The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-07-16

are tleses untii two years ao,o e'eny The hfrts ,. nu.ona a were sest to the mouth of tbe Coia.9r r Ime', thence oy steamer to Fort Yuma S1;1uc ds,a, os soy uy wagons to Tscson the mllilarS ueYos oi southern Arizona. Acting ,,.,,u suggstlon, supported by reports of yaridns my hf"namE officers in AfizoBa, tEcyc,nl cra, .oin' Iectea the arhy stores to be sent ,,, G. G.au. di' ncAlcu, ,, through sonora. obtained fro,o '"as, ,h, Juarez coFernment and Governor p..an,at tne sonora the right of free tr,pslt fo, IT or rom 1uaymas 10 the Arizona line. and ,ho .' tber concession for tnicd States t,,r,r s1e Iur' GU Io' escort in easc of dasgey frer th~ sn.,Ia econo,sy 'pp neaiean boundary. The qnesto. oi stores delivered has been fully settled Ir chc 'hc tne route rie ouay mas, by the report of thc p,si oi Safs sio~iag saving to the t,ove,nn,... or over my per cent. On all points Hn'e~ No sane man supposed SO adynnta0eo,s would DC abandoned; and to the st,rr ri.a =. ou'c c y one except those inside the contrnc, fn., years transportation has been awarded ,n tlis % nighess bidder over the longest and worst roa' . The reason assigned Is, that it Ia send our army stores through foreI,,r ,n.1a lo and II it costs a thousand dollars a Dound nyyr own territory should be "patronize<r I, 'u. look at ms moment. Itis Of course bunonn.s'
 puneoInDe pays m this country), but this is fa.r bad buneombe of the worst sort Ry ,hs rsse, Yuma route the army stores are shipped bx .sg, y, ing vessels to the mouth Of the Coorado. ,,.n ss ferred Co river steamers, landed at Arizor, sT,s and thence by wagons taken to Tucson Tl,e so;i ( hNtS hfteoba 1tt1 tD tucson te h very nall population and the conn,,v is .a, n' asnilabic Tor settlement as on the o.hav s.. . | Ky tue way of Sonora, the stores are lsrAoS @ onaymas, thence 70 Tucson by wagon, saving ons ,rans-shipment, and after reaching the ArI,ors Inc passing over about one hundred uile. o1 ,h best section Of Southern Arizona ~ | Ky the Fort Yuma route the stores are ov. months, at least, en route by the Gnayma, Font. | two months-oiten less. Bythc Yuma route th. stores arrive in such condition thaf r,o,a ,,.. I one cluuaiun aUuiukt th.s At.a. .-"H doned Tor want of good and sufficient ra,ions ,a Iced The troops; the great heat and long erpo.n,. | having damaged the rations to great extent In the face Of these facts, the War Detartr.e,,
 has directed the army stores to be sent ria ygm.
 at cost Of eight aad three quarter cents lred,rl 10 lcss than paying rate tn order 10 desiroy ths Guaymas routel to be made np by an exort,,s,.
 price next year, over irresponsible bid of four ans 1 three quarter cents by the Guaymas route scr.- | tor Cole has simply taken away the bnsiness from | Hollafay X Brenham, the owners of saIliny 1 vessels, between here and Gnaylnas to yive t ,o ! George A. Johnson X Co., of the Colorado Rivs,
 Line. But what has the Hon. Richard C. Mecos. ! mick better known in Arizona as "glippery Dirks
 donei He has simply done what he has been ! paid to do.
 | He belongs 10 the class of members of Congress
 or which Wblttemorc, the carpct-bagger Cadet.
 shlpsciIer, ls aiyPe. As he propose to bea ean-
 stituents Of Southern Arizona for having destroy.
 cd their outlet to the Gulf of California; for hay
 ing prevented the immediate reopenlux ef, lhe
 Mowry Silver Mines, the E-pcranEa and lhe whole rich silver district of Southern Arizona. | giving employment to hundreds Of people and | security and profit to hundreds more
 The continuance of fhe transportation of the
 army stores ria Sonora would have brought this | year concession from Mexico for private goods
 over this route; in iacs, made Gusynas q free port Tor shiPmest Gssn san fraseiscs so arizoaa. thereby increasing ean Frabeisco trade v r tft
 telegram rom Los Angeles to the Press, lew days ago, said: very large amount of l freight for Tucson, Arizona, was pouring in
 through there iu preference to the Gus ynas route
 The owner of that ire gut offered me eight cents per poundto carry it ria Guaymas, two and one ] half gents more than the United States were pay. ing, ff could arrange with the Mexican Gorsrn-
 metit for the transit.
 The entire supplies for the newly dlscossrea and rich sllver0istrci near the eastern boundary Of Aizonn, woeid have been purchased ssFs =5s
 sentover the Guaymas route to the great benehE Of San Francisco and Arizona
 1 This cousumatiou, by the representations of Senator Cole and Delegate MeCormiek. has been postponed at least year, nnless Congsess, which
 Is investigating everything nowadays, should ses 1 this last job.H
 | IT my friends, Geo. A Johnson & Co, can make
 any money out of this contract shall be glad for
 their sakcs. bear willing testimony lo theeouf
 age, energy and ability they have displayed In sup l plying the troops on lhe Colorado riyer for hl
 most twenty years Two of the firm winiered aud summcred with me af Fort Yuma nearly three
 years, and friendship grew out Of isolation, dan
 ger and hardsbip-, which can never cod In tAis life, IT appear to aetack theif Interests t s bc
 cause it Is . public question The eouse of trade changes with the progress Of the tiInes. ~ nay l be temporarily checked by arbitrary action oi
 Governments in the interest of venal or designing
 politicians but it will resDne its way ai last reo pie will buy in the cheapest market, and com, merce will take the shortest and most economich l routes. What have to say in this matter ls Tor , the best interest of the United States, the army California and Arizona; my individual interest do not count ts F t % %
 MaJor-Gc Robt Allen, late chiei Quarter | master Of this Diyison whose ability and iF'srs-
 rity ibe President and General sherman well know l might be able to give some important and snaAs-
 nnnt testimony in support Of what say iAs'' fsets clear:
 First--That tho most economical route in mon I ey, lime and condition of the stores has oeen
 abandoned. s
 second-That q hd nearly TOO per cent tbere
 Ta,dTSsi .be Secretary S s@c o War and the Ge
 erai-ip-chlef have been either 60 careless o oE nornt as'te aid In crippling the people anu .ne troops, who, God knows, have suffered, in P,o portIon to Humbcrs, more In pfivsiiop, ncpos' | danger and death, than any troops or ,peop'c 'H
 this continent since It's settlement
 The late Secretary of War, my friend 6eneI.i | Ravlins, in awardingt the contract by fbe o"s.
 mas route, said io mc the last time saw nm E vs 4. lore BIS ceatD, - WE HFr w fNF"f os snis
 only en the ground of economy. bat also TOT h,o.
 tives Of high public policy. We expect 10 acqO.o Sonora some day, and xe must do all we can " Amerlcanize It." s1 -.tN gat e. s, ....
 Ii appears that his successor is wiser in his gen eration than was Rawlins. l,...
 submit to thinking people that 1T this s t.. ss. much yaunted Radical economy, the county A
 had enough of if. 's fsi
 | - SYLVESTER MowaY:.o
 Pacific Club, San Francisco. Cal. June %S' io'V