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THE WEEKLY "Ijf
VOLUME
n bushed every Saturday mousing.
AT I'llESCOTT, Yavai-ai Covxtt, Arizona.
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Directory of Yavapai County.
r Vr JiidlT WlJ. F. Tl'RKER.
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Business & Professional Cards.
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. ' RNEY AND COUNSELOR-AT-LAW,
Montezuma street, Proscott, Arizona.
J0II1V HOWARD,
ATT tftSEY AND COUNSELOR-AT-LAW.
I'rctcott, Arizona.
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ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR-AT-LAW,
.Mo have City, Arizona Territory.
P. P. HOWARD, M. D.,
Wlckcoburp;, Arizona.
Aztlan Lodge No. 177, F. & A. H.
Itcjrular mcciicrt of Usl Loci re on
the last Saturday of oacii month, at 7
jgr o'clock p. m. hojournliif: Hrdliren arc
iruusruauv tuvueu 10 aiicnii.
pmi'iv IH1M IVfl u r
James K. McCArrnr, Secretary.
Why is it
That the Prescott people wear better clothes,
smoke belter cigar, chew better tobacco, look
handsomer and arc happier ttian formerly! Ask
Henderson it Co. inylG.
I. 0, 0. F,, Arizona Lodge, No, 1.
! REGULAR MEETINGS
of this Lodge on Wednesday even
's, inzs, at .Maonic nan.
.Mcmocrs .01 inc oracr. in rouu
standlcjr, arc UtvlteU to attcr.a.
A. 0. NO YES, N. G.
E. Duuxo, Uec. Sec,
?01l SAL1S-A FEW
Atmlv to
NO. 1. COWS
A. G. DUNN,
tf.
Frccott, 'June 12, 1SC9.
J. GOLDWATER,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN
Groceries ami Provisions,
CVAiny, Dry-Good, B)oUy Shoe, JM, d-c,
Vt7
'"At the old utatiil formerly occuj)Ied by U.
, I.A !AZ, Arizona. fcW'08.
AViiy is it
That the Prcacott Dars ncll better Liquors
ftaufarmerly? Aak HENDERSON CO
my 16
METALLURGISTS iVND ASSAYERS
Gold arut Slirtr Bullion Atiaytd.
MINERAL ASSAYS AND ANALYSIS MADE.
Oil Commercial Street, San Francisco.
Pilveu asii Gotn Onr.8 worked in email lula up
to a hundred pound, by Culorinauou
and other methods.
San FrancUco, Cal., June 27, 1SG3. Jyl8m0
(Jooils well Dousht, Sell Them
Selves.- D. Hkndkiuos', tho tentor partner of
lae Ann, U constantly employed in San Francisco
electing and buylne coods by which means we
are enabled to tako ad vantage of tho fluctuations
in prices, and purchase our goods at lower rates
man any other House In Central Arizona.
DJJ30 D. Hn.NDKU!jQ.V & Co.
V.
Hoitsi:s in Rattle. Mr. Kinclakc. In one
of the new volumes of The Intasion' of llit
Crimea, fcays ol lioracs on tho bnttlc-ficld:
"Tho extent to which a charger can appro
lend tho perils of a battle-field may be Vnsl
ly underrated by one who confines his obser
vations to horses still carrying their riders ;
for m long ns a troop-boree in action feels tho
weight and hand of a master, hi., deep trust
in man keep him seemingly free from great
terrors, nmi he goes through the fight, unless
wounded, as though it were a field day nt
home; but the tnomont that death orndis
nbling wound deprives him of iiis rider, lie
fecms all at once to learn whnt a battle is
to perceive its real dangers with the clearness
of a human being, and to be agonized with
horror of the fate he may incur lor want of a
nanu to guide mm. Careless of the mere
thunder of guns, he shows plainly enough
that he more or'loss knows the dread accent
that is UM'd llV missiles llf Wnr wblln rniiinrA
their way through the air; for us often as
tneso sounds disclose to him the near passage
of bullet or round shot,ho shrinks and cringes.
His eyeballs protrude; wild with fright, he
still does not most commonly gallop home
into camp. His instinct seems rather to tell
him that what safety, if any, them in for him
must be found in the ranks; and he rushes at
the first squadron he can find, urging pitc
ously, yet with violence, that lie too by right
is u troop-hurxv; that ho too is willing to
charge, but not to be left behind; that he
must and he will "fall in." Sometimes a
riderless charger thus bent on aligning with
his fellows will not lie content to range him
self on the flank of the line, hut rinrt ntenme
oint at the iquadron which ho seemingly
judges to be his own rightful place, and strive
to force himself in. Riding, as it is usual for
tho commander of a regiment to do, some
way in advance of his regiment, Lord Geo.
Paget was especially tormented and pressed
by the riderless hurae which chose to turn
round and align with him. At one time
there were three or four of tuee horses ad
vancing close abreast of him on ono side, and
as many as five on the other. Unpolled by
terror, by gregarious instinct, and by their
habit of ranging in line, they so "closed" in
unon Lord George as to besmear his overalls
with blood from tho gory flanks of tho near
est intruders, and obliged him to use his
sword.
Politics. In order to keep our readers
posted on the state of the political atmos
phere in "America," for we are not yet in, wo
give them the following, and allow them to
draw their own concisions. The Dutch
Flat, (Cal.) lltquirtr, a Radical organ, rai?e
its emblem, an obese darkey, and with bris
tles erect, tushes visible, grunts thusly:
' "Wo face the foe, the ranks are full, our
cannon are shotted and trailed, our rciatin
rifles arc charccd. our bavoncts are fixed and
gleaming, we stand shoulder to shoulder, our
elbows touch; with clenched teeth, protrud
ing chin, hands of iron nnd hearts of fire, we
enter the conflict to crush the traitor hosts.
We have named our leaders and each i in his
place. Ahead of thce invincible legions rides '
a clnct wlio knows no sucti word as defeat.
A hero who on a imndrcd red tlclds ua slain,
routed or captured tho rrbol haanU. No in
ternal feuds distract or impedo us, no sore
heads, grumblers or croakers infest our camp
or hang upon our rear. The stragglers have
come in. the deserters returned. The bugle
sounds the charge; tho air is alive with
music ; all friendly hearts thrill with joy and
the hostile quake with terror at that sublim
cst of sounds, the solemn tread of the armed
millions; the welkin rings with the exultant
cheers as we enter tho frav assured of a glo
rious victory."
With this fellow, everything appears to be
lovely and serene ; his "goos hangs high,"
and his tribe is well heeled.
The San Francisco Gill, a Democratic iper,
is not quite so warlike, valiant and blood
thirsty as the Flat Radical, but it is fully as
hopeful. Hesrit:
'Our Jcv York correspondent, one of tho
best-posted on all public subjects in the East,
says that the sentiment for Seymour Is on the
increase throughout the country, and that
there is a strong probability of his election.
This tallies witli aecounU received lrora care
fully obscrvinK travelers from that ncction.
Tho New York Sun, an independent paer of
Republican proclivities, concedes Aevr lork
to the Democrats by a very large majority,
and admits tho probability that all the great
States will go in a like manner."
How a Settlement Ottoeew a Lawteiu
A pettifogging lawyer and managor in a new
settlement in Wisconsin gave a missionary of
the American Sunday School Union the fol
lowing account of a Sunday School :
" I organized the first Sunday School myi
self in this county, nnd ran it myself one
sca.son. We came in hero early, all Ameri
cans. We wanted to draw in decent, indus
trious families, and to keep out all foreigners
and rowdies. Sol said: A Sunday School
will attract tho folks wo want, and keep oth
ers out. It will to tho best and the cheapest
way to blow for the settlement.' There was
not one of us that pretended to have one
grain of piety; so they pitched on me to car
ry out tho plan. I did so, and sent to your
Society and got a library, and ran the school
all summer. It did tho blowing for us splcn
didlw Reforo summer was ended, some
Christian families came in ; and as they had
a better stock of pioty, I gavo over tho Sun
day School to their hands. It was a grand
thing for us. There wasn't a foreigner of
any sort that ever stayed in tho settlement
mnrn than ono nitrht. Wo secured a good
American nnd moral settlement. In fact, it
got to be so pious that I couldn't live tuero
myself.
' ARIZOyA: SATURDAY MORNIXG, SEPTEMBER 12, 18(58.
Women as PniNTr.ns. A party of female I It has been snceringly asserted in the col
printcrs arrived recently nt San Francisco, I umns of Governor McCormick's organ, that
from the East, applied for work, and were General Devin's late expedition to Eastern
offered it nt rates less than those paid to men. ! Arizona was " ft failure." As regards killing
The women spurned tho odor, set their cap J Indians, the expedition was a failure, but we
to work and after examining the cote, con-1 contend that in other respects it was a suc-
emucu to start un oiiico ot their own, and
they did it. They should start opposition to
tho old lady on California street, Mother
Goose. Think they could . out-talk and out
cackle her. Rrother Hamilton, of the Los
Angeles Star proposes to receive tho fair sex
into his office with open arms, and wo expect,
every week to hear of tho death of that ven
erable relic of tho "art preservative," from a
press ol crinoline. Just imagine for a mo
mont, brother Hamilton, the danger you will
be in of having them place your editorial
head under the Matrimonial head, when mak
ing up your form for press.
Hans Patiuck Le Connor asks the editor
of the JUpvblican :
"Would it be asking too much of you to
give me a pull" in your paper about as long as
n lead pcneil7 It don't look well for me to
blow my own inventions, but you can do it
with impunity. Tcli your rondcrs I am go
ing to lecturo nt Mercantile Library Hall to
morrow evening, and what a wonderful lec
ture it will be. My subjectis " What Is It?"
Don't give them to understand what it means,
because I am not exactly satisfied on that
head myself. Write me up all you can, ami
wnen i nave tue means i will subscribe to
your paper."
An admirable take off on the requests of
lecturers and showmen pretty generally.
They want a five dollar notice for a ticket
which we don't use one time in ten.
A Pino3 Altas correspondent of the San
ta Fe GamUt, gives a glowing description of
that country. He predicts that in low than
five years, the town of Pinos Altas will be
tint largest city in New Mexico. So mote it
be. This corrwjKjndent fall into the old
error of calling the range of mountains in
which Pinos Altas Is situate, tho '3Iogollonc.'
Kow, the Indians ought to be good authority
upon this point, and they call said range,
"Sierra IJIanco," its proper name. The Mo
gollonc range, ends about one hundred miles
this side of Pinos Altas, in Arizona.
The DirrERENcc In Democratic times
Congress held sessions averaging four and a
half months In a year, and tho members re
ceived eight dollars a day when at work.
Now it is in session nearly all the time, and
the exjionscs average over forty -live dollars a
day to each member. Demcratie Hi.
All rery true, you old fogy; but don't you
know that in Democratic times there were
no free niggers to legislate for; no Presidents
to be impeached, and so "loSl" carpet-baggers
to be provided for. Won't Locofoco
editors ever learn to keep "up with the
titnesT'
In Colorado, a young man arrayed himself
in ghostly attire, went to a trad in the forest
and "lay" for a young lady. Prcsontly, she
came along, saw his ghost-ship, pulled a pistol,
shot and made a dead ghost of him. Moral,
Young men should not attempt to play
ghost or Indian in a frontier country.
A matrimonial brokerage office has been
started in San Francisco. The lady who pre
sides over the institution advertises her
readiness and ability to yoke together the
prettiest women and the ugliest men, and
r vena. Wonder if she can euro corns on
mining feet, or subdue an Apache with kind
ness 7 If so, she can count on us as a patient.
Tuc San Francisco Mining Prtu is, most
generally, correct in giving names of mining
localities, but it put its foot in it a short
time ago in copying an item from the Miner,
which stated that A. E. Davis had sold tho
Mitchell mine in Mohavo county, etc The
Prtu got it Muhatek county. Noauch county
in this Territory, Mr. Vrtt.
In order to effect an escape from Alcatraz
Island, iu tho bay of San Francisco, three
soldiers,' named King, Frank and Swaney,
undertook to swim to Sancelito, lour miles,
and a die bay was rough, but one (King)
succeeded in reaching land. Swaney was
picked up by a schooner, and Frank is sup
posed to have licen drowned.
GnASSiioi-rnRB aro thick in Utah and Da
kota, but to read tho list of editorial visitors.
that call at the oflko of the frontier inaer,
one would think the quill-drivers oatnnm
licrcd tho hoppers In that icy region.
Many old Califomians now in Arizona, will
regret to learn that tho wifo or Col. Harasz
thy, died, July Hth, at Leon, Nicaragua.
At Grass Valley, California, August 1C,
sulphuret works, valued at 5,000, were de
stroyed by firo.
The cstato of tho late Moses Y. Reach is
valued at $350,000.
AEIZONA
cess, llie command did not kill many In
dians, for the very good reason that they did
not find many, but a great deal of useful in
formation in regard to the country, the In
dian, etc., wan gained, that will aid greatly
in future campaigns against the enemy, and
which, wo doubt not, will eventually accom
plish great good for tho Territory. If nothing
more should come of the expedition than the
"effect" it produced upon tho minds of tho
frightened savages who watched it from their
hiding places, the exploration of the splendid
country East or the Rio Verde, and the able,
truthful report of General Dcvin thereon, we
think those interested in the welfare and
exploration of our rich and noble Territory,
nnd the sending abroad reliable information in
regard to its climate, soil, mineral wealth,
mountains, streams forests, etc., should bo
well satisfied that " General Devin's expedi
tion was not a failure. What if the reports
of tho General, his officers and men, who arc
"dead stuck" after the country, should be
tho means of bringing a few hundred immi
grants hero? Why, that alone would be a
great holp to us. Wo arc one of those who
despair of the final, complete overthrow of
the power of our Indian tribes, by soldiers,
alone. To accomplish that object, citizens
will have to render thorn aid, therefore, we
should, while shouting for more Iroopn, ehout
louder for immigration, and should give praise
to an ollicer like General Dcvin, who is and
has been laboring earnestly to atract itntni-
rants hitherward.
Tur. Giieat Voting Dat. Tuesday, No
vember 3d, 1868, is the day upon which the
people will vote for Presidential Electors. In
the Northern States every voter may freely
vote for whom he pleases, but, in the Sooth
cm States, none but "loyal" negroes, and
tncikl entialitv whites will be allowed to vote
at all.
Ixcbf-ase or II bat in Deep Mines. Ac
cording to the Virginia (Nevada) KnterprUt,
the heat in the Rullion and Chollar-Potosl
mines, on the Corastock lode, at depths of
over 1,000 feet, is very oppressive, the ther
mometer standing at 100. The water has en
tirely disappeared, and the rock, etc., at this
depth is literally as dry as a bone. Fans,
driven by engines, cool the temperature of,
the lower levels, a little. j
' j
IIciinotT sn Colosabo Raix-soas. I
Wc are pleaded to learn that there is a prob
ability of work being commenced upon this
road ere long. Recently, according to the
Nevada paper, the sum of 350,000 was sub
scribed to the capital stock of the company.
A railroad from the Humboldt to the Colora
do would benefit Arizona nearly as much as
Nevada.
Ludwig Racer, your mother wants you,
and should this meet your eye you bad bet
ter strike for San Francisco, where she now
awaits your coming, or write her, care of
San Francisco fiupateh, and she will 1 sure
to get your letter. Bauer rred two years,
as lifer, in the Hth Infantry, atCamp Grant,
in this Territory, before being discharged.
One day, during tho seion of the late
Democratic National Convention, the New
York Tribute, wishing to be sarcastic, said
" If General Tom Ewing, JrM and General
N, I). Forrest will walk from Delmonico's to
Tamu.any arm in arm, wo think they may be
sure of a very couMderable crowd of specta
tors." To which the spicy Iloston Pott replies :
" Not so large a crowd as the appearance of
Jeffeoon Davis and his bondsman, Horace
Greeley, would attract, marching in tho same
place and order."
The Courier, a good newspaper, published
at Ilavilab, Kern county, California, has en
tered upon the third year of its existence.
It has our best wishes for future success.
The Reese River (Nevada) Daily Iteteille
comes to us alwut onco a week. Now, the
RexeUle is a No. 1 paper, and we would likoto
receive every number of it regularly, but if
iU publishers cannot afford to send us all the
numbers, they can erase tho Miner from
their exchango list. "With much respect,"
etc., etc
We learn from the Los Angeles Star, that
Col. Jack Hays has purchased a largo tract of
land in Tularo county, California, for Soutn
crn emigrants.
A Whopper Tho big wake said to havo
recently been killed in Brownlow'a domin
ions. It was 29) feet in length, and 30
inches in circumference, and its head was
30 inches across.
MINER.
NUMBER 37.
The Rocky Mountain Herald says : " Ac
counts from Tucson, Arizona, say ' times aro
dull and money ew.'" Whew! Goldrick. .
What the deuce do you mean by thus letting
the cat out of tho bag? -Ain't you ashamed
to talk about your protege, tho money (s)ccn
tcr of Arizona, in "those strain," after being
retained to advertise her prosperity, great
ness, etc, or were you merely blowing when
you said the people of Tucson had taken stock
to the amount of $113 in tho Heraidt " Ro
still," Goldrick, about dull times and scarcity
of money in Tucson, aye, "stilLas a mouse,"
or Governor McCormick and his cigaritto or
gan will try lo smoke you out.
In the Democratic processions at the South
colored men figure largely. The Democracy
can eat crow when it tends toward improv
ing its sanitary condition. lladical paper.
Well, yes, the Democracy can cat crow,
but they don't hanker after crow that has
soured on the Radical stomach. They may
use it as "scare-crow," for the time being.
The kind of crow they intend to indulge in
after next Presidential election is good, old-
fashioned toostcr-crow.
Demochact thrives and flourishes in Ken
tucky. According to the returns of the elec
tion recently held in that State, for Governor,
Stevenson (Dcm.) received nearly double the
number of votes received by his predecessor "
in the office, ex-Governor Helm.
PrmiANENcr of MINING. Perhaps the
best evidence of the permanency of the mines
of the precious metals may be found In the
fact that, after more than three or four cen
turies of operation, more or lcs active, the
silver mines of 3Iexieo remain as her greatest
industrial resource, the basis of her com
merce, and the best security she can offer for
the cost of any improvement she may contem
plate. The head of a darkey family of Chicago,
advertised recently, intheVrtof thatcity,for
"a white woman to do general housework,"
and tagged on, "No Irish need apply."
TiiEitcis a stratum full of ccrburcttcd
dydrogen gas below New Orleans, about forty
feet from the surface. It Is thought there is
enough to light the city for years. It comes
from the decomposition of vegetable matter
formerly deposited there by the Slississippi.
Aitrectates the Situation. The La
Grange (.Mo.) Democrat announces that it is
published every Thursday morning in tho
city of La Grange, kingdom of Missouri."
The Kansas City (Mo.) AdrertUemurB that
two darkies at Quindaro dissolved the "bar
ber profeision." The following was posted
on the door:
" De dhortstion of coparsncp" beretofo
resten twixt me 4 Moses Jones iu de Barber
profession am heretofo resolved. Pawens
who osc must pay to the scribcr, dem what
de firm osc must call on joncs as de firm am
lnsolvcd."
OrrosiTioN Steamer. The Los Angeles
Xetu learns that anothcrsteamcr (opposition)
will soon be placed on the route between
San Diego and San Francisco.
Cement for Attaching Glass and Brass.
A resin soap is first formed by boiling three
parts of resin and one part of caustic soda ia
five part of water, and then mixing this with
half its weight of plaster of pans. This cc-,
mcnt is said to be impervious to petroleum,
only superficially affected by water, to adhere
Tery strongly, and to be a bad conductor of
heat.
The Chinese -were the first to attempt to
measure time. According to their historical
books, the Kmpcror Fohi, who lived 2,052
years before the commencement of our era,
studied the celestial bodies with great atten
tion. The idea of dividing the day into
equal parts by means of the sun's diurnal
motion Is Very ancient, and tho first contriv
ance of the kind probably consisted in stick
ing a spear into a plain surface.
In proof of the elevating influence of the
drama, a New York paper says : " There are
now over thrco hundred women at the Broad
way theatre who can kick ft man's hat off
though ho be six feet high. Any more cant
siraiust the elevMing uuwle.ncy of art.
A Rich Candidate. General Grant's for
tune is now said to exceed a quarter of a mil
lion of dollars. Seven years ago it did not
exceed a quarter as many cents. But candi
dates nowadays need plethoric purses.
All He Said. A German radical of Platto
came down from Columbus on tho train with
Grant and party. After arriving here one of
our merchant friends asked him if Mr. Grant
said anything on the way down. He an
swered that ho set at breakfast with him
yesterday morning, and the only thing he
bald, tho whole way, was uttered ever a dish
of what ho was partaking. All he said was,
" J like thai yracy."
The gentleman of Platto is said not to be
very enthusiastic for the dumb candidate'for
tho Presidency. OmaJm Herald.
Oregon U out of debt. Arizona U not.

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