Arizona miner., 1867-11-23
Local Intelligence.

,rc heavy on the ' boafus. lney are pound to h.,c some amusement to while away the tedious t,or. or the long winter nights, and we think ,Lo, shov good taste in their selection. It is .,,,cb bcttcr than the sort of amusement ndulgcd in by a great many of the Fort Whippc boys. rettne drunk, shooting one another, and making night hideous with their savage yells.
 yt.rrrp TIE MINEs-Dr. Parry and Major Cal boun. of the Railroad surveying party. accompa- niJ Inv the Governor and some citizens of Pres cou made trip, on Monday last to the Hassa- v,mna Mining District, looked at the Chase ,r1 other lodcs, and returned to town well ,,,a.rd with their trip and the mines. Mir Bar ,,rd requests us to state that Dr. Parry and Major Calhoun are anxious to get specimens of cr,. to take with them to St. Louis and Philadel- rbia. in order to prove to the people of those tuo great cities that Arizona contains something better than Apaches, rattesnakes. and lizards. N. advise our miners and prospectors to comply vid their request. They will remain at the Pres co, Hotel until the 9th of December next Mr. Barnard the landlord of tbat institution. is ready to receive deposits. Send on your rocks, gen tcmen.
 N.x MlssNG.-A Mr Myers. who left here nearly year ago for Philadelphia, at which place he arrived safely and started back again by way of the plains has not been heard from in long time. Where is he!
 Coop RlpixG.-The Paymaster's Clerk and cs- cort rode from Fort Whipple to Camp Lincoln, sixty miles on Sunday last, paid the troops at Lincoln. jumped into their saddles, and got back 10 Whpplc Monday evening.
 TuE PAYN,sTER has gone to Fort Mcdowell
 GAIT. KRAusE has gone to Camp Drumm Cali forna.
 GENERAL GrEGG, with large party of soldiers, started, Tuesday. on scout after the Indians. We believe bc went towards the Verde and the Nogoonc Mountains, country in which are lots of Indians.
 ON THE MARRY.-Hons. Allen Cullumber. of Walnut Grove. and John H. Mathews of Kirk land Valley, who represented this county in the Tosr,h Legislature, will soon leave for Caiior- na. for the purpose of uniting their de.tinies with two ladies of that State. Both gentlemen are somewhat advanced in years, have been mar ried before, and not afraid of going through that, to us, awful ceremony again. They are spunky, and, we believe, wise.
 BILL REED, who used to circulate in these paris and who is well known to most of our an- ceats, k boss guide for the party that is survey ing on the 32d parallel Bill is a jolly cuss and an cratic genins.
 ScnooI--sir. McCaGry's school is now taking a recess The term expired lazi week IIe will soon start the school up again, in some house in N- th; with a subscription list, and our citizens sub scribcd literally and freely to gid in running that desirable and necessary institution, public school
 TEoa WtcEENBuRG.-Mr. Joseph DaFis arrived I here from Wckenburg on Monday evening, Uid a Walnut Grove, He says the health of the town 4 is improving. Last week, the Nulturc Mining Company struck pocket" out of which they took a small lot of rock, which contained over 4 S2Ooo worth of gold. Messrs. Smith < Wicken- T burg were getting ready to work. They are fix ing up Henry Wickcnburg's fvc-stamp mill have 4 sent teams and men to the mine, and expect soon H to turn out lots of bullion.
 Under date of "Vulture City, Nov. l6. lsG7, v 4 Mr. NJ. F. Chapman writes as as follows: |" I have just received a splendid wagon, and eight Of the best and biggest mules in the country, M from California. The wagon is undoubtedly the largest aud most heavily-ironcl of any in the H Territory yulture City is located al the 20 stamp mill of the Yulture Mining Company, one # mile above Wickenburg, and is the lvelicst place # in Arizona. The Democrats of Wckenburg and # they comprise nearly the whole population felt good upon learning the glorious result of the recent elections. We assure them that their brethren up this way also felt joyous.
 COLONEL L. D. WuLIs.-This gentleman. who Is now connected with the Union Pacific Railway, l. D., and whom we have known for many years M past paid Us visit one day this week, and after giving us hearty shake of his military hand, and asking a thousand questions about the Gem oi ihe Foothills,' our old Californian home, w talked railroad to us until we really thought wr could hear the whistle of the locomotive. The Colonel Is very sanguine that the road will be located on or near the line of the 3jth parallel says there are no great obstacles to conquer on 'hat route, spoke well of the country, and IS willing to bet his bottom dollar that the cars N'll be running through this section of country h less than four years. We think SO too. z MAJOR CALHOUN, who Is travelling with the Railroad surveying party, as correspondent for orney's Philadelphia Press, dropped into ouI sanctum on Monday last. He is very pleasant gentleman and first-class writer, but Lord what Democratic name to be connected wiil such ferocious Radical journal. Call again Il q N.ar