Arizona citizen., 1876-03-11
AnatheniaS.

mat waS an affecting scene quite recent | ly on the dividing line between thls Terri
 tory and New Mexico The polnt of Inter est was whf;e the main roai running east from here crosses the New Mexican boun- ! dary. The particular locality is destined to yet become famous, from its being chos-
 en by soured and disappointed departing spirits as the right place at which 10 shake
 from their shoes the dust of Arizona, as a
 witness against her. This was the case in
 the case in hand. The weary sun was set- ting as 1t set flor all we know twenty thousand years ago, throwing into gloom
 the eastern declivitIes Of the wild Chiri-
 cahuas. and cOloring all the western slopes
 with the peculiar Arizona sunset purple
 No longer did the Gila, on the far north,
 play hide and seek with the sun rays, in
 its deep canons. From its dark recesses it
 was calling to the night echoes and sprites
 to come and rehearse their wild and blood curdling tales of savage treachery, mur- der and torture. On the mountain sides
 the metallic lodes bulged out in all their lumpy richness. The evening shades
 were clannishly gathering, from the dark
 breaking of the far Atlantic to the angry dash Of the Pacific.
 For all thls, and on that identical even ing, and at the aforesaid point on the bouu- dary line, party rode up, crossed to the eastern side, and commanded halt. Then did the leader dismount, and removing the store sandals from of his feeU, he shook therefrom the dust which had lately lain along the road which wound from his point Of vision, over hill and mesa and lowland even to the gates of Tucson. And as he shaded his leaden eyes from the last rays Of the western sun, his voice broke in- 10 curses both deep and loud, on this peo- ple'S devoted head: 70 Jerusalem, Arl- zona, how oft would have gathered thy children together, as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye wouldn't gather worth a cent. In fact I almost suspect made mistake in taking your children for chickens, O Jerusalem, Ari- zona. Or else my capacities as hen are much more limited than l thought, and instead of covering the whole brood couldn't cover anything. Anyhow, and on general principles, my curses rest upon you. Behold your house is left unto you desolate and destitute of me. Igo hence. to New Mexico, and if the poor people of that Territory are half the ignorant, op-' pressed and downtroddeu fools take them for, I'll jump on their already overladen shoulders and ride them Co ruin and myself into some easy and profitable position. 0 blood, and death, and starvation and vice, and anarchy, and ruin, and ignorance. gather 10 my assistance in my new field. must rule or ruin. And while my talents are sufficient 10 enable me to get ahead of my fellows where I have them at an ad- vantage, still don't like to takemy chance In fair field. So Pm going to New Mex leo, aud in whatever locality find the most discord, or the greatest ascendancy Of dense ignorance or oppression, there I'll set anew, and hatch out brood ofgenuine what is its. O Iregan, and nose-led col onis;s, and governorshlps Of islands, and accumulation Of ducatS, and ridings into power, and honors and ease, how have you vanished! Where's the whiskey, Let's drink and fOrget!"