El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-07

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| tigulsned order OF Guadalupe and sec.
rotary OF state and the general. Mar.
iano MOnterde. as scientific commits
sloners, invested with respective full
powers. and finding them in due and
Jicles following
Z The Mexican republic agrees 10
designate the following as The tru..
limits Should there at ans
future period (Which God forbid occur
/ any disagreement between The. Two ma
/ lions. which might lead TO a rupture
/ OF their relations and reciprocal -i.aca
( they bind themselves in like manner ~
/ procure by every possible method the
adjustment or every difference and
Z should they still in this manner. hav-
3 ing previously paid attention To what
: has been set forth I'm article p of rha
treaty OF Guadalupe FOR similar cases.
: This treaty was signed at MesiIIa
( on the 18th day of December. 1893.
I Besides the above persons there were
present Cen Trias and Pedro Zuluaga.
} OF Chihuahua A grand ball ended the
aIIalr, taking place at the home of
/ CrlStObal AScarate. now the property of
! the writer Of this article
Arizona Part of DOna Ana County,
Lalcfoll. IN ms History OF Arizona
and New Mexico" saws
The Gadsden treaty was not ratified
I ana published until 1S54. when COM
/ mlsSlonerS were sent from both gov
ernments to establish the boundary
0nNnnI
! !oSo over which ran for two years
Arlzona'S first stage the RutrerfieId
overland. from Marshall Texas 10 san
! blego. California passing through Ne
Silla. carrying mails and passengers
Congress added southern Arizona or
the NFaQSon purchase TO New Mexico
~ January Is 1879. NJ attached the
'Iadsden purchase TO DOua Ana county.
and SO 1t remained until February "a
1863 when Arizona was admitted as =
territory Of the United States
Cotton Grew Near Fl Paso.
80 " imam H. Emory. reporting for the
United states and Mexican boundary
survey. 1881 says that the upper valley
OF the Del Norte river as far down as
Presidio del Norte was emiuentIv
adapted to the cultivation of the era ne
IN no part Of the world does this
luscious Irulr grow with greater lux
urlance than in this region he saws
ne manufacture Of wine is still
IN crude state. although wine has
zen IlduS upwards OF century At
one time 7 drank wine i'm Fl Paso that
compared TO the richest Burgundy
lotion ana corn grow with luNuriance
throughout the valley OF the Rio Bravo
some OF the families here are Of
pure spanish descent and are engaged
IN agriculture and commerce Before
the ports on the lower Rio Graude were
open as much as $4,000. 900 worth of
gooas passed through here from the
The whole Of the new territory nav
ne brought into cultivation BY artesiau
wells ana made productive. The val
leNs that are now conspicuous for their
production are the Mesilla valley and
Tucson valley
Survey For n Railroad.
In 1888 q L : report Of a survey
MISSISSIPPI TO the Pacific ocean said
page "a:
This route would pass near the
northern boundary Of the important
nora ana along the lower portion of
New Mexico. already having a large
population and very important.
The cost Of transportation OF mill
tary stores Il New Mexico from Fort
Stevens Is worth from IS to 81 per
100 pounds-S160 to $3.50 per ton This
route would come easterly from sac
ramento to Fort Fillmore, pass by the
- the ella river
Indians at Il PaSo.
Bartlett J. H, in Personal Nara
tive Vol II. PIP 3Sf-3S5. SAYS
The Apaches had been more bold
than usual during the spring and sum
mer Of 1852. and the whole frontier had
suffered from inroads. Many men had
been killed in = few miles Of Frank
astronomical observatory At Froutera.
eight miles distant. a man was pierced
WIN arrows while herdinE the animals
WITHIN few rods Of the house Mr.
Magoffin's corral had been entered sew
eral times and his mules stolen while
l remained at MaEOffinsville- the In
dams made attempts to run away the
ANIMALS at the commission. but were
Illustrated by being discovered in time
10 prevent the stampede. NJ one could
venture alone with safety three miles
from the settlement At this time
claims on acccOnt OF ravages BY
Apaches, COmanches and Lipan Indians
mad been presented by Mexico amount
ing 10 millions Of dollars"
Surrender of MesilIn.
Prior to the arrival Of Cen Sibley. :
the Confederates had already begun {
their operations. Lieut. Col John Bay
Tor. second mounted Rifles. Confederate 3
states Of America occupied Fort Bliss Z
IN the month of July. 1861. and later 3
in the same month took possession OF l
the town Of La Mesilla- Fort Fillmore
at this time was commanded by MAJ. I
Isaac Lynds. a native OF the state OF I
\ ermOnt This officer prOfessed TO be Z
loyal While leading q portion Of his J
command towards the plaza Of MesiIla :
he fell IN with a few OF Col. Baylor-s :
men, and after a short skirmish. re-
treated TO the fort He gave orders on :
the 27th Of July for the evacuation Of 4
the post and started with his command 7
for Fort Stanton
He was pursued by Col. Baylor and (
overtaken near san Agustin Springs. i
The major portion Of his troops were I
willing TO fight but Lynde ignomi- !
niously surrendered his entire COM I
{
Baylor issued a proclamation as gov
ernOr, established the territory OF Ari- /
iona and took possession in the name {
Of the Confederacy-
L. =. Funds Surrendered.
At the time OF the surrender Lynde's
commissary. Capt. A. II. Plummer. who !
held $1,000 in government drafts. which Z
he might have saved. handed them over
TO Coz Baylor. For this. Lynde was .
dismissed from the army and Plummer
was reprimanded- The troops sur
rendered in this manner We're 40 off
Gers and men.
Col Baylor. in his official report. 1
gave as his reasons for releasing them
on parole that he could not with less
than 800 men. guard over 500 and
meet another force Of $50 Of the enemy
that is looked for daily
The captured troops were marched Q
10 Las Cruces and there paroied. Att
this point. Col Baylor was Joined by
Brig Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston with
A party Of officers of the United States
army. who had resigned and were en-
route 10 Richmond. Virginia
col Baylor rendered TO Cen Johnston I
the command Of his forces. which was
accepted by this distinguished officer, !
VINO remained in command until there
vas no further necessity for his SER
vices
Greeley ON the Surrender.
Horace Greeley's American Con-