Arizona miner., 1868-03-14

" o'hu ol Hhteen or sixteen Indians about seven miles from here The ramrod of Hen. nlng gun was broken by ball. at the first fire oi thc Indians. The boys stood their ground. and aiIer half hours fight drove the rascal, OIL They then returned to town. and started TOT the Grove again yesterday morning We are glad that no harm bcfell our friends, and hope that they may no, again be disturbed by yisi- Iation of Indian malignity.
 The braves We hear, have also appeared in ihe vicinity of the Point of Rocks, and conGs. ca'ed COW belonging to Mir Alexander.
 W. r. INGALLS,, Deputy Surveyor under Sur veyor General Upson, is on the way to this Ter. ritory' A letter received by Henry Clifton. of this place from Mr. Upson, states that the Deputy Surveyor will commence operations at Maricopa Wells and probably come up this way during thc summer
 WE have not had mail from sonth of the C'ila for nearly month The other day. We were informed tha, there ha. not been day | during the winter that Salt river has n nc been crossed over by men and wagons, at point four teen miles above Phoenix, upon pontoon bridge bnilt by Government If this is the case. and we have no reason to doubt it there is no excuse for failure to cross the mail
 MNrNG.-All the quartz lodges now being worked upon in this vicinity promise we'll The ! Placer miners continue to get good pay for their ! labor, and the utmost confidence is expressed in the ultimate success of our mines. We, this week visited the Big Bug District examined the Eugene and Galena mines, which are owned bv ] Gray & Co., and must confess that we found them larger and better than we expected to find them 1 In our next issue we will give description of ! them.
 ] CoprTR MINiNG.-Thc copper mines on Will l liams' Fork. on the Colorado river, in Yuma county this Territory are inst now, yielding ! plenty of rich ore. and, in inc language of lct ter received by us by the last mail. from the su. ] perinicnden, Of one of the mines everything | there is lovely and pleasing and the goose hang. at very considerable altitude There arc 1 nearly tso hundred men now employed by tAC ! Planet Great Central and Springfield compa ! nies. and next 10 Wickcubury it is. we are told i the liveliest camp in inc Territory. We are glad of this. and hope the mines will continue Co u crease in size and richness until they overshadow ] those of Lake Superior and Copperopolis ! FnoN HAnoYyiLrE-Tu WALiArAls PRorEs. ] ID WANr PEAcg.-A private letter Of the sth in stani received from this place states that on th, 1 9th instant about sixty Pah-Uie warriors arrive, at Fort Nohave, having wi'h them some of th, outside Indians. all anxious to make peace an, 10 have big talk with Col. Price. These Pah ! Utes again say ,ha, the Wallapais are tired 0 1 fighting. and would come u ii aiiowcd Col Price not being prepared to fight. concluded t { talk and a wallapai prisoner was set at liberty ! and told to bring in the Wallapais to have talk II they want peace. They expected in, in ! few days. IL seems to be the COlonel's idea t ! get them In and disarm them that is. 10 talk 1 from thcm the thirty guns which they have stoleI ] or taken from murdered citizens. When this i done the wallapais will be quite harmlc-s, an, easy 10 manage and soon tbe road from Hardy vile ,o Prescott will bc safe and then our people will get regular mails and settlers will soon oc | cupy the country.
 MILITARY MATTERS. -Brevet-Capiain Fechct Lieutenant Summcryille of Co. E. now at CamT ! Whipple Chaplain Blake and eighteen or twenty cayalrymeu, arrived at Camp Whlpple from Camp Mcdowell on Monday last Lieut. Carrick o ! the Eighth Cavalry, is. we are informed. ordered ! 10 join his company. F.
 wERSNGER's TRAIN arrived from La Psz tbi week. under command of that old war-horse Tom Goodman. IL brought freight for Caml
 whipplc, and some goods for Gray & Co. It hA
 started back.
 CorSTY RECoRDER.-Th The Board Of Supervisor
 of this county has appointed 7. C Christie Count
 Recorder to hold the office until successor |
 John F. Bourke. deceased. is elected and qual
 fed. IL is almost needless for us 10 state ths
 hc Board made good selection. better c
 more competent man for this important, positio
 could not be found on the Pacific Coast
 FuNrRAI---On Saturday last, the remains
 lhe late John r BOurke were followed to n
 grave by the members of the Arizona Pione,
 and Historical Society. and nearly all the cit
 zens ol Prescott. The day was a cheerless on
 the weather being very bad. the mud almost knc
 deep, and the snow descending in large flakes
 vet nnr .a.",,l-. G.lte-s-a not iH doing their ial
 sad duty to the bonored dead.
 IL.