The weekly Arizona miner., 1872-03-16
THE NEWS.
DOMESTIC.

opinion on the Geneva Conference o,~.s ,o the effect that war with Great R;,. and that the demand o, for indirect damages is beneath the s..q' of our Government.
 A rich gold " strike" was made i, e Valley, California, last month. Two , with pick and pan struck v,. vein of docomposed quartz, a single a,,.' from which yielded nine ounces of rOs
 Late dispatches irom Sioux Ci,v l. confirm the previous report of the ds,,, of rich gold mines in the Black Hills, s,. mems are constantly being brough, in ,s the inhabitants expect to witness . rv,1, the diggings the coming Spring.
 In the Senate, on the 18th ult. S,. presented memorials from different, u,,. :, the United States, with ten thowand .;,.. tures attached, protesting against the prO,. ed amendment to the Constitution of ,l United Statas, incorporating the nam, 4 God or Jesus Christ. The memonah dee,, the adoption of this Amendment would o,, throw the great principle of religion. Eb.-, in America.
 The Ffemda's Journal says that Cbi.fI. ticc Chase has dismissed all thought of s;, candidate for the Presidency, and s,p Senator Trumbull IS the opposition c,os date.
 Ben. c. Truman has turned up' H Sa Francisco in connection with an abor,iw fort to negotiate the purchase of the Ur. icle. Notoriety is the next thing to fa.: hence little" names are frequently to be s. in connection with high-sounding en,u. prises.
 Governor Booth is exercising the veto N. rogative with vengeance. Two bills rs ented for his approval, on the 4th inst, F. ceived this brand of condemnation.
 They have an eminently peculiar way d conducting their local government in Soncm county, California. The old officials hay. become so thoroughly attached to the oscu they have held, that the refuse to yacai. h favor oftheir successors, elected last Fall, and mandamus will be sued in the Supru. Court to compel them to leave.
 The trial of Mayor Hall was commenceda a the 4th inst, in New York.
 An extensive fire occurred in Philadelpla, on the 4th inst, in which the entire prepf. ty of Dr. Jayne, (of pill notoriety) was de stroyed; the loss is estimated at S1, ,0O000
 A delegation of twenty-eight manufaetu- ing firms of New England was before ts Ways and Means Committee on the 9th ina, to ask reduction of the tariff on manuhe tured wooden goods, 90 per centun. Thg report a production of Sl5, 900 woHA of woolens per year. s1
 It is now stated that James Fisk W. hI. ed by Stokes while making the attemR' auu suc SOulthisoioh Oi iiuiucI to hne n~N! other peculiarities of his character. TAers strong circumstantial evidence to show ihil he had attempted to shoot Stokes.
 Foreign
 A few weeks ago we saw it asserted, ssi subsequently denied, that the visit of ws Cullen Bryant to Mexico is of apOlit'cl character, but now appears the statement ca the authority of a Mexican official that se , the bearer of proposals from the Amsraa Government to Juarez, for a protectoras.
 A London special of March lst contains the particulars of the attempted assassiniiOa of Queen Victoria. The assailant was nsa- bcr of the society of Fenians, who vas n' medately captured and found to be Turd with an unloaded pistol, of primitive 'On' struction. Further investigation de'slopsS the fact that he was insane. Her M,fs'! was wonderfully calm while the pistol VI pointed at her head, and evinced no slss fear.
 The Havana papers are exercising them selves over the affair under discussion betses' Great Britain and the United States, 'sa think that Spain has more valid shi" against the United States than the latter hs against England.
 General Sherman and party were at kon' on the 2d inst, and had special sud'ss' with King Victor Emanuel.
 In seventeen of the principal towns England, during the past year, says '' London Laacet, 30,l74 persons have aso' 2 small FOX.
 TERRITORIAL.
 By the arrival from the Gila river of Go' ernor Stafford, about the middle of the vses we have further particulars concerning h trouble between Americans and Mexieans : Adamsyille, referred to in our last. It seem that one of the Mexicans killed, named Jesa iandra, was the acknowledged leader oi band Of desperados. He it was who shot ''' killed the American the day previons. II md one other Mexican made desperate Y 'istence, but were finally ov1powered s'' killed.
 We extract the following from PeO' etter written under date of March l2:
 We have caught the Mexicans who murdei