The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-10-22

he mouth Oi the TlVef, punt uWiey III Dc- | ,ember and corn in April and May. Rain lcsccud. during the summer months, and IL aimed httle when we were there.
 IIc4afsd0U SstfemLer 2i.- Being now dis | ant about iO miles from Tucson, Che tempo -arv capita, or our well beloved Territory, our chief determined upon making the entire distance in one day, so we got an early start, and the road being good and the weather cool, made good time Co the Cienega, wbe1c we nooned. In going to the Ciencga, we passed the place where the red skins had recently captured a mail, and murdered those who accompanied it Torn letters and papers were tbickly strewn aTournd: feshly made ernyts. at the heads and feet ot which low ad ibe walls had been built, marked the plar es where rested the remains Of our white brothers, who had been waylaid, and cruelty hy bloodthir,ty sayages. Yet, this was but a repetition of many such similar sights witnessed since striking tue main road, anl we travelled on. moodng over the dangers
 incident Co @ trip through Arizona. We soon reached @ fine adobe house, nrar the crossing of the Cicnega, which we found empty, thc two men who formerly kept it having been murdered by Apaches The house was in q bad position for defense, nnd the iuuiaris ha,i but little trouble in killing its inmates, en- tering and planderinE it. We had nVt re mained long at this place when thTce m5ii-- an American and two Mcxicans arrived. They informed us that two freight trains
 bound for tue Burro mincs-wers coming on. close behind md that that was their thlrd day out from Tucson. 1Ls surprised us we wondered what had kept them so long on the road, but, so coon .s we -aw the trains pass us, thc wonder was that they made the trip in so short a time. The mules were not
 much bigger than donkeys, and so thin that daylight cuull almost be seen through them.
 They were drivcn by Mexican teamsters, and
 had, no doubt, forgotten all about the taste
 Uf grain. With tbcu were several goOd-loOk- ing ssA0rttrs Leaving our wagons and es- cogt Co come on slowly, the two ambulanccs
 with their human treight--roilcd over tbg
 road at a rapid pace, and we entered Tucsou long bef1re thc sun went down After lcav mo Che Cicntg8. which is a very long stlip oi good land, with fiue stream flowing through if, ih1 country plscl over iu going Co Tue son would Jc a de,crt bat for the good gras. [ that grows upoa it, Here, tbc cactus family ! Teigus supseals, =al there sge th..sssagssls o | thOtus upon every square yard, wherever tht grass has not ehohed out " the cA0ltays ana s1gHHrs
 A this WAS our nTst visi: ,o Tucson, V, will endsavor to give our impressions of it ] ihe t-vtie E h9 reside there, aHd tho stirT0un ' ding country. firs;. then, the town is dtu
 a;rd on the Santa Cruz, a small river whicl ' runs peer and tsses its uame from the tnwI ! oF Santa Cruz, in Sonura The hbus E. cd | which there are about iO0-largg and smai
 --aTu constructed of adobes that i-, th, walls are Of that material. Tlmber being sgarce in the yiriuity. and lumber very dear
 the people have had to CSC the material al
 hand Tor roofing pufpo-Cs, so wc found tha'
 must, if not ail, the roOfs ln toWR acre mad'
 as lgllyws: Kaftef-. of stoat cottonwood o
 mczguitr poles, bad, after having been strip
 ped ot the bark, placed In position, and ouy
 cred with long slender p,l,s either siIlos
 or those round raueiike flores which ar
 spit out of the s7gsar These are coyerc,
 with Q layer oi bay, or straw, and over all |
 placed a thick coating Of mud which, in time
 becomes dry and hard, but scarcely cvtr sui thdcn,ly so Co prevent heavy ram dFUfs fruu
 beating down into ii. Ttcse drops, in soak
 ing through, mingle with the dirt, and ds | s-cnd upon the inmates, their furniture. cloth
 ing, etc, regardless of all consequences. Q
 course taere are some roof, in Tucson oapabl
 of turning the heaviest rains, bui our Obser
 vation led us e. believe that they were fcy
 m number. The dwellings of the poor ar
 whitewashcd on tbe in>Idej tho.c uf the ric
 are plasiercI and Thiiewashcd, and, 1T mem ory serves ps rightly, several of the latter ar neatly papered, and richly furnished.
 THE STORES,
 of which there arc great many, are we
 finished on tue inside; the front walls ( many stores on the principal streets are pls, tered and painted on the outside, so ss [ resemble brick and stone. Moot Of ,hen ar , well flied with goods, which were arrange : in a very tasty mpnHer. But we saw no stor in Tucson that for s.ze, beauty and finisl exceilef tho brick establishments of Prescott ! Dr. Wirtz and ourself having expressed r desire to yi-it the priests, Catholic Churcl . Convent, aud Sisiers' School, 10 Peter I Bndy, our next Delegate to Congress, tha gentleman kindly offered his services, and W ! sallied forth under bis guidance. Arriving ( , the public square, we entered the dwelling
 the only two priests in the Territory of Ar z0na, and were welcomed by Father Joyer ccau. We next visited the Ssters--seven ] number-and after tie usual introduction entered into conversation regarding thei f school, etc. This was on Saturday, and school was not in session, we did not see t , l50 childrcn and young ladies who, we weI told, usually attended We were show l through the school broom, which was lsre, , clean, comfortable, and decently furnished 2 told how the sisters had arrived in Tucsoi poor in pure but rich in purpose; !. how th , good citizens had aided them Co build, it II and start their school, and left to judge [, ourselves the success that had attended the
 efforts to bring up the young in ihe way the 1 should go, which, we had before leane from others, was great. We then enterc e the church, plain, unpretending edifc