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WEEKLY ARIZONA MINER: PJtESCOrJ', FEIJltUAUY 27. lbT-J.
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a. "'UT.-r.'. .a An:-ai in w'.lch tlw MINER '
B j ',,tc. . ! r-ys .-J !t ar "it to tvtj 3uto ift.l
Tr '. .y of tv. C.;as nlr.h, coM with ltii' aaJ .
'. 'iMiii'.l ryille ilrtiil3fmJliiia. '
'l l.r M i n is will, in jtutic t farmers ;
fif jr'ifiT .m l other oor, lutrd working citi
yens uf the 'IVriitory, opsin aiMres tin; men
who on WVliKM.Uy, March Itli, nest, N I
lii-rc in jH'rin. or by proxy, biMing for groin,
bay, vomI anl I'reibt contract-, with tlio
linj that the advice anil pleading which j
luvo her'tron apjwareu in it columns, win
not lw forgotten or lot sight of. In doing
M), wc ak but the wMios ami desires of
tlio working elates, who, in the event of low
price, will have beforu them another year
of unrcrounerativc toil. AVc havo it from
good authority that there W not much obi
grain in the Territory j that thu farmers of
the great producing valley have not, this
year, planted much barley; that they are,
ami lute been, economizing, ami will surely
make it warm for all who may contract to
furnish barley, etc., at low rate.
And, now, a word for some of tlio men
who will bid for contracts. They list year
credited many farmerr, havo takon pay in
grain, which grain they yet hold, and wish
to get rid of at almost any price, since, by
shrinkage and other loiae, they cannot, do
not expect to get oven upon it. Hut, these
men with the farmers, can, if they so desire,
combine and rulo out persons who have no
grain of their own, middle men, who are
sure to put in low bids, and it is such a course
we earuetly advise farmers and storo-kcep-crs
to take. Their interests are, or ought to
be, identical, for, when the farmer, freighter,
laborer and thoie with whom they spend a
portion of their earning are well off, mer
chants certainly sell more goods, and, as they
pretend to desire no greater earthly blessing
than that won by " quick sales and small
profits," they should, most assuredly, if they
can, help to bring about such a result.
We have grown tired, waiting for capital
ists to come and work our quartz lodes and
would hail the organization of a company of
hard-fisted miners, backed by home capital
ists, who would secure one of the many idle
mills here, select a good lode and start work.
With Georgo Hogle, Philip Richardson and
one or two other men wc might name, at the
head of such a company, and tho right kind
of a lode and mill-site, wo would have but
little fear of the result, and to prove that
w are in earnest, we will help such a com
pany with whatever cash we can get bold of.
It is really too bad, this talk about hard
times, in a country whoso every mountain is
richly threaded with good lodes of rock, car
rying gold and silver in abundance, and
which only needs one successful operation of
this kind to, induce hundreds of monied men
to come hero and make of tho Territory a
second Nevada or Colorado.
St
MOHAVE COUNTY.
The mail from Hardyville and mining1
towns in Ilualpai District, arrived hut night,
bringing, among other3, the following Min
ing and Indian Indian News :
Cekhat, February 17, 1871.
To the Editor of tfie Arizona Miiver :
K.tcln places thirteen men at work on tho
Keystone mine to-day ; hii machinery will be on
tho ground to-morrow. The Ccrtm O. ii 3. M.
Co.npany are preparing to do extensive work
on their claims this spring. K. It. Smith, super
intendent, will he here In about two weeks.
W. W. 8tearn, one of the owners of the Dean
mine, near Wallapal Spring, wa here a few days
Miicc. and let a contract for slnklnz one hundred
feet oil this mine. lie speaks very flatteringly of
the prospects, and intends bringing one of hU
mills iroin Kuril county to tliu aimrict. me
miners at Stockton are pounding away, and the
mot of them doing well and unearthing tome
flue ore. J. H. Fisher has six men at work on
tlio New London mine, which U looking r-plcn-
uiuiy. it. writ ana Unas nctz nave erected a
small smelting furnace In this town, which they
claim will bo an entlro success when started,
which will be. within a wck. Cory fc I'otU
HI make a shipment of ore this week from the
Little Chief and New Era mines, which ore goes
overland to Los Angeles, at a less figure than It
can be transported to San Francisco by land aud
river, at preent rates. dm firn Is working
lit mine near ueni, ami again preparing to run
hi arustra on gold rock. -J. W. Munu Is clean
ing up hit arrustra and will, probably, produce a
good quantity of gold bullion.
February 18. The storm has lasted without
captation for eight days, and many adobe build
ing in Chloride, Mineral Park and this place arc
In ruins, having melted down. Davis it Itandall
wtre abllged to. move all goods out of tbclr store,
a Miurai r.irK ; i lie wails or the building ocin
cracked, It will probably fall.
Heals Srni.scs, Feb. 21, 1571.
John If. llcrion, Ks7.,
Sir On Saturday last, Mesr. W. A. Grounds
and J. Curcton went out from TruxtonSurimrs to
gather up their cattle, several miles Irom tho
rancn, in a rolling country, they observeda nuai
lal Indian (well known, and always well treated
by Ground) on horseback, com In'' In their direc
tion, but not elng them at the time, on riding
up a little cloter the Indian saw them and took
up his gun and tried to lire, but, tor somu reason
the gnu did not go on. Grounds hailed blra with
the words "don't shoot," but tha Indian kept
working hU gun and aiming at them. Corotou
s''iug that the Indian meant right, tfred at him.
AfU'r Cureton's first shot the Indian had ItU jjuu
ready, coinraaneed firing and ttruek Curcton in
the leg whleh throwed him off the horse. Hy
this time Grounds bad got ready, and commenced
I'r.ozU ttw. Indian, which ended In the killing of
the lluilpal, hut not before CureUm was shot
ii"e mure and had his Jrm broke.
Tin wounded nnn was brought Into Cerbat
yesterday, and It Is hoped he may recover, but be
may Ioe liU arm.
The Indian that was killed had an Improved
Hiarp's rifle and 10 rounds of cartridge.
(irouuiU dooa not iixoelly how many head of
tiulo be lot; bethinks not Icaa than '200 head,
ami 0 horftti.
MCitliiir U very ld, IhU tuorulng-, UKnuoin
clrrmily bjw lag about IB".
Tho mail carrier ay ho found most t
xtati'iu iiml ranches Iwtveon t,V;rlat xiid old
C imp Hualial dcartiHl,Ju conswiucneo of
w '.kIi he wt com pel kid lu divp oni: frm a
di-tanco of 70 miles.
Mr Grxnt and his subordinates liav Vne
n in.irkably well in the matter of getting mails
through from California, arvi, woro LjjMr.)
t tun at lactone tagc J4 wtli, to siyl fovn
th'- termiiul hU rouu?, n Ariy.onan
vHild havjiwt caiiw for grumbling at tlio
line. Thmi, lie would on ral many piscn.
g. r nluijiuit' itovnr OjiuW of aiiythijig Lutu
j nv-lu uiivyaiite.
I Kfrtii WtarttU) Daily I
MILITARY AND INDIAN ATFAlltS.
It is to be regretted that, whenever cer
tain Members of tho Pim lent I Congress wish
to mako a Mir in the wotld by cutting down
governmental uxiainie, tbuy inwiriablj light 1
on the Mll fur the support of the Army and i
of Indians mi reserves and pa over well
known thieving bills with xcurcely a word of j
debate. Thu Army uppuurs to theiii v a
foot-ball to be kicked Iroin olio n)fition to
another. Nor do they ever get tho fact 1
through their wool that it is not the Army 1
proper Hint h the serviuttblo p.utof the or !
ganizatioii -that ile.uros overhauling. No,
they straightway nssetuinto on the great cost .
of umintainiiig troops in active service, and
pay no attention whatever, to Army sido-,
shows kept up at the Last to curry out, or,
rather lend ferce to put in opcr.ttiuii their
nefaiious schemes for keeping in place and
power men who usurp State government.
Lop oil", if von plew, ull Ui'jleia expenditure
of money which goes to pay for fancy sol
diering in the Atlantic States, but do not,
eternally and everlastingly, raid upon the
men in the field and labor to destroy their
usefulness. Think well uud say at once,
how many men the country needs in the
service and appropriate sufllcient money to
defray all their expenses. By m doing you
will enable the Department to pay as itgor,
whereas, at present and for to tnu time past,
it is and has been in debt to contractors and
others, who, if once assured that they will
be paid, immediately after the performance
of any service, would gladly perform said
service for less pay than they have been iu
tho habit of doing.
Hero in Arizona, where Gen Crook haa
less than 2,000 men to take caro ol nearly
20,000 Indians and guard scveralhundred
miles of our country lrontiug on Mexico, ho
is continually troubled for want of sufficient
means to defray tho expenses of even so
small a command, sinco no more is allowed
for tho expenses of the soldier hero than
at tlio East, where everything needed by the
soldier and tho service is so much cheaper,
and, as it to add to his troubles, as if to
bind hint hand and foot ; to fetter his useful
ness and prevent him from doing his duty, ho
is ordered to dischargo all, or nearly all, cit
izen employes in his department. This when
two or more tribes of Indiana aro in open
hostility to the Government, threatening tho
lives of citizens and soldiers and the destruc
tion of private and public property. Crook
must head these fellows off, or be cursed by
citizens and growled at by Government. To
do this, he wants the assistance of citizen
guides and packers, but cannot get this as
sistance, owing to tho liat of Congress,
which has cut down the Army appropriation
and made it incumbent on Crook to dispense
with tho services of men whoso places sol
diers aro not competent to fill, and if they
were, they are not to spare for such duties.
To this working of soldiers, as laborers,
thousands of desertions are traceable, and
the sooner Congress quits tinkering with the
Army, the better ivill it be for that institu
tion and the country. If, in your wisdom,
Congressmen, you think that 20,000 men uru
all who aro needed to perform tho services
required, sty 20,QOO and don't, for God's
sake, keep everlastingly threatening the or
ganization with reductiou and throttling it
with inability to defiy its necessary ex
penses. Hut, remember, that men who have
enlisted to soldier do not take kindly to tho
service, when, instead of doing noldiers' du
ty, they have, in addition, to pack mules,
dig wells, build roads and do numerous other
things.
In dealing w';th and providing for Indians
Congress has been equally unhappy and un
conscious of its duty, as will be seen by the
following article on the subject, which wc
copy from a leading Eastern paper:
The Cornmitte; on Appropriations in tlio House
has been making a thorough examination of thn
wants ol thu Indian department of public service,
aud find that the testimony of men wbo are com
petent to give Information ou the tubject agrees
In ebowlug that it bai been the cmtom ol Con
gress each year to appropriate much less thau the
service required, trusting to the pooae of defi
ciency bill at the next testlon. WLilt, cutting
down ou thu sums atked fur the several Depart
ments, the estimates for the Indian service have
been each year equally reduced, notwithstanding
It Is known at the time that tbry are not sufficient
and It seems to have been the established policy
that the Commissioner of Indian Aflalrs mutt al
ways be In debt to contractors aud let contracts
on the good faith of thu Government' promises
and Its Intention to carry out a settled policy.
Till, fact has forced the department to accept only
the hld af such contractors o wcru known to bo
able to wait a long time for their money.
It ha aUo resulted that bills have been made
for suplics with intcrut added sulllclcnt to cover
losses In waiting for money. Mont of these con
tractors have been obliged to pay heavy Interest
on sums advanced, In most ease as high an (wo
percent, per month, and now, In view of the pres
ent possibility of again cutting down the appro
priations, thcru Is danger that thesu contractors
will refute to aid the Department auy further.
The CommUsiouer of Indian Affairs says that If
Congress would appropriate sufilcleul money to
cover the necessary expenses for each fiscal year
as far as they can be ascertained with certainty,
bo could save In his expenditure at least thirty
per cent, by purchasing for cah or accepting
from small bidders. Iul winter, notwlthtUnd
lug the fact that General Crook had been ordered
to force the Apaches to go npon rencrvatlons,
when the Government promised to feed them,
Congress made u very small appropriation for
supplies, and soon alter thu department found
lUelf In dlUlculty, oelng without money aud yet
cabled upon by tbo pcoule to carry luto effect the
policy or tue Auiniiusiraiion. ji iuai umc
it-ruin contractors camo forward at tho special In
vitation of the Secretary of tho Interior and tho
FAllcttailoa of army ofllccrs, who did not want to
Jotcibo herxul-s of a successful Indlsn war, and
lMk ihe. new contracts nt the name prices which
lia.1 lHn clvii before, und thin secured the
utuit of fulfllllnx tbc Indian treaties.
It was shown to tim Appropriation Committee
U week by Geo Vandovcr, ouo of the Indian In.
spwUirs. that, laitjsd of paying extravagant
prices, th IiidUn wxiU are now paying less for
beef Uiw the military ofJlefftti In tho same locall
ties. The roiiilt Is that, being without funds at
the date, the Department has deficiency bill to
present of afwut 1600,009, of which the sum of
f I15f,41 i for tiUitlns Apt:!?s In New Mexico
and Arixona. It was tiMHjgbt wU Congress ad
Jonrni'd Urt spring th-u the deUelcney would bo
this year more thin 9t,0ofl,0W. Tertlwony before
the corawlttos Ahowa tbvt loo "ot of tending tho
Indians u much lea thau rigiumg litem, and it Is
hoped, xfii't i few fairs, to mike tiiem xilf-iim.
'Hitting. It U coiuldorGd twUla tlui titry will
ruumiiiiend appropriations sutSHmt to mH all
tlisM ntCRMtary ctniu, t a menu roof reform
anl !ronmy,;Uid lint JmuiedUlu irlllviiutM of all
drflck'iido, lu oider to li;p up tbo credit of Uia
Department.
If wo can credit tbo telegraph, CotigtoM
lit; appropriated 5,(KKX for Indian M-'r-viui
during thu pruwnit Ilscal year, which
kum ii inadequate to iay tliu "dcficJency"
nnd meet tho necessary expenses of tho year,
f that It looks as If gentlemen in Cengress
hail btudioutty provided for tnoro Indian
wars, which, owing to their action, the coun
try is sure to have, since Indians who have
been piouikcd food and clothing in return
for giKid behavior cannot now get thee
things and will, of coiirc, charge Govern
ment with Iming broken "treaties" "bt eak j
out" and live by murder and robbery, m of
vore. .So. the verv men who talk loudest
about the "wrongs of ioor I-o," ure the first j
to promote ravage warfare and to leave the
whites but one cour-o to pursue, abandon
ineiit of their homes, voluntarily or by force,
or the extermination of the red men, who,
thiiH trilled with by Cotigrcs, will "bieak
out" fiercer than ever before.
Mi LIT AUY NEWS.
Lieut. C. II. Hockwell, oth cavalry, A. A.
Surgeon Warren K. Day nnd a (mall detach
ment of recruits reached Yuma last night
from the San Francisco steamer. Dr. Day is
ordered to duty at Camp Vurde, as lleld sur
geon. Lieut, llockwell proceeds by stage to
Tucson, where he is to relieve Lieut. Clarke,
as Quartermaster. Lieut. Clarke ujion being
relieved is to join Co. G, at Yuma, to which
he has been promoted.
Lieut. McDcrmott has been ordered to
join the company to which ho was lately
promoted, at Howie.
Lieut, iiroderick, 23d Infantry, is to leavo
Yuma this week in charge of a detachment
of about lifty recruits for companies at Camp
Lowell. A. A. Surgeon Thornton is to ac
company detachment.
Col. Nelson, Paymaster, expects to start
for Camp Vunlo some time this week.
Mr. Moore, of Whipplo depot, started
yesterday forTownsend's ranch on the Agua
Fria, with supplies for Lieut. Schuyler's
command, which was to reach that point lust
night.
General orders, No. 3, published yesterday
at Dopartmcnt Headquarters, contain the
following instructions :
In order to carry out the instructions re
ceived from tho Secretary of War, under
dato of January 27, 1874, the following re
ductions and apportionments of thu forco of
civilian employes allowed for this Depart
ment arc published siqierseding those an
nounced in General Orders No. 1, current sc
ries, from these Headquarters.
All civilian employes in this Department,
except those belonging to pack trains now in
the field, the authorized guides, thu two Ci)
clerics in office of the Chief Quartermaster,
and those below authorized at thu Depots
and Ebrcnberg, will bo discharged on the
'Jntn instant, or as soon thereafter as thu or
der is received.
At Whipple and Yuma Depots, and at
Ehrenberg, the number of authorized em
ployes and their compensation will bo as fol
lows, all others to be discharged :
WhipjAe Depot, A. T. Ono superintendent
to do duty of corral master, ( currency) ucr
month, S 150.00.
One citizen to do the work of an engineer
nnd blacksmith, per month, SloO.00.
Yuma Depot, A. T. Ono clerk, per month,
S 150.00.
One citizen to do the work of a store
keeper and a superintendent, per month,
5150.00.
Ono citizen to do tbo work of an cngiuocr
and blacksmith, per month, 100.00.
Ehrenberg, A. T. One laborer, per month.
sio.oo.
Bur at Homk. Arizona wholcsalo deal
crs say that they offer every inducement
to small dealers to purchase all kinds of sup
plies, at home, but that, instead of doing so,
theso dealers, especially those who retail
liquors, give their orders to drummers from
San Francisco, who light down here, semi-oc
casionally, stay a short time and again put
out for the city, with orders for trade which,
by right, belong to such largo and fair deal
ing houses as Wrn 15. Hooper & Co., of Yuma
and Ehrenberg, C, P. Head fc Co., and Levi
liashford, of Prescott ; J. Goldwatcr Sc. Jlro.,
ofPhtunix; Fish fc Co., Florence; Tully,
Ochoa & Co., Lord & Willians, and E. N,
Fish & Co., of Tucson, which linns employ
book-kcepcre, clerks and others who, unlike
tho "drummers" heretofore alluded to, spend
their money in Arizona. This is, of course,
a little selfish, but it is tho only truo plan to
help homo folks and homo enterprises, which
is, or ought to be, the guiding rule of all Ari-
zonans.
lIuccnoAriDs, or, as Hill Cole terms them,
"sardino boxes on wheels," arc about as kill
ing on our people and tho country as Indians
used to be. Nobody who can help it will
ride on them, since they aro open to tho
weather and many other serious objections.
Hut, as they arc tho vehicles used upon two
of tho important mall and pafnengor routes
in our Territory, many people aro forced to
ride on them, a ride a person never forgets,
since, owing to their openness; to their lack
of proper scats ; to an entire want of supports
for head nnd back, a ndo upon ono of them is
torture most fearful.
Added to all these drawbacks and discom
forts aro very longstretches between stations,
and, of course, long drives for teams, which
frequently weaken, causing drivers to whir
and talk n great deal and passengers to foot
it; nnd it costs about us much to run
tho thingi and keep them in repair as it
would to run and keep up decent covered vc
hide ; yet, for some reason the mail men
run them, and so keep on bruising passcn
gcrs, wearing out drivers and scaring pcoplo
from making the trip to Arizona.
Lot us hope that, 'ero long, mall contrac
tors who use these racking vehicles will em
ploy butter means of transportation, tnoro
and hotter stock, or cca.se otfering Induce
mentis to cop!c to take passage on tho darn
ed things. Another thing, of which passcn
gens lately arrived from California complain,
is tno poor biro kept at the station, wpec
ially those on tho California sidu of tho Colo
rado river, where, a ono man says, "tho cooks
are carolew, the cook-houses and dining
rooms dirty and the fare not fit for a hog."
- - -r
SamOaiiuk ArAcmM.-Thcro is a rumor
to tho cfn. t that these red dnyils bavo gono
towards i;iu i into Mountains.
An ace mi of their impUh decd at Grant
U yrin. I .!ot where.
(from TUumtay'tf DiUly.J
LATEST JIY MAIL.
California Is shipping barley to Chicago.
Sun lleriiardino, C.il., is promised two
dally newspapers thu Guardian and tho Ar
gil. Wo doubt if both can livu nnd pay ex
pense, Ktill wc hope for tho bout.
Tho I.n Angeles impress icports tho fail
ure of the houu of A. Portugal A Co., of its
city. Liabilities, about SM.OOO. Principal
creditor, DinkeNpeil A Co., of San Francisco,
who had taken pone si ion of the business.
Gov S.iU'oid, of this Territoiy, has been
railing on tlio S.m lternardino Guardian,
which paper .speaks of him in the highest
terms.
Senator Joni', of Nevada, has introduced
a bill to authorize the coinage of twenty-cent
piece. We never will gut out of the old
twelve-and-a-half cent bit -ysteni until wo
crowd tbo twenty-live cent coinage out.
They stand sqiuroly in the way of thu suc
cess of our decimal system.
Mrs J. It. McCrum, residing at 58 Parsons
treet. Kalamazoo, according to the telegraph,
during Saturday night, becuino tho mother
if a pair of twins so miimII that they aro a
maivel of humanity, putting to shame all
stories of Lilliputians' ever heard of. One is
a boy, tlie other a girl, and they weigh, to
gether, three jutuU and fwr u.tneti I They
.ire jwrfect and seem to bo well. Their bed
is a pajier box lined with cotton, and they
aro dressed in dolls' clothes, Tho mother
and children were doinif well at last accounts.
Thesu aro tho sun.lleat living children we
ever heard of. They partake of food natu
rally, and their cries are as diminutive m
very young kittens. (Juitc a numoer oi jco
pie have called to see tho littlo wonders.
Mrs McCrum is tho mother of several chil
dren, all of good size, and omu of them 10
and J8 yeans old. Mr McCrum, tho father of
the twins, is a well known teamster here.
Should the tiny beings live, they will produce
a serration of unlimited proportions. Those
who Have Been them deecribo them as the
"greatest" sight they oversaw. Their hands
aro about the size of the bowl of a teaspoon,
aud their bodies less than six inch long.
Tiiey arc not exactly of a siw, the boy being
a littlo thu largest.
A passenger train was thrown from tho
track on the North Western llailroad, near
Harvard, Illinois, on thu night of the 4th
itst. About lorty persons were injured, live
fatally. The accident was caused by a bro
ken rail. The train was thrown down an
embankment twenty feet high. Tho airs
took fire from the stovo, and the entire train
consisting of two coaches, a sleeping, a bag
gage and an express car, was burned.
Allcntown, Pa., Feb. 10 A freight train
on tho Ichigh and Susquehanna railroad be
tween ono and two o'clock this morning ran
into a slide near tho track nnd eighteen cars
wcro piled upon ono another; freight of all
descriptions was strewn along the road and
buried into tbo river ; not one train hand as
far as could be ascertained escaped injury.
The Iwdy of tho engineer, Daniel Spanner,
was louild unucr itiu cngiuo consiueraoiy
burned; tho fireman and brakeman were
badly scalded and burned, and three others
aro reported killed. The stove in the caboose
set fire to the freight and nine cars were
burned.
An Omaha (Nebraska) dispatch of Febru
ary 10, is as follows :
On tbc 4th inst., two hundred Indians at
tacked the railroad station at Antelope, Ne
braska, and forced tbc railroad employes into
their quarters. No ono was hurt. A short
time afterward tliey ran oil seven norscs irom
Potter Station. General Dudley, command
ing at Sydney, sent a squad of soldiers after
the Indians. These Indians arc supposed to
be Cheyenne, and belong to the same party
that attacked and wounded King, a trapper
on the Platte river, last Friday. Gen Dud
loy. of Sydney Barracks, reports the above
to the department commander, and gives it
as his opinion that tho Indians ore getting
more dissatisfied with their treatment and
the restraint imposed ujion them, and pre
dicts that early in the spring tbo prairie will
be swarming with small parties ot the van
ous tribes.
Jo Voshay, a well-known prospector, is,
according to tho San llernardiuo Guardian,
searching the mountains between Ehrenberg
and tho Needles, in this Territory, for rich
rock, which, from former success, ho expect
to find in abundance.
A general order from tho War department
directs that ofllccrs serving in tho quarter
master's department lc instructed that
amounts withheld for other departments to
cover charge against creditors of the gov
ernment, on making payments to such cred
itors, will l)o disposed of in tho same manner
as amounts refunded t. e., placed at once in
the nearest United States depository to the
credit of tho Treasurer of the United States
on account of .ho department fur which tho
charge is made and the original certificate
of deposit will bo forwarded to the Quarter
master General, accompanied by a statement
of tho reasons for making tlio deduction, tbo
iiameM of any officer thereby relieved of rc
qonsibility, and, generally, any information
required by existing orders. Tho amount
deposited will bo drawu from the appropria
tion from which tho account U paid.
Mall stages have, of late, been behind Unto
in Southern California, in consequence of rain
storms.
Thu recent race between the steamships
Vasco do Gama and thu Japan, from Hong
kong to San Francisco, was won by tbo Vas
co," which made tho trip of 5,000 miles in
.'II days, beating her rival 12 hours and 21
minutes.
State Senator Edgcrton, of Calilornla, is
denounced for having introduced a bill pro
viding for the payment of 25,000, for sor
vice, to Creed Haymond and other ex-Codo
Commissioners. Tho Los Angeles Express is
sevcro on tho would-bo grablwrs.
- ...
Tho Enterprise, of Virginia, Nevada, has
htcn purchased by a company of capitalists,
headed by Win. Sharon of tho Hank of Cali
fornia, whoso object, it is stated, U to wield
this newspaper engino us a sort of petard
with which to hoist himself into tbu U S.
Senate.
" ... .
A New I'Apr.u., Tlio llrst number of tho
Del Norte "Prospector" has como for an ex
change. It h about the size of tho Weekly
MiNcn, and open well, with articles Mtting
lorth the resources of its action the San
Juan country. Nic, N. Laiubcrt U tho pub
lisher. '
(Frtirn Tliumlay't Dally.)
I'OLITWAL
The call, to "arms," of Judgo Huth to tho
Democrats of this Territory has awakened n
littlo party feeling, which may culminate in
the organization of thu Democrats of tho Ter
ritory under tho old banner that has so often
spread its folds over nnd abovo thuso whom
it has led to victory. True, mouths intervene
beforu voleia will be called to bucklu on their
armor and engage in open political work, but,
the leaven i now quietly working, and, as
a ititeh in time is said to save nine,
the Democrats may, in tliu event of orgaui
zation, losu nothing by thus early moving iu
thu mutter of putting together thu various
parts of the party edifice, the main putposu
of which npicars to be a desire to rulo out
our present Delegate In Congress, and sup
plant him by Mime dyed-in-the-wool Demo
crat and resident citizen of tho Territory.
The Mi.nxk has, for several years, paddled
its own canoe, independent of jiolitical parti
sans a coursu that ha pleased more people
than did its former course, and one uon
which we may never turn. Hut, it is iiutram
mollcd; owes nothing that it cannot pay,
and, at thu sound uf the political tocsin, may
go for the man it shall think most capable
and acceptable to iu commanders tho jieo-
plo of Arizona.
As for organizing parties, wo very much
doubt if thu time lias come for that, unless,
indeed, a party whose purptwo it shall be to
aid and assist the men of labor to get full
pay for everything they raise aud do, is iu or
der, and we think it is.
With questions of State ; that if, of tho
political jwlicy or principles now governing
the country, Arizonuns have very littlo to do,
they being denied voting participation
iu our National elections, and no vot
ing representative in Congress, so that
tlu most, the best, wo can do in this line is
to send a good, earnest, active, intelligent
man to Washington ; one who wilt not forget
that he is an Arizonan and the servant of the
Territory.
At present, it is not known hero whether
or not Mr McGormick will try for a fourth
term in Congress, but, should be conclude to
do so, he will run on his ancient independent
platform, and by so doing claim bis old sup
port, which, all know, has been sulllclcnt to
elect him, and "knock the spot otr his oppo
nent." In this case, Kepublicans will be un
able to organize, nnd many Democrats will
say that it would be unwise to "swap horses''
while crossing a dangerous stream. One
thing is, however, sure, and that thing is that,
unless Mr McCormick returns fortified by
some healthier Congressional work for his
constituents than ho can now boast of, his
way back to Congress will bo beset by voters
who will leave no stone unturned to trip him
up. This section of the Territory wants bet
ter mail facilities, and, should ha not procure
it, voters who formerly supjwrted him will
never again cast their ballots in his favor.
PropLK Comiso. Our fellow townsman,
J. II. Dehan received, by a recent mail, a let
ter from Mr. F. C. Ayers, formerly of this
place and now of Pioche, Nevada, in which
Mr. A. states that great as is the excitement
throughout Nevada, regarding the San Juan
country, Arizona rtands fairer than tbat
country and will surely got, in the spring, a
large immigration from Piocho and vicinity.
Our wet winter, Mr. A. says, coupled with
the fact of tho richness and accessibility of
our country, is going to work wonders for us.
Frank had just received a copy of tho
Minku, with news of the grand fall of wa
ter; of the working of placer and quartz
claims, all of which made him regret that he
had left Arizona. His old friends may ex
pect to soo him back sometime next spring,
and wo know of no man who would receive
a more hearty reception.
The recent horrid butchery of men, wo
men and children, by Apaches, near old Camp
Grant, in tho southern part of this Territory,
is another proof of thu folly of tending such
men as Gen Howard to treat with such
hellish scoundrels. It was near this scene of
the massacre that, in May, 1672, Gen II.
made with these same Indians a "treaty of
peace," which he averred would be lasting.
We said, at the time, that the Apaches, not
withstanding their promises and oaths on the
cross, would very soon forget their obliga
tions, break this treaty and laugh at the fools
who pretended to believe them iu earnest.
They havo done all these things, by words
and acts, of which their last act is not tho
least, and to tbo account thereof, as published
on the first page of tho Weekly Mimkh, we
direct, yes, crave, the attention of Eastern
readers of the Mi.vr.n, for proof of tho worth
lessncss of a rollcy that, instead of compil
ing Apaches to keep tho peace, hrilts them to
do so.
Thn Texas Pacific It. It. Co. make what ap
pears to us a very fair ofler to Government
to guarantee the interest on a five per cent,
bond. "Only this and nothing more." Very
moderate, Indeed, and, apparently very
"'Uild-liko and bland," if wo take into con
sideration the fact that a U. S. Commissioner
is to tell all the land belonging to tho com
pany, depositing price in tho Treasury to se
euro payment of interest.
Wo aro again without telegraphic news
from California and the East. News from
Maricopa county tells of Apache robberies.
Wo hope that Lieut. Schuyler who is In that
vicinity with a pretty large forco, will Ins
successful In finding ami punishing tho
thiovt-6.
Congress has killed the bill providing for
an appropriation to recompense citizens of
California and Oregon for loj of property by
the Jlodocfi. Congress Is very willing that
citizens should suffer loss by Indians for
whom it docs not provide nnd is too prone
to obuso the amo citizens whenever they re
tallbta by killing a few dirty, thieving sav
ages. ftS5-i?.I.A',!0,,A WATKIt, PL.OIMUA
i,r iW '' lt Wrlhr CoUn, Vmh
aodOcualss at UK, KWfUAM.'S 11uor Dru,- titers
TELEGRAPHIC.
Onnrttn! Titan 4a1. am Ia A V. A f
juy western union ana u. ft
Mill. I O.
-unitary Junes.
n.. t.i. nr. mi.- ..
left Howie- ut 1 a. m. yesterday h. i'
riven. mourner says mo Hltnjii
Chiricahiia reservation is still iitvi.n.J
nil quiet. I nomas uughesy clerk at L
for Tully, Ochoa A Co., writes tl.i. iT
bilAW ijv icin LvuiiNvtn sfu;iJI30 lnlMf .
main on thu teiseivat on und will u I
most jMiwer to induce all others tj ta.'
noiiuu i nutans iiac ueuu seen cast of
and tliu mall arrives and lii'D.irt. ...
wiwimn iriir. jiiuioxi is SXlll bcij fu.
hero ami iinwir, but iat improving.
fltif ritwl rfilfl Inn m.t.t.. -
lliu icu nut uuu lllku tuitu un Still V,'
water.
Thos. Ewlng left ycMcrdtvy for Prt,ci
Miss Packer, of Hay wards, tnrij
teach
Francisco to-morrow.
t . '
V.... I'KUHV .,, .uuiui . ISMI
Wickenburg, Feb. Woatbcr tleu
unusuany com. imi mem Was tbnj.
nigm oi tue season.
Water stilt I'.uti 1 1 tilim tn rttlvlii t1,.n
amtii.
I he California mail wancrn nrrln.1
night on time, and left for I'rcjcolt try
tjasienccr A. Frank.
The mail from Pbicnix has Aotarrirrit
pi, ,; Pni, o-, w.,i....-i.. ' ..I
.Maricopa Vells, r cu. -'0. Weather
and cold.
Maricopa Wells, Feb. 20 Mr TUrtOet
rived last night from Pbunix,en routi
Tucson. He renorts that Halt ItU.. i. r.i
slowly at Whitlow's ferry. Also) tint
Atiaclies bad been in that vlrlntiv
ui wuicii iinu Burnt) lutiy iicivu 01 slock
were running oQ.
I hit I .fin 14 tLf ill Tiirrh liitf fvi 1.. ..
safelv at Mnrean't terrr. tlirfwt miU.-
hiro. I ho flr-Nt mnil f mm ln.vnrwt t.r.
rmln rtvir fnr iinnrlv twn utaaU
tl.nii.lit Tli.i .In..- frnin V..n.. 1. r "
have been on time all the time,, exctjti
couple of instances, when they were brni
wait tor low water.
Weather clear and pleasant.
ni.nvniv or. tr m 'i.j
rived in town to-day from the Tempt.
., . i. . . . . . r...ii..M - . i
iviiui is bunk iiuiiiwiuu iiiumu.i uv W v
.1 t I I r .
over nicnt at me loot oi me tniis r,
town, ibey nave stolen four animili
C. Vi . Heach's much, and nine more i
missing ny various panics, a coapui
aooui six or cigui was lonncu'vo go oct
!... !... i.. I .1..
a new lerrrooai uas ocen ouiit U
den's crowing, so that in future then
tlio river will cause no delay to paMea-a
mail.
.Mr Uchoa, from lucson, left to-cij
I'rescott, via tno new roait.
t. n it i" . i. ...... i r t
Messrs lUmvtt Jt Illock will start for
cott to-morrorr, to bid on contracts.
Tbo team of Mr Greenuri is bulsar
uour lor jyin uarios reservation.
Weather clear and cold.
........ .
a louzo oi uranecr lias been or
i . i . . . . - .
in tnis section.
O A 1
tl!l t T. . tl. . i
mcKcnuunr. reo, m. aw extra
wagon left for Prescott this inomlnt
Ilcnnett.'and V. Dracbman.
r-i f o 7 I
rtotbing oi totcrest to-day.
Or.Ula Carr. uf ItMt First UnlUd Suits
tres train, hnvlnir with him nlrte dficrWrv.
lamp IIllcclk to Alcatraz. Its. F Ubroolele.
MOHAVE COUNTY.
V. COKT. JOKS C
Cory Ac DPo tts,
SELL
CIXJEVX3 lor CA.SI1I
NEEDED JIY EVEIIYJIODI
IX AIUZONA,
at Titr.m Ton nt CKitiiAT, wsLUii
WlNlXO DWTniCt. MOIIAVB COUXH.I
AHIZONA TKHHITOUV.
We keep on hand, a large AaMftBset j
DIUTCS AND MKDICIXE&
rpCiill rmil S TJm. m"1!
a. k. luris.
Attu sin1!
DON'T HEAD THIf,
Unlcsa vou van't to find outtKatTOltl
Buy Goods at Koduoed IUtea, d
DAVIS & XANDALl,
DKAI.KIlH VU
Groceries and Provisions.
CLOTHING AN1V HAIIDWA
TOItACC'O AVID CUiAUHr
I3rnsfM and lIr;tHciH
2L.IGiTJOIlS-
Who nr. nW. j.r-pard tn HHIT Olliy AXIF VVU
ua nuir nigral mudn oo Um mui, -1
lit e f m MOI
nuiiducii Assay vnivci
Cerbat, Mohavo County, ArUt
t ff tn Int.im thi infam ami inbllo In e-tniV
kitrt inJ An Amy 0e t OrUI, WaltapJ v
wberaltm in-i-uctd to do vay wort IoUiUl
Bwiscod Prircj to Bait thu TlmM. fill
Hingl AiMjr fur f.-t, nJ.l b4 fillrvr -1
fibl Auaya fur Cupper -JI
Klnifl Ayi fhr Coj.per, OiM siul Mllftr. .y"3
fillTKr Hiillion meltM and Auydt3rreiLM1
IVrwiiM UftMr.g or will cImki 11 folloirlli
I'ulrcrtM Urn rt ami mli tborauKhlyi itad
miner ot rurh 14m rvl 1 if mors than on Muipl-!
tb wmc In iJaIb Kjcuim. IUmIu ciirn tr retcri 1
C 1'tKfZ. At"-!
PAUL BREON,
Camp Moliavc, Arizona
UKALKK IN
Groceries, Provisions, Liquofl
AND
GENERAL. MBUCIIADISE
Ctwp lit Aunt. Arltoaa, January 7. ff!X
XatsuX I31anlc,
Of wy elut asd kind. is fcaod sad hi
1h Mae cac. at ntit-rN nf;U no UWrtt. fuu4"
fJvfl vt oU.tr officer cue iCiU004bljr bad wult wiisv