The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-07-02
Scarcity of Troops.


 G. Dunn's hcrdcr and run off tho herd General Wheaton was unable to muster 20 soldiers to pur. sue them. The small force sent after them, under Lieutenant Graham, consisted Of six privates and the same number of non commissioned officers all the available meI at the post But this little party, and few citizens, chased the savagcs near. ly two hundred miles, Killed two or three Of them, and compelled them to abandon most of the stock t3sy Lad stolen, The sayagcs, as Is their wont, killed every animal previous to abandoning it. The fact ls, the ranks Of the few companies Of troops now in this section Of the Territory have been thInned, by death, assertion and discharge, until few only are lcft in each company tO do garrison duty, veeort tratas, mails paymassers, etc. Indeed, we are reliably Informed that ihe few men left in Major Perkins company, tF, Of the 2lst Infautry,, have 10 go on guard nearly every day, at Fort whlppc. Nov, in the name Of common sense, wha, kind of a way is thlz 10 fight IndaDs and protect peacrabIe citizensy Is it not cisgracefnl for powerful Government like ouTsl Is it not rank injustice to the soldiers and citizens who are periling their lives for their county and Is t not aiding, abetting, and encour aging the savage enemies of Government and people, to continue their murdcrons crusade against Us. It ls, aud upon Congress rests lhe blame.
 P. C. ArREs has re-opcned the Pioneer stable on Granite street, and is determined to run it in good style. Frank is known all over the Pacific coast, as an honest, upright man. See his adver tlsement.
 WE stated last week, tliaa Hugo A. B. Reid who vas, for long time, Chief Clerk in The Qaartermasier's Department at Fort WhiPple, aud who accompanied the Eighth Cavalry 10 New Mexico, had returned 10 this place, and given us some information which we could not then pat- llsh That information as follows The men and officers of the coDpsnes Of the sih thst lefi this section, wished themselves back here when Mir Reid len Nys Mexico. The people of our sister Territory were praying for railroad, for | the opening Of good wagon roNd 10 Prescott for Inc establishment Of mail serYre the Pres. eo;; aud si5aqaetqus route, and for other things. -MOscs Earth, brother of Sol Earth. formerly Of this place, was in the guard house at For. wiBgate, for trading powder and lead to Apacbes, ! and we hope he wIH be severely dcah with - MT Reid says the troops, and trains that accop. { panied them. found plenty Of water and grass on the road, and that no difficulties of serioas na. ture were encountered by them. In fac, De lke'
 
 money by having supplies for Inc roops her, brought ovcr IL i ABOUT OUKsELF.-Somc of our readers Iaay feel an Interest ln knowing that we. ihe editor have been quite sick, oi late in fact, Old Dcatf came ighty near hauilng over the line, on' night last week. But rallied, and persuaded the old chap to defer tbe closing scene awhii longer In addition to OUT sickness. we hay bcen pessered to death by carpenters, brek-layer' and other noisy n ortals. wbo have been engages in building an addition to the office, and makul other improvements, co that if past and presen numbers Of the MfSER have not been up Co tL
 mark, our readers can easily aseribe reason, an
 will, VIC know, " dcal gently with the old man."
 WELL FILLED sTOREs.-Our principal mel
 chants have nov on hand heavy stocks of gOod' as can be seen by looking Into their stores, waf'
 houses aud ecllsrs aud more goods arc cor
 sisntiy arriving for them. Trade. we arc sorry [
 say is get quito dul although il has, of late, bee ! growing better One good rain would loosen il
 strings Of many purses and make busiuess Of e cry kind, brisk We arc glad to see our merchant . SO well prepared to supply the wants Of our ci - iscns and the strangers who SlIl come here ,h summer. and VIC can only hope that Inc time 1, near at hand when they will be enabled to p' ! down prices. The enormous frrlgh,s which co F sunacrs have 10 pay articles imported from Ca | lfornia cripplcs efforts to develop ihe Territor ? and will eontInue 10 do SO until the Indians al
 subdacd, or until VIC have railroad commute ], ton.
 s CAyAIRr scoUr.--our very good friend, J'
 Marr, who has charge of the suffers store al Fo f RawliEs, Williamson Valley, was here during q |, week, and was pleased 10 inform as that CoioBe h Evans, Van yiirt, Lieutenant smede and abo forty enlisted men of ihe Third Cavalry, return \, to the Fort Sunday last, from twenty day seo , through the wallapai country. The commaI :, went as far as the Big Canyon of the Colorad
 and some Of the nlen took swim In iis rushiI
 waters. Several wallapais were encountered { z the trip, all Of whom profcsscd astonishing lfeu e ship for the whites.
 ,v USEFUL AND BEAUTIFUL PREsESTs.-Geo. s Barnard, our ohllging and attentive r. h., who a also head of tho firm of Barnard tS Co, present
 us, one day this week, with an exquisiiely fnlsb
 cigar-holder, aud neat, tiny match safe. We " use for both articles, and accepted then witho "a amurmur Grseiss, a"'igo,
 ~ No MAIL-The maIi from the south failed .t connect, last week, SO that VIC are without ne'
 from the 'Barro, and all other places south
 wickenburg Isn't there something wrong do' n thefef aiai
 ,k ARRIvAL or IMMIoRASrs-JacobH Huiiord ed two or three other ncu arrived here te last we' ri. from Eastern Nevada, and profess themsei' ar pleased with our country. They came in a was ek ris HArdy'ine' x q C O. Fy an '. - - Ii, ...