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The Arizona sentinel., 1874-09-05

family. People of low, gross and groveling instincts are not fond of flowers. It is sentiment that they cannot understand or appre- ciate. The more highly people are cultivated and refined the more they love to surround their homes with the beantful in ma ture.
 Men of Arizona, let us plant more trees and flowers. for as- suredly, "a thing of beauty is 8 joy forever"
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( ERBAT, MOhave Co.,.
 A. T., August 1st. 1874.

Friend BesTy:-I am glad that our SENTINEL is on guard our Territory is fortunate in possess ing paper devoted to it's inter- ests. This is as it should be. In this county atpresent, politics and mining absorb public attention. The seekers after office, are at present smooth, suave, and smil- ing-in fact, the dear people are much beloved by the different candidates, and as natural con- sequence, whisky is freely used to stimulate their intense patrio- tic sentiments.
 All men who have lived long on this coast know Col. D. Buel, one of the best and most thorough mining experts on this coast. and whose interests are now indenti- fed with the people of MOhaye county and we would not swap or barter him away for millions; a giant gifted with brains in pro- portion to his physique, it is but natural that he should be our leader in all our great undertak- ings for the developments of the boundless mineral wealth of Ari- zona.
 We are fortunate as a people in possessing good men with go-ahead principles, such for instance, as J. II. Cofer, Esq. This gentle man has large interests in MOha- ve county, for which has been of fered large sums, but he has steadily refused any proposition. from the fact that the future of Mohave county will exceed the most sanguine expectations of it's friends. A good citizen adds to the wealth or to the knowledge of the common wealth of the nation. Therefore whenever the census is increased we consider the author as a public benefactOr.
 My young and competent good looking brother physician, has in- formed me that Mrs. Potts is the mother of beautiful girl. twins. May the parents and the dear children ever retain the warm friendship of their numerous friends. Dr. Joseph Lesesne in, forms me that the mother and children are doing well.
 All our young and good looking bachelors are beginning to wear h0iIod oh irfS and U1Y thpir nnuS taches; in fact they are rigging themselves for conquest. A good looking young lady is in town and the only man in town who is not excited is John Dobbs, Esq hut it would take small sized earth quake to shake the equanimity of that genial gentleman.
 All of your friends send you a kindly greeting aud accept the same from your friend.
 MEDICO.
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BY TELEGRAPH.
.cnecial i0 Me F Sentinel. :"
LOUISIANA.
The War of Races.

The War Of ESdccS'
 NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 23.-Fhe P;cayassae this evening reports tn at q dispatch has been received from Shreveport, stating that a large body of negroes had assembled at Coushatta, a town in the Red river country, near Colfax, and that great alarm and excitement prevailed among the whites. Governor Kellog's private Secre- tary, in reply to an inquiry of the associated press agent, with re- gard to the report says it is not credited by the executive, and that the only foundation for 1t is that the Sheriff at COushatta has summoned a posse of 65 persons, 15 white and 50 colored, to defend the parish officers, in case any at tempt was made to force them to resign.
 Latest dispatches from Shreve' port this evening confirm the first reports of trouble at COushatta, and state that courier who ar- rived at Shreveport this evening says the negroes are constantly receiving endorsements from all quarters. The town is guarded by 200 whites who ask help. A courier from Minden, Webster parish, brings substantially the same report. Forty men left Cot ton Prairie this morning for the scene of conflict. Seventy left Shreveport this afternoon and more are to follow to night. Rein fOrcements have also gone from Minden.
 A telegram from a gentleman at Robinson's place says conflict is inevitable and he thinks it can- not be delayed longer than to- night. The black population of Red river parish out-number the whites three to one. Coushatta is fifty miles from the nearest tele graph station, and it is not pro- bable that further news will be had tonight.
 LATER-A dispatch from Shreve- port says a courier from Coushatta just in reports that the troubles are ended and the town is quiet. The negroes, left without a lead CT, dispersed. One white and two blacks were killed.
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SE NECESITAN HoMBREs PARA TRABAJOS DEL CAMPO Los que deseen un empleO con buen saeldo pueden ocurrir con Don Ignacio FOncerrada, o Don Felipe Lastra, ,en Lerdo, (Colonia Mexicana) y con Don Miguel Pesquelra, en Yuma. Los hOmbres con familia encontraran buenas condolences.
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INDIANA.
A Horrible Outrage

JEFFERsoNvILLE, Ind, Aug. 3O. A horrible outrage, resulting in the death of the victim, was com. mitted near Henryville last night. Augustus Garnier, while walking along the railroad track was as saulted by 3 men who robbed him of 5 dollars and then bound him across the track and left him. He succeeded in freeing his body from the ropes but before he could get his legs loose train came along, and though he managed to throw his body off the track, his left leg was cut off. He lay beside the track all night and WAS picked up by a train and brought here. He died soon af- ter.
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WASHINGTON.
order to Sell Gold in New York; Winding Up the Freedman's Saw fn9s Hank.

order to Sell Gold in New YOrk-.-
 Winding Up the Freedman's Saw
 1ngs Hank.
 WAsHINGTON. August 30. The Secretary of the Treasury has di. rected the Assistant Treasurer at New York, to sell gold during September as follows: One mil lion on the first and second. Thurs days, half a million on the third and fonrth Thursdays, making in all three millions.
 NEW YORK, August 30.-The 60 days notice at the Freedman's Savings Bank expired yesterday, but affairs remain unchanged and business is still suspended. The commissioners to wind up it's af. fairs are busily engaged in collect ing assets and loans of the bank and declare that when 20 per cent. is collected dividend will be paid to depositOrS.
 An Investigation Ordered of the
 Charges Against Indian Agent
 Roberts.
 WASHINGTON, Sept. 3. - The Secretary of the Interior has or dered an investigation of all the circumstances of the alleged at tempt at black-mailing on the part of Indian Agent Roberts, al the White Mountain Reserve, in Arizona. Roberts has sent 8 denial of all the allegations against him.
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NEVADA.
Horrible Accident.

AUSTIN, New, August 3U.-A voung man named John Deckery employed in the Manhattan Mill, was caught in the belting of the machinery this morning, and re- ceived frightful injuries. One arm was torn off and his body mangled so badly, that the en- trials were laid bare. He was caught in the belting of the driv- ing wheel of the crusher, his body stopping the entire mill machin- erv. which is driven by 100 horse power engine. No hopes entertained of his recovery.
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NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Death of General Foster.

NASHUA, September 2.-Brevet Major General John G. Foster, Lieutenant Colonel of the Corps of Engineers, U. s. A., died here this morning. General Foster served with great distinction through the war of the Rebellion and was mustered. out as Major General of Volunteers in 1866. He was appointed Lieutenant Colonel of Engineers in 1867.
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A Long Branch woman bathes in white kid gl0ves.-Ecchange.
 Jerusalem How does she get into them? Does she put them on over her head, like the rest of her fixings? We pG,os fora re- ply.
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N. P. Perine, of San Francisco in ouarrying rock for the branch h. sane Asylum at Napa. A Cor oner's inquest was held and a verdict given in accordance with tbe facts above given.
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Furnished House to Kent

Mrs. T, E. Williams ofers her House to rsyat ready fttr1iiSIaed.
 Said house is situated on the corner Of Gila anI l-t streets and opposite th9 store of A Rise. Persons wishing to rent VIII apply to her, on the premises. :.
 Yuma, Aug. l5, 1874. u.
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BOSTON.

.Goidsmith Maid'' Wins in 2.14.
 BOSTON September S.-At Mys- tic Park, yesterday, Goldsmith Maid won the purse up $25, 1000, trotting against time. Time, 2.14
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LETTER FROM CERBAT.

Referring to the date of the fol. lowing interesting letter, it will be seen that it has been a long time in reaching us:
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CHAs. H. NAYLoR left for Ma. ricopa Wells by stage, Friday evening of last week.
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TO THE PEOPLE OF ARIZONA.

At the request of large number of friends throughout the Territory, hereby announce to the People of Arlzona, that will be an Independent PsOples' Candidate for DELEGATE TO CONGRESS, at the ensuing Election. If am elected. l will fairly represent the people and the in. terests of every section of the Territory. No one could do more: less, would be un- just and nngraieful to those whOss support 1 now ask
 ap I6-tf H. s. STEVENS.
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NOTICE.
| u PERsONSKNOWING

A LL PERSONS KNOWING "A themselves to be indebted to tne un, dersigned will please, cvms forwsrd sne settle the same within the next thirty c"ys. as have closed out my business ana lnass close up accounts. Come up and pay '" give your note and save coats.
 Will be sold within the ilrne name. ~ above, at great sacrifice. the 5tatiop o. rno". as .' reamster's Camp" on sae .uos sn road. A good chance for worSips .s.. .. Stage stock kept at the Station. ., s.I e.I. .,o who wish to settle, or buy, VIII 70. .sS x H. N. Alexander, who will furnsa ps
 culars. on
 Yuma. Aug. Is, 1874, '"
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The P. M. s. s. Company's New Iron Screw Steamship Makes the Short est Passage on Record Hence to Japan.

By the Japanese papers we learn that the Pacific Mail Steamship COmpany's steamship ColSna0, Capt. Dearborn, arrived off YOkO- hama on the night of August 1st, and landed her mails at break of day on the 2d, which were dis. tributed at six a m-in just sev- erteen days and thirteen hours from San Francisco, which is two days shorter than any other pas sage ever made from this port to Yokohama. She left for Hong kong. August 3d. The next short est passage over from here, was made last year by the Pacific Mail Steamship Company's steamer Qat0ng-Se, in nineteen days days and some hours. No other pas- sages over have ever been made under twenty days.-Ata.
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NOTICE.

We have this day QiseB David Neahr 8 general Power-of-AttoFney to transact business on our accOunt.ss1 hljfnf Aug. Sth, 1874. J. G0LDWATER,
 sl5-t4. NJ. GOLDWATER,
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SPECIAL ANVOUNCEMENTS
TO THE PEOPLE OF ARIZONA

l hereby announce myself as an Tnde pendent Candidate for DELEGATE TO CONGRESS. JOHN SMITH.
 my2tf
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Administrators Notice.
In the matter of the Estate
 of GEARGE R WHINIER decaasad.

GEORGE R. WHISLER. deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the IN undersigned. Administrator of the above-n amed estate, to the creditors of, and all persons having claims against said deceased, to exhibit the same with the necessary vouchers. " thin ten months from the first publication of this notice, to the undersigned at Msricopa Wells, A. T. Pheuix, July D. 1874.
 JAS. A. MOORE, aug8t-4 Admin strator,
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-06-27
Sweet Potatoes.

A correspondent of the Rural Sun
made the following interesting I'l"i
with sweet potatoes
g In 1871 | cut the vines from the Po-
tatoes of all but one row, before sun up,
the morning of the first frcst dug and
housed the potatoes the same day.
spreading thiniy on planks; Inc re-
served row was dug after all the mols-
ture had apparently dried from the
vines mot yet cut from the potato) po-
tatoes housed alongside OF first lot' L
neither weighed nor measured, but ex-
amined daily, and concluded that one
eighth of the first lot rOtted before
freezing weather. and not one per cent.
of the last dug. The crop OF 1877 was
similarly treated, and very similar re-
suits were being obtained, when open
doors allowed the whole to freeze and
rot.
"My experiment of 1873 was as fol
lows "a pounds dug before frost "A
pounds dug after partially killing
frost u pounds dug after the vines
had dried up II pounds dug after the
| ground had been twice frozen. On De
cember Is, first lot weighed is pounds
| second lot, 16 pounds u ounces third
/ lot, u pounds 10 ounces fourth lot, IL
pounds ounces.
''The above deficit includes the dry
| ing OF the sound potatoes, also No. !
shows gain il weight, probablSu $3.50
potato = q -. s.:sssss -
t--efracIs HON - 91u2 80 - Il -
ness of the experiment Gas no one Car
claim that a potato can increase IL
weight, no matter when dug, but be
fore weighingI had, IRON daily exam
nation and removal of rotten potatoes,
concluded that No. l was probably
keeping the best, No. second best, Il
not equally we'll with No. l, No. 2 third
best, and No. 3 rotting most, while the
general crop rotted but little. l am still
strengthened in my opinion that frost
killed vines do not iDjure the potatoes
if left attached until they dry. In my
experiment have not properly testeC
potatoes dug before any frost.
81 Will add that the vines of tbos,
potatoes dug after freezing, where JON
ing the potato, were filed with natura
milky sap, apparently sweet"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-06-27
The Cattle Trade at Wichita.

A correspondent of the Chicago
Times, writing from Wichita, places
the number of cattle that have come
over the trail up to the 1st at %, 9OS
head, as against A, $50 head for the
corresponding period last year, showing
an increase thus far for the present sea-
son of SOP. 1t would appear from the
foregoing figures that the drive this
year will be larger than last year, but,
from the best attainable data, it will
not be over one-half as large as LAST
year. The drovers all started earlier
this year than last, and the drovers all
concur in say ing that there viii not be
more than half the number driven out
of Texas that were driven last year.
The best posted cattle men do not
place the entire drive for the season at
over 100, 600 head
Old drovers say that cattle never
come over the trail looking so well as
they do the present season. The APP
parent smallness of the drive will not
make much difference in the price of
beef cattle. Some of the drovers say
there are as many good beef cattle
driven this year as last. Fully four
fifths of the cattle driven this year are
beef cattle, and most of them are in
better condition than the cattle that
were wintered in Kansas. This is due
to the fact that the range was better
during the past winter than at any
time within the memory of the Oldest
Texas cattle man.
There isn't as much anxiety among
holders to sell as in former years at
this time, but some cattle are changing
hands. Several large shipments of
through cattle have been made within
the last three days, and shipping will
go on busily from this time forward.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-06-27
Human Relics on the Ocean Bed.

The Iream that afflicted the wretched
Clarence, after due allowance Is made
for poetic exaggeration, probably gives
a fair though sOmbre representation of
what was till lately supposed to be the
condition of the ocean bed. 1t we've
easy to show by abundant quotations
that the sounding seas were supposed
to wash beneath their surface the bones
of unnumbered hapless mariners, and
that the highway of nations was be-
lieved to be paved with the relics of
disaster. To this picture there was
afterward added a yet more weird fea-
ture. The notion, derived from expert
ments on the compressibiiity of air,
gained acceptance that water at great
depths was rendered 50 dense by press
IRE that nothing could sink to bottom
in the ocean. According to this theory,
each substance would descend only to
a certain point, determined in each case
by N specific gravity. Thus, while the
victims of q shlpwreck might rest at
few hundred feet below the surface, the
heavier article of the cargo would re-
main ut va iOus distances below them !;
but in the greatest depths even the an
Choir itself would never reach the ocean
floor. And thus the sea became n maui
solemn more strangely occupied than
that in which Mohammed's coffin hung
suspended, mid-water being substituted
for mid-air.
Each of these conceptions is exactly
/ the reverse of fact. Water is not com
pressible, and does not at any known
/ depth hold heavy substances suspended
in it. Relics y humanity of any sort
whatever are among the very rarest Of
curiosities obtained in deep-sea dredg-
ing. Prof. E. S. Morse, in the course
of a discussion on the evolution theory,
has cited two good illustrations in proof
of the latter Abatement. When the
Lake of HaarleOl was drained, on whose
surface the comm rec of ten centuries
had fioated and several naval battles
taken place, no trace of man or his
works was found in the land redeemed
from the ocean. In the course of twelve
years dredging off the coast of New
I England, right III the track where sail
ing vessels constatly piled, one iron
spike was the sole evidence of man S
existence brought up from the bottom.
The writer of this article had, however,
/ the luck to be present on the occasion
/ of one of the rare exceptions to this
/ general rule. In a dredging cruise of
/ the Blue Light, last summer, in Casso
/ Bay, the thrawl brought up, along
with anemOnes, star-hsh, skates, and
/ scuipins, a shoe of modern manufacture,
and only remarkable, if at all, as to its
/ size. What seemed a still more singular
/ coincidence was the next haul of the trawl
/ brought up the mate of this big shoe.
/ The pair were in a very dilapidated
condition, as shoes, but they took high
/ rank as curiosities. The occurrence was
/ so unusual that 1t has been suggested
/ that perhaps there was legerdemain
about it-that it was a neatly contrived
hoax. To this Sle only reply must be
that seeing believing" No one
who saw theIshoe taken out of the
/ midst of the mud of the trawl pocket
was troubled with the doubt that har.
raised King George about the apple.
/ dumping. HdrDer's Mdqazile.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-06-27
Proper Time to Manure Trees.

People often argue whether it is bet
ter to manure trees in the fall or IN the
spring, but we think that any one who
tries 1t will find that the summer is as
good time as any. 1t was only a few
years ago that it was discovered that
plants are like animals in this-that
they, while appearing to be expanding
their daily nourishment on continuous
growth, are really at the same time lay
ing up food for tomorrow. Those who
have examined vegetable cellular struct-
ure with a miscroscope tell us that the
formPSon is exactly like that of a hon
eyco4b, the cells lying together of a
hexagOnal shape, as If made by bees
But it proves that this structure is more
like the illustration than those that
used it suspected, in this-that as Ia
the honeycomb honey is stored up for
use at future time, so matter is stored
up in these little plant-cells for the fu-
ture use of the plant. There are in al
most all plants two growths during the
season. The first growth is formed al
most wholly from the matter stored up
in the cell of the previous year. After
midsummer, especially in the apple
tree, the whole of the force derived
from the past year is expended, and it
stores up nGtle IOr new growth,
which is soon after made. AS the sea
son progresses the latter or secondary
growth also in turn lays up matter in
its cells for the next season, and as the
past season has done.
Trees always like fresh food as we'll
as animals and thus it is with this ex-
PLANTATION that one can readily uuder-
stand how it is that a top dressing of
good manure put un er the trees soon
after midsummer, when the second
growth is about to take place, produces
the marked good results we have before
recorded.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-06-27
CottOn-RepOrt of the Agricultural
Bureau.

The statistician of the department of
agriculture makes report of the acreage
in cotton, based on returns from most
of the country and on personal obser-
walton in six cotton states, as follows,
the comparison being with area of 1873 !:
Virginia so per cent, North Carolina
SO, South Carolina 81, Georgia 80, Flor
ida 81, Alabama Sc, Arkansas 80, Ten
nessee 90, Mississippi SO, Louisiana 80,
Texas 102, Missouri 70. The aggregate
production slightly exceeds 10 per
cent.
The condition of the crop is reported
by the following figures, 100 being nor
NAL or fair condition North Carolina
SO. South Carolina 81, Georgia so,
Florida 20, Alabama 80, Mississippi rs,
Louisiana 20, Texas 90, Arkansas 80,
Tennessee IS. The report of the con-
dition in June, 1878, was more favora-
BILE in every state except North Carolina
and Texas, the record standing as fol-
lows North Carolina 50, South Caro-
lima SO, Georgia %, Florida 102, Ala
bama 90, Mississippi 80, Louisiana 81,
Texas Sc, Arkansas, 80, Tennessee 80.
The season has been remarkable.
The stand is very poor, many plants
not having made their appearance on The
LIST of June. Since the last of May
shove have been general, and the
prospects are much improved. The
fields are much clearer than at this date
last year, and easily kept free from
weeds. With favorable weather, fair
comparison with July is quite probable
at the next report.
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times as fast as the earth is travelling
around the sun.
The heat of Arcturus has also been
measured by.Mr. Stone, of the Green
wich ODsek atory. The experiment
was one of e.ceeding delicacy and great
ingenuity was required in overcoming
the numerous difficulties with which
the research was surrounded. This
careful observer reached the conclusion
that AFcturu7ogives out about as much
heat as woul be received from three
inch cube full Of boiling water, and
placed at a distance of three hundred
and eighty-three yards. If this be true
estimate, the heat-giving power of the
star bears much greater proportion to
the heat-giving power of the sun than
the light giving powers of these suns
bear 10 each other. These results can
not be considered as reliable until they
are confirmed by repeated experiments.
Arcturus, or Alpha Boots, as 1t Is
technically named, belongs to the large
and important northern constellation
Bootes, or the Bear driver, which con-
taips many objects of special interest
tCSshe astronomer, among them large
number of double stars whose revolu-
tons have been accurately determined.
One of them, Mirac, has component
parts of such extreme beauty that 1t
has received the name of Pulcherrissi-
ma. The cluster may be easily found,
for it is represented as chasing the
Great Bear around the po e.
Boots, according to classic fame,
was that unfortunate son of Jupiter and
Calisto called Areas. Juno, being jeal-
GUS of Jupiter's passion for Cllisto,
changed her rival into bear. Her son
| Areas, who became a famous hunter,
pursued her in the chase, and, not
knowing that it was his mother, was
about to kill her, when Jupiter took
them both to heaven, and placed them
among the consultations.