The weekly Arizona miner., 1872-03-09
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 DOMESTIC. Royal T. Sprsgue, one of the J,.,;. tss Supreme Court of California d;s, Sacramento on the 9th ut. National Labor Couvsut,on This convention assembled at C.l,-, Ohio, on the 2ad inst, made plaiforn nominated Judge Davis, of the su,. Court of the Unit, States, for Presid,n, - governor Parker, of New Jersey, for r~ President
 Texas Pacific Railroad
 A. E. Horton, of San Diego, Cal. h,, formed the Los Angeles Nues that b. |. good reason for believing that work upo, q, western end of the Texas Pacific R,s,., will be commenced in less than thirty S... from the s9th ult, which beliefis not sos,,.. ed by the following Washington telegr,n. :, the day previous:
 Whecler's Bill, to amend an Act incor,o. ating the Texas Pacific railroad, was refrr,-s to the Committee on Railroads. It proy;S. longer time for the completion of the W.. end, and authorizes the issue of eonsolid,,.s bonds to this and other railroads which !, absorbs, viz: the Southern Pacific, Memphs and Fl Paso. ..-=s-.r.
 Officers for Arizona.
 Among the nominations confirmed by ,h. Senate, February 23, we notice II. A. East. ! ,,f he Prescott, and DeForrest Porter as associ,,, Justice of the Supreme Court, in place Ot Reavis who, we presume, has been remo,ed Arrival of Steamers Two steamers arrived at San Pedro. frca San Francisco, about the latter part of Feb, ruary..
 More Rain.
 Several California journals chronicle non heavy rains.
 EUROPEAN,
 Nothing dtfii i:e had trAnspred with r. gard to the trouble between the United States and England, but it appears to be u- derstood that war will not be resorted to.
 Germany was arming for intervention in French affairs, should trouble ensue betwesa parties in that country.
 An immense gathering of Legi.imsts in the city of Antwerp, and riots had taken place.
 A man, who was suspicioncd of desire to assassinate Prince Bismarck had been n- rested.
 The anniversary of washington's Birth day was celebrated in almost every city of the civilized world, by citizens of every n,. tionality.
 TERRITORIAL.
 w. B. Hellings, of Phenix, Salt River Valley, arrived here by stage Thursday after noon. with news to the effect that the Amer. jeans of Salt River and the Gila valleys wen terribly excited over the recent murders and robberics committed by Mexican Indians upon American citizens. Also, that the Pima Papago and Maricopa Indians were massins around Fort Mcdowell, with a view, it Was thought, of wreaking vengeance upon the Apachcs, for having recently robbed tho Pimas and Maricopas of some stock.
 Recent Apache Raids.
 Near Phoenix, Maricopa county, on the night of the 4th inst, a party of Apache, broke into the corral of man named Hol- cU'... "rd stole about 16 head of animals mostly beef cattle.
 On the 27th of February, near CamI Bowie (Apache Pass), Indians made dasi on the Government herd, killing a man nam ed Jack Williams; shot John Dopps throusl both arms, and got away with some animals
 War on the 0ila.
 Troubles never come singly. In addition to Apaches our people have to suffer wrong at the hands of Mexican cut-throats an' robbers. who either reside permanently in tn Territory or make occasional raids into l from the hell hole known as the State c l Sonora. Those fiends arc mostly of nike Indian, Spanish, and, we think, coyote blood Within the past few years, they have kille ard robbed scores of Americans, and for ha' uohC eo atC fCspcSeSu hh '"S' -, try. Recently, a station-keeper on the Giia named Wm. Mcfarland, was murdered D some of this hyena tribe. In relation to h' untimely taking off, we have the followin particulars from our Tucson correspondent: ::
 "John Sweeny who was one of the part. that went to the Gila in search of Wm. hs 1 Farland, says i've tracked him to the hous of a Mexican family, from there VIC could nm no further trace of him, and it is evident h was murdered near this place. These Mex l jeans were in debt to him e7s.fi4-S.r1aaRdis' Mcfarland was partly engaged to youn woman of this family. She says that he cam there and gave her dress pattern. and tha she saw two men on the outside of the bo,s at the time, but did not know who they wers that Mcfarland left to go home, and neithe 1 said good bye nor anything else, and she say nothing of him after that It seems she ba another lover, Mexican, who, with an ac complice, has murdered the man. The sequel to this dastardly act will b found in the following letter:
 FLORENCE, Pima County, 4. T.,
 March Sd, 1872. Editor Arizoaa Miner: here give YOU few brief items in Yssar