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THE WEEKLY ABTZONAN 1869. JULY 3. OUR MINING INTERESTS. We are pleased to observe that, during the past few months, the lethargic condition of the public mind regarding the working of the mines in this locality, jias been giving place to a spirit of activity and energy in this branch of in dustry. The unprecedentedly low rates at which government contracts have been let, and the consequent scarcity of money in short, the present and prospective inactivity in trade seems to have had a beneficial effect, by arous ing the hitherto glinted contractors from the stupor caused by ser-mdulgence, and caus-j the greatest journalistic wonder of the age, jng them to discover new fields for enterprise i which, while jt is eagerly read by all the great mouths since, declared tha these gentlemen, by investing capital in the. Apache Pass mine, were on the straight road to rnin. Already, a party is preparing to commence work on the La Paz Silver mine, and much inquiry is on loot regarding the Lee & Scott mine. We do not entertain any fears that all this growing excitement over the treasures of mother earth will end as dirf&nany others in stale rumor. It is too real; fVidamentally too well sustained for that, and we hail it as the harbirger of a golden harvest. Jinuimji "The Good Ai.oxe aue Gv.kat:" We ask no betUr instance of the veracity of this max im than the tame of the New York Herald, of the existence of which, in their rece::t dor mant slate, they were utterly unconscious. As yet this spirit 13 only just beginning to manl iest itself, and to Messrs. Anderson, Stone and Lyon, the proprietors of the Apache Pass mine, are we indebted for its resuscitation. This mine, during a portion of 1S67 and the whole of 1SG8, was nominally in the hans of the Apache Pass Mining Companyra party without capital or organization. This mining company, or, more properly, mining mob, was disbanded in the Spring of 'G9, and upon its ruins the present enterprising company started up, and already are about commencing work on A large scale. The great richness of this mine AS sliown by recent assays, bids fair to give an impetus to mining enterprise in Southern Ari zona. That the various mines in this vicinity have long been neglected while yet their rich ness was manifest to all, is well known, and perhaps equally well is it understood whence originated this indifference: the majority of anti-miners contend that it is utter madness to invest money in mining .peculation while the Apache remains unsubdued ; that capital so expended is sent adrift upon a gloomy un certainty from which a return may never be obtained, or, if ever, only after a length of time and with a profit insufficient to compensate for the outlay during the term. There is no doubt at all as to the great influence exercised upon mining interests within the Territory by the presence of hostile Indians ; but that this in the ouly causeto which maybe attributed the non development of our mines, however largely maintained, is an opinion Jacking that support jiccesiary to its establishment on fair grounds; as, until the present, no effort has been made .since the late war, to tuvlvu woiK uj.v.. r..v met: of Europe and America ; is eagerly sought in exchage by all the principal journals of both continents is not, like many eastern contem poraries, loo haughty to exchange with even the smaller respectable journals. When we invited the Herald to exchange, we k&l.not, indeed expect more than a weekly edition ; we havej however, the satisfaction of rt ading from its daily files, the every day occurrences, all over the civilized world. in A k . luvlllli if intra known to have well repa'd the cost of labor in times past; and until an effort of this nature Bhall have been mad.e and48idered abortive by Indian hostility, we must" continue to be lieve in the existence of other causes which might explain that which "Indian troubles" fail to do, to our satisfaction. We think that the principal agent acting to the detriment of miuing interests here, is successful specula tion in contracts obtained from government Up to the middle of 'GS there were very few men in the Territory who could give bonds, guaranteeing the fulfilment of contracts, sufficient to satisfy the government, and con sequently these capitalists had their hands f.ill of contrasts at all times, from which returns were ever quick aud certain, Indeed it re quired very little business capacity and very little troublesome calculation to carry oa thia style of business ; aud it is not, therefore, sur prising that our business community was so very modest about engaging in mining specu lation. But a complete revolution has taken place; a new era in our business age has fair ly dawned. There are no longer only a few 'apitalists. Every man carrying on business here at present (and the influx of merchants, jiom California and New Mexico, within the just year has been very great) possesses suffi cient capital to secure a government contract; and the consequence is that instead of the few regaling themselves with the oil of fat contracts ye now find several dozens of ye hopeful specu-r j tutors wrangling over contracts of skin and 1 bone. This strife to oTrtain "worthless contracts" is just the class of dissension of which the Terri lory stands in need. It is destined to throw the speculative mind into other channels and .na matter of necessity mining speculations will suggest themselves. It is quite evident that before many months shall have passed For some months fast, a new feature the American character has been in process of development. This comes in the spirit of a religious excitement brought about, perhaps by the reports of the coming Ecumenica Council in Rome: Some fifty ministers of the Protestant Episcopal church have issued a pro test against certain reliszious principles which they contend are not canonical and have a ten dency to mystify; the Presbyterian church is undergoing a revolution in the shape of a "re union," and all the ether denominations are more or less disturbed. The canker of Re ligious fanaticism which long since blasted everysocial feeling, in the Dominion to our north is, doubtless, imparting contagion to our adjacent territory. The Marysville Appeal of June 19th has the following items "Army Intem.igknce. By special Orders No. 100 from General Ord, commanding the De partment of Cilifornia, Company G, 8th cav airy, and M, 1st cavalry, now at the Presidio, are ordered to Tucson, Arizona, to be stationed where the District Commander may require them. Captain J. L. Johnson, lMrst Lieutenant and Regimental Quartermaster, 21st Infantry, is ordered lo relieve Captain bawver in Arizo na, ; i .-, Ueo. Times. "Red Hluff Items. The IndepeJent, lOtl; instant, has these items The troops formerly stationed at Fort Crook passed through our town on Sunday morning on their way below, lhey were under the command of Lieut. Lafferty. We understand that the post has been abandoned by the Gov ernment, and the company, which is a detach ment of the Eighth Infantry, ordered to Arizo na," We require the aid of those sons of Mars very much, at present, and sincerely hope that they may have a substantial existence. We have no use for ideal soldiers, such as those that passed through Loi Angeles, en route for Arizona, some three months ago; th.ey never reached us nor can any one tell us where they are. Chemical Discovery. "V, S." is enthusi astic over a chemical discovery recently made, and which, he asserts, has been thoroughly tested, in the person of a well-know chemist, at the Seaman's Retreat, Staten Island, The discovery is certainly important if it is what "V. S." claims. Reduced to the fewest possi ble words, the "discovery" consists in so con centrating the nutritious properties of vegetable and animal matter that one pound is quite sufficient to nourish and even increase his strength a healty man for two weeks. That is, about one ounce of this highly concentrated food is sufficeint to sustain a man of average capacity for twenty-four hours. Professor ,Schule, it is asserted by "Y. S'.," was given one pound of the new food, and here is what is said of him and it: "He remained during two full weeks, aud under the strictest watchfulness, at the Retreat He wa3 placed in a room spe cially prepared at the hospital, provided only with one pound ofhe compound food, and at the expiration of the time came forth as fresh, hearty and healthy in body and mind as if he had passed his fortnight enjoying the luxuries of Delmonico's kitchen." If, indeed, this food : is what this enthusiastic writer declares, it will prove a discovery ot inestimable value to the world. Armies will uq longer be found to re main idle at enormous expense waiting for the quartermaster's trains "lo come up. "nor will oreigners or marme3 on tne seas, shipwrecked away, the work commenced, or revived, hy i fr detained bj adverse winds, be in danger of Messrs. Amkrson, Stone & Co., will fimi favor rea value the world will not longer he fcent in - r The following communication from Messrs Tully & Ochoa of this city, to the San Diego Union, contains some interesting facts not generally know n : 'JVcsok. A. T., June 13, 1869. Editor San DiEiio Union: Knowing that you have at all time endeavored to convince tho people of the great advantage of a rail road on the '52d parallel, we -have taken the liberty of sending you a specimen of coai, found in the greatest abundance directly on the 32d, in New Mexico. This specimen of coal is considered the best in the United States ; us to quantity, there is sufficient to run the entire road forever, it is just about hall-way between the town of Memphis, Tenn., and San Diego, Cai. We send you this hoping that yon will find it of some service to you in advocating the much needed railroad on the H2d parallel'. We are long since convinced that no other road can be built as cheap as this road, nor will any other road have the advantage of climate iVc, that this read will have accompany the expedition, together o- capitalists. The exploration will be th t tfF and should the report bo favorable Javf will take hold of the road. The exped f 'fl Washington June 23. The state depa- from minister McMahon since Decenib IE1 when he arrived at Asuncion. All otwliH mation is rumor or speculation. Tl.' ofacial dispatches are dated April tsih 4 v Buenos Ayers, and Rio Jaueiro, the 24th ay same month. " Sj Washington June 2-l.-InteIligen;:e h H received here frcm Cuban sources r.f jJ which took phw.-e between the rtw ,"' 15B l&ret-s a.nd thjj SiuiTiialiJrQQusipar p..t . "ia raure. l nu v. u an troops number,!)1 asu were attacked in their intienchmeEts -Jen Spaniard uith a force of nearly dou, SS number, who were twice r'piik-ed. IK Ot i he Cubans was less than a hnvdrpj :, 3m aud wounded while that of the attaik.r was thrt-e times sis groat. 'I he Spun ., lfa? treated, leaving a number ot their iui, tv .i .i i v r Lieaiei:, ieavmg a num Directly on this route, m Npw Mexico, vou ' . . -iic i- .i c i j w , - I wounded on t lie field, will find in tneoacranientjaii't n Un. Mountains ; . , c timber of the very best kind, sufficient to build L ,m" .. 1rriCrm's' the entire road, This fact hs been erttirelv ignored by former surveys, for some cause or other, we suppose that the weight ot capiial, North, has had its effect. Let this be as it inny, at no distant day, when it comes down to the matter of dollars aud cents, this road will be built, and then, and not till then, will these capitalists that appear to oe blind now open their eyes to see the error that they have committed. The N. Y. Herald of June 8th has the fol lowing upon the recent riot in Washington ; The scenes which were enacted in Washing ton veslerday during the progress of the muni- cinal elections around the polling places and in the streets attest the difficulty which has ever attended and, will perhaps ever attend, a first attempt to suddenly incorporate a new and powerful, yet generally uneducated class with the members of an already enfranchised citizen family. A City Council and charter officers ware to bs chosen by general vote, ne groes having the right of balloting. Trained, apparently, in the tactics of voting "early," if not " often," as well as in the system of ''pipe laying" or '' colonizing" votes from abroad, colored men of the radical stripe entered the city or turned out from their several domiciles within the corporate limits in large number al the earliest hours of the morning, commencing to arrive at the different ward centres as early as four o'clock. They were well prepared for an election campaign, having their ballots in their pockets, bludgeons in their In.nds and their over-coats on their shoulders. They ap peared determined to vote as the freedom of political decision dictated, as democrats or ra dicals. Free expression was not permitted, however, for, as appears from our telegraph report, a democrat mulatto named .Smart, hav ing attempted to vindicate his principle in the legal manner, was set up by the colored radi cals, abused, driven fronhis position and com polled to seek shelter in a store, where he was protected from the negroes by the proprietor at much risk both to his person and property. Stuart proved a plucky fellow. A squadron of mounted police having arrived at his place of re reat, he came forth, went towards the ballot box, but was hunted from place to place by his infuriated brethren. The police were com pelled in self-defence to fire on the mob. This goaded them on to act with a fury which is described as almost demoniac in intensity, the officers being assailed and the Superintendent vounded in the affray. Policemen and citizens were seen runing in evey direction, shots re sounded on all sides, the alarm became general, and wonder is expressed that a number of per sons were not kiiled during the melee. Tho Mayor was insulted by the triumphant darkies, who lightet bonfires as an evidence of their triumph, howling around them in a most excit ing manner. The disterbanses subsided ata late hour in the evening. The police ran Stuart off and started him for Baltimore. Nejjro equality is almost compeleted aud the "underground" railroad again in operation. We are in receipt of the first number of the Rio Grande Gazette, published at Las Crnces by our late partner, Mr. H. W. Sherry. The Gazette is a sheet of sixteen columns, three of which are advertirements. We wish our juvenile contemporary every success and give it a place on our exchange list. mostlv from V left here vesterdn v.and ti-dav. to ioin . MJJ which is r iidezvousiiijr on the southern trtfi preparing to j (in the Cuban rmy. Lodoit, June 23. Five ih'ousand civ. left Liverpool during the week einiiu' day last for different points in Amnv.i, ILatest STews n the eyes of the many who, only a couple of ignorance of its exiitauce.- Y. Herald. (From files of the daily New Mexican.) Chicago. June 18, Henry J Raymond of the New York times, was struck by apoplexy at three o'clock this afternoon and died at five. An officer of the treasury department iust re turned from Richmond states that at a mass meeting of the conservatives on Tuesday. Robt. Ould, rebel commissioner for the ex change of prisoners during the war made a lolent speech telhu'r northern carpet-oarers that after the election of July Gth, they must pack up and leave, the state. Washington, June 19, Roberts, one of the be3t railroad engineers is at the head of the expedition to explore the northern Pacific rail road route, Several nc'.ed railroad men will Tucson', A. T., June ht, M. R. Piatt of Tucson, is hereby apro!-21; win .ll'iil. iui mi; it uuaii;iiuii ui au 3Qrl connected directly or indirectly with jR portation of Government stores fn,;n Dfpot. to all posts dependant upon a plies. inia HINDS k n(U)r- M AUCTION SALE. M AVE will soli, on tho tenth day of Abjs -. in Tucson. A. T., at l'ublie Auction, a : -of old WAGONS, HARNESS and C1I ti:, other artiales useful to men who haie ' or, wo will gull tho ahove property at sale for barluy, corn, or wheat, at rii prices. Persons wishing such articles wii, f to call and seo them as thov can "-eth.ir- 3 buying now. 13ijm TULLY ioCH I mat OLD GERMAN BAKER! H T. LAUENSTEIN & CO. IV.o.'i ' In LesinsLy's Building', enposi'e E. SJ-UjlS tCo., Slain Street Tucson X T litizer.s arid 3trangers ivantin i r. bread, cakes and pis ar u , . have ro-openc-i our bakery and solicit t e'r ronage, GHOK'lL' u T. I.A. r . THOMAS M YERiviM WHOLESALE AND RETAf L ML!.l Tsabac, A. T. EEPS constantly on hand a !ar" a: ' sorted stuck of DRY GOODS, (.5 hi' AND PROVISIONS, which will bo solJ and a LIBERAL CREDIT GIYEX. Ur in exchange, for goods at market prices. Jan 1st 18G8. OU4S. H. i,or.D ' w. IV. T. JLOR.5) & WILMAMS. tiiii rjvj uWi teibu 'hrM: HAVTNft iust hriiucht nn from Xeff ."jflS fresh and ' 'g? CHOICE STOCK OF MERCHANP11 are oflcring the samo very cheap for cash, eedei Look at our goods and prict s. CASH STORE! ens!!! 3r.sbu i I. GOLDBERG vr-..ii. -l iir j erew ixonu-easi uoruer luum atiu ims" TUCSON, A. T. StOCK of S u m ill c i- unci a 1 1 ng embracing a general anu complete as jrnisl DEI GOODS, ffl consisting ot- HATS and CAPS of every descrip: 'Jj adapted to every season, ,ejg CLOAKS KM SHAWLS jml. BOOTS fffl; SHOES rMiMm LADIES' FANCY AND DBESS GO J PRINTS mfm MUSLINS r!& DELAINES, ETC I- also A large stock of Old Rje WME ho best California Wine and likewise - tang A large stock of Groceries--! which we offer for sale; wholesale We adhere to a cash system and.se.ii" mtk a,.,nfl-?,tilr Inw for cash. ii-iii'" ..t.... - 'n!3 3.