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The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-07-03
Attorney-General Williams and
 the Modocs.

'Attorney- General Williams opinion on the Mod0c question, (says the Los Angeles Ex- press). has not struck the Eastern mind favorably. The idea of recognizing them as "belligerentsh with whom our Government has been in ''state of war; is rdiculed as crudity unworthy the law officer of the Gov ernment The New York World has a scatl- ing review of the document, and the Tribune in a temperate and well-considcrcd article contends that the Attorney General himself has furnished the best arguments against his own opinion, seeing that he has presented a summary of the Modoc troubles, which puts in the clearest possible light the absurdity of dignifying the recent performances among the Lava Beds by the name of war. The Tribune adds:
 These Indians were outlaws and ma rauders, no more entitled to belligcrent rights than so many rutfians escaped from Sing Sing. There can be no war except be- tween independent nations, or government and it's revolting subjects. To recognize the sovereign character of q band of two score Digger Indians is preposterous to treat their plundering and scalping expeditions as a re- bellion is not less so. We have never granted them the status of independence, therefore they cannot declare war against us as for eign power We have never looked upon them as component parts of our political system, therefore they cannot rebel. And yet the Attorney General proposes to regard them as prisoners of war, and to try them by court-martial for violating the regulations and usages of civilized hostility.
 Several other papers take similar view contending that the opinion is bad law and worse logic"
 This reminds us of the story about the "dsloyal" American, who, during the war got "cbucked" into dungeon vile, and who in answer to the assertion of a sympathizinp friend, who said the Constitution barred any such nonsence as that of putting him in prison, said, "Well, but they have put me in" "Well," said his friend II tell you they can't" "But, they have" said the prisoner "But, l tell you they can't" repeated the l friend.
 The Tribune declares that the Modocs can. not declare war. But, they have declared war have rebelled, and came very near con. quering 'the best government the world ever saw"
 Again, it would please Arizonans to know who and what the Modocs are,-whati is their status, If they are neither "component parts of our political system, or an independent nation.' We look upon them as being nearer wild beasts than anything else, but in this view the ''pious" men of the East may not
The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-07-03

Wantcd-Practical miners, who know how to make and run arastras, roasting furnaces, etc. A few dozen such men could make all the money they would care to have, out of our gold and silver mines. The Tiger, for instance, can be made to yield at the rate of about $500 per ton, sure. Forty tons of it have yielded nearly one thousand dollars per ton in San Francisco.
 Wantcd-Men of energy, 10 sink artesian wells, and furnish our placer miners with wa ter, the doing of which would free millions of dollars from our gravel beds.
 Wanted-Men who will raise sufficient horses, mules, cattle, sheep and other ami mals, to supply our home market, and save government and people from having to send out of the Territory for them.
 Wanted--about four enterprising men to start and run soap factories, at various points in Arizona.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-07-03

SrArIsrIcs.-Yuma county has IF horses, 369 mules and asses, l36 hogs, 1879 head of cattle and % goats.
 Polhamus & Gunther have received pat ent to one mine during the year. ..
 PIMA CouNrY.-Partial returns from Pi- ma are as follows San Pedro Settlement, 10 improved farms. 35 horses and head oi cattle. Gia River settlement, 754 fruit trees, peach, apple, pear, plum, cherry and qunce; 32 improved farms, 40 horses and mules ll9 head of cattle. Upper Santa Cruz set clement, farms, 26 horses and mules, 59a head of cattle. Sonoita settlement, 2 farms, head of horses, IS cattle. Tucson and San Xavier, 40 farms, l49 fruit trees, l9S horses and mules, 3,037 head of cattle.
 We have, as yet, no statistics from Marico- pa and Yavapa counties.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-07-03

San Francisco, June 2l.--The small schooner Minnie Atkins colided on the bar yesterday afternoon, with the schooner Laura May. Both were outward bound. The Laura May struck the Atkins smidship, stove her side in, and she commenced to fill. The Captain and crew escaped to the pilot boat. George Pea. body. Last night the foundered schooner was drifting toward Point Pedro.
 The schooner Golden Gate rsn ashore near Mare Bay and is total loss. All hspds were saved
The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-07-03
A Comparison.

Not long since, we detailed crimes of the Apaches of this Territory since 1863, and drew comparison between the surface feel ing engendered in the National mind by the knowledge of the murder of nearly 1000 Ar. izonans, their heavy loss of property, and the deep feeling caused by the death of two men Gen. Canby and Dr. Thomas--by the Mo. docs. This article was copied by the Daily Reveille, of Austin, Nevada, which paper en- dOrsed all we said. And now cones the En- terprise, Of Virginia City, same State, with this article
 "The Arizona MINER speaks somewhat bitterly of the profound interest everywhere taken in the Modoc difficulties, while the peo. pie of Arizona have been vainly crying for help against the Apaches for years past It asserts that since 1863, nearly 1000 Ameri- cans and Mexicans have been murdered in that Territory by the Indians, and is pre- pared to give the names of the victims. "Ihe bodies of many of them," says the Mf- SER, "were found shockingly mutilated, yet the knowledge of q wholesale slaughter failed to shock the people of the East no, not half so much as they were shocked after learning of the death, at the hands of the treacherous Modocs, of General Canby and MT. Thomas. all of which goes to show that the lives of irontiersmen are not as sacred, in the eyes of the 'so-called' churchmcn of the East, as those of Brigader Generals and preachers" Beside this loss of life property to tue value of hundreds of thousands of dol lars has been carried off or destroyed by the savages, while the development of the re- sources of the Territory has been greatly re. tarded. There is justice in this complaint seventy Modocs took the war-path near the boundary of two comparatively pop0iUu' States. They murdered few settlers, and the whole military resources of the land were at once placed at the disposal of the | district commander to bring them to punish mcnt. Troops were hurried to the scene from great distances; volunteers were enlisted Indian scouts were employed; and, finally, tO make the subiugation of the Modocs speedy and certain, portion ot the small force with which Gen. Crook had brought the ApacheS ! partially to terms in Arizona, was despatched to California. This was followed by another outbreak in that Territory, and General Crook will be compelled to take the trail again. IL was proper, of course, that the MOdocs should have been energetically followed and pun ! ished but now that the war in that country is at an end, we trust that something of the same energy may be displayed in bringing the Apaches to terms"
The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-07-03

CoME TO ARrzoNA.-Persons in search of good health should not fail to come to Ari- Iona. For consumptiyc people, Southern Arizona is the place. For bilious, worn-out folk, the mountainous portions of the Terri tory hold out such indictments as majestic scenery, pure air, water, game of all kinds, grassy hills, valleys, uiesas, beautiful streams of water, bubbling springs, &c., &c.
 . From this time until December next, the days in the mountains will be just warm enough to make a person feel good, while, a, Right, from one to three pairs of blankets will be needed. We have no mosquitoes, no burglars, no robbers of any kind, slve the Indians, most of whom are now on reserva- tions. In fact, there is here almost every thing necessary to render human beings hap. py, healthy and buoyant.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-07-03

The Los Angeles Star cannot satisfy its mind concerning the right to vote of an In- dian who has severed bis connection with his tribe and pays taxes.
 There is room for argument in such case, but itappears to us, that the Constitution of ,he United States, the amendments thereto, ard tht power of the party to whose candi. dates ls vote of the Indian would be given, operate tp cothe the aborigine with the cleo tive frAncLsc.
 For our paf,, wo would rather see civilized srd industrious Indian citizens than real black Oncs
The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-07-03

FOURTH or JULY.--To-morrow (Frday), will be the Fourth of July, and the 97th an. niyersary of American Independence. The day is sacred in the eyes of all true Ameri- cans, and we hope it will continue to be cele- brated until time shall be no more.
 Although we look for no grand demonstra. tions in honor of the day, in our Territory, we do expect all our citizens to feel within their hearts, a reverence for the gallant pat riots of the Revolution and for the flag, cons- titution and laws bequeathed to us by them.
 Wishing to give every person connected with the MINER chance to celebrate this greatest of American Holidays, VIC issue our paper ahead of the usual time.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-07-03
Latest from Ehrenberg.

We extract the following from a letter of June 30th, iron Alr Geo. Tyng
 The river is rising very slowly st'i--- Col. Barney is at Yuma-Thc steamboat is due here on tue 4th or 5th proXino---E. Martin, sr, took tailings from the Constancis mine to San Francisco and finding thoy as. saved S23 10 S35, after working some Sli or Sl5 from the rock, has concluded to star. work again, and Capt. Judy is expected, by every blackboard, to take eharge---Iack Stwart has sold out of the liquor busint,s to his partner Meyers
The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-07-03

LIBERTAD-The San Diego Union has ad vices from Mexico to the effect that the DOT, of Libcrtad, in the Gulf of California, is soon to be opened. The sum of Sl5, 900 has been appropriated for the erection of necessary buildings. Should Libertad be opened to commerce, the people of Southern Arizona will be brought nearer to the "sea," and cheaper goods will be consequence.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-07-03

A NEW Boog.-A L. Bancroft & Co, pub fishers, San Francisco, Cal, have just issued a work, "Mcn and Memories of San Francis co in the Spring of '50," by F. A. Barry & B. A. Patton, which opens out well and prom ses new and rich developments as each succeeding leaf is turned over The book is elegantly bound. well printed and interesting.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-07-03
TIE INDIAN CONTRACTS AeAlx.-we find

HE INDIAN CONTkACTs hGAIN.-We ma the following in New York City paper:
 The Indian contractors for furnishing food to the Arizona Indians, after a conference with the Secretary of the Interior and Com missioner of Indian Affairs, have agreed to carry the contracts until the first of January next, and trust to the generosity of Congress for the early payment of the amount due them. This kindness and patriotism of the contracting firm relieves the Indian Bureau from very awkward situation.
 The firm alluded to is that of Wm. B. Hooper & Go.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-07-03

The letter of our Phenix correspondent is good one. Read it, and learn the news of our. largest and best agricultural valley which is rightly named The Grsnary of Ari1ona"
The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-07-03

We have received from Mr. Wm. Ege, hos pital steward, at Camp McDowel, the mete. oroiogical observations for the month of June. The report shows that on the 10th there was heavy rains in the mountains to the east and southeast of the post, and that on the 27th the heat ranged as high as ll3e
The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-07-03

We have opened new set of subscription books and have sufficient room in them for tho names of several thousand subscribers. Send in your orders, and the cash We need all we can get to run this diminutive N. r.. Herald.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-07-03

We call attention to tue advertisement of MT. c. s. Eaton, of San Francisco, which ap. pears in the regular place. We know Mir. E to be an honest, honorable and accomoda- ting gentleman.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-07-03

THE SCIENCE or HEALTH for July is at hand. Its contents are exceedingly useful and interesting. Its publisher, Samuel R. Wells, New York, will send the magazine six months, on trial, for Sl.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-07-03

TrtEEosA APAcHrs--A company of cav airy, under command of Captain Fechet, is kept constantly scouting around this reser- va,ion, to keep the Indians in, and then they dOn't stay in.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-07-03

FRoN ERp rNBrRc. Writing 10 us from Ehenberg, under date oi June a7, Mr. Geo. Tyng, says; Summer, 90 t.r, cool rot above oO' yet, in ths shbaA ... ...
The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-07-03

TAs circulation of the MINER being considerably great CT than that sf any other ArIOna paper, business men ev ,ryEhsre will sna t advantageous to make known their tusinos 10 its advertising columns.
 There iS not town, village, military pot farming or miang settlement, in hs Territory which the paper does not circulate and copies of i arc every State and Territory Of the Uaoa which, coupled with it's age and standing make i, very desirable advertising medium,
The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-07-03

Capt. Nickerson and Paymas,er Nelson re- turned from Camp Verde Thursday morning.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-07-03

No'EStra MINER Monday last. Cause DO news worth relating" ...
The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-07-03

Tue London Times calls the Louisiana im. brsglio "a sort of Schleswig- Holstein affair.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-07-03
More Trouble on the Gila.
Pima Indians wrathy on Account of the Killing of one of their Number by a Mexican.

Pima Indians wrathy on Account of the
 Killing of one of their Number by
 Mexican.
 Mir. Jos. Collingwood, of the mercantile firm of E. N. Fish tS Co.,, sends us the follow ing, which needs no explanation at our hands ::
 FLORENCE, A. T, June 9, 1873. /. H Warion, EsY., Prescott:
 DEAR SIR Trouble here tomorrow, l think. The Pima chief Antonio Azu's son was killed at Sanford last night and not knowing the parties that killed him, the In- dians took an innocent Mexican, to murder him. They tied the Mexican by the hands to the horn of saddle and dragged him about 200 yards below Sanford, where be was rescued by Judge Summers and taken into custody by the proper authorities. The Mexican was not found guilty, as it was proved that a Mexican by the name of Do- 1 mingo was the murderer.
 All of the Pima chiefs attended the trial, and were very mum. l do not think they have any animosity against the Amer- cans, though all are on their guard for my trouble The Pimas have their pickets out above Sanford, on the hill, to see that the Mexican does not get away and my opinion is that he will never leave that place alive, as everything looks scaly at present, and Antonio Azul says be must have revenge for ! his son.
 | D. C. Thompson found his Apache girls about lj miles above Florence, and very glad | to get home. They were induced to leave home by some tame Apaches from the San | Carlos. who were to meet them in the canon above Florence.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-07-03
LATER.
 FLORENCE, June 2S, lST

FLORENCE, June 2S, 1873. J IT, Marion, Esq, Prescott:
 DEAR SIR: The man Domingo, that mentioned in my last, was taken out of the L. $. Court and murdered by the Indians, Antonio Azul at their head This IS the first instance that I have ever heard of person being taken out of an open court and mur. dered.
 The Pimas took the advantage of s. R. Turner, when he was looking for an interpru- ter. Being detained in Richards store some time, he found no prisoner on his return, hut after short search, found him about 900 yards below Sanford, murdered and mutt lated, his head being smashed into jelly. The people are much excited about this affair and fear bloody termination. Lieut.. Parkhurst, of Mcdowell, arrived on the 2Gth inst, with l3 men,-which force is not drop in q bucket in a case of this kind l Capt. Hamilton arrived to day from Tue son, with about 3S men; but with this small force nothing can be accomplished and | 1t would be useless tO attempt to arrest the parties who killed Domingo | The people of Sanford came to this place for endorsements, but did not get them, as we will have all we can do to protect our. selves
 l The Papagos are all leaving, and every. thing lnoks like war
 1 The Pimas have sent their women out into the hills, which looks as if they meant fight Yours truly, Jos. CoLLINGwooD.
 From communications in the Tucson Citi zen, we draw the inference that whisky caus- ed this trouble, and that the Pimas were no, likely to kill any other person but, for fear they should, we favor the sending of a suf ficiently large force to overawe them. They mnst be taught to respect law and Govern ment, and must be kept on their reservation where they will not be liable to get into | drunken quarrels with Mexicans. Had Agen, Stout the troops offered him by Gen. Crook this thing would not have happened.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-01-06
Poor Little SteDhen Girard.

The man lives in Philadelphia who, when
young and poor, entered bank, and says he,
please, sir, don't you want a little boy ?''
And the stately parsonage said, 'No, little
boy, don't want little boy" The little
boy, VIII .se heart was too full for ulterance,
chewing piece of liquor'ce stick he had
bought with cent stolen from his good and
pious aunt, with sobs plainly audible, and
with great glObulcs of water rolling down his
cheeks, gded silently down the marble steps
OF the bank. Bending his noble form the
bank man lodged behind a door, for he
thought the little boy was going to shy
stone at him.. But the boy picked up some
ct. "Come here, little boy,' and the little
boy did come here; and the ban man said,
''Lo, what pickest tn u up2' And he an
swered and replied, "a pin." And the bank
man said: Little boy, are you good? and
he said he was And the bank man said:
"How do you vote ?-excuse me, do you 90
to Sunday School?" and he said he did.
Then the bank man took down pen OF pune
gold and flowing with pure ink, and he wrote
on piece of paper: ''St. Peter,'' and lie
asked the little boy what it stood for, and he
said "Salt Peter" Then the bank man said
it meant "Saint Peter. The little boy said,
"Ohp'
Then the bank man took the little boy to
his bosom, and the little boy said "Ohr'
again, for he squeezed him. Then the bank
man took the little boy into par tnership, and
gave him half the profits and all the capital,
and he married the bank mans daughter,
and now all he has is his and all his own too.
My uncle told me this story, and l spent
six weeks in picking up pins in front of a
bank. l expected the bank man would call
me in and say, 'Little boy, are you good?'
and was going to say ''Yes;'' and when he
he asked me what st. John stood for, was
going to say ''Salt john" But guess the
bank man wasn't anxious to have partner,
and guess the daughter was son, for one
day says he to me, ''Liitle boy, what's that
| you're picking up?' Says 1 /, awful meekly,
Spins" Says he, 'Let's see 'em.' And he
took 'em, and took fl my cap. all ready TO
| go into the bank and become partner, and
marry his daughter. But L didn't get an in
vitation. He said. ''Those pins belong to
the bank, and if catch you hanging arour d
here any more I'll set the dog on youp'
Then i left, and the mean old ocuss kept the
| pins. Such is life as 1 find it.-''John," in
| Netc York Sun.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-01-06

RATHER MIxED.-That was fearful mess
in which paper involved two of its advel- =
tisements. The foreman, somehow or other,
in placing the type in the form, got an obit-
uary notice mixed up with a menagerie ad-
verIisement, so the following appalling para
graph met tue eye of the reader:
Died-On the 18th instant, William III.
hyena and the baby elephant, McManus, at
the age OF six comic mules, whose loss is our
gain. Professor johnson, who enters the
den of lions, affections sore long time placed
his head a. the mouth of the ferocious physi-
clans were in vain and the performing mon
keys will join him on the oti er shore with
the gun which comes from the deserts OF At
rica, where the funeral takes place at four
O'Clock, and the friends of the family are 1
vited. Admission twenty-five cents, child
ren to proce I'd to Black wood CemeterJ. Pea
nuts tor sale on the grounds. Gone, but no,
forgotten.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-01-06


A Danbury man got drunk when +. ,,,
that Colfax had refused the Tribune
Anna B. Dickinson will not MARY h.-
cause she is too young to leave her mother.
The English sparrows are fitting about in
the snow picking up crumbs and neuralgia.
OF the several thousand papers publisbed
in this country there is only once In a great
while one honest enough to call itself the
"Ctipper."
One ofthe most despicable creatures ON this
earth is man who hurrahs in a soprano
voice.
A Nelson-street girl is just as accomplished
ON the plano as her mother is at the wash
tub, but the latter boasts that she can reno
vate three shirts while the former IS going
through Beethoven's immortal symphony.
A Danbury youth who could not sing or
play, wanting to serenade his girl, whistled
for half an hour under her windo v, the 9TH
er evening. and when he got over the fence
found about seventy-fve dogs waiting to see
what he wanted.
There are 'wo things every citizen of this
Republic ID imperatively called upon to do.
1t he has got team he is to leave it standing
on cross-walk, it he hasn't got a team, he
is to throw his ashes into the middle of he
road.
We are in receipt of nine verse poem on
faded rose. What superficial people these
poets are. Here is a long mess of stuff COM
memorating an event that is of daily occur
renee and OF but precious little consequence.
But II respectable citizen, one whom the
community elghts to honor, has tumor
taken from his back, or swallows a button
with brass eve to il, or something like that.
something that affects everybody. and is of
the nature OF a tragedy, not single, solitary
poet would trouble him elf % write line
about it; he would not breathe out his soul
through single verse. But he can raphso-
dlse all night over little decayed vege. alton.
We are out of all patience with such people.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-01-06
A WORD TO PIANO BUYERS.

The name CHCKERNG has of
fair record the history of
held
Their uniform has talent
the sciences oey in the pay mpeent of
and long accumulated
These more than the des ed s bestowed Exposition contributed
build and sustain the confidence which et
the Atlantic unnstted
~ enduring qualities
We
reduced
ddual generally
obtained
and seller alike and will be
n person..
All
the greatest
These the first
Worlds Fair England the
medal
this firm the complete iron fme which land
TWAS this Exhibition
Russian Panos eA
ccerng Sons first used the sprung all the
asset ntruments
cuatd those
mns in the United States for
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-01-06
The Reasons Why.

Thousands
same Piano Forte gorueda
The men
a ""
f TIE Piano
nld' enans profit but take advantage
that all the
wedeal
at their have
Fourth As strikes recognised Boston,
rom i'm to Jim -
Fifth and lastly We discount
and fictitious o the epuchase
The Chkerg Pianos
ands
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-01-06

''How greedy you are" said one little Girl
70 70 another, who had tai en- the best apple in
Tue dish, II was just going to take that.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-01-06

iniVai OF efined drunks" was not a
y f., ,,,.',i name ,or New Yorkers to apply to the
festivities oil New Years day. Lut thew did if.