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Arizona miner. [volume] (Fort Whipple, Ariz.) 1864-1868, 1867-05-18
MAILS AT LAST.

After waiting long and patiently for mail
facilities adequate TO the wants Of the Terri
tory, they are at last provided, and we con
graduate the people upon the new and cheer
ing order Of things. As announced in the
last MINER, under postscript after July LIST,
there will be weekly mail from San Ber-
nardno ria La Paz TO Prescott The con
tract for service from Los Angeles ria Yuma
to Tucson, let to Sanderson, Barlow Co,
who have the contract from Tucson to the
Rio Grande, has been sub-lct TO Tomlinson
& Co. who will Immediately stock the road,
and probably start line Of coaches. This
will complete the service on the old South
ern, or Butterfed, overland, and will greatly
invigorate and accommodate lower Arizona.
The mail from San Bernardino to Prescott
ria Hardyvilo will be continued weekly.
The service from Salt Lake 60 IIardyville and
Prescott will continue twice week that
from Hardyville TO La Paz and Yuma, now
weekly, will probably be made twice week
Weekly service will, upon the first Of July
he put upon a new route from IIardyyillc rio
Paranagat to Austin, Nevada At same time
weekly seryice will be begun from la Paz %
the Aqua Calienta ranch, upon the Gila. Tho
small routes from Tubac to Patagonia mine
and to the Enriquitta mine will be continued
Zeckendorf Il Co, who have the contract for
weekly service from Tubac and Tucson tC
Prescott, have applied and expect to have il
made semi-weekly.
Thus il will be seen that we are to have {
great increase in mail service, and that eacl
road from california, Yuma, La Paz ant
Hardyville), will be a mail route Really
nothing remains to ask for, except continu
alton from Prescott cia the 3jth parallel, I,
Albuquerque, which is so desirable and has
been so often requested, that we think il
must soon be granted.
OF late the mails from California, Sail
Lake and Tucson, have come so promptly
that il would be wrong to withhold the med,
Of praise from the contractors, and taking
into account all the obstacles they have me-
they deserve the heartiest commentator. Ii
Messrs. Ballard and Clugage, who represent
fuller, Parker & Co., and who manage tn,
/ California and Salt Lake routes, we have mel
/ of great energy, experience and ability, anC
/ they have proven that they understand the
business to which they haze given thei
hands Messrs. Zeckendorf and Jack Swil
ling, who control the 1ubac, Tucson an,
Prescott road, are also doing admirably, anC
we learn that the sub contractors on III,
route from La Mesilla to Tucson are also full,
up to time. We only hope that the new
contracts will be as well carried out, and W,
are gratificd to know that such enterprisin;
men as Ballard, Clngage and Tomlinson ar,
I to have them in charge.
Arizona miner. [volume] (Fort Whipple, Ariz.) 1864-1868, 1867-05-18

DEATH OF Z" JIM TUrTLE."-We regret
much 10 hear Of the death Of genial Jim
Tuttle." formerly connected with llardy's
establishment in this place. correspondent
gives tie following particulars:
HARDYvILLE, May 5th, 1867.
fprron or ARIZONA MINER: A deep gloom
was Yesterday thrown over this entire com.
munity by a sad accident, the result Of which
has taken from our midst an old and valued
resident The particulars are as follows:
The Los Angeles stage arrived at the ferry
landing, opposite town, yesterday morning,
Just at daylight Mr.. VIM. j. futile was on
the box driving. Messrs. G. l.. Strong and
Ell. Smith were seated inside the coach. Mr.
futile called out for one Of them TO fire
a pistol to attract the attention of the ferry
man Mr. Strong reached for pistol lying
in box in front of him for the purpose q
complying with the request, and while cock
ing it, the hammer slipped and the pstO
went off, the ball passing through the front
Of the coach and taking effect on Mr.. futile
m the small Of the back, near the spine. AZ
ter receiving the wound the deceased csllrf
out two or three times my God am shot,
and expired. The grief Of Mr.. Strong car
be better imagined than told. He and dc
ceased were very warm friends, and the un
happy event has inflicted = terrible wounc
upon the heart and sensibilties Of Mr.
Strong.
Mr. VIM. J. futile came To this Territory
+ in Nov. 1863, and during a continued resi-
deuce, he has made the acquaintance Of mos
old pioneers, and / will venture TO say nom
will hear Of his untimeiy death but viii
feelings Of the deepest regret By bis opel
and frank manner, warm hearted and genia
temperament he made friends of all will
whom lie came in contact, and no member q
society could be more generally mourned
Mt futile was a native 81 Clarke Co Ohio
aged 30. lie was buried to-day.
To increase the sorrow of our people cam,
the sal and unexpected intelligence of tn
death of Mrs Nc ormick, and Iiardyvile i
universal in expressions Of lament, and send
sincere condolences to p escott in it, be
reavement.
The steamer Cjcopah is just landing, am
the mail is about leaving, so must close.
Yours, truly, A. +. ID.
The proceedings Of the AztIan Lodge G
Masons, Of Prescott, regarding the death
Mr.. futile have to be deferred to our next
Arizona miner. [volume] (Fort Whipple, Ariz.) 1864-1868, 1867-05-18
CAMP MCPHERSON.

Gen. Gregg has, We think, made bit in
locating this new post at the Willow Spring,
three miles from Bells Canon,upo the Wick
enburg, Date Greek and La Paz road The
canon is VIGOROUSLY the worst Indian hole in
this part Of Arizona, and it. has long been
the terror of travellers. The post at Date
Greek and that at Skull Valley were not near
enough to be Of service, and moreover they
were never strong. Mcpherson will have
two companies, and so much scouting will be
done from il that the whole La Paz road viii.
soon be made safe 4 detachment of men
will, we h ar, be left at Skull Valley for the
protection Of the settlers there. This is well
for some Of our best farms and farmers are IN
that valley, from which, we beg to remind
the people both Of Prescott and La Paz, that
il is of the first consequence there should be
direct road to Prescott. The plan Of going
all the way round by Mint Valley, some IL
to 20 miles our Of the way, should be followed
no longer.
Arizona miner. [volume] (Fort Whipple, Ariz.) 1864-1868, 1867-05-18
IMPROVEMENT.

The cloud resting upon Central Arizona
for several months past, owing TO the stop
page Of the quartz mills, and for other rea-
sons, is passing away. During the present
week Mr. Reed, who is satisfied that his pro.
cess for working sulphurets is a success, will
begin operations upon the Sterling mine
which he has leased for two years. The Biz
BugMining Cc.wil also renew operations, with
proper facilities for reducing ulphurets. And
we are just informed, that the Umpqua Co
~sill have their mill running again within a
month.
Ranching is attracting unusual attention
and there is promise Of product Of grain
three fold as great as that Of any previous
year. Indeed, il now looks as though snf
fieieBey will be provided FOR all military pur-
poses, and TO furnish -four for the people
great desideratum, the cost Of -four from
California scarcely ever being less than ST.
per hundred at this place.
Gen. Gregg is pushing the war against the
hostile Indians with vigor and prudence, al
though much in need Of more troops. The
mail facilities are at last as they should have
been long since, and we are TO have frequent
and regular communication with the outer
world. Letters received from Kansas, Color
sdO and New Mexico, speak Of large emf
grafton en- route for Arizona, and the Territory
is attracting unusual attention as affording
the only practical and economical routes for
overland staging and railroading; rontes
which admit Of travel at all seasons, and
which sooner or later, must be adopted in
preference TO all Others.
Arizona miner. [volume] (Fort Whipple, Ariz.) 1864-1868, 1867-05-18

thirteen feeble colonies, down 10 IL.
day. 'e present
In wild~western life and adyen,,r.
the compecr of the Choteaus. tho NJ, ne w
Sarpys, the Vasquezs, the Meek. p III,
Jack Hays, Kit Carson, Bill Will,,,n ndger,
host of Others who have become CO. and 4
their way, and among whom none O@ n
him in wild and daring adventure sA'eled
liar characteristics in mode a, ES Pcu.
know that many looked upon him =. W,
man. We have heard since his deaf I'D
words rs these Z" No loss To tho ai 'stt
Ii was time" aud other similar San'iy
lie doubtless had his faults. and ,,lu ain
not2 Certainly he was not worse ~. aO ha
of Us would likely have been with sna In ~
ginning, and such surroundings tLsa T.
long and eventful lie. IL any one usn
Ia a felony of his we have vet 10 l." Pli
Al any rate, now that he is dead 'I =. Il
spread the mantle of charity over NJ, ~
and remember him only as one who -ulb
in the van guard Of the great arm - rle
moves ever towards the setting SIM. AIa
that heroic and devoted band Of ~ oF
who blazcd the pathway to the giant ''v ny
whose eXhaustless wealth and una,.. ~
7 prosperity we now enjoy.-RycLg Nrsa
/ Ntws, FtJ Al. ''''s
Arizona miner. [volume] (Fort Whipple, Ariz.) 1864-1868, 1867-05-18
INpIANs AT CAMP GRANT.

The following private letter from DIR. Pal
mer will be read with Interest, although 1t Is
Of quite an old date:
CAMP GRASr, \. r.,
April 8, 1867.
On Sunday. the last Of March, Col. Crit
tenden being here. the Indian chiefs were in
vited in for a primary talk. The officers
uniting on their uniforms and swords in or
der. as we supposed, to give dignity to the
deliberation. The Indians on being invited
into the Colonels quarters, when beholdlng
them in full dress, only three went in, and
ONLY one a chief The Others thinking ms
chief was intende fled to their camps, and
in few minutes all, young and old, chiefs
and privates had fed Those remaining, al
ter being assured of our good intentions,
were sent tn rcassure their people that we
meant peace. On the following day chief
came in and was well satisfied with the re
marks Of the Colonel, and the articles OF
peace which he was instructed 10y the DE
partment To- offer lie signed the same, and
on the following day the Colonel left for
Tucson. after giving the necessary instruc-
tiunS to the Major commanding. Three days
were given the rest Of the tribes to come 10
terms. when on the fifth they came IN, signed
and appro, ed the treaty, drew their corn,
and a. ordered, came at dusk for their beef.
At five in the afternoon the interpreter re-
ported all the red men gone. Soon the farm
or, from the San Pedro came reporting they
had lost three horses, the Indians had taken
them off The Commander ordered out forty
five mounted men, with packers, guide and
Interpreter himself and Lieut. Waters al
the head, left the POST at dusk. They wer,
much DELAYED by the darkness Of the nights,
being no moon So close did they pursue
the Indians, that in order to escape, they
threw away their amp and garrison equip
age which was destroyed. One mule wa
captured bat the Indians divided and fled
IN every direction. So rough was the com
try at many Of the animals shoes wor,
out. The cuutS returned To- await the fit
ness of the moon, when a vigorous campaign
viii be instituted If my health will admit
Of it will be on the war path. and If any
thing occurs YOU viii he informed. Mr.. j.
rael lost one horse Mr.. Tommalson two Il
was found where two had been killed. bein.
driven so fast they gave out and were killed
but the flesh carried off in haste.
On the departure Of the Indians from III,
post, an old superanuated chief with anothe
old Indian, two children and Pima squaw
prisoner, who for sometime have lived in
party by themselves, were not informed a
I the movements of the Others, and were al
put in the guard house. The Pima squay
will be sent to her tribe. | write in haste a
( the mail now starts.
L. PALMER, \. \. s.. L. s. A.
Arizona miner. [volume] (Fort Whipple, Ariz.) 1864-1868, 1867-05-18
POSTAL TELEGRAPH.

One ofthe most important measures which
failed in the last Congress for want Of time
was bill providing for the establishment Of
telegraph line, under the control Of tbs
Postofiice Department, between Washington
and New York. This isan experiment which
the people will see tired, and if found prac-
ticable, extended over the entire country.
The proposition is TO transmit messages on
the same plan that letters are conveyed
through the mails, he small charge for trans.
mission being met by one or more stamps af-
fixed TO the dispatch. The DAY is not distant
when all important business correspondence
will be conducted over the wires, and some
relief from the heavy expense which sich
entails must be devised.
Arizona miner. [volume] (Fort Whipple, Ariz.) 1864-1868, 1867-05-18
SAN BERNARDINO NEWS

The California mail came in on Wed.,- i,
morning, ahead of time. We have "A. ~
Bernardino Guardian Of the 4th, and 80
the following items:
Messrs Tomlinson 4 Co. have rao.;..,
contract Tor carrying the mali (, ON l.. !.
geleS 10 Tucson, for four years. \.
has been specified, and that by the 49,
San Berna dino has been adopted bv ii.
tractors. II is "a great boon To tbi. -
nifty, the running Of this line II 80
through here, giving us mail facilirie, -.
uur ueiglbur> IN the Territory tn. u
ses are Ia 60 by the way Of Fort Yum, :,
are 10 run on the old line &c road finn !.
place.
A. IA appreciation Of the action ,fv.
Tomlin-on ia selecting this route. our ,,,. =
have determined 10 put the rad In tbarSs
repair. They viii also iook out ana.
road, shortening the distance and main,
improved road way at all seasons Of ,be =,
We think the selection % this route 81
zone, a. it will afford much more a,r,rr'l
ton TO the public a greater populate, =
he benefited by mali facilities ON M. NJ.
any other line that could have been 80.
and we are sure IL will be az adyap,.,.
the contractor as vel as the plie Il.
hope II may be 20. and that the enteypr.;..
firm may reap an abundant harvest iroa y,
labOrs. The road j. now being stocked -
the first stage Of the line viii arrive hs, :
Monday. IL Is, for the present. 70 /. Il
weekly line 20 connect at Tucson viii 4,
eastern mail, 80 giving us through MAJ i
the States, thus connecting our town "a
al the world and tie rest ef mankind
OF the stock on the road the Grads
says:
Mr.. Tomlinson arrived here on Tusssr
last, bringing with him the means Of TOD
ing the new mail line. The stock i nov /.
Ing distributed along the road On thr %
ton, thirty five horses and mules, two cos4
e and seven men, have been placed. ali
7 forty horses were sent the lower rad n
Is the first insialment and will complete d
outfit Of the road 90 Fort Yuma. The I'D
ON the other portion of the line will b +
warded just a. soon y suitable carrisges =
I be built for it, accommodation. The Is
station from here win he Willow spnns
and at Mud Springs the coaches vii
changed for Others more suitable Cor tax
over the desert. IL is intended TO bate Z
changes 10 Fort Yuma, wirh tirre ossi
and one rs an extra, for an excess d JSs
gers. The terms Of the contract are al
be $4,000 per annums
NV ROADS Messrs. Daley, SHIFTS
and some Others, returned from la Pa
week, they laid out and Travelled overa
road from the Two Palms to Martins R8
The distance saved is probably only 0as
OK eight miles hnt one now watering I'D
gained and one day in time saved, beisz
tins two points, by missing att the aH
the old road. The great dread Of tza
ON the La Paz road i thus ubyiaicd, Ties
avoided on the old road being Us bad
worse, than any between here and tie "a
ado river.
Mr.. bradshaw, OF Ia Paz, IS iniendw
make new road during this month
Chucolwalla 10 the river, which wa
thinks. save a DIS time for frrighters
avoidance of canons. rocky and otherEs {
road between the two places.
Arizona miner. [volume] (Fort Whipple, Ariz.) 1864-1868, 1867-05-18

SEC II. All expenses incurred under tire
provisions of this chapter shall be audited
and paid by the board Of county commits
siOners.
In bis message TO the last Legislature the
Governor directed attention TO this law in
these words
Your notice is called to the fact that,
either wilully or through ignorance, little II
any attention is paid 10 the provision uf chap
ter fifty six Of the Code. which requires any
person into whose care or custody shall come
any captive Indian child OF hostile tribe,
or any minor Indian child Of other than hos
tile tribes, within twenty days thereafter,
TO produce such child before the Judge Of
probate, or a Justice of the peace, to have
such child bound to him, OF to some suitable
person, until he shall arrive at the age OF
twenty one years or, if female. at the age
Of eighteen years.
Humanity requires that this law, which j.
intended TO provide good homes for the limo
cent ones who may, through the yici>Situdes
Of the war, become dependent upon our char
ty and care. should bc strictly enforced.
IL were better not to hold these children at
all than to consign them. by neglect OF this
enactment, TO precarious lives Of Incidence
and vice.
When lately in San Francisco the Cover
nor had an interview with General Mellow
ell regarding the Indian children taken cap
tive by the troops. In some instances these
have been held, but in Others they have been
turned over 10 the citizens and passed from
one to another in disregard Of the above quo.
ted law Of the Territory The Governor
proposed If the General would order all cap
tured children TO be turned over to some Off
Ger Of the civil government, tina the (the Gov
ernor) would see that they were Immediately
and pr perry bound out to good parties under
said law. The General thought the children
were strictly military prisoners, and would
have them held and dealt with as such 4
correspondence IS now being had upon the
subject and we trust some good understanding
will be reached. Meantime it is palpable
that all such Indian children coming to the
bands Of citizens must at once be bound. and
the Governor has directed the District At
torneys Of the several counties to compel.
without delay, any and all parties holding
children not 50 bound, to appear before the
judges Of probate, or Justices Of the peace,
and fully to comply with the law.
Arizona miner. [volume] (Fort Whipple, Ariz.) 1864-1868, 1867-05-18

WALLAPAIs on THE WAR PATH-After
W iting he article elsewhere, about the mails,
we learned that on the last trip from Hardy
viIe, Mr.. Wicks, the carrier, accompanied
hy enc s,'ldier, waS pursued by a band o!
WalIapai' all the way from Wallapai Spring
to the Cottonwoods and had narr W chance
Of escape. On Saturday night last, some In
dians Supposed to be the same,) stole five
splendid mules from the Toll Gate station.
They were the property OF W. II. Hardy,
and valued at 81 200. They were tied to a
wagon and six men were sleeping within a
few yards Of them. Owing TO the state of
affairs Mr. Wicks refused TO carry the mail
any longer, and Mr.. alard took it himself
on Thursday morning, having only Mr.. Ses-
sions Of the saw mill, and one soldier for coia
pany. We hope the brave little party will
get through all right. and that Gen Gregg
will take steps to punish the Wallapais 1t
would be too bad, after all the mail contrac-
tors have had to contend with, and have so
minfnlly met, 10 allow bln1 Of worth
less sayages to drive them from the road and
permanently stop our mail communication.
Arizona miner. [volume] (Fort Whipple, Ariz.) 1864-1868, 1867-05-18
GrN. Gnrec,. Onpras-Ye prin,ed the.

GEN. GREoG's ORDERs.-We printed these
in our last, and proposed some comments in
this issue. We think the General is right in
defining what Indians are 10 be considered
hostile. 1t is notorious that some Of the So
called friendly tribes of the Colorado have
taken part in depredations, and are often
away from the river. Let them stay upon
the reservations, or at their retreats upon
the river, and all will be well Now that
$4,000 has been appropriated for the great
Colorado reservation, We hope Superinten-
dent Dent will get it in order, and have a
clear understanding with his red children
that il they leave it they will be the prey Of
Gen. Gregg and his dashing cavalrymen.
Reservations arc useless unless the Indians
are kept upon them.
Arizona miner. [volume] (Fort Whipple, Ariz.) 1864-1868, 1867-05-18

A EULoGr.-The Virginia Enterprise gives
the last Nevada Legislature first rate - re-
commend" as follows
"Let the Commonwealth breathe easy. The
curtain has fallen ON the hugest burlesque
on representative government ever played in
any State or Territory in the Union. Ma
such another legislature can ever assemble in
this State. The majority Of the members Of
this one will, ere the next election, be either
hung, in the penetentiary, or in the chain
gang, and their peers, thank God, cannot be
found in his world Oh Tor photograph
Of this last Assembly"
On re assembling, the House got even with
the audacious editor by passing a resolution
forbdding the Enterprise being brought with
in the bar Of the Assembly.
Arizona miner. [volume] (Fort Whipple, Ariz.) 1864-1868, 1867-05-18

MARCH OF Colorado is de-
veloping herself al a rate calculated 10 aston
ish all old fogies. They have any quantity
Of newspapers there, and particularly wide
awake ones they are. AZ Denver, ton, they
have "Colorado Seminary" " Musical
Cnion," ''National Band" and Poet
Laureate Central City aI>o seems TO be a
live metropolis and from the bantering and
chatting that Is continually going on between
the papers located respectively at Denver
and the last named place, there is great
deal Of serio-comic jealousy between the
two.
Arizona miner. [volume] (Fort Whipple, Ariz.) 1864-1868, 1867-05-18

OVERLAND MIL.-The Los Angeles Ns,r.
Of April the 10th, has the following:
Mr. g. +. Stanley has just arrived from
IucsoD,'oD business connected with the But
terrified overland mail From Mr. :. we learn
that the stocking OF the road will he pushed
Forward with yigor, and IL is expected that
the entire route will be stocked and in com
petc running order soon. Our reader, will
need no other guarantee that the r ute will
be success, than the information that the
contract j. ~ the hands Of Mr.. Buttertield
the Department having ordered him To- finish
bis old contract Of a semi weekly line. with
Instructions To increase il to a tri- weekly.
within thirty days after il shall be in run.
ming order. No better evidence Of the sumo
riorty Of the route and climate can be pro
duced than the action Of Government i'm the
matter. After near six years in experiment
ing other rontes, the Post Office Department
became satisfied that the Butterfield line was
the safe aud practical one in all seasons. and
acted accordingly We therefore expect for
the future, permanent overland line, that
VIII only be discontinued when the Southern
Paeiiic Railroad will render it no longer ne
cessary.
Arizona miner. [volume] (Fort Whipple, Ariz.) 1864-1868, 1867-05-18

INTERNAL REvENuE.-We publish 81
benefit of our readers, the following ei;'
from an act amending the { 5 internal
enue laws, approved March ID, 1866
SEC. %. A,sdbt Il fgdhT sAaoleV, ~
shall be the duty of every person Eha 4
ties or draws OF, or causes Co be s;sffs =
drawn of, distilled spirits or Other =
subject by law 10 tax, from a cask, oa'Ts
package, bearing any Of the marks O. 7
required by law, or marks INTENDED Y
purporting TO be, or designed to have y
feet Of such marks, immediately ups
eask, barrel, or package being elnPfiea
face and 0biiterate said marks q an'
and any person who shall violate ihr
ION shall be liable 10 a penalty Of Ten
for each otie &c; and any sHeh cssEf
or package, fipm which said MARKS =
80 eiiaced and oblterated as herria ~
shall be liable Ia forfeiture, aud ma! :
by any officer OF internal revenue VIZ
flund-
Arizona miner. [volume] (Fort Whipple, Ariz.) 1864-1868, 1867-05-18

The kINGDoN oF CANADA.-The consoli-
dation Of the British Provinces into King.
dom, with British Prince 70 rule over il.
does not appear TO be satisfactory to this
country, and particularly to those States w.
ing contiguous to Canada The Maine Legis-
lature has already protested against il, and
doubtless New York, New Hampshire, Yer
mont and Michigan win follow. If the Mex
iean Empire was deemed preudicial TO the
Interests Of our Republic, we do not see
low the Kingdom Of Canada " could be
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