Daily national Democrat., 1861-09-08
Arizona News.

AItZODh NGHbs
The Bulletin gives extra IT'S from the Ne
! silla Times editorial columns, in which the
/ spirit of vagabouiism spark les aud smells do
! though whatever other ills the Atizon an ed
ito. labors under, he has no lack Of strych-
nice whiskey, nor OF appetite to give it
relish Here is gush of the secession ex-
hilerating gas. 1t should be remembered
that Arazona is an Indian country, noted
chiefly for famine and murders. The Times
/ is published occasionally by somebody at
Mesilla The following is from its issue of
July 9Th, and is a small portion Of its glori-
ficaliou over the betrayal of U. ). troop, into
I the nds Of 1 exam invaders at Forl Fillmore.
Tie transition from darkness TO light has
been sudden. ekilIful and glorious. We are
now delivered from the hands of our enemies,
aud our most angulne expect atiuns realized.
| Our eeven-starred banner, instead Of being
trampied In the dust 10y by the minions Of an
A bOIlton desIJot, is bathed in new gluries
Arizona has thrown off the chains " hch
have so long bound her. She can now SOW
the seed TO reap u confident harvest Of plenty
and peace. The present Confederate Congress
will give US a Territorial organization the
gallPn Confederate troops have given us
freedom from oppression they will in proper
time scourge our fair land OF lndaa maraud-
ers; the capital of the country will receive
new impulses every field of labor will feel
the invg0rating influence the immense re-
sources Vi the country will be developed; and
IA golden age of prosperity and progress will
be our heritage, instead of studied neglect
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may our citizens rejoice: tbs "A full theme of
JOY and congratulations. w have changed
from sorrow TO gladness, from death TO life
The following important items Of news
from Arizona will be read with interest:
ANOTHER APACHE MASSACRE An Express
from Pine Alto, says the Times, brings the
appalling intelligence that the mail, bound
for Los Angeles. Cal which Jeff Mes la on
the Goth of July, had been taken near Cooks
springs by the Apaches and the guard mur
dered The Express passed Cooks Springs
on the 9th, aud found six hodes in the cam
on near the Springs, stripped of their cloth
ing, aud three of them scalp"d. They bad
been killed several days. The coach was
des royed
The following persons left Mesila with the
coach, and are Supposed to have been muir
hSltu NOuuiclOl, fTte lnOIHHs, JpHepn
Roacher, NJ. Champion. John PorteIl, Robert
Avlin, Emmett Mills and John Wilson They
were experienced fronter-men, picked for the
dangerous duty they had to perform, aud un-
doubtedIy gave the Indians IA most desperate
struggle They were general farorites in the
Rio Grande Valley, and their loss spread
general gloom over the community.
SEEING UNCLE SANS MAILs-The Santa
Fe mail on the last trip down was taken hva
party of men under charge of Capt. George
Frnziet by Col. Baylors orders. The private
letters were uudisturbed and only Official
letters opened. The mail property would be
returned to the contractor Hereafter there
would he TO detention Of the regular trips OF
the line
AN EDITOR MunDrRrD "A military express
arrived ii, Santa Econ the night of July }4.h,
bi inging information that T. NJ Turner. late
of Arizona. was found hrutaly murdered
near Los Vegas n. NJ 1t is thought the man
who committed the crime is one Wntrous,
~ no was his travelling companion. Turner
had been resident of Arizona for some three
years lie resided some time at Tubac, but
more recently at Tucson, where he edited the
Arizuniau new spaper He was She Arizona
IL was an occasional CORES pondrnt of several
other prominent newspapers. lie formerly
edited paper at Terra Haute Ind and -
magazine at Cincinnati Ohio. lie was ma
tive of Ohio, Ga lawyer and typo and hen
murdered was on his way to the territory of
Colorado