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order, report, decree, concession, denounce
ment, died, pateut, dUeno, map, espediente
or part of ou espediente, title-paper, or writ
ten evidence of right, title, or claim to luuds,
mincrrls or mints in the Slate of California,
knowing the sume to be false, forged, altered,
or counterfeited, or any falsely dated petition,
certificate, order, report, decree, concession,
denouncement, deed, patent, confirmation, di
seño, map, espediente or part of en espedieute,
title-paper, ur written evidence of right, title,
or claim to lauds, sames, r uiineruls in Cali
fornia, kuowiug the same to be falsely dated
or if any person .hall prosecute lu any court
of the Uuited SUtes, by appeal or otherwise,
any claim aguinst the United Suites for lands,
mines, or minerals in California, or shall, after
the passage of this act, continue to proseeuto
uny claim now pending iu said courts against
the United States lor lauds, mines, or miner
als in California, which claim is (oiinded upon,
or evidenced by any petition, certificate, order,
report, decree, concession, denouncement,
deed, patent, confirmation, diseño, map, espe
diente or part of an espediente, title-paper, or
writteu evidence of right, title, or claim, which
lias been forged, altered, counterfeited, or
falsely dated, the person so offending shall be
deemed and adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor;
and, ou convictson thereof, shall be sentenced
to bo imprisoned uud kept at hard labor lor
a period not less than three years, nor more
thau ten years, and shall be fined not exceed
ing ten thousand dollars.
.Approved, May 18, 1858.
chap.xliii.
An Act to amend Act entitled "An Art to
authorize the President of the United States
to must to be mrrcytd the Tract of Land
in tht Territory of Minnesota, belonging to
the Half breeds or mixed Bloods of the Da
eiitah or Sioux Nation of Indians, and for
other Purposes," approved seventeenth July,
eighteen hundred and fifty-Jour,
Be it tnacled by the Senate und House of
Representatives of the United Stales of Ameri
ca tn Congress asseled, That the act appro
ved seventeenth July, eighteen hundred mid
lifty-four, above referred to, chapter eighty
three, be, and the ..aiiio is hereby, amcuded,
so that the body of land known as tho half
breed tract, lying on the west sido of Luke
Pepin add tho Mississippi River, in the Terri
tory of Minnesota, and which is authorized to
be surveyed bv the sail! net. nf ik'litwn him.
dred ami fffty-four, shall besubject to the ope
ration ni tnu laws regulating the sale nnd
disposition of public lands ; and settlements
heretofore made thereon are declared valid so
far as they do not conflict with settlements
jwile hy half-breeds nnd that thescttlcrs shall
have tho lienefl't of the pre-emption laws of
united Mates, any locution of half-breed
scrip thereon, after the dato of the settlement,
notwithstanding : 1'roaided, the declaration
of pre-emption bo filed within threo months
alter public notice is given of the passage Of
this act in the proper land district : And pro-
That when tsvo or more persons bare
Mtled on tho same quarter section, prior to
to the passage or tins act, they shall lie per
mitted to enter the same, nnd the rights of
each shall be determined according to the
provisions of the act relating to pre-emptions,
passed March thiid, eighteen lmudred and
forty-three.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the
provisions of this act shall not extend to any
tract or subdivision, within the body of land
aforesaid, which shall have been sell ltd upon in
good faith hy, nnd is in the occupancy of, any
ol the said liait breedsor mixed bloods; whu
lands, to settled upon and occupied by the
half-breeds, aro hereby expressly declared to
be subject to no other disposition thun loco
tion by the "certificates'' or "scrip'1 authorized
to be issued by the said act of eighteen linn
dred nnd fifty-four, lor the benefit of said I
diuns. Nor shall the provisions of this net
extend to any lauds which may have been lo
cated prior to its passage with half-breed
scrip, with the consent of the settlers thereon
Approved, May 1?, IH58,
CHAI'. XUV.
An Act tn create a Lund District in the Terri
tmy of Xiw Mexico.
Be it etarJed by tht Senate and House of
li'presentatwesoj the t inted Nates nj Ameri
ca in Ctngrtss nisemlkd, That the public
lands in the territory of .New Mexico, to
which the Indian title shall have been extin
guished, shall constitute a luiid district, to be
called tha "District of New Mexico," the of
lito lor which shall be established at such
placo within said district us the Piesidcut
way from time to time direct.
Sec 2. And It it further enacted, That, for
the purpose of cunyiug this act into effect,
the President shall be, uud ho is hereby, au
thorized to apiioiiil, by uud with tho advice
and consent ot the Scnute, or during tho re
cess llicjcof, it register and receiver for the
district hereby cieatod, who shall bo required
to reside at tlic site of the office, und whoso
powers, duties, obligations, and responsibilities
hall be the wiiuo us arc now prescribed by
law for other laud officers, (so fur as they ap
ply to.thcse cllie.crs.)
Sr.c. S. And Le i' further enacted, Thut this
, Act shall not tuke t fi'ect iu less than six months
nfter its passage.
Ajiprovtd, May 24, 1858,
!e Cost of nnaticiom.
The Legislature f Texas, at its last ses
sion, passed the followiug act ;
Sec, 1. lis it enacted by the Legislature
of the State of T exas, Thattliofollowiogsums
bo, and they are hereby appropriated lor the
ns and support or the State Penitcutiary for
the years 1868 and 1859. (After naming tho
, various items, the law makes this furtltcr pro
visiou.) "For purchasing and putting up ad-"
ditionul machinery, $-8,000 : Provided thut
mi part of the samo shall be expended in the
Stale of Massachusetts, uor the machinery
manufactured in laid Stato."
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SAMUEL M. YOST, EDITOR.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1851
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8- T IIiim w Im eonitltotu a "iiuro."-Si
KJ Col. Douiivville ami Col. Collin, the
Commander of thin Military Department, and
the Superintendent of Indian Affairs, left this
city on tho 14th lor Fort Defiance, to enter
into peace negotiations with the Navajos ac
cording to tho terms of the armistice which
ends on Monday next. Wo doubt whether
these commissioners arrive before the expira
tion of the armistice, though have no doubt
that if they do not it will be extended a rea
sonable time for their arrival. We confident
ly look for the consummation of a treaty of
pence, We know Mr. Yost, the agent, has
been using his efforts and influence to this end,
believing tho Indians arc sufficiently humbled
and humiliated before our arms and tho exhibi
tion of our power, and that he now confidently
expects a permanent and lasting peace to
follow the war,
05r Since tho end of October wo have
had regulnrly on Tuesday nnd Friday evening
of every wi'ck a Concert at the Courthouse.
We can not go to Niblo's or to the Italian
Opera to admire Miss Piccolomini or hear
Formes, but we can go to the courthouse and
enjoy the choicest pieces of II Trovatore nnd
La Traviata and ail other kind of good
music so well discoursed by tho Band of the
Third Regiment of Infantry for all of which
wc owe great thanks to the Adjutant General
of that Regiment, Mr. John D. Wilkins
The leader of the bund, Mr. Francis Bauer,
is a very talented ycung musician and shows
great taste in arranging the pieces. The
whole band indeed, deserve the highest cre
dit for their zeal, great attention and perfect
execution. 1 . . .
We have remarked with pleasure that these
concerts are crowded by our people, and hope
they will be continued all the winter,
IF The mail from Independence last week,
on account of tho great fall of snow on this
end of the route, did not arrive hero until
Monday evening lust. Our postmaster, Mr.
Whiting, consequently kept the outgoing
mail back ono day waiting for the arrival of
the mail still due, This was an accommoda
tion to our merchants and business men, and
wc understand that it was at their general
request thuthe did so.
i We are indebted to James Barry,
Esq , Clerk of the United States District Court
for the Second Judicial District, for a very
voluminous communication giving tho entire
proceedings of Judge Boone's recent special
term of the Court at Taos, aud regret that we
have uot room at present for more than a syn
opsis of its contents.
The court met and was organized on the
15th. On tho Kth the Grand Jury brought
in one indictment for larceny nnd two for
murder. Cardenas was acquitted by the Jury
of larceny. Analla was acquitted of burglary.
but ordered to remain in custody of the. sheriff
until he gave bond in $1000 under another
indictment. Several cases of long standing
on the docket were nolle proscquied and others
continued. Ou tho 18th tho Grand Jury
presented one indictment for rape, one for
ussault upon an officer and two for murder.
Ou tho lflt'.i the jury In tho case of Ezra X.
Del'cw, tried for the murder of Marcelino
Vigil, returned a verdict of Not Guilty or
Justifiable Homicide Ou the 20th the Grand
Jury returned a true bill against the Catholic
Priest Peter John Monnicnmfor the murder of
Priest K. M. Abel, in the church at Moro by
poisoning. The Grand Jury having brought
into court several other udietments for crimi
nal offenst'sof various grades, were discharged
from further duty. On the 23rd the murder
cuso of Ortega was continued. On the 25th
Martinez was by the jury found uot guilty of
murder. Tho court adjourned sine die after a
scsjqn of ten days.
The cases that excited the most interest
wcro those of the Territory vs. E. N. pcPcw'
and vs. Priest Peter John Mounicum. " Mr,
Barry sends us the charge to the jury in the
lutter case, in which the Judf,e appears to
review the cntiro evidence adduced upon the
trial. The deceased and tho prisoner at the
bar were at the lime of the poisoning, 8rd of
August hist, both officiating clergymen of the
Catholic church ot Moro in ílihl diocese. '"' The
former, father Abel, upon "his deathbed per
sisted in accusing the prisoner as his murderer,
after having been repeatedly warned by on(
of the witiiís-w of the importance of such an I
accusation, lie bottle of ite .containing
the fatal pdsaa was that nsed at the , Holy
Sacrament r in saying mass at the altar,
and the dyig priest deolared that no
one but biuself and tha accused had
or comd haveacccss to the wine : it was es
tablished, honjver, that though this was very
probably true, the contrary was possible. So
fixed did the' belief appear to n in father
Abel that faier Mounicaowasbis murderer,
that when tie latttr was suggested as the
priest to offiiiate at the deathbed, the former
replied that he "did not want his wurderer
to administei to him" that he "did not
want Momiiram'siiomcUbe mentioned tohim
t-for that tie person who had poisoned him
Ivaii unfit tcadminister the sacrament. " The
evidence was entirely circumstantial, aud wo
understand that iu theopinion of most persons
who lieard tie trial, it wag not at all conclu
sive of the fuilt of the prisoner, whom the
Jury after a ihort absence fouud not guilty by
the following verdict " Nosotros, los miem
bros del peqiefio urndo, unánimemente halla
mos sin culpa ai ,aeusaao. "
To thk Edito or the Santa Fe GazittE
' It is niy( intention to leave this Territory
for Washington on Monday next, the 20th
hist,, on leave duly granted by the proper au
thority, an) during my absence the , office
has been fllaced under the charge of David Y,
Whiting) JSsqr., who will be acting Surveyor
General until tho return of the Surveyor Gen
eral. WM. PELHAM,
Santa Fe, N. M. ' ' ' " Surveyor Gcn'l.
Dec. 18th, 1858. J .... ; . , '
! r Sttrurnor encml Pell) curt. ; .'
. The following joint resolutions of the Gene
ral Assembly of thisTcrritory were introduced
into tho Senate on the 11th instant, nnd passed
their final reading in the House of Represen
tatives and were adopted on the 14th. They
contain a very haudsome compliment to Gen.
Pelham as a man and au officer, one the more
appreciated on the account of its bcingentire
ly unsought by him, but wholly voluutary on
the part of the members of the Legislature.
Freambk and Joint Resolutions of the Gene
ral Assembly of the Territory of New Mexi
co, passed December 14, 1858.'
Whereas, the people of New Mexico are!
Well pleased with the rectitude and integrity
of William Pelham, Surveyor General of New
Mexico, as well as his ability to discharge the
duties of his office ; aud, Whereas, wo have
heard with pleasure that the said William
Pelham has been reappointed Surveyor Gene
ral of this Territory by the President of the
United States Therefore,
Bt it Resolved by the Legislative Assembly
of the Territory of New Mexico, That the Sen
ate of the United States is hereby respectfully
memorialized to confirm the appointment of
the said William Pelham as Surveyor General
of New Mexico.
Be it furthtr Rtsoked, That the Secretary
of the Territory is hereby instructed to trans
mit one copy of this Preamble and Joint Reso
lutions to the President of the United States
and another to the President of the United
States Senate.
LAFAYETTE HEAD,
President of the Senate.
JOSÉ GUADALUPE GALLEGOS,
1 Speahr of the Ho. of Beps.
l, Señor Juan Bautista Vigil y Alarid is
now in the city. This gentlemen was left in
charge of the Government, in this city, when
General Armijo left here to meet aud resist
the advance of the American army in 1846,
and on the (light of Armijo and the entrance
of General Kearney into Santa Fo on the 18th
August, he formally surrendered the capital
to our arms. He was connected with the G o
vernment for a long time and in various capa
cities before its acquisition by the United
States. Señor Vigil y Alarid has placed us
under obligations to him for a lot of periodi
cals and pamphlets in Spanish, from which
we shall from time to time select the most
interesting extracts for our Spanish readers.
,;' " -
IS. We observe that in the official returns
of the recent election for Governor in Massa
chusetts, the following remarkable vote was
the result at the town of South Danvers one
that would not probably again occur in a
million of chances : -
' Beach, democratic candidato . 444
Banks, black "republican" candidate ' 444
Lawrence, ."American" candidate 444
' Genera Tom Thumb is in Manchester)
England.,,, ; .,")',',.;'
The trold production from Australia this
year Dp to the middle of August is $28.000,-
000.. : , , .
- jlr Rowott of England, has offered to lay
a rone-covered electric wire between Valencia
and New t oundianatortne sum or $ibu,uuu,
It is i currently reported that the British
Government Till shortly isssue a pardon to
Thomas
F. Meagher, the Irish exile.
- ' Editorial Cormpondonc.
"Jrom tl)e 0c of tl)t Jfaooio tOor.
'' Fori Defiance, N. M., ) '
December 3rd, 1858.)
The Indians are complying with the terms
of the armistice as fast as thy can. The
term expires on the 20th inst., by which time,
doubtless, everything will be ready to conclude
a treaty of amity and pcaee which will prove
lasting and' permanent. Yesterday they
bronghtin 15 animals 10 mules and 5 horses
which they had taken from the garrison.
A few days after the granting of the armis
tice the principal chiefs met and elected as
their head chief a young man of intelligence
and wealth, named Herrera. Siuce that they
have, been busily engaged in hunting op our
animals.
The Indians continue to come in every day
The most effecting and pitiful appeals are
made to our sympathies and clirietinn and hu
mane impulses. Old Zarcillos Largos, who
is the war chief, embraced the knees of Col
Miles and plead in the name of the cross for
peace. His wife wringing her hands as if in
distress and the tears streaming down her
checks, embraced the Colonel and the agent,
and prayed for the sake of the women and
children, for pity's sake, and for the sake of
God and the"light of day," to give them peace.
While their appeals could not fail to touch the
tenderestsympathicsof the heart, the response
had to be to them that the terms were known
to them upon which peace would be grautcd,
and that they must be complied with. Every
thing the Indians can do will be done.
These Indians live nnder a radical Demo
cracyor rather a ". nera tiemocracie," as
Do Tocnueville expresses it. There is a want
of concentrated power. Every man has his
voice in the nation's affairs, as well as the
women ; aud hence there will be much diffi
culty for tho chiefs with whom we have to
trca t to enforce their own wishes or get from
the ragamuffin and pcluse anything which such
characters may possess. But I am convinced
of the good faith of the chiefs of their hu
mility and perfect willingness to meet the
demands of the commander of the expedition
The tribe is now much scattered in consequence
of the war. At least two thousand of them
are down with Saudoval, who, under the
guise of friendship and peaeo, harbors those
against whom we are warring, who íleo to his
band. Mirny .ot thivthefts charged against
these Indians, havo been committed by San
doval's people. Not one theft charircd to
these bands out of ten is committed by them.
Sandoval's people do it, as Is well known by
every intelligent man in the Rio Abajo, and
then a bill is brought in against these batida,
because forsooth the blindness of certain offi
cials enable them to acquit without hearing
this old reprobato without even a suspicion
I would rather at auy time rely upon any
man in tho Navajo nation than Sandoval
who, I believe to be the most consummate
hypocrite in the tribo.
For tht Panta F Guctto.
illccting of (Eitijttii at SUburqturqne!
At a largo meeting of the citizens of Albur-
qucrque held at the Atlantic aud Pacific Rail
road Hotel on Thursday, December t)th, 1808,
Judge W. I . Uoono was called to the chair
Hon. 8. M. Buird arose and having cxplvinei
the object of the meeting, the following offi
cers were proposed and appointed :
Judge VV. F. Boone, President,
lion. S. M, Uaird,
L J. Rose,
' Gillam Buley, Vice-Presideuts.
Cristobal Armijo,
Rafaol Armijo,
Wm. R. Havacan.
W. L. Lacos, J- Secretaries.
Diego Armijo,
I , committee on resolutions,
E. M. Jones S, P. Warwick
W. C.Frceze J Iledgcpeth
W. R. Buley - Ed. Branford
R. H. Ewings ' H. M. Brown .
T. R. Hedgepeth L.Perkins
Wm. Mantle C.P.Davis
Salvador Armijo J. C. Armijo
Bradford Cove Ambrosio Armijo
Nestor Armijo - í rancisco Pcrea
Julian Tenorrio Juan Perea
Salvador Sanche F. L. Russ
F. Huning Wm. Ayrcs
Wm. Marshall Boone M. H . t itzgerald
T.Burke J. B, Swain
S Rosenstein John Udell
N. R. Bunton Muuuel Garcia
J. Holland " - -- Daley
Nicolas Armijo J. D. Smith
Henry Carpenter ' Julian Martin
Charles Huning. '
The committee retired and drafted the fol
lowing resolutions : " '
' Whereas, the emigrante to California whi
passed through this place last summer on the
Alburquerque route were intercepted and at
tacked on their way at the Rio Colorado by
tho Mohave Indians and robbed ot nearly
their property, a portion of them brutally mur.
dcred, the balance being reduced to tha neces.
nity of returning to this place ih a starving
aud nearly naked condition ; and wnerons,
has proved unsafe and impracticable to pass
through on said route with the United States
mail in consequence of the hostility of said
Indians ; aud whereas, the mail party which
recently started from Alburanerque toNeoshoj
have also been brutally murdered by the Kio
wasand Comanche Indiana on the plains;
and whereas tbe mail party from Neosho as
well as Lieutenant Beato have foiled to come'
through with his rood party and a strong es--
eort, aud are reported to have turned back in
consequence of the hostility of said Indians ;
and whereas, we are satisfied tnat tins is tue
most practicable and shortest route for the'
mail as well as railroad,' ana oeem its protec
tion of paramount importan; ft is there-'
fore liesolmd, That we are of tbe opiuiou that'
there ought to be a strong military post placed
without delay on the Colorado of the Wcsf
the heart of the Mohave nation, wiiere
Lieut. Bealc's route crosses said river, and
another ou the Canadian in the heart of Vh:
Comanche and Kiowa country on the Albur
querque nnd Neosúo mail route.
Resolved, That we are of the opinion that'
these two posts sufficiently manned will be(
adequate to keep said roof open aud safe for'
the mail as well as emigrants, and that the
establishment of said posts would be an act of
justice due said emigrants, the region of conn- ,
try traversed by said route as wen as to inn
Territory.
Resolved. That we will use all nonoraoie
means in our power to secure tbe speedy es
tablishment of said posts. ' .' ' !i
Resohtd. That we deeply sympathyze witn '
the emigrants who met with the sad misfor- :
tune referred to on the Coloradoef the West,
as well as with the friends of tho mail party
murdered on their way from Alburquerque to
Neosho. f - í .i ;
RmM, That we earnestly request that
the proceedings of this mooting lie published
in the St. LouisMo. Renublican,the Washing
ton Union, the New York Day Book, the
San Francise Herald, the Pennsylvanian, and
all othcrpnpen friendly to this Central Route,
the cause ot humanity and the subjugation of
the Indians.
Resolved. That a copy of these resolutions
with the proceedings of this mcetiig be sent
to the lion. John if. i loyd, Secretary ot w ar,
Hon. A. V. Brown, Postmaster General: to
our Delegate in Congress, Hon. M. A. Otero ;
Hon. John S. Phelps, Mo.; to Uol. . I: Hi.
Bonneville, commanding the 9th Military De
partment; to His Excellency the Hon. Abran
Rcncher, Governor of New Mexico; to Col.
L. Collins. Superintendent ef Indian Affairs
of this Territory; to Joaquin Pcrea of Cali
fornia; and to W.Z. Angney of ban rancisco,,
California; and to Lieutenant E. V. Beall..
E. M. J0i ES, Un. (Jom- on iies..
13DMX LUX.
BY CAPTAIN JOHN S. TMt OF TEXAS.
The chief of a band of Comanches usuatlr
makes a talk to his people very early in the
morning, imparting the news, and discussing
its purport this is succeeded by his orders.
When a change ot camp is contemplated,
the women gather the animals, saddle aud.
pack them. The lodges are taken down, aid.
placed on animals. The men aud women ride
after the same fashion. Very young children"
are on horseback, at an age they would not
be suffered to manage a horse, with us, mam
inclosure. The point of destination is known,
to all. The families leave as they get ready,
except on some extraordinary occasion, or
wuen danger is apprehended, in any event
they have a number of warriors as look-outs
on every side. It is almost impossible to ap
proach u Comanche camp without being dis
covered, When moving with their women and chil
dren, a party of Comanclms exhibit a sceue
ol liveliness, the women talking, laughing, and
running pack animals to keep them iu pluce
children with bow and arrows in hand, beat.
ng thickets for small game, shooting snakes,
running belter skelter in every direction
mulrsgoingat half speed over rocky places,
with long lodge poles trailing on either side,
making a noise louder than so many empty
wagons young warriors, with gaudy trap
pings, frolicking aud gibbing when all these
thiugs are'jnmblod together into a discordant
mass, then is it rcnlly exciting to-be traveling ,
with the red children of the torest. borne-
times a stampede occurs to give additional varie
ty to the scene. Un such an occasion, the dogs
of f he celebrated chief, Buffalo Hump, felt
called upon to do something ; they gave chase
to the i mining horses, Buffalo Hump be
came furious with strung bow and ready
arrows he followed the dogs. The race was
over an undulutiug prairie kind of country,
and lasted some mile or so. The enraged In
dian shot his dogs and stopped his horses..
The cunniu gof the animal eluded the impend
ing harm. The old chief, with all his subtlety,
was a long time foiled by his canine compan
ions. Tho scenery the stampede the chase
the maddened Indian, mudo a panorama
worth seeing, but hardly paying for the trouble
of reading. " ' ""
A halt being made, the women arrange
everything take care of the horses, act up
the lodges, pack the wood and the water, and
cook, . : . .
The warrior j lounge about, gather in groups,
and talk over matter! and things in general,
In things they cannot properly comprehend
and account for, in some way, they possess,
considerable incredulity. They deny the tales
they hear of the speed or a railway ipeomo
Uve. When some of them were informed a
steam car could run from the Colorado to
Chihuahua, iu Mexico, In less than a' day,
they declared it impossible "a horso could
not run that far in a day,"
They nave a game which may be failed
"Hunt the bullet." The players sit down in
a circle sing a curious kind of song ; one
takes a ballet, changes it from hand to hand,
throwing his arms iu every possible direction.
When he thinks his manipulations have suffi
ciently mystified the man appointed for that
purpose, he holds ut both hands, and lets
him guess in which tbe bullet B. Every guess
counts ou one side or the other. The number
constituting the game, is, we believe, a mat
ter of agieemcnt ; the tallies are kept with
arrows. In this way a great many article!