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PRESCOTT, SA.rX,TJI,X-A.Y, .JTV.TVTD'lJR: 1, 1S6S.
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of uovr riimm't l' ,,c "lvnncrinrnt r
tl,r interests of i: very t!on of Arizona.
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AT
PEESCOTT, T.
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OFFICERS Or THE TERRITORY.
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James T. T. UuMr,
A K-r,-ta;r ...ITwut W. Klwirjr.
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l'ilOFKSSlONAL CARDS.
A. E. DAVIS,.
A AND COCKSBliORT4.AW,
y n City, Arinon Territory.
J. P. HAIKiltAVE,
V ama street, Trojcott, Arizona.
JOHN HOWARD,
n::v axd coukselor-at-lav.
l'rcccott, Arln.
VM. ,T. BERRY,
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ASD
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I'rMcott, Arizona. "
J I. W. FLEURY,
X O T ARY X1 IJ XI I, I C .
Preseott, Arizona.
S. B. BLAIR,
Jl TIiM OF TIIK I'HACE,
(. W. BARNARD,
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:r. R. 1JLATT,
.1 V AND 00UN8Rf.0Pw-AT.LAW,
' r l'me otruet, Tuen, Arixom.
II EMI Y
i AN'l) 00UNSHI0R-AT.LAW,
I ; Arlionn Tetrllory.
Ci. II. OXJRY,
V AND OODySELOR-AT-UVW.
't " i - Hulldlujf, Tuohio, ArUotui.
E. DARLW,
PI0KBBII
Ji-ug: Stove, a
PItESCOTT, A.T.
''lank Mlili,K ,i iiuilclnlm brU,
'rul( at the .Minor Oltlcf.
Tho Garden of Eden.
If thorc be a part of tho world which ought
to tempi the traveler, it is amurortly that rc
fcion of iWui which lies hctwoen tho Caipinn
nml Rlsok seas, linmemorinl trndition do
clnrua this to to tho crarllo of tho human
nice. Here nay tho Persians nnd Anno
ninns was tlicj gunlon of Kdun; thero, us
overy o;iu knows, fctnnds tlio mighty Ararat,
from which mankind spread alter the deluge.
Horo are the host and mott undeniable physi
ral evidences or that astonishing cntatrohc.
Here hunted the biblical Nimroil, here Noah
planted tlio vine. Here languished Promo
thous, ehainod to tho rock with vulturosover
tjiMyin nt hta liTot';
llithor sailed Jason and tho Argonauts,
nnd hence decried the enchantress .Medea.
One of the rivers of this region still lenre the
inline of Cjrua the Great. Alexander of
Macedon i a hoiuehold wonl among the
Caucasian villagers. Hence Unwed, Greece
ward, that stream of gorgeous fable
which widened into Heleiito mythology.
Here Pompey conquered, and the toldiei of
imperial lU.ine blel in vain IIre Greoory
ireachcd, and Tauwtane and Genghis Kahn
a(iroai havoc; the Turk unrooted tlie Geno
eo on these Bhores, to be thcniselvcH uproot
ed in due time by the wore opportune Jtut
rtana. Over the Caucasian wolf, at the dread
hotif when Allah's time shall wund, (log and
MaOff shall em .to pat an end to the etn
)ir of Talamistn on mirth, and destroy the
kingdom of the true believers. When (he
Russians swent awav the Georgian Lhrone. iu
1800, learned men at Tiflis cxcbuinwl in Uicir,
anguish that the rallcn monarchy had existed
without iiitcrruptfoii ainro the time of Abra
ham ; there is good historical evidence to
prove a line of kings extending over a period
of 28-15 years.
NTr does the future promise ta be leas in
teresting than the past. The hurial-plftc of
the lurks will evidently be here. Tins is
the lwtUc ground on which the last fight oi
pure Islaml'tn will Iks fought; wc can sec
even now, the pisnt Itunia drawing its gra.'p
tighter and tighter around the throat of the
eiftte nttUonahtira of Turkey and Persia, ami
lefore many years both most be strait-led.
Tho soldiers of Axerbijan, the most martial
province of Persia, are devoted to tlie Crr;
the authorities of Tabriz arc in his pay.
1'ngUnd and France may twist on the Hi
mantliag of the Caucasian fortrcssese; but
the Armenians will welcome the dtty which
ranges thorn awonir the subjects of the Knino-
ror of Russia. Yet thoie events, proxltrinto
as tlwy seem, cannot bo otHMUUtuatu wiui
out frosh contefitfi.
Our West Indian Possessiom.
AVc have accounts of an expedition to take
formal iXKeeion of the islands of St Tboinm
and St. John, of the West Indian group, in
tlie name of our govern limit, the purcnaw
from Denmark havinir been coiwommnted in
oonsideration of the sum of 7,.VXCiCQ in
gold. In order that our readers may be iu
full po'sesaion of all information in relation
to these islands, we give the following ac
count of them: Tho Danish Met Indian
Islands, heretofore comprised St. Thomas, St
Croix (or Sant CrmO and St. John (or St
Jan.) The island of St. Thotnan i situated
Aliout fortv mile east if Porto Rkv, hi lati
tude lt iloi. 2ii miuutes north, hmiritude C4
dg. 15 rainntes west It contains mt area of
forty -9 vo miles ol rugged and well-eterateo
surface, though t Ik-re are no vcrv hich buhib-
tains. It is seventeen miles iu length uy
nbout ftvo miles in breadth. At one jwriod
it was well woodetl, but the timber ha been
cut from year to year, which has militated
against its 'agrieuliunil fprnlities to a consider
able degree, laving the bur&ce expoMd to the
tropicalravs of the sun, which has had tho
eUbct of dryinirjjip nearly ill the springs that
oneo irrigated "the land. The 6oU is sandy
and a great portion is entirely unoultivatou,
only about twenty-ftvo hundred acres being
plantod with sufiMf-cane, widcsli produces ex
cellent, suar. There U an oxtetisire trade at
the town of St Thomas, much of this prod nee
of the ueishboriuif islaiuU being font than;
for shipment to Kuropo. It is also the princi
pal station or tbe nest lnum ami European
mail steninslilp.'. and sonic three thousand
vessels annuallv Tisit the island in the course
of mercantile trade. The tlags of most of tho
in inciK)I Kurnwiri nations arc to lie seen
iloating from tie consular agents', and alto
gether St. Thotnai is n somewhat brisk and
thriving seoport. U is unquestionably the
best locution, beside Havana, for a naval sta
tion, to be. found in tho whole West India
group. The population is thirteen thousand
nouls. The United States and South Ameri
can packets all stopntt Thomas, connecting
with the European jKickets. Good dockage
is niforded for merchant shijw, and many
havo their ropairo mndo at that port. The
port is known to its former Danish owners as
Charlotte Amalie, and is jnctr.raaquely built
upon three hills or hpurs of a mountain which
is at tho back of the city. Iu harbor de
fences comprise two water batteries and the
citfidel of Christian Port. There in Eng
lish colonial bank nnd n local bank in tho
rit : a Lutheran. Dutch Reformed, an Eng
lish Episcojwl, a Catholic and .Moravian
churches, Inwidee a Jewish synagogue. Sla
very Is still in existence dii the island, but
tho sikvos nro not numerous, being about one
to ovorv five whitiw. The Uland of St John
U l.nt a few miles rcut of St Thomas, con
taininir an area almost equal to that of the
latter island. The population is similar to
that of St. Tliomah, but numoers less man
thoiieand. most of whom are to bo found
in tho town of Christianfeburg. The products
n tlio same as tboso of St Thomas. It is
ifo to prsdlot Unit AmBfioan ontorprlw will
lmftim manv voars load to a bottor 'dpvolOP'
inent of tho resoiiPWs of .both of t'hoso
islands.
BOWERS & B.RO.,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
GROCERIES,
PROVISIONS, i
CLOTHING,
DRY GOODS,
BOOTS and SHOES, ' v '
Crockory, Clocks,
Iron, Nails,
Qulckallvor, Tolwcco, Ac.,
Are prepared to famish the people all kinds of
Merchandise), for Cash,
At reasonable rates, nt tlie
ADOUJ2 STOllE,
Corner of OnmttesnU CNriey itreeU, I'MsscarT,
Arttotw. nftvMf
GRAY & CO.,
WHOLESALB AND RETAIL MKRCHAKT3,
' At Iiii 1'itx, AVlcUciilmrg anil I'rrMOtt,
DIULBItS IN
Gimrfgs. ?mtiw, Mlm etc.
Wish to call attentlOB to the large assortment of
Now on lmml st their Store In Pretcott no2-tf
Quartz Mountain Saw Mill,
Tbsattsotlenof uVe poWc is cUtsd to the fact
llKit we Ive Ttne rsrIUtles fsr Um mumfsetare
of an bUKts of lartir for bettdlog pnrposc. fur
mtH ou4 isMst. llarmg besone ftlJ wfc&
tlx eretlit tjtHim ta ao' prsetlfsJ lirc wnlure
o0Mt4e4 from itb Um to credit no om, soil hsvo
fixed tbttics of lamUr at the toK M roOont ;
Ouua Mrrcltatiiabic Lumber, f 00 per 31.
M croud Ctiinltt)
' Ulcer Lumber
30 '
100
Term, cask on dettvrrr, parable tall. S, sM
eoin, or Us mwlvaient tn eurrettcy.
in tfrtvirt a .
Preseou, September 17, 1S7.
Xortli fHilcnftht l'lxa, Irecolt, ArUona.
Tlie undsoigneu offiw to the jwWlc at low
prtoes ror atuli,
RUTTRR. CRACKERS,
CUEU3K, 11AC0N.
LARD. IICKLKS.
PORK,' OYtHRS,
LOBSl'BRS, and othar PROVISIONS.
Pistol?,
Powder, ,
V , , Powdor Flasky,
And Shot
A gcnanl cseortiMnt ji
Fine Cut an. I l'liif; Chen tug Tobacco,
,SiiiokIii(; Toliucconiul Cigars.
Alo, a m1ety of other sUnto articles of ner
eluiBdtM. LEVI BASIIPOKD.
l'rescott, SepUmber 17, 167.
PIONBSR BAKERY.
THE UNDERSIGNED WISHES TO
inform tho inhabitants of PreKcott sad
Yiuitmv tlmi lie keeos eemtantly on hasd, "res
ltrssil, Cukes and Visa.
MADK TO ORDER:
All KII1U. 01
1 CAKES,
PIES.
PRIVATB & VURUO PARTIES
Supplied tor&Qrj'nnd nt the lpwost jiossible
"ji.
,"AH ordoiji promptly attcndcxl to.S
oel0-3m WILLIAM VELT, Proprietor.
Tho Calamity at St. Thomas.
Tho Portland (Me.) Prm publishes the fol
lowing privato letter, which has been received
in that city:
St. Thomas, Nov. 1, 1807.
You will, I know, be ulad to hoar from us,
after tlio many gtcal dangers and troubles
through which we havo passed nt this unfor
tunate island. A fortnight ago, right in the
heaviest and most anxious of my work,l had
an attack of fever that laid mo on my book,
ami I was fof somo days very sick. I was
obliged to leave my quarters on board the
vessel, and took a residence in a very pleas
ant and hilly spot on tho island. See bow
God's mercy was shown to ns in a striking
manner. One week from tho dato of my
coming on shore, a fearful hurricane desolated
tho island; utterly destroyed forty-wren
shijis, sunk, aslioro or utpmed, and 'drowned
over COO persons! Our house was unroofed,
wc were wet, and all tho furniture destroyod;
no one In our house was injured, tboagh the
chimneys, walls, fences, and trees were actu
ally flying through the air. This dreadful
hurricane gave no warning wliatevcr, but
commenced blowing from the northwest with
the utmost fury and continued for two hours.
During this time the distressing spectacle of
seven vessels capsized in an instant by whirl
winds ws whhin my own sight Nearly
overy soul of the crews remaining were cling
ing to the bottoms or to the tpar of the
sunken ship. A death-like calm followed,
and prevailed for half an hour, during which
time several vessels put out boats to save
lives. The pitoi department put out two
lieautifnl cutters, tlirwngh a frightful sea, and
had already wived many lives, and .htt Span
ish man-of-war had all hor W. e with
foriy men and ofliecat, when the wind shiftod
in an imtauttothettMitboMtin such a Mind
ing storm that ail Uiese unfortunate people
wens swept at onco into eternity. AH the
U were sunk, snd every wharf and budd
ing on the water's edge ditmyed, the trees
torn tip by the not, tuni the 'suburban resi
dences on the hills blown into x mUUun any
fragments and scattered for miles over too
bRhides. Soch a dreadful scene of ruin no
man living, I think, has ever Wfcekl. Tim
happened on the 23th, and all day yesterday
hnudreds of corpses were being taken from
the lower harbor. II- was a horrified eye
witness of the whole dreadful scene, Iwt frwn
a place of comparative safety. In the mora
in?, under a cloudless sky. St Thomas lav in
ruins. Where the day befure rode safety at
ancnor nxty-toven ve-eli: on the smiling
bosom of the bay, nothing met the eye but a
mass of wreeks. Tho ship that I was lead
ing lost her masts, and was driven high on
shore from four anchors; the cargo, I am erld
to say, is safe. The reult of the whole Affair
is, we shall leave on tb 1-ltfc infnt, in tko
steamer G aiding Star, for New York Pro vi
deno penniUing w rnre we hjo to arriro
on the S2d of November.
Arxores of the recent meteoric afaawttg
and the exnloaions of steam boilers in errrv
part of the country, Prof. Lootnis tnggesU a
wry noeont&rUible theory in regard to the
safety of tke earth itseif. He thinks it not
imfaroible that svftckmt steam might be
generated in the burning centre of the -xortd
o blow die whole globe to pieces. A volcan
ic emotion under tne sm, or jk.w it, like that
of Vesario now in pragre may at any mo
ment convert tae earth mto a huge steam
tKMisr, by letung tne water m upon the ceu-
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by sn exydoskm that i-hall rend it airt, ana
(ond the fragments careeuing through space
as small planets or mton!, each bearing oil
tome distracted number or members of the
human fiimily, to make, perchance, new dis
coveries and now acquaintances In other parts1
of the planetary swtem now revolving with
us. So that tho tin&l catastrophe may, after
all, be only a boiler explosion on a tnagnlfi
ont scale of grandeur and destruction.
Tiii;nw inUimatkinai coin of twonty-fiva
franps, recently tstnick by the Preuoh pov
ornihent, hi tweutyfour millimetres in diam
etar, very slightly cxceodingthalof the iires
out hair eagle of tbw Unitod States and the
sovereign of Great Britain. It bears on its
obverse the conjoint iucription, "Five dol
lars, twenty-five francs," aHd is a type of the
proposeu monetary union ot the tureo na
tiona. If adoptod br tho eovwmnenWi ol the
United States and (jroat Britain, this inter
national coin, bearing the denomination, and
tho oniolems of the respective nations, will
droulnle side by side in jierfect eqiislity and
without impediment throughout the worW.
Ameneum Jmmal uf Mining, AW Yuri.
Srirtiiiim tnu Ai.uri Vro iMtrn. saw:
the San Pranrisoo Tim, that & F. Bean, of
ploneor newf;per man in tho natt Torritory
of Alaska ; he will start a weekly paper
litoN, in lia called tit Alaska O-OMtdi.
Postmaster Kincaid, of that Territory, Htg
cests that the jwper should be called "The
North Bean Pole Gtcette, or th Frccea Ean
ner of Proedom," a name which would be
very auggettivo, though rather inconvenient
tin aceoBnt oi length.
A tocko man of Watcrbury, Ot, a deTOut
earnest Sunday school teacher, was surprised,
as woll as bis class, last Sabbath, to take
foin his nockot at tho oneniue of school,
"Iliiylo's Book of Gamec,1' which somehow
had sot tharo instead of his Bible. Ho was
competent to instruct from both.
Bsjf WAPBsomowhat profanely says, that
ho won't back a darned Rich on the negro suf
frage question, and that noil's i.miot suca
Uaiiicau to icrci woqk kiigou aoout u.
Secrets ato uovor lung lived.
rm
NEW O- O O X S.-I
ra r rr r o. iFir
tlVtilllOEin CM. VU rr)
Knnthvrcit cora.r of the riasa, I'rcott,'
ArlLona,
C ALL TIITi ATTENTION 0 F TUE-RUTU
'Iic.to thofrTftTif and . ' gf'
Large Assortment of Goods. ,
Consisting of
OLOTHINQ,
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DRY GOODS, ROOTS, SlItfE"
LIQUORS,
1M
And a genenl assortmesit Of the ebttotti. tn
CIIOOERIES... h.Ai
YVhkh will b sokl at the lowest rates, fr cjutu
W0RJ1SKU & Q0M
rreseott, EepteraW 17, lfioT.
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. JAFJiES GRAT, ,t
Slonlcsuma street, Corner or Carietonf
Preicott, Arizona.
WAS JUST RHCKIVBD, FROM OALI
JlJitrK awl Is tesltog for ek,ii hrg?itli!
TamabbjaatitUoM t Ms sMergooJi.liicladlngi
PLOUR, ! ' T ""2
BACON',
LARD, . 'i ft- it
CRACKERS, Ii
BUTTER, ,,
COFFEE, - nT
' tea;
SUGAR, vl U
DRIED FRUIT. .vjfc
. . CANNED FROlTi
VEGETABLES, .MEAT, PISH.' u ,m
SOAP, COAL OIL, CANDLES,
i wlt
And a genera! assortiactirof
Groceries and Provisions.'
Ako.aeoeteesopplyof ' r.
HARDWARE, : Jr
MIIvERS and '.
.TOIXBKS TOOLS. 1 , f
UOOKlN'fl STOVES.
LAMPS. POWDRR, V 4 1e
SHOT, LXAD, FUSE, and : , -M
Tobacco oC -A-ll IiCiiicl.S-
!fYsi:i-hrs uOu--ul. iil iw'u iiratLt uwin
San fntiioiwo, 1mihI.
I'rwoott, July 1, lbC7. t
.MANUEL RAVEN A r
Hat openrrt Ills SBW IHIIC1C STORE, ou
Goo.tirin Street. I'rctcolt, t
(Lately the Office of the Arizona Miser
aMi'iU
a i:i
E INVITO ATTENTION TO.HLS.
uuusuauy isre cbu cutnee a&soiuncni oi
GROCERIES, CLOTniNG,
TOBACCO, LIQUORS, and -
Iiscclla.iicoixs Groocls,
All of which be oflers at (sir rates for Cash.
Preseott, ABgnst IB, 1361.
Feed and SciIg Stable,
-f
Goodwin ackL-. Opposite
Street, Plaza,
TRESOOTT, ARIZONA. '
Tba nnJsteigned has constaatly ua hand .
HAY AND GRAIN,
Of tho host quality, and at the Lowest Rates. ay
i.
VimsniNAUY. Diseased or wonadsd animals -.i
earefully aud skillfully treated. "
X?W Wagons, teams, saddle and pack animals,''5
always on 'baud, for snlo or hire. - '
JAMES D. MONIIIAN. - ,
rreseott, Aug. 10, 1SC7. H-flni u
500,000 SHSTJCLES
FOR SALE CHEAP, FOR CASn. '
. Apply to J0I1NSQN & ZIMMEKMANt li
At their Kanili, ou ludlsn Cresk, 4 l-'J mllm south
ofl'reacott. uic7
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