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The weekly Arizona miner., 1872-04-13
Worse than the Flying Dutch.
 man.

We'll, yes; they can get up some extrava- gant stories about "rich strikes" even in the Golden State, where extravaganza is SC unnecessary. Near to the town of Cerro Gordo, saith report, man was hunting and accidentally stumbled across some "crap- pins." In the act of falling, this man struck his gun against something, and the "sight ' was displaced whereupon this man who was hunting became wroth. Fortunately, how ever. before this mans discomfiture had yet worked him up to the suicide point, he saw something which shone with metallic lustre, reposing among the rocks, and pulling forth his hunting knife proceeded to prospect. From the aforesaid "crappins" he soon sliced off a mass ofpure silver, from which he constructed sight for, and fitted it upon, his gun. Now, this man who was hun ting has, since the date of this incident, worn the covers off several small-sized bibles, making affidavits substantially as stated, and yet has never been able to again discover the spot, which is only few hours ride from Gerro Gordo. The principal mystery about this matter is, how it happens that the miners and others of that neighborkood have the fullest confidence in the truth of this report and are continually organizing to find, and disbanding after having failed to find, the treasure.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1872-04-13
Movements of Generals

General Howard-the new Peace Com,s sioner-is now, we think, at some paa, . this Territory,-perhaps at Camp MeDov.s tor which post General Crook started on .~ Wednesday morning to meet and confer va. him upon the never ending Indian ques,ios- a question, by the way, which, at presen,ia for some time past has attracted the a,,... tion of goodly portion of the Press aud pee. pie of our entire country. And, no, alo. these, but industrial papers and mining as italists in Europe have discussed the qaes,o, and are now anxious to see 1t settled, So ,h,, waiting capital and enterprise may be en- ployed in extracting from our soil some of ,h immense riches, in the shape of gold slss. copper, etc, which it Is now conceded i. us tains.
 Nor is this all Thousands of people r anxious to come here and lay the foundation for future fortunes by entering into the rs ing of stock, acquiring farming and tmbss lands, as we'll as by various other modo just as soon as the Angel of Peace shaa have spread her wings over this Apache rid. den land. Therefore, we most devoutly par that General Howard-who has tho rpu,s ton of being brave Christian gentleuan.- will stay in the Territory long enough to a quire thorough knowledge of the situatica of it and its people. and that he has no, eem here in the interest of persons at the Ea. who live off the appropriations annually mad, by Congress, ostensibiy for Indians, but real- ly for the support. of the men we refer to-
 And this will be no hard task for General Howard to accomplish, as he will, no doubt, hear of-perhaps witness-outrages by tAs very same Indians with whom the notorious Colyer firtcd, while he was running throusA the Territory. purchasing their assent toi temporary treaty of peace with money be- longing to the white tax payers ofthe country
 Again, General Howard cannot miss seein: numerous mounds, on or near every road aaa trail which, in his travels, he will have to pass over, and, as every one of those nouns mark the spot where one or more AmerieaH' Mexicans or Pueblo Indians were murderedn cold blood by Ishmaelitish Apaches, he e'a' not fail to arrive at just and proper conca sion regarding the murderous ordeal 'hrnusa which the surviving citizens of this Terrilory have passed, and which never can be erasd by the Colyer policy.
 More than this we need not now say, as, u presume that General Howard uDderstane the merits of the question at issue be'wssn ourselves and the peacable Indians on O's side, and the Apaches and their allies upoa the other.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1872-04-13
Situation of the Democracy.

The Democratic party is somewhat pug zled as to whether or not it were judicious to call National Democratic Convention, in view of tLe disaffection among the Reputli- cans, which may enable it to sustain the op position Republican candidate and ensure the election to the Presidency of man in whom the country has confidence. August Belmont visited Albany on the 27th ulr., to consult with certain New York politicians mem oers of both houses of the Legislature The 'ee'ing throughout is represented as unfavor- ao'e to convention. It was understood. a""e's'' mat coalition with the anti-Gr Hepoollcans, must be question of strength. only No principle of the Democracy c',,,d be surrendered and no partieipation bv ,he Democracy, in the Cineinn,,; r.n....;
 could be counten:nced.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1872-04-13
The Wheeler Expedition.

The San Diego Unisn has private inforna- tion in regard to the completion of the re- ports of the various officers who accompanied the Wheeler exploring expedition.
 Dr. Hoffman, U. s. A., Chief Mineralogist of the expedition made the discovery of two new mineral combinations, both rich, yielding from Ss,000 to sl, 300 to the ton, in silver. One of these is an aniimoniate of silver, lead and iron, and the other manganate of silver, iron, antimony and arsenic. Dr. Hoffman has made an arrangement with the Harper pub fishing O., by which he will furnish series of papers that will be published in their magazine next Spring.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1872-04-13
A Proposition.

1t is now somewhat more than year ago since the gallant Howard B. Cushing, Lieu tenant of the Sd Cavalry, was killed while battling with Apacbes in Southern Arizona, and ifthe relatives of the deceased hero do not wish to transfer his remains to his native State, we propose that the people of Arizona, in acknowledgement of his selt sacrificing ef- forts in their defence, erect above his grave suitable monunent-one that will perpetu- ate his memory by bearing, in brief, the his- tory of bis victories and lis death. This most self-denyins of the martys of Arizona deserves to live forever in the hearts of her people.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1872-04-13
Congress and the Territories,

All at once Congress seems to be ,ron;,, very sffectionate toward the long. neglected people cf the Territories. To-day we sao ;, stated that bill has heen passed for the r. lief of those who have involuntarily contr;- buted to the support of the savages; and We have hardly recovered from the effects of the consequent hiliaiity when our eyes pop upon paragraph, ofsubsequent date, which say, that the House Committee on Terri,or,rs have agreed to report bill, setting apart ir each Territory, rum taxes collected for inter nal revenue, the sum of $40, 900, 10 be devot cd to the construction of public buildings Cad! We begin to recognize that We ar children of the Republic.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1872-04-13
Indictment Extraordinary.

The following dispatch from Galveston, Texas, under date of March 26th. will explain itself:
 The Grand Jury presented to the court at Brownsville to-day, an indictment against the Mexican General Cortina, for levying war against the United States. This indictment charges the stealing If cattle by armed bands of Mexicans, since 1865, tc the value of six million three hundred thousand dollars. The presentment says, also, that Juarez had been petitioned to remove Cortina, and refused to do SO Gen. McCook and Judge Morrill, en- dorse the statements in the presentment.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1872-04-13
YUMA COUNTY.
Arizona City.

Arizona City.
 By Wednesdays mail we received letter from Arizona City, of date April lst, but for some unknown reason the Sentinel did no, ceme to hand. From the letter we learn that times were improving: that consider able indiscriminate shooting had been indul- ged in, about the streets, by desperate char acters, while under the influence of strong drink.
 The steamship Nertern was due at Port Isabel (mouth of the Colorado), on the 1st inst. Her passengers and freight were ex- pected to arrive, by river steamers, at Arizo- ma City, on the 3d. One hundred and fifty tons of Castle Dome ore were on the Ievee, ready for shipment to San Francisco.
 Ehrenberg
 By letter from Ehrenberg-our port on the Colorado riyer-of date April 3d, we are placed in possession of the following facts.
 Vim. Stansfield, heavy" freighter had settled his business in the Territory, and left for-God knows where. But, We will let our correspondent tell the balance: The train of w. w. Jones left with freight for c. P Head Go. and Cal Jackson, about the 18th Miller &. Bro.'s train is loading and will start tomorrow with freight for Bashford, Henderson & Bro. c. 4. Luke G. W. Bow CTS, Allen & White, R. Meacham, and the A. c. $. at Camps Whipple, Hualpai and Verde.
 F James NJ. Barney, the new postmaster at this place, assumed the duties of his office, rice Goldwater, on the 1st inst
 Miler's train brought 21S sacks of Tiger ore for San Francisco, which go down on the Mohace, Captain Mellen, expected tomorrow Wind storm to-day. Major W. B. Hooper is here
The weekly Arizona miner., 1872-04-13
Unconstitutional.

Judge Reardon, of Nevada County. Cali fornia, has recently decided that the law of that State empowering partners in mine to sell the delinquent shares of other partners, is unconstitutional, for the reason that the Constitution provides that "no person shall be deprived of life; liberty or property with out due process of law, which "due process of law means, according to Judge Reardon, "a suit and judgment of court of compet- ent jurisdiction.
 Should this decision be allowed or made to "stick, :" there will, no doubt, be mnch un- pIeasantness among our mining friends oi California.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1872-04-13
How the Case Stands.

The Telegraph infoms us thet the Alabama claims are at q complete dead lock. 0ur eO'' ernment persists in the determination oi no' modifying indemnity, and the British Go'sfn' ment persists in refusing to have claims for c"a sequential damages submitted to arbitraii''
 And thus they will stand until after 's' next Presidential election, when the oeces' ties of the case may force us to give bTiiha spanking No. 3. We hope not, though, s peace is at all times preferable to even Sie'S riOus war.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1872-04-13
Aliens Lung Balsani.

The advertisement of this excellent reinr dy for all diseases of the lungs appears ID 'Ss issue of the MINER, and our suffering fr'eOS are advised to make themselves as gooa new by calling at Dr. Kendall's drug s'',' purchasing bottle of the medicine snd sSN lowing it arcording to directions.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1872-04-13
Proposals for Fuel.

Attention is directed to the advertisement posals for supplying the various military posts in the Department of Arizona with fire wood, which advertisement is published not for pay, but for the good of the service, land the accommodation of those of our citizens who may feel inclined to propose.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1872-04-13
Connecticut Election.

Dispatches of April 1st, from New hs'',' Connecticut, say that Jewell, (Repuolic''' was elected Governer by small m.on'J.
 Also. that the entire Republican uea. n., was elected. The vote was much sp'a''' than that cast last year.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1872-04-13
Scientific Press.

While feeling grateful to the Scientific Pfess of San Francisco, for its efforts in behalf of Arizona, We would feel under still greater ob- legations td that paper were it to give proper credit for mining items copied from the MINER which items, the Press has frequently credit cd to the Prescott Union n-a mythical sheet.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1872-04-13
His New Station.

A recent letter from Fred. Kruger, elefA Col. c. W Foster. U. s. A., informs us thai'-' Colonel had been ordered to Sioux City io.1S at which point, we presume, Col. Foster - MT. Kruger are now stationed.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1872-04-13
Malicious. (?)

A writer, in an exchange, whose digestion was terribly out of order, from having "tak- en it without sugar. ashort time previously, twists the tail of . pig as follows:
 The N. D.'s of Arizona have organized a Medical Association. The first volume of their " t.ansactionsn will contain valuable contribution on the diseases of Arizona, of which Indians is the prevailing one, and is generally of a very malignant type.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1872-04-13
Washington Capital.

Dom Piatt's spicy paper-tbe Capital-- has entered upon its second year. To say that it is the best paper that comes to this office from Washington City is saying no more than the truth.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1872-04-13
Examiner.

The San Francisco Eramsaer is pr;nt.a from new and beautiful type, an entire |. dress of which the Examiner folk h.,. recently bestowed upon their able sheet.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1872-04-13
Revenue Tax.

Attention is directed to the nosies oi heh', A. Bigelow, Assessor of Internal Ke'eD' Tax, which will be found under tbe heao new advertisements.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1872-04-13
Death of Humphrey Marshall.

Humphrey Marshall died of pneumonia, at Louisville, Kentucky, on the 2sth ut.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1872-04-13
Mineral Land.

ano Scrior Department has issued an or. sr TSs @ r,sl Ing ssssimony on mineral land ne road county clerks tion by MA
The weekly Arizona miner., 1872-04-13

l Survey by D. Il. Case and diagrams for | filing in Land Office, s450.Oe 1 Services of Probate judge to date, SlO0O0 | Map oftown site fled with Probate Judge s2O0OO Pay of Commissioners and Clerk, incud- | ing room rent and fuel e9l7OO Adver sng and printing, sy7.O0 Stationery, sI7OO
 Allowance for deeds to To, owners s!OuOO Notarial fees SJoc0
 Total expense, s2,33775. To cover the above expense the Board have, in accordance with the provisions Of Section 8, of the law, levied assessments on the improved lots, amounting to S2,46S .00. being an excess over and above of Sl30.25, which will probably cover any further ex- pense of advertising, or other charges that may be incurred by you, the surplus, if any, remaining in your hands, to be disposed of with other funds accruing from sale of lots, as the law directs.
 The Board has the honor herewith to file with you, as required by law, plat of the town site with the names of owners of lots, and value of Improvements on lots-with list of owners, book containing a record of the proceedings of the Board, and all other paperS cO0ueCteQ WlLl kuc uuslucSS tEd0S- acted.
 The Board has issued printed certificates to each lot owner on the town site, dupli cates of which are herewith filed with you. and requests that deeds be made by you in accordance herewith on presentation of said certificates and payment of the assessment thereln specified.
 Also that you shall pay the bills approved by the Board according to list of same con- tained in paper marked schedule "A,'' from sach funds as you may receive from collection of said assessments.
 The Board orders that all the vacant lots on the town site be sold for the benefit of the inhabitants of the town site at public auction; that previous to such sale the pro- bate Judge shall cause shc vacant blocks to to be resurveyed witt the alleys running through and thestrcets surrounding the same.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1872-02-09
POLITICAL MATTERS.

Two States. Georgia and Connecticut.
have chosen delenotcs to tbo RenuhIicon
National Convention. Roth delerotions are
for the denomination of President Grant
and that from Georgia has positive instruc-
tons to vote for General Grant. first last
and all the time.
The California State Assembly. has n,ssod
a bin strikina ont the words "wbitc and
male" from the attorney act. Tho effect Of
this change will he ia enable ,von,on and
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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1872-02-09

ASA" in the last PuTNIX, rendered
excellent service to the cause of thetaper-
ance, and deserves the gratitude Of law
abiding and law-lovipg people
The Methodists here are to have Il
three days meeting, to commence on Sat
urday, the 18th inst
The UniversaiSts are to have two
days meeting, to begin Tuesday the 9TH
inst.
The ladies of the Congregational church
belonging to Dea. A. Marbles Sabbath
school class, have recently presented to
him nice family Bible.
On the evening of the 30th ut. a good
number of the Masonic fraternity of this
place attended a social gathering of the or
der at at Winchester, and on Monday e ,e-
ming last as large n number visited Kccne
for similar purpose.
On Friday evening last a large dclcga-
ton of our people attended the Universal
ist festival at Chesterfield, and were AZ
agrecaby entertained rs could be expected
in so great crowd
A festival with unusually attractive
features is being talked Of here for the ben
eft Of the "ITinSdalc Library Association"
-Lucius Stearns has sold his house ON
Main street to Peter Durcc. Mr.. Stearns
proposes to build neat cottage house
on Brattlcboro street. just east of +. g..
Thaycrs.
Halle, Frost Il TO. are making import
ant additions to their factory.
One day this week an unruly OK owned
hv q II IIipuipe gtortp1 ,,,i4I, I,il ,,,,to 900,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1872-02-09
NEWS ITEM

A New York scotsman advcitiSes five
thousand different kinds of roses for sale.
1t is now thought that the Stokes trial
will probably be postponed to March, in
which ease it will come before Judge Barn
ard.
-Gcorec NJ. Webster Jr., If Sherman.
Me-, recently killed three bears in succession
with an axe, as they came out of Il hollow
tree.
Coy. Walker has appointed Moseby,
the guerrilla chief, a brigadicr general OF
the Virginia militia.
The Boston Young Mems Christian
Association have inaugurated religious
campaign, to continue for seventy five
days, and TO reach forty cities and towns
Mrs. Fair the California murderess, has
been granted a new trial by the Supreme
Court on the ground that the Court erred
| in not allowing the defence a closing argu-
mcnt, and in permitting evidence to be
| taken of her former bad character.
1t is reported from Calcutta, India, that
Deputy Commissioner Cowan has ordered
fifty Kooka mutinecrs to be blown from
the mouths of cannon.
The United States steamer Guerrcre
arrived at Fortress Monroe, Monday night,
with the remains Of the late General Robert
Anderson. The funeral honors will occur
ut New York.
The Vermont Central Railroad Com
pany is soon to erect Il large round house,
with accommodations for thirty-hve en-
Gines, on the site of the old Monkey house
in East New London, Conn.
Thirteen thousand and thirty three pa
tents were granted in this country last
year, II slight falling Off from the three pre-
/ vious years. The receipts Of the Patent
ONCE were SG7s, 7l6.4G, and the expenditures
| $500, j95Os.
The national banks in the whole coun-
| try on the 10th of December last, were 1891
in number, and had an aggregate capital Of
| S460,O00,0 900, an increase during the year OF
l43 banks and 2i,7O0,0OO capital.
detective A. p. Squres of Claromont,
y. H., charged with having in his posses
sion $500 that was recovered from PERKS
the Grafton bank robber, has been deliv-
cred up 10 the authorities by his bondsman
p. Emory Aldrich, who declines further
responsibility for his whereabouts.
Five powder mills belonging to the
Miami Powder Company, located between
Xenia and yellow Springs, on the Little
Miami Railroad, exploded Monday morn
ing. Five men were killed and another
missing is supposed to have persisted. The
ground was strewn with timbers and de
bris for half mile around.
On Wednesday morning, Il freight train
on the Rock Island and st. Louis railroad
about three quarters of a mile below the
upper Alton station, came in collision will
passenger train. The shock Of the coils
ion forced the baggage and first passenger
ear into each other; the stoves soon set tho
wreck ahlaze and four passengers, helt
fast among the wreck, were roasted I,
death, while fourteen other persons re
ceivcd injuries. Aud all because the reck
less conductor of the freight train VIOLATED
his plain duty by keeping to the main tracl
when the rules of the road required hi
train TO have left the way clear fol the pas
sengcr train.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1872-02-09

the ground that Col. Waite as cashier had
omitted to make such return of stock to the
town clerk in those years. Tho defendant
pleaded the statute of limitations, TO which
the town demurred. Some time last fall
the supreme court merely decided that
these claims for penalties had not outawed,
sustained the demurrer and sent the ease
back for trial in the county court, where it
now stands.
The following is the list of letters re-
naming at the post-onice in this village. on
Thursday, Feb. :, 1872:
| Gents Eddie Allen, T.. G.. Bessctte, I'd
ward Boisout. i. r. Burdick, jonathan
! Brown, Sidney Bouchard, James Crown
| ingshicld, Rev. j. X. Converse, James S.
| Davenport, Peter Ditman, Willie II. Dunk
| lee, Roscoe Fisher. u. II. Hubbard, u. a.
| Perry, c. II. Phillips, j. T.. Phillips, Jno.
| Ii. Porter, Rev. John \. Rich, Herbert
/ Thompson, f. II. Whitaker, Pat Winn,
| Latham & Co., Wheclock IL Griffin.
| I,adies.-Mrs. Debora Bemis, Dora u.
Bridgman, Lucy A. Bailey, Mrs. Eliza
Jane Dodge, johanna Drscoll, Mrs. Persis
II. Ellis, Eliza G. French, Mary T.. Ilhr-
| rington. Minnie Judd, Lydia l.. Stone.
! Valuable letter for X. Il. w.
! Held for postagc-Dr. u. p. Webster,
| Putney, VT, Miss Alice L. Field care Al
| bert Field, Greenfield, Mass.
The Armenia On. W Times Of Feb. 9,
contains lengthy and highly apprecative
| notice Of Philip Wells, whose recent death
/ at that place we recorded last week. or
his rare personal WORTH none who knew
| him will fail to bear witness. The Times
/ says:
/ Mr.. Wells was born in Litchfeld, Con-
] To-, i
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1872-02-09

The Tribune philosopher does not APP
pear particularly overwhelmed with the
proposed honor of statue erected - his
honor is "our late Franklin" lie says
that after he is dcad-au event which he
does not care to hasten, even for the sake
of statue--ir any should see fit to pile
granite or marble above his dust, he can
make 40 objection; but, SO long as he shalt
remain in the flesh, he is content with the
stones thrown at him promScuonsly, and
would rather not have any of them conspl-
idated into a statue.
The coming man ofWall street Is
said, since Fisk'S death, to he Henry
Smith. lie was formerly Il member of the
firm of Fisk, Gould Il Martin, but with
drew therefrom some time since, and has
since been operating in his own name. lie
spends his time in Wall street, dealing in
railroad shares-Sometlme carrying mill
lions Ct dollars worth. 1t Is stated that he
made Si,0O00C0 clear last year, and that he
snow worth from 81 COCOON to SlOOO0,OOO.
lie is a bold speeulator aud it is predicted
that his immense railroad interests will
yet uecessitate his becoming manager of
some one of the great railroad corporations.