Arizona miner., 1867-11-09

MEETING or BENCH AND BAR-On Mon
 day evening last the Chief and Associate Jus
 tices of the Supreme Court and the members
 of the Yayapai Bar met around the festive
 board at the Prescott House, and enjoy ed
 themselves after Che grave and dignihed man
 ncr peculiar 10 learned expounders of the law
 The affair was impromptu, and on that ac-
 count none the less agrecable if the vands
 and potables lacked variety, they were duly
 appreciated, and the wit and good humor
 spontaneous and hearty Judge Bacius, who 1 contributed much to the pleasure of the occa-
 sion by his incxhaustblc fund of humor, pro- l posed the first sentiment" The Bar of Yav- ! apa May it always have a Bench to sustain 1 it." This was responded to by Wm. J. Berry | Esq, who concluded a neat and pertinent speech with the following sentiment: Ari- ! zona--the youngest, the fairest the richest and the least known of the Territories be- | longing to the American Union. Though her development has thus far been slow, yet with such power to Baci-,s though fortune should still prove unkind, we may hope to be able 1 to TVr,-(h)er: but if at last we should be
 compelled to leave the Territory, we cannot ! be entirely destitute of transportation while 1 we possess such an illustrious Cgrttey" This
 was responded to by Judge Cartier in few
 eloquent remarks. John Howard, Esq, then
 proposed The health and prosperity of the
 membcrs of the Supreme Bench. May we
 soon meet them again in Prescott" Tn re-
 sponse to this Judge Turner made an appro-
 priatc and cordial speech. As some of the guests designed leaving in the morning, and
 had their preparations yet to complete, the
 party. with reciprocal expressions of esteem
 and good will. separated at an early hour
 A FLorRrSo MuL.-On our first page will
 be found an article, written and put in type
 for our last number. recommending the build
 ing of grist mill. Well, to show the efficacy
 of editorial adyocacy. after we had the article
 in type, but before we could publish it, the
 building of iourng-mill was commenced
 at Cooks old arastra on Granite creek, about
 mile above town, where there is a large
 oyershot water-whccl in good order waiting
 to be put to Use. Nlcssrs. Bowers 6 Bro are the owners of this property and projectors of
 the enterprise, and Mcs.rs. Blair and Elliott
 are doing the work. The mill will be in op- cration some time this winter, and will at
 first bc prepared to make unboltcd four and
 corn meal. So soon as there is a wheat cror
 raised in this vicinity sufiicien, Co warrant it - the capacity of the mill will bc enlarged. and 2 machinery introduced for the manufacture o
 fine four Let everybody SOW wheat-ther, . will be no difficulty in getting it ground, aH, [ the market for Aogr viii steadily increase. . SOLDIERS Rior.-On Sunday night last. a - an hour when most of our citizens had retire, ], to rest, party of cavalry and party Of in ' fautry. who had been in to~n during the dal and evcring, drinking freely got into quar l rel on their way to the Fort, and finally com - nenced shooting ai each other Many shot were fired. but with such inaccurate aim that i only two men were wounded. and they mol dangerously. The residents in the vicinity d D the aifruy which took place near tle drug r store. were really in morc danger tLan th, f rioters. but fortunately c-caped Injury, Tn, shooting wa. heard at Fort Whipplc and it, I cause being suspected. in a few minutes Lieut. 2 Fechet arrived upon the ground arrested d., riOters, and took them Co the Fort, where w, n presume they were punished in accordance
 with military discipline. The events of Fri + day and sunday nights shealA. ,h:;;kk ~;iE IF gost to the officers at Fort Whipple thc pro {, pricty of issuing an order prohibiting soldier T visiting town from carrying with them deadi. g, 'ysai-,ir-. which they certainly do not rcquir !. for defence. and which when under tho iuhu cncc of liquor-a condition Co which many e
 them ase subject whenever they have an op l portunity to indulgc--they ere apt to Use i 4. 8 recklcss and dancerou. manner.
 D. Co., PmcG's ExPEpnIoN.-W learn tha m Col. Prices command, which facetious co ,r respondent (without the rcmotest intcntio d of ndiculing the gallant officers and men con
 posing i,) chr>tencd the Grand Army . the Colorado" was to have left headquartei ,r at the Willows on "Wednesday morning las ,r to make a scout extending from the Willow '5 to the Toll-gate, at which latter place, if nc d before reaching it, they expect to come upo n, rancheria of the hostile Indians The con ,t mand have been very active since they too the field and if they have not accomplishe
 as much as may have been expected frol 70 them, 1t should be borne in mind that th
 force is small, that the country in which the -t, are operating is extremely rugged and mouT
 tainous, and that although they have guide ~ the Pah-Ute Indians who serve in that c 10 maH