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The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-05-03
THE LATEST NEWS.

CHEYENNE April E.-The violence of tn, storms of the last two days on the plains ex ceeds anything hitherto recorded, in the widespread devastation wrought by the ele ments.
 A terrific tornado swept over the country for hundreds of miles, carrying eyerythinc before it along the lines of the Kansas Pa cite and Union Pacific railroads. Houses were raised bodily in the afr, as if of feath CTS weight, and scattered in pieces. The wind blew at the rate of one hundred and thirty miles an hour, which will give some idea of the tremendous power of the gale
 SAN SRANcIsco, April 20.-The reported escape of the Moiocs is variously commen ted on here, especially in military circles. Milf tary men express the opinion that General uIiiem dld the best he could with the force at his command.
 Heavy falls of rain have caused reioicipp m tEe northern and eastern counties of Cali fornia.
 OTTAWA, Ontario, April l9.-Priyate dis patches have been received here today. sav ing that the Pope died on Monday last. but that the fact had been kept secret to avoid public agitation respecting his successor until the matter should have been decided in Rome.
 FRANKFORT oS-THE-MAIN, Apl. 23.-There was a terrible riot yesterday, caused by an advance in the price of beer The mob at tackled the brewcries. The troops were called out, and were pelted with stones. Sixteen breweries were wrecked. Twelve persons were killed and forty wounded. A large number of rioters were arrested.
 ALBANY. April 24.--Eeven locomotives of the Central railroad have been seized and sold, to satisfy the Government tax. The sale netted S22, 900. Another seizure of railroad property passenger coaches. etc.,-was made this afternoon
 NEW YORK, April 22.-A special session of the Peace Commission will soon be held here They generally admit that the recent action | of the Modocs has done much to destroy com. fifence in the peace policy.
 CHICAGO, April 22.-General Butler is an. | noLnced as candidate for Governor of Mass achusetts.
 President Grant will leave St. Louis Thurs. day Tor Idaho Springs, Colorado.
 The CLeyennes have murdered n n,r,v of surveyors on the borders of Kansas. The Peace Commissioner writes to the Superip- tendent of Indian Affairs and gives the ex. cuse Tor the sayages that they consider all surveyors mortal enemies.
 despatch of April l5 says Indian tronb. les are expected at Fort Cail, Idaho. They 'eem to oe well posted as to captain Jacks movements and say he gets lots of blankets ,tc., Tor fighting, and think movement of a Ilmilar kind would be means of renJeni.b- ng their wardrobe.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-05-03
Letter From Wickenburg.
WicKENBURG, Arizona,
 April 27, 1873.

DEAR MtNER:-l shall not attempt a cor. respondence, as the ' buck board is ready tc carry me to Phuenx. All wish to say is thd', owing 10 pretty rough sand blow from California, of course,-my eyes are nearly used up. Cold. too has ruined my appetite for paper and ink On the way down to this place, noticed many men and teams at work, blowing in Miller. Round, Mint, Skull, Kirkland and other valleys. De- spite the past two months drouth. the land turned up quite wet, and if that wind storm which left behind gave you any rain, all will be well with the tillers of the soil. If not that, the next may do better by you and them.
 or course you know all about the scenery so snail not now "augur" you with an ac- count oi 1t. People along the road looked at me pleasantly, and at Skull valley and Camp Date Creek, l took on board some rare commissary stores.
 Al Date Creek, Capt. Geo. r. Price was pleased to assure me that the Indians would go 10 tue Verde reserve without any trouble.
 Here, at Wickenburg, find Judge How ard, of our town and street, who has inst returned from the lower regions, looking blooming. The Judge, you know, takes doses of "sprucc."
 oi the old residents, have run against Geo. II. Wilson, II. Mannasse, NJ. Peralta, MT. sexton, Dr. PersoD, T. $. Graves, J. NJ Bryan and MT. Ramboz, (who has the finest orchard and grounds in Arizona.
 Mr. Sexton IS quite hopeful concerning n speedy harvesting of gold from the Yulture mine.
 Bill Smiths mill, l5 miles below town, has made run, and am told that to-day is "cleaning up" day. May much amaIea nation greet Bills vision.
 Notwithstanding tEe standing still of the great Nulture mill, the town is far from being dead, and trade in the stores of our mutual friends II. Mannasse and NJ. L. Peralta is | rushing. This is, in great measure, due to the trade of some miners from Weaver dis. | tnct, 10 miles north, who have brought in plenty or gold, both placer and quartz l am stopping at the joint residence of NIT. James Grant and Dr. J. H. Pierson. | whose families are paying considerable atten, 'ioh to my cohinrt J. IT, NJ.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-05-03
MINES AND MINING.

Two weeks ago we mentioned the depar- tnre, from Prescott, of a party of miners, bound for the Piual mountains, to prospect for placer dggings and quartz A letter from one of the party, dated Camp Mcdowell, April 2l, gives the following information:
 We arrived here this morning, all right, ani had no trouble on the way, though we saw several Indians near Black canyon. who gave our party n wide berth. We receive some addition to the party here, and shall start in n day or two for the mountains. crossing Salt river about twelve miles below this post.
 Indians arc reported as being plenty near here, md as being on the war path. They stole two horses from a Mr. Reayis inst before our arrival Our party is strong enough not To lear the red skins; we number seventeen, all well armed and equipped and named as inllows: C. W. Lewis, T. r. Gibson. P. Kelley, r. MorrSey, J. Mahoncy, from Pioche: J. Samms, stranger w. F. Banninc. & Pablo, N W. Bowen, P. P Copan, C. Etten. \. /. Pierce, R. o. :. Watson, II. Shultz. l. Gardner, A. s. Hutchinson and N. P. Pierce. from Prescott; all in good spirits and hoping 10 strike it rich
 Jesse Jackson and Wm Simmons came in from Bradshaw, Wednesday evening, bring. ing with them lot of the gold bars which prove the value of the War Eagle mine on which the Del Pasco mill is running. Mr. Jackson says the War Eagle is second to no mine in Arizona, and he will prove if. for money or marbles, to any body who will put up
 young man who has been about town for lew weeks was going to conduct a select party to some rich placer diggings northeast "i Prescott, and the party was made up to start on Thursday morning, but the youth ie't Wednesday after dark, on his own hook, and did not leave much of trail either.
 locker on from Wickenburg, writes that smith mill had made run and was then cleaning up with amagam enough in sight to make m the owners feel jolly. Matters at the NaIture mlll were in statu quo.
 Mohave County.
 Our correspondent from Cerbat. gives most cheering news from the mines in Wallapa district. second furnace is going up at | Mineral Park, the first having been very sue. . cessful. Ores from the Cupel, Little Tiger. SiXty-three and other mines are sent to the Park furnace, for reduction. Mining mat. ters are taking permanent hold in the dis trlct, and business is prospering.
 The hoistng machine for the Cupel and Little Tiger Company has been safely landed on top ot the range, and will be set up at once.
 Mr. Elder IS getting in supply of wood and coal, and will soon fire up his furnace at Cerbat.
 The mill at Mineral Park is doing well. the roaSter works to charm, and our in- iormant mentions handling sundry bars of silver which he coveted and would have pock- < etrd under certain circumstances. \ MessrS. Dihenbach, Hope and others have discovered large and rich lode of arrentife. , rou' ore, some thirty miles south of Cerbat. |, which Is creating more excitement than any , discovery yet made in M0have county.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-05-03
Barbarity Triumphant.

Nothing is more humiliating to A stronr
 brave man, than to get in trouble with
 be taken advantage of and whipped by n
 mean sneaking, cowardly bully; yet such
 has oiten been the case and will be again,
 ana the incident will be forgotten, even by
 the observers, in a short time. But when n
 nation like the United States is placed in o
 llkc position through the action of its rulers.
 the pride ot the whole people is aroused and
 the demand IS made that justice be dealt out
 10 the insulting party. Such seems tu be
 the feeling of the public toward the Modoc
 Indians to-day, if we can judge by the ex
 pressions of the Press.
 whatever the motives be that actuate the peace policy of the Government, and allow the Indian department and the peace com.
 hissioners to carry out their pet plans re- gardless of the murder of hundreds of un- known and uncared-for settlers on the from. tlersj when the policy gives for it's Gruits such results as the death of such eminen, men as General E. R. s. Canby. A Ieadinc oliicer Tn the army, and Rev. E. Thomas. one oi the most noted clergymen on the Pacific coast, the majority of the American people must repudlate 1t, and they will demand A radical change.
 We look with horror upon the spectacle presented to the public view in the lava beds iuio Lahe, oregon, on the llth of april General of our army murdered and stripped naked, by the Modoc indians. and close by the dead body of General in the | army Of the Lord, and the mutlated bu, still | Ivlng bodies of Lieut.. Sherwood and Mir | Meacham. Sad as the sight may be. we can | put regard them as our saviors. and martyrs Tor tae sake of all who live exposed to the feacherous attack of hustie Indians between sonora and the British possessions.
 me murder of l3 or IA poor settlers on lule Lake, and the killing of thirty odd pri. vate soldiers of General Wheaton's command " 'he same Modocs, created no public feel. ns aeaihst them; such deeds have been too common Tor years in Avzona and other bor- uer states and Territories to be especially ho.iced even m the public press-and are Iead as part of the daily news, the same as ,he regular account of small confagration. put as the ruin of cities like Chicago and nostoh, by Ire, startles the whole civilized "oriu, ana brings responses of sympathy ana ald to the sufferers from all quarters so we ieel that the murder of these illustrious men VIII touch the hearts Of the people and cause most searching enquiry into the faults VI our national Indian policy that shall re- ,uit 'n change that can but be for the better u must be realized that sayapes mnst be 'onquered before they will submit to re. 'uah, mat they must be made to beg for peace before they can be expected to keen it 'r m to appreciate its blessings To that point ( ui ehorts Tor ciyilizing Indians should be di. ee,eu at once, for to that end all dealings ''h them must be condp1ted st last
The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-05-03
GnLrN's orrlcIALA AcCnrNr.

LAVA BED, April r.. | To Gen scoilcld We have di,ludgcd the Mo. docs from their stronghold. They moved South. ward. The cavalry is iH parsuit, The country is difficult to operate in. My loss is small, thanks to the howizers and mortars. We found several dead Indians in the charge when the caves were taken. GiLLEM ATrRoCITr DY ESCAPED MoDocs.
 YHEKA, April IS. Eugene Hoycg tcamstcr, was murdered and scalped bya party Of Modocs who slipped through the lines
 PECKsNIFF1ANT CANT--THE PRESIDENT FIRM.
 WAsnfNGToN, April IS.
 During the past few days the President has been overwhelmed with letters and lclcgrlms. begging him not to allow the clanOr Oi the ungOdly press or the passionate reasoning of those around him to swerve him from his philnnthropic peace policy toward the Indians The President says calmly that the MOdocs must be exterminacd, ss an act Ot justice, as well as protection, to the settlers ib that part of the country.
 SAN FRANCISCO, April lS.--A dispatch from Washington dated April liih says that the Presl. deDt declares that the Modocs must be extcrInin. a,ed at any cost. The feeling caused in Govern. mCnt circles by the shocking massacre oi General Canby and the Commissioners Is profound, and may lead Co radical change in the method Of treating wa"likc Indians.
 The Secretary of War has ordered 300 rifles to be distributed among the citizens of She frontier of Oregon.
 II it should prove true that the M0docs have broken out it Is difficult to for,see the end A general and protrnctcd Indian war is neither i'm. possible nor improbable.
 Grave fears are entertained that the entire band have escaped, and will join the Pitt River Indians aud will rayagc the country
 The cave to which 1t is supposed the Modocs have rctreated is six miles from the lava bed. and Is more difficult 10 approach aud affords greater protection from shells and Is amply supplied with wood and grazing facilities. Between the two places are great many small cayerns and crevices but no water within half a mite. l. Is necessary to make circuit of forty miles to get the artil. ery and supplies 10 the new stronghold. It is be- ieyed that Inc Indians are short of provisions and and are evidently dcmorained.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-05-03
Government Contracts.
PnGNIx, Maricopa County, Arizona, }
 April lith, 1873.
he E,lit0r Cf Me .41soua Niaer :

To he Editor of Me .4rizona MiAer: I never trouble you with any of my ideas. good, bad or indifferent, unless the spirit moves me to do so. On this particular occa- sion the lever which has been used by the spirit to put me in motion, is Government 1 contracts.
 Down he:e in this benighted Egypt. we ! have been struggling for precarious sub sistencc for the past five years. with the ! price of grain steadily dropping down until, last year, it got so low that we felt certain that no man other than a lunatic, would think of putting it any lower, (unless that man would try and show us how We could live cheaper) when, horror of horrors. the news Is brought to us that a few merchants and spectators on the verge of bankruptcy offered to furnish the Government with four million pounds of barley at S424 per hun dred. To do that and live themselves they must buy their barley here at l71 cts. per pound.
 Two of these same lunatics are making flour and selling it to the farmers at SS and S9 per hundred; and two of them are deal ing in merchandise, and they do not sell their tape and calico for one single penny less per yard than they did five years ago.
 We have to pay the same price for every thing that we eat, drink, and wear, that we did five years ago. For blow, hoe, shovel, ax or any other agricultural implement, we pay tbe same price that we did five years ago; and yet these same contractors propose | hat we shall sell our staple products at less | than one-half what it sold for five years ago.
 We wish 10 live and pay our debts. and to make improvements on our land and in our lomes, but cannot see how we are to get more than bare subsistence at the present prices for grain offered by the government nor can we see how the contracts ,an be honestly filled for the figures named. Certainly it could not be done were it not or the enormous profits made by the con ractors on the merchandise sold by them to he producers of the grain.
 In subsequent letter propose to give ew plain facts and figures.
 PRo BoSo PUBIIco
The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-05-03
MOhave County News.

J. C. Potts, formerly of Prescott. is now chairman Of the Board of Supervisors of Mo. have county.
 Mrs. J. c. Potts came in from CerLat on Thursdays stage, an home visit.
 District Court convenes in Mohaye on Mon. day, May 9th. There are 22 civil cases on the calendar. and murder cases to be pre- sented to the Grand Jury.
 Our old friend, w. J. Berry, has gone in.o the gardening business. and raises lettuce for all Cerbat, and raddishes that are worthy of mention on account of size.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-05-03

The o'r-,-son of Ac MINER being considerably rreat haa ll; o my ,thor Arizona paper business men cv. cyvte-- will find advantageous to make knowr their tlHaar- iu ia advertising columns.
 There no. tswa, village, military post farming CT mining settlement ia ;a Territory in which the papor does nos -c-lrs and cpt Of it are Zen, 10 every State and Territory ta Uu.oai which, coupled with its age and itaai.ny make t very desirable advertising medium.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-05-03

Settlers on Salt River n.e1 post office at near the upper crossing.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-05-03
THE NoDoc ESCAPE.

LAVA BED, April i5-Last Ughi inc Modoes attempted to break our lines for water. but were tepnlsed. This morning, during charge, the MOdocs slipped between the lines, retrsatInv southeast scar. Faced Charley was scalped by Ser geant Lee. lt is now now known Sconchln John was killcdby Meacham at the time of the massacrc
The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-05-03

Our losses in the two days fight have been five Killed and fourteen wounded. The only officer yet wounded is Lieutenant Eagan, a fiesh wound in the left leg He is doing we'll
 Five Indians only are reported killed and of these we have some scalps. None of our Killed or wounded have yet fallen Into the Indians hands.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-05-03

Ihs itsv. hr. Thomas. of Brooklyn, at a recent meeting of Methodist minis ters, inss ted that lhe devil had the public pres.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1873-02-15
g#lss a''o sArtrRrs.
PLEASANT STORY.

1t was n cottage. Don't tell me that l
don't know. Haven't | been there 10 gather
roses and feast ON strawberries? No. it
wasn't a cottage urnee--there was nothing
Frenchihed about it. IL was purely Ameri-
can, and harmouized sweety with the de-
lightful scenery. No, il hadn'ta HAT roof,
nor IL pOrtico--nothIng 1T all OF the kind.
But then it had rose vines running all over
tie windows. aud whole colonies of wrens
that made their nests and sang beneath its
caves. To ihe right was u field Ot clover,
red with blossoms, On the left an orchard
whence winds scattered II shower ut bloom;
in front vas Green lawn, shaded with
some massive walnut trees, and to the rear
opened long grass lane through which
the CONS walked every morning To their
pasture beyond, and returned every night
to be milked.
know well enough to whom this cot
taSe belonged. Ii Was builL by the hand
of him who owned It and lived in it, aud
had always admitted its excellent taste in
blending the useful with the beautiful,
though | had never seen him--my visits
having been to his wife and during his alb
seuce. | had learned of him though
h. ard enough to make me intensely curious
I see him; for not female tongue in the
apIhp'NA WV . ~boiNS'
WHAT'S the matter with him-is he im-
mOral?' l asked.
Not that know Of was the rejoinder.
But, tn tell the truth, Dolly, he's iusuGlr-
ably ugly-his face is all Scared and cicar
tried, l should think by lire, aud you
know il always made me nervous to look
at anything of that kind
Poor man! Perhaps he got burned in
rescuing some child or feeble woman from
the hames, said.
Don't know; never heard; never made
inquiries, you know they only came to
live in this neighborhood last summer, and
| have never had the courage To ask what
dsfgured him, but wish that you would.
Il am considerably acquainted with Mrs.
Wiuslow,' / replied; Il thought of calling
upon her this morning; perhaps size will
tell the story without being asked
do, that's dear, good DOLL
And did.
The whole atmosphere seemed redolent
with music and fragrance. couldn't tell
why all the birds had taken it into their
heads TO sing, warble and build their nests
there, and didn't know why it was that
the roses, butter-cups, yiolets and daisies
should prefer that place to any other. But
they seemed tn prefer it. judging from the
great profusiop In in which they grew.
The whole aspect was delightfully."- rural
| and picturesque, and all over fingered an
iuausoos Of quietuds aud reposa.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1873-02-15
Select poetrp.
The Old Man in the stylish Church.
BIT JOHN u. YAfEs.

Well, wife, I've been TO church to-dsy--bcen to
And secin' you can't go from home I'll tell you
You would have been surprised to see what l saw
The sisters were fixed up so fine they hardly
-, bowed to pray.
had on these coarse clothes Of mine, not much
the worse for wear,
But then they knew wasn't one they called a
millionaire;
so they led the old man to seat away back by
the door;
Twas bookless and uncushioned--a preserved
seat" for the poor.
Pretty soon In came stranger with gold ring
and clothing fine;
They led him to a cushioned seat far In advance
of mine,
thought that wasn't exactly right to seat him
up so near
When he was young, aud was old, and very
hard to hear.
But, then, there's no nccountin' for what some
people do;
The finest clothing nowadays oft gets the finest
But when we reach the blessed home al undealed
by sin,
Wen see wealth bcggin at the gate while poverty
goes in.
couldn't hear the sermon, I sat so far away.
So through the hoIrs OF service, | could only
'watch and rray;',
Then the dongs Of the Christians sitting near me
round about
Pray that God would make them pure within as
as they were without.
While sat re, lookin' all around upon the
rich and great,
kept thinkin' of the rich man and the beggar at
his gate;
How, by all but dogs forsaken, the poor beggar's
form grew cold
And the angels bore his spirit to the mansions
built of gold
How, at last the rich man perishcd and his sp-
rit took its hight
From the people and fine linen to the homo Of
endless Wight;
There ne learned. a. he stood gain at The beg
gar in the sky,
st isn't all OF life TO live, nor all OF death to Ge."
doubt not there were wealthy sires in that reli-
Who went up from their dwellin's like the Phar-
see of old
Then returned home from the worship, with a
head upfted high,
To spurn the hungry from their door with naught
to satisfy.
Out ont with such professions they are don'
more to-day
U stop tue weary SINNER from the dOspele bnn-
in way
Than all the hooks of nfdels, than all that has
been tried
Since Christ was horn at Bethlehem--since Christ
was crucined.
How simple arc the works of God, aud yet how
very grand
The shells in ocean caverns, the flowers or the
land;
lie gds the clouds OF evenin' with the gold right
from the throne,
Not for the rich man Snly-not for the poor
alone.
Then why should man look down on man be-
cause Of lack of god
Why seat him IN the poorest pew because his
clothes are old
\ heart with noble motives--a heart that God
has blest-
May BE- beatin' heavens music meath that faded
coat and vest.
Pm old may be childish-but love simplicity;
| love to see il shniu' IN Christian piety.>
Jesus told us in his sermons IN Ju iea's noun
tan's wild,
lie that wants to 20 to heaven must be like u
little child.
Our heads arc CROWN gray dear wife our
hearts are beatin' slow;
In q little while the master will call for to 70.
When We reach the pcarly gateways, aud look
in with joyful eyes,
We'll see no stylish worship in the temple OF the
skies.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1873-02-15

SOWING PLASTER IN WINTER.-W hen
plaster il cheap and the mill is n consider
able distance from the farm, and you have
no convenient place to stow away the plas-
ter. it is good plan to draw il in the win.
ter and sow it on the clover at once. Ii
there is not too much snow on the land
this can be easily done. Our own plan is
to put II boy to drive, and man ou each
side of the wagon-box, and one behind and
scatter the plaster with free hand as the
horses walk along. We SOW two or three
bushels per acre. A little of the plaster
may be carried OFF by the melting snow in
spring, or blown to the fences with the
drifting snow, but not enough to occasion
any serious loss. And it is certainly @
great convenience TO. draw plaster on q
sleigh rather than in the spring, when the
roads are almost impassable, and the fields
so soft that you cannot take team on to
them without injury.