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1 CAl'VUT OS TMB FI.T. The rrtat of J. ti. Whitney, at Suit-bacher Station yesfiTilay. while on his way as statnl in yestilur, issue of the New Mexican Kkvikw has cbiihsI Tiik reception ttie Lorl Chief Inst ice of Kntilaml Is ineetinK with in the country niuat las fluttering to hint ami to the lutr of wliii li he ia the representative.

Some few are NSW MEXICAN REVIEW nBIEIBOilFBDRmaMPMY. mm or irearsirrtos i titsi r. suit Ht to rsr.it. TUB WHI'MLIf CASE. The action of Judge DtU in the Whitney rase Is Inexplicable, tn admitting tlie accused to bail without a preliminary examination, or hearing any-evidence a to the facts nf the case he violated it prin valid.

This left the acetistsj in the Clislodv of the otllcers of the law nil the otritfinat warrunt from Vnlnnci.i t'uuuty chin trtiitf him with hiurder. Ielter e.nolher warrant was sworn out ai.d without liny evidence hemic heart1, the pi inner was admitted to hail. Is Hi lust I'iMid anv mote valid tliuii'the Itist.V Z. STAAB BROTHER, IMI'OHTMU AND llol.rsAM. liF.ALI Ms IK -STAPLE AND FANCY DRY GOODS! 8ILK8, DRE86 COOD8, ETC.

tion system to all parts of the valley I Where watet is ilevdcd. Tiiete statements are so palpable hat any person can sis: at a glance the im- 1 mense resources Of this great food pro- i diiciug vulley. and the ipiestlon in iscs why has il not lieeii develiled more rapidly The chief reason is that there (s no direct railway nutlet to. New. Mexico and the south western country, although situated geographically ninety miles from Santa t'e, the distance by rail to this city via I'ueblo is about four hundred miles with a change of gauge, this practically shuts out the produce of the San Luis valley from the markets south of it The completion of the road from this city to Kspanota will open through to the whole southwestern region mid nt once supply markets that will cause the San Luis valley to lie alive with industry.

Its products will come into direct competi-; tion iu our markets with those now supplied by Kansas, but it will have tlie advantages of tending liner qualities all description of produce which can Ih sold at lower prices on account of the low cost of freight as compunsl wiLh that now paid from Kansas. Tin completion of these few mlht of narrow gauge road will also he of great ail van tAge to the business interests uf Denver BOOTS AND SHOES. liitei's'MsorEvcryDescriptioii Hats, Groceries, Provisions, WINES LIQUORS, CIGARS We keep the largest and liest selecb-d stock in tlie Territory aud KVKKV ING CIIKAI'KIl than the same can be del I Vend any outside house. STAAB BRO. eouaiileraMe commotion in this roninm- I nily and is the suhjet't of Kotieral fotn-inent.

Mr. Whitney is iliarireil with the miir der of MmiiK'l H. Otero in Valencia conn ty. When the warnuit was issued for his arrest, theshrirffof tliat county came to Sauta Ve anuetl with the proper docu ments to take him into custody, tn.t And itiilhis prisouer iifsst suffering from two pistol shot wounds the sheriff aereed to defer his arrest until he was sufficiently recovered frum his wounds to make his apiwaranre Itefore t' proper tribunal to answer the charge. This happened about a month into, since which time Mr.

Whitney lias been in the Sis- ter's hospital slowly recovering from his injuries. About a week since a deputy sheriff came from Valencia county and a houd of JiM.iss) was entered into to secure the appearance of the accused. Yesterday luoriiing Mr. Whitney in company with his family and his brother Joel I'. Whitney, of lloston.

left this city IsHind for tlte east, in a sat'ial car br longing to the latter. When the Governor found that Whitney hail gone lie telegraphed to the sheriffs of t'olfai. Mora and San Miguel counties through which the railroad panes to arrest him ou the train and turn him over to the authorities of Valencia county. A special dispatch in yesterday's issue informed our readers that this Inul been accomplished and James ii. Whitney ia now in the custody of the sheriff of Valencia.

The above it a general statemeut uf the facta in the case. The accused was very evidently trying to get away and he had so much confidence in his atili-ty to do so that he started iu broad day light from the railroad depot in a special car, and had it not been for trie Gov ernor's prompt action ha would have es caped. The bond he gave a few day since was uot legal, the sheriff had no authority to grant such a bond, and the offence he was charged with is not bail able. Mr. Whitney was left by the sheriff in the hospital without even a guard.

He was in fact on hit parole of honor, tlierefore hit attempt to leave the territory is the more unjustifiable. The offence he is charged with it the most serious known to the criminal law. and while every one will rejoice if he should be able to prove his Innocence, the fact that he ia a wealthy man and has powerful friends ought not to be uny consideration in his present treat ment, or in the forthcoming Invettiga- tion. The chief executive of the Territory deserves roiumeiMlat hi far hit decisive action iu this matter to far, and for his determination that the officers of the law should he kept to their point of duty in dealing with the rate. The man who kills anotlier, no matter what his previous history may have been, no matter how much money he hat.

mutt answer for his offence to the community he has outraged. Life and property must I made as secure in this territory as it is iu the towns of New England, and this can only be acenapliabed by making the laws and thote who admin ister them respected by all both rich aud poor. A i-AKAuKAi-it which appeared in these columns a few days since referring to Col. Chivf ngtous cruelties towards the Indian in the early day of western settlement has caused considerable com ment and amongst other the Soatb West Sentinel has taken the matter up. de fending Chivington's from the charge of cruelty and claiming that had there been a few more such men, Indian troubles would have liecn put an end to long ago.

No one cm deny that if the wUole In-, diau race were massacred there would be an end to Indian trouble, and if suck a policy were justifiable no could be foundif he is the tame he was twenty years ago-more fit or will ing to carry it out than John M. Chiving- tou. Tlie Sand Creek massacre wa a cold blooded, merciless rrime wilhnoeircum- stances to excuse, much la to Justify it. The story is too even to refer to it incident. It has I wen told time and time again and the country ha de- liberately pasaed its judgment on it.

Col. Chivington's whole record as a soldier is of the same rhsractei He was merciless and cruel to whites and dumb animalsas well as Indians. And many anold vet' ran, who fought under him. lives to despise the man who led him to victory. FJ- The Vegas Gazette says: The re-arrest J.

ft. Whitney by order of Governor Sheldon, revives the interest in the lamanleble Kstaneia tragedy. In this act the executive was clearly right and will receive the approval of all good thinkingcitixens. The prisoner is aceusted of the highest crime known to the law, and I nut entltwi to bail, although by the courtesy at the sheriff he wa not confined in Jail, or even guarded. Tlie ttatute.it uot supposed to Im a respecter of person, and tne wealth aud social position of Mr.

Whitney is a good reason why lie should, rather thati he should not be made to comply with It to the letter, and his apparent eSuit taeavap beyond the jurisdiction of the court wa properly frustrated. The cat i one which the people demand liatl he settled by a jury, and until jt is pawed upon by such tribunal it will dissatisfaction. I 'uless justice is a fare, and the -magnitude of a trim i to be regulated by the wealth of the man who eom-mits it, Whitney wiU be held and tried. With a Jury rente hi vindication or condemnation. An effort to override the law placed him, wfcajp Im ia, awl be mutt now submit to and obey 'it dictum.

it a is iutiinattim that the utteutions paid to this (englishman savors of t(ilirii to distinguished foivijiiier. This is not lookinat it in the riirtit lilit. It is not the man our isnple are he.ip iiu honors on so much as the highest livieg representative of Kuglish coimuonlaw. liiinl Chief Justice Coleridge, is not the most distinguished jurist that has oc cupicd his high po.sitioi Cockhtiru and Campbell were his predecessors, but he nevertheless a man of hirfli personal charm ter and profound legal know ledge, and most of all lie is the repress illative man of a system upon which of our institutions are constructed and interpreted. The stability of our form of government, the unity of liberty and order wir.t-h are found in our institu tions are in a great measure due to tlie fact that we inherited centuries of English law and its tradition i.

Is iu(t ttie chief of this great fabric of lilierty wolthy of being honored? When Genera Grant went around the world he was probably the recipient of greater attentions than any man ever was lief ore. but it was a a representative American, as one who had occupied the chief office of our government and had been general of the armies that were victorious in the fiercest struggle of modern times that lie received the honors heaped upon him. So it is with our present visitor. the courtesies extended to him arc merely a spontaneous acknowlegement of what we owe to ttie system of Jurisprudence at the head of which he has been thought worthy to be placed. FKAVD FKVsTKATKI.

A decision was recently rendered by Surveyor General Atkinson in the matter of the Canada de Cochiti tract, which it important. The title of some of the heirs, or a majority of them, was bought up by Mr. J. G. Whitney ind lie made application to the SurveyonGeu- eral for hlmtelf, and the legal heirs and representative! of Antonio Lucero.

the original grantee, to have tlie grant approved and the tract segregated from tlie public domain. The documents possessed by the claimants were presented and oral test) mony was introduced in which it was claimed that in 1728 Antonio Lucero was given a grant to the Canada de Co-chi'i tract on the Rio Grande in Ilerna-lillo County. Tlie muniments of title presented consist of a torn paper which it is claimed it the petition fur the grant and the act of possession. A certified copy of such original muniment of title made and certified in 117 by Juan Antonio Cnbcta de Baca, Chief Alcalde of Cochiti at that time, and attested by four witnettet. and a paper which purport to be a petition made by Lucero 'a heirs in 1785 laying claim to such tract, in opposition to a Spanish officer, who required it for the use of cavalry horses and a decision from an Alcalde in their favor.

The witnettet examined on this occasion were Felipe Sandoval. Mariano Salts. Jetut Ma. Cabeta de Baca and Juan Lopex. The testimony of the witnettet although not very important strengthens the case somewhat fur the claimants in the matter of possession.

The document on which the title is founded are badly mutilated, they contain no signature and are on unsealed paper. Such a grant hat no record nor ia there any reference to it in the archive of the surveyor general' offlo. The only claim to the title teem to rest upon the paper mentioned and the oral proofs submitted. Upon thUUattmony, an are of nearir flee hundred square miles, extending from the Rio Grande to Jemet mountain, measuring forty miles from east to west and fifteen mile from north to south, I claimed. The tract includes a good deal of public land and portipasof the following approved grant-.

Canon do San Diego, Ramon Vigil, Nerto Antonio Montoya. and Lot Frijolet mad by the Spanish Government between 1742 and 17M. After a very careful and exhaustive consideration of all the documentary aud oral evidence submitted In the and of all Spanish custom, law and re- i gulatiou pertaining to the matter of grant, and giving due weight to all possibM right and equitle of the claimant and all of the uirtoundlng facts aud circumstance of the cat, the Surveyor General disapproves of the claim, a originally presented, but is of the opinion, that Lucero wa the recipient of a small agricultural grant with, perhaps a little additional land for pasture which wa r.ctuallv used by Antonio Lucero, and hi heir by viitue of the presumed concewtoii, and by reason of such occupation and in from time Immemorial tnd until the change of sovereignty lo the t'ulted State and since. Hut the extent of the tract so owned and occupied mutt clearly alwwn and established by further evidence to to submitted, and such evidence must be limited and tricted to the potut indicated in tha decisii n. The decision is clear and logical and full of aound law, ami tlie reault of Sur veyor General AtkitMou Investigation and tha opinion ha ha to potltivtly expressed it sure to be approved try long res.

No doubt the gran tee will receive their Juat rlgfyU which will pro. bauly amount te atwtit ten twuaiuj acre Instead of nearly even hundred thousand at was originally claimed. In the mailt which will follow tbl decl-ion the, iutereat of the government and tli people will both to duly protected. In irt (lM dwitioa It Jut and equitable to an tha pasties iujtepn- ted. At four o'clock In Um afternoon Judge Uall dented the writ at htUa cor-pu In the Whitney caw, and declared th bond that had bean entered luto, in- I I I lll, ti Mll.os yr IMIj.

kr mall. Ms amatk Utfly, l7 Ulr ainnthi tall br Cerrttr, pfT wrk WW My, If SSSIL Ml rear Werkc. Sy MK MI monlhi WavBlr.tirMll, Ikrra wmttn 10 on i on in I tin I Ml 'lty niMcfthm sr reuucstril lo Inform Hie ar lack of slfentino tin IS cart of the ivij la owm noa-ueiivrir oh vtetulai.it or carriers. WS Mftt.tas Macular'? Suppled fnin the ulMt nt eaetttOTtotT Allautssmimolwsrctiaystilr In aiU'iiuce ami easroatlatlajat tke erwtnr the leria iaiil fur. tKBSS AaaSTS.

PoMaiaMer and kr artint an aavntu for tkcctnralaOoaof Tin Jw Vmiijii Mbvisw mfty rrtala Iwrnlr flvr -r cent, on all ImIIv anl ten pear win. r.n uliarrtptlnnato Ik Weekly. TO fhawii AtiDfami Parties ekaafta ibrlr aiMrwa ere n-qMiwi it to five ihr nM well a tlx wMrawaad Male wkrlhrr wrrklT iHilly. now scan mobvt Hraslrlaam mat he mad trn. money irUerorrra-OSertsf letters! ur dlak (Ire nT ortics address In (all tncludlnf state ami cuuatr.

I.suai. tan TWAssisst AiivTiisn HtTts 1 Nir tral ail Inwrtlon. one dollar per Inch 1 Mekflaw. nhapqiienllnnrrlloiiiiplolwpU-f, rraatr-Ore cram fnreack tliae. After twelve laacrUoaa, an cvnta lor rack llmr.

im 1 tlrea. canta per Una for rack latmttna. will not a mauaalblr for any Mil. nHitratitfd untna our wrlllea onlrr. rt aAiaaan, rVrsMtni A Managvr NEW MEXICAN REVIEW.

THURSDAY. SKITEMRER ST. I. XT every guilty man escape -if he has moneyseems to be the practice in some of our courts. Mokev.

versus Justice, is the case now on trial before the bar of public opinion in New Mesico. TlIK damage to com by the late frosts is not as serious as was at first anticipated, and it will have but little effect on prices. Tnkrb hi little need to lie alarmed about the yellow fever crossing the Mexican border. Jack Frost is on timely guard- Time ia rapidly passing and a large number of signatures are yet want in; on tlie petitions for the legislative impropriation. Judge 8.

11. Xewcnrnb and Win. Des-aauer Esq. of Las I'rvtces, left yesterday for their homes, having spent a pleasant day iu the city. The clerk of the weather is failing lamentably in his duties.

The climate for the last few days has been so unpleasant that people when they get up in the morning Imagine that they are hack In the states. The crops are good all over country and the damage done to the the corn by the recent frost is but slight. The fruit and cotton crop are excellent and even the crop of etnbry statesmen who are anxious to serve their country seems to he above the average. The coming political campaign will not 1 a show parade. It will lie a strenuous ami desperate tight en the lrt of the democrats, hut alt that the republican party needs to carry tliem victory maty of action and sincere and direct issues which will laddie cn- front the principles, methods and pur- poses of the.r opi-onents.

The Kansas Citv journal hits the nail on the head when it savs tkafiwiH.kn.,i(.i.i.i.. i nillflKI mill HI' haeco is the burden of the i.v lemocratice.litorsalloverthecountrv. 1...1 i-i. i. untry then the tune is changed.

Notwithstanding their love of freetnule tliey htwome professedly happy every time a Democratic convention; declares that it wants -a tariff so adjusted as toentourage American industries without fostering inomi-iolies." This is uoixl Itepubliciiii doctrine, ami any Ii-mncrat ic endorsement of it is sheer hypo-i-risv. TrtK annniimlous condition of the weather is the subject nf considerable discussion uumiig scieutiiic men aud there seems to hi' but little mr.iuiinity of opinion resardinu the cause. Karl I'ettersou an eminent) scientist lias published a letter in winch he claims Unit the exceptionally cold weather which has prevailed through the latter part nf August and the present month, throughout cnimto and Kumpi'. is due among the ice in the arctic sen. large iianti-ties nf which have drifted to a lower latitude than usual, lie claims that it cannot remain there long therefore in the latter part of autumn and the coming winter commiratively mild weather iiiav he looked for.

Silas W. Fii-hku collector ot internal revenue for tiiedistrict which conipriM's the territories of New Mex- and Arizona has U-eii the subject nf some adverse criticism by the has Ve for having upNiinteil a ceruin mail as deputy collector in that city. There is a misunderstanding about this as there is no deputy collector at Las Vegas, il being in this ilivi-siou of which Mr. Levi Hughes of this city, i depiityf -olleetor. The matter -an lie easily explained.

When Col. r'isher was ut Lis Vegas the wholesale Upior merchants there complained of the difficulty ther had iu obtaining stamps and that they were put to the inconvenience ami delay of bavins sendUi Santa Ke fnr their stamps us they needed them, tlie law not permitting them to keep a supply on hand. At their rtsjueht and mi their offer to pay tlie remuueiation fur his work i 'ol Kisher appoiuted a sjiecial agent of tlair to supply thi-se wholesale dealers with their stamp a they re HuiretUeui and this compriamthf whole of his duties. He it not in tlie govern ment aerrice, neither does he reeelw government pay. ciple fused ti narv is tlir I tlo him i liiii) to has and ()f iug he of of to a of Is I I i i i of common law.

that man ao- nt crime ami in the custody nf oiliecis nf ttir fan lie admitted tail, until there has liecti a prelimi- examination show that there in prima facia idclii-e that tin' accused guilt Then if it is a bailable offence Jiulu'i' lm the (Wfr to ailtnit tlic ai'riiMNl in bail. In tin' invent raaa Jiulc Ik'll diil not lit'ar a )arlU'le of vlti'iiri. inul without any authority to iiikI without any t-viilf tier brfore mi which to form any oiiion. Ih'll axsiminl that hi was not ffuilty of ttw i tiirif hr it charirnl with which i not iNailalnV-acrvrittit anil allowed thr prinoiirr iriHivl on his way out of the Ten i- lory. In the roiirs he has pursued Judge llell has the arrogance of making liinisi'lf superior to the law, which he lus-r sworn to administer honestly 1 without prejudice.

Tllearrestof Mr. Whiluet by order lt(1 when h.i was attempt- to escs' was right snd the tinver-nor no chnitv but to see that he was placed in the inds of the sheriff of Valencia fount from whose custody wa escaping. At that point the duty the executive ceased. When the writ of habeas corpus was obtained at Albu(iieri)iie and the prisoner was detained in that city by this proceeding, the course the judge should liave pur- sued was to have heard the arguments counsel on the writ of habeas corpus, i decide whether the prisoner was un- lawfully detained by the order of the Governor. If lie had decided that he was illegally detained of course the ac- cused would have been at liberty to go where he pleased, but if on the other hand he hail concluded that Whitney-was legally in custody the proper course would have lieen to have held preliminary examination, then if tlie cvNence did not substantiate thecharge murder in the first degree the judge could have admitted the accused to bail.

Hut allowing him to go on hail without such an investigation was in violation of the law legarding criminal proceedings. There are two eirciinstanees which tend to prevent this case from being considered on a principal hich should common toall eases. One is the se- vere wounds which the accused received which excites symiathy. '''lie other is the wealth of his brother. The senti- I ment of humanity lias been put in the I foreground to obscure the secret in- I llueuce of money.

The law bears equally mi him who rides iu a Siet'ial pulltuan car and him who rides in a calioose. nr goes on foot. The English practice illustrate this principle for when the richest man in the realm is brought to the bar of the court, there he it treated the same as the poorest and no one in the court's presence is permitted to give him any titles. The Albuipieitpie Journal in the tame is- hiiu us Mint iii Ati I li riitmrt nf tliu ami. Hal lhe, extemporiied court s)eak.

of Whitney in New Mexico and that in wU fron Alminllf.r. Tlli, Will Joel 1. repair the loss of the dead Manuel H. Otero Will it satisfy the "ded majesty of the law or tend to mur'' trinM4 io this Territory I that Whitney was in a dangerous eondit ion and that a sur- gical operation was uecesiary for him. Now Mr.

Whitney has Iteeu for more than a mouth in charge of two able physicians, and New Mexico is well supplied with surgeons of ability and experience in gunshot wounds and they lire here iu Santa Ke. It is of course sad that Whitney was shot and that his wife and friends are affected with sor-: row hut is it not sadder for the young widow mid the three orphans at l'eralta who are mourning the loss of a kindly. genial and loviut: husband and father? Who will comfort them their sorrow, in tisisacnsl for words, their bereavement irreparable New Mexico ton. has lost a valuable life, that ot a highly educated, manly and lunuiisiuu; young man mid Whitney is eli.ii';el with killing him. Judge Hell admiUiui; him to bail hat decided in advance --without hearing any evidence that the crime, if there was any crime at all, is less than murder on the lirt degiee.

Ily what means was lie to such a conclusion without hearing a partii h- of lest mony or hav- any iinn'. iiifotuuition regarding the i-ll-i- Os the Mexican Central Kaiiua) asnieiied to Villa Lerdu iu the stale of liurango nearly three hnu-died miles south of Chihuahua. There -li iii- now to lie little doubt that the road will reach tlie city of Old Mexico In tin- tii wt March iiext. 'I r- easiest most iuexieiisive and piolialily the most -iicccsful way of rescuing the I. reels pirtv would lie for the ifoveriiuieut to nlTei a large reward.

The Captains of whaling vessels know more about arctic navigation than any other class of mariners and would be far mole likely discover the lost party than any natal expedition that can be titled out. Vet this simple ex- IM'dient does not seem to have occurred to un) body, at least no mention has Is'cn made of it. It would be inteiesfing to know what kind of opeuitioim by I'rcsiitent Whitney, Alliuiplei'iUe is tn lie the base of. Is it tube the central point for a free hrMitlug system of laud grabbing Kvuhy gKHl citien must stand by the law Mexico and older intereata of New 1 i llee law rmitiHa Land Orrrca at MAMtta rr. K.

Augwai 4t KKi Xot ice is hejebt given that (lie tollow-ing naiu.d settler has tiled notice of his internum to make linn! proof in support tut claim, ami that aid frrs.f will be made liefoiv the register ami receiver at t'e. X. Hh: rm-Twtnber -it. iki. Antonio J.

Orliz. of Simla Ke oeiify. for the i 1 n. x. i.t.

lit n. c. lie nam the following witnesses to rove his continuous reaiikinre upon, -ml ciillivnUoii of, raul laud, viz Susauo Di-tir, ji, ii to and lt.ifa.1 Ort iz.of I'iiitsia. Santa i'e pnsiollii-e; X. Max Khimti' itiritr llomestwld Sv.

Itt7. Xotlee for rMleaa Lanii OrrtcK at Santa Yr i'lNv, 1 i hTh Kivpn has lill noth of laJ In Hegisterand SU!" Ji. Mi.olitMoUr J1' MaVM Chavez, of nnuj, lor- ine wr nr. ai or sa qr. aw qr.

sec. nw or, nw r. He names the folloelmr witnimwa in prove hi conttnuous residence upon, ami cultivation of, said land, vit irujino, uaniel TruJIIlo. Tonm Majtiiie. jeauj Majtiaa.

all of F.I ttito postoffice, N. M. ax FMMT, Regtater. llometead No. Inst, AmdoCh, frs)o haves.

"ea, iaana narros, am brand. Caarta Bao. San Milan fMMivflre. varoncm vo ji, m. An adral woyyrwafB.iiatiiaa.f.

teat and eonvirtion of an oaaataS. licl orlirtfa w4tF trtbv 'T-l. i A J'i' i in i MBmp- i -HswaillPsJPtJIPm 'JdnJjjdWl TiirMtr: must liesiiuietuiNippreliension on the part of Hie lis 'vtHs Optic re icarding the duties and powers nf the collector of the internal revenue i they would not I constantly harping about the apix'intuiciit of a deputy collector ill their city louht)css Colonel Kisher would Is' ph asisl to appoint a deputy collector lo Is' a resident iu l.as Vegas liad be the auth to do so, but he has uot The law provides that there shall Is- only four deputy colicc-l tors in his district, comprising the territories of Sew Mexico and Arizona, One of these deputies must iieccss.1 ily be at heudipiaiters which is in Santa Ke whete there are certain sia-cisl duties to Is- attended to and here his presence is required in the absence of his chief. The other deputies are located so as to make, as far as jaissible, an eipial division of the laUir, and that this has been done iu New Mexico is shown by the statement, that in the Santa r'e division there are fifteen wholesale dealers. In the scvoud division of this territory.

the headquarters of which is at Albmpier-rue there are twentv-two. A knowledge of the geography of Xcw Mexico and of the centers wheie business is located, will show that no nth, division could be made and have fair distribution of Work tietwceti tlie two deputies. The other two deputies are stationed respectively at Tucson and l'res-cott. A. T.

The apNintnient of the Special Agent at Las Vegas to supply stamp was simply an act of courtesy ou the part of Colonel Kisher. aud as the man's pay will come out of the pockets of the wholesale liquor dealers of that city, it was hut fair that they should have the selection of tlie man, piovided the person desired was eligible and had no special unfitness for the duties. The collector went out of his wav to oblige the Las merchants and if they are dissatisfied he can rescind disorder at auy time. The personal slurs cast upon Col. Fisher by the Optic are not worth replying to.

He is known to be a man of unimieacliable integrity, he has la-en in the government employ for a long time and his recoidhas no flaw iu it. In addition to this he brings tn the office a thorough knowledge cf all the details or its duties. Colonel Fisher has been an effi cient government officer in all of the positions he has held hitherto, and the interests of the position he has recently been appointed to. could not have been entrutted to more careful or able hands. Mica mining will become a very Im portant mineral interest of New Mex ico.

It is found in large quantities in many parts of the territory and of very tine quality. Santa Fe county seems to be exceedingly rich in this product, and it is being mined in several places ami yelding large profits. A recent Ami in the San Ysidro mountain In the southern tmrtinn at IhU mmK ai.nw k. va sassx. rv hits.

(ll-aI ig i ii- ptvuw.1 time iiwi ureii rivurni ai any point in the mining regions of the United State and equal in quality to the mica of the Nova Scotia mine which an acknowledged to I the beat in the world. A specimen from this mine. hown in this city, measures by I inches. This i an unusually large site when the material I of line quality and without any flaw In It transparency. Mica of thl deiierintlon i worth about ten dollar a pound and the mining operations are comparatively easy The material I also in a marketable shape when It is, found, with none of the coat and labor of smelting and reduction a with other minerals.

This county abound with Mica the Lexlntona mica Mining Company who property I on the Rio Friole about thirty mile from Santa Fe are togmlng to produce large quantities of the mineral and many valuable dts-coverie have been made In the Santa Fe range of mountain to the north. Mica will become a stopple ami valuable product of this section of the country. HAN MJIH VALLEY. One of the great touente that will re-suit to New Mexico from the completion of the through narrow gauge system will to the opening up of a market for tlie agricultural product of the San Luto Valley. T.il piece of land ha probably no aqual in productive in the whole ouuntry.

Nature teem to have formed it a a great garden of apply for the western country and then I scarcely any kind of produce of the noil that It will not grow in profusion. Tlie potatoes which are now cultivated on the wottem border of tlie valley yield extraordinary crop and are declared to be the Aneat Iu quality In the United State. Tha dalrie of th valley product the finest butter In the western country, and the beef grown there rank a the highest quality In (he Colorado market, and hay caa to cultivated to an erionaou extent. Thl valley which I surrounded by nVMiuteJii rauge i sixty milea In tengtb from north to outh and alaaott of equal width. It I traversed by tha narrow gunge system (lf the Denver Ma Uraade team Iteavkr, ttoro Is also a branch from Alawoaa to Dei iturat about forty mil length.

Tha Hid Grand runt through tha valley which with a number of tributary sxamjaa give a plentiful iiipply of water. Within iU teat tfcnv years over even-ty mile of Irrigating ditefc hay heu built at variou of tliaw a humftod fast In width and anotlier an enty, mid plan hav toaa mtda and capital autoeritod to extend IhU trriga- i I THISt Lanii tirrii at Mamta Yk. July IMM. Notice is hereby given that the following named settler has tiled iiolici; of his intention to make tlnal proof lusup-iniit iff his claim, and that said proof will be made before the register and receiver ut Santa 1'e, N. on thlolier lSa.

viz IVilro Jose Luc-lo. bl lliu Arriba county, X. for the nw'j se nei swj lie scj nw see IM. li a-u. i 7 e.

lie nan the I olio Willi ilin-sse lo prove his continuous residence upon, and cultivation of, said land, viz A. Alif. Viterbi Arehulita. Viwnte Vusiues and Tomas Maitinez, all oi ltltn pnstofhl-, N. M.

Mx Fiios-r. Register. Homestead No. 1U87. otlee foe 1'NhllealUu.

l.AM) (Hki-k at Santa Kk, N. August Notice is hereby given that th fol- lowing named' -uler has tiled notice of his intent? to ike linal iu of I im. and that said pniif wil be made IssforetheriistermidreeeiveiatSante I Ke. X. ou OclotaT iVS Susauo Orti.

of Santa tuntvl the sec SL tp 1 u. e. He names the following wltneM to I'rovn hi continuous miderM upon, and cultivation of. said land. vi: Antonio .1.

Ortiz. Jose II. Ortiz. Aval Xleto, Rafael Ortiz, or I'ineda, Santa Fe postoffice, X. M.

Max Fkot. Hegtster. IliuneNtead No. IVJ7.) Xallee law rwalleaUon. Land On tie at Santa Fk, N.

August It. INWi. Notice is hereby given that the fol lowing named settler ha filed notice of hi intention to make Anal proof In up-port of his claim, and that aaid proof will to matle before tlie lagiater and receiver at Santa Fe. N. tf.

on October iu. law. viz: joee Manuel Crtado.of Rio Arriba county for the nw see t. net ess ia a. 1 7 e.

II name tha fulkiwuut witntaea Lo prove hi continuous residence upou. am cuiuvatmn r. saiu HUM, VI Jean a. Jaramnin. Pwam Ja.yehwiua and Frtstehv Jaraaaie- ail oi Kilo pov'otace, N.

M. Max FKurr, Hegiater. I Homestead No. tOOS.J Radio far ahtloaUoei. LAMDOrnca at SAwra Fa.

N. I Jubr, lass, Nuttos I herebv alvan thai lkj Cni. owing named aeuler ha tied notic of hi Intention to make final proof In support of his etelm. and that said proof will aw eaadt before th Haatetovaad Keoivr at Santo F.N. M.ontJatotor viz: ToinittMartiinwonilo Arriba county, for the lot I and 2, tee.

MpMn, qr, see.M. It nam tha following witnitatt to prove ui coouuuou mudeuce UDoa and cultivation of, aaid land, viz: kftV Ul ftttMM IkMlKi IIM J. k. Martinea, i. M.

Martin, all of mio umamm, m. omci AT BAVTA F. Notkw toharohy gt ta tel aused aiax Imp aottea of it intention to make final proof in sup- kiwii hi intention to make final woof pfirt of etelm, and that aakl will to mad tofar Ito iMteter proof1 wvaiv 1 aauue. Of juu Arriba eountt H. al fBrtsmTaf Ml hw nef aw (, wt wt ate II, te'tt rf a.

o. i 99 tom witaais to wfMnwat A.aj Laira Urrioa araUirra r. M. ii Z. as it will place New Mexico in direct 1 communication with that city by a route nearly a hundred miles shorter than the present roa-l by way of I'ueblo and I -a I Junta.

I Mil. Jons Ituioiir. lh Kn.il i statesman, regards reform us justly one of the great questions of 1 the day. This reform Unit taken the practical turn in Kiigiand of establish- iug coffee-houses to take the place of saloons: aud Mr. Bright advocated warmly the carrying out of in order to break down the monopoly of the saloon.

Il is a gowl one. Temper- I ante people lose sight of the fact that in town and cities there is always a i large floating imputation, and a class of men who have no homes III hich to spend leisure hours. A social being I seeks his fellows, and amusements of various sorts. These classes naturally! gravitate to saloon because they are p'j'olic places. They do not go there for sli 'ul purposes; comiaratively few, at Just these classes are they by horn sahs'iis an- uprte.l,aud the i numerically greater these classes the I larger the numticr of saloons.

It would i lie well for temperance people in their reformatory efforts to remember this positive fact. Upposj saloon by other -desirable places of lesnrt. aud in the I catalogue include, reading rooms, asso ciatimi rooii.s, literary societies, gym- irastic clubs, aud coffee-rooms if you will. This would he to practically en- eouraae temperance aud no necessity of amending the constitution or squandering money on prohibition orators and brass bauds to carry it out More work in right directions, striking at the base of the question, and less talk aud theories which leave men and their ways and every day habits out, would result in more good. ThkLm Vegas Gatetle, says: Tlie law providing that bail shall not be taken iu capital rase does not apply 1 to rich iu the territory of Sim i Mexico.

Judge llell may be right in his action in the Whitney case but tie is certainly open to severe criticism. The prisoner will no doubt respond when called for trial, but the law piovide that ee shall be kept Iu euatady until that time. Why to I uot, the sheriff of alencia and Judge Ueil can bet state. Tins abuse of Senator lagan's Eu-gllsli which Is going the rounds of the papers that oppoj. to him, is the weakest kind tt nAneeeiiie.

Jotin A. Logan I not a classical scholar, but he use trenchant saxon that ha given knock down blows to many an oppnnnet that had more scholarship brain. lli'TLKnTaTnTuasteSad for Gov eruor of Maaaaclmaet by the green I itckers. That ought to destroy hi chances for re-election If to ever had any. IiKEi'iitm created quite a common-tion among the religious people of Denver and last Sunday the prominent preacher were all railing at him from their pulpit.

Hut they kept silent UU' til Henry wa gone. awnalatettwttoa die. Notice Is hereby given that the on deralgned waa on tha stth day of An gust, InU, by lh probate eoart of Mama county, mew MexloanpuiMV ed administrator of the wtateufW. fi. lyUh, deceaaed, and and all pmou indebted to the estate aw hereby called uB3j to cub lorwara prompiy anu t-tle with the uiideniigMd or ri niicltgi at law may to begun aanUiai them, and all persons having claim against said estate are hereby called upon to present them within una av from MM mh of August, llal, Uu being the Ue proscribed bylaw, andaU aujcn ewius not preeeniea wunin tn tiny orasBM and allowed or twit tuataoa to gtveu within two yoar from the i aaid Wthday of August, tat, will to foravar barred, IIMJOMK, Admlntotrater.

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