Arizona citizen., 1874-02-14
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
Special Dispatches to THE CIr1zEN.l ]
PRESCOTT AND VICINITY.


 received at Prescott on the 3d, that the Hualpai Indians whose removal the Inte-
 rior Department had directed to be made
 to the Colorado reservation had decamp- ed from Beale's Springs, going in the di- rection of the country occupied by the SevintS, a branch of the Piute tribe with whom the HualpaiS have occasionally aS- sociated. The Sevints live to the north and northwest of Beale's springs, near the Grand Canyon of the Colorado. The com manding officer of Camp Beale's springs, Captain Byrne, immediately sent Lieut.. Hurst, I2th Infantry, with detachment to follow the trail of the Hualpais and
 watch them. To-day more information
 has been forwarded from Beale's springs stating that the Haulpais are encamped
 in body at TruxtOn springs. They sent a messenger into the commanding officer of Camp Beale's springs, disclaiming any hostile intentions, and stating they were not going to commit any depredatiOnS,
 but would not go on the Colorado reserva- ton to live, giving a number of reasons tn arefOr.
 Surgeon H. R. Wirtz, U. S. A., died in San Francisco on the 24th of January. He had for some time been suffering from cancer. Deceased had formerly been on duty i'll this department. He was noted for literary proficiency and was graduate of both the medical and classical depart ments of the Pennsylvania University.
 The health Of the Indians on the Verde IcStIN dIlOll lS
 The water courses hereabOutS are yet running very full. Last night the frost was severer than usual, ice forming on Granite creek nearly an inch thick.
 A successful trial was made this after noon with the steam engine for hoisting water into the reservoir at Fort Whipple.
 Orders are published by department headquarters to convene two cOurt-mar- tials, one to meet at Camp Grant, Febru- ary 20, and the other is to assemble at Bowie February 9.
 Gen. Crook and Dr. Magruder left here this morning for Camp Verde.
 Transportation was this morning sent from Whipple depot to old Camp Date Creek to bring from that place for inter- ment in Whipple cemetery, the remains of the late Capt. Philip Dwyer, 5th Caval- ry, who died there August %, 1872.
 PRESCOTT, February 10.-A telegram was received at department headquarters to- day, stating that Maj. John G. Chandler, now at LeavenWOrth, Kansas, had been ordered by War Department to report to Gen. Crook for duty as chief quartermas- ter of this department; also that Capt. w. B. Hughes, assitant qurtermaster at San Francisco, was ordered to report for assign ment. Capt. Hughes was some years back in charge of Yuma depot.
 Capt. A. F. Rockwell and family arrived at Yuma on the 7th.
 Gen. Small has recovered from his se- were rheumatic attack.
 Lieut.. c. H. Rockwell, 5th Cavalry, is expected at Yuma by next steamer. He goes to Camp Lowell. Capt. Leib, 5th Cav airy, is also reported enrOute from St. Lou is, to join his company at Camp Grant.
 The HualpaiS are quiet. No changes re- ported since last week.
 Gen. Crook and Surgeon Magruder re- turned from Camp Verde on the 9th. They reservation. The Indians there are be- having well and seem well disposed. They are counted each day by the Indian agent, Dr. Williams assisted by Lieut.. Schuyler.
 Weather for two or three days has been delightful. The temperature is that of Spring. The engine at the Whipple wateI works was put in operation and soon forced water from the wells into the capa- ciOuS reservoir, nearly two hundred feet above, which holds over 50,000 gallons. The water is first obtained from several deep wells near Granite creek, and the supply of which is ample. Itis contem- plated to lay out post garden to be irri gated by the surplus water from the and thus supply the troops here with vegetables during the coming Sum- mer.
 PRESCOTT, February I2.-Gen. J. J. Dana, lately on duty here, has been ordered | from Washington to Fort Leavenworth, 
 Col. Nelson, paymaster, started to-day for PheniX, where he is to meet Col. Fay | or U pOn returning ne VIII pay troops Tn | northern Arizona.
 Gen. Small, chief commissary, has been | much indisposed for some time, but has now recovered sufficiently to attend to his | official business.
 The weather has been changing for some lays between storm and sunshine. Rain | began yesterday morning and continued | alling with unabated severity all day and | tt night there was one of the heaviest | 'ains witnessed in this vicinity for years. now seems to assure abun- lant crops about here the present year, besides sufficient water to run the mining luiceS. This morning the sun came out lear and bright, and the ground was GOV ,red with pretty heavy frost.
 Orders printed and issued yesterday at department headquarters, direct impor ant reductions in the force of employees md other items of expense. All build ngs rented in Tucson by the quartermas- CT department, except the residence and office of the paymaster on duty there, are EnDss vacated and transferred to owners ,H Eepruary 28; and by same date all aj2f<5ea eanq other employees at Tucson de- <1x Hll{StDe discharged, or sooner if prac 4<4tiess and all government stores and li1}{5e5tyi are to be at once transferred to 54mp Lowell.
 reduction is ordered at 1l the other posts and depotS in the Ter ftory. Whipple depot loses twelve en- )lOyeeS. IL is said that this reduction is n consequence of instructions from the of war.
 Col. J. G. Chandler, the new quarter master for this department, has been in he army since 1853, when he graduated at he military academy. He was a class nate of Sherman, Slocum, KautZ, Crook md others. He has been in the quarter n 1 1Stn rt trl1p cir hno l