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The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1872-10-12
Mason and command for their
hrilli mt sIIOopSS

Mason and command for their
brilliant success.
The recent victory over MUIR
derOuS Indians, by soldiers of the
5th Cavalry and friendly Hualapai
Indians, has awakened new hope in
the breasts ofour,citizens, ,whohave
suffered so long, while a foolish,
mis-called peaces.policy was being
ried.HCrook planned this success
full expedition against the late Re-/
servation boarders. The officers
and men who carried his plans out
with so good a result have done
well.
John F. Townsend, of LOWER
Aqua Fria, in this county, has made
pudding Of twenty-eight Indiaps
during the past -four years, and
ought to have pension fol. .havinA
done so.
D. O'Leary was the best pleased
individual in town when the news
of Mason's victory over the Apa-
cheS came. Dan O'Leary organ
lied the Hualapais, and but.for a
summons to attend a court-martial
here, would have led the brave
Hualapals to victory. They have
great faith in Dan, ,and so ohave we.
The recent trouble in Mohave
county, it seems, arose from the
faEt that Goodrich, the murdered
man, had two young Indians en-
bloyed in cutting hay, who, think
Wing that Goodrich meant to swim
die them, went and asked their
father what course they should
pursue. He advised them to kill
him, which they did do, with an
ak, while he was asleep: The
Sheriff of Mohave county,. o.
Wilbourn, publishes a long letter
in the Miner, in which he states
that, with posse of citizens, he
went to the place of murder to az
rest the criminals. Failing in this,
he arrested Churawoy Captain of
the Indians who committed the
crime). When he arrived at the
post with his prisoner, he found
260 warriors, armed with guns and
bows and arrows. The Comman-
der of the post-Capt. Thompson
ordered him to release the pris-
oner or leave the reservation. He
left the reservation, but taking
with him the prisoner to Hardy
vile, where he was to have a
hearing on the 10Th, for refusing.
as we understand it, to surrender
the murderers.
Mr.. Geo. Tying. finished his
portion Of the beef contractors
\business, and will rteurn to Yuma
county, and re-enter the field as a
eandidate for the office of Sheriff,a
Step his friends have four months
{ past been advising him to take.
\While feeling sorry at having to
part with so popular a gentleman.
nj is nIInlnrOIIS friends in Vayapai
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1872-10-12
n A x n o T L G E
OFFICE OF SHERIFF,
Yuma County, A. T.,

Yuma County, A. t.,
September Sd, 1872.
The County Taxes for the fiscal
year are now due. They become
delinquent on the 10th day No
vember, 1872.
l will be at my Office for the coll
lection of taxes from the 4th day
of September to the 1st day of Oc-
tober next.
GEORGE TYING,
Sheriff and Tax Collector, Yuma
County, A. L.
By III. N. ALEXANDER,
sep7 Pm Deputy.
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Please inform me, as soon as
possible, what disposition shall bel
made of the captured women and
children. Four a. ponies were
captured and turned over to the
Indians.
/ return to Hualapai by easy
marches tomorrow. The fearfuY
foot marching has made us alp
foot-soIe. The Indians were fOund\
at the place designated in the ac-j
companying letter, handed me byt
you while at Hualapai.
Very resp'fy, your ob't serv't,
j. w. MASON,
Capt. 9Th Cav, CONG Detachm't.
Gen. George Crook.
CONG Dept of Arizona.
Whereupon Gen. Crook issued
an order compliaenting Captain
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1872-01-18
Supreme Judge.

TO the Editors of the Union and American:
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Jan. q, l872.-ln
view of the fact that at the next bienni-
nj election it will be necessary for the
peopls to elect u Supreme Judge from
East Tennessee to fill the unexpired
term of the Hon. Y. A. II. Nelson, who
has resigned, the vacancy only being
filed by appointment tcmporarily,L
would respectfully suggest the name or
II gentleman who occupies adistinguish-
ed position among the members OF ttle
bar of East Tennessee, and to whom 1s
accorded. by all who know him,.the
character OF profound lawyer, sand
mental and moral endowments ofsthe
highest order; who possesses. not pnlg
graius, but the rarer attributes OF intel-
lcctual vigor, independence of mind.
profound research, and the most labo-
rious investigation. Being possessed
Of an impartnlty that knows no bias,
coupled with an innate love Of justice,
and an instructive perception of truth,
he would certainly adorn the Supreme
Bench. l nllude to Col. James b.
Cooke, OF Hamilton county. 1t may
not be inappropriate to give brief out
line of the history of this gentleman TO
your readers in this section where ho
is, perhaps. not so widely known.
though he is no stranger 10 any section
Of the State.
Col. Cooke was born in the county
Of McMinn and graduated with high
honorS at the East Tennessee Universi-
~, of "a knnvvtlln M ,Dyn ~ 70, tLa ha,,
he received from Gov. Neil S. Brown,
the appointment of Attorney General
of his Uhe Alhcns) judicial Circuit
which posiionAhe worihiv filled. to
the satisfaction of the people for several
years and which he resigned to repre-
sent his comfy in the General Assem-
bly, of Tennessee, when rs chairmanOf
the judiciary Committee he established
u Icga' reputation second to no one Of
his are in Tennessee. While in the late
war, he zealous!y espoused the cause Of
the South and commanded a regiment,
which he led with daring intrepidity
and gallantrv. After the surrender Of.
the armies. he accepted the situation,
and exhibiting those high traits OF char
actcr which adorned him as soldier,
bravely went to work to repair his tal-
len fortunes, and re>uming the practice
of his profession "a a lawer has ever
since been engaged in its labors. .untii
he has attained the loitiest rank, and to-
day stands Il gigantic oak-the peer Of
the proudest of his legal brethren.-
such is the gentleman whom q host Of
the people OF East Tennessee desire
should be honorcd with the Judicial er-
mine so nobly worn by Judge Nelson.
In the vigor of manhood (about fifty
years Of agc) with the high qualifica-
lions spoken OF, possessed Of spethes
character for integrity, he could not
prove otherwise than acceptable to the
people of the entire State.
A MEMBER OF THE BAR.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1872-01-18
Our California Correspondence.

WATsoNvILLE, Dec. Is, 1871.
! Dear Post-Arrivcd here several days
ago. We were thirteen days on the
road. Had pleasant trip far as Omaha,
but from that point our troubles COM
menccd. We were detained there twen-
ty.cight hours, when they started us
across the Plains; but we did not get far
the first day. Our engine brol o down
at Fremont, iOrty-Scvcn miles west of
Omaha. aud we were detained there
for twenty hours. SO we lost four days
between Omaha and Cheyenne--a dis.
tance of probably five hundred miles.
Our accommodations were very good.
AS the Pacific Company is interested in
the eaing-hOuses on the road, t.cy took
good care to leave us at one wherever
we had to remain over.
The coolest weather we had was at
Omaha. but met with plenty Of snow all
the time until we crossed the mountains,
and then we found every thing green in
the gardens. What change from what
we had passed through! | could hard
" realize that it was nearly Christmas,
and in the midst Of winter.
stopped in San Francisco ore DAY,
and visited the market places, where
any thing desirable is to be obtained.
Took n few oysters on the half-shcll for
you. They were very nice. All kinds Of
vegetables are plentiful. Strawberries in
abundance, and all kinds of fruit; also,
every variety Of game and fish. Pump.
kins weighing from 100 to 900 pounds
arc often raised; bcets % to - pounds,
and many other vegetables in the same
proportion. Mammoth potatoes and tur-
nips are worth five bits per 100 pounds.
(rney count l2l5 cents "bit" here.)
Wheat is worth 500 per 100 pounds ::
barley $l.75, and corn Sl.00 per 100
pounds. Land rents from four to ten
dollars per acre, according to quality,
and is selling from sixty to one hundred
and twenty-five dollars an acre in this
immediate vicinity. Crops never fail III
this valley unless the winter is too wet.
which is rarely the case. Indeed, the
crops are generally good here when
they fail almost everywhere else.
| have written hastily and briefly.
but propose, with your permission, to
give your readers in my ncXta more eY-
tended ,-iow Of The situation in this Iii
recton. ! received a copy of the Posr
the day after arrived here, and was
more than glad at its receipt, as | was
thinking of Athens and its many clever
and interesting people.
Respectfully, O. S. z.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1872-01-18
That Woman.

A Baltimore paper gives the following
short sketch of Mrs. Mansfield, who
seems to have been at the bottom of the
StoEes-Fisk tragedy, which occurred
in New York last week:
"Mrs. Mansfield Lawlcr, the bcauti-
full woman. cX.miStrcss of the Prince
of Erie, seems by the record to be Il
Clcopatra-likc adventures, woman
hearllcss yet scnSuouS. fond Of herself.
of money, houses, gold, and diamonds :
a butterfly, who was always gorgcously
arraved. yet who neither toilcd nor
spun. She must have been woman of
powerful personal attractions, who
drew other wOmcn's husbands to her.
self and made them her slaves. She is
well remembered here, where she has
spent much time in past years, her last
stay having been. we believe, at the
National Hotel, while her then hus-
band. Lawlcr. was iuliillin" an engage
mrnt at the National Theatre. She is
described by those who knew her as q
handsome brunette. with black eyes and
raven hair. rather short. with n splendid
form and graceful carriage. She is said
to have beer modest in appearance. and
to have livel very quietly. generally oc-
cupying a seat in the orchestra ut the
theatre when her husband was OH the
stage.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1872-01-18
The Dead of 1871.

The past year will be remembered as
one of marked mortality pmong emf
ncnt and noted persons. The New York
Tribune rccounts as follows:
1t is n little early to say what remark
able men were born last year. 1t ia not
always safe to trust even the well-in-
formed maternal authority. II we
could rely implicitly upon such reports,
the next generation would be richer in
material for Presidential candidates
than our own. But the death roll is
sadly brilliant. In science. Murchison,
Hcrschel, and Babbage, with the honorS
of their four score years, have marched
abreast into the undiscovered country.
In music, Meronaante, and Auber, and
Thalberg are gone; the gifted young
painter. Rrgnault, died in the trenches
before Paris, and Zamacois. like Raphael
and Van Dvck, passed from youth into
immortality. The Cary sisters have
left us their sweet songs aud their guile
less lives. The two greatest masters
of the French romance and the French
domestic novel, Dumas and Paul de
Cock, have dropped their tirelcss pens.
Grote. Gervnus and Gasparin have left
a void Of virtue and of intellect it will
be hard to fiji. Mason and Slidell are
still united in death. Vallandigham
and Ewing, important names in the
memory Of the possibilities Of the fu-
ture Of Ohio politics; Albert Barnes
and Father Taylor, among other emf.
nent aud revcred divines, have gone to
their reward. The Austrian navy has
lost its greatest officer. Baron Tegethoh,
and the army is less by Il Field Marshal
who was once the great Brncdck.-
Schamyl, Chief of the CircasSians, has
gone from his mountains. Omar Pacha.
the gallant renegade of the Crimean
war, is dead. OF that restless and in
trepid band Of conspirators whose on
ly reposc is in the grave, Flourcns ana
Delcscluze and Rossel have paid the
penalty Of their unwise and untim"ly
love of liberty. Our army has lost
Robert Anderson, of Sumter, Rolman
and Totten. and the British, Sir james
Yorkc Scarettt. The first Spaniard OF
recent days, the ablest politician, the
coolest soldier, and. take him for all in
all, the least Objectionable Captain Gen
cral who has worn the Spanish uniform
in our time, Don Juan Prim, sprinkled
with his lifc-blood the threshold of the
opening year and the new monarchy OF
Spain.
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The New Orleans Middle.

The Bee says the contest now in pro-
rress between Governor WarmOth and
his opponents in the Legislature is moth
ing ofa party character. 1t is not con-
test between Republicans and Demo-
Gratis, nor has race, color, or previous
condition anything to do with it. 1t is
contest between the Reformers of the
General Assembly and those who are
opposed thereto. The coalition has been
formed for the purpose of overthrow
ing the Warmothites' administration,
because, while he wields the executive
power of the State, reform is regarded
as impracticablc.
Up to the 18th, one member of the
Legislature and two other persons had
been shot-with good prospect for a
further eil'usiOn of blood.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1872-01-18
News Items.

John Sherman has been reelected to
the United States Senate from Ohio.
Maor-Gcncral Hallcck died at Louis
vile. Kentucky, last week.
Almost every city in Italy is infested
with small poX.
The large house of Sprnguc, Collins &
Co., New York, has suspended.
The President has appointed Charles
Hale, of Massachusetts,, Assistant Sec
rctary of State.
j. b. Weaver has been re-appointed
agent for the Memphis and Charleston
Road, at Chattanooga.
Jim Fisk. his amours, assassination,
death and burial continue to fill large
space in the public prints.
DR.. Sam Bard will soon commence the
publication of a Republican paper at
Chattanooga.
Louis Napoleon is going to publish a
book, in which startling revelations will
be made in regard to the French mill
tary system during the war.
Ten or fifteen murders were commit
ted in Tennessee during Christmas
week-and half the State to hear from
yet.
A Knoxville paper says Bill Howard,
of Blount county, levanted last week
with his sister-in-law, leaving his wife
and n large family Of children.
The lower House of the Missouri Leg
islature has passed a resolution indors-
ing the onc-tcrm principle for President
of the United States, by vote of Sc to
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1872-01-18
Railroad responsibility.

The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
has affirmed the judgment of lower
court in the case of McMastors VS.. the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and
decides that when freight is shipped on
the railroad to station where the rail
road company 'as no warehouses erect
ed, the parties interested in the freight
cannot recover from the railroad COM
pany if the freight be lost after it is
landed at the station-it being then the
duty of the parties to whom it is ship
ped to look after it. This case is said
to be the first of the kind that has yet
been brought before the Supreme Court
of the State.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1872-01-18

The paragraph following records an
incident so unusual in these latter days,
that we could not well refrain from Civ
ing it place in our columns. 1t is
taken from the -NetAk,lljSt .!IcOcGte. AZ
lanta, where it appears as an extract
from letter from "Brother Lynch"
q member of the Conference:
Our Conference has Just closed. 1t
was the largest, most interesting. the
best taken care of, the most noticed that
ever was held in the State Of Mississippi.
Bishop Kavanagh, Of the Methodist
Episcopal Church South, was in town
during our Conference. lie preached
on Sunday morning. at the Methodist
Episcopal Church South, and Bishop
James at the Capitol. At the close Of
service CATER dinncr) Bishop Kava-
naugh called on Bishop James. with the
pastor ofthe Church SonIh in this place.
Bishop James was invited and urged by
them both to preach at the Methodist
Episcopal Church South on Sunday
night. which he did. The house was
crowded. and the scene was more than
Significant. Two venerable Bishops sit
ting together in the pulpit-onc of the
Church South. the other Of the Church
"North." Eisho, James was beyond
e.cn the occasion, and made an impress
sion that will never be forgotten. If
has actually inau uratcd new state of
feeling among the citizens (white) Of
Jackson.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1872-01-18
Post Office Ring.

A Washington date says an expose Of
a gigantic ring, run in connection with
the postal contract bids Of the Post Of
flee Department, is to be made here in
few days, showing that by contrivance
of officials and ring contractors in the
straw bid system thousands Of dollars
are taken out of the public treasury. 1t
is found that contracts are made for pos
tai service in Oregon at the rate of six
ty thousand dollars year, for which
previous service has been rendered for
less than five thousand dollars. This is
but specimen of the system by which
these frauds have been carried on. A
resolution is to be introduced for an Of
fetal investigation.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1872-01-18
Akerman's Resignation.

A correspondent of the Cincinnati
Comm merciM intimatcd to Georgia Re-
publican at Washington the other day
that Mr.. Akcrman had voluntarily re-
signed, whereupon he was interrupted
as follows:
Yes, resigned ?-y-e-s, the hell he
did. | know it looks like resignation
on paper, but the truth is, he was forced
out, absolutely forced out, and all be-
cause he is q Southern man. for long
years identified with Georgia's interest,
but as true n Republican as ever dcpos-
tied q ballot. have just been having
a long talk with him and he tells all
about it. The Pacific Railroad ring
took Il set against him on account OF
one Of his decisions, and they worked
upon other members of the Cabinet and
Government officials until it became un-
pleasant for Mr.. Akerman. But that
was not all. Akerman had been rcb-
el soldier in the early part Of the war,
and that was being continually brought
up against him. lie was told that If he
remained in the Cabinet it would
weaken the party and injure Grants
chances for second term. The truth
is. the Northern Republicans and the
Pacific Railroad ring wanted him out
of the way; he is a Southern man, you
sec, and won't do. Akerman, being q
true and faithful friend to Grant and
the party, could not think of iniuring
either by remaining in Office, so he re-
signed, but if they must bull him out
why not put some other Southern man
in? That's the pinch; ; they don't want
a Southern man. All the use they have
for us is to work like damnation and
keep the party in power. I've Leen
talking to some Of these Northern tel-
lows, and they say, oh, my dear sir, its
policy; policy, my dear SIR / say,
l-n such Dolicy,"
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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1872-01-18
A yric,IltUre and Its Profits.

The ninth census reports give an az
grcgate of S9,2Gl ,775.12l as the true val
ue of the farms Of the United Siatcs.-
Adding $3.50. .S90,S7l for agricultural i'm
plements, and 81, l,524,27l.7l4 for domes-
tic animals, and we have total agricul-
tural capital of Sll,l22.937 ,7OG in 1870
against S7.9S3, 1902, GAL. or about forty per
cent. The total value of the agricultural
productions of 1869 was S2,4l5.G02.379,
or about twenty-five per cent. upon the
entire capital. These figures indicate a
fair margin of profits to agricultural in
dustry in the United States. Our farm
ing is becoming more intelligent each
year, hence when the cmbarrassments
Of Southern agriculture are removed
we may expect still higher average
protit
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1872-01-18
COuricr-J OiIrnalisi,ls.

One would naturally suppose. from
the number Of Grants brothers. iu-,aw.
that he has rs many wives as Brigl' I'M
Young. and as many sisters as a Shaker
settlement.
"Garibaldi still refuses" saws an ex-
change, ITO permit his autobiography
to be published until after his death"
May the gods, then, preserve him to
venerable old age.
The Radical organs talk about tho
purity of the present Administration.
The only pure thing about it is Grants
speeches. which are pure nonsense.
"The civil service REFORM saws the
Boston Post, "has made Il bad begin
ming And if the present administra-
tion happens to be on hand at the time,
il will make quite as bad an ending.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1872-01-18
Illinois,

The Democratic Central Committee
of Illinois had meeting last week at
Springfield. During the interchange of
opinions on political questions before
the country, although no official action
was had, the committee was unanimous
in its endorsement of the Missouri pol
icy. AS far as views were expressed,
there was but one opinion as to the me-
cessity and duty of honest men of all
parties in sustaining men of whatsoever
party, in turning out The thieves from
all places Of public trust, and make ano-
ther effort to save the Republican Gov
ernment from Capitalization and despo-
tiSm
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1872-01-18
Sherman, of Ohio.

The Chicago Tribune RadicaD says
of Senator Sherman, of Ohio, who has
Just been reelected: "He is very adroit
in keeping level with the average opin-
ion of his constituents. When they are
for paying the bonds in greenbacks, he
is for it; when they are against it, he is
against it. 1t is apity, however, that
the State of Ohio could not send to the
Senate some man who possesses the
qualifications of a leader, rather than a
follower-a statesman, rather than a
p)litician,"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1872-01-18
Number of DiStilleries.

A statement Of the number Of grain
and molasses distileries in operation in
the United States on the 1st inst. gives
total of 27S grain and 36 molasses
distilleres, with total spirit producing
capacity of 25S,349 gallons daily;an in
crease of 3l,405 gallons of daily capaci-
ty over the statement of the preceding
month. The total number of distille-
ries in operation in the corresponding
month of 1871 was 100, with a daily
capacity of but l56,59S gallons. In
creased daily capacity January, 1872,
over same month last year, l0l, ,72l gal
Ions,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1872-01-18
A Grand Sight.

1t is a grand sight-that of q young
man starting out in life, armed with the
steadtast determination that, come what
may, good or ill-fortune, he will be true
to his manhood, and will never disgrace
or destroy it by any voluntary act of his
own. Such a man can scarcely fail to
succeed. He may fail at first, but buoy
ed up by the consciousness of the recti-
tude of his purposes, he will compel the
respect and support Of his fellows, and
will, if health and strength are vouch-
safed him, win triumph.