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The weekly Arizona miner., 1868-09-19
Thursday, October |, 1868,


 at twelve o'clock, NJ, for supplying the United States Government,
 At CANP McpnEBsoN, Arizona Territory, with 40) Forty tons of Hay or Corn fodder
 Bids will Dc received for any part os the above amount
 The Hay or Corn fodder must he well cured and entirely free from sand and dirt. The former To bc ok the best quality Of native -rass. U Wl! be sghlect 70 iusuecilon and weight. and mnst Doe de- livercd and stacked iu such part of Camp Me Phrr-ou Arizona as the A. C. <. at that post may direct The stacks must he carefully bnid and r,ronerly naked off as Co protect them ifOm thc weather, md so arranged as co prevent ihc Hny or Corn fodder from coming in contact with the ground, and aiiording free circulation oi ar un- dcrueaih
 The parties 10 whom contracts may De awarded will be required. within ioriy-cigbt liSl hours after the acceptance Of the bids, Co give bonds canal 10 lfy fJ0l per cent of the amount Of thc contract, for the faithful performance Of the same
 Fach proposal must bc accompanied with a statement signed by the persons offered hy the hiddrr as his securities stating their willingness 10 enter into bonds in the contract should De awarded 10 said bidder. In case oi hrins making bids, each individual name must be written out Prices must bc written as well as expressed ID Gcures The oath of allegiance to he United States Government must accompany each pro-
 The delivery of the hay or corn fodder. to com inepce immediately aher ihe approval or thc contract by the Division Commandersi and To terminate by ihc 39th day Of November lsbs- No contract shall hc considered ln force nniii U shal! have received the approval of Inc Ju'islol Commander.
 Terms should be stated in L. $ gold coin or the market value thereof in currency, at date oi | payment. ,.,. ,.. 6,rnisbed by inc United States for that purpose, ! if on hani If not on hand, certified accounts will be given. any and all bids
 copy of this advertisement Ca slip cut from | this papcrl must accompany each proposal 1 Prpposals 10 be enclosed in an envelope and | endorsed Proposals for Hay or Corn fodder at | Camp MePherson, Arizona and directed 10 the ] undersigned. , -.
 Bids will not be considered unless the persons making them are present nor iroln those Nho 1 have heretofore failed to iulAll their contracts ! with the Government. -
 "''' JAMES A. BUCHANAN. 1, Second Lieut.. i4ih Reg |. \. Infantry, A. C. s ! fcl2'.
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los AxGEIEs irGNs.--Wc clip ihe following from the Los Angeles Republican Of Sept 5th:
 X fire broke out about o'clock D. m,. Tuesday in inc Mechanics Boarding lloase on spring street and the alarm created quite q comm0ton on the streets for q shor; time. But luckily the fire was extinguished before any material dam age was done.
 Marshall Warren informs us that inc reason no thieves were captured when the large band of horses were recovered last week was because fhe horses had been sold. and the thieves had lief, the neighborhood, some days before they went after ihem.
 On Thursday last, cattle droyer while pass ing the Nipomo Ranch with his cattle, ordered a sheep herder who was pasturing his flock on the ranch. Co move off the road with his sheep. and allow the cattle to pass. On the herders refusing 10 do SO. the droycr fired two shots at him from a revolver fortunately without effect The her- der ran 10 his house near by and having pro cured arms. proceeded to do some shooting him- self He fired but once at the droveF, the bail penetrating the back of his neck and coming ou' of his mouth We do not know what has become of the cattle man as be immediately rode away from wbeIc the afIray took place How he es' caped instant death is mystery.
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CEN. GRANT was invited aflcr service in Grace church. New York. on a recent Sunday 10 hear the organ play. No" replied the General !" | don't know one tune from another and would rather hear bass drum than an organ any day -Raaical Paper
 If such be the case, what fai,h can the people place in the General when he says the country needs peace' Is a bass drum the emblem oI peace? Reckon not We have had little two much bass drum in the last six or seven years and know full well that its music s not condu- civo 10 peace.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1868-09-19

RrcESrrY in san Francisco, at Radical gnthering. some jubilaut aad uuwise Democrats checrcd For seymour. and vas Immediately gel; upon by some of "Fruci0m'- Dclenders.' and beaten almost into jelly Now we do not think s Democrat has a right 10 go to aa oPpo- .ition meeting and burrah for his doctrine, or his staudardbcarer. neither do wc think paper ike tbe Ata California should iucite iis party. the Radicals to murder and lawlessnes-. by en- dorslng the action of the Thugs of iss par;y Remember. Granny what you thought of mob law when the mob threatened ;o tear down your concern.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1868-09-19
EASTERN EEWN

We take the following items from late Eastern dispatches:
 The President has issued proclamation an- novnclng the ratification of tho treaty with Nic- aragua. Among other provisions. Nicaragua grants to United states citizens and property the right of transit across the l-thmus on any route or communication, natural or artificial. by land Or water, which may now OF hereafter be cJH- strucicd under the authority Of Nicaragua Co be used and enjoyed in the same manner and on equal terms by both Republics. Nicaragua. how eyer reserying it's right of sovereignty over the same.
 Iii. estimated that the forthcoming statement of the public debt will show an increase oi five or six miions. The amy expenses have been very large which with the Alaska payments will swell tbe total.
 The President has issued an order in pursu- ance of the Acl of Congress. approved July ~, | lSOS establishing Sitka a- tbc port Of entry for the collection district Of Alaska. | The appointment of Supervisors of Internal l I}Svonue ha- come Co a defl lock. Secretary Me- | Cuiloch having absolutely declined to appoint any persons recommended by Commissioner ! ROllus unless le could dictate the names of an ] equal number. Thi. i- in pursuance Of the de ! termination on the part Of tha President iO give more active support Co Srymour. There are in- dications that tIc Post Unict viii bc used iu the 1 same direction
 Thoddr. S.eycns' will has bcch admitted Co probate Ue d1ua,el toe bulk of hi property io his nephew Captain Thaddeus Stevens, oa condition that he totally abstain from ut0xic1t ! ing liquors. lu the event oi his nephew failing To make such condition it goes for the erection Of a refuge in Lancaster for Homeless and ladi gent Orphans, without regard t) race. color, reii zion or descent.
 Another section Of twenty miles Of thc Un.oi Pacific Railroad has been completed The ro4 is now running 7s0 miles from Omaha
 A letter from the city or Mexico. dated Aaa
 lGlh, states that most of ihe revolutionary dH
 urblnces have been quieted affairs in Puebl and Vera Cruz alone remaining unqueicd.
 X late letter from Panama says that ihe native
 openly declare that annexation to tbc lni.e States is the only salvation Tor the lstlmEs.
 The international yach. race came of at ib Isle of Wight on inc Zj.h uit. eui was won b
 ihe Cambria. the American yacht rippho hrin . fourth.
 < Frpu15man. living in New York claims , have invented 9 flying machine, which can D } propelled rapidly agains, any carrca. Of air. One of ,hc Washington Administration pape
 announces that Secreiarie. NcCulloch. Browuiai
 Welle- aud Randall will support seymour ar
 Blair and that Seward has uot yet made up l. mind
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NOTICE.

A IL PERSONS INDEBTED TO GRAY < co, h wicbeahurg u7 please make Igymeui io Nr- r. BRILL of tai pre who is authorized to TeceF for 'e 
 Al debts raG within sixty dnys frofs date Will he r.lasrd in tse hands oi attorney, for coer'ien,
 GRAY & CO wIckenburg September q lscs ssl21
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9rrStutt Adrrrtisrmrnts.
New and Important Discovery 1!

The undersigned have discovered that the only means by which Mining, Farming, and all other branches Of business can be made to pay, the country 10 flourish, and Inc people made happy, is, TO SELL Goons CHEAP, TOR CAsu.
 Being interested n the speedy completion of inc Union Pacific Railway, F. D., wenow propose to sell an kinds Of goods, CAcapa hon Anybody. Ey Call at the BRICK STORE, on the Plaza, and sec Tor yourselves.
 CAMPBELL X BUFFUM. Prescott, July 2i, 1868. jy2Ju
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alew SArertisemtnt9.
ARMY SUPPLIES.
Office of the Assistant Comis-
 sary Subsistence.
CAMP McpuEBs0N. AHrzoSA, Z
 September ], 1868.

SEALED PROPOSALS, IN DUPLICATE, - will bc received by she undersigned, at this office, until
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NOTICE.

IL PERSONS INDEBTED Co the uudersiru~d e'iilsr \ bv uuie uF tsos iil costs ty inulei atrlv sctfiug acrou1is wits Mir VIM CORY. who s au-
 JAMES GRANT. rreseot' Ar.10na, Aur5tst 4i. l-6- au2at
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1868-01-10
RENCoNTRE IN RICHMOND.

On Saturday last a difficulty occurred
in Richmond between Mr.. j.. Il. Co.
wardin, Jr., of the dispatch, and w. II.
Samuels the stenographer of the Con-
vention. Samuels drew pistol. Mr..
Cowardin was seized by friend of
Samuels; general scutiie followed, pis-
tolls were brandished, but no one was
seriously hurt. 1t appears there were
two encounters, an account of the sec
ond of which we copy from the Exami-
ner:
AS the attacking party approached
the office of the Examiner, Mr. Samuels
on one side of the street and his back
ers on the other marching ABREAST
Mr.. Cowardin stepped out OF the office,
and approaching him, said "Mr. sam
uels, / demand that you shall retract
your remarks in the capitol to-day. "
His reply was II will not" Whereup-
on Mr.. c. struck him over the eyes with
a hickory cane he held in his hand; re-
peating the blow three or four times
Samuels drew arevolver but dropped it
in the gutter.
Mr.. Cowardin stepped into the mid
die of the street, and attempted to draw
his pistol, but before lie could do so,
Leahy, a member of the convention,
seized him and held him firmly in his
brawny arms. Mr.: James, of the En-
ouirer, rushed to Mr.. Cowardin's assis-
lance, as also did Mr.. Handy, of the
Dispatch. Leahy loosed his hold, but
Mr.. COwardin was ut once seized by
another friend of Leahy, who pinned
him fast, holding him up as a target for
Samuels, who had drawn another pis-
toll, and was ready for action.
The fight now became general and
somewhat mi&ed-the crowd rushed in
and the street was completely blocked
up with mass of excited men. Sever
al blows were struck, pistols were
brandished; and blood flowed freely
when the police suddenly appeared on
the scene End arrested all parties EN-
gagged in tile difficulty, and put an end
to the affray ,--fortunately but little
harm was done, and not shot was
fired.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1868-01-10
GoRDoNsvILLE CORRESPONDENCE.

GoRDoNsvILLE January Sth 1868.
In consequence of absence during the
HOLIDAYS, my letter for last week was
omitted. Christmas in this commune
ty-despitc the dull prospects preced-
ing tive learn, was enjoyed to its full
extent. On the South-side affairs were
very quiet and the inclination to ccle-
brate the OCCASION. as in former days,
with festivities and hilarity seemed to
have passed away. The 'skule marms,"
who open and shut the Bureau draw
ers here, gave a reception on New
Years Day. to the little knobs under
their charge in the approved Yankee
STYLE. Each scholar had admittance
free, and received present, consist
ing of a small bag containing pieces of
candy and three cent primmer with
highly colored lustrations--which were
intended as insidious filings and smack
cries at the poverty ofthe South. Out
siders, not connected with the school,
had to pay an admission fee of ten
cents, with the privilege of purchasing
articles with which the room was deco
rated. 1t would not be surprising il,
at the close of the session, the pupils
should find themselves charged extra
for their presents.
There is rumour afloat that a tobac-
co factory is to be started here.
VIM. ii. Mann has taken the eating
saloon formerly conducted BY Duke u
Co: They still Keep up their large Ho-
tel:
Mud, mud, mud. VIII not some one
be kind enough to construct few side
walks for us? ORPHEUS.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1868-01-10
FROM RfcRMoND-

Richmond, Jan. AIN the Conven-
ton to-day the following resolutions of
enquiry were referred:
OF limiting the time of hired labor to
eight hours.
OF scaling all debts incurred prcvi-
Gus to April 1865, aJ 20 cents in the dol
lar.
Of levying no poll tax.
OF requiring foreigners to reside in
the State ten years before voting.
OF legalizing the birth of children
born of parents in slavery, SO they may
inherit property.
OF admitting colored persons to col
leges.
OF selling the Military Institute and
devoting the proceeds to the education
al fund.
The newspapers were severely de-
nounced for misrepresentation of the
members and speeches of the Conven-
ton.
Adjourned.
The city has been quite lively with
newspaper fights to-day, one occurring
between a reporter of the Examiner and
the correspondent of the New York
Herald. and one between a reporter of
the Dispatch and the official reporter of
the Convention, in which a member of
the Convention and another reporter
Joined. No serious damage was done
all the parties were arrested.
Major Poe, Chief of Police, was be-
fore the military Commissioner to-day,
charged by Rev. j. w. Hunnicutt with
giving information which was untrue
to Correspondent of d New York pa
per relative to an alleged inceudiary
speech made by that gentleman.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1868-01-10
THE PRESIDENT, SUPREME COURT AND
RECONSTRUCTION.

The cases expected to come before the
United States Supreme Court shortly,
involving the question of the cOnstitll-
tionality of the Reconstruction acts are
giving rise to good many spccula-
lions. OF course all stories protesting
to unfold what will be the decisions of
the judges on this important question
are entirely unauthorized and based
upon the Judgment or imaginations of
private parties. No ore can know in
advance what will be the conclusions
of the learned judges. The latter will
hear both sides and then make up their
decisions from the arguments and legal
precedents advanced, making little
allowance, of course, for the political
bias of each of the judges.
But this may be said, that should the
supreme judicial tribunal OF the land
declare unconstitutional the action of
Congress i'll enacting the rebel States
out Of the Union, DISTINGUISHING white
voters and forcing negro suffrage and
African supremacy upon the people of
those unhappy districts, the course of
the Executive may be pretty certainly
indicated even at the present moment.
The President, in all probability, would
in that event hasten to proclaim that
the rebel States were never out of the
Union, and that, ergo, the people OF those
States are still entitled to all The civil
rights (save and except property in
slavcs) enjoyed by them anterior to the
acts of secession; that the subordina-
ton of the civil to military authority
has been illegal, and must Immediately
be abolished; and that all the past ac-
ton under the Congressional recon-
struction policy has been null and void.
Following this out to its natural results
he would, to be consistent, have to re-
call the military governors, with their
numerous trains of satellites, and per-
haps would remove all semblance of
military surveillance, save such as pru-
dence would suggest to be necessary to
the preservation Of law and order, in
view of the alleged negro conspiracies
aud the supposed disatfection still of
many OF the white observation-disclosures
pondence Neto York Herald.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1868-01-10
WHITE SLAVERY IN ENGLAND -rBE
BLESSINGS OF FREEDOM so CALLED.

We commend the following to the
careful perusal of ''our colored breth-
eren" in this vicinity. 1t is an extract
from the N. Y. World.
Our Newcastle-upon-Ty cores
pondent in letter which we print else
where, gives an interesting account OF
life and labor among the lowest of the
lower classes in Great Britain, which
is only another and fresh illustration of
the oft-repeated statement that one half
the world does not know how the other
half lives. The condition of the farm
laborers in England is such as to make
that of our own Southern negroes, in
the days of Slavery, seem fairly envia-
BILE in comparison. The English labor
err, or thind" as he is called, stands with
his family in the market place or street,
to be examined, inspected and handled
by his hirer, and if his ''points" are sat
factory, if he shows ability for the en-
durance ola deal of hard labor, he may
sell himself for given number of BUSH
els of wheat, barley, oats and peas, is
in money for the whole year. and rent
free, one roomed, earthen floored sham
ty for his family. The bushels of peas,
barley, and so on, are barely sufficient
to support life; he must furnish a wo-
man assistant known as a .sbondager"
to help him in the field or barn, and she
receives for her services twenty cents q
day, working therefor from A. NJ. to
z. NJ, while the less happy hind is
expected to labor from 8 A. NJ. to s p.
M. In winter they WORK while it is
light I; and in harvest-time the bon
dager's wages are augmented to thirty
seven cents a day. She, as we'll as the
man, must go aiield i'm all weathers, and
when they return to their miserable
howell they sup oil oat meal porridgc,
barley and pea-meal cake, with some
times a show of potatoes, and ga faint
sensation of bacon.' 1t is possible that
some as yet unwrtten reform bill, and
it is certain that wider diffusion of
education will do something to amelio-
rate, il not greatly improve that class of
laborers in England; but in view Of
the fact that thousands of white men and
women thus live, or try to live in Great
Britain to-day, with no movement for
their relief, and apparently no public
concern for their condition, the old time
TRADES of Exeter Hall and England
generally against Southern slavery
seem somewhat interesting.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1868-01-10
NEWS FOR THE PUBLIC.

I WOULD respectfully inform my
Il friends and the citisens of OraflAe and the
Counties, that ] have just re-
celyed a large stock, of which will enume-
rate, III part:
DRY GOODS.
,,Calicoes, bleached and brown Cottons,
kentucky Jeans, Linseys, Cassimeres, Tick
ings and Flnnnels.
HARDWARE.
Axes arm Itrlves, Cross-cut and Hand
Saws, Mill and Hand saw Files, Hammers,
Steel Squares, Batchcts, Chissels, Wood
Screws, Hinges, Augurs, ioc ks, Curry Combs,
spades, ShoVels, Coffee Mills, RAT Traps, Sad
Irons, Drawing Knives.
TIN WARE. -,..,
Buckets. Oil Cans. Pans, Plates, Coffee s1ots,
Cups, Wash Basins, Pitchers, Dippers, Stew
Pans.
WOODEN WARE.
Painted-iron and white brass-bourd Buck
cts, Lard and Butter Cans, Sugar Boxes.
GROCERIES.
Sugars of all grades, Coffee, Tea, Pepper,
Molasses, Salt, Nails, prime Cheese, Crack
ers, Rope aud Irvine, Linseed Oil, Spirits
Turpentine, White Lead, Copal Varnish, Dye
Stufls, Mason's Backing, Soap Candles. fine
Chewing and Smoking Tobacco, Cigars,
Pipes and Stems, Powder, Shot, Caps, Tubes.
a large stock of Boots and Shoes.
LIQUORS.
My stock is large and select, consisting OF
the finest mountain and Bourbon Whisky,
seven years old, Apple Brandy, eight years
old, fine Wines, French Brandy, Rum, Gin,
which guarantee to be the best brought to
this market since the war. Just come and
see, aud can satisfy the most scrupulous.
cents; Rio Coffee rs cents, Cheese 25 cents
Shoes, womens, $3.50, and other things in
proportion Give me call and will do my
best to please you. 7. j. PEYTON.
All kinds of country produce taken in ex-
change for goods.
January 8, 1868.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1868-01-10
RE EgRn{ JOHNSON,

Reverdy johnson is said to be busily
engaged in the various legal schemes
looking to the defeat of the recOnstruc-
ton laws. He informed some of his
Southern friends, a few days ago, that
he fully expected decision from the
Supreme Court within short time af-
firming that Virginia is State. The
President also expects this, and the
lawyers interested in the case say that
if such decision is rendered he will
Withdraw military supervision from that
State by ordering the commanding Off
GERS not to Interfere, except at the re-
quest of the civil authorities. 1t is said
Reverdy johnson is giving close atten-
ton and advice in the cases now being
prepared, involving the CONSTITUTIONAL
ty Of the. demonstration laws in each of
the Southern States.-Bgfdlo Conalaer-
cidt .4drrtiscr.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1868-01-10
GRANT AND sHERMAx-PEACE Or WAR

Northern papers of Monday last
bring grave statements. Senator WILL
SON and Mr.. NIXON declare officially,
that Gen. GRANT is heartily in favor Of
the Reconstruction policy OF Congress,
and that he is, in point of fact, Radl-
cal. The length, the careful wording
and the perfect plainness of Wilson's
article, leave scarcely a margin of doubt
as to GRANTS position. He has, at
last, after a protracted survey of the
ground, committed himself fully to
Congress and its allies, black and white,
in these Southern States. This fact is
pregnant with serious meaning.
A military candidate SO prominent as
GRANT can be encountered hopefully
only by another military candidate
equally prominent. There is but one
such man in the United States, and that
man is Gen. W. Il. SHERMAN. Thus
two soldiers, burning with ambition,
are made to confront each other in the
terrible contest which Is at hand
What is more natural, what more inev-
itablc?. The Republic is extinct, the
"Nation" is Pigment, the Empire APP
proaches. Is it not meet that armed
men should contend for the mighty
prize and that the longest sword should
win it i?
Must there then be war? 1t seems
go. If Grant, backed by Congress and
the Republican Legislatures of the
Northern States, claim the Presidency
ON the strength of the'entire negro vote
OF the South, and that claim be resisted
as illegal by SHERMAN, backed by the
President, the Democracy and the en-
tire white vote of the South-this. is
war and nothing but war. A better
casus beM could not be desired or i'm
agined.
Nevertheless, we hardly believe there
will be war. The public debt forbidb
it. Frustrated industry torbies it,
The certainty of still greater prostra-
ton forbids it: The "Reaction," born
of this prostration, growing hourly
with each increase of the business pres
sure, will be so formidable, so over
whelming before the close of the pre-
sent winter, that GRANT and the entire
Radical party will be appalled,, and will
back down. If they do not, war is abb
solutely certain.