The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-05-14
Photographic Summary.

Donnelly speaker.
 Perry. convicted of having murdered n watch man, in New York City, had been sentenced 10 States Prison for life
 An 1llluoisan, named Thos Cantrll, had been sentenced to serve ten years in prison for having murdered hls brother. Rather lcnieut
 The Massachusetts House of Representatives had rejected the Woman Suffrage Amendment, which the strong minded wished to become Q part Of the Constitution
 Hartford, Connecticut and Albany, New York, were visited hy heavy frcshets on the 20th ult
 President Grant had nominated Edward Phelps Marshal Of Arizona Mir Phelps has held that position for some time past.
 A Washington dispatch of the 22d ult says all the legal teuder cases had been withdrawn, and tha, their withdrawal caused general feeling Of relief
 Ben Butler was running his reconstruction mill to suit himself The precious old spooney visited Massachusetts, recently, but, before going re- qucsted the other members of the committed to let Georgia rest tiil hls return. His request was compiled with and for aught we know the Rad. ical guiioune is still suspended over the head of the Empire State of .he South. Chambers, the murderer Of D. yoorhces, was, on the Slst ult, at Brooklyn, New ork, acquitted on the ground of insanity
 dispatch of the same date states that Comms- sioner Osborne hnd decided that tho Postmaster General can prevent the mails being made the me dium for the circulation of swinding circulars. ! IL would be well if swiudlcrs could be denied the use of the mails, bu, how Is the Postmaster Gen. eral going to 1o ii without ,amperlug with the mails, thing no free people will standf Our Secretary of State, Hamilton Fish, was studying out very ishy question Caldwell an | American, and who was sent out as Minister to | Colombia, had returned Co Washington as Fun. bassador from Colombia, and Mir. Fish didn't know whether or not to receive him as such Rather weghty State question X bill for the enforcement Of the Fifteenth Amendment has been drawn. It contains twelve sections It punlsbes by fine and Imprisonment any direct or indirect attempt 10 prevent any col ored man from voting. ii gives United States Dis trict and Circuit Judges jurisdiction in such We had thought that the 10th amendment applied, only. to co0yed citizens but II the foregoing syr- opsis Of the enforcing bill Is correct il seems iha, "any colorcd man. can vote ! A dispatch dated April 23d, says:
 "The Senate Railroad Committee met to-dav 10 hear the report of Howard, chairman or the gen cral question of a Southern Pacific line He ia vors the route on the 52d lS5th) parallel, and Is rather against Fremopts plans A TuHes special says the b'Committee have made a report 10 the fall Committee adverse Co Fremont's bill. We have read the above dispatch in two papers
 the San Francisco Examiner and Cal, and it ia the same in both save and except the insertion of | "(S5ih0" by the Eraminer. That paper supposed ! thai IL the S5th and not the sgd route which Senator Howard favored. and the supposition Is quite reasonable, judging from the fact that Ere mont's plans for building road on The sgd par. allel were looked upon unayorably lt would be indiserect for us 10 crow, yet awhile, SO we will hope and pray for the best until we shall have learned the truth in regard to the matter Mean. while we hope that Congress will assist some company to build road that wiH cross our Ter. ritory, on some parallel Of course, the route ria the 35th parallel Is the shortest and best and t is the route upon which the proposed road ought to be built
 Major sigourney, who claimed io have written Beautiful Snow" killed himself in New York, recently
 Five Companies of the Seventh Cavalry had been ordered 10 Fort Hayes to operate against hostile Indians. Custar win have charge of opcr. a,ions, and, of course, will make things lively for the sun.burnt rAscals.
 Senator sgmner said In the Senate, short time ago, that Washburne, our Minister to Paris, and Jones, at Brussels, were a disgrace to this eoun. try.
 A Washington dispatch of the 26th ult., is quite cheering to frontier people, It says: "Thc Indian question formed one of the toplcs (fuh. atf.u Assrr I. mcat and Indian Bureau are promptly informed of events tranSpiring and every eaerl will be made to secure thorough and continued tranquil. lty In the Indian country" | Gen. J. II. Lewis, Demoerat has been elected | to Congress from the Third District, Kentucky. in place of Golladay
 Andrew Heezecker, veteran printer. fell dead in the office of the Dubuque Herald, short time ago He had been connected with prir tug offices for ffly-one years.
 At Baltimore, April 29d, an insane woman named Marsh, proceeded to the school, called out her son James, aged eight years, and cut his head nearly oh. She then rushed for another boy, who escaped. She then returned home, seized her son Willie, aged seven, and cut his throat She then cut the head of her daughter Mary Jane, com. pleley of The murderess then seized her son
 '"' sN' w" Je"ie oiu "hu hcaiil severed hls head from bis body and cut the throat of her own mother, who was wounded so badly that she will die Mrs. Marsh was arrested and lodged in the staSion.house. She has heretofore bore an excel lent reputation and was no doubt insane
 Lieutenant B. r. Ryer, of the 2d U. s. Artillery has been tried for presenting fraudulent claim against the Government, found guilty and sent enced 10 forfeit the pay and allowance due him, is cashieTed and dismissed the service, and ren- dered incompetent to hold position of respon