, 1870-02-26
WAsHIxu10A'
jBurton c. Co.'S DILL
Eleven League Boots.
A Rotten Commonwealth.
A Bleeding Document.

A Bleeding Document.
rygGx ouK OWN CoExEsroNDKx11
WASHINGTON, Feb. Il
Some days ago Hon. Burton C. coof, a. Illinois
r,ersper Of Couxfe-s ., and memhef OF the Jadi.
c.Ar5 Committee, meeting nc It "eompan5,"
said: ... -.-.
aIf you will drpp 10 at my house or At my CON-
m,uee-roGza sctpe tine, will show sou aone
co,1oua Il aster nect'rE Mexican lana grants"
Ixsasv4rn that Nj. Coot hsd been preparing
btu to den1e and Musls the e1:cnt Of taeae
Mexican g1xnI and snAt oc had thereby str.c.oa
terror tcto the sru!s OF the Dunterltss land At
to,ne,a, laEd 1oob!es, SD lard elaiGanta WAC
ueke 10 cne OF the greasest gags hereaoout; 20
Il Ok an eal!y opportunity 10 stals him ut hts
house IN Graft plsc., thost noteso street almost
under ,he eayes Of tue Paten- ONCE. There be sat
IN hi plea1att paElor, pRild atd lawJer already
At ns ear, ulsitR the paus'bus'e+ at one Of these
eaes, ard the pictures OF eminent 1lliloa1s look
Cd dovE from the walls upou the reticen1, Aslen-
tive Cor gresanan and the DER anxious, bury a3-
pueanr.
"Come 70 ny once" said Mr.. Cook. after the
otne1 bud 1eitl1d, "and will show you what
am following pp.H
In The tecoLa story, and raar part OF the hoase,
the lighted gas Ytnectnst tho led tables a1rswn
with II polls al ps pers, YET Ueinoo,zed By 10.
gsl tsEd AID reAoI Ior reference. T4ti:g up
thick bost OF perntps eight hundred pages, made
Of bouEd docQnents, and endor. ed.
"LAhD cfLlNz-kkw XEIico,H
tie CorfIessu su lald:
.Aere ynu will it'd List Of New MeI.can
c'atns. There sse nineteen OF them reported here.
The most atdacloos ore u the Beaube1o aud Nj
rarda ca;m, which II interpreted By it, attorneys
ard oT ue1s 10 encIo4e 40 square leagues Of land
hAf0 Al f~r wit f5eN
acres."
lopened my ayes
"Woas pre,exr can such claim hare to get up7
It Is q S;a:e IT luel1.H
"1s pr.1capaty, " said Nj. Cook: "each Of
these Nineteen ca Cd IL principally. will shov
you htw they came to be-
"Be fore New mexico cane into the po:sess!on
Of the Utued Sts,es, the Mex'can Govesuuens en-
xc:ed q laid lAv.-an Extensive homestead bill, in
ctaracter.-Rhlch wss ln:erued to promote eni.
grafton 10 It's utl1hablted p,oTtEcea. THIS law
gave eleven square leagues Of land 10 certain lew
pelfoie, 10 Encourage them 70 ee.tle upon the sol
With Ct mtaEtes al people. Generally, scnnc pro-
Tls'on or trou:se w&i exscted 1rom the grauIef,
ant. ~ the whole legion vas unsusve, ed. tho Tim.
III Of tnt grsnt We.e to be sscerta,ned and nxed
By Eas01ai1 i1ardu arks. wul eaow yo7, IN q mo-
next. how unteltAbJ acd carelestly the routes
ard the rh.lts Of connection Of thtse boun.
dar1ea peIe placed. by The treaty called Guaoa.
loope- Hlot 60 h:ch cohye. ed 10 cs the region Of
StW Me1ius NJ were boapd to cArry out
tie supclatiots Of the MEXICAN Government as 10
49,, 10, :, coaa 10y nc ~ pe eooatnso oJ
c.s'a, -. ' y. seo'se, SUI 'nea 1ou
E..e.,a.,sa y. s ,-.s. 'ssaes sssen' .os 1oeu.
n.,,. -. 49, as...n ~. 80 un.' - ~ ~
r..rs ~ - ,.,s.. - a'sou 1eas
touL ded II equity Acd the treaty alike, proposes
to eract that unlets tne contrary IL directly specl-
49,. tr =, eNa A'Nu' eau "
square leagues aid co nore, according to the
Mexican law Under which they MI sro.e,"
"1s there ac3 body OF mcdes:y sutacieut 10 de-
| Eard ole than fnat;',
"Nby, ~ bate reid you, zach Of fheso c1t!ms
| nss been stretched to principally, The Beau.
besn cja.m wants 80 sauafe Ieacue6 The sur
sestor cf thta Ill. Of mite nss 10 ned howl from
ali these cfa'mapss. Some Ct them, suppose.
have etec'ed their patents 1p:o stock cor panies
aud by the united sehemepee Of their stockholders
llopofe TO te fa'i.oed With nothln, lesa than the
Hll' est construction OF their grartA"
"Th,s, Nr. Cook, ,s1o I, Hls worse than tha
| railroad 1std e1ants''
| "Wh!,y yes! The rallroadleayes us cysry al
tctI ate Rec,1on. It taaek tns value of ihn com.
| ncL con ain Of The COUNTY,, But theao grants
| tsle e1er'h!tR, They spoll the ee,tlen att Of 4
rrc,cp. m; In the power Of few to oyerrnle tne
| HeIy J II tGt Ef1ft& OF i3HlEG aud In CouRTEHP.
| a1c Immigration is dtAroursp ed before then.
AT have heard" said shat certatn Judae
Wattt, y ho A. the nrst pe.eza,e to CouHrets
| from New Mexico, aBu Who h1s ua&e 4 pr1ncely
fortune out Of lhlse clAlmg, u COW The Attorney
! G<peral here for tie Fhp,e Of them,"
"Tlat," replied the retceus uap, II cannot
| Speak about But lat us lcot at rome of tneRe
| c'xtmF Here IL the .Reaueean Miranda claim
| urcfe.s.ne to hare been granted hr f;oy.rnnr
Nanrel Arm,to IA 4s41. In C,n.tI,n and , Nrx-
] t,ac ard .rpYnsrd. attrr ANNA 1,11a,tnn, ~ tha
| Nav Mex,can Ase.nh,v IN 1874 e...enarmsd
ny the Ane.tcau o., ,:,s. ssereral In 1887. anu pJ
I CorRre+s Of the aAne year, Judah ?. Benjamin,
If trtztske to', rfporttnR the BILL
! IL ore af BeLiantt . reports, he referseo the
VIII c!sfr-atoineE oIe-aud showing that tie
stter Is 1rtsip1eted to mean 100 square leagues OF
taGot nis ctnmhfte ss5s: This u too e1fFAsA'
esnt 1or beutl' Yet tie Ueaaoeap.AlrAntA
c'a'p+ Fh!eh the COMMITTEE reported fasotably
upcn IN the saue breath, IL actually here demand.
IT'S 40 tqua1e leaaue.! It pain, 5on see, thst
the counlttee supposed the Beaubean claim wsa
to &c eleven fquAtc leagues, according to the
| Mexican ls1.
"Eow let n see the language OF Beaubeko md
| Miranda retltonirg for this grant: a grant OF
latd IN the Low county Of Taos, commencing be-
low the junction Of the Rsfado and Red R:ver.'
Mhtk you. rotaluR 10 tad ~ to how far below the
junction. 'FEcm thence IN direct line ts the
ea1t to the nies hills from theIce, following the
| Sour1e OF Red RIVER IN nnrthet;y direction. to
the JUNCTION Of the ULa de Cato with Red River,
ftom Nhctcr. following alonG said hills 10 tue
| csas OF the U1A do Cato River, to the summis OF
tic t4b,e land, tom whcnce, turing portn Fsst,
| following said kuEnlt, 10 Tho summit Of ths
EocntA.n which tepa1Ales the Na:eys OF rivers
which yun toHsfd the eak: from those which rue to
the west: from thence, following the summit Of
said ncotia'n IN southerly dtrectton 10 the nrht
| hill eaas OF the Ra3ado River; from tnencs, 1o-
loving stotg the line Of said hill, to The place Of
et7tuning.' Nov, 5ou Will ohter1e that thts H.
tehntte description has aifn degree Of elssuc,sy
| II ore end of It u pulled bf sharp fellow. In
oEe Of the pspers accompanying tnla graft i
IN admission teAt It does rot emhrsce
| moro thaa nltseu o. eighteen leagues.
| Now, It roountg up to between ten millions ard
| three millio1s Of acreA You eau readily see how
| rhls Is acc conplsfed- The original psten;ee takes
hts eleven leBsues lektlmA:ely belonging to him,
| n d. after WHILE ooac3Fipe 4 nne piece Of ps1-
| sUre land or running brook haN ulls beJoad, be
pulls up hia statt ard carries II forward A..er
while he discovers acother nice tract, aad se.zas
! II, Ald tnaliy his eleven sacase leagues means
atJ.htrK. On Msy 20, ISIS, vi. Sauddx % 1ep1r:ed
for 1he Committee Of Pirate Land Claims that
| there Was N unknoWu quantity Of land aimed
b. most Of the part:ek says tais gentleman ID his
trtel report:
A survey Of the ltods, istt presumed will MT be
/ ordered BY CougFess IN advance of recognition
Of ts:se.
| OF tse fourteen claims proposed to b co,rsuea
b, 1h's oll the a.ea Of hu, i've Of them IS either
a:a1ed or e4tlnA.ed. Tney ase for one ltnsue four
| iessues nye lesaues, seyen thousand stx hundred
aerse, and about twenty Thousand acres.
Whether the ether claims embrace 4 less or
| greater nouui Is nos ana cannot be made known