The weekly Arizona miner., 1877-07-06
UNITED STATES AND MEXICO.

The New York Herald, in lengthy arti- cle on Mexico, which borders on the United States for distance of l513 miles, disclaims the need or even the intention of the United States to wage a war upon Mexico, but ad- viSes the annexation of certain states aS a national necessity. and comment, as follows:
 MOUTH OF THE COLORADO.
 Again. on the west, by bluajer which would never have been tolerated. had the rapid settlement of our Western territory been forc>cen. the line vls ruu from tI, head of the Rio Grlndc in a nar.hwc,ter.y direction, by which the mouth O. th, Colo rado river was left within the Mexican lm- its. while almost the whole of this ii&pnr- tant stream lies within our own lines. The Colorado i> navigable by stcambaat- for Up miles from il, mouth; it has is rise in tuc center of the continent for the Union Pa ciic railroad cr0>>s~ the Green river uelr the border, of U;ah Territory, a0d Colorado k formed by the junction of Uni, Green river with the Grand and Blue. Of course it's upper waters are inaccessible from the sea, but on the lower Colorado an important American commerce already exists, which must enter our own territory through Mex leo. This k necessarily a constant source of trouble.
 INDIAN DIFFICULTIES.
 Again, our troubles with the Apaches. in Arizona, arise mainly from the fact that these savages seek refuge across the border Of sonora, and the Mexican government cannot. in a State so Sparsely settled as So nora is, keep up without ruiuou> expense a force sufficient Co protect even its own peo- pie against these Indians, who pillagc and murder first the Americans and then the MexicanS. and in fact, prevent the settle ment and development of both States. Nor can our own forces act effectively. for they are forbidden to cross the border into So nora. which thus becomes the unhappy aSy- lum of the >avaCes, and is itself constantly harrassed by them.
 THE EIGHT SEVENTY TWO LINE.
 An absolutely artificial line, if straight and we'll difncd. would be better than the one now existing This has at least one great .advantagc-It k but s12 miles long, while the present boundary measures nearly twice as much-Gamcly l,573 miles ltwould, therefore. be far less troublesome to protect against disorders. Moreover, this line would give Us the mouth of the Colo raio. which we must have before many years.
 THE SHORT LINE.
 X study of good typographical map of Mexico reveals, however, vet another po,si- bic line, which k founded upon the natural conformity of the country. and adopts the as tuC true established boundary in such manner that. ruuning along the sum mitS of the mountain ridges. the line leaves all streams running >outhward in Mexico. while all unnln" nor,hward would be American. This line has been carfuliv stud led out hy competent engineers trCm the best charts. IL k onil Gd1 miles in length. !. l can only De crossed by thc old road, which 1. go through the few practicable mountain passes. You will ab,eryc that that these ancient wa.>, guided and necessarily con . forming To tue difficulties of the mountain . ou> region through which this proposed line -uas. have bvcn able to pierce it at only five 'olnl>- All thc systems ot road north and south conycrS' io these passes, which are. therefore. thc only practicable points ~o far >no0n along thc line. \ small garrison ot 'oo men lt cact o' these points o. coaveg-