The weekly Arizona miner., 1871-05-13

To q r-r.ory Nod why should il not br. whh It's ,.1,. s,',,u- climate, pUtc mountain "meF, and r,tug -Itp;rd upon higu mcSd, overlooking '..u'i'ul creek. and still more beautiful grass covered valley, and hills, while. within r'ao shot of tnc quarters. lumber Is abundant
 N.tiu, Nhippic is well-huuwu; Is connected ! wiui every important mining and aLficutnrd | settlement iu til> region, hy wa-onroad or u!l'' ! to u fr citizen, ut outside settlements, Is well n- ur Prescott, have hccu in tur habit oi lccins Tor l aid, whenever danger threatened, or altcr the | Apachr> had committed murders and rOuhrr- | ir>; and to it, troops, when wriricd by raids | after Indians, or tuiSucd by other dniN' nave n.ingly looked knowing that, within itN lines, they and their animals wou.t find that rest which,
 in summer, cannot bc had G posts situated m thc hot regions ot the Territory. Fourtb and last IL lily became man 'ike 1 Colonel S.uuvniu to bcllttlc the power ot the Nl,c.r,: in tlct 10 almost ignore thc presence oi any great uutuhrr oi them, after having btheld the uoriid wo-N ni the wruch"S; or, rather the t,il .ucc, thereof, upun every rutd and trh trlN rlru Uy uiu and alter having been informed "t ! ttcr iuthIc-snt,-, yudciNcuc,s and brutality. i Far better would it nave been for him and the ! country, had he reported otherwise.
 Tu- bring, us to Colonel >toutman's reviewer, | in tb. Citt-rH who. withodt knowing the checks and ua ance~ thrown around the Colonel, hy the l Cull lui.uritc~, and hi> military snpcrlnrs, ht | Washington, charges upon him the responsibility | ui feeding Apache, N post, where the dccclllul ! murlcr,r- profess to be friendly, and opposed io | warning upon the whites ui having rccoumeud-
 rd tut di-uhnr-c ot ali citizen employees; oi tN' ing stopped tuc grain rt,ou> previously gwen l Guyrrnmrut animals, and turniug them out to
 -rt,p, aui hc hcrdrd hy soldiers, who, he thought, should have been out lighting ApIch,s Now, U ! k much easier to make charges ttau to suh-tln- ] tate them, IS we shall presently show. For 1 numhcT ot years past, howl has arose rom ] Washington about thc great cost oi the military l establishment in thjs Territory, aud thr present Secretary ut War, being oi an ''crouomlcA turn, |ana not having been able 70 grt Cou-rrs, 10 give him .,ll tlr money he desired Is the prr, n who
 issued au order to nave the number Ut Govern
 meut auiut'> iu Uni. Territory reduced rom l iuO tu ~Ol. iu give grain to no animals save those so drait animals, and the cavalry horses. ! Al-o to reduce the sum that had previously been
 allowed tor every collier in Inc Territory, 10 sSO
 per iuuUm, indeed, Co iop oil expenses, m every l .aeticular. What, then. could StOucuan do but
 cad .t,uF Co carry out those orders Where, he.
 for. li- adm ul,irJjiou Of atitrs, over tlUO were IUuHlly given tu provide for every soldier, be
 w1- pc. ID 3.'ri ' ordered to use no morc for
 thc purpu-c than S31 pr amman lie sci to
 wor,. d-ar . closely, and, Whit,cd the cost down iu about SJ9. at winch figure he "ns advised io
 let it rr,t. by General Schohcid, uniil the >tcre tary ol Wu cuud again be heard from, on the
 subject Tai, uhittiu- down destroyed the ellie
 irucy uf our little force. Guides, packers, and otter useful aud necessary employee, "err diS-
 charged. and ~Uldier>, knowing nothing at all oi fhc duiIr> uf such employees, wtfC detailed tor ,hc work Even Geueral sherman became ~rIhy a this order ot the Secretary oi War But, it "a> no u,c, Congress and tnc Administration were phyiu. tur economy dodge, and, shame upon tlcnI comm need by trying it upon this poor, warridl.n lvrr tory while the large sPisots IT. m tue Treasury were everyW hcrv else allowed tO run E~ free oi yoTe.
 This was had enough, God knows. But, when
 StonenIu is-ucd hi. order for vigorous winter rtnrai- n against the Ap1chc>. The Prc.ident-w"
 have been tO,d-in-trucicd General shtrman to , sty tu General Stuu man that h. must modify iHs , order; th,t it Was the POucy "i tue Adhhn>iTi- , ton 70 d,al gently with the lnuiau>; m iact, tu ! N,u thrtn to pelc, ny Christian nets and $ moral trarhug,l Iuuk ui this n, poCritc, and . ud ms hypocrtical resolves and instructions,
 people of AriLonl; you who have suffered hy s'Iv
 age In iiiu~ no other people have eN'r suffered ' Wrc,curs who during the past tcn years, have . murdered us,rly 1000 Americans aud NcXcans
 carried OtIcr> into captivity and tortured tHem ie V death; violated women; burned nousvs and stol
 cn thousands of head ot stock, must not be warrrC }. a7lip-t bat must hc reformed by Quaker a-rut-
 ! wi;h Bible m one hand and presents in the other . | Out upon ,ucn drma-u-ues and their ways! Whl not deal tH- wuy with waite trau-Ere -s' r>F Nh'
 march an Army 10 the South 10 Hvenge the ianCeC n | wrou s oi a lev negroes and rpvt.haGgcr>; dc d clare upou thc people and upprcss them tn ey
 cry way, 1ud not do anything towards chisiisin. e thp tnurd d.ruus Apachesy But, there Is wIy u e r.t ri ot the Nptche>, besides employing a regu m ir ariny 10 do i,, and if The President and Con . .rr-, insist upon ttristiimzing them, let then
 wIthdrw tIeir hdndiuli Of troops and the citizen ' ui tis T-crito will as lat resource, turn oG | n ny po,aon and Ihe sword Any death is too gro rl Tor Ihr tryIchernu. dogs, and any mode that vi
 ! rId this atl ctcd hand Oi their presence would D H ju.flablc m the sight of High Heaven
 |" Six months have not passed since the telegrap n. reported President Grant as saying that th ,, Ailcue, heinz the most hluCdihir>iy and unrrl
 i ie race of stva-ts on the continent. would nc '' hr treated like other Indians, and that yigoruu C, WAT wou Il be wngcd against them. What, thei he induced thr change of policy and sentiment , Have >anctinouous Indian agents, and the
 tr.cud, and followers captured the President y, We thnk 70, ana great i, oar regret thereat. pn In conclusion, people must not blame Colon ri. StonemIn too much, for, with a few exception , ne has done his duty by tue Territory. These e "' captions are, In our opinion, the breaking mp 't' old, and building Of new pUsts, at a tme wine ll- his forces were weak, and, when every ayailab Ter man should have been employed against the en i my; the mistakes made in his report, and the r
 muyal of headquarters out of the Territory, wh, 'h' Lis presence was needed here. The good he h TO- done consists Oi opening three rotds that wi If eventually, confer great benefit upon us; recOr - iHrndlng increased uiJil service, and killing aho SO Indians. By orders recently published. Il W h" he -ccu that he has made good disposition Of on portion of the troops, and, should he continue
 command and receive n remOunt Of horses for | l Third Cavalry, as he cXpects tu, and not be pe stricted u his operations by the President and ig' Indian Agents, he will repay the Apaches for ry their misdecds
 ru Nor must we look for very hard work from [ ,r poor soldiers, whose pay will soon be cut down '"' Sll per month, and whose clothing will also rot cut down. They know and feel the hard wo we they have performed, and must continue 10 p 1c iOrm while their comrades m the Atlantic Stat
 have nothing to do but drill a little, eat, poll "'- themselves mp, and lounge around towns al ,d cities The fact is, there should be at least il es lull regiments in this Territory, and they shou
 , have no other work to perform than that of hu
 Ing and fighting the accursed ApacheS.