Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-01-07
WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP.

accompanied by map from explorations by A s
B. Gray and others. The memoir gives his
toricaI sketch of Arizona, showing conclusiyely,
| from ancient Spanish and Mexican records,
that it was once flOurishipg Spanish colony,
rich in agricultural and mineral wealth 1t
proceeds to show, from official data--consisting
| of Reports of Col Emory, Gray, Lieut.. Parke,
Hon. J. r. Bartlett and others-that the
country, so far from being worthless and unfit
for settlement, is in natural advantages one of
the finest portions Of our national domain.
| Upon this point, the statements of the memoir
are conclusive, and Lieut.. Mowry is entitled to
great credit for the manner in which he has
| presented the evidence upon this much dispu-
| ted point.
The claims of Arizona to an immediate Ter
ritorial organization are set forth in terms
| which admit of no denial. No statement is
made without apparent full and reliable evil
dence Of its entire correctness. e..
The statistics with regard to the mineral
wealth of Arizona, especially in silver, must
attract extensive notice. Lieut.. Mowry shows
that the early statements Of the Spanish popu
lation, as we'll as the prediction<of Humboldt
and Ward. are more than fulfilled by the dis
cOVeries Oh the past TWO years
The population of Arizona is about 5000
and is rapidly increasing The tide of emf
grafton, which yearly sets toward the Pacific,
| will be greatly augmented the coming year by
| the disasters, in the commercial world, of 1857
| This emigration must pass through Arizona, rs
the great route through the South Pass is closed
| by the Mormon war. Under the liberal induce
| ments offered to settlers by the donation of
mineral and agricultural lands of Arizona, pro.
vided in the bill for its organization, n large
population will settle in the new Territory,
| and give us at an carly day thriving and
| wealthy State on our Mexican frontier
The necessity for tho early organization of
| Arizona seems to be admitted by all parties,
and the bill will probably become a law early
in the session. Lieut.. Mowry, who has been
| indefatigable in his labors to extend informa-
ton in regard TO the Territory, is laboring hard
| to be admitted to his seat as delegate, and
claims to have been elected by unanimous
vote. -
Mr.. MALLoRY's REsoLUTIoN.-Ye
Senator Mallory reported a resolution, from the
Senate's Naval Affairs Committee, postponing
| somewhat longer the time within which the
officers affected injuriously by the action of the
late Naval Retiring Board may be restored to
the service or advanced in position in it, as the
case may be. We find that this movement is
translated by some Of the renominated and
their friends to mean an effort ON the part of
the Department TO obstruct the Senate's action
on the cases of those gentlemen. Nothing
could be more unfounded and unjust than any
such suspicion. 1t was step rendered neces-
sary by the desire Of members of the Senate
themselves to obtain the opportunity to look
closely into the individual records of them 1.-THE
renominated) ere passing on their cases Our
impression, after seeking information on the
subject, is, that the Navy Department had
nothing whatever to do with the introduction
of the resolution. -
THE EXISTING STATE OF AFFAIRS IN KAN
sAs.-ln the midst Of the current conflicting
accounts from Kansas, nothing is more difficult
than to be able to discriminate between the
true and the false On all sides prejudice and
heated imagination serve so to misrepresent
the truth, as that the most patient and cautious
reader has great difficulty IN knowing how
much or how little to believe in the way of
news from that quarter. Our friends of the
journal Of COmmeTce are in the habit of de.
voting much more time and labor to the duty
OF investigating Kansas accounts than we can
possibly spare to that end; so we place much
confidence in their judgment concerning them.
Finding IN their paper Of the day before yes
terday carefully prepared summary of the
latest Kansas news, we spread it before the
| STIR readers-as follows:
REPEsTANT AND NoN-RRPExrkxr PoL1r1.
cfAN- 1t Is Known TO all who have been familiar
| with The History OF the Topeka movement that
tue prominent actors 10 thai treason have sc,ed
uniformly under The advice aud direction of Re.
| publican politicians la the NV England and
cther Northern states, and with the view of sub
serving the interests Of that political oryaniza-
non, rather than with reference to the unpstion
| OF freedom or slavery Ina Kansas To this end
'hry nave NOT only initiated rebellion against the
government, and embraced every opportunity to
| prevent Inc execution Of the laws. hut have alb
| stained nom participating in the elections when
| ny their own admission they had such majority
OF tue electors as 10 give them the power to open
| the way for the establishment of a Free Stat.
government and thus settle at once and for.ver
| the vexed question, so long agitated throuoLoul
me country, and still serving the purpose Of po-
\ litical agifators r.
| Recent disclosures made by Charles r johnson.
| The pretended Governor OF Kansas under the To-
| peka movement, indicate a change of tactics
| among the patriots for whose benefit the To,ek,
| machine has thus far been worked and diSno
sltion 10 abandon their attitude of rebellion and
take part hereafter in the elections ordered under
ne Ieco,.pton Constitution A delegate con-
Ssn'lon OF me Free state men has been In session
AZ Lawrence, on two or three different occasions
10 deliberate on this subject and at an all ourned
meeting OF this convention held on the 23d inst
| 'uoV'' Robinson In the chair warm debate
| was had on the question whether the Free STAT.
men should vote for State officers on the 9TH Ian
| uary During recess Of the convention, a mass
| meeting was organized TO consider the same aues
ton Majority and minority reports were pre
sented by committees chosen for the purpose
ana robinson is reported by the CORES pondent of
| tne boston Journal In which we find very full
| follows: "foAe" az
he was ready to go as far as any man I'm re-
sishnS tyranny; but the people would not fiqht
| tne i.derai troops now, and il they would il
would be the height of folly. twould be like The
pull that attempted to butt the locomotive off the
| udck, ana was annihitated. Had that bull nos
| sessed hall so much discretion as vaior he woud
nave torn up rail or two with his horns. and
ie. Ine locomotive run itself of. daughter So
| miSht be raIor for us TO resist this government