an
unfinished room, where, however, they aa1eE-
ed no Immediate injury or waste that tho pre-
use this room, without making any adoa1ste
inquiry as to the value or Importance Of tae
papers, gave instructions to the librarian, Mr.
Ira II. Bond, to have them removed, which
Tns done, into an open clubhouse, unit 4
for the protection Of anything Of value,"
to say, stare forced to the conclusion that, soon
after The said arrlires wero so removed iuto
said open out~house, tho said Governor Pile,
both ignorant and regardless Of tho value and
Importance Of the same, gave portion
thereof to tho convict prisoners, 10 be used as
they might desire, and the residue thereof !
Mr. Bond to dispose OF, under u 1
threat Of consuming them by fire if they were ]
1ot taken out of tho way, which were thereupon |
Old by the said librarian and portion Of them !
lave thereby become entirely lost" The ]
character and value OF the lost papets the COM
nitteo have no means Of ascettaiuing, as no |
mo paid any attention to them sitter they were |
'old or given away; but it is certain they caa
1escr be replaced. Tho committee did, how J
'yer, recover large portion OF the archives
rom the persons to whom they had been sold.
md these, it is stated, 'are of great value,
10th pecunia1ily and to history" This report
Vas signed by the Biz members of the Commit
ee. and unanimously adopted by tho
Meeting to which it wsa submitted,
here being one aentiment of indiena-
ion among the citizens against the
tnpid authors of the vandalism. After the
eading md adoption Of the report another
consisting Of r. E. Tomkins, Jose
u. Gailcgos, E. Andrews, and John Shaw, was l.
Ppointed to daft resolutions expressive Of
he sense of the meeting. The committee,
dter short consultation, reported q series Of |
esolutionE, ali aimed at Governor Pie, OF 4
shich the following is the chief:
Reaotred, That the President OF the United |
e1nore the said William A. Tie from the position
e now occupies, as Governor OF the Territory, |
.iich Office be Is not capacitated to I'LL md which T.
e has, by his conduct, dtsgraccd-