Arizona citizen., 1871-07-01
GOOD JOKE.

and slanderers, Sylvester Mowry, ha: perpetrated a good joke on The New York Herald. Speaking of the Camp ; Grant massacre in letter to that pa-
 per, he says:
 give you my word and honor as a sol
 dier and gentleman that tn" worst men
 there {referring to Arizona) to-day are
 those who occupy the civil offices.
 For The Herald's benefit, we'll put
 in word here. If Mowry i; now a
 soldier," he Is on exclusive duty in
 the grand army of ungrateful bum
 mers. The United States tried to
 make a soldier of him and utterly failed, although he was f,d and nur-
 tured at West point the usual mum Der
 of years. Officers of the agular
 ermy will testify we have said rough
 things of them, but our files will show
 that we never compared one of them
 to Mowry, or even intimated that 1t
 was pos ii5le for them to reach his
 depth of dishonor. He last year
 forced himself on a good-natured pay
 master, and made himself SO obnox- ious after several weeks of gratuitous
 living and riding a,out. that he was discarded. P R. Brady, who ran for Delegate against Mccormick, tried to shake him. and stated after the election was over, that Mowry was too heavy a load for him to carry, and his sup port was positive damage. He so often invited himself to other peoples tables, and also into their cellars to guzzle whisky, that he was forbidden to exercise this species of theft. He was forbidden %. occupy rooms in the most respectable hotel in San Fran cisco for fagrant violations of pro- priety, and prominent gamblers of that city often stated they knew how and where he got his breakfasts aud din- ners (at their tables), but where he got his clothes washed and slept were mystery to them. The Pacific Club discovered that he was destitute of honor, and finding its doors closed or about to be against him, he managed to worry soHo one out of the means to ship his carcase to New York. He dates his letters at the "Union Club :" of that city, but he would do that if in the Tomb?. because 1t would mis- lead q few people. Probably he sits OH the Union Club" door steps and writes them. Some years ago, he jcremydiddled Marshall 0. Roberts out Of over $l00,000. MT. Roberts calls the operation swindling, es we presume he gained the great faancier's ear on his "wo-d as soldier and gentleman"
 We might sly much moro for The Herald information, of this self-con- 'soldier S and gentleman" but will add that there Is rot an honest man ill Arizona who knows the said dead beat and hummer, but laughs at his imposition on that great journal. On account of swindling man now at Camp Grant, Mowry was afraid to visit that post last year; and it IS well known that he has the courage to do any mean thing which involves no danger. It'iS quite amusing here to know that the picturesque scoundrel has gulled The Herald into accepting his word that he Is "a soldier and gentleman"
 LAST week we gave an item regard ing the illness of Hon. Richard c. Mccormick, but as there was no other news received on the matter, we thought it might be an error, and abstaincd from special mention By an item clipped from The New York Herald, 1t will be seen that he has really been severely afflicted but was getting better on June 4. We hope