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THE OFFICIAL PAPER OF ARIZONA. J. II. JIAlOOK Ul'lTOB. PBBSCOXT, SATURDAY MORNIS'G. JANTARY 18, IMA To Subscribers. We will notify onr subscribers of tho date of expiration of the time for which they shall have pnkl, and, should they not renew their anbscrlp Hons, In a reasonable tlmi, they need not expect to receive the paper. The Arizonian and the Governor. Tho sir-IBM ft, a paper published at Tuc son, has lately undergone some change in size and appearance. It is now about two-thirds as large as the Mi.veit, and is pretty well filled with reading matter. Its editor, Sydney R. DeLong, Esq., gives his readers a " salutatory," in the fht number of the new series, in which he promises to ad vocate the interests of Arizona Territory, etPteiallv Southern Arizona. Tie says he is t w controlled by no clique or party, and will en deavor to tell the truth, a thing we think him utterly incapable of doing when spooking of the largest and best portion of Arizona, i , the region of country north of tho Gila River. On national affairs he promises to keep mum, but it is pretty woil understood that he is a Republican of a pronounced type, and, no doubt, belioves in all tho doctrines of that party, and will advocato them when op- portunity oilers. lie promises to mane uis paper interesting and useful, and wo hope he will, as there is plenty of room for two good papers in the Territory. Judging from the foregoing promises, a person unacquainted with the former course of that paper, and the working of affaire in the Territory, might draw tho conclusion that the Arifoniam would, henceforth, be conduct cd on the square, but we do not indulge in any such hope. Its editor u controlled by a clique of sharpers who would sell their Maker for wealth, power ami place a set of schem ing mendicants, who arc ever ready to "bend tho supple liingca of tho knee, that thrift may follow fawning." Their organ, the Aruonum lios, wilfully, in speaking of Northern Arizo na, and leaves no stone unturned to injure this section of country and the people who inhabit it, but its puny efforts to accomplish its cherished purpose will not prevail against us, as its brainless editor will soon tind out. "Wo havo no fault to find with it for ndvooa " ting the interests of its section, but, while doing so, we think its conductors should have the manliness and honesty to tell the truth in relation to other sections of tho Territory. This i3 tho second "salutatory" Judge Do Long has sent forth through the columns of the Aruonian. On looking over the files of the Mixnn, wo find an extract from h't3 first effort copied into it, and com mented upon by Governor R. C. McCormick, tho thon editor of the Miser. Tho subject under discussion, then, was the "Capital question," and it would appear as if, at that time, DeLong and McCormick did not un derstand each other quite as well as they do now. ' Since that time, however, the Gover nor has appeased the wrath of Pima county by aiding in the removal of the capital anil taking up his abode in Tucson, and the editor of tbo 'Arizozittri takes back all his former "low flings and mean insinuations," aud be slobbers the littlo "statesman" with fulsome praise for the part performed by him in aid ing and abetting tho scheme "by which tho capital was removed from a central location in an inhabitable section of the Territory, to a parched-up, good-for-nothing desert region on tho -border of Sonora. At tho date of theso coramonta it will be seen that the Gov ernpr was able to give good and sufficient reasons why tho capital should remain where it then was, but events soon after transpired which caused him to change his opinions up on that subject, and he flopped clean over in to the arms of Sister Cacti, packed up his valise, and, slinking tho dust of Prescott from the soles of his brogans, " Folded Ids tent llko nn Arab, And silently stole away." - Sinco his arrival in Tucson, ho has lxjen feasted, toasted, and puffed for his recreancy, until, wc suppose, ho now feels that he is the biggest toad in the Tucson mud-puddle Hopes of being elected to Congress on a see saw platform, nourish his ambitious mind and ptrengthen his feeble frame. No is trying to convince tho people that his politics are of tho conservative or neutral order, whon, In reality. if wo arc rightly informed, and wo think we arc, they arc very similar to tho3o enunciated by tho Radical leaders. In spite of his ef forts to whitewash his former acts and ideas, the peoplo look upon him as a political trick ster of the lowest type. He has done his "level best" to injuro tho people of this vi cinity, and our citizens havo nothing fo thank hira for,, and need not oxpect any favors from him hereafter, as h belongs, body and boots, to Pima county. Were it not for hl impertinent interference In military iil'.Hirs, General Gregg would have ironc right along under the liberal orders is sued from headquarters for his guidance, and miht have accomplished great good for the Territory and 2atton. Hut the scheming Governor, for some cause best known to him self, made war upon General McDowell, ami, unfortunately, drew General Gregg into tho fight with him. A preamble and resolutions wera introduced into the last Legislature by member of the Pima delegation, denouncing General McDowell in unmeasured terms. which, mean-spirited,low-flting and vindictive as were thoir contents, met with tho hoarty pproval of Governor McCormick, and the willing support of every member of tho leg islature from Pima county. They were oppo sed by Messrs. Giles, Cook, and Hush, of the Yavapai delegation, which fact goes to show that tho people of Yavapai county condemned the cowardly attack made upon General McDowell. Wc would not speak of this matter in this connection were it not that tho Governor's organ insinuates that tho peo plo of Yavapai county hate Gen. McDowell It also has the audacity and brazonness to court that officer, in order that he may use his infWnce to keep the military headquar ters at Tucson, But tho General is not quite so green upon those matters as the editor and his prompters imagine, and headquarters will bo selected by the officer commanding the district, without any interference on the part of General McDowell, more for convenience and centrality than with the view of support inc n set of lazy camp followers. Hero is what DeLong and McCormick thought of each other & short time ago. As editor of the Mi.vr.it, the Governor said: of feot In the mine of . Southern ArUona were offered to them free of cost, as we hap jwn to know, goes to show, that they re mained hero for no iersoual advantage. The Arkonian is all at sea when It tnlke about Prescott as a "sinking ship " If it turn to tho figures, it will find that ''" and Ctntral Arizona generally, have steadily iiirrwieail in imtuilation. Take the census returns of Yavapai comity: Population In '""' " 1IMIO " 1807 VK' ThU fonnlv nlnnn not tO rtfer to IUmS, Mohave and Pah-U to counties, has a imputa tion onlv 4-10 lcs than all IHow the Uila. Does this look like a "sinking ship." oi much, mid tho Ant v.i-i will not hereafter indulge in such a fooit.'H insinuation, u h wishes to be couriered sensible. The Gov ernor's lettoriskind, reaonable and juslj ami ir tlio Arltonian cannot so receive h, wo lievo its readers will, if it will let them see it. Y o have no objection to uic inenus oi i . .i . t.t 1.... From Pima County. Although the ArUoninn promised to keep Its mouth shut itpotr political fttmlr3,lt pilch es into Congrats) for not linHchlng tho Pres ident. It rails the members of that nugmt body "a time-serving, venal set," and insin uates that fear or 'inlnt-drn' had something to do with the great crawfishing of the Radi cal .impeachers upon that question. Ho neu tral, Judge, or hoist your black flag The Ariwnian charges the commanding of ficer at Fort dimming, New Mexico, with refusing to allow a detachment of his troop to go out and bring in tho dead liody of Charles Cummings, a mall rider, who was killed by Indians near that pint, somo time since, and that after tho body was brought in, ho refused to give lumber enough to make a collln to bury the man m, but suggested (-.....I:., it. II.. ,. . .v..y.8 rwnij nwniitrioits olli,, r amtnit. LiM.-The writer of the a) ,. ,;, , Mi KB u never intimated anything of iuc i Wo are not converssfnt enough with h, matters to know ilto exact na.mi f,.r , 7 movsl of Gen. Gregg. "The (,, , ily supported Gretnr throiil,.- i exacted to make a tool out of l,im , him in the tamo manner in whirl, i. , uiitg you. Wo do think tlmt. u,.'V " for tho ihsidlous advico and roim.,. , f f, Governor, General Gregg won M to da. command of the dlstriet. 1 J " Judging from tho color of the M,sr,. lately, we would suppose some your,, had chewed up their paper and ni" 11. spit it out. 6'utcjtj son urging its claims to the Capital, but thov lJmt aa 1 tent-fly would answer snail do so latriy. ana not y ,. vnrv .,, Tlint bmer iml!lt. TIms salutatorv of Judec Do Long, the now editor of the AritoMtaw, indicates fair dealing, but we regret to oiifcrvc that in an article upon the Capital question, he has fallen into the common prejudice below the uila, ami made assertions which show a grons ignoranro of the question, or a determined spirit of mis representation. Let us hojte only the former, which is bad enough. Here follows tho arti cle in full, for we do not wish to comment upon it without lotting our readers see it for themselves: JU8TICC TO TUCSON DCNITD. "Sometime since our citizen circulated a petition and secured many signers asking our Governor to convene the next session of the Territorial Iginlature at this place, as the Capital bad never been jiermanently located at Prescott, and it having had three session-; convened there. The citizens further claimed tli. it it was an act of public justice to the people of this section of tho Territory that this reasonable request should be granted. After somo delay, our worthy Governor, through tbo columns of tho Arizona Minkk, vouchsafes a reply and a fiat denial of the request of the petitioners; giving at some length his reasons for refusal. The main objection is that tho Territory is poor anil his hxcellency cannot understand where the monev is t" come rrom to pay for moving the pnbfic offices : but his Excellency finally asserts that should the Legislature, at tlie next session, pass an act to remove the Capital from Preteott ho would throw no ob stacle in the wav could lie be convinced that no undue inSucncs were brought to bear upon the Legislature, and that the will of the people was fairly expressed in the matter. In the Laintai question, lucson has been cheated out of her birth-right, by a set of scltisli schemes trom the first. Whon Ex-Gov. Goodwin and his staff of officials, first came to tho Territory in 1803, (and the present Governor was the isccretarv af the Territory and the controlling spirit of toe party.) it is well known to all that Tuc son was regarded as about tho only placo in tho territory ol any importance; tiiat it was regarded by the U. S. Government and those whom it was sonding out to onpmizo and govern it all their baggage, packages anu letters ovory tiling, lor a long time, were directed to Tucson. For some reason, after these officials arrived at Santa Fe, N, M. a change was made and their tents "pitched in the wilderness, instead or coming to tucion, where -ould have bn found buiidinra that would have answered their purposes. Why this chango was made has never been sat isfactorily explained, and thcinfcrcnce is, that tho capital was established in tho forest that they could have a kingdom of their own; and as corallary in proof of this conclusion, each and all of the jwrty soon became pos'escd of 'feot, which if taken at their valuation (ex cept whon pavins taxes,) would make each the rival of the Rothschilds. Wo are sorry to say theso 'feet' havo not beon productive, but still the interested par tics, of whom the present Governor is one, arc holding on with tho death agony for something to turn up and reliovc them, and will, until tho last straw has disappeared from tho surface of the enveloping waters. Should our next Legislature pass an act for tho removal of the Capita from Proscott, wo aro afraid our worthy Governor would fail to see that the Legislature reflected the will of tho peoplo of the Territory. Give it up, Governor! it is of no uso, even rats will desert a sinking ship." Tho Gorernor commented upon the above, as follows: After oxprossing our surprise that tho editor had not the common fairness to publish the Governor's lcttor, and lot tho peoplo judge of its character, wo nog to say, that we utterly fail to sco wherein justice has been denied to Tucson. It is simply bosh, to say that that town has been cheated out of her birth-right by a set of selfish Bcherncs. Tho Capital was fixed at Trcscott for no 6olflsli purpose what ever, but because Governor Gooodwin, found it nearer tho geographical centre of tho Ter ritory than Tucson, and thought it must soon bo nearer tho ccntro of population, in which tho census returns provo his judgment to havo been entirely correct. Tho very fact that the Governor and his associate ofllcors could havo found buildings and comforts at Tucson, which could not be had here, and that any number will not stand examination. If Jtnlgo De Long bat! boon here and knew anything id this irt of Arizona he would not, we think, consider the Capital lwdly located for the accommodation of the whole ioplo of the Territory, although inconvenient for Pima county. Let Win come hero and loam all the facts about the Capital question, so that he can speak intelligently, before lie says more of injustice to Tucson, or of belfUh schemes, which exist only in his imagination, or that of his infortnants. It will be seen from the above that, after indulging in a littlo skirmishing, in order to cloud the popul.iT mind,tbey shook hands upon tho broad ground that, should the Legisla ture pass an act removing the scat of govern ment from Prtaoott to Tucson, tho Guberna torial editor would concur; provided, as he stated, "that no undue influence were brought to liear upon the lfgislature, and that tlio will of the people was fairly express ed in tho matter." All this appeared fair and square at that time, but, as the sequel has proved, it was as much as to say to Piroa county, " Go on with your intriguos, perfect your arrangements for removal, and, unless witnesses are brought before me who will swear that they saw your representatives pay money to members from other counties for their votos upon this question. I will sign tho bill." This h what the Governor mtaHt by "utuluo influences." Of roore, the Phna inemlwrs were smart enough to keep their little transactions with recreant members at secret as possible,and as neither thcy.nor those whom wo hi lii-ve thev houirbt. would let the cat out of the bag, His Excellency signed the bill, and the dvd was accomplUbed. In vain did honest men tntorm Into tnat "undue in fluences" had been used. Vain were the petitions and remonstrance sent into hw of- lice from the people, tie woutu listen m nothirur tdtort of an affidavit. What matter ed it to his Hu;hns if a member from Mo- bavo county did say, in uis otnee in dm au mist reence that he " voted for removal for the sake of crtting even with the Yavapai delegation ! hat did lie care if a member from .Mohave count r voted against lb ex pressed wlshssof tho jieople of hi" comity .and for so doin-', was atterworus biimoti in mgy Full well was bo aware that a leading member of the Pima delegation said, in hi (tho Uov omor'i) house, that, before leaving Tucson, I .1 t. . I. ...... ....... -f but that, on coming here, he found ho had considerable work to do in iwtJr to acfom nlkdi the removal." lint the model Gover- tf the purpose very well. indeed, t very utnwitsiriuu. Paim-.d to nun a rovtk .The Surveying party, that were ent from ew .uexico 10 look" out ti route for n railroad through South ern Arizona failed to find a prnet!cbU roulo and hare quit searching for one. They start ed out from Camp Grant, on the 8nn Pedro river, and traveled toward tho Qila, but find ing tho grade to be about 150 foot to ta mile, they turned bock to Grant. Tucson has tho only establishment in too two tf rritorios of New Mexico and Arimna, that manufactures Ar and Porter." What a whopper Why wo hvet twoos- tahlulimeufe in Prescutl that do that sumo thing. At a innniciiwl flection held in Tucson ou Monday, tho Doe.- 16th, tho following offi cers wero elected : Mvror, F to van Ocboa; Council Charles A. llardenbwrg, Alexander Uvin, Granville Wheat and Win. II. Tongc; Marshal, Saromt It. Wis; Hecordor, Alouoo M. Krwin; Treasurer, Hiram S. Stovcns; MMor, Sidney R. Doling; Pwuwl master, IIknwm II. Yenable. Apiois riiBS r or TusRiToaiAL TaKAiciiEn. Governor McOmnkk has -appointed Hon. John II. Allen, of Tuaoa, Territorial Treas urer, in place of Dr. J.T. Afean,of tMsplaec, whose term of office expired December 1st Dr. Akap is ready, as soon m he receive an order from Mr. A lira, to turn over the money, book and papers belonging to the Territory. As Treasurer of this county we have had con siderable business to transact with Dr. A hap, and we take greet leaure in attesting that we always found him honest, upright end gentlemanly in our dealings with him. From the statement of the A.umm it appears that a large number of the inhabitant of Tneeon employ their time in '"fighting tSe tiger," bncking at montf and pl ijing pokrr Hok. C. W. Lewis arrived in Tucaon from Toboc recently. The Oukwei hot regained bis health. The editor manages always to have peck of trouble on his Bands with Its ooaipotitMy. Kvvry cats be employs goto on a bender, ami stops the machine. A pautt of four men wlQi one wairon were attacked tiy luduns on rburaday n..jrn;:iu Didn't supposo for a moment that M-r.nl. 1 (Inil ftilill will. tl..i -.1 .. .. J'3 ,.r t. .u.. i 43 tuMHiuvi i"" '""jij niiu oi a mai tho population of Tucson. Governor Posquoira, of Sonora, ii.-c.J lluenco to have the stores be .s , , , . n J ' government rulensod from the clui i , National Mexican ofllcials at tiu,r4 we suppwo Uannlng will l.c j "1ljtt;, , transport them across Sonora t T Cm.. Ckktkb has appoinUJ , Ford A-iHtant Secretary of tin. j, place of Henry W. Floury, who ,, t . at rrescott. .lr. rord; lit , serveil as Private Secretary to the iJv, will continue to bold that -i;. . How the honors do fall ujK.ii , .4 Hold on to your 'poihes'' until .,., then make tracks for ''hnui,' y4 t.. other insects will devour you. hjn Somb four hundred military r rru.t. , on Welnidjv for ilistnbution n , different pooU in this section of t!., T. Wi learn from Col. Ieui tha ,.' mules behniginK to a Sonora trum v, , uff by Indian, from the icm,tv ..f 1 few days ago. Ho. H. T. IIk ki s has rctuniolt..! appearing in flut health. D. Iiiri.ps bits returneil to Tu n Sju setasv ('Aairu has gom- to s4u ' -cisco to meet Mrs. ('., upon hrr r , her home in Kentucky. Mr. ai 1 M;- i intend to be in Preecutt sonielime in Mt and will reside here during the mm nvr -The inMt.l'vl t we nor Hinl uot qacMion the lwnesty of it , when about twenty Kentlcmcn who voted for the bill !" Of eonrw, no '' undue inllucnccs" were brought to bear 1 upon the member from uma county, who dare not return anil meet ins const misius. He voted in dofianco of their wishes simply because he was a centluman, and had been requested to reside in Tucson I No notice would bo taken of "trades" made between members to assist ono another in carrying tbronifh pet measures. "That was all right and proper!" Hut, cnongh, the people are disgusted with tins shameless trainnrUon, awl were it not for rocfiit aKfcrtioni in Hh Kxcel lency'a organ, wo would mt allude to tlie matter at all. Aceordins; to his own showing, there are a great many more people north of the Gila than there are south ot it, overv one of whom preferred Prescott to Tuoson fur tlie capital town, yet he used the veto power to defeat thctr well-known wishes, lwcauMj ho "could not question the honest v or gentlemen who voted for the bill !'' This, to uso his own pet phrase, wo consider " bosh." Auccstc8 BniciiTA, formerly of Prescott, is teaching school in Tucson. The Governor has appointed him Interpreter and Translator of Spanish, which is tbo language moat in use in that section of Arizona. "Gut" will stay in Tucson a short time, and will then strike out for his homo in Austin, Texas. ThoTuc- sonitcs ought to lie thankful to us for furnish. ing them a competont person to teach their children to read and write, but we oxpect payincDt in the usual way abuse. Nr.w Mexico. The Legislature of New Mexico assembled at Santa Fe on the first Monday in Docembcr last. Good placer mines had been discovered on the Maxwoll estate. SoirriiKiiN California b&, recently, sufforod ureatly from the immonso floods tliat have swept over, and almost submerged that por tion of the State. Euoenh CAHSKiti.Y, of San Francisco, hag been olectcd U. S, Sonator by tho Legislature of California. Him. Reno, tho gay and festive, is in Tuc son, enjoying himself like a Mormon bishop. Hon. Am. ex Cullumbkh, of Walnut Grove, this county, was married to Mrs. Burnett, in San Bernardino, California, on tlio evening of December 10, 1807. mile from here on the rotd to I amp urant. One man, , Chos. Warren E-, wiu pretty badly min ded, through the upjier fiurtitn of the thih, and the party returned to town. They re port they were attacked by about twenty lu nans. MoNETAav. The monetary sflairs of Tue- Mn have again beooae in a very unheal: by comiition, there being hut liltte incircobuon as currency except drafts on the dttferent tjiMrtermntten and uowiniseartofe ; ami an tkee are npon the U. S. AasLitnut Treu.urer at San Francisco, Cal. That prove our saecriior. tinst, If iha ladl ans were killed oil ami the troops withdrawn, you wonld not have a cent to jingle upon a tombstone. We remember tho time very distinctly, when Proscott hail District Head Quartern, but was abandoned on account of the groat cxpono incurred for transporting stores, and the high price of forage for cavalry animals, and we heartily think tho experiment will be tried again eoon. You don't 'oh ? Well, you are a mighty poor exeusu for a propbot. Thanks to the good seme of the military, it is now head quarters again, for the dktrict north of the Gila, and is likely to remain so for some time. You hre one of tho most bare-faced story tellers we have run against in a long time. The idea tbnt it was abandoned for the rea sons you say it was, is false as hell. It would be something strange If supplies could not be laid 'down in Prescott cheaper than they can lie nt Tucson. Your town is over 900 miles from any tea or river port, cut off by long, desert sand plains, upon which there is very little water and lew grase, while Prescott Is but 160 miles from Hardy ville ami only about 170 miles from La Paz, on the Colorado rivor, and is connected with tboie two towns by good rosd, upon both of which there is plenty of feed for animals and lots of water. Then, again, more fonigo U raised within a radius of five milos of Proscott, than all of Pima county, (not including what tho Indians raiwi) pro duces. That's what's the matter. Falsi:. Tlio Mineu intimatoa that Gon eral Gregg "a really meritorious ofllcer" was removed through the action of Gov. McCor mick. It is wc'l known that the Govornor heartily stipiorted Gregg throughout, nnd if he wax rtniovud for such endorsement, then ho must have beon removed because tho Gov- jv! A CostrAnrsos- ot a man who trim to eon a mika. newpafer in Tucson, imagined he l.nl . a rich thing for bis elfete old t n a!, compared the cot of living in Tuc '. what it oist in Prescott, and fi-ur b tUiices in favor of his dec;, ii.g U n lie wos"tery carefui" not to i.rj:- sipount mwu to laixinng men or me. tin two pieces, btcaune It vi-n'. llia JiiK'y U kej whit- trwlesinen an'i away from Tucson. For uiiiar''I crlibly iuforim-.I that carii 1 1 r 1 ' mu' more than S-'! per 'sy :n r in Toeeon, while, hi Prev..ft. t -ha . Ter woi led f-r lai thsn "?-. g-!, . Again, la--.rin; men rt -. to flU -r ii; -:Uh, in z ..i, v same class, in '1 iir-,.n, recvivr i $lo per month, m fncnrrk I-i f. on U no plai-e for - poor wln- " i ui- work is ty run;." a Sonora, who srrne '.!ere by l'"" 1 U'titnte condition, and wh wi'l i.' for board. All the monev that f.tw to the dace is Ukn there by the s ' the Goreniment, sikI jwid to anr.; tors, who stick to It with a m T only show a poor white man ha? tci.' living there is, to work for the i-.cr ' If he does not do that, be wiil Liu t gambling or soiling whisky for a " becoute a icoii to some white uujnu - lJ lets a store or a jackass trmn. Ti the surrounding country have bccaic't..'- a great many year?, wbtle Pieic" r Central Arizona have not yet becnocc-;"' for five years; yet, allowing DeLong' fca to bo correct, he only makes the dsfferr. " the cost of a week's board four pap1, f in favor of Tucson. Now, let us r"-i other matters, and soc how things Ucl h Tucson, a tradesman cannot make m'rt-.a $00 jier week, in por, out of w' mut pay SI I for boanl. In Pns"i r" chanic receive?, at least, f'rae1 lalior, out of which he will lnve top c 1 for loardt which leaves him s 1 ' " S21.C6, while the Tucson man uill L -6 left him fbr his week's work TLtf ' toots 111 liern about tlii mind t of 1 built InTuoMwi during the past y r Proscott it behiml on that score, t w . 1 oalls the miserable mud hovel-, luilt 1 cans H hoiis," wa will "aik.."' corn." In this connection, we t f that there is not a stick or tlm'"'' ' thirty miles or Toeson, out ol vrt n indi board eould be sawed; while : 9 right in a forest or pine and viL Tucson is about the only viiwn'- 1 county that the Aritiai dare ' r while, in Yavajiai county, thirt rr E villager that nro advancing in imi T all the time, and scores of ranrlics, t'i 1 - s " Van 0. Smith, a former citizen of P 1 onior acted a manly and proper part in de-' is at present, in New Mrico. nrs nf wlilcb are constantly linpro' JUUI1LI1 VlllbC L11U1L IJUUUl ' .r - e . now close byrominding the profuun i ...l.n nj tl. rrll-ITllTl- 1 !: 1 ' KUIli 111 IUUM IUB - tusliind, to ccaso making charts n ( country whleh he knows nothing sta-I