The weekly Arizonian., 1859-09-29

There was a bit of row, too here it conn menced at a Jaiie, in which the Americans and Mexicans mixed indiscr.minately The origin of the muss was this Mexican insulted an American, while on the floor dancing, and as a matter of course the Mexican was tloorci The American in his turn "went down, the " long odds" being against him. He accord ingto the custom of the country, out pistol and fired, and hit Mexican in the heel The Mex jeans being ten to one of the Americans, they were forced to give way and run for it Some eighteen or twenty shots were fired at the Amer cans while they were retreating across the plaza, into Beans Hotel Little or no damage was done on either side After the battle, the loss summed up as follows ,l Mexican and 2
 Americans wounded, ? Americans missing and
 the balance corraled in Bean 8, with from 5(
 to 100 greasers on the outside, armed in al
 sorts of ways In the morning, Major Gordon
 Comuander at Fort Fillmore, dispatched to ou
 aid Lieut. Lord, with 9 Dragons who wert
 armed and equipped as the law directs It ii
 needless to add, that the presence of these sol
 diers had the desired effect and order reiene.
 in Warsaw That night a rumour was agair rife, that the Me1icaus intended to renew th
 attack Every American in the place, with tn
 aid and assistance of the Overland Mail Com
 pany, armed and fortified himself and resolve
 to do or die It was all false alarm It wa
 the Nexicans who feared an attack from som
 Americans, who had been drinking whic
 caused the Mexican women and children to b \ aent out of the way And no one appearing O l the plaza as had previously been the custor . ofthe natives on beautiful moonlight Sunla ] nights-and this being onc-hence the cause fC the alarm of the Americans.
 t After crossing the Rio Grande, stopped r place called Las Crus4s, here you take th , Stage for Santa Fe--changing horses about si a miles further on at Dona Ana The Hotel l. Las Crusas is kept by Mir John Ward, an ol Q Californian, who is married to a Mexican lad '' At this place, had the good fortune to me a Col. S. J. JoyEs, now the Collector for Arizon s This is the same famous Lecomptonite Sher It Jones of Kansas Well, must say, from wh IF had read in the " RepubiicaH newspaper e about the Colonel, l expected to see a mo e strosity of some kind or other, bearing | 'I human form. On the other hand, 1 foul n him to be a well formed, good looking, you e man, Certainly not over 3O) perfect gent n man in his department, an intelligent, in an e S' inent degree Ithereupon made up my mir De hereafter not to credit anything in the oppositi '' press, about border ruilians or any otL 10 political event, until could see, and judge 'A myself There is one thing however, which '' very certain-the press will talk and there no use to try to stop it-I for one, have To
 since, given up that foolish noton-it is p rogatve they claim in this enlightened age, a ;" one which appears, generally to be conceded ~ them. The "PREss that wonderful lever ~ it can build up--without foundatiou-and .' stroy without good cause and yet with ell tl ," what would America be without what is tern " the freedom of the press, (Which is nothi '' more than its licentiousness
 ,o Speaking of the press, gentle reader, I V
 once an EDlroR and although I am not allow of at this writing, to say LIVE, still the Edi he rthe Missouri Republican, might treat on, ,w the has bcen, with little more dign 70 than he has heretofore been in the habit of do ed when writing about the undersigned, iu IT. widely circulated sheet Probably, the Edi au has never had the good fortune to have r'
 the " Phoenir" or the UbiQuitons, if