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Vol. XII. No. 22.
THE ARIZONA MINER.
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY,
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Address all orden and letter to
"THE MINER.'1 Wescott, Arizona.
BUSINESS CARDS.
J. P. IIARGRA.VE,
Attorney and Counselor at Iiaw.
Office East side of Plaza, Prescott.
COLES BASH FORD,
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
Tucson, Pima County, Arizona.
"Vill practice bis profeion in the Courts of the Territory
JOSEPH LESESNE,
PHYSICIAN AND SUKGKOX,
Mineral Park, Arizona Territory:
J.N.McCANDLESS,
PHYSldAN AND STXR.G-K O N",
OQce North Side of Plaza, Prescott
JOHN W. LEONARD,
Attorney and Counselor at Law.
Office Bast Side of Plaza, Prescott.
IL II. CARTTER,
Probate Judge, Justice of the Peace
Aud Conveyancer. County Building.
JOHN HOWARD,
Attorney and Counselor at Law.
Office South Montezuma St, Prescott
J. T. ALSAP,
Attorney and Counselor at Law.
Washington Street, Phoenix, Arizona.
J. L. FISHER,
TtlSAL. KSTATE AGKNT.
Auctioneer aud Commission Merchant.
Office New County Building.
J. GOLDWATER & BRO.,
WUGLCSALE DEALCllS,
Eorwarding and Commission Merchants
Ehrenberg. Arizona Territory.
WILLIAM JENNINGS,
City Marshal and Night Watchman,
Attends to Calls at all Hours.
WILLIAM A. HANCOCK,
ATTOENEY LAW,
Notary Public and Conveyancor,
Corner of Washington and Uoaterama Street, Pflcalx.
W. A. LANG LEY,
ASSAYER,
Ccrltat, Mohave County, A. T.
OIIES CAKEIULI.T ASSAYED.
e. n. mcdAnieLj
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
Prescott Yavapai County, Arizona.
Will practice his protessic-a in the Courts of Yavapai
and Mohave counties ana urn oupituic vy".
J01LV W. CLAUK. JAMES K. M'CAFFKV.
McCAFFRY & CLARK,
Attorneys and Counselors at Law,
Tucson, Pima County, Arizona,
Will ntttfld to all lejral business as partners wept in
cases where the United State is n patty to me action.
J0U.N a. itvsn. Kt)-w-WELLS-
RUSH & WELLS,
-A-T,XOK.3STS"5TS ATLAW
Presoott Yavapai County, Arizona,
i.m i t.i nil efrfZ business entmsted to them
r .u n..r..f i;-ml in the Territory. AUstrui-u
of titln to Mioinjr Claim nnd Kelty areuratrly prepared
l'nimpt nlteiitiiiu given to collections.
PIONEER
RESTAURANT, BAKEitf & SALOON
First building south of the MtXEU Offlco. Prescott.
New House New Everything
The mhmgoed most respectfully Informs tha public
hat hi new place. o 8tnd on ,ne ,uc
fcuiMtng- recently destroyed by fire. Is now open for their
aeeotnmkKion-, and that ho will bo pleased to sell them.
GOOD BREAD,
Five Leaves for One Dollar.
PIES, OBZES, ETC
Board, per week " Q
Sitgle meals
THE SALOON IrEPARTJIEXf
Will always be found e etocVed with rrettv pooJ
Drinkables" and Cigars. OAS. HATZ.
Prescott. Arizona, December 231674.
ANTELOPE RESTAURANT.
Grurley Street, North Sido of the Plaza
PRESCOTT, ARIZONA.
The Proprietor of this Restaurant respect
fully an nouno-s that he will spare no "pains
In catering to the wants of his patrons.
Xf .flit trill Yi furnish) ftt H hour of the
dy. and the uble sapplied with gamnd the choices
dtlieacies that can be procured. Everthing clean and
re4 ap ia: tfee best tyle. Board, per week, tlO.
T. VTHITEHBAD, Troprictcr
rrticvx Korcmbrr23, IfTi
PRESCOTT.
New Store. New Goods.
WM. X. BUFFUM
Has juit received, and new ofers for sale, at his
NEW AND COMMODIOUS STORE,
(Next door to the old stand of Campbell Sc. Bunum,)
The Best Selected Stock of
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Ever Brought to this Market
The entire stook it NEW AND FRESH coniistini; in
part of
GROCERIES, PROVISIONS,
Staple & Fancy Dry Goods,
LADIES' AND GENTLEMENS'
FURNISHING GOODS,
CLOTHING5
MENS AND BOYS HATS
Boots and. rSIioes.,
PERFUMERY & TOILET ARTICLES,
PATENT MEDICINES,
HARDWARE, TIN & WOO DEN WARE,
0&0CKERY, GLASS AND EARTHENWARE.
PAPER HANGINGS, LAMPS, CLOCKS,
Mining and Fanning Tools',
And other articles too numerous to mention, all of which
will be old at the lowest market price for canh.
WM. 31. BUKrL'M
Prescott, July 7, mt.
JOHN G. CAMPBELL,
PRESCOTT, ARIZONA,
"Wholesale and. Retail
DEAI.EK IK
GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
KFXfS CONHTA.VTI.Y ON' HAND A LAKGE ASSOKTJltNT OF
Groceries & Provisions,
WINES, LIQTJOKS,
TOBACCOS AND CIGARS,
DRY GOODS, CLOTHING
HATS, BOOTS & SHOES,
LADIES DRESS GOODS
AND UNDERWEAR,
LADIES AND GENT'S
FURNISHING GOODS,
MINING & FARMING TOOLS,
SADDLERY, CUTLERY & HARDWARE
CHINA WARE,
GLASSWARE,
CROCKERY.
TINWARE,
FURNITURE,
HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS
GLASS,
PAINTS,
OILS,
VARNISH,
WALL PAPER,
WINDOW SHADES,
LOOKING GLASSES,
LITHOGRAPHS AND CHROMOS
DRUGS. MEDICINES!,
PERFUMERY,
TOILET ARTICLES,
ETC., ETC., ETC.
n" A rnmivMent tinner, constantly employed will
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make all kinds of Tin, Copper, and Sheetirou work.
Jobbing in this line promptly attended to.
JOHN O. CAJirBIXL.
PregfotU Arigma. September 4. 1974.
PIONEER
DRUG STORE.
Prescott,
Arizona,
On hand and for Sale.
AVER'S, JAYXE'S, BRISTOL'S
niHIS AND IIAL.IS
FAMILY MEDICI3V3ES,
And a full nsortment of the best
latent j&Iedicines
Now in Market Warranted fresh and Gcuuine.
FANCY TOILET AKTICL.i:S9
SOAPS, PBRFUMBBTT,
And a full supply of
DISPENSING MEDICINES.
PursicrAXs' PrsESCRiPTiONS carefully and
accurately compoundfd. rAr
GEO. D. KENDALL.
DR. Kesdali.'! Office In rear of Drue Store.
nEZEKIAH rlHOOKS. CIIAS.E.ntEt.EIUCK.
TIN SHOP,
Montezuma Street, Opposite the Postoffice
mere can be found a frood aiwtraent of THJ. COP
PER and SHEETIR0X WARE; also, "WOMAN'S
FRIEND.- or TItTOS'S STEAM WASUERS.
i...... .M.,HnB Mid to JOB WORX. AU
orders prosapllr nlled
BROOKS t FREDERICK.
a- Aaa - i!t at borte. Teraw flee. Aarew
0.) 10 G. stisso & CO., rertasd. Jfaire. a
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PRESCOTT, ARIZONA, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 4, 1S75.
ASGRY WORDS.
Anzry words are Ilehtly spoken,
Jn a rash and thoughtless hour;
Brii:litest link of life are broken
By their deep, insidious power.
Hearts inspired by wannest feeling,
Ere tlu-y are by nnner stirred,
Oft are sent past human healiug
By a single angry word.
Poison-drops of care and sorrow.
Bitter poison-drops are they.
Weaving for the morrow
SaddeM. memories of to-daj-;
Ansrry words li I let them never
From tbe tongue unbridled slip;
M ty tbe heart's Itest itupu se ever
Cheek tbem ere tbey boil tbe lip.
Love is mucb too pure and boly,
Friendship is too sacred fir,
For a moment's reckless toby
Thus to drssolate aud mar.
Auirry words are lightly spoken,
Bitterest thoughts lire rashly stirred ;
Biigbtest links of life arc brokeu
By a single aury word.
THE INDIAN.
"Lo," the lean Indlau, whose untutored mind
Sees naught of God in either cloud or wind,
His soul proud science never taught to stray
It strayed itsell aud now bas lost Its way.
SlniDlc nature to bis hone ba3 given.
Behind some cloud-cippcd bill, a sensual heaven;
Some place where toil can never force its way,
Nor science cast witbtu oue feeble ray.
No whites torment, uor Christians' 'stablished
law.
But he can loaf, himself, nnd work his squaw;
To loaf contents his natural desire,
Ho asks no angels' wtugs to get up higher.
And if be did, no angel from tbe sky
Would thiuk of taking "Lo" up very nigh,
But urant tbe burden of his idle song,
Go where he likes, and take his dog along.
Goose Flat, rrescott, A. J ., is to.
GOV. SA FF0R D'SjiCENT TRIP.
A FL
?LriXG TRIP TIIOl'Gfu'THE TERIIITORT
IS Y THE GO VEItl OR-1 HV.t T HE SA W OX
HIS JOURXEYJ IT TO SOilE OF THE
I'RIXCII'AL MltfJ'
The Tucson Citizen of May 22d publish
es the following:
We are under obligaujis to Gov. Safford
for the following items relative to tbe coun
try over which he has recently traveled :
MARICOPA COUNTY
has suffered during the past two years in
consequence of a surplus of grain having
been raided and consequent low price for the
ii . i . i - i .-i..,...:
same, uut lue most, uruueni aim inuusui-
ous farmers have lived within their means,
have improved and beautified their homes,
accumulated hogs, chickens, aud cattle, and
are generally in an independent situation.
Much of the farming land was not planted
this season, and in consequence of the break-
jf irrigating ditches, many ot tbe crops
were not irrigated at the proper time and
will therefore be short, but the prospect for
a better price will probably make up for the
lefieit. Toe impaling uitcues were taKen
out in Salt River valley by fanners of limit
ed means, and the locations were situated
where they could be constructed in the
cheapest and speediest manner, as a conse
quence the most of the dams and ditches at
tbe bead are iianlc to wasu away anu leave
the fanner without water when most needed.
It is estimated that a diteh could be con
structed where the head of it would run
through solid rock for 830,000, of sullb ient
tpatity to carry all the water in bait river.
lion. John Smith has made a caret ill esti-
mate ot the coat to lanners irrigating irom
the present ditches, and he estimates that
water from the larger ditch could be sold to
them for le?s than half of the present cost,
ind at the same time make a profit to tbe
owners of fifty per cent, per annum. It will
no doubt prove a valuable investment, and
for tbe interest of Salt river valley and the
advancement of the lerntory it is to lie
hoped that ft company will at once be organ
ized, and that "every one who is able will
give aid.
The town of Phoenix is improving. Gold
water & Co. have disposed of their mercan
tile business to Smith & Stearns. The new
film have a larire and well selected sto -k of
goods, they are liberal, go-ahead men, and
will no dount uo wen.
Immigrants are constantly coming into
the valley and they generally seem to be the
right. kind of people. They say they have
come for tbe purpose of securing cheap
homes, and certainly they could nowhere be
better accommodated.
The policy of early setting out vines is ex
emplified by Mr. Wilson, who put out a
vineyard about three years ago, and this
year he expects to raise 15,000 pounds of
grapes.
VATAPAI COUNTY.
On the southern edge of this county is lo
cated the Vulture mine. The old company
with hundreds of thousands of tons of low-
grade ore in sight, in consequence of mis
management has suspended operations, tbe
law of Congress requiring work to oe done
on mines by January 1, 1875, was not heed
ed, and Dr. Jones and others relocated it,
and it is to be hoped that one of the most
valuable mines on the coast will not much
longer remain idle.
Smith'.-. 10-stamp mill is kept constantly
running on ore taken from an extension of
the original mine, with profitable results.
Bill Smith, who is a live Arizonan, says that
since he has cast aside all new tangled ma
chines and discarded all scientific advice, he
has had no difficulty by hard knocks and
plain common sense, in making it pay. A
few miles above this mill Raniboz has the
best fruit orchard in Arizona. The yield of
peaches and apples this year will be light in
consequence of late frosts, but grapes will he
abundant, and the ground is now red with
delirious strawberries.
Wickenburg, three miles above, in conse
quence of the stoppage of tbe Vulture mine,
which was its chief resource, is rather di
lapidated. It contains three stores, two si
luons, and one of the best stations in the
Territory, kept by Dr. J. H. Pierson, the
stage agent. There are many promising
looking mines about Wickenburg, and it is
more than probable that before long Wick
pburg will again assume its former pros
perity. Passing on towards Prescott, the road
leads by the Weaver mines, where gold br
rh.MKtanriV was taken out a few years ago,
with crevicing knives. A goodly number of
miners are still at work acre miiKing sinau
wages, and there are many promising loot
ing quartz lodes in the vicinity, which time
nrfn minimi will doubtless develop.
Next comes People's valley, where the
rni-more nnmr fail to raise rrood crons with-
mi -" J -
outirngation.
The trrazins catwcitv is ox
cellect, and the farmers seem thnity and
bappr. Kirkland valley comes next and
might be said to be a part of the same, as
the vater passes through both and forms the
head of tbe Santa Maria, which still lower
down, is ealled Bill Williams' Fork. Tn this
vallty Judge Bidwell, formerly of Yuma
courty, and well known as one ot Arizona's
best, legislators, has his family, herds and
flocks. Judge Kelsy and 0. W. Beach have
aUo a large herd of cattle, and it is no boast
to sy that their butter and cheese is equal
to any made in old Duchess county.
Skull vallev is next reached, and regard
O J v
less of its name, it compares well with the
valleys before mentioned. It is no fault tif
the valley because its name is Skull. A few
years ago a large number of Indians under
took to block the highway at this point. A
number of teams were stopped by them,
which they thought to make an easy cap
ture of, but concealed within the wagons
were a number of armed men, who opened
such a galling fire on them, that the Indians
fied in dismay, leaving forty braves dead on
the ground. Their bodies enriched the soil
and their skulls have since been scattered
about loose, gave the name to the valley.
Two other valleys, Mint and American, and
Prescott is reached.
The tall waving pine trees, tho bracing
air and pure cold water, all combine to make
Prescott one of the most desirable Summer
residences in the Territory. The business
of the place seems to be on a healthy, solid
foundation. Merchants are disposing ol large
stocks of goods at fair profits aud with small
risks.
Considerable placer mining is being car
ried on with remunerative results, and a
number of quartz lodes are being worked
wilh profit. Among the latter, Fredricks
has been the most successful. He com
menced work with an arrastra about two
years ago. He has paid all his expensee
from the profits of his labor, and built a 10
stamp mill, from which he is now each week
stamping out from 5,000 to SS.000.
The owners of the General Crook lode
commenced with nothing but their hands a
short time ago, and are now erecting a five
stamp mill, and have a fair prospect of win
ning a golden future. But little is being
done in the Bradshaw district. The great
Tiger lode with 700 tons of rich ore lying on
the dump, with timber and water in abun
dance at band for use, is unworked for want
of capital.
Tbe population of the county is constant
ly increasing. Many families are coming,
and manv cattle, horses and sheep are being ,
brought, in. Of the latter it is estimated
that 20,000 are now on the road from Uali- !
fmnia. I
T nn'rinir PrPrntr fnr tin; Wiillnnai mines. I
the road passes through Williamson valley,
ivlnrc tln I:m!r oart of the hav used in
p.-,w.tt U put Tin nrmeinal imlustrv of
tbe oeonle in this valley is cutting bay and '
raising stork, though the laud is of good
quality for agriculture. The next valley
tit:Ctt(l !c Will 11 lit. irpl vmIIi.v where- old
Camp Hualpai is located. A good many
farmers are settled here, and seem to be do-
ns well. From this point the road goes
over a table land country, parsing nnvu
m - :i
Rock. Fort Rock, the Willows, Beak-Spring,
and thence to Cerbat the county seat of
MOHAVE COUNTY.
Cerbat is located in a canyon
running
down from the Cerbat
rr-nge, anu contains
There are a number
- . .
diout thirty buildings
nf vi-i-v nroini.sincr mines near the town, but
so maiiy discoveries have been made in
other portions of the country, tbat at pres -
ent attention has been away from them,
and but little work is being done toward
their development.
Mineral Park is located
ix miles north of
Cerbat. and is the center of a very rich inin
mg section, but like Cerbat, is suffering in
consequence of so many rich discoveries be
ing made farther away. The Keystone com
pany is building a 5-stamp mill at their
mine jti.it above the town. They report
having sunk on the mine ISO feet, and are
still at wo.k, and the ore they are taking
out is of excellent quality, but for some rea-
r... i,..ct L-iwi-n tn rlicmvidvcs. no one ex-
nvu "Lv'i - - j
mi.n on! admitted into tbe
mine. It may be because other great mines
l J I V f-ftVS M ' " I 'J
..i .nit... -it timn n sum nr tin icv. ami
they desire to imitate their greatness", or it
mav be that the mine is very good, and they
covet the few remaining shares yet lett in
the hands of the oriirinal owners. Or it may
h. tl,nt tin. mini, ia worthless and thev de-
aif.t tn cliitV th. cli'iri into the nossession of
r.ti.i.r Inmiis fur n emisidiTatiiin. Of course
they have some reason for their action, and
....o. !...;,. rirrlit tniiiiiis tlmv
r,li..isi-. but anv one who would .nurchasu an
;tr..ct lli.it if nitlmr n rliniet or so Door
that it is notthomrht politic to exhibit it,
tmiilil rlrvn no KVm nathv if he does cet
miles east of Mine-
ral Park the Ilackberry mine is located. It
is remarkable for the regularity of tho vein,
Thn own
ers have a body of ore now developed that
good judges estimate to be worth S300,000,
that pays trom t-W to io,uw per ion.
At Frees' Wash, between .Mineral rar
and Greenwood Uitv, the governor met
Sherum chief f the Hualpai Indians, who
, ..
recently lett the t.olorado reservation wuu-
. . . a V
out leave. Sherum said that be and ins in-
dians wanted to live at peace with tbe
u-liiris. The Governor advised him to go
and sec General Kautz and Dr. Tonner, and J the Yazoo river, and near the town of Pot
endeavor to amicably arrange mitters. The tersville, Tenn., there arc collections of bu
chief said he could not leave his people, but 1 rial mounds and pyramidal temple sites, cov
desired the Governor to write for htm to ! ering large areas, which show that in those
General Kautz, which was done. Sherum
said that they were sickly on the river, many
of their neonle died, and they had lost most
of their horses; that they did not get eiiough
fn eat. and that they preferred to live in
their own country, and that bv hunting and
honest living, and that he would be respon -
sible for the good conduct of bis Indian', and
he also said he believed that if they behaved
themselves, the whites would soon have con
fidence in them, and the Indian and War
Departments would soon forget that they
had left the reserve. The people generally
believe that the' are in good faith, and will
keep their promises.
Referring to the mines again, tne impc
istrict is located about fifty" miles south of
Hstr
the Cerbat range. A large number of rich
lodes have been discovered in this district,
and as far as developed, many give promise
of becoming excellent mines. Thirty miles
further south tbe celebrated McCracken
mine is located. The original discovery is
a monster lode of ore, cutting square
through the centre of the mountain. A'
shaft has been sunk on it near one hundred
feet deep, and tbe ore as far as developed,
is abundant and rich, and on either side of
the lode the whole mountain is threaded
with veins carrying the same character of
metal. There are a very large number of
locations made for miles along the lode
which prospect well. A California company
have bonded the original at S150,000, and
have made one payment on the purchaje.
There are a number of men at work on the
mine, and are about to commence the erec
tion of smelting furnaces at Aubre City,
tin the Colorado river. If the mine proves
I to be what it now promises, it will no doubt
in time take renk among tbe great silver
lodes of the world, and the time is not far
distant when a narrow gauge railroad will
run from the Colorado river to the mine, the
distance oniv beintr about thirty miles.
Greenwood City is located about twelve
miles from the McCracken mine on the Big.
Sandy. A 10-stamp mill has been erected
here to work the Greenwood gold mine, but
for some reason a run of several days on the
rock, resulted unprofitablv, though the min
ers who discovered the mine worked a num
ber of tons of the ore, from which they ex
tracted SCO per ton.
Greenwood contains about thirty houses,
but its future is very uncertain. From this
place a new road has been opened via Date
Creek, and it is hardly possible to find seventy-five
miles of worse road.
" Mr. GiUon ha-i an excellent farm on Date
Creek and a lino band of American cattle.
There are also several other large bands of
rattle in this section. General Crook and
Mr. Oneal ha7e a fine band of sheep on this
creek.
Mail facilities are much needed in this
section, and also through the S.indy coun
try weekly mail service connecting with
other mail routes would cost but little, an.,
should be extended as speedily as possible.
X IB A LIU.
OUR BURIED EMPIRES A REitARKA RLE AU
T1CLE OX A X CI EX T AMERICA.
The researches of Bout burg, says a writer
in the St. Louis Republican, prove the ex
istence of a great Mexico-Central American
emp'ne in ancient tunes called Aibalbi. llie
kings of this old American empire reigned
in couples. Together they constituted a
grand council of the empire. They had a
tradition Hood, which they called the At
las, from utl, (water,-) the etymology of
which is tound onlv in the Nahuatl tongue.
Here we nnd the derivation ot me
various
names, Nahua-atlan, Maz atlan, and Atlan,
wnicu nave ueen given m umcs uuu
of Mexico and Central America,
But the limits of a newspaper article for-
bid the citation of all the evidence which
might be adduced from ancient authorities
in relation to the American continent. There
is scarcely "round for doubt that this
conti-
nent had been visited by tho Irish betore tbe
beginning ot t tie sixth century of our era.
Indeed. Virgil, a saint of that country, was
accused bv a bishop to Pope Zachary of
, teaching heresy respecting the existence of a
continent on the
western side of the Atlan-
tic, and made a journey to uome
. T .
to defend
himscf. He succeeded in convincing the
Pontiff that his countrymen had had inter
course with a country beyond the ocean.
But the most remarkable part of these re
lations is the evidence that America was
i i t 1 . .. .!...
peopieo oy a greatanu (iiuspciuus iu.i.-, m.
splendid cities existed and mighty monarchs
reigned
It was doubtless
1 the (.omu .u,t
1 of the ancient American civilization, when
tue stranger came to i.an;igi; aim nun iuu
Meropes visited the Hyperboreans. The
venerable man, whom we are told came to
Chois before the time of Alexander trom tbe
Island bevond the Atlantic orenn, might
have been a sage from Atlan, Palenque, or
Cliolua. Or it may be possible that he went
from that still more ancient seat ot civiliza
tion, the relics of which remain in the coun
trv of Chickasaw, Mississippi.
"What mean the pyramids of the Yazoo
Vallev? These mice piles cf earth, reared
bv human bands, were tue worK ol a race
! LJTI
every trace of which was vanished. In tbe
valley of the Tenneesee, near the town of
l-oience. in aiaoama. mere is a uiuuuu in
is a
pyramid still about seventy feet high, the
si'des of which face the cardinal points of the
compass, and are iouno wuu geometrical
precision. The base ot this great work cov-
frs a little more than an acre of ground
In the immediate vicinity ol this pyramid
there are four smaller ones which occupy the
position of corners, including a perfect quad-
r.nii'iilar snace. Ibis ureat pyramid was
doubtless, sometime in tut torgotten past,
surrounded bv a timple, in which the an
cient American sun-worshipers performed
their devotions. Perhaps at the very time
when the subjects of Sesostris were building
the walls and gat.-s of Thebes, a great city
covered this plain, through whose streets
bnsv thousands rushed. But tbe city ha
crumbled away, and the people have passed
to oblivion's sborelt ss gulf.
in me leiuu vu
1 rum i'ii.ui iu ih-muuuu,
and irom tue .nississippi io uic n-iimesec
i and Tombigliee, there are remains of ancient
i -t? ? i.. i : i..n.t;;nr a
civilization iouiiu m hhuij mim .-.-.
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t ort 1'icKering, neiow .uempuis.anu hi r ior-
ence, Ala., and between liemando ana torn-
' merre, and in Cnickasaw county, ana along
localities tbe predecessors ol tue who in-
dians had stately cities. But those wtio
reared them, and dwelt'in them, lie entomb
ed in their ruins.
We can almost truce the course of civili-?-tnn
nn the American continent by the
which have been left. The
1 mound builders of the northern parts of
America gave
place to savage tribes from
tin! iv-M. still further north. These were
doubtless hordes of Scvthian, forced out of
Asia by some other earlier Zengbis Keans,
and Tamvraines, who precipitated them
selves on the more civilized and pacific
dwellers in American cities, as their kindred
barbarians poured clown upon the luxury
enervad Romans and came near extin
guishing the torch of civilization which for
centuries had illuminated the shores of tbe
Mediterranean.
Forced from their ancient seats by the
fresh irruption of savage Mongolians, wbo
were the progenitors of most of the North
American tribes of Indians, the mound
builders, who had received their civilization
. -
from the early Phoenician aaventurere, mi
Established 1S6-1.
irrated southwestward through Texas and
Xew Mexico, and finally into the central
and southern parts of Mexico. There they
built other cities, and founded empires.
May not the Colhua, who were the builders
of Penlenque, Uxmal, Oholula, Teotihuacan,
and Subtlaba, before the era of Toletcaa
civilization, have been the expatriated
mound builders, who once inhabited the
Mississippi valley? The Toltecs succeeded
them, and tho two peoples were so inter
mingled that tbe very legends of the Col
huas were foreotten. Doubtless the civili
zation of both'the Colhuas aud their imme
diate successors, the Toltecs, was from time
to time promoted by the advent among
them -if castaway crows of the maritime peo
ple on tbe borders of the Mediterranean sea.
These navigators, sailing along the coast of
Africa, without compass or reckoning, were
frequently caught in storm, and driven far
out to sea when reaching the westward
flowing currents, they were wafted to the
American shores. To return was impossible,
inasmuch as they knew not of a certainty
the direction whence they came. Thus ma
king a grace of necessity, they became tho
teachers of the people among whom they
were cast, Montezuma told Cortez that he
was sprung Irom the bearded white roan,
who, ages before, had come across tbe Atlan
tic in ships, and taught his people the art
of civilized life.
THE TOLTECS SUCCEED TO THE EMPIRE
of the Colhuas, and, doubtless, during the
continuance of their ascendancy was the
golden age of North American civilization.
"They reared mighty temples and pyramids,
and builded cities, and cultivated farms, and
practiced many of the industrial arts com
mon to that age of the world." Thej are
credited with having built tho great pyra
mid of the sun, nnd its companion wonder,
the pyramid of the moon, at Toetibuican,
more than 500 years befoie the advent of
Cortez in Mexico.
More than three centuries previous to tbe
Spanish invasion and conquest of Mexico,
the Toltecs had been vanquished by a fiercer
and a more war-like people, the Aztecs, who
came from the north. These made exten
sive conouests and subjugated many of tho
aborizinal tribes adjacent. The influence of
theTolctican civilization wa3 not lost on
their conquerors. The Aztecs had made
sonsiderable progress toward civilization un-
.
tier a dinastv ot monarchs, who, it appears.
preferred the arts of peace to a waste caused
by war, when the Conguistaders came and
blotted out tbe last remains ot aoongmai
civilization on the continent of North
America. The last empire was buried amid
slaughter and devastation. But the painted
rocks of Manngoa, the neglected gods ol
Subtiaha and Pensacola, the earth pyramids
of the Yazoo, the river of ruins ns the namo
signifies, Casas grandes, of iNew .Mexico, ana
Arizona, the ruined temples ot Llioiuia,
Xochsmilco, Palenvue. Uxmal, and Omete
pic, are evidences of a golden nge.of civiliza
tion in America, as well as in Europe, far '
back in the past.
Tho Znni villages ot iew Mexico tue
ancient Cibola of the Spanish chroniclers,
still preserves some traces of the Aztec civi
lization which prevailed before the era of
European settlement
MADE ADOBES AND BUILT HOUSES,
and cultivated the soil, and domesticated
animals, and manufactured cloth, and made
vessels of clay, and in some of the advanced -arts
of years before the voyage of Columbus.
Fabrics are now made as they were mado
ages ago, and the skill of men, with all tho '
boasted appliances of machinery, has never
been able to produce textures equal to the
Zuni blankets. Major Grimes, of tho Uni
ted States army, now stationed in this city,
served for a considerable time in New Mexi
co, and while there collected many specimens
of the handiwork of the 6trange people who
still dwell in the renowned I'ibola, the
modern Zuni. A Tonalm w terpot, beau
tifully decorated, brought by him from the
Zuni villages, may be seen at the Mining
Exchange, on Fourth street, in this city.
This work shows the manufacturer to have
been both skilled and artistic.
Fragments of tbe works f men lie scat
tered over the continent from tbe Lakes to
the Isthmus. Images and Temples crumb
ling in ruins attest the highest degree of
civilization attained by the inhabitants of
the lost empires of America. The mound
builders of the United States, driven by
fierce hordes of barbarous Indians Scythian
Tartars took refuge in Mexico and Central
America, and mingling with the Southern
Mongolians, who, coming across the Pacific
ocean from Chinn and Japan, and Malay
ans, who also established themselves on this
Continent, they laid the foundation of that
civilization which, after undergoing many
mutations, had established itself in the Val
ley of Mexico, where Cortes found it.
The Arizona Expedition Company has
been incorporated in this city with a capital
ttoclc of S50.000, of which 15,0u0 ij to b
at once raised as an immediate working cap
ital and the necessary equipment of the ex
ploring party. A meeting of the company
will be held this evening for the election of
officers and to complete tbe organization.
Louis La Page is to be captain of this proa
pecting and exploring party, which is to con
sist of twenty-fire experienced miners, well
armed and mounted, besides several others
who go as cooks and general assistants. Tbe
object of the company is the exploration of
a certain portion of Arizona with which Mr.
La Page is thoroughly acquainted, and where
he is confident of finding rich mines. The
party expect to leave San Francisco on the
1st of June for Tucson, the headquarters of
the expedition. Virginia Chronicle, 10.
A Sunny Temper. What a blessing to a
household is a merry, cheerful woman ono
whose spirits are not affected by wet days,
and disappointments, or whose milk of hu
man kindnes does not sour in the sunshine
of prosperity. Such a woman in the daikeet
hours brightens tbe boose like a little piece
of sunshiny weather. Tbe magnetism of her
smiles Knd" the electrical brightness of her
looks, and movements infect every one. The
children go to school with a sense of some
thing great to be achieved; her husband goea
into the world in a conqueror's spirit. No
matter how people annoy and worry him all
da, far ofi her presence shines, and he whis
pers to himself, "At home I shall find rest."
So day by day she literally renews his strength
and energy, and if too know & man with a
beaming face, a kind heart, and a prosperous
business, in nine cases out of ten you will'
find he ha3 a mfe of this b'ed.
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