The weekly Arizona miner., 1871-12-23
Give Ear, o, Congress !

The. Federal Congress Is now in session, and the MINER, as the mouthpiecc of the white people of Arizona, would respectfully inform the National Legislators that the people of thi. Territory stand in urgent need of a great many things which Congress has power to grant The most pressing of these wants is vigorous support of the policy adopted by the Administration for the gov ernmept of the savage, murderous, thieving rebellious Indians oi the Territory, unti! such time as they shall bc made to see and appre- cia,e the error of their wsys.
 Next to this, the northern portion of the Territory is very poorly provided for in the .:...e. Of mail facilities, and the people, there fore, pray that service be placed on the route from Prescott to some point in New Mexico, the operation of which route would place us in direct communication with every sec ton of the Union; then, too, we need service on the old route from Prescott to California, via H,rdyrille and the Colorado river; or, if this favor be not granted, tri-weekly service on the route by way of Ehrcnberg, instead.
 
 a penitentiary and as we are, at present, and have been obliged to pay Internal Revenue tax taxes to Indians; County, School and Territorial taxes, and indirect taxes to the Federal Government, we are too poor 10 erect q suitable building in which bad men may be secured. We ask Congress to grant us all these rights, and thereby aid us to develop the great resources of our Territory, which will enable us ere long to aid and assist the general Government and help bear its bur dens. Congress can grant these rights 10 Arizona, and the country at large win be more efIeetually benefited by such action than it would be were the triiling su'u ncces- sary for these purposes, wasted upon such methodical hurnbugs as Vincent Colyer and his associates, who manage 10 pocket, annu- ally, about three -fourths of the whole sum appropriated for the Indian service. The bal ance, which falls into the channel for which the whole amount was intcaded, is just stuff. cirnl io convince the Indian t.is; ao is ;ss victim Of swindle, and hence to keep gp constant discord between the Red and the White.
 The fact is that nearly all the money sent here hy Government, has been squandered by "fooled away thousands upon thousands Of cash upon imprae,icable schemes, (one of which was the building of military post among the lofty summits of the pinsl range, at point to which dog could not climb, and from which eyrie he proposed 10 watch the movements of all the sayagrs in the Territory, through pair of opera glasses,) and then declared that the people had robbed him of it. Guess they didn't rob him of the immense sums wasted upon his chosen residence Drum Barracks, California. Co,yer wasted some upon Indians and characterIess whites among the latter were professional affidavit men who swore that some white man started the war-while every intelligent white man knows that the Apaehes have never been at peace.
 Now, Legislators, if you have money to spare, give it not to Colyer or any other unmasked robber, but let General Crook have a sutiiciency, and our word for it he will soon put stop to the war and so the leaks from that section of the Government purse labeled Arizona" Speedy and secure peace is that whish be and VIC ask, and one well-dirce..,i l campaign against ,he Apachcs will give it us, Colyer to the contrary, not withstanding. The | less Indian blood shed to accomplish this, the | better pleased will be General Crook, the | soldiers of his command and the citizens of | this Territory.