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Respective Rights of Miners and Far mers to Public Lands. The San Pranelsoo HhUUIh, of a recent date, eontnira tho folloiving letter from tho Com infesionijr of the General Und Olllce, on the abovo subject. It contain' much valuable Information for minBrs anil fanners, and "cov ers tho ground" in Arizona, as well as in OaHfornfa: Dkpartmk.st op nm IxTUition, ) General laml QttU, Kept. IS, 1808. ( dwirgo Stonohouso, Grass Valley, Nevada County, Cidifornia. Sir Your letter to Senator Cole has been referred to this ollko, containing your ro inaks abotit the effect of our "ininand in structions" utwn those connected with agri cultural interests in California. The miners and farmers arc so mutually dependent upon each other in California that considerations of interest alono should bo suiliciont to prevent any rivalry beyond that Incident to the advancement of their respect ive interests. Without tho miners the far mers of California would have but an indiffer ent market for their produce, and, in the absonte of the agricultural element, tho nec essaries of lifo could be obtained only at ex orbitant price?, iinrairing the welfare, not of the miners only, nut or all classes, ltence, a community ot "interest should create a com munity ot reeling, ami all snoum aliKe strive to promote the lasting prosperity, the real glory of your truly wonderful State. The true policy of the United States is, as you re mark, to Mill all its public lands, farming and mineral ; and tbwt is precisely what the Gov ernment is endeavoring to do through this ollko. It has two classes of land, one agrieuUmral, to be disjKsed of at tho legal minimum prico er acre, under the pre-emption, or for mainly a labor consideration under me noniesteau Law ; the others at S3 per aero under the Mining Statute ; and it is disposed of as rain Jdly as circumstances will allow. You speak of the hardship of permitting miners to go upon land which agricultural settlers have bought, and dig up their orchards, gardens and grass lands, and rob them of their titles. You do not stole upon what claw of lands such tre3j)4?at.-s Lave been commitod; whether upon mineral or fanning lands ; whether upon lands sub ject to settlement under the preemption or ' homestead laws, or upon those subject to oc cupation only as mining lands. If the land was bought from tho United States, it is sufllcient to say that no one, whether miner or another person, has a right to trespass upon it in that or any other way ; nor can a settler be robbed of any title he haa obtained from the United States. You probably have reference to the purchase of the ioM4ttortj claim of a prior settler upon unsurveyed land; but, even then, the fact of Laving orchards on it as agricultural, would seem to imply that the settlement must have existed July 20, 1SGG, when the kilning Law was passed, and in that case, would be protected under the 10th section of that act, if the land is really agricultural and more valuable for farming" than for mining purposes; and no miner could legally disturb the settler in his possession. The question to be determined is whether the land is most valuable for mining or for farming purposes. If the fonncr, it belong to the class called " Mineral LandSj" and is not subject to settlement as agncultural; and it would not be in the power of this of fice to protect such a settler on it, for the reason that his settlement would not have the sanction of any statute. A settlement in California upon surveyed land, more valuable fur farming than for mining, is good under the 11th section of the Mining Act, and the settler may complete his title either under the preemption or the homestead laws. A settlement upon unsurveyed agricultural lands, made before July 20, 1HC0, is protected by the 10th section of the Mining Act, and the rights of the settler must be respected. "When a question arises between a settler and a miner as to whether a particular tract of land is more valuable for farming or for mi ning, the farmer necessarily has the advan tage of the miner in this, that before the lat ter can interfere with him, he must prove the land to be more valuable for mining than Tor fanning, a matter frequentty impossible with out expensive excavations, whilst, on the other hand, the fanning qualities of tho land are found upon the surface, and are easily es- Tho proof qf mineral wealth can usually be furnished only at the expense of removing the , surface, and if a miner does not wish to incur this expense, the agricultural settler cannot legally bo disturbed, if ho took tho precau tion not to mako a settlement upon land pal pably of mineral character even from surface indications. The miner's tcstimonv. also, must annlv to every 40 acre tract; and if he fails as to any" one of the four quarter sections which a set tler may take under tho preemption or homo stead laws, tho rights of the settler as to that remains untouched. It is believed, therefore, that if theso set tlers aro careful, and select only such lands in the minerul regions as are by law subject to settlement for agricultural purposes, their rights cannot be seriously impared. At all events, having the law on their side, they will be in a condition to enforce respect to them, and in all such cases may rely confl , dently upon whatever assistance it is in the , power of this office to render them. Nearly or quite all the difficulties that oc cur in these respects come from a want of complianco with the requirements of tho law, through a yaat of attention, or a misconcep tion as to the importance of looking well to theso things before it is too late to correct tho error without serious loss. A settler may venture to make a settlement ujion a tract of land, without any very defi nite intention of becomiug permanently loca ted; and henco may pay but little attention ' to the legal characterof the land settled upon, or whether it is by law subject tosuch settle ment or not, Tirno passes on. and ho may become pleased with tho locality ; property yqcumulates, and the evidence of thrift and industry multiply around him; but, sooner or 'iater, tome, one finds out the original defect Ho now discovers that tho tract of land was never oikiii to settlement ! for tho puri-.-es of iujrinillrr, ami that there . 1 1 .i . ...... i . i.i... is no law on wie statute hook io protect " Hero Is undoubtedly a cine of great hardship, but it is the direct result of not eonidoring the subject properlv nt the right moment ; of not rellcctlng whutlter tho law was one way or the other; and of acting without any defi nite pnrpofo in view us to whether his set xtlcnient would continue a month, a year or a lifetime. Where inattention and irregularities exist, difficulties and hardships must necessnrlly happen; and the wisest system of laws that tho wit of man cvor framed could not pre vent them. I have thought best to answer your letter at lengh, with a view of convincing yourself and neighbors that it is tho purpose of the law, as it certainly is of this olllce, to deal out even handed justico to all classes of claim ants, and in this way to further the impor tant interests in issue whereby tho immone resources of your groat State may be devel oped, and individual and public prosperity advanced. Very respectfully, your obodiont servant, Jos. S. Wilson, Commissioner. Earthquakes in History. During the first lirtlf of this century 3,240 of these visitations were noticed, or about one every week. In Kurope. during the last ten years, there have been 320 earthquakes, or one every nine days. At the commence ment of tho fifteenth century, only 760 of these shocks had found a place in history. During the next 300 year, 2,804 earthquakes aro recorded, or almost four times as many as during all the preceding ages. From the0 facta it has been inferred that, whatover may be the origin of theso upheavings of the crust of the earth, the phenomena are groatly in creasing in number, and their causes in vio lence. Among tho earliest earthquakes reported is that by which tho famous Herculaneum and I'ompei were destroy ed in tho year Oil. Fifty-two years after this, Antioch, in Syria, was almost eutirelv destroyed, tho calamity occurring just at the time the then Emperor Trajan, was on a visit to the place. In 458 it was again visited with an earthquake, and then again in 520, tho number of persons per ishing in the ruins on this latter occasion Do ing timnted at a quarter of a million. In ICO'2, Port Royal, the capital of Jamaica, was entirely submerged by the force of an earthquake, which swallowed tipovora thou sand acres, anil drove ships so rar inland that they floated above the buried city. In 1772, an entire volcano sunk into the earth in the Island of Java, carrying with it forty villages, the mountain itself, which was fifteen miles long and six broad, accompany ing the hamlets and their 2,957 inhabitants. On the 1st of November, 175."t occurred the memorable earthquake at Lisbon by which CO,0OO people perished in the twinkling of an eye. Here, also, was the great tidal wave seen at an altitude of fifty feet. One of the most awful incidonts of this earth quake was the sinking of the city quay. This had just been constnicted of marble at an immense expense, and to it, as a last refuge, fled thousands of tho hapless inhabitants. Without a moment's warning tho earth sud denly opened to receive it, and after sucking iu the mass must have closed over it, as not a single body of all tho thousands that went down, nor the least spar or ark from any of the Ishlps near by that were sucked into" the i chasnij ever came to the top. The water' there is near six hundred fathoms deop, and at an unknown distance beneath the bottom reposo the hapless Lisboneae. This Lisbon cat thqimke, Humboldt estimates, affected a portion of the earth four times as large as Europe, and was felt in the Alps, on the coasts of Sweden, in tho West Indies, on I.ake Ontario, and along the coast of Massa chusetts. In 1811, the earthquakes on the Mississippi, severest at New Madrid, Missouri, ahoA the ground for many days, and alternately raised and depressed it hero and there, tho latter sections forming a section called the sunken country to this day. , On the 26th March, 1812, a violent thun der storm, with incessant flashes, was ob served by the people of New 3Lndrid, and at the same time the city of Carraeas, in South America, was laid in "ruins, twelve thousand of its people perishing. The great eruption of Vesuvius, in 1857, with accompanying earthquakes, will also be remembered as leading to an immense destruc tion of human life, variously estimated at from 22,000 to 40.000 lives. In 18.j8, Juno 19th, the valley of Mexico was also devastated by one of these visita tions, demolishing houses throughout its length and destroying the costly aqueduct supplying the city with water. 3Iafch 22, 1850, Quito, in Ecuador, was nearly destroyed by an earthquake, and thousands of lives were lost. A". Y. World. Tkurible Fat.vi.itt. There is a weird, strange fatality, says tho Denver, Colorado Gaztlte, about the family of tho boy that was carried oil' by the Indians tho other day. The grandmother's name is Johnson; the grandfather is dead ; tho father was once lo cal editor of the Hocky Mountain Herald of Denver, in led, and was shot by a party of soldiers who were incited to attack the olllce by incendiary articles appearing in the Hocky Mountain 2seu. Poor Amala was shot in the breast by a bullet, ami after lingering, with the seeds of consumption in his system con sequent on the wound, died in Central City in 1805. Tho poor mother committed suicide on account of wrongs, tho cause of which will bo forever hidden from tho public ken ; and now the poor little child is carried off to grace the triumtih of a savage band, or, Kir chance furnish food for the vengeance of some war dance of savage brutality. 'I am rich enough,' sayn Pope to Swift, and can afTord to give away a hundred pounds a year. I would not crawl upon tho earth without doing good. I will enjoy the pleas ure of what I give by jiving it alive, and seeing another enjoy it. "When I die, I should be ashamed to leave enough for a mon ument, if a wanting friend is above ground." That speech of Pope is enough to immortal ize htm, independent of his philosophical rcr&cu. Calcdonlnns--1 fresh from tho Scotch gmnes-wero pasji up Wincumm street, Milwaukle, m tb tf.w.l. ..ninw bilt" mill "tartans." ! passing ! uilr mistiming, ''ki ts" Mill "tartans." (lilt Mm ndotles, a Teuton, who perhaps had been tnrtaking freoly of lager, obterved them in tently for a few seconds, when ho suddenly eclnimed : "Main Gott, all de tobacco signs ish broko looso 1" Hinoaiiv is about to celebrate its thou sandth anniversary as a Kingdom. On the forenoon of the ad instant, Goncral Crook, U. S. A., an old Oregonian, and a mot effective Indian fighter, was formally received by both Houses of the Oregon Legislature, in Joint Convention. gviwott giiU'cvtfetmtnt plOiVEEIl DRUG STORE. Prescolt, Arizona. On lmiul nticl ibr hii1, Ilnlfs IhUamfor Ik JjHMtt TmmmnP SttrmtpurQUa, Apr' " llaWi " Affi3! Otrry 1'trtoml, Ague C, JhrgtetCt Jamttiat Ginger. Perry DurW Pain A'tffcr, GaodaWs Catarrh Umtdg, JtrwenU llrvnckiai Tntkv yryim' l'ttlmmk Wafer, Dr. Jfrrint't Pitch jAUenge, Keatiug't Cmgk " Jayntft Patent Mtdtciuet, Ami. In feet, a fall aortinmt of nil the 1'Alent Medicines usually found In drug stores. TofUt Sips, fWjr AHkU, Pmfimtry, And a tare supply of DtotietteliiK Medicines. N. . Physicians' prescriptions eMftttly and . . . ...,'f r. i iiMi n T Dr. KawUU'i ortiw 1 MrrfUnp Stat. Prescott, April 54, 1S&3. W0EMSER & CO., Wholesale and Retail Merchants, LA PAZ and PHESCOTT, Arizona, DI'.AI.KItS IN . Groceries, Provisions, Clothing, Boots, Shoos, Liquors, Crockory, Hardware, Fanning and Mining Implement.", etc., CALL THE ATTENTION OF THEIR OLD pioneer friends and the public etmerally to their scsr and splcadld sxsomncr.: of jmcd, re cently purchased, by one of the Arm, In San Fran rlsco, nnd now on hand at their stores In La l'tiz and l'reseott. Give us a call nnd sec for yourselvo. Wc are nnt selling for ruinous prices ; our motto Is and has been, " Live and Let Live." Our stock In Li Viz Is acknowledged by all who have fcen and examined It, to be THE LARGEST AND REST AMOrtmont of eoods ever brought to that nlaee. MurelianU, farmers, miners and othurs, wttbing to purchase coods, would do well to give us a call, before purcluMlng elsewhere. WORMSER A CO. inylC La Pax and Prescott, Arizona. 1Z. .T. COOK, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IX Groceries, Provisions, Clothing, Dry-Goods, Boots and Shoes, Orockcry, Clocks, Iron, Nails, Quicksilver, Tobacco Cigars, etc., Is prepared to furnish the people all kinds ot Merchandise, for Cash, At reasonable rates, at the ADOBE STOKIi, Comer of Granite and Ourloy Streets. Prescott, Arizona, June 27, ISttS. Je27 OKAY & CO., WHOLESALE AND KETAIL MEKCIIANTS, At Lu I'az and l'rescott. .... DEALERS I?.' .... Groceries, Provisiojis, Oi.otiii.vo, etc. Wish to call attention to the largo assortment ot Hardimrc, Now on hand at their Store In l'rescott. W AIIIM AI COLD At Montezuma Hall Prescott. 3 SUarlof, Hair Cuttlnff. tin., la the twa) airffTl reasow. TIICODOJIK OWO, Iter kntly, as some of tho C. JACKSON & Co., Dloiito.tiiiiii Street, Prescott. J E HA VE J UST A Kill VK I) FKO.M San I'ranrifco with n lnrgo assort tnent of I.IQl OUS. which we oiler for sale t at mlurrd prices, (or cash, at our sample rooms, I where Aw and Sol, tlitt handsomest and nolMcM men In town, will always Ik- on liniul to dispense liquors lu tin; most approved style. CHAMPAONB on dnill. We never slop over. 1. S.--Jo has now another attraction boldu Ids " I'urp." C. JACKSON it Co. . l'rescott, Juno 5, IfiOS. GEO. F. HOOPER & CO., San rronciflco nnd Fort Yuma, California. Arizona City, Maricopa Wells, Saoa ton. Sweet "Water, and Camp McDowell, Arizona. Yy H0I.E3AI.K AND It ETA II. DEALERS IN (Jciioral Merchandise, Forwarding and Commission Merchants. We wth to call the attention of tfw pttblte generally, and MhiIcju.vts, partleulrly, to our fediiitot! f6r Wholitelig mid Jobbing at Low Kit tee. We keep constantly on twind, at ARIZONA CITY, Tit iMfftst ami Jwi General Slerk- e GtxxU in the Territory, w in any me fame ' toutA of &tn Vowr, CoitirtIIl( KvrrylhltiK ipi lrr. the Country He- AH of our gwds are either ittipurted. dlrw t or bought ol direct linjHWters. We buy nothing from ttrona hmnJt; thereby rfrif tlto San Fruiwfcwio Jobber's profit, which Is all we ask to makb. " Uve and Let Live," Is our motto. ' Oar t-rm are CASH, EXCLUSIVELY, and, roit cash, we are always In readlne to supply deaWrs, nneh eros and other, with good, In Jobbing kU, M Unpreccdentedly Low Prices. GEORGE F. HOOl'ER & CO. Arizona City, Noveinlter 20, lbflT. SAN FRANCISCO AUCTION HOUSE, Arizona City, Arizona. BLTJMENTHAIi & LAKDSBEHOER w HOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN Dry Good, Hoots, Shoes, IIoeryi Grocorios, Liquors, Clothing, Hats, Caps, Fancy Goods, Provisions, Hardware, Tinware, Iimjw, Medicines, v.. t uvnui , Oils, Drmrs Paints, ami and Saddles Saddlery, Musical Instrumunts, Hooks and Stationery, Uuns, l'istols ami immur.t;ion, jiimug and Farming Implements. More Varieties than any other House in Arizona. Arizona City, May 14, 1MW. myM ARIZONA HOTEL, WICKEXIirilG, Yavapai County, Arizona. rpiIK UXDERSIGXED, HAVING J recently taken chnrco of tho above named house, would Inform the people of Arizona and tho traveling public, that It is his intention to do everything pWiblc to please and satisfy all who favor him with their patronage. In connection with llio .kizo.sa U a HTAKLE, where animals will lo well fvd and attended to. MA J. W. MONTOOMEIIY, Proprietor. WlcKeuburg, Kitcmbi;r 1, lbW. Mpfttf "MAGNOLIA" BREWERY AND SALOON, WJckonbtirg, Arizona. rpHE UNDEHSIGNKD RESPECT- JL fully informs the public and his old friends, that he is now mauufacturinir. and keeps constantly ou hand, a superior quality of Lager Jlcer. In connection wltfi the Ilrewery Is a flrt-elass Bar, which U always snppllod with the best of LIQUORS AND CIGAItS. Tho patronage of the public Is solicited. A. II. I'EEI'LES, Proprietor. Wlokciiburj;, March 12, 18. ml4 A. BARNETT, WIGKJtftllUIlG, AKIZOaVA, ... DEALER IN . Groceries, Provhioni, Clothing, lhott, Shoes, 'J'okicco, Dry-Goods, 077" Soils chwiper tbm auy otbr merchant In Coutral Arizoua. uoJO'ij. iiUteccUancou Arizona Stage Company. Stages Leave La Paz every Saturday Leave Wickcnburj,' every Thursday. Si'inl-Wcoklv .Mail i il-hI,.. i.. .' - - - r-aia t y lje twet-n Im Pa, mid I'lescott via WicUcnlMirg. ' J. OOMlWATKU jA ., w. k. minis wut!,, JAMES (WANT, IWo,t,JunelO,rC,ranai'f1 Quartz Mountain Saw MM, rpiIK ATTKNTIOX OF THE VUllUc IS .1, called to tho fact that wo luve renewed facilities for the manufucttirc of All Kinds of Lumber, for Hulldlng purposes, and for .M11U and iiniDC UW Come Kith your money, nnd we will lr. ran tho prion acrordtni; to tin.- quality Tertni, eah on dtdlvcry, payable In U. 8. gold ooln, or Its equivalent In currency. A. O. NOVES, Agmt. Trescott, September 17, ISO". PEIVATE MEDICAL AID. Jlis' Qufck Cures and Moderate Charges. DR. DOmiRTV'S Private Medical and Surgical Institute. tWrjIMoMa Mnrt, Imtow Xuntrunrry 0rit I ' Mall Klramrhip CnWiy' nftW). frttatr ' t ; IMt.lurff lrrt, I'niiHMw. ablMlul riDfMl; to nOunt llr afflktal mnui i MirntriM nmttnri Mi in the trrmtmrai n4 eun t IMtsMt wmI Ctirwaie I)Imm, tun vt inirt n-, .STol l)Wilwi. To Corrrioiulr ii t . IVUmI. nr f).) rMIi; In ry frl t ' St ami Trlur(. Imwvtrr itktant wlm uar a.-. Mm atriM Hd MlrWvt Hit. DUllKHl V m ihtittn )flf Mid who think !tttr u a tr-- itamml f Mtrh I MfmBvr to hoklinir a l-r. n,-t " , too tow w rnlly kxttlnl tiwl ll.rtr r.trj, I ttoM will bt fd tm-t MrmL Hit lullK!iTi i IM jnlltjr 4 alwrrhigc lltot kit Ulrni hit 'pw at rTllt to Mtly by Mnerl( ih1 the Uttrr u 1 iu; m tMnito. I If Mimm. im rail as.1 MtxIMIr dwtllnl prnuiuilnr hMiim4toii Hill 1m. m.a,.. ..Hf). m intwfn. fa uV nirhimi nmd tho t-twnil trmtiwsl utthr m ttw'f f dng 1k trmtiUn) will 1 fors-utiad wlthoat iltlty In wrkt NWflMr a Ut Mtnrrj 8h Ulra ot Lhc iurMJit uf Uv Unrr r ptm4 trmn.mli 1.1. CtMntta. by Mm r oiWrwi-. frrr. l'rnaaattit ten gsAr.a'.rrxi ut an ruy. AJdrew. W. K. liOHKltTV if. t). ban I'mortKMi . ml. irrtiiaitnrrlira. DR. DOIIKRTY lu. Jo.t ffrfUhrJ n IrojDt pm phlt MBtlyl( nl bb ttow ai4 irTiK, l rU lUm t Iwtrfr ur VWWjr. brlff a brt Trll"m fScTaMtonL r Sfaii aal Wfalt'.t. Xrirwiw 111) )! i DvMHtr miiHml u-n ti.it ACttftlm, aat vOitt IIU- of Uie 8nal ()rvii. Tab lit II work nwiwla latrmatloa of lb utmat Talnn loaH. whrthrr isanW r !!. nl U1 b- ni r: hj- mail un mil uf hlx CuU la futtac Uni far Aitr, VV. K. DOllKItTt. M. t. UWmi han Krfcricu, Cat ARIZONA MINER Hook and Job Printing Office. Largest.and Mosl Complete Establishment .or i Hk KBD. 1 1ST THE TERRITORY. Tub Mineh offlco 1 well supplied with Pre, l'lalo, Fancy and OrnAiucntal TyjK, aud the pro prietors are determined to execute all wprk w"S w hleli thoy may bo favored In the neatest and Ul llu of the art. Work may be ordered from any part cf the Territory, and, when aeeoratmnled with tbe caa, It will be promptly executed and scut by uvdl, or as dlrcoted. Persons sending us money for snbserlpnon, adrrrtlnliuror Job work, may forward It by ai, or otherwise, at their own risk. CKAROES MODERATE. Address, PUBLISHERS ARIZONA MINER, Pkescoi-t, A.T." 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