Arizona miner., 1866-06-13
YUMA COUNTY.
IA pAz. May sls,. 1866.

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 IA pAz, May Sist, 1866.
 EDIroR or ARizosA MrsER.-Having little to do at present it occurred tc me thi. morn ing to drop line to yoa, hoping that an item from this place might be of some interest to the readers Of your valuable paper, and now that l have begun, l do not know what to write. have often thought if parties who pick up newspaper, and, after reading it., remarked that there was nothing in it, if they only had to i'll column of that same paper with some composition of their own for time, then they might jeaFn to more fully appreciate the contents of newspapers generally, l find myself in something like the condition ot lawlcss character, of whom | once read, who attempted to write his lady love letter and, after dating it, he stopped to think, and, after a moment, remarked to a friend that he did not know what to say Said he: Now if 1t was something about a horse, ] would be in my element, but a love letter IS new thing to me-" Just so, fl were only writing to some friend about some bnsine>s matter. or Vas even writing a love letter, should be at home for be it known fo you that have done these things before. BEt letter for the reading public is "a new thins- to me-"
 ! ABOUT Plz.
 | l may say that La Paz is sthl in the same place l foul.i it some years since that, not withstsndine the disadvantages under winch it labOrs it holds its own, if it is not imtRoy- | ing The bnsiness of the place is certainly on the increase. Mir. J. A. Meier, who sold out and left here some months since, with no expectation of returning to go into business again, Is here, and expects a large stock of goods. Mr. LandshergeF, who formerly did business here, and was more recently at i Wickenburg, has lately arrived and opened a new store, and be says that he h doing much better than he anticipated
 WELLS ON THE Ro,O.
 saw Captain Heninger in town a few days since; be has found water in his well. | halfway between Tyson's we'll and that of McMullen; it only remains to sink little deeper, when he will have plenty for the travelling public.
 ! IL will realize the hopes of La Pax if Mr. David K,ng succeeds where be is digging well, twenty miles east of McNulIen's, and there need be no further complaint for want of Sater on the La Par road.
 WILLIAMS FORK.
 In the l=.. ss...l.e. nf the MiSrp see .h.t you have a correspondent at Williams Fork who speaks of the iiatte.ing prospects of that mining locality. Since tbat writing, Mir. Lghtner has returned frola California and brought with him thirty six yoke of work cattle and five large wagons, for the purpose of transporting to the riyer bank l arn also ! informed that this company has shipped large steArn-niil tn be put up al Wiliam's 1 Fork the precise purpose for which 1t l. in- hx.H | H.U f .f. E.s they are Co have large quartz mill at Wl- Transport, between this time and fall Thus. you see, Mr. Editor, although we are pleased to hear Of the energy displayed in the dcvel- opment of the interior, we are also sahguine that if we work, and work right, we shall not be entirely ousstripped by other portions of the Territory.
 i;iSi =sTEz.
 The weather here has been uncUlnnonly cool for the la-t two weeks and yet the Colorado river has been rising very rapidly the whole time, and only wants one foot of being high as it was at the highest last year, which WAS on the 2Oth day Of June Should it nse until then, a. may be expected, we shall have the water in the streets of La Paz- The steamer Holars passed mp the river yesterday on her wsy to Fort Mohave, re- IF N 35o tons Of freight. She can travel but very slowly, however on acoount of enconnfering such quantities Of floating timber
 INDIAN DIFFICULTY.
 It is possible that should have closed this letter sometime ago, hut cannot close II acw without relating ssrss;h hing Of an sf- fair which took place in the streets of La Paz to-day. Two of the fair ones of two tribes of Indians here sfohaye< and T0nto AHAehes-hy some means disagreed, =hseA brought forth loud words, after which came blows: No, no, not blows, because that would not be lady-Lke, l mean hair-pulI;ng and scratching. and. for a wonder, no crying They fought amid the yells of the crowd of bucks who were witnesses. (as am told, for I did not see it, until they were used mp completely, Al here :s whsrs the blows came in, to get their breath, for should like to know who could fight fifteen minutes at this season, here, and not blow, because it i. 'very busy work have tried ft oftener than I desire to again. Well, that's all 1 know I about the fight.
 i ss. savESais LOSS.
 ] In speaking of the high water, I forgot te mention the serious loss cf cur worthy Coun cilman, Mir Ravena he is the only person Of the river, af whom kno=, who has been un 1 tiring in his exertions to improve a mos beautiful garden, and, for three days past, have seen load after load Of the finest vegeta bles coming from his garden, half matured = turnips, paSnips, onions, cabbage. IL doe seem such pity to see cabbage heads whicl viii weigh rom len t0 fifteen pounds, beau tifully white, which had beea growing ss fact that they have actually burst open Turnips weighing pounds, and onions scarcely any smaller and yet none Of them seem hal I grown. indeed, how could they be, wher they have all been produced since his return ! from Prescott2 The loss must be thousand, of dollars, and yet he says that be is not sorry, because tine overflow cnabies many tc | plant, and everything will be SO much the