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New-York tribune., 1874-12-29
MINOR TESTIMONY.
BY H. z. MERRILL, J. DELAMATER, J. L. WORTH


AND OTHERS
A list of quotations Of Pacific Mail stock,
from May Is to June 10. compiled from The Financial
Record was submitted by n E. Merrill who has before
testified in Washington, and was appended to his test
mony.
J. Deamater, the cashier OF the Marine Bank was the
next witness. The testimony OF Mr. Clark tho assistant
cashier of the American Exchange Bank in relation to
the connection OF the Marine Bank with tho t26oO0
check was read to him. The members OF the Committee
also mentioned him the prominent portions Of the
testimony which had been given.
Mr.. Delamster-I would be willing TO tell You all
know about this matter but It has passed entirely from
my recollection. Perhaps could refresh my memory II
had our books with me. will bring tomorrow such
Information as can. The entries OF that day on tho
books win not give the Information you desire.
shall have to consult others.
Mr. Delamster was excused until this morning, when
he will be present prepared to testify.
J. L. Worth, the cashier OF the Park Bank, was the
next witness. He testified: William g. KING, the Post
master at Washington. was introduced to mo through
another bank. 1 only him three four times, for
about I've minutes each time learned from note
teller that with check for sll6 he took out some
three four certificates OF deposit We had no account
with him. 1t was an isolated transaction.
New-York tribune., 1874-12-29
cUsToM.HOUsE INFRINGEMENT.

Special Agent Knsella and his associate
having finished their Investigation OF the Customhouse
haye made their report and left the city. Collector
Arthur stated that the prospective changes would
be very violent The object was to retrench expenses
40 far as practicable and to render the remaining
employees as eficiont as possible. Changes would
gradually be made from until Feb. /,
hut not IN any way to impair the service
NJ tbe Government It was proposed to consolidate
scattered branches Of the Revenue service First
them the prospective concentration of the lquida
through the several divisions Tho investigations of
the special agents did not relate to any alleged frauds
but were conducted simply with view to render the
seryioe more efficient and less expensive.
New-York tribune., 1874-12-29
THE TENNESSEANS.

The Tennesseans, troupe OF negro min
strels the members OF which formerly slaves in
the soutl will give an entertainment at Cooper Insti
tute on Wednesday afternoon They are clever and in
teresng performers. and the purpose with which their
present enterprise undertaken gives them addi-
tOnal claim upon tho public attention and practical
port They are endcavOriDg tO raise money for tho
further endowment Of negro college. already estab
Ilshed In Tennessee These singers have good Voices
and they illustrate the songs ballad music. aud religious
aspect Of plantation life.
New-York tribune., 1874-12-29
THE SUPERVISING ARCHITECTS SUCCESSOR.

1t was rumored yesterday that William A.
Potter brother of Congressman Clarkson N Potter had
received the appointment Of Supervising Architect in
the Treasury Department. TRIBUNE reporter called
on Mr. Potter and Informed by him that he had not
received any news from Washington as to the appoint
ment. 1t was understood that Mr. Mulleus place was
to be flied very soon-probably this weekbut nothing
was known with certainty about 1t. II bis name had
been agreed upon In Washington he had not yet heard
New-York tribune., 1874-12-29
THE TRIBUNE MORAL AND SOCIAL TEACHER
TO the Edttor Of The Tribune.

SIR: Allow me to express to you my thanks
for your delightful editorials No young man can read
your Average Aiumnus" without feeling encouraged
and thankful any one read " Tot' without
boing made moro tender hearted. newspaper is often
u dark picture. buci articles cOne. like tho sun tO
warm ana 0heer u.s. Very rosDootfullY W.
He,o- York, Doc. "a, 1874
New-York tribune., 1874-12-29
IRWIN'S HEALTH
ANXIETY AMONG THE Lobbyists.

hNNIEI HNIJ.NU THE I'IHUI FoF5
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.-Mr X. Is. Irwin, the
witness III the Pacific Mail corruption case. has recov
cred his health since the adjournment OF Congress last
"Wednesday and ROW rides out oyory day. II his dis
u0t before tho nth VI next month"; hls
New-York tribune., 1874-12-29
sTOCKwELDs STOCK OPERATIONS

TESTIMONY OF SAMUEL J. HAKKIOT.
Samuel j. Harriet, of the firm of Harriet g.
Soyes stock brokers' was the next witness. aud wa,
New-York tribune., 1874-12-29

of the County Clerk the papers were pigcOn-holed,
forpotten and not forwarded. About six months
afterward Gcrrt Smith received a letter from MIR.
Astor. stating that he thought it was time that the
mortgages wero sent on and for the first time Mr..
Smith learned that for six months Mr.. AstOr
had not held even a scratch of the pen IN tho way
of security. The loan enabled Mr.. Smith to save
his landed property aud was atcrward: fully
repaid.
During 1924 Gerrit Smith attended political con-
yention of which ThurlOw Weed was Il member,
and there made his first considerable public speech.
For many years he and Thurlow Weed have been the
only survivors of that convention. Mr. Smith was
also present the same year. with Lafayette, Gov.
Clinton and others at the opening of tho Erie Canal
at which time his brothcr-n-law. Capt. Cochrane,
commanded the fleet composed of all the available
vessels in the northern waters. Ho was also present
when the water from Lake Erie, brought by those
vessels was empted into the ocean at Sandy Hook,
ON which occasion DR.. Mitchell Of scientific fame,
made speech.
The confidence which Mr.. AstOr 80 notably re-
posed in Gerrt Smith was doubtless based on u
knowledge of the uncompronsing honesty of the
man. 1t was an aggressive honesty, equally COM
bned with benevOlence and early in life urged its
possessor to bring It's doctrine and practice into play
for the benefit of his feowmen. Before his thrtieth
wear he became warmly interested in the American
Colonization Society; and from that time forward
his sympathies were profoundly enlisted in behalf
of the coored race. At this period he
entered heartily into the Ant-Masonic movement
which then formed element in the politics ofItho
State. and he lent the opposition great moral and
social force His hostility to secret societies was as
permanent as his friendship for the colored man. and
two or three years ago he addressed meeting mt
Syracuse on this subject proclamiDg his conviction
that their principles injurious to public morals
III 1923 he was member Of the State Convention of
the supporters Of John Quincy Adams against Gen.
Andrew Jackson, and prepared its address to the
people, which supplied valuable ideas during the
campaign to the moutbpeces Of the Adams party
In 1880 the party rewarded him with q nomination
for State Senator; he against Stebbins Of Gaze
noyia, aud was beaten. This dampcned his ambi-
ton for politics. and almost ended his political
cerocr. The study of law became u necessity of his
real estate business; and, although never followed
as profession, enabled him, IN two or three in
sanccJ to act counsel in court for the relief of
the oppressed. HIS admission to the bar was origin
ally obtained that he might plead in behalf of q
poor German tried for murder Ho gained the case
In lR35 ho had begun " doubt tho e0loaOy Of the
Arizona citizen., 1874-06-27
Fifth Cavalry to Remain.

The order directing the Fifth Cavalry to leave Arizona has been revoked-tempo- rarily at least. Early this week, Lieut. Rockwell of Lowell, received this news, and it soon became generally known and gave great satisfaction. 1t is we'll known that no regiment of cavalry ever did so much valuable service in Arizona as the Fifth.. The officers and men are familiar with the country and the traits of the Apa- ches and are acclimated. Gen. Crook has become thoroughly familiar with the rela- tive merits of the officers and assigns them to duty accordingly. With another regiment equally as energetic and capa- ble, all these points would have to be &C., quired by months of experience, and hence without any disparagement to the Sixth Cavalry. it is by all means best for this Territory that the Fifth remain; and from reports to. us, it seems large majority of the regiment is willing to stay and assist to close up the big job they have already so we'll advanced.
 On Wednesday, Lieut.. Rockwell also re- ceived telegraphie directions to ascertain at what cost transportation could be ob- tained for the headquarters and six com panies of the Fifth, to Pueblo, in Colorado |.
 This implies that the order of revoca- tion for the removal of the Fifth is but temporary, or possibly contingent upon cost of transportation. However it may transpire,. we are but expressing the com mon desire of our citizens, in hoping that the Fifth may be retained in Arizona, and the longer the better.
 We hear no reports regarding change of programme with the Twenty-third h. fantry, a regiment which has also done more effective service in this Territory than all the infantry regiments ever sta- toned herein.. Having frequently men toned officers of it (as well as of the Fifth Cayalry,) who had achieved grand victo- ries, in the field and camp. we will not now specially name any. For reasons given applicable to the Fifth, it would be for the best interests of Arizona to also re- tain the Twenty-third.
Arizona citizen., 1874-06-27

dollar so far subscribed to promote it. hence the Commission did not follow it's own wishes and resign their commissions, and let the nation and it's vile press be responsible for the failure o1 grand enterprise favored by all influences until abandonment of 1t could only be nation al disgrace. Tweed and Genet were not ''original" members nor any other kind They have never had any connection with the Commission, and it is an mex cusable if not vicious falsehood for The Bulletin to assert otherwise. The Com mission by act of Congress of 1872, has been deprived of the financial manage ment, and a Board of Finance created whose members are men of wealth and highest integrity and in no sense profes- sional politicians. John Welch stands at the head of this Board, and a more up- right man does not live, and for the first time in his life is he awake to the fright ful dishonesty of the press in it's persist ent misrepresentation of himself and associates. With his eyes moist with tears, we heard him express amazing re- gret that the press and some very prom. inent members of Congress labor as zealously to unjustly break down the best men and enterprises as they could bad ones, and how heartily he had become disgusted with his very small expenence in public life.
 The Bulletin in its own mean way says a local body ot prominent and reliable citizens can doubtless be selected to manage the affair Gas mere local ex- position) and make it grand success. A local body of just such citizens now have financial charge of the exposition, and yet The Bulletin conveys the idea that they are rogues. Such logicI and yet it seems easy and rational with The Bulletin. It has for few years been mainly devot- ed to blackening the character of the best public men and enterprises, and undoubt- edly finds encouragement in the fact that the selfstyled independent press" is, with rare exceptions, as bad as itself.
 If the Centennial Exposition designed by the Act of Congress approved March 3, 1871, does not come off as intended, no blame can be justly put upon the Centen- nial Commissioners, but upon the vile press of the land united with set of cow ardly and false officers, some of whom were in Congress when that Act passed and voted for it.
Arizona citizen., 1874-06-27
Yuma County.

From The Sentinel of last Saturday:
 The names of the men who recently perished in the Castle Dome mountains are ascertained be as follow: J. L. COhn, - Fernand. from Paris, and Thomas McCarty, from Brooklyn, N. I.
 The steamer Gila, which arrived last Sunday, from up the river, brought down one ton of bullion from the Castle Dome smelling works, being portion of the first run of their furnace. It is beautiful bull lion and can be seen at the store of Wm. B. Hooper & Co.
 Last Thursday. Wm. B. Hooper & Co. dispatched two teams and burrO train for F. P. Clymer, bound for the PolariS mine, in the San Domingo district. This outfit embraces an assortment Of general merchandise.
 Last Wednesday at Bowman's Ferry, some men who were waiting to cross the river, report seeing two logs lashed to- 'gether come floating down the swift cur rent so near shore that they could discern a man with one arm apparently lashed to the logs. and his head and body hanging in the water. He was evidently dead. He seemed to be well dressed, had on a dark plaid shirt and black pants.
Arizona citizen., 1874-06-27
OLD FRIENDS.

We just shake hands at meeting With many that come nigh; We nod the head in greeting To many that go by; But welcome through the gateway, Our few old friends and true; Then hearts leap up, and straightway There's open house for you,
 Old Friends, There's open house for you! The surface will be sparkling, Let but sunbeam shine; Yet in the deep lies darkling, The true life of the wine! The fruth is for the many, The wine is for the few; Unseen, untouched Of any, We keep the best for you,
 Old Friends, The very best for you! s The many cannot know us; They only pace the strand Where at our worst we show us The waters thick with sand! But out beyond the leaping Dim surge 'tis clear and blue; And there, Old Friends we're keeping A sacred calm for you,
 Old Friends, A waiting calm for you!
Arizona citizen., 1874-06-27
Flood in Rio Grande Valley.

M St. John, of Rio Mimbres, on the 17th, wrote Samuel H. Drachman as fol lows: The Rio Grande is high and no prospect of it lowering for some time. The report is that the water from the head of the river is just now making its way to Las Cruces. Do not know if Albuquerque has been entirely washed away ol not, but it is surrounded by water and can only be reached by boat. The Ranches, Alameda, Chamborino, and various other towns have been washed away, and large amount of cultivated land has shared the same fate.
Arizona citizen., 1874-06-27
J. Edgar Thomson,s Monument.

John Edgar Thomson leaves behind him the grandeSt monument Of 1nd1V1dual progress in our modern history. The PennSylvania railroad reaches to every hive of industry and every nest Of com merce, and it's advancement has been the legitimate fruit of the efforts of individuals. No government subsidies, no speculative inventions, no fictitious credit or author ity, were invoked to build up the imposing structure that must ever be associated with his name. To say that he did it all would be unjust to others. Nevertheless he was the responsible head, and is justly entitled to the honors, like the chieftain. ofthe bat tie, however able shis lieutenantS. But To have the ablest lieutenants TOT any great work is one of the highest evidences of the fitness of a chief. In this MT. Thomson was singularly successful, and by the visible fruits of years or cO-OperaIve genius and labor, he leaves with his great work a master nearly equal to himself, 10 guard and conduct it without so much as a shock by. reason of his departure. But tor the fact thas the succession or MT. Thos- A. Scott, the first Vice-President, to the responsible position made vacant by death is universally accepted, we should not dls- cuss the question. He will become Pres ident of the first corporation of the coun- try solely because no name can be brought in contact with his own in the sober d1s- cussions of fitness, which must outweigh all other cQAMherations in selecting one to fill trust so exceptionally delicate and sacred For many years he was to Mir Thomson what Sherman was to Grant Tn the army-the genius that made up the brightest annals of achievements; and now he comes, ripe in experience conserved oy the severe trials which paralyZed ln- dustry have produced, and thorougnl! master of all the intricate necessities Of the vast interests to be directed, and h'' cannot fail to make most successfuI administration.-[Ph [Phila. Press.
Arizona citizen., 1874-06-27
A LATE Washington dispatch says:

A circular is being prepared at the Gen. eral Land Office, containing instructions to Registers and Receivers with refer ence to the act recently passed, extending the time for making the first expenditures on mining claims. The circular says, by this legislation, the requirements of the fifth section of the act of March l, 1873, are changed, by extending the time for the first annual expenditure upon claims located prior to may 10, 1872, to the first day of January 1875. The requirements in regard to expenditures upon claims locat- ed since May 10, 1872, are in no way chang ed by the above amendatory act.
Arizona citizen., 1874-06-27

Col. H. A. BIGELow, who is well versed in mining circles at Prescott, writes that the law recently enacted by Congress to extend the time for performing labor on mines located prior to May 10, 1872, is " the worst setback to this section !of Arizona we ever had. There are men of means here who have been waiting for months to take hold of old claims, who are now perfectly disgusted. ,...
 "I had three men for two months 10 put the legal work on the most valuable of my claims, and intended to relocate on two lodes, and cramped myself to do what I did; and still was perfectly satisfied to let everything else go by the board- Now we all feel as though there was no bottom to anything. Extensions may be continued indefinitely for all we know. Let us hope that the extensions of our lives may be sufficient to enable us Co see the end"
Arizona citizen., 1874-06-27
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HERE is an item of interest to many of our Arizona readers, which was taken from The Erie Dispatch:
 The monument for Lieutenant Reid I. Stewart which has been in process of man. ufacture at Philadelphia for several months past, arrived at the transfer sta tion of the P. X E. road Saturday morning, upon three platform cars. It is massive and elaborately finished from base to apex. The base is ill the solid block, New Hamp- shire granite, weighing nine tons. Some portions of the work are exceedingly fine, having been wrought in Italy. Work in the erection of the monument in the Erie cemetery will begin to-day, and will be noticed in detail as soon as completed.
Arizona citizen., 1874-06-27
O. w. STREETER,

ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW,
 TUCSON, ARIZONA, Will practice in the Supreme and District Courts, attend to cases involving title to mines and mineral lands; secure preemp- tions for settlers; attend to contested land cases here and in Washington; secure pen sions and bounty land warrants for sol diers. Patents for mineral claims obtain ed for S25. Declaratory statements filed for settlers for S2.50. Having had twenty-five years experience we are satisfied that we can give satisfaction. Office in second story of brick building, adjoining E. N. Fish & Co.'S Store.
 Tucson, May 2, 1874. 30-tf
Arizona citizen., 1874-06-27
AMONG recent Washington dispatches this one appeared:

AMONG IeCeuG " dSHluSCOu ulSpdlCucSJ this one appeared:
 The struggle between the War and h. terior Departments over the control of the scientific explorations and surveys has been decided adversely 10 the engineers claims, so far as the report goes of the House Committee on Public Lands; that body has sent an elaborate report to the printers on the subject. The Jealousy of Hayden, Powell, Stevenson and other ci williams by the army bureau is extreme. The committee has decided, however, that all scientific exploring works belong to the Interior Department, and shall be car ried on by civilians hereafter, the army being limited to such surveys as may be needed for military purposes. The com mittee are of the opinion that the officers do not get at West Point the proper pre- paration for scientific work. Wholly diff ferent systems of measurement are em- ployed, and it is said that serious mistakes have been made by the military survey ors, an instance of which is the location of Salt Lake City ten miles west of it's proper position. The action of the committee will enable Hayden and Powell to contin- ue their work this Summer.
Arizona citizen., 1874-06-27
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THE COLORADO AGRICULTURALIsT com plains of the falling behind in the produc- ton of wool in that Territory. While they have millions of acres of grazing lands, capable of sustaining ten times the present mum Der of sheep, the supposed prospect of suddenly acquired wealth which mining offers, tends to withdraw capital and labor from wool growing and other agricultural pursuits.
Arizona citizen., 1874-06-27

MAJ. RANDALL's scouts captured the Apache "John Daisy" on the 18th inst. This Daisy is the fellow who killed Lieut. Amy at San Carlos, but Randall's scouts so arranged matters this time that he'll never kill another man. They divided him and only took his head into Camp Apache. <s-s -
Arizona citizen., 1874-06-27

JUDGED by the absence of any invita- tions for proposals for supplies at Verde, the Indian reservation there will soon be abandoned, and that only four reserva- tions for Apaches will be maintained in Arizona, viz: Chiricahua, White Noun tain, San Carlos and Colorado.
Arizona citizen., 1874-06-27
Of Interest to Miners.
GENERAL LAND OFFICE,

WAsHINGToN, D. C., May 20, 1874.
 Hon. A. A. Sargent, Sir: Referring to your recent personal call, I have to state that where tunnel is run for the develop ment of particular vein or lode within the meaning of the mining Acts of Con- gross, the required expenditures may be made either from the surface of a mining claim or in tunnel run for the develop ment of such mine. Very respectfully, etc. W. w. CURTIS,
 Acting Commissioner
Arizona citizen., 1874-06-27

THE celebrated Lyndale herd of short horn cattle, belonging to Hon. W. s. King, of Minneapolis, was sold near Chicago, May 2l; fifty eight cows and twenty-one bulls bringing Sl26 ,990, Duke Hillhurst, one of the bulls, selling to G. Robbins, of Lon don, England, for S14,000.
Arizona citizen., 1874-06-27

Cor. THOMAS S. DUNN, formerly Captain in the 2Ist Infantry, and well known in this part of Arizona, Is now Major Of the Sth Infantry and will soon be in the Ter ritory again.
Arizona citizen., 1874-06-27

- SENATOR SARGENT of California, has in troduced a bill for the relief Of bidders who have failed through ignorance or the new Postal law to file bonds iD the ore , scrfbed time.
Arizona citizen., 1874-06-27
MINING LIFE of Silver City, New Mex

leo. of last Saturday says:
 A train of three large wagons was loaded with 5000 of lumber, a lot of provisions and miners, supplies and dispatched to Clifton (AriZena) on Monday last. The teams will be loaded on their return with copper; and also that Louis Cardis, of Fl Paso, had gone over to the copper mines of which he is part owner.
Arizona citizen., 1874-06-27

J. D. MoNIHAN now runs a stage from Phenix to Mcdowell every Wednesday and returns on Thursday. His rates of fare are reasonable as per small bills, a.
Arizona citizen., 1874-06-27
Horses and Mules Ranched By A. c. BENEDICT,
sAHUARITO RANCH
SANTA CRUZ V"ALLEY,
s2 50 per Month for Each Animal,
Careful Herders Always with the Stock.

This ranch has ample water and the BEST of GRASS in unlimited quantity.
 When ordered by the owner, stock will be fed grain at an additional price to be agreed upon.
 Stock for this ranch, left at R. N. Leath- erwood's corral in Tucson, with instruc- lions as to feed, time, return, etc., will have prompt attention.
 AS the care of stock will be made a spe- cialty on this ranch, owners can rely upon their animals sent to it, receiving the best
 care.
 January 3l, lsZ%. ma H-8m
Arizona citizen., 1874-06-27
WILLIAM J. OSBORN,

NOTARY PUBLIC AND CONVEYANCER, Special assistance given in obtaining pa- tents for Mining and Preemption claims. Office north side Congress street, Tucson, Arizona.
Arizona citizen., 1874-06-27
FROM The Mesilla News of June 20:

We learn from private letters that the towns Of San Ignacio and Guadalupe, below Fl Paso, on the Mexican side of the river were inundated by the late flood, pie are said to be in deplOrable condi- ton.