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Arizona miner., 1867-10-19
THE CAPITAL QUESTION
DEFENSE OF THE YAvApAI nr,,

NHLhCATrpy
 EDITOR ARIZONA MINER :-The
 the capital to Tucson seems fin LoVa of the people by surprise everywbere nkea the Giia, and l am not certain Inc, oHe of people south were fully prenarod '1e s good news. The inquiry everywhere ia TOT ths accomplished Some of our r;var uDw s ws t attempting to justify themselves snVncs, h lngiy ana wliituily violating, not only tSaes Ia's terests but the wishes of their cons,;, .ne b in voting for the removal of the ror,,'s %uent' the southern extremity of the Terri,ip.'@ h that the Yavapai delegation were sa ay as to desire to control the orpanza,o. ~ihsE two branches of the Legislature and oi to. clude river men from position in sncb u izationi and that through spite towa.S 'gaR delegation and to be apeagod upon tbs,s ,h'i SO voted. le
 Now, Mir. Editor, those very men null unblushingly give upon the public strsS.' ua excited crowds, the foregoing as tba for their vote, at the assembhpe of n, "sst islainre, with uplifted hands took ~. hs oath that they would faithfully discS.''' ''esa duties incumbent upon them as mem ss VI, the Legislature. sn
 '"Nu 'ho i"eSt'Vh VI iocatlng the c.r., was before them as Legislators. i wonla a1pa .a what considerations should have inaa them in determining that duty. wbirb s had so lately sworn SO iaithfully to di.et..g The response of confiding constituso.- s'i all honorable men is: Cgasah ths iut,,,', i~ he Peopie cf the ierriiyry And vs, g 7 men, with that oath fresh from ;hs;. Ts proclaim that they were actuated ks h toward the Yavapai delegation. w;,b '% to be avenged upon them. Now. si, matter what the action of the Yayauai 4. ! gation may have been, am mach D;,,., I& if the reason thus assigned gives sat.t.s'' to their constituency and right thinking " am afraid that some will be % inry.S',- as to suspect other motives. That your readers may bs able in ;rs,, :, . the truth of the charge brought sssr., s. s Yayapai delegation, propose to p;r, s f following facts in connection with tbes,,'., zation of the House:
 Before the election of Speaker, ,he n,. bess from Yavapai county unapma.'1. agreed to support Mir. Cutler for tb,t '.
 tion, and made known that agreement ,d ,,. Il other members of the House Rn, p.- 2 said no, and tho members from tbe r,. !, counties responded no, Again the Yam. n delegation unanimously agreed to spp,'-
 Mr. James P. Bull of Hardyvine f, tty ' Clerk, and urged him to accept that pos,.. These being facts, and know they yin ,s h be disputed, submit whether they suvs. | the charge thus made. In ihs ra.s a there was no contest. Finn
Arizona miner., 1867-10-19
INDIAN ATROCITIES.

MURDER OF J. w. JENKINs.-On Monday afternoon last, the filth inst, Mr. J. w. Jen- kins was killed by Indians, at the ranch of Jenkins Fine, Williamson Valley, under the following circumstances: Mir Fine was en- gagged in shucking corn a short distance from the house, when he discovered party of h. dans prowling about the corral, and called to his partner, who was in the house, that the Indians were behind the corral. Jenkins took a double-barTeled shotgun, loaded with buck shot, and double barreled rifle, and went in pursuit of the copper-eolored Faseals, who re- treated behind a knoll about two hundred yards distant. Jenkins started to go over the knoll, and had nearly reached it's summit, when he came upon five of the Indians in am bush behind clump of greasewood, but a few paces from him He immediately discharged both barrels of his shotgun at them, almost simultaneously receiving three arrows in his neck. He then fired one barrel of his rifle at the foe, the recoil throwing the barrel from the stock. At this juncture Fine came up, and finding Jenkins severely wounded and iaiDting from loss of blood, took him in his arms and attempted to assist him to the house, but after going short distance was obliged to lay him down. The wounded man said, l am dying, Jim, and expired in few min utes. Fine then hastened to the ranch of Chase X Ferguson, about four miles distant, for assistance. When he returned with his party it was found that the Indians had de- camped without disturbing the corpse, and, upon examination of the ground where the Indians had lain in ambush, large pools of blood were found, and the tracks of ponies which the Indians had brought to carry off their dead and wounded. All five of the Indians who were in ambush must have been
 placed Aors du combat by Jankiss,- fire, as
 boy dischsrscd no a7rows after the first
Arizona miner., 1867-10-19
INDIAN FIGHTING.

There is perhaps little glory to be won by fighting horde of half-naked, Alarmed, s<ulkinc savages, who cannot be reached without much toll and difficulty, and Will not stand up to give and take in fair conflict upon an open field, yet there is always credit to be gained by the faithful and zealouS per formance of duty. as there is reputation to be lost by it's neglect. The MINER has ever been friendly to the military in this Territory and has never withheld praise from them whom if was due. Indeed it has been accused Cuniustly, doubtless) of too much partlaiity for the officers in command in this Territory, and of commenting them for extraordinary zeal anc activity when they had done no more. if they had done no less, than their dutv. The MINER is still friendly to the military We expect to have frequent occa- sion to commend both officers and soldiers for gallantry and skill in action against " our common foen (formula); but we trust we will not be expected to bestow praise before it is earned, or to withhold censure where It is clearly deserved; because such an eXpec- tatiop. if entertained, would certainly be dis appointcd. All which circumlocution IS pre- liminary to the remark, that if there is an officer at present in this Territory to whom the following paragraph, extracted from the Camp Wallen correspondent of the Sacra- mento Union, would wholly and tEutafully apply, we should be glad to hay i'n est'g- pated, that we might twine fo Sm tsis ta phorically spesking) the fresh < iatrels that grow upon eur mountains. IFreiaf4 fo tho | late Confederate General Ewe'' fgnerly 1T command of the First Dragaos at 'ort Blu chanan:
 "The career of Ewell in his Indian cam 1 paignng was one of uninterrupted success | Here were his headquarters, which he rarcll left in vain His name is held in especia reverence by the older settlers who knew hin and his doings, and before whom in thei opinion. all others must pale. And yet tn secret of his success was simple Demos themes famous reply to the question, Wha
 were the requisites for successful oratory gives it to nicety-'Action, action, action
 This, or its synonym, energy, was the Ike. note of Ewell's success Ewell had naturall a feeble constitution, and was small in persor
 but an iron will ruled his body and allowe
 no obstacles to remain in his path. Otter
 times he has been known, when in pursuit (
 Indians, to subsist his party on the flesh { his pack mules, rations having been lost c {. consumed. Long and wearisome marches o
 foot, climbing over the most rugged moui
 tains and impossible paths, the seyerest labC and greatest privations all these not for a m'
 ment regarded when getting Indians was h object. It would be we'll if a little more such action could be infused into the con paratively lifeless system of Indian ightir } now in vogue"
Arizona miner., 1867-10-19

gressing; and the country cannot go back ward. In the course of a few brief months, as we have every reason to believe, ground will be broken upon trans-contnental rail- way line passing through the Territory, at the crossing of the Colorado; and thenceforward our pros sperity will be rapid, although no more certainly assured than it is even now.
Arizona miner., 1867-10-19

HoN. II. II. CARTIER, Judge of the Second Judicial District, is now at Camp Mohave, the guest oi Capt. Young He will leave there for Prescott in few days, if he is not al- ready on the wsy.
Arizona miner., 1867-10-19

c. T. I've lern that Alex. Mickey, member of the Council ls,m Yuma county, ac- companied the Pima delsgation to Tdcson. He seems to be in no haste o meet his con stituency and render an accoun of his stew ardship irait qw
Arizona miner., 1867-10-19

DEFERRED.--A communication entrIed "A Glance at the Past and Glimpse of th. Flu tnrs,'' is nnsyoidsbIy laid ovcr until neat
Arizona miner., 1867-10-19
PROBATE NoHAyE coz
 OCTOBER TERN.
PROBATE CLERKS OFFICE, MonATI ,I.e q

PROBATE CLERKS OFFICE, MoIIAfI u
 HARDYyILLE, Oct. II. l''.. The Probate Court of Mohaye oo.. vened at Hardyville, Monday, oet v Hon. W. l.. Haskell Judge presiding
 By order, Court adjourned unil V day, the 9th inst, at 10 o'clock A. E i,
 Wednesday, Oct. Hhi sa ar Detmohl, Butler ct al. rs, Berl Z ....a Case called up, and by consent e'D''' til Friday, llth inst. ,,..ai Court adjourned until F1dsyr "
 '''A 4 ~' Friday, Oct. iitl, s s,s| s Detmohl, Butler ct al. rs. BeHl dsl On motion of plaintiffs 8 attorney ,,slia issued by the Court, bearing GA"
 1867, was ordered set aside. ..N
 The Court appointed W. '. "l~ ~.,s| E. Doolittle Commissioners to yA1 Moss Lode," and segregate tns ,sI defendants from that of PlaintinA
 anee with equity and justice. v tb Court adjourned until Thur E, 0h inst. JAMES F. BULL, Pny MoRE SoLDilns.-Ws issrss .,s source that two hundred ree(ai's n n their way from Californiseo GO A ,,..s passed Martina sfa6opon tDs % 'a,,ads q about. tiseNgth inst 1hey gre '' TLs1 Carnp Ca<lv. Fort Ne1svc ana fo'
Arizona miner., 1867-10-19

CALIFORNIA NEws.-We glean the follow ing items from our California exchanges:
 George c. Gorham is about to return to the honorable profession of editor. He is young. and 1T ne will forsake lobbying and political trickery, may make a man of himself yet.
 Wm. c. Stiles of Nevada City thinks Inc has invented perpetual motion, and has gone to Washington for patent Another victim of selfdeception.
 John R. Ridge, editor and poet, is d,ing al Grass Valley, of softening of tho brsin
 A few bee raisers in San Bernaydino county have shipped 2O,000 pounds ofrcanned honey this year.
 John A. Murphy, appointed Governor oi Idaho but rejected by she '. $. Senate, caned James F. Reynolds editor of the Idaho States man, in San Frsacisco lately.
 Judge Blake has decided that marriage is not invsJidated by the neglect to procure a license
Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-09-07
AFFAIRS AT wAsHINGTON.

The Washington gOssip-mongers are
busy again working up a rupture be-
tween the President and Gen Grant
One feature which greatly detracts from
the probable truth Of these stories, is,
that the men who issue them are, for the
most part, Radicals Nothing would
send greater Joy to the Radical hearts
than an antagonism between these two
officials which would lead to a severance
of their relations Whether there are
such differences of views between them,
as will lead to such a result, we are not
prepared to say. The country is very
slightly informed in regard to Gen
Grants views on any subject indeed, are
somewhat uncertain whether he has any
at all he holds an important position,
and it would be gratifying to ConserVa-
tives, if he would cooperate with the
President in restoring the nation to
peace and unity on a Just and con-
stitutional basis. If he does not
do it, either from weakness or
from Radical peryerseness, we have the
consolation Of knowing that this people
are too great to 60 to everlasting destruc-
ton on account of it
The Boston Post, a journal of approved
reliability, reports the President as de-
claring few days since, that be was
determined to be master of the situation
that he had exhausted every effort at
harmony and reconciliation, and was re-
solved to resist to the utmost. Mr. John
son declared to a party of friends
that, having exhausted every effort
at Cancellation, he should now unfinch~
ingly enforce every constitutional power
to save the country from impending ruin
that the simple issue was constitu-
tional government or military despotism,
and hehad fully resolved upon the course
he should adopt to fulfill the plain re-
quirements Of his Office
Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-09-07
Fenian Congress.

s. CLEVELAND, Sept. Gas much of the
proceedings of the Fenian Congress as has
trauspired shows the adoption of resolu-
tions touching the death of Gen. Meagher;
appointment of committee to confer with
the Fenian Sisterhood; some addition to
the military committee; resolutions con-
corning American citizens in British pris-
ons, and communication purporting to be
from the Acting Attorney General of the
United States, stating that the Fenian
arms heretofore seized by the government,
we're now released. In all weightier mat
tiers strict secrecy is observed. The stormy
spirits of the Congress this morning sue
ceeded, after much debate, in adopting res
olutions recommending the formation of a
secret order having the general character
tics OF Masonic or Odd Fellowship. The
Congress will probably adjourn tonight.
Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-09-07
BROWNLOW OR FLETCHER,
WHICH

Mr. Brownlow was not sure on Wednes-
day that the registration was completed
in the first judicial circuit, and he as
sured the readers Of his paper that it
will be time enough to order an election
when Judge Butler resigns" On Thurs
day Gov. Fletcher (the franchise law re-
ouires the Commissioners Of Registra-
ton to report to the Governor when they
shall have completed the registration of
their respective counties) issued his
proclamation ordering an election on the
10Th of October to fiji the vacancy &C
casioned by the resignation of Hon. r.
X. Butler" One day Mr. Brownlow, who
is in Knoxville, is not certain that the
registration is completed and declares
that Judge Butler has not resigned
the next day Gov Fletcher is
sues a proclamation ordering an
election to ELL the vacancy occa~
stoned by Butler resignation. The senior
editor Of the Knoxville Whig seems to
be badly posted, and if Fletcher had not
ordered his proclamation inserted in that
paper as an advertisement we should
have come to the conclusion that he had
closed the door of his Office against the
Whig as he did against the UNION AND
DISPATCH.
Gov Fletcher has also issued his pro-
clamation ordering an election in the
sixth judicial circuit on the 18th Of
October, to eli the vacancy occasioned by
the resignation Of Judge MoClain lie
very judiciously gives this proclamation
to the Knoxville Whtg as an advertise
meat
Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-09-07
LATEST TRLEGRAMS.
MIDNIGHT DISPATCHES.
FROM WASHINGTON.

Amnesty OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Presi-
dent and Gen. Grant-RumOred Cab
met Changes, etc, etc.
WAsHINeroN, Sept. 6.-The National
Intelligencer confirms the reports OF the
speedy issue of the amnesty proclamation
to the mass of the Southern people. The
Intelligencer also says the rumor of the
changes in the War Department is wholly
without foundation in truth, but we cannot
but give credence to the report that Cabi-
net changes are imminent.
The Intelligencer is authorized to cay that
the account ofan alleged interview between
the President and Gen. Grant, in which
the latter is represented to have spoken
and conducted himself in a manner in the
highest degree reprehensible, is a fabrica-
ton from beginning to end.
Gen. Grant did not say to the President
that he considered his opposition the con
stitutiOnal amendment fortunate to the
country, as it prevented the admission of
the enemies CT the government in form
of foreign States, to representation in Con-
gress. The assertion that during the in
terview referred to, the rupture between
the President and Gen. Grant, became
irreconcilable, is equally without founda-
ton, as is also another to the effect that
the latter expressed himself dissatisfied
with the evident animus of that document,
meaning the recent proclamation issued by
the President.
A letter from the Mayor of Pensacola,
dated August 29th, says the yellow fever
broke ont about three weeks since, and
there had been up TO that time about two
hundred and fifty cases. 1t was not gene
rally malignant in type, though it seems
to become more so as the season advances.
The presence of many unacclimated per
sons there and the poverty Of the people
generally, is causing much suffering.
A Charleston special says, Gen. Sickles,
it is understood, will demand a court of
inquiry on account of the allegations of
the Presidents proclamation and Assistant
Attorney General Binckley's opinion.
A Montgomery special Of the 9th says
Joe Williams and - Holmes, the colored
Conservative orators from Tennessee, spoke
here this evening in front Of Montgomery
Hall. Williams denounced the Leagues
and was frequently interrupted by the
blacks Several colored speakers followed
Williams, all advocating harmony between
the races. At the conclusion Of the speak
ing the negro leaguers attempted to mob
Williams, but he was rescued by some citi-
zens and Federal officers and carried into
the hotel. A company Of cavalry WAS or
hand as precautionary measure.
Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-09-07
Indiana state Fair.

TERRE HAUTE, IND, Sept. 6.-The APP
preaching State Fair promises TO be the
greatest success of anything of the kind
held in the West for many years. The State
Board of Agriculture have arranged with
the celebrated balloon manager, Jno. Nc
Kinney, for a series of grand balloon
ascensions comprising series of topical
ascensions, a balloon race and balloon
wedding, also grand display of fireworks.
Each evening Of the fair the Secretary, A.
J. Holmes, and the Superintendent, John
B. Sullivan, have been on the grounds. To-
day they have sold .$2500 worth of booths
and eating stalls.
The City Council have just appropriated
$4,000 to aid in fitting up the grounds in
the best style.
The mile time track will be completed
this week, and the amphitheatre adjoining
the track, capable of seating 5000 people,
is also approaching completion.
Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-09-07
New York LIENS. etc.

New YORK, Sept. 6.-Gen. Grant has
assigned Col. los. NJ. Moore, Chief Mar
shall on the Antietam Cemetry Dedication
The fare on the Baltimore and Ohio road,
making connections for the West at Gin
cinnati, have been reduced for the occasion
to twosthirds its usual rate.
An elaborate opinion was yesterday de-
livered by Justice Barnard Druying on the
motion for an Injunction and an appoint
ment of a receiver to wind up the affairs
of the Merchants Union Express Com
psny. The court finds the Merchants
Union Express Company solvent, owing
no nebts, and several hundred thousand
dollars in the treasury.
At a meeting of the board of managers
of the American Bible Society Yesterday,
ten auxiliaries were recognized, of (which
three are in Kentucky, two in Nebraska,
and one in each Of the States of Michigan,
Wisconsin, Alabama, Texas and Arkansas.
A German named August Schiiling, was
arrested at Hoboken to-day for the sedue-
ton of his step daughter, who had an ILL
climate child.
A tin box containing $4,000 in bonds,
notes, railway securities, etc, was stolen
from the Franklin Bank of Baltimore
Many of the bonds and securities were of
a deprecated value.
The Express says rumors are current
that the officers of national bank up the
Hudson river had run away with large
amount Of money belonging to the institu-
ton, and the bank failed. There was an
other report that national bank in VIII
iamsburg was in trouble. The rumors did
not create much excitement.
Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-09-07
NEWS OF THE DAY.

There are 225, 900 members Of the Tenn
perance organization in Massachusetts.
The President expects General Hancock
TO come to Washington before he assumes
command Of the fifth district
More than fifty valuable horses have
died in Nansemond county, Virginia, the
past month, from the disease called +" stag
gers"
1t is stated that John Morrissey's tiger
had his claws clipped to the extent Of $780,
600, this season, at Saratoga.
The receipts of the st. Louis custom
house for August, we're over $4,000; for
the four months beginning with May, and
ending with August they we're 1914, 600.
The exports Of domestic produce from
the port Of Richmond, Virginia, to foreign
countries in the month of August last,
amounted in value to 81 ,029, 342.
The Wytheville (Va.) Dispatch reports
the death Of Daniel d. McCray, resident
of Wythe county, at the extraordinary old
age of one hundred and seventeen years.
He enjoyed good health all his life, and
was everywhere regarded as an honest an
upright man.
inst, in a fit of jealousy struck his wife on
the head with fat-iron, and then pursued
her into the street with a sheath knife,
which he plunged into her breast several
times, killing her instantly.
The Border State Convention which meets
in Baltimore on the 18th inst, will be com
posed Of delegates from Missouri, Tennes-
see, Delaware and Maryland. West Vir-
ginia and Kentucky have refused to send
delegates.
Mr.. johnson was again besieged on the
4th inst. by clamors for changes in the
Cabinet. He replied that some changes
would shortly take place, but his friends
must not expect him TO do every thing at
once. The general demand is that Seward
shall be the first deposed.
The widow of Senator Crittenden, who
was the widow Of General Ashley when she
married Mr.. Crittenden, has put in claim
on behalf of the estate Of her first husband
for a valuable tract of land at the foot of
Ashley street, in St. Louis 1t is claimed
that the land was originally granted to the
city in consideration that it should be used
for water-works for the city, which condi-
ton, Mrs. Crittenden shows, has never been
complied with, and that the land, there
fore, reverts to the estate of the grantor.
The horse fair at Dexter Park, Chicago,
began on the 4th inst, with fair attend
ance. The first race was for one hundred
and fifty dollars, best three in five. The
entries were: Betty, Regal, Haphazard,
Hirondelle, Chainshot and John Briggs.
Won by Haphazard Best time, 2,40.
Second race for stations, prize fourteen
hundred dollars, divided into three purses
of eight hundred, four hundred and two
hundred dollars. Bashaw, Jr., took the
FIRST purse, Pilot the second, and George
NJ. Patchen the third. Best time, 2:293
Third race for four hundred dollars. The
entries were Angelina, Rodney, Fannie
Lee, John Briggs and Mollie-all horses
that never showed better than 2:35. Mollie
won the purse. Best time, 2.32.
Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-09-07
From Kansas.

LEAvENwoRTH, KANSAS, Sept 6.--Mrs.
Elizabeth Caday Stanton and Mrs. Susan
B. Anthony, of New York, addressed a
very large audience here last night on
female Suffrage. Mrs. Stanton's argument
in favor of equal rights, is pronounced by
the State journals the finest Grafton ever
delivered in Kansas. A vigorous canvass
is being made in favor of striking out the
words white and male from the constitu-
ton.
Ad7ices from the Indian Territory state
that cholera is again braking out and
raging violently amongst the wild Indians
of the Plains.
The State Fair to be held here COM
mences on the Oath instant.
The yield of all kinds Of field produce
this season was never before equaled in
Kansas.
Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-09-07
THE CALIFORNIA ELECTION.

From the telegraphic reports, it is as
certained that the Democratic Conserva-
tive ticket has been elected in California
the Governor, majority of Congress-
men, and a majority in the State Legis-
lature, the latter securing a United States
Senator in place Of CONFESS (Radical)
This is an suspicious opening Of the
fall elections and if it shall be followed
BY sensible reductions of Radical MAORI
ties in other Northern States, the reaction
in behalf of constitutional government
viii soon swell into sAoodtide, that would
sweep the brood Of petty malignants who
now rule the nation into their native
Ohscuritv.