Show interesting from now new mexico THE SEAT OF DELEGATE IN CONGRESS CONTESTED the contest for delegate to represent new mexico in congress gave rise to much feeling between the americans and natives the candidates were dr wm win carr lane ex governor of the territory and padre I 1 jose manuel gallegos about votes wore were polled nearly equally divided between the two the padre however obtained the certia certificate cate of election but dr lane served a notice upon him that he would contest the seat and shortly after started for st louis we find in iii el al amigo amiga del pais a counter notice from padre gallegos in whish he states that indian votes were polled tar lane in va various precincts of tho the territory contrary to law that in others the provisions of the law wera were not complied ax with th and that many frauds were committed inthe in the election in man many y crecine precincts t s throughout ugh the ter territory aitor this padre gallegos is one of the arim priests suspended 8 us by y the catholic bishop lamy for living in LD open violation of the rules of the church A correspondent writing from santa fe says the contest between the padre and governor lane was really an issue between those in favor of mexican customs and those in favor of the reforms carried out oat by the american bishop the excitement during the election was very great the new governor merriweather and the chief justice davenport en 0 r were hung bung in effigy at the top of the 1129 flagstaff t ff in the plaza at santa fe the feeling between the american and mexican population is is worse than ever no man thinks of zoine going without his bis firearms by day and I 1 prename presume there is not a single american in the territory but sleeps with his pistols under his pillow at night the mexicans with very few exceptions do not like our government should war break out with mexico and they be compelled to take sides they assuredly would take the side of old mexico ARRIVALS or OF et el amigo amiga chron 1 ides the arrival of hon K benedict associate justice of the supreme court and preside presiding judge of the ord judicial district of naw new mexico with the intention of taking up his permanent residence in albuquerque quer que the place was enlivened by the arrival also of major carleton and family with a company of drago dragoons ns from fort union they were to garrison the town during the winter I 1 whipple and company engaged in surveying surveying i the central route for the atlantic band and pae pacific v efio railroad reached albuquerque on the ath of october and reported the route highly favorable for the of the road MORE G GOLD OLD OBTAINED anuw AM TR INDANS or of ws rio GP GRANDB RICH minis MINES in reference to the wonderful stories told of the abundance of told gold among the indians west of the rio grande el amigo del says saya we have expressed the opinion that a rich auriferous region exists in new mexico that a part of the gold brought herg here by capt aubrey and shortly afterwards by mr ivors ivers was worked with mercury from which it follows that the gold had been forcibly taken from some caravan on oa Us its route since sonoe the arrival of these two gentlemen senor jose maris maria robles has brought some magnificent specimens of gold evidently found on the surface of the earth although he was unable to find out the place where the indians obtained edit it two tot bf these specimens goci mens which we have seen weigh a little less then than 56 mr robles during a trading expedition among the Coy Coyo teros having with him thirty one men obtained gold 0 of the pinal final Indians wh live seventeen days journey from this place albuquerque he e saw there thirty indi ano ana who him amicably 9 shoved allowed kim him a great quantity 0 of I 1 gold old which they had in their possession aa and gave him a little bag of the precious stuff for a c cigar a another bag weighing four ounces ifo for r two straw hats and five Ave avelarda yards yarda of serge and still another her weigh weighing five ouock in exchange for a sad saddle worm ten dollars these the iad ins ana whom auba called the agold gold ballai I 1 indians In diang from the shape of their gold ha I 1 I 1 in their possession a piece weighing wei ninety s six lix ounces they told him mat gold I 1 in great quantities ea was found neat near the head of the ie river prieto mr robles informs us that it is his big intention to start in a mouth month or six sit weeks in search of the place where the Indians found this gold in a little trip which he made last year he received seventeen ounces of gold in exchange for two fanegas vanegas of corn some red pepper and a little bag of salt they offered him besides sixty two and a half pounds of gold id 11 for some skins and buffalo meat aho vho the largest piece which we have seen is of the size of a liens hens egg and wm was exchanged for a cloak of little little value all these reports agree in in representing the indians as the possessors of a great abundance of gold and the country as containing a great deal of it but bat this is only fouli founded ded upon the assertions of the indians we trust that the expeditions which are projected to these new countries will throw more light upon the real localities of the precious metat metal mr ivors ivers returned to albuquerque and on his way met with indians about seven days journey above zain who give him several gold bullets and told him that they had given iven others like them 0 o aubrey those indiana offered to show him where he could ar procure an ali abundance of it mr ivors ivers saw in their possession about fifteen or twenty pounds which they proposed to him to exchange but he be refused fearing that so great a quantity was not really r gold the examination made by dr abadie abadie who tested its specific gravity left no doubt ozi on this point the only difficulty is i to know where this thi gold was obtained today to day abiu examining closely the gold bullets ballets in posses possession of dr abadie we remarked trace a linen thread or cotton rag imprinted upon their surface which tends to show that this ae gold old was worked with mercury arid that the indians only obtained it by killing and pillaging a caravan of whites or lans ians however that may maybe be mr ivors ivers is collecting a small expedition with which he in intends to penetrate into the country of the gold ballets as far as the place where he be was told the gold fold existed in abundance he has determined to clear up the doubts that existed upon the subject |