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The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-02-26

JOHN WHITk, Fred Henry and others have re- gently struck it rich at the old Plseeritas, near Walnut Grove. They sunk hole to the bed rock at the mouth of two creeks, and found sev- eral large pieces of gold.
 IMMoRASTs.-Some eight or nine men arrived bere recently from Montana. They are pros. pectors" by profession.
 FRoN PH1NIx.--A note from Jack. ". Swil- ling, of Phpnix, conveys the good news that tho farmers Of that vicinity have already sowed 1900 acres of barley, and l5O of wheat. and that both wheat and barley were looking well. The set tlerE expsc1 .Sst'S l.Jsr~ng mill will be erected there, next spring. . The Apsches had not vis- tied the settlement in Hong time. Four thous- and head of Texas cattle were being pastured In the valley. The owners of 1000 head Of these cattle were preparing to drive that nnm- Der to the Agua Frio. PhGnix Is one of the neteed settlements in the Territory. yet 1t s ahead of many of the oldest
The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-02-26
The Excision of Arizona. "

Under the above cutting cabesa, the San Diego Union of the 10th inst, be.abors the Government of the United States for sending supplies for the troops in the southern DOT ton of this Territory, through Sonora, Mex leo. But the Union should recollect that Government IS not as much to blame in this matter, as are the people of Tucson and their representative men, who for years past have begged Government to send supplies through Sonora. However, it is bad stroke of pol icy,--an outrage upon the people of this Territory, and we pray Government to put . stop to it, as speedily ss possible.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-02-26

To BE REsovED.-The Washington cores pondent of the San Francisco Balletin, writ- ing under date of February lst, says that charges of incompetency or something of the sort, had been preferred against Postal Agent Dufileld, of this Territory, and that, in all probability, his place would be given one J. \. Dawley, of California. We are not ac- quainted with Mr. Duffield, but know that McCormick's organ, at Tucson, where Duff field resides, has, quite recently, buttered him on both sides for the manner in which he has attended to the affairs of his office. Perhaps, it was not advised of the intentions of its chief
 The same correspondent states that tbe following new mail routes in this Territory will be established From Sacaton to Flor enec; Maricopa Wells to Phoenix; Blue water to Florence, and from Pima Villages to Florence.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-02-26

FRAScE.-Late news from this country is anything but of peaeeable character. Rochefort had been arrested by order of the Government. in consequence of which, his numerous friends became afflicted with de- sire to burl the Napoleonic dynasty from power. But they were mistaken in their strength, and, at last accounts, all was quiet on the Seine. During the excitement, barrie adcs were erected in tho streets of Paris, and some sharp encounters took place between the people and the police. But for the pres ence of vast numbers of soldiers in the city, Napoleon would to-day be carpetbagger and new Mountain" composed of the Dantons, Marats, Mirabeaus and Robespicrres of the present day, would be running the guillotines and irrigating the streets of Paris with the blood of Napoleon's friends.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-02-26
Political.

As yet, but little is said by politicians, re- garding politics, or the coming election, which, it is fair to presume, will take place on the 9th of June next We feel quite cer. tain that Mr. Mccormick means to try for the Delegacy again. Who his opponent will be, is now beyond our ken. Perhaps he may have to contend against more than one. For ourself, we would not object to seeing dozen candidates in the field. They might make times lively.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-02-26

lS the last number of the MINER, we sta ted, upon the authority of a correspondent, that Colonel Barnard and command killed, in the recent fight with Apaches, (which took place on the morning of January Sd, in the Dragoon Mountains), eleven Indians, and took one prisoner. We have sine. learned that fifteen were killed, and two captured {; also, that the bar of gold taken from Col. Stone, when he was murdered by the Saya- ges, was retaken by the troops, who found it upon tue person of one of the Indians killed in Barnard's fight.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-02-26

TmE CrRRrscY.---One of the most impor- tAnt opinions delivered by the Supreme Court fora long time past, is that in the case of Hepburn rs Griswold. which is given by tel egraph in the following language:
 Chief Justice Chase delivered an opinion in the Court sustaining the Court below, and holding that contracts made before the legal tender laws could not be discharged by Cnted States notes Tho opinion IS very long, and discusses at great length the power of Congress it holds that Congrcss has no right to make Government notes legal ten ders for pre-existing private debts; it does not touch the question Of contracts made since the law was passed this opinion was concurrsd in by Justice Nelson, Justice Cliff ford, and Justice Field. Justice Miller de- liyered minority opinion, concurred in by Justice SwayDe and Justice Davis, holding this law to bc constitutional, treating it prin- eipslly ss an incident to ,he war power.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-02-26

GENERAL ORD.-we are glad to be able to state that this distinguished military officer is now in the Territory, seeing things for him self A private letter from Fort Yuma, in- forms us that he, with l20 soldierS, arrived there on the 18th inst, from San Francisco The General and his companions in arms came in an ocean steamer to the mouth of the Col orado; thence, by river steamer, to Fort Yuma. He is now in the southern part oi the Territory, and we shall look for him here at an early day
The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-02-26
Amendments to the Mining Act.

Commissioner Wells recommends the follow ing change ia the Mining Law of Congress:
 Tue sire of the tract aeciied by pa,eni apd ibe number of fec, upon the lode should be hKed by law, Ia spite of all conflicting miners GUS toms Vested righis mus, be Adlasied by agree. mrnt among owners: bai it should be at once announced that the Uuit-d States viii hereafter rrgard the locator Of . vein as entitled to claim say. 200 feet on each side Of the vein; that nc other locations subsequently, made within that distance will be recognized as pateuiable; that subsequent locations made within less ihan 200 feet of the boundary of the hrsi location will be shOrn of so much of their width on that side. be- ing limited by the elder locations; that the pat eniee shall pay io the uaited States. say. S per acre for his land. and fee of. say. Sl0 Tor each s.perAie vein discovered and worked within ihe tract sfsrs ihe 6rSs vein. apon wblch the issu- ance Of the patent is based. The right to follow the vein iis aps ra-i.siore and angles should remain uualtered, and All ores found within 90 feet Of the vein la the hanging or foot wall should be considered as belonging to it In case where two veins cross in depth the cider location should keep ts right to 90 feet in either wali II the veins unite and become enc the elder locA- ton would take the whole vein below ihe june ton. but not the whole spur above being re- stricied on that side ,o i,s right of 20 fv-I
 IL l. true that this system wonld not prevent all collision of interests. A and D might. for in stance, locate side by side on parallel veins 100 feet apart and each might subsequently, discover a vein within his tract near thc boundary line be- tween them h working these they might had themselves close together and liable to interfere. But in such caseit would at least be only a question between A and 5. not between them and a score of plraticai loeators- only intent on
 mischief, and disputes arislng between owncrs l in this way would be much easier 10 settle by compromise than the present class of suits, where one party has nothing 10 lose and every ! thing tO gain Besides. no patent should be granted until the vein hrst located s sufficiently | developed to show iis course and width. Until
 that has been done the miner should be content | io work under the free license granted by tho | United States and when that has been done the | chances of sebsequent discoveries of valuable | and sepcrate veins within 200 feet are in mos
 districts not very great In fact. the majority o | the local locations made under the presen l in the immediate ueighborhood of developed
 veins are worthless except for purposes O
 black mail. robbery, and litigation; and fl th'
 privilege of working such subsidiary oateTop' belonged oniy to the paiantee Of the vein n ihl
 centre of the tract they would never be worked
The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-02-26
Judge Wm. F. Turner.

The great majority of all classes Of people in this county are tired of and disguised with Hon. Vim. F. Turner, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of this Territory, and would thank President Grant were he to re- move hm forthwith. Our people have lost what little confidence they may ever have had in bis impartiality ss aJudge, his honor and honesty as man and citizen, and bave therefore petitioned the President to remove him. We have seen one of these petitions, containing nearly two hundred names of the best citizens of this precinct, in which Judge Turner resides, and has resided for number of years past. On this petition are the names of lawyers who have praetioed in Judge Turner's Court. Federal and county officials, merchants, farmers, miners, mechanics and laborers. These names were obtained in . short space of time, and without much effort. The charges against Judge Turner are of the most glaring kind. He Is accused of having shown partiality on the bench; of having, at various times neglected bis duty by absent ing himself from the Territory; of being in league with q certain Attorney here; of pet tifogging on the bench; of intriguing for the removal and disgrace of military officers who would not favor him in certain ways and of various other shortcomings, too numerous to mention. Time and space will not permit us 10 review his career as Judge in this Terri tory, but, as the mouthpiece of the people thereof, it is due from us to say that we sym pathize with them in their efforts to oust Judge Turner from q position which he has disgraced.
 Upon learning that tbe people were after bis official scalp, he is.ss few persons to circulate q remonstrance to the petitiO~ of the people, and, in order to get names to afix to t, had, it is said, recourse to the mcanest, lowest kind of deceit; |. C, that of circa!s,- ing two other pcttions--one praying for the establishment of mail service upon the Pres colt and Albuquerque routes the other, ask. ing Government to allow settlers on the Fort whipple Military reserve to be allowed to retain possession of their property, To these two latter petitions. it is alleged, many names were affixed, which were afterwards cut of and placed under the remopstrsnce. Armed with these names-some seventy in number he started on the morning of the loth inst, for W Washington City. r~en~
The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-02-26

THE FRANKISG BusrSEss.-If there is suf- ficient manhood in Congress, that body will certainly abolish the irsnking privilege, for it is a barefaeed swindle on the people, as well as "an old man Of the mountain upon the P. o. Department 4 recent despatch in- forms us that during the month of January last the Pos,ofiice in Washington sent over 23T, 600 ranked letters, at a cost of about SiJ0oo: md one hundred tons of printed matter. at cost of S3s,O00.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-02-26

Gov. McCoRMioE, Of Arizona, after an sb- sence of four years from the AstoF House, New York, recently breakfasted there, and the waiter remembered his tastes SO we'll that he asked tine Governor "if he would have stewed clans, ss asSalg' That walters mem ory is worth Something -EEekangs.
 Yes, and the item Is worth something to Mac. He loves to write sbou, himself and then have it printed.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-02-26

RAIS IS CALToRSra.---rhe Los Angeles
 Neps of the 18th rejoices over the fact that rain fell in its section on the night of the 10th. The Santa Barbara Tiass Of the l2th, says 1t rained there for ten hours Rain had also fallen in the Tulare Valley. The San Bernardino GBardidn of the l2tb, says: "As we write today (Friday) there is some pros pect of rain. A gentle shower is nov falling, with good prospects for an old fashioned rain.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-02-26

SIcK oY WHITE PISr.-The following Ari- zonian., who went to White Pine about one year ago, are desirous of getting back to Ari- zona: Louis St. James, Col. Tyson, Gen. Coul- ter, w. T. Flower, Mir. England and Mr. Bridges. In recent letter to W. Wormser, they say, "Arizona is Gods country, after all" It would be if the devil had the Apaches.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-02-26

SICKNESS AT TUesos.-we are sorry to have to state that smallpox and agoe are rampant in Tucson. A private letter recently received here states that these diseases were carrying of great numbers of people.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-02-26

MuRpERER ARRESTED. -- Charles Jones, the murderer of Thomas Mathews, has been arrested and is now in jail a, Hamilton, White Pine. The murdered man was well known tn this Territory, having resided here several years ago.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-02-26

PERsoSAL.--A recent letter from Hardy vile, Mohave county informs us that o. D. Gass, who served several terms in the Legis- lature of this Territory, had gone East, and that Nat. Lewis, who was q member of the fourth Legislature, had charge of MT. G's Las Vegas ranch.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-02-26

FIHr AT Los ASoELEs-Another fire oc cured at I,os Angeles on the morning of th' eth inst Loss about teo,0oo
The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-02-26

PErKR r. WAsHBrRSr, Governor of Yer mont, died at wcodstock, in that State, or the 9th inst.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-02-26

ALLEN TRIsBLr, ex-Governor of Ohio died at Cincinnati February a.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-02-26

DIEp.-David Norris, an old AriEonian diea h New Mexico. short time ago.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-02-26

TIE Golden State Ironworks, at San Fran cisco, were recently destroyed bv Grc,
The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-02-26

JAMrs D. WILSON, of Iowa, is trying to secure seat on the U. s. Supreme Bench.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-02-26
MoNrEzuMA SALOON.

Tkis ssloos hss bssn rs-fnshed asd fsed ur in tps s,ys- None but the best Liquort wines. Cigar etc. served 'o friends ssd eus'oasIs Cal sse ,ssy yoar' sslve& c. A, LUKE, frcrvictcr.
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The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-02-26
DR. HUFELAND'S h CELEBRATED Slciss Stomach Bitters.

Il The first aud most hesithfal fozie ever introduced inso the United States
 k sfili tho leading article, and more ot thh soId than of all other so-called lTsnios or Bittera
 For Sale 10 the Trade bJ TAYLOR 4 ! .BESpI1. Sole Agents. tos and tll
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The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-02-26
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Evening star., 1870-03-14

The first effect of the passage OF the Funding
Bill by the Senate was to produce a sharp down.
ward reaction in gold and bonds in the New
York markets. The New York Commercial saws
that the unexpectedly large vote for the bsll
mainly contributed to this result Now there
is disposition to suspend operations until the
probable fate or the bill in the House Ia ascer
-ained. The "bulls' are comforting them-
selves with the belief that Secretary BoutweIl,s
personal influence in the Senate contributed
largely to the success of the bill, and that sucb
influence viii go for little in the House, also that
the national bank interest in the House Ia much
stronger than In the Senate, and NAV be count.
cd upon largely for the defeat of the bill. II
seems to be thought in Wall street that tbe
House viii contend for distinctive scheme of
It's own, while 1t Is taken for granted that the
provisions of the Senate bill relative to the ma.
honai banks, and the contraction of greenbacks
will be summarily rejected.
Its not unlikely from the temper of the House
shown in the late vote In favor of the ipf ion
OF the currency to the extent of fifty millions.
that the Senate bill will be considerably modi
hed in the particulars where the contraction
viewsof the Senate come in conflict with the on-
posite views Of the House. 1t is not Improbable.
also, that the loan will be made uniform both in
length Of time and the rate of interest; and that
the commissions-reduced ene-half by amend
ment Of the original bill In the Senate-wiu b.
cut on altogether by the House.
Evening star., 1870-03-14

When everything else fails the newspaper cor
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light down ON the statnary and pictures in and
about the Capitol, and the s.art treaSs
nation get pretty rough handlir~ res OF tne
The shaking up that Ne~- sucn times.
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= 49,. But this is natural enough. 1t
easy to pitch into piece OF statuary
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Is generally either dead or a long way of, and
Is the general public knows little or nothing
technically about art, the business IL pretty
safe. : :
The last effort In this line is that of "Grace
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faith i'm the soundness of her critical judgment
Is sadly weakened by her demand that some va
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Bierstadt- Heaven protect us from any stage
painting Of the Rothermel- Bierstadt persuasion,
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Evening star., 1870-03-14

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Evening star., 1870-03-14

DISCOVERY OF AsPHALTUM I'M TyxAs
From several sources information has reached
the General Land Ofice that there existed On
the Texas shores of the Gulf of Mexico a deposit
OF bitumen- One very recent report also de-
seribed journey from Vera Cruz to a locality
from whence considerable quantities have been
obtained and used in Mexico, also near the
coast To-day a specimen of this valuable ma
terial was received by the Commissioner, of the
General Land OF ee from the Texas deposit. and
n proves TO be a genuine bitumen not dis
tinguishable from that of Trinidad or Bar
oaooes- The substance is fonnd in harden
cd cakes In unlimited quantities around
springs I'm low marshy situations. When
nrst discharged with the water of the sprino
III Is combined with much volatile mat
Ter, and Is nuid; but short exposure TO a semi
tropical sun dispels the gaseous or Hquid DOR
tons, and it sohdifes in dense black masses
such as are seen in commerce. Inasmuch a,
similar phenomena are noticed on the Pacific
coast In corresponding latitudes, and as it is
no" uaceable through Mexico, Texas, and the
west Indies as far east as Trinidad. the infer
ehce Is admissible that vast belt of petroleum
or otuminous bearing rocks exist along the
~noie line, from the Picafc and across the
caribbean sea. The substance ,s used i'm a,or-
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Evening star., 1870-03-14

The bin to enforce the Fifteenth Amendment
has been reported back from the Judiciary Com
mittee of the House OF Representatives, with an
amendment In the nature OF o substitute "to
enforce the right Of citizens IN the United States
to vote IN the several States Of the Union who
have hitherto been denied that right on account
OF race, color or previous condition Of servi-
tude." This new bin embraces pretty com
prehensiye list Of fines and imprisonments
against any officials, E.tional or local, aud any
person persons who shall directly or Indirect
ly be proved guilty before a United States court
Of preventing the exercise of the right Of suf-
frags by citizens Of African descent. In view
or the probability that this bill viii pass, the
New Yorh Herald suggests to the Democratic
party that they viii do well to recognize the
black mans right to vote, and 70 cultivate his
support a. the new political balance Of power.
There are some eight hundred thousand voters
involved I'm shis question, and II the Democratic
parry rejects them they win vote en- masse ON
tne other side. That Is all; but that will be
enough. :,
Evening star., 1870-03-14
~ SINKING sLOwL LIZ.

Diseases that progress rapidly to q crisis are not
the only ones TO be dreaded Canker or dry rot does
not blast tree as suddenly stroke of lightning
out unless arrested IL destroys it certainly; aud
In IKE manner chronic debility, although il does not
XIII with the swfrness OF yellow fever is as sure to
sap the springs Of life eventually a. any acute dis
ease, II not checked by inyigorating medic ition
There 10 something inexpressiby touching in the
spectacle OF premature decay. Languor paIlor
emaciation, depression Of spirits, aud dstate for
exerfion are its ordRary symptoms and they so aid
be promptly met by tonic treatment. The best in
vigorant and exhlarant that be administered in
case Of this kind is Hostetter' Stomach Bitters
Ihe stimulating principle Of the preparation rou,es
the dormant energies fthe s stem and the strength
ening and regulating properties give a permanent
and healthful impulse to the vital forces Tins
brought into play The failing appetite 10 re-
awakened the process Of digestion and assimilation
are quickehed, the quality Of the blood is improved
the secretions become more natural and every organ
"ss contributes to tho ncsv;-aaAnt Of the BODY IN
u-rgoes ssiutary change By these means the repair
Of the ply sical is effected and its health
and vgor restored. La class Of diseases has the
beaefcent operation OF the Biters been marked
and striking than in those characterized by general
debility and nervous prostration. Ladies affected
with these ailments find in this most wholesome Of
all tonics and correctives the safest and
Of relief 1t is strong to restore and powerlsss to
injure. Such is the uniform testimony Of CLOUD. -
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