The weekly Arizona miner., 1868-12-12
Editorial Items.

wooly headed African 10 full citizenship,
 would t not be right and proper for them to confer brevet citizenship upon yo Chinaman2 "No distinction on account of race, color or smelln should be the watchword of our vengeful opponents It pleases us to learn, as we do from the San Diego. (California)
 Jaion. that a line of stages will soon be placed upon the route between Fort Yuma,
 California, and Arizona City. in this Terri
 tory ....A European astronomer predicts
 that, in August next, there will be q comet of such brlliancy in the heavens and near the earth that we shall have our nights al- most as light as our days. Strange Governor Mccormick did no, allude to this comet in his message There is vote recording machine in the New York Legislature at AL bany. The machine has two dials, one to in- dicate the nays, and the other the ayes. All the members vote simultaneously by pulling knobs which connect by wires with the two faced machine. Four colored gemmen are in the field for the Presidency of Hayti. They should play game of Tie-Tie for it The oldest Masonic lodge in this country is a colored one in Boston One county in Ohio raised a quarter of million bushels of peaches this year . The Orovlle. (Califur- na) Record says: The California Steam Nav igation Company have just finished putting in dam at the Hogs Back, at an expense of Sl7,00O, which is expected to prevent hog
 back intervention hereafter. little too late. The Auburn Democrai, organ of the Democracy in Cayuga county, New York, says the course of the New York T0rH, has cost the party 10000 votes in that State |. The smallpox has found its way to Slcra- mento, at least the Be says 30 Mrs. Vim. Duke of Macon county (Ala.) hung herself on account Of discord with her husband. They were married last year, at the ages re- spectively of eighteen and sixteen. The un- fortunate woman suspended herself from one of the joists in the house, and when she wa, cut down her little abe Try tranquil ly sleep ing in cradle near her feet Beds of coal have been discovered on the Humboldt, in Nevada. Captain Henry Benson, who for merly commanded Fort Whipple, Prescott and who of late years, has been Quartermas- ter at Camp Douglas, Utah, has been relieved from that position. The Froat<r Llder says he ''either stole too much or not enough tc satisfy the Dictatorn Guess he did not stea at all, Benson is an honest man in everything save politics. .. The San Francisco EramjneI is eloquent, as well as forcible. Hear 1t
 "Liberty is yestal flame that needs contn ual watching lest, on the one hand, it goe' out entirely, or, neglected, it spreads into ; confagration of unchecked licentiousness."
 There are thirty millions of bearing grap, vines in California, the fruit of which pro duces l5,000 gallons of wine and 100000 gallons of brandy. We expect to live long enough to say the same of Arizona, the soi and climate of which is specially adapted tC the production of the grape. General Jas Shields has fought for and won Q seati in Con gress. The Sixth Missouri is his district
 During the past year 300 Califoruians hay, applied for patents, and the AiaiRg end Sci sntife Press of San Francisco, thinks abou 250 of the 300 will be granted. A steau blow, railroad track-layer, and a machine gn are among the inventions. It is nov thought that the next Congress will not con tain two thirds majority of Radicals, il which case amendments to the Constitution confiscation bills, etc, cannot be rushe, through .. According to the Santa Fe, (Ney Mexieo) Gazette Maxwell's quartz mine was paying t,eehty-fogr Am1ret d1lars ye day. The rock is worked by mill process but the number of stamps is not given by th GazetlS The Liberal party of England, ha been successful in the recent elections held il that country. The House of Commons a far as ascertained stands. Liberals, 3l0 Con serTatiyes, 1Gs. The Liberal is the party O reform All the Democratic papers that VI have seen, speak with derision of the propo sition recently advanced in the East, 10 cas the DemocTadc Electoral votes for Grant and they are right. It wo, Id be virtually an abandonment of our ancient principles snC place the party in the grave with the olc Whig party The time required at present Co reach New York is II days, and the fare in greenbacks, is S2s42O This in gold. al present rates, would be about $2lG. .Ths Hays City ide0cQh says that General Sher man recently called OR Mexican gentleman to know where he could get some raguecos Somebody asked what sherman could wan pi'h rd7vsr0, when another MeEican sug