New-York tribune., 1872-03-08

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Jineno and the Tomas de Razon. contain only
record Of the grants made; but these books
reliable mlsmuch they show that grants
whcu they not made, and do not show that
known to nave heon made. Tney show that peti-
ieCted ud yce Thc supreme Court declared
the unreahleness Of these books for these reasons
Omitted States act. West, 20 Howard. DE Haro agt
Rncba wallace Gs7 and the aiaayit OF the iearnd me-
Mr. Hopkins. keeper of Spanish archiN, the office OF
the United states surVeyor-tcucr IL conclusive this
's,aac o. CALIFORNIA, cg a,d cOar.g ofSaa fro.c,,o.
& % @ & % sn ta D % the & % IS ,. % ~ dn, & be rs. rs ' %
l Ten cis De aas a charge oi "' pni vc n TIE oGo of
, tte c ,h tr,uor Sosai,b a T ,,r @ nns r y,
Of spunisl and Mex can
go'meai. l be ha' cFeia'y examined Tue celene OF voane
Gentl on le n ibr are ~ winch he petitions for the rancho of
rAho"e "r-i1' an ms, . " ad ~ @ '., % sun 2 - t'nnne o"cn
W .' M ,s,, hs,r date tait tn, s"ca.s J "a. ~,
year 1851 'e thr latter year 1874
rauoao peoni number q he eyo~eutr a
,.Iae as 6ring wrth,r grant made or i since IN -
shows that the ~beB
reliable a. showing an the made Mex
government during the period embraced b
c,crc That the fsc, espcehe
oe npon the J9on' an e IS not conclusive evidence that snes
% ocos eontliuar tsr ee Of The uns Of grants iurine a'
grams OF ,hc anehos and quantity granted
rough MINUTES for they alsay, scquee later
eais % s , me- % % en- en- 'all ei on one @ taa II aoS n't 81
a' ooos "9cr iaerr are several grants base upon esdeaes
Ell for c,taa p,gr Of s5e Soot 81 Tomas n s',on
for a where uo sa niry is anywhe found in % book and that
o@ does 4 % 1' & 'a P"t & referred to b, asnoe 90 that i9T iae.
&c Ru Of thai not coauavt evidence shat such grlp
k.ce' Of spanish 'rcive. ofce Of the T. slr,corGca,ra
HrsE, liAeaT, Yo.r, rqJlc.'
PROOFS or GoMEzs GRANT.
We now proceed to the proofs Of the Grant to Gomez,
which consist Of archve and oral evidence. The arcbyc
evidence found among The debris OF records ai Mon
terey. consists Of nst the written application of Gomez
accompanied by map of the premises. GOV Michel
toreua for the rancho Panoche Gande sccond the usual
marginal Endorsement Of Gov Mchetorena on the aP-
phcuon by which he indicated hs disposition 70 grant
ne land and referred TO the Secretary OF State Tor his
actio hrd me written order or me secretary o state
ting. required by the Governor the transmission
Of the application 10 the Judge of the District where the
lana w0s situated to ascertain II there we're any esal
objections 10 contrmug the grant: foo he report IN
writing OF the District Judge to The Governor thai the
land to use his own language vacant ana tha thcre
is no reason why the same should not be granted hf"
a map nf the land FLED among the archives, IN pursu-
Tl,ese papers are called an rpscdjc,te and the
suuicIy unquestonahle translation Of thenls before
the committee. will read them:
1cr and IN in form o3 law repr that 3cine to deote ys,f
interesting purs- agriculture importance
A- Department aud which vet is in It's 'niancy pray your E1ee
ranoc bounded uorh iv Don Julian Ur
@ % o a % Tr 1r 6o" Fa.cS Ara VII G tract 81 land
th elgus fte or es A. 'ho@n BY the map
winch dle Iue correctly drawn iAan iHt one 10"
IN new Of what have set forth pray Excellence pca
petit into cons e'o r orer that This es' m'c
"' 4 n'T, pr % ,ou ,1 u please to grant w
retuoD which favor hope ~ receive S"cf Q" wat n'
Sfaaerey March % 1874"
Tni' is Tie marginal Endorsement mon th,i petGn:
Let the Secretary report i necessary n''.-
The secretary Of state th,rcupon maAe, TINS refer
As directed by Excellence Governor let his petition he
%liee ID to e' s, % Js'sy ',sr o. 80. a M s m % he % 5 80
Once o.: TonlSea ioI 95,n. Maleh n,iefaI.' fa isu-
The Justice jose Antonio Rodri-uez, reports fol-
directed report the land t0e for hca vacant e
should he granted Jo.E ASroNIo koDHorrL
We have these papers attac he'd the certificate of dr
HOPKINS. keeper of archives, A. follows;
u,f h gnal pcdiente instituted b yeea
which he Of Tie cnllei Psnorie
Grade int rins on de The spaniH arcnvss 10 th o
OF 'h O1'c' states SoT7e' oFGeIeT'L al uor,,. ,,,-
ABUNDANT CERTIFICATES THAT THE DOCUMENT WAS
Mr Hopkins depo>ed 1865. have inst seen.
that these genuine documents. II was 10 th cSpc
der that Good the Informed counsel Of the New Idra
COMPANY referred when he testified that be had no
doubt the petition 50 far the Governor fer
this grant was genuine In fact thi- epedHc ha- been
certified to bv four of the SurveyOr> ner Of Caor-
OF Ihe former spanish and heNcan authorities ana
whose certificates are M possession @I M, Ioinnl 't'.
II gcnuinenes< admitted 10y the New ldria Compant
q answer In sut brought ny the hcHurldlINt
IN Congress- az late a. July 81 100 ana hrNe n' reoh
toruey General BacE who without an! evidence or any
Ireense OF any branded H. report hc made 10 Con
RS wi 6c Inc was A,torne, General and before de
susrcme Court and in the Interior Dep irtmrnt' "~
falsely fabricated" which Wis vaut'n official sian
der: aud 10 evidence from amy quarter uot o any Dc
scrpuon has ever been adInced before amy ,"hri or
committee that ever infeieu'lJy Ore" i'll question the
genuineness Of tins espe0te"e
Mr. Justice O. ford. u delivering tn opinion "f NE
supreme Court couple of terms ago, "n "a question m,
yOlNug thr utlc. said incidentally, ibai me ''ut hdd
some former ad1udcaton rnspt cuhe Va oerldr'' th+
eXpediente forgery mi hdFe'c'Ie IS tAiiiI' a
those adjudlcatinns which are reported iu Z5i Howdr0
and 1T and 81 Wallace. and hnd 40 such declaration
either expressed I'D OF implied. me d'' -; ,-i
Court gOt gangreeued mon tns case. ana rtnenbere
the declarations which Judgf Black had made J." H. ana
forgot how their own record Stood
such l. the archve OF documentary evidence "i thc
grant Gomez. II If only ncompete n TINS: Inc huai
call it. signed by the Governor. - waning tome
alleges that he received this paper that he KEEP II II his
desk with other papers IA the OomIissary Once AT @ no
terey while ne Government clerk that WaA lete
when the city captured and that soon after he aI-
piled 10 Capt Maddox for permission To get IT, but was
refused. Capt Maddox confirms this statement of Go
knew there who applied for permission 10
ice paper. ~ " S9e s9 I m deed % % vh n h. alleged could he found
them and that ase such perm.a2.di 80 30 t,,
Mr shaw--NO. sir. The Jimeno index ana Tomas de
Rlzon the only books that dld contain records. ana
have shown they were incOmpete Ihert Were oincI @
records there two record books burned Dy
pa ssed for the adjudication OF these Mites fne history
of these archives that they were scattered from pillar
10 DOS. and mbled from place 10 place IT Ouf OF uNc
years without care or proper guardianship
THE STRONG PRESUMPTION OF USAGE.
II was the usage under the Mexican Colonization laws
and here, gentlemen Of the committee neg your
closest attenton-to confer grant upon the applicant
AZ soon a. favorable report was made on MS sppica-
ton Mr. Black while Attorney General. stated ~ an
opnion ID which Il before the committee ID
papers. what this usage OF CUSTOM was III '"e'
words: -.
required that the applicant FOR grant
petition the Governor th, the Governor should IN nI %
the condition q" he snu ana h
nvestgstcD proved sstsory