The Weekly Arizonian., 1869-10-09

THE MERRY TaRoXG :"-And it is pleasant on
 any other evening, as well, or at least, 80 1t
 appeared to us a few evenings since upon being
 ushered into the fine, airy apartment adjoining
 the Pioneer Brewery, and meeting as we en-
 cred, the gaze of some twenty ofthe brightest,
 clearest, prettest eyes imaginable-attracted
 to the door by the sound occasioned 5y our
 viIlainous boots Wishing all the boOtsmaksrs
 in America somewhere particularly distant
 from the north pole, we started fer and reached a chair in safety. and then, not dating to raise our lus;relcss hazelS lest they should again encounter she gaze of the AtoI esaid constella-
 they come t"os. fours, siSes: the apartment
 is thronged music commences; several ladies and gentlemen occupy the centre of the apart ment and the dance commences Away they
 whirl, around and around; all things outside these walls are forgotten, and each has his, or her being, in the present And thus passed
 the night until l2 o'clock when one of the
 most agreeable entertainments of the season
 was broken up. and the company proceeded to
 their various homes.
 HDIAXs:-On the 30th ut party of In>
 dans attaekel Mr. Austin, Lieut. Calhoun and
 some ten or twelve soldiers, at Canada del Gro,
 about 30 miles from this place, on lhe Camy
 Grant road. The Indians were concealed at the same point from which thsy attacked and captured the trarn of TuIly and Ochoa few
 months since. This time, however, they were
 less successful The fight lasted duriug the greater Eart of one day when the Indians retired to a position more Videntiy resolved to resume operations after time. The Lieutenan, having thus obtained knowledge of their strength, seeing that they numbered some fifty warriors concluded to be prepared anl dispatched messenger to Camp Grant for reinforcements These arrived on the fol-
 lowing day when the party was enabled to break camp and proceed on their way, which they did, one man only having been wounded during the engagement
 On the 2d inst a Mexican named Pisquero, and who claims to be cousin cf Governor Pisuuero of Sonora, was fired at, near the Point of Mountain. by an ambuscadc of Indians The horse upon which he rode, the we'll known 'McCla,chJ' that, on the turf, had no equa in Arizona-was shot dead St1or Pisqusro, however. thanks to pair ofuimble legs, reach. ed the station in sefety, arriving here with the mail on the following day
 COLONEL CARTER News waa brought to town few days ago of the death of Colonel Garter, late Secretary of Arizona. During the time he resided here, the Colonel never enjoy ed good health for any considerable tim-. seemed to be stealing upon him, 50 that for some time before his departure for Sonora he was seldom to be seen out of doors hre believed, and it was the general impress ioE. hat the climate of Sonora, tempered by ocean )reezes, would soon restore him to vlgcr out t proved otherwise he died at the Francisco Ranch, on the 29th ult, while going from Al. ar with the intention of passing few months 1t Libe rtad. Hon. J. P T. Carter was 8 na- i've of West Tennessee and warm personal riend of President Johnson. He served in the Army of the Cumber and, during portion ot he rebellion. holding the rank of Colonel, aud n several instances performed valuable ser ice and z, ined much distinction, The ds ase of which he d!el, hsmorl holds, was con. racted by the cold, dampneSs and exposure f camp life during his military career. Dur ng the time that he held office here. his acts id not in every instance meet with general pprobaiion, yet, that winch was considered he most unworthy, was simply deed of msr. V, upon which all have since learned to louk LVorably; this was the mitigation of tha death entenee of Dolores Moore, convicted of mur- CT, to imprisonment. That the act was dic- T lted conscieutiOusly there has never been uestiou But he is gone; only 45 years of age I hen stricken down and ss much victim of ar as if cut down by the sabre, of a foe i'll the eat of battle-gone, and there is none who an burther his memory with a single reproach. D life he had many warm friends who now rieve over his early death and offer conso- ,;on ,o his bareayed widow