The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-01-15
Summary of News.

They call their country "Ruperts Land" and have issued Declaration of Independence, signed by John Bruce, President, and Louis Relle. Secretary, which sets forth that the peo- pie of Rupert's Land and of the Northwest Ter ritory, have established Provisional Govern ment and hold it to be the only lawful authority | now in existence in Ruperts Land, which claims | the obedience and respect of the people.
 A lying dispatch was sent over the wires from New York. December 9, which stated that Six | teen disabled soldiers were turned out penniless from the Brooklyn Poor.house yesterday, because, as stated by the Superintendent, they were Re- publcans They are all crippes.' A later dis patch contradicts this, and proves, concusively. that it was made out of whole cloth by some malignant Radical
 The operators in the Memphis and Fl Paso Railroad stock had commenced "gouging" each other, and soon the grand swindle will explode. A recent dispatch is as follows: William A. Farman was arrested, charged with converting to his own use sl5O,0OO of bonds of the Mem phis Fl Paso and Pacific Railroad of which he was Assistant Treasurer in Paris. The order of arrest was on civil suit to recover the money. motion was made before the Court of Common Pleas to vacate the order of arrest. because the action arose in Paris between two non-residen,s. The decision was reserved"
 A St. Louis despatch, of the 25th ult., says: Lieut. C. l.. Spear, agent, and W. J. Godfrey, ! interpreter for the Southern Ute Indians. deny the recent statement of apprehended troubles with the Utes and Apaches. The Apaches are ! h,,,.t b,,t q ,E, tbair reservation. A report to this effect originated in the jealousy of the people of New Mexico, who desire the Agency in Colorado broken up
 and established in New Mexico, that they may
 secure the benefit arising from the Government
 appropriation. The Utes are peaceablc and manifest desire to cultivate education and the
 privileges of education, They are well provided
 for and well contented." The Apaches spoken
 of in this despatch are those known on the iron tier as "Plan Apaches." The Apaches ot Ari- zona are different branch of the accnrscd fam
 fly.
 Destructive fires had taken place in Phiaici. , phia. Property to the amount of SlOG,00o was destroyed.
 Ellis cotton packing house, at New Orleans , was burned on the night of the 25th ut. Los:
 $50 600.
 Casey, Collector of the Part of New Orleans has had difficulty with the Rep,blican newspa
 per about some Democrats whom the Collector
 was forced to keep in the Custom House, he be
 ing unable to find Radicals competent to fl
 their places.
 Ex-Policeman Kain, of Detroit, Michigan, wa - found dead in the street one morning recently n his throat cut from ear to ear i General Ames, autocrat of Mississippi, has or dered the Legislature to be convened on the llu !. of January. The State officers recently electe, v have been appointed provisional officers unti e their installation. About one-ffth of the Legis :, lature elected are Conservative. i. A Cheyenne, (Wyoming) despatch of Decem 1, Der 26, says: Two men stopped the Denve
 stage fifteen miles from here, containing the dr
 yer and two passengers, all unarmed. The rol ! bers, after firing several shots, took the stag, ] team and mail. and drove of, leaving the pa, S. sengers to walk to Cheyenne. Sixty cayalryme c. have gone in pursuit to-day.
 " A fire ut Santiago, Chiii. had destroyed mo, le of the great warehouse on the levee Loss yer
 heavy.
 " The London Spectator hasn't very favorabl ,r opinion of Secretary Boutwell,, as a financil
 doctor It considers him child in finance, an r. says his plan of forbiddiug interest on deposit
 and limiting advances upon collateralsis idioti
 Regarding Ocean Telegraph lines, Washing d ton special says our Government has institute d. measures to bring aboft treaty between all Il " maritime nations on the subject of ocean cable In Instructions the subject have been sent to O, ,e ministers in England, France, Germany Spa
 and other countries. The Government asks tn lv no exclusive concessions shall be given to au ri. party; that no Government shall have the rg f to examine the telegrams; that cables shall ha, " all the rights of neutrality; that their destru if. ton in time of war shall be treated as an act al piracy, and that persons engaged in the work be destruction shall be tried in the courts of an lie country capturing them.
 er Georgia, according to Washington special
 to the New York Times, will soon be forced
 accept the terms offered by Congress. at The division of Texas is again mooied. Tn n time, it is proposed to cut it up into three State or to be named Houston. Lincoln and Texas. ,st Generals Banks and Burnside have got bat so from Europe.
 ms The Spanish gunboats, of which we have heal ,rs too much, have sailed from New York. all Brigham Young, Jr., had lost his third wi la by desertion She skedaddled from him in u -m East.
 re- At Mapeville, R. l., recently, Charles Murr
 cut his sons throat.
 Gen. Frank Blair has settled in New Tor