The weekly Arizona miner., 1871-11-18
FROM SOUTHERN ARIZONA.
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TrcsoS, November 1, 1871.

TUCSON, November I, loI.
 From letter received here. from s. R, De Long, Esq, dated at Camp Bowie, October 2sth, it seems that Captain Russell and par ! ty, (who were sent out from that post by ! Captain Smith, to hunt up and chastlse the 1 Indians who so ruthlessly murdered Richard | Barnes. ranchman on the Cenega de Sanz I about lj miles from that post, and seriously | wounded his comradc, R. M. Gilbert, in the | gioin), were attacked at about 5 r. M., on the | 9th ultimo, by large body of Indians, in what is known as Horseshoe Canon. At the first fire, Mr. Robert H. Whitney, acting guide, was killed, and soldier named Thos. Blockhouse was dangerously, if not mortally, wounded in the hip. The remains of poor Whitney were sent into Bowie and there n tered with military honors October 26th, He was from New York City aged 3l years. This report was sent to Captain Smith by Captain Russell, per Sergeant Kinney of his command.
 CoURT-MARrGAL.
 l notice, to-day, perambulating the streets, several Army officers, who are here to con stitute the members of general Court martial, which has been ordered to assemble here on next Monday, 9th inst, composed as follows Lieutenant Colonel Cuyier Grover, of Camp Verde; Major Andrew w Evans, Camp Bowie; Major H. R. Mzner and Cap tain Thomas s. Dunn, Camp Lowell Captain Thomas McGregor, Camp -; Captain Evan Miles, Camp Crittenden; etc. Prison CTS from the military camps cnvironing this place to be tried by said court.
 CONVICT EscAPEs-ACeuIrrED
 There was quite an escapade hereon Thurs day last. Deputy Sheriff Raglan, it appear, was experimenting the prisoners at work on the streets T. w. Jones' sentenced, last March To ten years imprisonment in the pen itentiary, for attempting to poison the station keepers and boarders at Gila Bend Station was suffered to go for a bucket of water to a wet, "clean out of sight" of the other pris- oners and their keeper. Some time having elasped, and Jones not returning, search was made for him, but without avail, He IS a terrible scoundrel, be he where he may at this time.
 The young man, James Thorpe, indicted for mur,ler in the first degree, in the killing of Thomas R. Ewing, at Florence tity, last July, was acqutted--it having been proven to the satisfaction of the jury that the kill ing was justdable act on the part of the accused
 District Court is still pending. ST. JosEPH's ACADEMY.
 Among the ''institutons" of Tucson, is the St. Jo,ephs Academy,-the pride of the place. It IS situate near the military hospital of Camp Lowell, and nearly opposite the Plaza. The building was begun on March 18th, 1868, and finished on May 9th, 1870 , It opened on the 9th of June following with s pupils; the number now in attendance i. ! 2lO, the major part being children of Tucson The institution is conducted by five or six o the good Sisters from St. Louis, whose labor: and exertions are unceasing to make thi, school, way out here, in this yet wild and
 primitive Territory, equal in point of ex cellence and efficiency, 10 those in older anC
 more advanced ctir, of the Union. The en tire building is l2O feet long by so m width and was completed mainly by the exertion of Messrs. Wm. Oury, John Anderson, ant
 other prominent citizens of Tuc,,n. GAME-PoTAToEs-TEAMs Deer and wild turkeys are exceedingl, T abundant on the rivulets and creeks near tn, city. Captain Moore, of the Army, with : few friends, went out this week, from hi camp on the Rilito, were out two days, ant ,. returned with eleven fine, big, fat bucks ant n a lot of turkeys.
 B. team arrived this week from Tubac
 laden with 900 pounds of large, excellent DO e tatoes, which were readily sold at seven cent ,t per pound.
 le number of trains came in on Thursday
 from Arizona City, with freight for our ner
 chants, shop keepers, etc.
 ' VISITING.
 'e Our we'll known fellow. citizen, Chas. c Brown, Esq, member of City Council, is O. VI visit to friends in New Mexico and Texa,
 Safe return to Charlie
 THE DELEGATE.
 We learn here that the present Delegat 'n in Congress from Arizona, Hon. k. c. Me s' Cormlck, would be in Washington on tn ,y l2th of October, to devote himself to carin he for the affairs of this Territory It is to b l,, lgty.a .l