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joimt. uisneix, JLSD PMOPlilETOJt. HsturdMr, March 37, 1N69 Geu'lCraiitt la di un Policy Th Tglrsh Infortni ai (lut Orne ni OrtQt bu terminad to mil himself, to Urga extent, of tho wrvlc of Quak en In the roanas men of our Indian aflairi. If the In' dim Bureau to retain lu present onptnU tiea and to bo conducted as it hiu boon in yon pist, thcrj can bi no objection to the appointment of persons belonging to this crood to positions of truit ami responsibility among thy Indian tribaa, Nor do think thov it any to bt iicilly guftvd by pursUim tint iwrw, Tho ti'iakeri are piona people. So Freibytcrians, Episcopalians, Catholics, Me tilo lists, and alt tho other chriitian dkinOiuiiiationi pious oople, "Why a jjooi man who of tho Qunkor porsuailon but- Ur than a roo man of any othor chmlian porwuiim va cannot understand.

If the start out In uonruli of honest, falth- fal, Incarruptibla and competent men for Superintend out and Agents, ho starts on the rijrht If in pursuancs of Oil policy lie bok to thn organisation of the Friends a the only religion order In' which he It likely to find biiin)ii, he will probably mike agrave ini'KU. If ho liiill give tlii'in a largely pre-nondoratinijlnfliionfo, cvnn, In tho manayo-monto? our aiiairi it will, in ill probability, prove injurioui rather that beneficial to tlio terries. To orr mortal. To trmt much power fn tho hands of any clam of men bo-ru of tlm associations to winch they may bebiig, dangerous in tlio extremo and tho power is moro likely to bo abused by thorn, than uc1 with prudence and a proper regard forth welfare of IIhhq for whole beneflt tho authority may bo established. Wore the proportion made to placo any olturreliio-Hdciiritiiiiiatioiiintho position in relation to our Indian affairs, in which the Telegraph places tho Qunkoni In Urn con-noxion, tluiamo objection! we hero iirpo would havo to bo met.

Tooy apply to all denomination! and e. alike, when we come to mako tuo of them to help ndmiuUtor thl branch of tho scrvico. If the element of tho country ii to be irfuied in tho Indian service in tho future, and wo perceive no good reason why it should not, but think thoro aro many subs tintia! reasons why it mayad vanlaswiusly bo dona, lot all denomination coma in and par ticipate nliko. Thereby wo mav excito an emulation in well doini among tlio different pewitaioni, that will go far towards correcting existing abuses and gira us a morfl lion- wt and faithful discharge of official duty. The views apply, aecording to our in- telhguaaA, providud the Indian Bureau hall bo retained ai at present organized, Through all the discussion that has benn had on tho sjoct of Indian Affair, in Conjrwi and nut of il, we haveseen no causo to chango the opinion! we have heretofore advocated in thco columns In favor of the transfer of tho management of the Indiani froro tho Interior to the War Department.

Although Congress has not yot gut educa tod up to th standard of statesmanship ombri rod in this proportion, and we cannot anti ripatethat it will be in the immediato future, there ti nothing risked in making tho prediction that wo will not enjoy the advan tage and blowings of a good, practical Indian policy until aftor tho transfer shall hnro been mala. Items. Thiioow karbaoD unamallj beavr In Canada thiiwaaoa. At lait accounU it wa ciht feat deop. In Petersburg on tho 10th init.

II. II. WolU was nominated for Governor and J. D. Oarrla, colored, for Lieut Governor, by the Radical State convention.

The newt pipers ny that the Richmond Radicals are ot it lia fled with the nomination. The legisturea of eleven Sutes have rati fied the 15h amendment to the constitution. Senator Foaieroy faithful public ser- He has introduced a bill In the Senate granting 150,000 acres of land in Kan-las to aid in Oio construction of a dam at Lawrence. Gon'l J. A- Campbell has been appointod Governor of Wyoming.

Mr. A. Newcomb has been nominated Marshal for Missouri J. r. Hale will bo retained at minister to Spain; Goo.

1. Marsh as miuister to Italy and Goo. Bancroft ai Minister to Prussia. Tho President hat announced the following ai the hours at which he will receive R- tween the hours of 9 and 11 o'clock A. members of Congress alone will be roouivod; between 11 and 12 o'clock the doors will be open for the public; in the af lor noon nono will be admitted but members of the Cabinet and those who have appointments to meet the President, Geo.

V. Lawroncfl, of Pennsylvania, has been appointed First Assistant P. M. Gon'l by Secretary Creswdt. At Holena, flour soils for $16 por barrel, The has abolished tho use of tho word "whito" In the District of Columbia, wherever it occurs In the law.i and orJ i r.

an co in force, to the prejudice of nogroon. The following rw tit ion said to be on file in St. Louis. On tho petition, IT. S.

Grrnt, then poor, now the President of tho United States, roetiivoJ the votos of )wo commissioner) St. Lons, August 13, ISoX Hon. County Commissioners, St. Louis County, Mo: Gkxtlkufn: I bee Ifavo to submit mv- self a an upplipant for tbu lice of County Knginuor, should the officii be rendered va-until, and at the iiimntimnto submit tho or a fuw utizetis who havo rmen kind enough to recommend me for the ottico. I liHve made no cot a lariw number of name, nor the names of person with whom I am not personally acquainted.

1 inrloto herewith also, a sUtemont from Profesor J. .1. llovnolda, who was a class mate uf mine at AVist Point, at to qualification. Should your honorable body soo proper to give me the appointment, I pledge myself ogive ine onico my enure attention, anci shall hope to givo general satisfaction, Very respectfully, your obedient servant, V. S.

Git ANT. The Cabinet Appointments. (From tfce National luteillgencer,) Below we give sketchee of the gentlemen ing his headquarters at Cincinnati. The du-tie of the position hediwhargud with mark-i od exeoutive ability. While Governor of Ohio, in 1m a letter upon the poli who have Wen selected by Gon'l Grant for itical situation, In which he endor-ed the posl-Cabiiwt positions.

AsGcn'l ek-faoBeld but-tloaof Andrew Johnson to alniut tho same act ing Secretary of War, though doing the extent that did Governor Morton, in Indiana, duties of a Cabinet officer, we omit recount- thwe gentlemen and others of the same th v.mu1c vmnr, wuivu iiamp men ooen in me cnuiueu 01 die naso familiar to the nation. We may remark. lion, how much of tho wail and woe of thn bowwer, pautante that his civiu service in the South has been of a character, all things considered, that has evoked much regard irom ine oouuiern people. The 1ntki.liuk.sokr, in its traditional character of su staining what is just in the policy of anv administration, flndi satufnetion in com- mdmr in lanro nart the doctrinos of the in- augural of President of oxtunding respect aim contmence to bu Labi net alvis-am. Had they been of tho vhm of old Hop-nblican statesmen ur politicians like such eminent men as Misra, Pwseudon and Trum- hull, who opposed impeacdimunt; or Mttrs.

last three vears might have bocn arrestad. Governor Cox declined a reelection, and is now engaged ir the practice of his profession at Cincinnati. Some time linee lie declined the appointment of Commissioner of Internal Ke venue, tendered by President Johnson. Official position has brought no great wealth to Governor Cox, and there is no doubt that he will well discharge the important duties or the Interior Department. Theseduties are sometimes underrated by the unreflecting.

Unt questions of policy as to Indian allium, aim or title and policy -Itttrlitmsmts. Morton. Sherman, Vid, Suumor. or other to nuhliu Inn.ls. of ooiiflicta of title as to men of mrk and nbHitv who supported that 1 pnteuts and of tension of them, together meaniru, which so much convuNud tho couiefe with wluit rulniaa to nnnsions and toullicinis trv, anil made an impassable tulf of hostility of farritories, make the Secretary ship of Deiwitm mo oioimuin in quyat ion, wo snouiu iho Interior one 01 exceeding and augmonl- noi ame sihk wiiii ine ireeunm in tue mg unportnnco.

respect of praise or blmne thet wu now do eoiicerning Hfii 1 Grant's apH)inttea. Thuy are new and untried men, and nre, thurctun-, entitle! toiiioft libural iwisidoriiUoii. We II nd much, howover, in tho antrcedent" and Hour, and a crandson of llocer Sherman, the clinractur of tho gentlemen in quMion, of tho Hovolmion. His father, who was a which, tiikcn in connection with the new era I mombor of the House of lionresentativea lltnrnpv The Attorney general, lion. Rock-wood lioar.

is a nativeof Concord, Massachusetts, a son of the late lion. Samuel Sale of 130 Shares of the Capital Stock of the Pinos Altos Mining Company, Notice hirrchy given that by virtue of an order of sale made by the Judye of Probate Id ami tor (irant County, N. M.f I will or Thursday the KUh day of April next, at the town of Plnoe Altos (11 said County of Grant, and In front of the Pinos Alto Hotel, at the hour of II o'clock A. II the hlKhcst bidder for Cah, one uuudred and twenty abaren of the Capital Stock of tlio Pinna Altos win-injur Coinpunv, tlio aame belonging to the Mate V. Austin dm-d.

or ho ninny shares thfi'eor, aa muy lio to pu)' the in-dt'litednesi of huid estate. The cintres will he fiil'cred In lots of en The Capital Slock of aald Com puny reprea-enledli) lour buudrcil liarw. josKrnuEvxoLDS, Admlnhtralororthe e-taleof V. M.tsttudccd. Mksim.a, N.

March 10th. lb'j'J. No. 41-4 t. ItcdiicUoii of (he Army, The bill for the consol idalion of tho Army has panod both houses of Congress, been approved by tho President, and 1 now law.

tTn lor tho proxllons of tho act tlio Army w.ll bocomiKHoloflweuty-uVo rogimonts of Infantry, six of Cavalry, and threo of Artillo Tlio reddction will nacoisnrily bring about a of the ofll cera of tho Army, thi regiments to bn consolidated leaving about a thoimand oHh-ort of dUfcrent ranks witliuut enmmand. We presuma regulations be alopted by tho War Department to mit this etnorgancy thai will operate as oquitably upon all intorustu ai tho circumi-tancos of the ciao will p'jrnilt. We hiil this pioiM of legislation as a good onion for tho country. BoIdej manifesting a d'npoitlon to ocomuuiie tho expi-mlttures of U10 goTornmont and thereby reduce the hurlen of Uation, it a guarantee that our rulers are iuImHuJ that ibero Is no longer any n'K'OMity for tho miintenaneo a largo mil- ibiry etablihmont to preserve tho peace and enforce tbo laws of tho country. J3TIf the New Mexican be laboring under the delusion that Mr.

Chavos will have an easy vitorj the comingulectmn, It will havo the scales knocked from its eyes before many moons pais. The injustico that was done New Mexico by tho of Mr. Chnves to a soat as Delognto in Congress contrary to tho recorded wiih of our poople, has inspired them with a determination to make their preferences, known In September next in terms that cannot bo perverted from their true meaning oven by pnrjury such ai that reported to by tbo Cbaveitea In tho recent contest. There is ft stronger organization In tho Territory at this timo against Mr. Chaves and the iniquities of his partisans, than has beon In existence against him slnro his un tranco into political life.

Tlio opening; of tho campaign will develop this fact to tho astonishment of thoiowlioaro now incredulous. in politics that large iortionof tlie Kopubll can press predict of tien'l Grant's Riiniinia trntioii, inspiros us with hope, confidence, and courAgn in to lit futuiu. But of this, time will show. As ovenU in politics arise, wo shall bo free to spunk as tciuc of ritrht and justice shall dictate. The hoi iotiiry of Htntv Hon.

Klihu 11. AVrtohburno. the now Secretary of State, is a native of Mnine. He was brought up a printer, serving an apprenticeship in the otilce of the Kunneboe Joiinml. Ilttving graduated in thn law school of Harvard University, he to Illinois, mid commenced the' practice of the law at Galena.

He was first elected a It enrosen from tho Third District of Illinois to the Thirty-third Congress, and has boon continuously reelected to all the subsequent t'ongTuwcg. Sino the Thirty-eighth Congress he has, by seniority of service beim entitled tho dis tinction of "rather of the House." During moit of the timo of his Congressional career ho was chairman of tho Committee on Commerce, in which cfipncUy he has had abundant opjtorttiuity to opinio familiar with nil our foreign relations. CncompMinising In his political convictions, he has, howevur, in discharge of dutios whero public interests wore concerned munjjeitt'd in an ouiimtut (logreo fairness and a strict n-iiard forjustico and ri II unroasing ir. roenrd to public expenditures, and his carnitaipi'als in favor of puhlio economy, lrivo crtrir-d for him recently the title of dog of tho Treasury." From this fact rumor has for some I i run pat ssiuned Air. AVash-buinc to tlm Trttafury Di'ptirtincnt it was presumed that his wll known devuMyn to fien'l (irfvnt from tho beginning hi mili-1 tarv ca.ee: to his elect ioit to the entitled him to the hiiihcst conidi ration of tho lreident elect.

Washhurnp, above all tho other members of the new Cabinet, has eniovml tlm UnriNt opportunitic to hiiii'cli" with tho condition of tlio relations of our own (Jovernment to those of nil foreign fount riiM, aiiiltherrruiromonts which true, patriotism demand in tlie negotiations with them, lie will bring to tho discharge of, the duties of the State Department great ox-1 perieiice in public affairs, iinlefntigiblc ener gy aii'l persevemnee. mid untariiisfiect inte- grity and cxaltwl patriot Um." Krcrei-nry of the Ticnsnry. The qucition in regard lo the eligibility of Mr. Stewart to this portfolio not having i'cen from WIO to 1H87. was one of thu most emi tieni Jurists of Massachusetts, nnd was appointod by the Governor and Council 1844 aCommipslowar to proc! to South Carolina and endeavor to procuro a repual of the law of that State under which colored Minen wero imprisoned on their nrrival in a South raridinni'orL On his arrival in Char- loston ho was requested! a cotiiniilteo of citizens to desist from the object of his mission and return to the North, to which re quest he assented, when ho discovered that otherwise, ho would be forcibly ejected Trotn the State.

The Attorney Genornl. E. Roukwood Hoar, graduatod at Harvard University in D8V and studied the law in the olnc.o of his father, ono of the inoHominontjurists of the State. Ad mitled to the bar, he soon became distinguished a counsellor, and at a comparatively early ago was elovuled to tho licr.ch. As a jni'go.

Ms opinions have been regardod for many years by tlie profession as eminently sound," and as'ch arador i 7.ed by a strict regard to tho true principles of juris-iiniileneo. In nrivate lifo. ho is duservodly esteemed for liis social virtues and liis undo- viuting inlogritv. (b'rom tlio Time Conservative.) nuiiToutl for Winter Hear. It is beginning to be understood in the Kast, as ituhvays has been hero, that summer ruiiroads are not to ho upon either to carry mail or passengers, or for commor- I cinl use.

AVo want railroads good for win ter voar, ana wo trust we nave rigni to ask for them, and demand them, without biiim: insulted bv tho cry of "Stibtiidy Subsidy Wo havo alroady trUon soma exlriicts" from leading Eastern journals v.hicii gavo irrticiuioiiN ttmt ft tour week 1 blockade of tho Rooky Mountains had open cd tho eve? of tlio conductora of those pros sfs. And now tho Now York Herald sees tho point and talks thus iduinlv "This is. mild winter, and yet our famoui rarinc itaiiroaii is so oiociceu up witn enow that in some parts trains cannot run. and by our telegrams from San Francisco ''havo not been funning from "Wasncht to the western terminus, of the Union Pacific since PehniRrv 12." TMa is rather serious for TH03. B.

CATRON, Attorney at Law, SJJTJ WIH nracticc In all the Courts of law and equity In the Territory. Kspecial nttciition glveu to the collection of claims, and remittances promptly i 1 ao. eoi i. -r Public Notice, The underslaniod. admlnistraton of the es tate ol Ucrviisio Nolan, deceased, notify the politic, that no pemm or persons have the right to take possession of or occupy the lands ciniiraeed witnin tlie loiiowiuff tmuiuiaries except ly permission of tin? lic(rsof the nlurc ineiitioned ileceuscd.

lo wit: (Hi the ninth by the land of Guadalupe Miranda and Carlos Beutibhin; on Ihf wiuth one league to i no soiim ot tne Mipeiio river. tiiiiowiiu me Jiouiituiti of tlie aame uaitic: on the ca-t one league lo the east oft hi Colorado river ful low ing the mountain of the same river and on the west by the of Icatw follow ing the hill of Clara live hundred varas in a direct line, as described in the grant awarded to said deceased by the Mexican (iovernuicnt, da! November tftl, lH.t; no person will begin work or outlays of any ileserlpiioti within the said boundaries, under penalty of losing their work and outhiyH. A similar notice to this wu made public by us on tho lEnd day January lew. PA11I.0 DELA ADO, FKttNANDO N'ULAX, Admiulstrators, SaxtaFe, March 3, 1SC3. No.

10-4 t. JuniiLemuk, Daniel I'eiitzk. MESILLA MAMMOTH STEAM MILLS JIAIN. STREET, MESILLA, The undeNirnnd hoglcavo to call the attention of the public to their Mammoth fviKAM which have hern rebuilt with mid improved Ma hiiicry iinportr.d expressly lot' Hum, will capacity for grinding 15,000 FOUNDS EXTRA SUI'KIil-INE VLOIR DAILY. Having coiiKtanily on hand a large amount, of Whka'I end Coh.n we are prcpun to till orders for Krotit.

CoitN Mkal, Sum it JtiuN, Hiioinxuid Huminy, with prompt-uch and dispatch, at ftlioil notice. SjtUIactiuii Curuntepd For Sale. A small ranch, with (rood dwcllinir house fixinilcH from Santa un the public road irom Mima to i-enKinuo ue imw, containing from ten to liUceii acre of good arable laud, irrigated by water beloiHriii'' to the ranch, 'l iiere are now growing on the ranch hdinc btniriiltf am'ieote treisn and about a do- Zen poach trees, About llfty young lVuil trees are on hand to bu plan Led. In addition to the arabia bind there arc from five to six ot mountain land. Kur further particulars euuuirc at thin office or at thu of E.

MILLER, Xo. 391 Offlcp Slenm Mills Mesilla, N. tctiruary JNo.J. ti. am Mills.) N.M., t-y iijotf.

LEMON FHIETZE, CHURCH OF St. THOMAS. ri'otrsfantEplKcnpal HnrvlceF every Sunday uiinng me Noason ot i.ontami on (lay our cieat railroad hopes, and Is an indica- i UMU imnm UonMiat we can placo but litUoilopondence VedHcRdav and Krldav and upon our through routo to San Fnuioisco during the winter season. Tlicro will bo trado enough for threu or four thrigh settled and the appointment of Mr. Houtwell 1 our cxnectations it will at least demon- miined upon nt the writing of tins artt- slraio that half a dozen will pay.

As tho clo from the National wo omit 1 oountrv is Bettlud railroad further Hie remaks that were mado undotthia head "orlh inu Bijuw unuciiuy win 00 oui miyui, mi every day luring puuin week at 12. m. A Mccoud ttervice on thoiiiglit ol'Uood Kriday at 0 cluck. as-t f. in rorurenceto Mr.

Stewart, I. GatttU.) BccrHnrycf tl.eSPTy. Mr. Adulnh B. of who lini been nppointcd NecreLary of the Wavy, tu, undei.4aiid, of Democratic proclivities but'ore tho war, hut soon aftc ita com-meneemctit identified himself with the Ken- uldicain.

Ho han been a prominent member pediment to their working. The United cannot stop In their westward inarch on account of unow storms." A perioiis disappointinont! Why, then, havo you opposed granting thu same nid to the Kansas i'aeific that was given to the summer route? ''Trade enough for three or lour linos. "Unit a dozen will pay, t- iu.x ji ueiav on accouni snow nifirms. has eontributod very largely for general pol- ivVu ftid for 0,10 ft 11 ft for others ns soon as they arc neoded. Tho 7 7 U'nnsaa Piinitln mnlnln.l fmi tiraiit, lie ins itccunej ttint preiernicnt, in tho club or otherwise, that liocouiu tmv AitMY CoKsoMiUTiox: "We have received a copy of the order issued by Sherman in reference lo tho consolidation of tho Army under the act of Congress passed for that purjiose, but it camo to hand too lata for publication cntiro in this weeks The fob lowing, however, Is published as being more immodiicly interesting to many of our road- Half of tho 37th Infantry (Gun'l Kcgiment) will bo consolidated with tho 3rd Infantry, and half with the 6th Infantry.

TfaoM Infantry, colored, will bo conso lidated with tho 41t Infantry, colored, and will be called tlio li-lth Infantry. Tbo H'Jtli and 40th Infantry, colored, will bo consolldatud and called tho 25th Infan try. Snow: On Monday and Tuesday quito a largo quantity of snow fell in this vicinity the weather being bluitory and dingreoablc In tho extrema. Wo learn that tju storm extend.il ni far aast aj Lm and that the snow fell to such a depth that it was imponible for Tues day's coAcb fmni tlw oast to rv.u-h thU placo before Wedmmlay noon. Thn tlio greatost delay, wj b.lievo, that hi k-ou occwionod to our mall by snow during the win tor, commanded had ho dctdred.

ile i (l'cnbed as gonial gentleman, nnd ono whose vast wealth enabled him to promote objects in realm of art, science, and literature with lavish hand. Mr. Boric founded hi fortuno in tho China trade, in tho shipping-hoiife ofMcKean, Co. Ilesub. eiuently became a broker, and finally presiden of tlie Hank of Commerce.

As wo understand it, lie is now retired from buncs, but entertain handsomely at his mansion in tho city. Ho will 110 doubt briiitf to tlio duties of his ofiico biuiincKs habits, birgo capabilities, and tne court cities that are uelmiiematiie to a cupful and popular administration of tho naval branch of tho tiovcriiiuout service. l'uslinuslrr iiencral John A. J. Creswell, the Pntmvter Cienural.

has had a brief, but brillant politic al career. Not vet forty vears old, ho has nevertheless been repeatedly honored bv bis constituents and his Mate witli the highest po sitions iney ni Detow irom ftiuto legis lator to United Mates Senator. Horn in Cecil county, Maryland, in November, Ibiirt, ho craduated nt Dickinson Colleirc. ta. in IMS, ana was admitted a memner 01 tho Maryland bar in 1850, At the outbreak of tint rebellion ho was carried away tempor arily bv tho oiithuiasm tirovaiiuiir in rcttani to tlio iteieuceoi from tlie intrusion of Northern troops, but ta niember of the ej In 1 nhi In 1Ur.l',..

MANUKI.A.OIKIW. SB LI, A It OTERO SELLAR, 1 srr. fjjcce.n ana waruiariLuiQ ojul Commission 4i.t,iAM II. 5looitK and WtU.tAM MtrciiKi.L. fcrfleinana Santa has bien appropriately obierrod In tbo city by Church cxercb-os this week.

Tomorrow, Easter Sunday, closes the sea son of Leak Ji7 According io Army Headnuarteri General Orders, (Jen'l lakes Command of the Divition of the Miwouri; (ion'l Thomas of the Division of tho 1'aciflc; Oon'l fichoflold of tho Dopartmoiit of tha Missouri; Oen'l Halleck goes cast; Uon'l Hancock takes command of the Department of Dakota; Ocn'l I'opa command of tho Department of tho Lake; Gon'l Canby of tint Military Division; fien'l Koynolds of Tesasj Gon'l Mele of tho Division of tho East; Gon'l Ntonemsn goM to Arixina; General Icy command of Uoorgh and South Car Ao Hmull Pox. For general information wc publish the following communication from La Mesilla: MILLA, March 17, 1W0. Editor Santa Oautte: DkarSir: I understand that many per-non nre prevented from visiting this (tortion ot the country mrotiga war 01 um iimn- 10X. Now there not at present and has not been for months a single caw of the diuai in thin entire valley extending from Fort Sul-dcu to Franklin, Tuxiu. Kftspectiuiiy iour, 0.

U. WOODWOUTU, M. D. Leavenworth Timeaand Comer-alive wyt: PnwrnixT GaAXT hu ran nested the So ciety of Friends to funmh him a list of persons they can recommend for Indian Aiients. 'This is truly a novel beginning, and a revolution at complete as was ever Men In any daparlmant of the onmoDt State Loirisluturo.

in lHtll and ho distin- guidied himself as njhndvocato of tho Union, nnd a supporter of trie supremacy uf tbo Fo- ilem! Government. For some tune after Lis fervicc in the Stiito Legislature he acted ns iWbdant Adjutant Gensml of tho United State for Maryland, until Icete 1 Kepreaen tntivo in Cougrucs. from tho First District of Maryland, to the Thirty-idgth Cmignw. He was a delegato to tho llaltiinoro Convention in lMiit. and in March, Iftoo, was tdected United State Senator fortho unexpirod torm of Hon.

Thomas 11. Hicks, deceased. Tho political career of Mr. Creswell has been signalized by a success seldom equalled. In the various uMtioiH in which he has served, he has manifested ability and arduous application.

It in known that his selection for a Cabinet appointment wax strongly urged by a number ol leauing Southern UtiioiiuU. ftecretnry of the Interior. fix-Governor Coy. amiolnted Swivtiirv of tnn inter lor, came tint into pni.iic Hio irom Warren, Trumbull county, Ohio, as Slate Senator, In IS'iO. Ite'ing an ablo lawru and linYiug a tlioroiich classical education, ho served with marked ability.

JIo murriud Miss Finney, daughter of tho preiblont of tho Oberlin University; but a speech made by hi in nt that point gavo groat umbragu to tho devotees of fttiialicism. In tlie spring of IHtil ho wa commissioned as colonel of a rigemont of Ohio volunteers, and was promoted, from time time, for honorable servk until ho reached the grado of maior Gonoral. For a wmiiderablB timo ho had command of tho Military Depsrtmonf of the Ohio, hav- Kansas Pacific is comnb'ted four hundred olUMuJJAii. It will ho finished to Denver this No. 38-flm, ana tnus lurnisli a kov to 11 mock the treasures hidden in the mines of Colo rado.

Hut we wnnt lo build it to Fort Lyon, Santa Fe, and Albuquerque through N. M. and Arizona, along tne lino ot loo tutu parallel, nnd thencetoCaliforninand tho 1'acitlc. The New lork Tribuno aidant lastativc to ihU qucttion. It asks, "Iluve we a Paci fic llitilrond? and answers that we hnvo not.

Itsays that ''an auger that can't boro is notan nuirer. buucmniron. A railroau which cannot bo used is nut a The people wanted a highway of commerce, travel unit mail trnniiorlution (lio lavs in the rear. Hut thev hnvo not trot it. Tbo mails now go by way of the Isthmus, a mncti slower prut-ee man tlio ou overianu couches.

The Tribuno, which has helped to brine nbout this very state of affairs, now fees tho error of its ways. We shall be glad to count on its support hereafter. It quotes with approval the Ueport of tho majority of tho ivuiiHio committee on tlio raciuc liaurouii, made about two wouks ngo. That Committee did not believe that tho Omaha and Sacramento road could bo operated tliroiig hout the year, 011 account ol 'the dihVuky of tbo snow; the depth to which snow lulU and packt, and the height of tho grades and tho uliarpnois of the curves over the Sierra Novada. Tho lieport continues: "But the Ihie botwoen Omaha and Sacramento is at present almost a continuous wilderness portions of it never will bo settled.

Population is acareo-holp in trouble can- not, he had outside of the train the stock of accesible fuel may bo limitod to thu supply on thu cars. In tho deep cutting, and in some of thu nations of Dakota, tali, Neva da, and California, snow is well known to drift chock ful to tho top end to iiiiek ItnM The depth of snow in places traveled by the overland stage-sleighs has been credibly ro- portud at from SO to foot, and it was not melted till Juno. Granting the elhcacy of roofing, grantitiglhondequai of machinery to accomplish as much on mo union 1 nci-flu's line as on the Chicago and Northwest-orn. or the Albany and Boston, there re- tins a risk, which rtunt be constant with the recurrence of inter, that tho operation: of thU Pacific roud may experience longand serious into-ruptions, accompanied occasion ally witn shocking misioriunes. 11 sucn in- utrmi.tion a ioj 11 ikkh inace, me eueei upon the now trade from Asia to Europe, across tho United Stntes.

woul'l do very damaging. They would characterize the routo as ono not to bo relied on by internntiofihl enmmor-co. Hut there is no dou bt that a railroad ou the ouih par nl lei of latitud 0 could bo operated to San Francisco dnvi In tho roar, Nor is there any doubt that a line botweun Pugel Sound and Luke Superior could bo oouratcd without serious obstruction by snow. Its grades through tlie mountains nre all comparatively low, and its lino is within tliu Isothermal hue 01 moan annual temperature of dotrroeJ." All of winch is worthy of tho attention of MERCHANTS. KANSAS.

ORDER; OF PUBLICATION- Geutrudk E. Webb, 1 In Chancery, FIRSTSPRING ARRIVAL. We bfg to advise nm kind patrons and the public geiirrally, that we are jut in receipt of tlin'tiivt frplin train emit iinitig a well Selected Mock ol McrchiimUzccon-histing principally Foreign Doiuallc Dry Goods: Clothing, Grocorios, Liiuors Cigars, Eoots Shoos, Hats Caps CARPETS. TOILET ARTICLES. FANCY ARTICLES which wo shall donoso of it the lowest pos-sllilc marked prii cj.

and cu aKMiro uur friends. Unit 110 pains have been spared ou our part in it hvIccUmi, both regard' ing the t. Ies and quality of the SANTA KB, MEXICO. Havhn: limdc nrraivfonii ti'i nilh the T'nion Pacific for i and having our own Ir.nu.s bchvccit hero anil 1 lie cml of i he lUilroad, and having one of our firm nv-idiuz East and Iravi ling ill ihirnpe for lite purpose nt jielectiiig our stock, wo me enabled 1.0 oiler iniiucenii'iiis never liemn- itLuuptcu by any other bouse in lids Wp would ml! tlir id'ciilioii -f Mcrcimnl; from tills itmi the. tuliuceiit 'I en-luuii's av nlo from rhihualuia, lo our Wi-li i--Ttcd tt-oi-k, 'Npechilly nintcilio liicir m.u'ht can oiilidi'iitlv sax U1111 it will bulo ihciriulvaii- lagc 1o c.MUiiiiic bci'oi'o lun'chusing vU- tvjicro It appealing to the Rntisfiictlnrl of tltn Judge tit iKinibciw that the wiid Williiuu Mitchell, onu ol the delendcntii in the almc untitled caiMo, Is a nou resident of the Territory ot New Mexico, nnd cannot pi-miuaU iv no Herrcii witn process, it llierelore riieiTii ny tne uoiiri Hint imiiiicaiiou ot the "Umi'ticy ol this hull ho made 111 Home week- iicwfitiaiter uublishcd in thli Territory lor six (iucce.ivi( weeks to the said dcl'cdant Willimn C.

to lie and uimear before the liiMrict Court for the First judicial Ids. trict, for the Territory of New Mexico, on the first day of the next reauhir Term there- of to he and held in theCoiinfy of Mom on tlie tout Hi Moiiilay ot next A. 1, iMiiii, there mid then to pleiul, answer or demur 11 uto Huid hill, or the inattcra and thing therein contidnnl will lie laUn its confeed as to tlie said dclemletit A HUaiu Mitchell 'EMvTXS itTH'ITKATON, Bollcitors for cuiunluinaiit Attest. AMI'KI. PI'K.

Firt Jud. HUt Court, N. ao. 1. Rnntr, Xo.

a-j-t t. dim, U. JOHN M. M'GEE, ARCHITECTS AND BUILDERS. IMunsiiml Kupcllleatiom furnished for all kinds of public and private i oiit-i'itcw 01 puniie aim prnaic ijuuuings taken in oithcr Hi'b kor l-iidio.

Monuments and Tomb MoiieiH'iit and crc- ted, Alo nilllfi, furnaces, umeltcrs and tlcsul- phiiricrs ereetcU. cellars nnd louur nii 111. noikoi the niiovn ueKcrluuoii taken tn but part of the Terrilory. alune, banmie, 1'ostunice, lioxilil. No.

as f. EAGLE WORKS; Manufacturing Co. P. GATES, President, Okkick, io. 48 Canal Strkkt Chicago.

Manufacture Portable and Stutionary STEAM EXGIXES BOILERS, KOCK BKAJKRS, STAMP MlLU, Alh ING CMJVER miLEVRMSULXG. Saw Mills, Flour Mills, Casting, Shafting, And Parts of MACHINERY GOT UP TO ORDER. LAS VEGAS HOT SPRINGS. Thn proprietor 1ms lilted these celebrated spring up with the most modem Improve menu for hot and cold liaihlu, ho that thou who are of avnlMu themselves of tlm niediciiiiil ipialiiit of Hie water can do so with everj' convenience and comfort. hoardixo with rooms Will after the twt November be fumUhfd at per irrtk without biftlis and with bullo at tuetity dnllnrt per utvk A ItllJ.I Vlil) TABLE lias been lilted up for the use of visitors, and the choieet Utpiors and Cigars will he kclrt eoiistaiitlv on li 11 nil Public patronage ib solicited.

SAM. 11. DAVIS, The LclTel double Turbine water wheel will lie lurniiliPd where ater power can lie used. All letter addressed to, ,1. Hlaiiehard, traveling njent.

cure of (luttnmim. Fried- Kiinta wiil riu-nli-n viiu luwuw mm vtiiiivB no imvu ihbuu, irompi aiwmimi, amistsko. Tbii is the timo to remedy thu vll.l No. 47 It. Xo.

ao-tf. Proprittor Administration Notice; The tinderniL'iicd havlna: been this day np-polnti-d AiliiiUilstraloroftlieestateof Tliomas 0. Myers, dwiijted. lute of Mesilla, Ana County, New Mexico, bf the pPohatit Court of Ana County, hurchv (fives no-tico to all pernons indeMcd to said estate to-mako Immediate paxment of the Hume, and to alt perwiis having eliUms niraint said Ya-tatc, to tilo the same for a ijuuicntlou, us required by Law, GEOIHJETI. OI.IVVH; MrsilU.

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