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Arizona miner., 1866-06-27
THE HOWELL CODE.

Judge Howell, formerly of the Firt i, dicial District of this Territory, and fl. author of the Howell Code, Is much inesn..y s we presumed he would be, by the u,,, amendments made to the Code by the ,,. Legislature. He writes to the Govern~s the following pungent style;
 !" You are fast drifting upon tbs sery r,a upon which too many new communities b,,' stranded, by making ahstsde and urre,,,. your general laws Sith continual sm.,1 ments, for no better reason than to make, toriOus soine mad cup who has more amb,,,, than brains, and more vanity than legal ,,, men. The repeal of the chapter rvlstiy, :. estates in dover breaks the har1nosy !, the whole Code, SO far as the law of do,u.,,. relations is concerned, and it requires rs ,.-, great foresight to discover many instance. which the wife may be left pennileas uk.. the husband possessed an ample fortuns. "The clap trap law substituted fet fl not only meAgre but requires legal kBosl4s,. or legal advice for a married woman ,o {. secure in her rights. Where the law i. ~, followed creditors, and all other person, ]. terested, have A preference over the .is Why not repeal the chapter on the subject / 1 Probate Courts z 1t would be in t.r,,. harmony with the other action in the sru. -es. or all civilized and christian e,rhpu,, ties of which have any knowledge, Ann,v stands pre-eminent in advancing JaeErs,a by ignoring the law of dower.' One oti,, act and she will be without peer: tkus, section equalizing intellect, so that all v. understand tbe lAw alike, and one oths1. Q solving themselves iaso their srigiszl q. ments, repeating ah laWS, and allowing SL putes to be settled by 'wagibg battle. The good advice Of your message va pz needed by your quorm Legislature, and here venture the prediction that, yean VI be necessary to repair the mischief dou<, ssi restore the harmony that existed
Arizona miner., 1866-06-27

PAH-RASAGAT DISTRICT. UrAH.-pab-Ran. agat IS about lOO miles west of Cedar City and about 50 miles north west of st. Georye The latter is thriving town of GO settlers and n pronounced the second in the Territol " for beauty of situation and handsome buildings.
 Pah- -Ranagat district is believed to be ii, Washington county, Utah. There silver lodges have been located, pro-pected. blasted and tested thoroughly, by the thirty or forty penevering prospector who are stopuing there, living in tents. The ore is assayed te be unqualihedly richer than even the Rnsb Valley, Reese River or WashOe ore. so say Dr: Conger and other scientific miseraEovi.ts and Assayers who are visiting and who have visited II, with the tools to test and thorough y examine. From that point to the head waters of navigation cf the Colorado. CalI,. Landing, n is only about 40 miles The climate is delightful, and the soil in the sur. rounding valleys very fertile. Snow fall. there once in a while in winter, bot pever Hes long on the ground. The road to CalI's Landing csn be made good one.
Arizona miner., 1866-06-27
NAVIGATION OF THE COLORADO.

There is considerable feeling on the upper Colorado on account of what is thought to be studied effort to make it appear that the river IS not nayigabIe above La paz. We cannot believe the people of that place are so short-sighted as to wish to injure the trade of the whole river. So far as we can learn, the trouble in navigation above La Paz, and even 10 CallviIle, is not serious at any stage of water, provided the boats are properly constructed and well managed. We are told that, in January last, while the Coo9paA, the oldest boat belonging to the old company, and now condemned, was aground just above La Paz, for some six weeks, the Tsldea. be- longing to the rev company, with barge loaded with freight, made tbe distance from La Paz to HardyVille in about four days.
 i year since, the C5e9JslA m4ie an effort to get to CsllyiiIe with Salt Lake freight. but wa uiiab;e to reach Fl Dorado Canon.
 Within the present month, the new steamer
 Hshare, of the old company, landed a full load Of freight at Fl Dorado Canon in the height Of the ireshet, having no trouble whatever. These instances go to prove fiat either in the lowest or highest stage, of water, the steamers, if properly constructed and controlled, can make good time. The Iadea and Jiokars are light Of draft. and vet have powerful engines, although 1t i. con tended by some that the former draws too much water, some 20 inches. The Jfa1ase draws but 24, and we understand that the old company are building boat to draw but lj inches, with powerful engines. Such boat, with barges for use in low water, and power enough tO make good headway in high water, can, in our judgment, carry goods quickly and safely to Callville at all seasons of the year. We have long been Of the opin- Son that this class of boats, being such as is used on the upper Missouri, the Yellowstone and other shallow rivers, would overcome every obstacle in the upper Colorado, and we are glad that both the old and new nayiyaga- ton companies have come to the same con rlusion- They will demonstrate beyond ques- lion that the river is sservicesble for trade 10
Arizona miner., 1866-06-27

 CaIlyile, and that the Salt Lake merchants may be regularly, promptly and economically supplied by this route.
 Our delegate writes from Washington that the small appropriation for the removal of boulders from different parts of the iter, asked for by the Territorial Legislature, will probably be made at tbe present or ensuing session of Congress. Should it bc go, and the money be iudicior.ly expended by eommis- sioners familiar with the river, there will be no possible argument left for the passage oi the poneroy bin, inasrruch as the river will be sufficiently improved for all practicable purposes, and already private enterprise has constructed excellent roads from the river to Prescott and to Salt Lake City.
Arizona miner., 1866-06-27

AN IScIDESr os THE RIo CYANIDE The disorganized social condition in the neiyhbor hood of the Rio Grande Is we'll illustrated bt the following conversation in coffee hons. at Brownsville:
 A gay looking Mexican pleasantly addressed fre,chman, who understood the language saying: Excuse me, my friend, but 1t seem. to me we've met somewhere"
 (" can't remember ever having met vop anywhere" replied the other.
 That's strange" said the Mexican. aJ was sure I had met you; but DOW won arc right sure you never saw me anywhere F
 The Frenchman, taking good look at him. said: " am very certain I never met yon before in my life.n
 We'll, then, I'm mistaken in the man. that's all, and beg your pardon. Will yo, take drink, my fr1endf
 The Frenchman accepted. and they drank and separated. The cream of this interview consisted in the fact that the two b0d met and that the Frenchman knew the Mexican the moment he saw him. The Mexican was one If the gang Of robbers who recently nil laged the steamer MoHtszuma. The French. man was on board a. the time. and if was this very robber who had stripr4d him ,f his last shirt. The Frenchman declined rec. ognizing him, or having him arrested. becanse 1T he did so, he felt sure of being spotted and murdered by others of the gang Sweet state of society, isn't it7
Arizona miner., 1866-06-27

srRINCEST ORDERS AGAINST srLlp. LIeroR To ISDiANs.-MAjor- General HAlle,s Commander of the Department of the P.ns has caused the following act of Coagre.. be pablshed for the information and gusa,,, Of parties in this Department:
 Be t enacted Jy i.s SHass a.l aa. RsIraseHfatioes of he Usnei SlaIss >f 4us,. ia Coagros asscssbi>d, That tb4 twerazs section of the Act to regulate trade xi intercourse with the lndlan tribes. and > preserve peace on the frontierx,n aptf,,- June 30th, 1884. be, and ihe same is, Lsss, amended 70 As to read .s follows, Co wit:
 |" Section 8 dRd ie a fsrtber enartsd. h if any pepon shal! sell, exchange, give, Ar ter, or dispose of sny spirituous iiquor e Es 10 any Indian under the charge ef any Iads Superintendent, or Indian Agenf, appsisss by the United States, or shall iatruluss attempt to introduce any spintuous liqae< wine into the Indian country, such persa. conviction thereof before tine proper ijsf,s Court ofthe United S;Ates, shall be irnpris,s.a for a period hot exceeding two ysaD. ul shall be fined not more than three han.nz dollars: Preceded, h0rsrer, That it shall ls Il sufficient defence 10 any charge of intrvd1ay or attempting to introduce hqaos into ths IS. dian country, if 1t be prvved to. Ae dons s order c; the War DepaTimept, or ol ans 4 cer duly authorized by the War Deserna
 And fl any Superintendent of Indian Afsr. Indian Agent, or Sub Agent, Or comsaansz officer of a military post, has reason tg e pect, or Is informed that any white per0sx Indian is about to introduce. or has intrAua< any spirituous liquor or wine into fks l.. dian country, m violation of tbe provisioss ( this section, it shall be lawful for such suysf intendent, Agent, Sub Agent, or oounanirug officer, to cause the boats, stores, pafkags,. wagons, >led.. and places of deposit of .ses person tO be searched; and II any E0aor. is found therein, the same, together wIth the boats, teams, wagons, and sled. used in so..r voying the same, and also the goods. tAskases and peltries of such person, shall i. saiuS and delivered to the proper officer. and sAaz he proceeded against by iibel in the pre-, ccrrt, and forfeited, one h.. e .!:s. ::sG-:.s.: and the other half to the use of the rf;tM States; and ifsuch person be trader ls license shall be revoked and bis bond pg, a suit. And it shall, moreover. bs lawful Gr any persOn in the service of the United ststs or for any Indian, to take and destroy IT ardent spirits or wine found tn the ln1n country, except such .s in.y ts :ss:.sA.a.=l therein by the War Department And in t eases arising under this act India.s shau k competent witnesses.
 " All officers of the army on duty on tss < Indian frontier, and in the indian coan,r are specially enjoined 10 enforce the prOy.iss 1. of this aeth
Arizona miner., 1866-06-27
STAGES.

Our people have been hoping that some one of the new mail contractors woald mt on line of stages from San BeFnardino. ria La Paz or Hardyville, 10 this place. A chief cause of the ignoFance abroad Of the nature s;f OFT country, and the merit .,g ca. ,a;a.z < the difficulty and expense Of getting here. It requires an outfit which yery many who have iosig wished to come to the country cannot afford No Territory is 90 utterly destitute If proper mezns of communication. Hparties take the steamer from San Prancisoo to the noath of the colorado and then ascend by the river boats to Yuma, La Paz, Mohave or Hardyville, they cannot get to Tucson, Pima. Wiekenburg, Prescott, or anywhere in the interior country without purchasing animals Sf their own.
 Tie roads, with an occasional exception, are good, better, even, all the way from San BernardinO than many Of rhe main roads of California and Nevada. With two changes Of animals, the distance from the Colorado to Prescott may be made in two days. while that from San Bernardino to the Colorado may De made in the same time It would be matter of ease to bring passengers from San Francisco tO Prescott in ten days, and, with stations and animals as maintained by the stage companies in California and Nevada, mol more than ssysH dzys sonld required.
 Lately line Ol stages has been started from San Jose (eOnnecting with the carr from San Frsncisco,) ria San Juan, to Hayilsh, in the Clear Creek mining country. The dis tance from San Jose 10 San Juan is 70 miles, from San Juan to IIayilah, 2lO, or, total Of 2jO miles From IIavilah, nearly directly west, over fair road, if is but I25 miles to the Point of Rocks On the San Bernardino and Mohaye road, and from the Point Of Rocls tO MOhaye, 1t is lsO miles Thus, by this route, if continued frou Hayilah.to Mo have, lt would be but $50 miles to MohaFe or Hasdyyiile, and to Prescott but 700 miles from San Jose
 It occurI to us. with all respect to San BernardinO Los Angeles and Wilmington, that this is tke direct and proper stage route from San frsEeise0 to Prescott. Why go hundreds of miles out Of the way for no cause When at Havilsh. 20 miles from San Jose, tue stages are a. near Prescott as they would be al Les Angeles, distance of some 4OO miles fno0 San Jose. The saving by the new route would be from i5e to 20 miles.
 We understand tbat tie attention Of the proprietors of the stssa from San Jose to Iayilah has already bees called 10 the pro Jsiefy of extending ther route 10 fhe Point
Arizona miner., 1866-06-27
THE MINING LAW.


 Ata lo5s for any better issue, some of those who deem an issue indispensable are agitat ing repeal of the mining law, and seeking to make ], test question at the ensuing election. Nov. as we have before stated, VIC make DO pre;ence that tbe mining law Is per. Feet Gotten up in haste, is would be some. what singular fl it wer- We think it need. amendment in several points In the frst place there is too much of it, it is yordy and m parts unintelligible. Again, there is a pop. ular feeling, and just one, against the aux ii'ary claims. They are considered aitogeth- er too large. Again, to acquire full title un- der the law is work of too much intricary and expense. ln all these particulars, and some others, the law should be modified. |, Is also desired by many tlst all the local d.- tricts should be done away with. and the lay made the law of the whole Territory. with ali recording at the oiiiee 0f the county Fe- corder Objection is also made by some to the Territorial claims, but we think there is more noise than reason on this point What injustice is done to any man by requiring him to take op thi- claim it is dill!eult Co dis eoger. lt is atteadcd with no expense to him, and in nine cases oct of ten the clam l. lo-ated on the most unpromisine part of the lode Indeed, it is a common remark that the Territory Is giyen what no one else wants But it is asserted that the Territory has m right to such claim. The Attorney General. one of the highest legal officers in the Terri  tory, Ias decided that it has, and in Colo rado law has lately been passed giving the IerrItory two cialms upon each lode. But supP0sing the right were doubtful one what thoughtful citizen win care to deny it, when the Territory is SO much in need Of revenue. lf enough of the claims are of worth to bring. by their sale, few thousands of dollars an h'islly to the Territorial treasury, o,ir tAxe. will be lessened by just 90 much, and all will reap the benefit. If the other parts of the mining law are considered in force why not that referring to the Territorial claims If no part of the law las been set aside by Congress must # not be considered as wholly acceptable, and what power is there to de- clare 1t nall and void but Congrcss7
 We de not stickle for the Territorial claims. or sor any particular features of the mining lsw, but We are at loss to know for what reason these claims are so much opposed, and we feel sure that the growing interests of the Territory demand that some las should govern the mines It E 10 tbe interest Of all who own in them that there shall be TO cause for litigation about titles and records. Nearly all the mineral States and Territories now have mining laws, and in California no one is so well spoken of as that Of Arizona. It has been strongly commended for adoption there and in Nevada.
Arizona miner., 1866-06-27
THE PRosrEcT OF A GERMAN WAl.-h London Tfaks says.

THE PRosPEoT OF GERxAx was.-H
 London Time says:
 A great German war is really beleyed Q
 be imminent. While our attention h.s tes engaged by domestic topics and anticipates of trouble in America, Austria and Pru=s have been exchanging recriminations and st nac'- iii ali but the last words hare A=s reached What benders the ease more sIsrs ing h that the question is not speculaaa The dispute can no longer be conducted } those tortuous dialects in which Germans | light. The question has emerged iron ts region Of ideas, and sfAnds out shsTlJ c pressed in facts and purposes. Alter ya oi shameless Daneyres, Prussia has at lenss thrown aside all hypocrisy and reserTs, ss declared her intention Of snnexing t0 s own dolnsnions the tso duchies which ES wrested from Denmark on the pretexts q 2 jured nationality s< doubtful suooess.a Austria refuses her eensent to this apFrofrs ton. and, as she is in actual possessia hall the territory, she can drive Prusai the alternative of bumiliating retreat Of gs f war. On this policy she now seems to bent, and, as Prussia is more likely, d1 two, to fight than to retire, we may ks any morning that the peace of EurOps been broken, and that the two great Osn of Oermany are al war1r
Arizona miner., 1866-06-27

OvERLASD MAIL TO CALIToRSn-The Post Office Department has made contract to run another overland mail from the west ern terminus Of the eastern end of the UHion Pacific Railroad, by way of the Smoky Hills. to Denver City, and thence to California. This gives two daily lines across the plains.
Arizona miner., 1866-06-27

of Rocks and Mohaye or lIardyyille. from where, parties are ready to make a connec- tion 10 Prescott We believe the enterprise would pay from the start. and as Cor the route, il our readers will look upon the map they will see tLat it is almos; direct from San Jose to Prescott and ss t were, the natural one.
Arizona miner., 1866-06-27
THE CENSUS FOR 1866.

The census returns from the counties have reached the office of the Governor. They should haze been received by the first of June, but owing to difficulty in getting about some of :he cc;a.ie-, and to the mail delays, they were not all received until the 22d inst. They show the population of the Ter ritOry to be as follows. rtz:
Arizona miner., 1866-06-27
Total,

In an extended Territory like. this, where so many of the inhabitants are constantly away from the settlements on prospecting, exploring and hunting parties, it is impossi- ble for the most careful census takers to get all the names, and we presume we have five hundred residents who are not included in the foregoing figures
 By law the Governor has 10 issue his proc lamation fixing the apportiOumsnt of mem bers of the Legislature by or before the See ond Monday in July. It is in course of prep aration, and will probably appear in the mex, issue of the MINER, and in ample time for the selection of candidates, as the election does not take place un ,il the first wednes- day in September. The Legislature will meet on the fnt Wednesday in October.
Arizona miner., 1866-06-27
v, vAl,.sAIso. . n :. The city of y.lrn.

vALpAsAiso. - The city of ysiPns' Vale or Paradise,) lately bomtArded z partially destroyed by the Spanish ntsA' the second city Of the Pacific. UpriDs,, q fts iss popnlAfion in ls47 at 75,962- Lsl ! esssci V ies than l50,OO0 at this is
 W .tls ie fxcapion of San Francisco, DO ' oes eA f1s essfern continent can as pare,i slls u in the rrpidity of its gT0ss Oi ihe tblic hsildingz, the Custom Bc1. ti eonsl onc xoFthy of notice. It hh e9 ssDdea facade surrounded bys toss e gant tlesisn, and the storss sttsebed ysfe fesfep6ge. The city has an .i sis si' 2 rt nsrrs ln 1851, after the god 7 coT gssrnia, her imports ind''
Arizona miner., 1866-06-27

IHF H1IIAIIDn Of MOuntaIntffsraIsed for csI,frial service against the Indians In the northern portion Si tbls State. were commanded by Colonel s' e hhipple- They were in service but fey months iheiT strength Nas fonr hundred and ninety.nye men, exclusive of officers
 California slsO furnished several eonunnle. os nen Tor the different volunteers which were raised ln oregon and Washington Territory, which are not enufser@ied in the above fguree."
 In the fal! Of 1861 Colonel (now General) Carleton commenced organizing an expedition
Arizona miner., 1866-06-27
THE CALIFORNIA VOLUNTEERS.

Captain Wm. Goycrneur Morris, formerly Adjutant SecoAl California Cavalry, and late Captain and 4. c. M., L. & volunteers, de- liyered sn address before the Society of Cali fcrlliz Volunteers, at its First Annual CeIe- bration, at San Francisco, April 25th last. Of which we have received copy in pam phlet form He says:
 The idsa of ihe ferrnation of this Society was good one. and if properly carried ont may re- suit in many beneficial results. IL dates its e1is- tenee from the zd day Of January of tine present year, and its objects readily be gathered from the language of the preamble, which reads as fol- lows:
 "' We, the undersigned, having been officers of the California volunteers In the service of the United states during the past four years and deeming t honorable and worthy Of conInerno- ration to have served our country in its hour of peril, and being dssroas of perpetaating the friendship and ties engendered during that period and Of cutlyaflng social Intercourse n tbe future do form ourselves into an association and adout the following constitution"
 He sketches the military movements in California at the beginning of the war. and gives high and deserved praise to Generals Sumner and Wright. lie says:
 California, during the late war, furnished more troops Tor the Federal Government, than the ef- iectiYe strength Of the regular army consisted of ai the breaking out of the TcbeIliOn By referenee 70 the lasf report of the Aduiant General of this state Late Colonel George s. Evans Of the second California Cavalry, who has carried into the oreau i<stion of the State MiliIa. his correct and well deserved experience in the service t will be iound that California raised soldiers, rank and nle, sixteen thousand two hundred and thirty-Ope men of this numbeT, five hundred were credited Lo the quota Of Massachusetts, men being sent rom here ss substitHIes for drafed men there Had been Governor of California, they never should have len this coast such an or sanizaton hassaehuseits should have filled her ranks al home and not come here 10 recruit
 " Of the troops thus raised may be classified as follows. bearing in mind that the total are aIl inc enlistmenis during the war. t being impossible without much rescarcb tO determine the exact number Of commissioned officers SO the apgre- gate cannot De given ! should judge that at least eghi hundred officers have been cOmnis. stoned The figures refer to the rnnk and ele.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-01-25
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The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-01-25

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