Arizona citizen., 1871-05-27


 Mother Goose.
 Too late for comment last week, the long-expected news came in to the eff feet that the several hundred Apaches fed and pampered at the military post of that name, and commanded by Col. John Green, had at last rebelled, and left for the war path with all the gov ernment goods, animals, ammunition, they could lay hand to; that an officer and party, in trying to re-take the supplies, were repulsed-losing one mn and several more horses.
 Some six weeks ago, The $. F. Bull letin wished for, on behalf of the tax payers of the co~ntry, complate and honest account of this Apache war business, from its first commencement, as contribution to the good reading of the times as we'll as a document of lasting value to Government. That few wretched savages, ill the face of nation unequaled in every war-making resource, should be enabled to prolong 8 continuously successful war for near quarter of century in country of the brightest sunshine and best of natural roads, s,-that these 'chillren of the forest should be everywhere and nowhere, as 1t were, like Walter Scott Children of the Mist, -is rather good, if not a grim joke, indeed. In the language of the Poet of the Period, The Bulletin might wildly exclaim- but that paper never gets excited:
 "Do sleep, do dream?
 Is visions about?
 Are things what they seem?
 Is our civilization a failure?
 Is the Caucasian played out?"
 In the drunken practices at Camp Apache, coupled with the demented policy at Department headquarters,- our cotemporary may discover key to the dragging war and haggling peace puzzle unsolved in Arizona for 8 generation; may account for the late raid by citizens on Camp Grant, &c.
 There are scores of incidents that are purely ridiculous in themselves, but still they can serve purpose in illus trating the serious phase of this farce calling to mind the struttings and pratings of Ancient Pistol and gentle rhymings of Mother Goose; that may in slight degree account for the milk in the cocoanut or cat in the we'll The late Lieut.. Cushing, on certain occasion last winter, took an innocent { lieutenant of infantry (since mustered ] out) with him on fortnight's scout. Now, there is scarcely such health !, and no finer winter weather , under the sun for getting about i'll, IS is afforded in Arizona. Our hero, however, talked about that particular I hardship for month. "Why, don't T you think I never took one dose of naed- cine during aN that tinae." Mrs. Camp, l n Martin Chuzzlewit,' surrounded q with gin and catnip fixin's, couldn't I this before an appreciative au- I Hence. The grand march reported of certain lieutenant north of the Gila, s worthy of note. Officers that be- come noted for Indian fighting, never , make business of carrying drums or h beating them through the country of F be enemy. The strategy of our hero J No. 2, however, was shown ill his or :, Ter directing his command to below t md fire their guns until the volcanic ] egions resounded as if the Yahoos o vere about to take the country, or all ' he savage and heather hosts were in k dance to drive the devil away. It as y aid that this was about what the off, W CT in question wanted to do, but then :, :, matters little either way. fl Is it any wonder that Cachees $ Co., O .allant over the country at will, and