Arizona weekly miner., 1874-02-06
From Thur.day's Daiiy.j

Joseph Goldwater; also an abstract of the Supreme Courts vpinun in the case oi A. E Davis and John A. Rush against Nm. A. Linn and Washington French. The opin ions of the Court in the most impo, taiIt cases will soon appear in the MISER.
 Major Furcy says that it will take about siN weeks 10 transfer the Government stores from Tucson to Camp Lowell.
 But htte damage was done at Camp Lowell by the recent heavy rains.
 The weather in Tucson during the week ending January 3l, was very fine.
 Lieut. Schuyler, of the Fifth Cavalry, s q young officer in whom Gen Crook and all ArizOnans put their trust. His recent scout, when for l3 days, rain and snow poured down upon him and his command notwith- standing which he kept moving, killing, wounding and capturing bad Apaches, marks him as a man eminentIy fit Co hold and do honor Co commission in our gallant little army which headed Congressmen gre cternally planning to entirely wipe out.
 Lieut. John G. Bourke, engineer officer of this military department, fayors us with the following information:
 The "Aquarius Mountains" is the name giv- en on the Military map of Arizona to range running north and south, situated about midway between Cross Mountain (near Fort Rock) and the lIualpai Mountains. The mail road to Mohave passes through them at a place called the Cottonwoods, where rises little stream urnning south, and considered by some to be the head waters of Bill Will liams' Fork of the Colorado.
 Thirty-four millions of dollars is the amount claimed from our Government by that of Mexico. on account of murders and depreda- tions committed by American Indians in Mex | ico, since the date of the treaty of Guadalupe l Ilidago one of the conditions of which was | that our Government should not allow it's Indians to cross over the line and commit | crimes in Mexico The claim has been sub mtted to Sir Edward Thornton, British Min ister at Washington, for his decision.
 And old Eskiminzin, the great chief in whom Gen Howard reposed so much faith, has thrown of his mask and ''gone a soger- | ingr under Cachise, taking with him tribe | of oi,e man. The old rascal would now be in prison had it not been for squaw who gave | him a file, with which he delivered himself from irons vile. When caught, he ought to be hung, shot, or sent East to Howard.
 DKD.-Surgeon Horace Raquet Wirtz, U. S. Army, died in San Francisco, on the 24th
 ult., of cancer. He was formerly on duty in
 the Department of Arizona, having served at
 San Diego, Fort Yuma, Prescott and Hual-
 pai He was a graduate of the Pennsylva-
 nia University and a man of great literary
 attaiuments At the time of his death he
 was about 50 years of age.
 The delegate in Congress from New Mex , ico, Stephen E. Elkins, was never in Wash : ington previous to the commencement of the
 present session, yet, the telegraph informs . us that he has succeeded in getting Congress to establish five new post routes in his Ter , ritory. Wish he would spare little time and get Arizona a favor or two of this kind I Congress is now asked to repay MT Chas . N. Felton, late assistant treasurer Ut San
 Francisco, the sum of Sl0O00 being the | amount paid by him for for forged so-caled . Arizona checks, in 1873, the forgers of which are still unknown, save to one another, but f their names will some day Bleak out" and - then tor surprise on the part of many people {, We have it from pretty good authority n that the MINER is the only Arizona pape . that contributes to the support of telegraph $ lines, although other papers publish, once h week, what they claim to be genuine dis y patches, especial" at that. How's this?
 The Albuquerque (New Mexico) Review [ says:
 O Now is the time to buy sheep. We have heart of several large lots being offered for sale at sl IS each, cash.
 'f Some of our people will, c'er long, purchas e some of those cheap animals. r Gov Giddings, of New Mexico offers re Q wards for the apprehension of Zacharial
 Crompton, E. Scott and three brothers named
 Herrold, who recently killed some New Mex le jeans, in Lincoln county.
 'a The New York Herald may be right il '. predicting another business collapse. wheth in CT right or not, the present is a good tim a for care and economy in business. nj Spanish gunboat recently made too ire
 with an American trading vessel, but tn ,. Spanish Admiral apologized, and now it is a '' right.
 ne FoR SAN FRAScIsco.-The river boat to connect with the steamship for San Fral
 cisco, will leave Yuma on the 10th inst, a. Now is the time for business men to riu ed in with short advertisements, offering f CT sale such articles as are needed by our peopl
 Praying parties visit Boston saloons wit ne the view of converting the thirsty from the ed taking (something) ways.
 The Mormons, who have often boastcd tn
 they never had trouble with the aborigine e- are now by the ears with the Nayajoes.
 The steamer Cocopah left Fort Moave Ja
 uary 3lst. Colonel Rockwell and fami " were passengers.
 co
 That cutting scrape at Yuma, an accou od of which recently appeared in our telegram v" was an affair well worthy of Tucson justice