The weekly Arizona miner., 1872-08-10
CORRESPONDENCE.
CAMP ON THE SAN CARLOS, \. T..
 July 18th, 1872. A Sollier and his Hor Stuck by Light ming and Instantly Killsd--Two other Soldiers Severely Stunned,


 A Soldier and his Hor Stuck by Light ] ming and Instantly Killsd--Two other Soldiers Severely Stunned
 You have already mentioned that Trool M" Fiftl CavaIry, (Capt..in E. il. Leib and Lieutenant J .c,.b Am, ], had been ordered from Camp Aryapa 50 mie- from Gran ] l., the si,e -cl ted for d new pcrarn' at post on the ea-t bank oi the San C.rio river. about tr-e miles above the Gila Th' weather at the ne& camp has bren terribly ot Wind and thunder storms came uy 'lm"st every afternoon. On Saturday, Joi, l3. at about hali-ia,t 3 .',lock P. M., ,.e thermometer showing ll0- in the shade, q thuni rstorm occurred at the Stn Carlos Camp. It was attended wlth loud and crashing peals of heavens artillery; hap and most vivid faSheo of c!c tricity sped At war, the sky. Corporal Charles E. E. ward, witt priv ttes Fr nk Bt.hc', Joan Gilli- and muel Latin r, were. al thr tiime lhc storm came up, "n lat odt "i'" h, herd of horses. sonie ioar lnndr.d ri~ .'.lt the main camp. All nf su i'ien, .n a. ':n was given, as if an accil,nt bad occurred, and Lieutenant Amy (Capt. Lei "as on business al Grint) and Surgeon Mullen ast encd to the spot as qu rkly as possible, but, i aIa>. too late to effect any good 'has was 1 impossible Corporal E!ward, who had been sitting on his hoGse, Was knocked the.etr m to the earth, dead; and his horse Was also 1 killed by the lightning. TEe mans hair was s"orched, and the course of the lieatnIng couId b., distinctly raced ong tine ."dy, from the he d i"wnwar Fl ard had his pIstoT "H at rh tune, anG ws noi eX- plodrl in either barrel. Priva.es Bu''ne |, (iillis and Latim.r, were wIth n from ~iX L. ten feet of tine C'rpnral, and re more "r less stunned by the lghtHing, being lame iii the legs and scarcely ahl- walk. They must have been, for the fimr being, ren'iered unconscious by the conrusslun. Bu cher states that, a few minutes before the sal O currcncc. Corporal Elward had remaThc to them as follows: You acn ge up f. m there and put the blankets on your hor,ea, anf keep them toge Ier, this storm may raus,. ihem to stampede" They sat that i> all they rememb r about 1t.
 Lieut.. Amy, he next .norni. g, 'aused the body to i,e buried in the regular military style, the officers and hS late "mr de, sho" ing every possible respect thereto b fit ln-, the moumfl occasi n. The grave had been Appropriately tug where he tel and as the echo of tn- car5inc, discharged by the men over the tomb had 1i"'i Ont upon the air, thus breaking the almost frightt Il still ness of the San Carlos, winch the sound oi the muSketry If white men, at least, Ead never before disturbed, among that littir band of gallant Cavalry men, an unmoiStenrd eve was not to be found; for the unfortunate soldier was hIg ly esteemed and 'cloved il every member of the company to which he belonged.
 'The brave poor soldier ne'er despisc, Nor count him stranger;
 Remember he is his country stay.
 In day and hour of danger.
 He who traced these lines of humble trib- ute to the memory uf thc deceased, uas been unable to ascertain anything from his com radcs relating to his history, nativ;t or home, but it Is understood he has re,at,vt> living somewhere in the State If Wi>coaSii.. The Company records show that he was en listed for five years, by Lieutenant Wade, at Nashville, Tennessee, ou the 5th If Noyem Der, 1866; he having deserted, 1t was iecreed, on trial, that he should make goo: 10
 months and l9 days; hence ais tune wonl have rx xpired on the 24th of September next. | Peace to his a>hes
 ON THE lSrH OF July. several mule teams, tin charge of Mr. \. B. Appel, of Tucson) loaded with 36,G00 pmA of grain, and guarded by a military escort from Canp Lowell arrived al the new cavslry-ts ssfiinp or, the San Carlos river. 4ffs grain wa, pro- duccd on the sai, Pss7tifo. Tbe wagons went cta the old Gssiinp Goodwin road, distant from the SaesS~Carlos ahou forty miles, The road ,.sS~said to be very rough and nnbr'ken.
 Before reaching the San Carlos camp, one of the Mexican teamsters accidentally shot himself in the left leg, and MT Appel had an attack yer, mueh like snn-stroke. Dr J. X. Nuilan, s,ationes with the troops on the San Carlos, was immediately ,ummonr,i to tueir relief. A SOLDIERS TRUE FRIEND