The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-10-22

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 trust to them, and told us that he rs,ios.
 oh 'he savage dogs which We sAw s''.D' u'N'
 loose about the yard-ready ,o fear ,,n'lu'og
 any prisoner who might escaup s,.s ps'a
 These dogs were nNcd i'm ,hn A"A
 seemed to understand their hy.;.h Mi
 oughly. There Is a fine hospj,al ;r ,I 'A'''
 adn splendid two-s story floorin, ,,,,, Pa'',
 ing to Lee & Scott. The saloons ar@ vt"a:.
 'he town, although they are not pu,n'. .,'"
 accofoing 10 the population. Those l,i',A le,',-
 ing 10 r. M. Hodges, C. 0. Brown Ta's
 Breh,a, are fitted up in splendid .,,t rt'|t
 the lager beer at tho latter place ws. " 'nl lent We noticed the words @ica .At'.
 salvon,' on one building, and wonde,.S Gyin they managed 'c make the article vi,t "a ice. Tue last census gave the plaes ,,''' ,,." l ton of 3,2UO, but we know tLcse s.P,P
 be too great by three or four hnndr.J
 great majority of the people are Msri,..." U" from New and old Mexico-but 1T. ,..e.'--
 that the place contained quite nsn,t..., w,
 people--descendants of Mexicans- rb,-~ ~
 born and brought up on the soil of t,i,..' Tue Amcricans--ut whom We saW o,,.-
 numhcr--apprared to be busy. earns1t ..
 One pecnlmrity about many of them i. ,I..
 they smoke cignritos instead of nine. .,s
 cigars.
 The complaint ussd to exist that thsa..
 |, 9. Tscs0R eers filthy in the "A ttea. Ls. ', did hot find ticln 50, and tLe ress,n ,' ~
 not was readily accounted for l., tE. s.
 that a stccrs, wrll-prssssnize ized chain-gsn, 5,i
 been st work upon them for some tim. ,.., The main street is very crooked. and m s,t. , ing or riding through ii. one is fnossr,', compelled t0 go up and down steep hiil. n. lots having never been leyeled va rr. , entering the toNn, We had some m,.gi'j.. as Co the kind of reception ihat aw,i,t5 s from a people whom We had fought and d . nounced For several years past, and ahorrs. ! be eXcuset for treating US coolly. Yet ', E were welcomed and kindly treated bg n and shall hereafter ebdca,or 10 reEag n. b kindness bestowed aizsH us by Col I,sr,g 5 lady, C. II Oury and lady, C. II. Lrt ,,I ? lady, Peter R Brady and lady, Mm. $ O.-t . and lady, Gov Stafford, Hon Coles Bs,tIr.
 Nr Dooner, Mir wassUn, and numerous ,,s, ( ladies aud gentlemen. Having seen ms,I D the town, Gov. SafI6rd drove us out ,-e,- - the ranches, and the reader may res. sa,s. 5 llai VIC saw sume fine ones, which hay, p-l ! duccd two crops year every year of ihs lss | censaTy. That of JyhH E. Ailes was ssii ii . be the hest ranch on the Santa Cui v, | were informed that vegetable, d aa sb3.
 grow and flourish the year round Our ser; . drive was to thst noble pile tbe aDricnt ess. 1, Of San Xavier-which stands near the sls,l.
 crn hank of the Santa Cru1, aboa, aai - south from Turson, Tiie rgsd ound ikrgz.a b fine ranches, and tall mczquite trtss, iss D about < miles, when it entered sn oIsn liss | and we got a view of the old ehurrb, slic. II at first, did not impTrss us as bsing ssyisis C grand. But, Dr. Wiriz and ourself Eerv rsslJ z astonished A ben we alighted and took god !, view of the cdiiice e-boih inside and ost [ We rrgrgt. exceedingly, our inability 10 Er, [ good description of i,, but as ihai ls e already heen done by J Ross Browne ial r 0ihers. VIC shall content oursef sith says }, that it is ol Muofish architecture and a7u r. enough to accommodate thousaRdpT Sled Y huudred persons. The walls are Trry lga e and constructed of brek. Tue Arcbed rrosH d of ,bo same material, with the aediica q | s coating of cement, upon which tbe eensi> 2, have made but little impression. Toe ts1s f rises high above the building, snd $ zs.,' ID niticent piece ot workmanship, ss sfs, 's, L. thc statues that adUrn the outer uals, iai s- which arc of brick and plaster 1bc osis D. face of the front walls have thick ostr: Dt plaster. which was beautifed by inssrirE e little black pebbles ai suitable dsiaa'a r. Inside, the building prcs nts daEzins P V pcarance. we'll calculated ;e impns is e cazer wifh awe and admiration, and 20 eoas h iis harbaric splendof has at tines struck is n TOT into the iniians who formerly NsTslf -e ped there. Paintings. statues pctIfs
 .. winged angels, meet tue eye in s'tl ait
 ton. But the altar, and the ornamental 'n ll above. and upon teo sides Of fl, arc Ehnh Di tonishes tte beholder. The paintings H' iS B. ,nastcF-uieccr, yet they are above aH aI,':i to Some of tue figures are perfect type q .eiF rs v. The floor is of cement ,--hafd sba VI! d and far superior 10 any that cah os -'- re there at ihe present day. ser,iee h I. b, sionally held in the old church, 'o' ,as Ds (. e6t of the Pap; gocs and Mrx'caus 1'ns a the vicinity. The building IS sad ', h, about 100 years old, and so have been V,.' ,.' k. by the hands Of the Jesuit iaihsH r. at woo,ien door leading to the yestry 'O0, ,.S: S re the makers name upon it, and the das I'.' st bu, the church is much older than 'as V'y, Of The bellsLOf which tbere are se'e'ai- V, i. no date; at least, we failed 10 discV'u h. Some of tie figures on the oa',sr '" 'f,s, in going io decay, as are, also, pos'iSts i, ,a b n, roof ani walls. This decay oush' " -..,J ir stopped. and the grand old edihee P''S''' as in al iis splendOr. ,,,rs ie We had intended 10 finish " tns uI ,s, re this issue. but chlls and fever when .',s5, msd n4tracted in Southern Arizona, ma,u''I ". ,,. P, callers. and vsrinns other obsiac'es' '''f T; vented our doing so.
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