New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-12-02
ARIZONA.
Thr First Territorial Election - Gem
paisns Against the Apaches-The Min
lor EUfrresrs.

Correspondence Of TIE NJ Y. TRIBUNE.
PRESCOTT. a. T.. Sept. 90. 1854.
You have heard ere this that our first Territorial
election hes been held resulting in the election Of
the Hon. c. d. Posten delegate to Congress. There
were four candidates in the field the most iornda-
BE opponent Of the delegate elect was tho uDiq-
nitious DR.. Seb, political troubador and Office
hunter in general or the particular political
stripe of the members elect of the Legislature, 1t
would be impossible to decide at present Tha;
body has been summoned 70 ccnycne to-day. In q
fcw'dGys Il viii be easy TO speak more advsedy in
regard 20 this august body OF tweaty-scren men.
The recent campaigns against the ApacheS have
been unsuccessful. The one under command oi
Lieut. Il. WOolscy was composed q. about one
hundred men-lniners and mountainoers--has re-
Gently returned after having been out about three
months, having accomplished nothing lie lost
two men, and neither killed nor captured single
Indian.
The unsuccessful demonstrations OF the past SUM
mcr have only tended 10 cmbOlden the Indians and
now we are IN more danger from thcir ATTACKS and
ambuscaics than at any time during the past year.
The mountains about Us arc full Of them, ana tlcy
are seen on ever trail and road leading from ouf
capitol. Almost daily, they make descent upon
he stock. and stampede II IN open daylight. The
Indian question Is one Of great difficulty Most OF
the miners are in favor Of determination, hut uht
is thing not easily accomplished, Tor they are so
well acquainted with the country that aii attempts
20 pursue them are entirely futile. Only occasional
y can ranchariea be surprised and destroyed.
4 former letter published IN yourpaner, spoke nm
flyorably Of the Mining iatercst al prD nj, and
gave no announcement to emlgratlonc !" ms
opinion, the editor of Ths irt-0a0 Miner takes cz-
executions. and denounced hc writer OF said letter
as 'scrbbler, sc.
II nav he remarked and truly tina, the writer Of
seid letter mas not so much capital invested IN feet
or town lots as tho editor of The Miner, and can
therefore afford 10 speak Of things as he sees them
and as thev really are
What are the facts IN regard to this Territory as
an agricultural mineral countryf what ihls
country nay turn out 10 be whondemOnsiratcd is q
matter OF conjecture only. True, there are lndica-
tons ora promising character III regard to aurer-
GUS quartz and practical operations may demon
strate ;ser exceeding richness. But At present
there is not in this r-'gion Of the territory Shai
OF tunnel one hundred feet deep. II has been COM
petoly settled that the value OfquariZ !odes cannot
BE- determined by On examination OF inc surface
rock. As vet only 3 few aTasters have been put in
operation for the crushing Of surface rock. The
results have in most instances been favorable
There are hundreds OF lOdes tina; prospect surface
rock MS favorable as those upon which work hes
been done. But for the present they are not only
undemonstrated, but wholly unproductIye.
As 10 placer mines. they are OF no importance so
far a. discovered; consequently but little gold Is
being produced in the Territory.
And, while the Indians renein hostile and unsub-
dued il will be impossible 10 prospect and WORK
any paceTs thet may b. discovered.
While this condition Of things remains there il
nothing to invite immigration into the country
mt probabilities that some time hence the mines OF
this territory will be the richest on the continent
IF mon can gfiol 10 come here and wait from three
to seven years, there viii be rare opportunities in
81. probability. Or if men have capital to invest
and are willing to put il al work here, they are in
vitod even by the present condition OF things But
in honesty and good faith, with knowledge Of the
country. again say to those Of small means, do
no. come her, for the present; ior the sol pro-
dnoes nothing 10 subsist upon, and the mines al
present yield but little wherewith To purchase, Of
the present enormously high prices, thai which Is
brolght into the country. g.
Z. S.--LrST OF PMcE5.--Bacon, 81 30; Flour,
So per hundred pounds, Sugar and Coffee, 9 -
peg pound Potatoes. Al per pound: Onions, 81 -
per pound Beans 81 20 per pound; Becf, fresh
DC. per pound; Whisky, from 81 10 SIS per gal
Ion. SOC. per dram; Pine Boards, g per thousand
feet; labor from 50 10 - per day.
t5r-.nbacA pr.ce..