New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-02-15
SPORTS ON TIE FRONTIER.
sll.e of Affairs in Arizona.

We copy the suhjoined dispatch. dated
Tu~con, Arizonl january -. vie Santa re.
New Mexico. February 10, from .hc Louis
Vile Courjet-JouFnaG
\ terrible state of affairs exists through
out Arizona. In the face Of opposite repre-
sentatlonS. the Apaches are increasing their
works Of theft and murder. Within two
weeks thcv have captured a train. killed
one man and wounded several others be-
tween PhuniX and Wickensburg. Another
train was attacked between Camp Ne
Dowcl and Florence. and they stole cigh-
teen mules and killed George Kane. Tulv.
Odw.l & Co.. : train was surprised thirty
miles southeast Of here, the stock stolen
and one man killed. The carriage on the
last down trip between NickcnsbUrg and
PhUniy was attacked. and only escaped by
the tNcrtions OF the driver of the team.
Near Tubac, Joe King was shot through III"
groin. a number of horses taken, and the
farmers are fleeing hence for safety.
The friendly Passages have had many
horses stolen by the Apaches. Sixteen mules
were stolen near Florence. thirty three near
Cora CITY, and one hundred cattle 1T the
same place. This state of war is similar to
that in Central and Northern Arizona about
Prescott Representative men from al! parts
of the Territory are here. attending the
legislature. and several mass meetings nave
done.
In this critical period an order comes to
transfer six companies of cavalry from An
zona to the undisturbcd Washington Terri
torv Added to the Indian horrors is that
OF an apparent determination of Mexican
and other outlaws to pllInde". poison and
asstSSnare the citizens along the Gil;. road,
from Arizona City, tor one hundred and fifty
miles at least.
On December p. Mexican bandits massa-
cred Charles Rci,it, james Lvtie and Thomas
Oliver at Mission Camp, sacked the station,
stole six tine horses, and escaped 20 Sonora.
and have not Yet been captured though the
Governor has offered $1,000 reward and the
citizens 500 more.
About the twenty y-tirst instant. John Kill
haidc died from the effects of poison, be-
licved to have been administered ut the IN
stance OF Mexican woman. On the twen-
,icth half dozen more men were poisoned
but survived, at Gelabend. 1t is reasonably
believed to have been the work of Thomas
". Jones. acting in concert with Mexican
outlaws. Governor Stafford promptly offered
a reward for the capture of Jones. and with
in twenty four hours thereafter he was
taken within thirty miles of the Mexican
line. whittier he was trying to flee for safety.
The Governor also addressed a message
to the Legislature, requesting authority t"
the field in such emergencies, to pursue,
capture and return the desperadocs. With
active thieves, prisoners, murdercrS. hostile
Apaches aad a wholly unprotected foreign
border1 nearly all our boldest citizens, who
never are noted for temerity, are abandon
ing their farms and stations. acknowledg ging,
what they never have done before, that they
are discouraged.
The delegates from Arizona and New
Mexico should present il bill to Congress
for the protection of our Southern borders,
and enlist the California and Texas Sen
ators and Representatives in its behalf.
The Mexican bandtti avow their inten-
ton 20 clear the Gila settlement of whites.
The Judiciary committee are contendinS
that petit larceny is an infamous crime and
therefore can only be prosecuted in accord
ancc with the fifth amendment to the
United States constitution. This will read
strangely 10 all the States and Territories,
which seem 70 have never made the dis
coretv Of such amendments.