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The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-05-31

By being in hurry, last week, we were led into the error of stating that Gen. Crook bad about 2,OOO officers and enlisted men in the Territory, to do all kinds of duty, where. as we do not believe, in fact know, that. all told, bis force does not exceed HOO. But as the Washington auth critics know all about this, and about the foe he has to deal with. they may, should the Modoc war soon close make good to Crook the men of whotn he ha Z been deprived.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-05-31

The news that we are to have faster com munieation with California and the East, is the best We have heard for long time. Five days between Prescott and San Berdardino. and cice uersa, is pretty good.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-05-31

Poll-taxes are now due One receipt will cost you just s. Everybody buys 'em. Last year, after certain date, which we are too lazy to look mp, poll-tsx was Sj. Last Legislature, whose members were all 'broke. , and knew they wouldn't be able to pay poll. tax until the last moment, if at all, cut the figures down.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-05-31

A real, old-iasbioned chill, Wednesday last. accompanied with fever interfcred with 2 good resolution VIC had made to write an article reviewing the Indian situation. and tne present two-ia"ed stand which the so- SlHed peace commissioners present. But. na''nS heretofore, accomplished our full share in this line and as many abler mems are now engaged in showing tho folly and wick Y. edness ot the "peare" and candy thieves and lIiots, We can well afford to let tbe new c"a'"i inn' of vigorous Indian policy upset me f'H'"n'"I- roasoniny of Bruno,. Stew Egi i tu. -..., =,
The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-05-31

BoRAx-They are rying to get upa borax excitement in Calilorn a, where, the papcrs say, there-are acres of GA ctement-no, borax, We mean. Now, borax is a very useful sub stance, bet we very much doubt if it would pay to use up time and pr 1visions searching for it in Arizona, for have ot mines of gold, silver, copper, salt and coal cen lying idle for want Of capital to purchase, t. ansport and put up proper machinery upon th .in, which, were they m any other country save Arizona. woald sell readily for millions vf dollars and be worked with great profit. Yet, fearing that we may have borax, and tn at tue excite lncnt may soon Teach us, we give the follow Ing instructions concerning the l. lAnner of ac- qurlng title, as We find them a recent copy of the Ls Angeles Daily Sts r:
 Commissioner Drummond, ofthe Land Office at " ashingiOn, has written a letter here to the Register and Receiver n which be say ithai lands containing valuable deposits of bOrux cannot be entered under the agricultural laws of Congress. Such lands, however, he proceeds 10 siy "nay be entered under the act Of Juiy O. 1870 Iu q the act oi May 10, 1872, upon full compliance with the law and instructions, both Of these laws for the patentinS Of land claimed and located lor' valuable depusiis.' The proceedings required wi II be tbe same as are required in eases oi applcati ous for placer mines
The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-05-31
McMuIlen'S Station. Notice to Teamsters & Travellers The Station for Sale or To Let.

Ahsr June let ls73. l shall charge for furnishing water l2i cents n cin 5 currency for each an nal per day and 70 cents per bbl for al hauled away ron the Station. Payment must he made a the
 tune Waef IS procured, by al nari. n charge Of large Teams ur trains either in cash acceptable orderA
 All persons indebted notified that all accounts remaining unsettled July l ls73 win then be placed in The hands Oi my attorney for collection
The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-05-31

Because the Modocs live in the la(r)ya beds, they must not "be put up' as young catterpillars, for they are full grown in.se,s aul stiagcrs at that. .... .~..... -.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-05-31
NOTICE.

The Land oaice located at Florence 4. T., will be sn And ready f0f the tanson0u Of business on ths al day of June next.
 N. X, STILES, Receiver , .if LEVI HlGGLEs. Regis,er. Florence. A. T.. AIf 2sih ls;J. msiO,t
The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-05-31

Last week, in our account of matters and things at Tucson, we neglected to state that Mr. E. D. Wood, former citizen of the Mo. doc country, has fine stock of goods, which he is selling very cheap
The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-05-31

The colored troops fought nobly' Then why not give them chance at the Modocs 2 Louisiana could spare hers. Then the "clip', would not effect the price of wool, as negro nOdity. O'"
The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-05-31
Mortgages and Taxation.

Following the rule so long adhered 10 in California and other S;a,e',o taxing all kinds of mortgages, assessor. in the several counties of this Territory, have listed mortgages. and, under cover of not very plain Territorial statute, taxes on mortgages have been col- lcctcd. In California. people have been Lh,- ing against the payment of taxes on m.rt gage, until they have at last succeeded in drawing decision from the Supreme court. In which decision, (icrordiny to the To, An. gclc> Star,) "thr court holds that tax ua q "sulvent debt secured by mortgage is prcti- "C1lly double tax, an therefore an iuiJar- "iiop of constitutional proyisinnn Agai1. it Is the opinion oi the court that injunction Is mot the proper remedy to restrain illegal collection oi taxes, taxing the ground that "inasnuch as the mere threat to sell iu de- fault of payment does not constitute an ir- "reparable injury; title to property Is not "and cannot be clorlcd thereby, and there % fore no real injury has accrued.'
 Commenting upon this decision, the Sacri- mento Record says:
 " The opinion in regard to double taxation is not fnr;i6'd by ad.nonstritou ot the proper
 method ot resisting such taxation, bnt, prlciclly
 fine opinion i-u~t itself so operate For though it . s decided that the collection oi taxes cannot bc ! restrained by Injunction, it is at the same time maintained that the -tle of property seized for ] sHch pUrpose- would be void, cifryiny nu tiiir with lt. and this being the case, thr ouiy muiu- a, thr disposal Of the taXcOiccors oi enfUrcin. their . demand, b w.thdrwu from tAem."
 This settles the question in California. but 1 as "Caliorpil law anI California Supreme | court decisions have little weight with Judge ' II. II. Cartier, Of Prescott, who, with hi> son. uur present District Attorney, Is working in t.te interest oi county and Territory, of course, to make holder, of all gpod and worthless mo- tgages pay taxes thereon, we suppose that taxes will have to be paid, until such time as the Territorial legislature or Supreme court hall have decided to save us froIn our fneud> tine Assessors and collectors
 Uud..' our law, there l., we ethink, no chance for hold x of certain mortgages To dodg pay ment of {. lxes thereon, but we, oursclt are n diving ex unple" of a distressed individual, in so far as We have pail full taxes upon cer. tain propprt !, n portion of which we have sold, on time, taking mortgage on the same property, wti view to securing it or pay therefor whic ' mortgage, thanks 10 a former assessor, was ta ken upon his as,essment roll. and taxes squee zed ont of it. Now, were we to pay this, we would be paying double taxes, and thinking, lon 7 ago, that the demand tO do so was unjust and unconstitutional We have, so flr, refused, to ''pungle," but are pre- pared 10 do so when ever competent legal au- thority advises" us to pursue such q course.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-05-31
Steamship Newberne.

THE COLORADO STEAM NAyI 4 P. ga,on Coinpauys Steamship H,oJerA ~~<S llf' leaves Sau Francisco for mOaib oi Cosrs sc1xstES1A do river the first of every month oou. ueetng ~1tn river bats. Freight landed at Yuma ls twelve (i2) days frin San Francisco Agrunes Of tie Company at GlO Front Street San FraHolsco, California - una and Ehtenberg Arizosa
 FULHAMUS, Jk,
 aagse General Superintendent
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1873-08-07

II has been widely supposed that
central and western, if not eastern
Kansas suffered from a dry climate.
Like many other ideas relative TO the
western parts of the great Missouri
Valley, we need hardly say, this, so far
as the eastern and central parts of the
state are concerned, is exploded. If
springs and water-courses in whose
channels aquatic plants, needing for
their existence constant moisture; if
frequently-occurring streams: if rains
frequently occurring and copiously de-
scending; if all these are proofs, then
there is abundant testimony that all
through the valley there is ample rain
fall. In fact, after all that has been
written of the Arkansas river, il is
almost superfluous to say that the wa
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1873-08-07

What age is the most deceiving
The sausage.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1873-08-07
ter of all this valley region is abundant

ter of all this valley region is abundant
and pure. Ii is without doubt the best
watered portion of Kansas. On the
bottoms "drive wells" or tube wells
are universally used. They consist of
a tube of galvanized iron, with steel
point, the lower end Of the tube having
holes Oh the sides, around which is
wrapped piece of wire gauze for a
straincr, this pipe is driven into the
ground, through hole in the kitchen
floor if desired, or wherever indication
dictates, and water is reached at a
depth of from six TO fifteen feet. A
pump is placed upon the pipe and in
an hours time a boundless supply of
pure, cold, healthy water is obtained.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-09-20

ENGLAND's GLORY DEPARTING.
Henry Watterson, editor ofthe Couri-
er Journal, who has been lettering, " in
London, closes his last letter as fol-
lows:
:" / admit that England is at this
moment rich and strong. Iadmit that
her aristocracy were never more pow
erful. But, making these admissions, I
believe there runs beneath the fabric
of England stealthy, unseen current
which is rCtting away the founda-
tions of everything. The Established
Church in England has gone. The
suffrage has been enlarged. After q
little the House of Lords will tumble.
Then the gradual rise Of lower orders.
Then disastrous foreign war. Then
the opportunity and the resolution.
In 1858 Lord Macaulay wrote a letter
to his friend William G. Riyes. of Vir-
ginia, in which he sketehed with accu-
racy all that subsequently happened in
America. A broad grin spread itself
across the Union from Maine to Texas.
Three years latter the historians pre-
dictions came true. / do not claim SO
short period of verifeation of mine.
| merely say that it is clear TO me that
the glory Of England is departing, that
the seeds of her ruin are already
sprouting up above her soil, and that
perhaps before her two centuries Of
domestic peace expire, she will find
herself on the threshold of an over
wheiming civil combustion" i-ss
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-09-20

THE Gainesville tGa } Express says {:
The veritable Bill Arp is a citizen of
Barlow, and for some time has been
holding the very responsible office of
coroner of the county. He is a rare
genius, and by his droll and witty
speeches and comical freaks makes
everybody laugh wherever he goes.
Bill was true reb during the war,
and was a gallant soldier under Gen.
Johnston. 1t is said that, while Bills
command. was stationed at a town in
Tennessee, it occurred to him that ne
would have little fun at the expense
of one of those chaps covered up in
lace, and who. was strutting around
with an imperious air, fully conscious
of the Importance ofrank and author
ity. Bill accordingly resolved to di-
vest him, if not of rank, at least of its
insignia, and, after making arrange
ments with a friend to arrest him at
the proper time he vigorously attacked
the man in lace, and soon had him
stripped of his feathers. A number
of soldiers were soon on hand to re-
fieve the outraged officer, and were
about to handle Bill roughly, when
his friend bawled out, Don hurt him,
he's crazy, he's erazyl' and as soon as
possible seized him. and after slight
resistance, tied him hard and fast and
led him away"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-09-20

SOME genius has devised new man
ner of catching rats A barrel is filled
half full of water. A layer of powder
ed cork is laid on its surface, and over
this layer of corn meal is sifted. A
chair and box or two are placed un-
obtrusively in the neighborhood,
whereby the rat gains the edge of the
barrel. He sees nothing but the meal.
He has no innate ideas which teach
him to beware of the treacherous foun-
dation on which that tempting surface
rests. He shifts, he leaps, and goes
gently down through meal and cork to
a watery grave. Ii any of his friends
see HIM disappear from the edge Of the
barrclthey hasten after him to get their
share Of the probable plunder, and are
in turn taken in by the hospitable
death The plan seems effective as
against rats, but is calculated to de-
strOy their confidence in human nature.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-09-20
HENRY CLAY.
BY GEORGE D. PRENTICE.


With voice and mein of stern control
He stood among the great and proud,
And words of IRE burst from his soul
Like lightnings from tempest cloud;
Hishigh and deathless themes were crown
With glory OF his genius born.
And gloom and ruin darkly frowned
Where fell his bolts of wrath and scorn.
But he Is gone-the free-the bold
The champion of his cOuntry's right;
His burning eye is dim and cold,
And mute his voice of conscious might;
Oh no, not nute-his stirring call
Can startle iyrants on their threnes,
And on the hearts OF nations fall
More awfnl than his living tones.
The impulse that spirit gave
10 human thoughts wild stormy sea,
Will heaye and thrill through every wave
OF that great deep eternally.
And the all-circling atmosphere
With which Is blent his breath of flame
Will sound with cadence, deep and clear,
In storm and calm. his voice and name.
His words that, like bugle blast.
Erst rang along the Grecian shore
And DER the hoary Andes past
Will still ring on for evermore.
Great Liberty will catch the sound
And start to newer, brighter life,
And summons from Earth's s utmost bound
Her children to the glorious strife.
Unnumbered pilgrim s DER the wave,
In the far ages yet to be,
Will come to kneel beside his grave,
And hail him prophet of the free.
'Tis holier ground, that lowly bed
In which his mouldering form is laid
Than fields where Liberty has bled
Beside her broken battle blade.
Who now, in dangers fearful hour,
When all around is wild and dark.
Shall guard with voice and arm of power,
Our freedoms consecrated ark?
With stricken hearts-oh God, to those,
Beneath whose feet the stars are dust,
We bow, and ask that thou wilt be
everv Ill our STAY and trust.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-09-20
Without a Newspaper.

Nothing, says an exchange, pre-
sents sadder commentary upon the
present condition of society than the
large number of families, both in the
town and in the country, but more
especially the latter, that subscribe to
no paper of any kind. How many
families are growing up utterly ,igno-
rant of what's transpiring in the world
around them-ignorant of the mighty
events of the day. But who can tell
of the vast amount of injury inflicted
upon the rising generation-those who
are to take our place at no distant day
growing up without any knowledge of
the present or any study of the past,
this ignorance, too, being imbued into
them by the sanction of those who
should, and doubtless do, know bet
ter, did they only think of the injurious
effects of their insane course. Let the
head of the family think of this, and
place in the hands of those for whom
he is responsible, the means of acquir-
ing some knowledge of the moving
panorama in which we act our differ
ent parts.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-09-20
e go
Crops.

1t is gratifying to be able to state
that the crop prospects are much bet
ter throughout the region of country
that trades with Memphis than crop
prophets have been predicting for sew
erai weeks back. The corn has turn
ed out generally better than was antic-
ipated, though there are localities
where the want of rain in season pre-
vented the maturing of the corn. In
the cotton belt, from which Memphis
derives her support. the first and
second crops of cotton are promising,
and in all localities where rain may
fall within the next few days. the third
or top crop viii be good. This Of
course applies 10 cotton crops that
have been we'll cultivated.--Hempli
Register. -1nof
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-09-20
THE SECULAR PRESS.
Report OF the Cincinnati Conference
Committee.

Your Committee, appointed to con-
slider the immoral tendency of the sec
ular press, desire to report:
The secular newspaper has an i'm
portant .mission-to record passing
events and discuss questions touching
the public welfare Entering almost
every home as the medium of commun-
ication with the outside world. furn-
ishing material for thought, creating
sentiment, and, to a great extent. stim-
ulating and controlling action, il is a
courier, an educator, an advocate,
whose freedom and intelligence are
dangerous without purity and honesty.
Hence editors and publishers have OBJ
legations that can not be measured BY
the policy of parties or the principles
of gain. Whenever they employ pro-
fame or indecent language, publish
falsehood for truth, excuse crime and
corruption, or defend the violators of
law; whenever they caricature good
and true men to the destruction of
their influence whenever they invade
the sanctity of private life, disclosing
what ought to be forever secret, and,
above all whenever they cater to the
deprayed and vicious, by giving detail
ed accounts of revolving social sins or
by exposing the Christian religion to
ridieule through the 'infidelity of indi-
vidual professors, then they betray the
trust and forfeit the confidence aud
support of all good people. One of
the most famous pulpit orators of the
day has said that "a man is no better
than his daily newspaper" Whether
this sweeping declaration be true or
false, we are convinced that no one
can daily read corrupt sheet or re-
ceive it into his house without incur
ring fearful risk Of contaminating his
own soul and the souls of his children.
Therefore, we affectionately, yet earn
estly, urge all our people 70 a prayer
ful discrimination in favor of those
prints whose tone and matter accord
with pure morality and a correct faith.
JAMES +. GILBERT, Chairman.
JOHN F. MARLEY, Secretary.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-09-20
Importantt TO Tax.Payers.

Taxpayers would do well to remem-
Der, that if they fail to paytheir taxes
within ninety days after the Collector
shall visit their respective districts, the
law adds penalty of ten per cent, and
in addition makes it the duty of the
Collector to proceed at once to collect
the tax and penalty through the Courts.
Shoul property be distrained for tax
an additional penalty of twelve per
cent. is added, making twenty-five per
cent. in all. It;s a matter of great in
terest, then, to all our people, thatthey
should rightly understand this matter,
and be ready to meet the Collector
when he comes around.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-09-20

THERE is an old tale, of which,
though idle in itself, the use may be
good. A certain man, who would new
er go to church, when he heard the
bell, would say to his wife, go thou
to church, and pray for thee and me. "
One night he dreamed that both he
and his wife were dead, and that they
knocked together at heavens gate for
entrance. st. Peter (by leQend) il the
porter, and suffered the wife to enter
in. butkept the husband out, answer
ing him, "She has gone in both for her
self and thee. As thy wife went to
church for thee, so she must go to
heaven for thee" q 49,.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-09-20
TAXING CREDITs.-We find in a
North Carolina paper the following:

SAT the recent term of Grange
Court, in the case of Mrs. Annie Tur-
ner, for relief from taxation apon
money on hand or on deposit on the
1st day of April, 1872, recent decis-
ion of the Supreme Court of the United
States that no credit could be taxed
by State, as itimpairs the obligations
of the contract, was cited, and Judge
Tourgee decided that in accordance
with this decision and the case cited
for the plaintiff, he was of the opinion
no State could impose tax on money
on hand, or Of deposits consisting of
United States Treasury notes or ma
tional bank notes, or upon obligations
given by one party to another.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-09-20

A RETIRING editor of Kansas pa
per yaledicts" himself as follows IF
/ have said anything through these
columns that | am sorry for ! am glad
of it. To my friends, l thank you for
your liberality. To my enemies, you
can go the devil"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-09-20

DocroR ANDERSON, who has occu-
pied the position Of principal Of the
Louis high school, is hard of hearing.
The boys knowing this fact, at recita-
ton ask him, Amt you hell of an
old fool p and the doctor blandly an
swers, yes, sir" Such boys ought to
be fogged. assi L
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-09-20

JACKSON. Tennessee, has four pa
ners, the Wing and Tribune, the
Courier, the Dispatch, and the Herald
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-09-20

Be not deceived and misled. The best is the
cheapest. If you wish to insure your life,
choose company of age, experience and
ability, and you will select the "Old Relia-
Bile" New York Life,
Will give our attention to the buying,
selling and renting of real estate,
March Is. '73-tf.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-09-20
CIRCULAR FROM THE COMP
TROLLER. tiassa
Assessment in Case of Omissions.

10 the Chairman and Judges of The
County Courts, the Clerks of the
County Courts, County Trustees,
Ula-s.ese <.J H.. n1y.ta
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-03-18

SINGULAR Result OF MURDER TrT.L-A
letter from New York, dated March IA. says:
The Cowes murder trial has ended in verdict
OF manslaughter in the third degree and the
sentencing OF the prisoner to four years at Sing
Sing. Judge Brady, in delivering the judge
ment of the court, said there was no doubt
COwes was Intoxicated when he killed Down,
but tina t was no reason why he should not suffer
the severest penalty attaching to the crime.
1t was time that an example was made in
these cases. A curious incident followed this,
when the case of John Fitzpatrick and John
had been arranged with the district attorney
that plea of manslaughter in the third degree
would be made in each case and accepted; but.
when the prisoners heard the Judge give Cowes
the full extent of the law, their courage forsook
them, and, declining to stand by their plea.
much to the confusion OF their counsel, thew
were remanded to iail