New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-12-19
sebastian Martin Grant.
...a.4 Lptu- ma. III = -

NM. $50. Ar d. 81 5s7 81 lcr.s.
"Ilonnd tba,on very snail pornons Of the grant
could be used fr agricultural purposes, ana tJa.
sucn portions were .,ircdd. occupied. | I0lad also
tnat ia., gr4ut WAC al Undivided whole; ,iltt Ia
ord r 10 determine what portion belonged 10 ana
y-,,t - B H. WoniI &c necessary to nave SUIT IN
p9.tItlcn. have also rcce Yet ne following letter
IlJm tuici-Justice l.. bradford tihc';
suPGrMr OU.I OF NLw-sEXIco
OFFICE or Iua CHIP JUSTICE
TIE PALACE, SANTA ~. y. ID, Dec. IL. issj.)
10 Tic Ho,l GEORGE ". NiLLlAhs:
DEAR IL: l. certainly re- 'on for eorgrituIa,loA
Wen a.. .e i..alds ~ taOse who might hive Uecn tie
lnuDccr san rers that You cnne 20 'hls o 10 ~
c,io,, ON ilr sebastian MtruI" srsI.. so anyono
fanIr witn that locality no ed could d. none peOs-
taods and had me schrme r Mi0Wti - proceed IL
c.d only nave resulted IN coaIieie Iaidre a;d inach
Inn, srnt is situated about forty miles north Of here,
I'm Rio AlrIbd County, comm"ncing ic west Of Ine
Hi Grade Rye. auG cNl~ h3i"e eastward 10 IN ne"
iDs Almost. qtdc, ~. OF tJc arab" AM WIZ
~ inils cOnsists OF harrow STRIPS ao ine 40 GIinde
In; tnry been occupied ami cultivated fyr m1nS
years ana lptht'. nnaer our Statute oi ihha-
eIau eonaius ,im0er OF value, bui ivr present
agricultural purposes you might as Wei p!iLt 'pi"y
an ai, .C D, u. itiuus tiBG thlL thc ifdy
las0 zen, na ural gcSou'rC, 81 NJ" Mexico should be-
min II ,i w .,ution by tnc di-appoin fol
low slcn auOus We nave" III yIrou, paris
- .io Ii1 m yll". Oh me RIO (;r,nde viii o.
Heve o. the great orchard ana vineyard ~ the county
Ius valley Is admirably adapted 10 The growth or
,Id In parts 10 tua toolcop. This J. cq laly
tr of TIN P,cD Valley AMI az those Of Tao. ana Nort.
"A. we'd ~ others. tu0ustuous men VINO desire 10
engage in agriculture. IN ul rdiaiag IN cattle or sDrep
IA can9 viii lnd accjom Ot tno county superior 10
p-if o. e-M -yic0, sud eu"h uiLgrdn OF EDod Guar
c.er viii r. sVctyWIerc welcomed.
Yours very uaiy. l.. BRADFORD PRrNcE
"Iu1dcrstaud that sannei LoWcry. oi Alabama,
has Ueen secured 10 select families 10 move to TINS
grant nm lhe spring. ! know Mr. LOwcry. have con-
naepce IN his head lud hIs heart and therefore
desire TO warn INN, and the coiored people gen.r-
ally who nave been Interested by the professions OF
Ems conu.nN, against having ANYTHING Whatever
10 do with IT, | desire 10 htaic ilaf, Wlnic have
confidence IN honor of General Conway AMI the
sucer;y oil Sir. Wood ward, the scheme neVerthc-
les. A. carried out, would be cruelty 10 those VINO
are reached by 10 and GetnmeYt TO NeW-SlcXlcO!
TALK WITH SECRETARY MHLLCk.
Iuouirv was made ut No. us Broadway, b,
TRIBUNE reporter, yesterday, but no trace OF the
"New-Yo,k Land League" was discovered at first.
Ncssrs. Woodward and Mcllick and the rest OF the
League were suD-enants and had no sign out Sir
M.lhek was found finally IN one corner 1t "a desk
writing and smoking cigar IL wJs miud'"-aged
man. uuassnmingy aturcd, and he APP ..rea entirely
free from the sIlspIclOE of beng capitalist. lie
smiled pleasantly and nodded when ask 4 II he rep
resented the New-York Land l., aeGe. and adIn'tcd
m objects TO be ~ slated. lie informed OF the OBJ
iec;ions toi. .icme made above. HIS replies seemed
ssotnewbat cO.uradctOry. ihe League, he claimed,
owned the euuTe MartIn grant OF l,OOU,OuO acres.
The Government had surveyed 81 ,3o1 acres, when
fine appropri alton gave out. But tnis tract ala not
tonch the company land by twenty miles on one
side ard ten "a fifteen "n TIE other. he company
Drobaniy would not get all 1t was eullttd 10, nut
might get 100000 acres aud perhaps the wnOie
million. ,. ,..y H. .,,1
"Tbe grant was confirmed by Congress about ten
ye1Is ago, We are getting another grant Ol about
3S7 600 acres. We may have lttIe equabble aud
not get all we are entitled 10. There hrc som"