The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-12-17
The Tucson Citizen.

hireliugs and abettoy, but we cannot help doing so, when they try to injure ourself and friends lie ou,rageously about us and Haunt their lies in the face of honest people. The following article was in tpye last week, but. for want of space. was crowded out:
 Thursday nights mail, December Sth), brought us copy of the Tucson Citizen, of November 26th. It's editor, John Wasson, a lackey. who was born to blush unseen and waste his sweetness on one-horse politicians, publishes a poorly spelled letter purporting to be from J. D. Cusenbary 10 a merchant of Tucson, but, which we think was forged by wasson. Commenting upon this letter, the low bred hireling sneers at the idea of such man as CuSenbary offering himself as a candi date for Congress against Mccormick.
 Worse yet, the fellow actually insinuates that Cusenbary was discharged from his posi- tion AS Superintendent of the Vulture mill and mine on account of his ignorance, Think of this, old citizens of Yavapai, who know that but for Jim Cusenbarys practical ability and sound judgement, the Vulture mine would not today be paying concern. Why, new iy-imported snob, Cuscnbsry was tie frs, man that ever ran quartz mill successfully in this part of Arizona, and 10 !.im are its citizens indebted for the first permanent sue eess in quartz mining So that, no matter how he spells, he has accomplished more for the Territory than Mccormick and all his tribe. Then, again, "people who live in glass houses should not throw stones,7 as you would acknowledge were you to see certain letters now in our possession from leading Federal official of this Territory. But, don't start i; we are not mean enough to publish them.
 Next, VIC are treated to q talk-squaw war. talk it is-about new paper that is soon to be started at Prescott, to kill the MINER. The substantial men of Prescott and yici- nifty arc going to tio all this. because, forsooth, the MINER has asssiled Mccormick and his supporters. We'll, let them do it. We would rather die fighting scoundrels and scalawags like you and Mccormick - who are of no earthly account to any country, than pin our faith and fortune to the coat-tails of unscrpu- lous ofice-holders- But, the MINER is not going 10 die, and can't be scared by such "second handr talk. On the contrary, we have some notion of furnishing the Arisosaa, of Tucson, with sufficient material to lay you :s the shade, you booby.
 The fellow then accuses Sylvester Mowry of having written letter to Tucson, stating that A. G. Dunn, who met his death at this place, on the evening of election day, was \ Mccormick man, and therefore, deserved death. This statement is too monstrous for belief, and we believe Wasson lied when he made it. He also lied when he asserted that in our account of the affair, we tried to cast odiuui upon Mccormick for having appointed Dunn to office. But, enough of this. Upon Wasson's head rests the disgrace the savagery--of having pulled dead man out. of his grave to argue over his bones. Hence, vampire.
 Then he makes sycophantic appeal to the people of Yayapai to take his paper, which was quite unnecessary, as many of them will continue to do so, so long as they remain "honoEary" subscribers. In this appeal, he hits his owner, Mccormick, a sly dig for hay. ing pitched into the Prescott country, in his pAper-the Ariz0saa. Says he won't do any such thing, but will treat all sections alike. All right, we'll see, Johnny.
 We were about to soften on this fossil when our eyes fell upon his comments upon our article about Professor Eilers. The fellow whines because in noticing Eilers, we did not also notice Mccormick, who, he says, brought Eilers here. We'll, well, this is cheeky. Why should we notice Mccormick, when he has given you printing office, pens and ink, and paid you for toadying to him. He whiningly says the MINER has spoken several times in high terms bf Professor Eilers, which is a lie. 1T several means more than once, and then the terms were not very high, for we and our people have been sold" '" too often, by strange mining sharps, to speak of them in very high terms, upon slight acquaintance, such as we had with NIT. Eilers. It may be that Me Cormick is entitled to some credit in the matter of procuring ths: g. 900 appropriation 1T so, we~would like to know what has be- come Of the money. Eilers neither earned nor spent one-fifth of it Tell us, if you please. Our miners would like to know.
 He next growls ss New Mexico for having surveyors in the field running boundary line between .ha, Territory and this, for the req son that Mccormick has little bill before Congress, asking s30,0oo for the performance Of this little job. Gracious heavens, here are the people oG Northern Arizona without