Arizona citizen., 1877-02-10

TUCSON, February ,, lSII.
 MT President: The House has pass ed c. B. No. 26, An act to provide for the erection of county buildings in Yavapai county. Has also passed H. B. No. 69, An act authorizing loan on the faith and credit of the County of Mohave, Territory of Arizona, and to provide for building a courthouse and jail in said county The House has also passed II. B. No. 66, An act authorizing a loan on the faith and credit of the Territory and to provide for continuing work in the erection of the Territorial Prison.
 ANDREW CRONLY, Chief Clerk.
 MT. Moeller, introduced c. B. No. A An act authorizing a loan on the faith and credit of the county of YaYapai, Territory of Arizona, and to provide for building a wagon road from Prescott In Yavapai county, to Swilling's ranch on Agua Frio, via Black Canon.
 Also c. B. No. 45, An act to fix the time of holding the next Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Arizona, and appOrtion the representation there of.
 MT. Hughes introduced c. B. No. 46, An act to make the office of Probate Judge elective.
 The following message was received from the Governor, which was read and, on motion of Mir Rush, was refer red to the Committee on Militia and Indian affairs;
 EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
 TUCsoS, ARIZONA, February 6, 1871.
 Hon. King s. Woolsey, President ot the Council:
 received information yesterday that on the 4th instant a band of Apache Indians, numbering about fifty, attack ed the settlers in the SonOIta valley and had, before the messenger, MT. William Morgan, left the scene of slaughter killed ten or moro persons and had taken most of the stock in the valley At the time Mir. Morgan Jeff, the savages were sull engaged in their work of death, and whether any of the inhabi tants of the valley have escaped, re- mains to be told. Previous to thIS attack and within the last SIX months, at least twenty persons have been murdered in Southeastern Arizona and large amount of property has been taken and destroyed. have repeatedly during thIs time called the attention of the Depart mem Commander to this condition of affairs.
 It is a demonstrated fact that with ont the use of friendly Indians, it is almost useless to attempt to follow, with any hope of overtaking and punishing hostile bands; and vet for months scouts have been sent out ac. companied with heavy army wagons to follow we'll beaten roads at the rate of a few miles per day. It is needless to inform you that this system has nOt resulted in any sanguinarY conflicts nor has it given protection to the af fl1cted settlers. During all this tune, but one efficient scout with friendly In. dians has been made. It. J. A. Ruck- CT, be it said to his credit, recently fol lowed hostile band and overlook and killed number near the ChiFicahua mountains, but this success was not followed up. The scout returned tO to the post, and the settlements of San Pedro, Barbacomari, SonOita and Up per Santa Crnz, have been left entirely unprotected with the results narrated above. Unless active, efficient warfare IS prosecuted against these Indians, the settlers in this exposed district will be compelled to abandon the country and if these savages are not restrained in the commission of these depreda- tons, it will greatly endanger the breaking out of those now living on reservations. and thereby hazard the peace of the whole Territory.
 In view of the alarming condition of affairs, deem it to be the duty of the Legislative Assembly to memorialize the Secretary of War, asking him to immediately order such number of Indian scouts placed in the field under the command of energetic officers as may be found necessary to pursue these hostile Indians until they are subdued or rexterminated; or to make such appro- priation as you may deem requisite to organize e militia force with friendly Indian auXiliaries for this purpose.
 Unless the former Is managed with more energy than has been practiced during the past six months, the whole army of the United States with all the friendly Indians employed by the gov ernment, will not subdue this little band of hostile Indians in the next twenty years; while I believe a scout composed of twenty i've citizens anl