Arizona citizen., 1874-09-19
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
Special Dispatches to THE CITIZEN. l.
ARIZONA.

PRESCOTT, September t6.-Messrs. N. P. PeaFce, JaycOX & Bowers arrived here yeS- terday from the Greenwood, with about five hundred dollars worth of gold, the proceeds of eight tons of rock recently worked in their arrastrars. This gold is the finest yet brought into this market. San Francisco returns show that it coins SlS.13 per ounce.
 YUMA, September 15-A meteor passed through the heavens last night in a nOTth- erly direction, Illuminating the sky With dazzling brilliancy.
 The Colorado river is still low and the c. $. N. Co.'s steamers are making double trips to transport their freight. The SteaIn- CTS Gila ana Cocopah are expected daily to connect with steamer Montana that left san Francisco the 9th, She is expected at mouth ol the river on the 18th.
 Mir. fully, of Fully, OchOa x Co. of Tue son, passed through this city yesterday enroute to Nevada, Cal.
 The 18th will be the anniversary of the Mexican Independence. The Mexican res dentS here are making preparations to celebrate the event with becoming honor.
 On account of the petty thieVing that has been gong on here lately, the town council has adopted the precautiOn Of or dering the Indians out Of town every eVen- ing at Sun-doWn, and they are not permit ted to return until sunrise.
 The weather is gradually becoming cool CT.
 MARICopA WELLS, September 14.-This evening has been unusually lively by the presence Of politicians, miners and others. On Saturday evening II. 5. Stevens put in an appearance in his private conveyance, having come from PheniX where he hau been looking after things politically. La ter in the evening the stage rom Tucson arrived and with it Gov. Stafford and Col. w. G. Boyle. A pleasant evening Was spent in discussing politics, mining inter- ests, etc. Early yesterday morning GOV. SafTord Col. Boyle, Hon. H. $. Stevens and J. A. Moore started for the Quajate mines in 4-hOrSe coach. They go on bus mess and pleasure.
 MARICoPA, Septembr 15.-Gov. Stafford, Col Boyle, II. :. Stevens and J.aA. Moore returned last evening, having made an in vestigation of the Quarcharty and Saca- ton mines. All are pleased with them. The Colonel says their richness IS some thing wonderful. Work is being pushed forward as rapidly as possible, though they suffer great inconvenience from be- ing forced to haul water a distance Of twenty miles. Smelling has not yet been commenced, but preparations tor 1t are fast approaching completion. Col. Boyle says he will do nothing in these mines as agent of tho Sonora company, but proba- bIy will as agent for friends ill San Fran cisco, or as principal. He leaves by stage this evening and expects to return in tour or five weeks with necessary machinery to open the Santa Rita mine.
 Hon. H. $. Stevens, candidate for Con- greSS, also leaves by stage this evening TOT Yuma, from which place he goes to Mojave, Prescott, etc.
 Gov. Stafford left for PhcniX this morn ing, enrOute to Prescott.
 Freight teams of Bryan, Quinlan, Cav aneSS, Mey CTS and Ddguerre from Yuma, twenty teams in all carrying about 275 5,OU6 pounds freight, camped here last night. J. w. StrauchOn, telegraph repairer and rt lpft colt.
 MARICoPA, September l6.-G and c com panieS, Eighth Infantry, arrived this morning; the former leaves for Lowell and the latter for -MenoppeIl t>,-111UrrUw. Lieut.. Wells has with him his wife and Ms. Capt. COrliSs, two very estimable la dies. Some of the men marched acr, SS the desert forty-tive miles, in thirteen hours. D. B. Blair and wife passed through last evening enroute to San Francisco.
 MARICoPA, September lS.-Hon. Hiram s. Stevens left for Yuma last evening, hay. ing laid over another trip on account of full stage. Three more passengers are waiting for an empty stage.
 Don Francisco Noriega, whom every one who has passed here in the last seven years knows as Pancho." leaves for Her mosillo to-day on a months vacation.
 WICKENBURG, September I4.-At the Democratic primary election on Saturday lttSG A. II. TetpIcS anu ueo. Drydn were elected delegates to the county cOnven- ton.
 WICKENBURG, September 16.-Col. c. P. Head and A. P. Hardin arrived by Cali fornia stage this morning.
 The MeXicanS of this place are celebrat- ing the Independence of Mexico to-day.
 BackenStose'S circus Wlll give an eXhibi- ton here tomorrow. They exhibit at Smiths mill tonight. Their deer, one of the main features of the show, was killed at Agua Fria by thelr Mexican lion on last Monday.
 Monroe and party are making prepara- tionS to leave for the mountains on a pros pecting tour.
 WICKENBURG, Septem Der 1S.-Mr. Snug, metallurgist, and MT. Wilson of Antelope, came to town last evening. They report the placer miners doing exceedingly we'll in the mines near that place.