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Arizona weekly miner., 1877-01-26

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Arizona weekly miner., 1877-01-26

HURRY UP THE FENCE LAw.-Several head of animals have alrradv been shog, and one killed in Peoples Valley by settlers for treSspaSSing on their lands, aud the trouble i~ likely Io grow rather than Sub~ide.
Arizona weekly miner., 1877-01-26
MONDAY

NJ. Phillips, agent for the san Francisco Clronicic, is iH town in th. interest of that live. Wide-swake journal
Arizona weekly miner., 1877-01-26

KNIGHTS oF PYTHAS.-Wc have before Is tne constitution and bylaws of the Su- preme lodge of the Knights of Pythias of the world, adopted at Ptt>burc, Penusyl- yania al the session of 1874 in the eleventh Pythias period. We understand il is the intention of the order to establish alodsc in Prescott, for which purpose A. ". Sciton, Esq, k in correspondence with the officers of the Grand Lodge of California We have been shown list of applicants for member ship which numbers over thirty.
Arizona weekly miner., 1877-01-26

The Board of Supervisors met this nor niug aGd transacted their regular routine of business, audited few bills, etc, aad al- iourncl.
Arizona weekly miner., 1877-01-26

If ~Wait will favor the "NINEE" with his or her real name the communication will be considered We are in the habit of knowing who our correspondents are.
Arizona weekly miner., 1877-01-26

|. <. Marshal N. ". S,ande5er left Yuma for Tucson, to-day, having landed tha mail robbers Alexander and Berry safely ia tue pcniten,iary
Arizona weekly miner., 1877-01-26

Judge John Howard. who has been in poor health many mouths is m Tucson, and writes Ia Judge Goodwin that since his ar- rival at the capital he has greatly improved
Arizona weekly miner., 1877-01-26

SuUT DowN.-The CrooS mill being sue- rounded hy snow a foot in depth. h4, closed down for the winter, after mak.aga very sug- C,sstui summer and fall rUu Mr Fisk who ha, had charge of the machinery, came into town yesterday and informs us thatth. con ditioa of the roads on the East Hassayampa is such that it was thought best to wait un- til spring before trying to do anything more.
Arizona weekly miner., 1877-01-26
Local EnEeliiCence.
SATURDAY.

The bill to divide the office or Sheriff and Assessor was killed in the Legislature to-day
Arizona weekly miner., 1877-01-26

Alex Gralen of Yc-l. aql N- Miller Of Peoples Valley are luxuriating at the future Capital of Arizona.
Arizona weekly miner., 1877-01-26

Colonel J. D. Wilkins, one of the bes. of fcers iu the army. called upon us yesterday a8d we were pleased tn see him looking well and hearty. Col. Wilkins has served iu the army for s years and has seen some rough service. We have known she Colonel for 23 years and have never heard ny one say aueht of him vet, bat to thc contrary, everything in praise Here in Arizona he has hosts of friends. None know him but s,, ike him
Arizona weekly miner., 1877-01-26

Two bars of Peek bullion were shipped to-day by the Co. worth $3..0O.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-03-08
How the Country Takes It.
THE TONE OF TIE PRESS ON THE TRI-
BUNAL's LAST DECISION.

There is reason for the strong dis
satisfaction expressed concerning the
course of the majority of the Electo-
raj Commission. There is just cause
for complaint, not because they have
awarded the votes of Florida and
Louisiana to Governor Hayes, but
because of their persistent refusal to
inquire into the truth Of the certit-
Gates which covered those votes. The
commission was created, under cir>
cumstances Of the utmost solemnity,
TO Inquire and decide whether such
certificates as those given by Stearns
and Kellogg did actually certify to
the truth, and whether the. Electors
named in those certificates were in
truth and in law the Electors WHO
received ma jorities OF the lawful
votes cf Flor ida and Louisiana. This
the majority of the commission have
continuously refused to do, and,
taking their stand OH bare technicali-
ties, have abdicated the very jnris,
diction and action they were brought
into existence to exercise. Without
the belief that they would exercise
it, the commission could have had no
existence. It was that belief that
made the appointment of the COM
lnission a possibility, and caused it's
appointment to be hailed with well
come and confidence throughout the
United States. This is said with
profound regret. 1t is mortifying to
be obliged to say it in the columns
of journal which was among the
foremost in aiding to create the CONF
missio n, and which, in fact, sketched
its outlines long before the law took
shape anywhere else. We certainly
understood that the commission was
to inquire into the very truth and
right of the disputed votes in Flor
rida and Louisiana, and that the
decision Of the commission was to be
given upon the merits after that inA
quiry, and not upon bald technicali~
ties.- Philadelphia Ledger, Ind.
1t will certainly be a National mis-
fortune and a National disgrace if
such wealth of wrong-doing as has
been gathered under the Kellogg
State government in Louisiana and
eliminated in the proceedings OF the
returning board is to fasten itself
upon the nation and accredit us with
President. But, if it does, there
are two strong consultations. The
adjudication that concludes the re-
suit has been in the name of law and
in the spirit of patriotism, and the
President it gives 20 us promises of an
elevated and reformed administra-
tion, in which the elements of inius-
tice and corruption will find neither
defence nor tolerance.-Springield
Republican, Ind.
We would have been glad if there
had been bigger majority in Flo
rida and a clearer case according to
Northern ideas of equity as we'll as
law in Louisiana. But the evidence
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-03-08

es' 81 WV" w h"NO thO CIV OtuliASu'S VIZ
have elected. The Sonth has 1873 ol-
ectoral votes, and she has no favors
to ask of any administration. If she
is put on an equality with the rest OF
the Union she can take care of her
SELF"
1t may be regarded as almost Ger.
tain that the plan to get prominent
Southern Democrat cannot succeed,
and must be abandoned. But it is
said that in the distribution Of the 10.
cal offices of the South Governor
Hayes is determined to appoint good
men, even if he has to take red not
Democrats, and it is certain that in
most localities in the South one Of
these things must follow the other.
Southern Congressman say they :hink
it very probable that Democrats in
their section will take local offices if
rendered to them, but that it will be
with the distinct understanding that
they are not thereby expected to ab-
jure their party fealty.
As to Southern Republicans, there
are batch of them who will be only
too glad to take Cabinet posi,ions.-
Colonel Mosby informs us that he
docs not want any Office himself, but
he considers that the South is entitled
to and will probably set at least two
Cabinet appointments. 1t can be
stated as very nearly positively de-
termined upon that Judge Settle, OF
North Carolina, who has lately been
confirmed as United States District
Judge OF Florida, will 60 into the
Cabinet. Senator Alcorn, of Missis-
sippi, will take place in the Cabinet
if he can get il; SO will ex-senator
Pool, Of North Carolina, but he Ger
tally will not. ExeCongressman
Mackenzie, of Virginia is spoken OF
for Postmaster General, rs is also
Representative Kasson, Of Iowa.
In regard to the Chamberlain and
Packard governments, it is said that
the position of Governor Hayes will
be this: He will not interfere in either
way, and will probably withdraw the
troops from both the States of South
Carolina and Louisiana, if he has a
satisfactory assurance that no violent
measures of force will be rceurtcd to
by Hampton or Nichols. This as
surance Southern Senators have al
ready indicated they are willing to
give on tEeir honor. Governor Hay es
will shut his eyes, rs it were, until
Chamberlain and Packald d are peace
fully "starved out" and theu, there
being but one government in either
OF the States named, Mr.. Hayes will
have nothing less to do than to recog'
nize it. There is no doubt that as
soon as Chamberlain and Packard
find that they can expect no active
support fro'n the new administration,
they will retire without any more ado
and with the least possible delay,
and although no attempt will be
made to interfere with them as cili.
zens, it is likely that they will both
find it more pleasant to 60 back to
the States where they beIong.-Bal,
timoro Snn.
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The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-03-08
Thisspractically ends the work of

Sho hioubai. Ii 40 ihCdpdu ul0 oA uS-
cency or honesty. It. will be worse
than useless to argue any further
questions before 1t for any purpose
save delay. 1t has no longer a little
to respect or right to exist. 1t is a
mockery.-Oincinnati Enquirer.
Had The Commission gone into the
cases under review on their respec-
tive merits, that Of itself would have
tended, in large degree, TO relieve
the public mind of the disagreeable
impression that must now rest upon
it.-Baltimore Sun, Ind.
r. B. Hayes, who will hereafter be
known in this country as Returning
Boaad Hayes, is to be declared el.
ected President by one vote Of the
greatest lies ever known in all the
records Of dishonest politics.-N. Y.
Sun, Ind.
The highest prize in the gift of the
people hae been offered as a premi-
um for the violation of the ballot,
the abolition Of State rights and con-
summation of successful villany.-
Baltimore Bulletin, Dem.
We do not believe the process by
which the will Of the people of Loui~
siana was defeated can be justified.
The returning board and its acts will
be infamous in the history of the
State-Boston Globe, Ind.
Of all the frauds resorted to for
the purpose of Installing Hayes in
the seat OF Washington and Of JET
fcrson, the biggest OF all is the So
called "Electoral Tribunal" Wash-
ington Union, Dom.
The decision will prove a rock { +
defence against the eucroachments of
the Federal power upon the clearly
defined constitutional rights "f the
States.--Washington Republican,
Rep.
The verdict of the Electoral Com
mission will be regarded as a blow
aimed at tho liberties of the people,
and triumph of the few over the
many.-Reading Eaglo, Dem.
The case was perfectly clear, and
the only stubbornness and partisan.
ship displayed w9a on the part of
the seven Democrats.-Pittsburg
Gazett Commercial, Rep.
The assassination of liberty will
soon be over. If Rutherford B.
Hayes enters the White House, it
will be over a PROSTATE republic
Alban Argus, Dem.
Let Democrats submit to the theft
of the Presidency, but organize for
an eternal warfare against the thieves.
Richmond Wing, Dem.
The Electoral Commission has dise
appointed all our hopes. We have
no heart to pursue the subject
Richmond Dispatch, Dem.
Words can bnt imperfectly char
acterize the scoundrelism OF this de-
cision. 1t is simply damnable.--
Chicago Times.
The decision will be as legally
binding and as morally worthless as
in the case of Florida Boston Post,
Dom.
This vile decision Of the foresworn
Commission ought not to stand. 1t
must not stand.--Pittsburg Post,
| Dem.
BRADLEY CoRNERED. The case OF
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-03-08
The Birthday Veto.

The Northern and Western papers
comment very freely upon the order
of President Grant prohibiting the
celebration in South Carolina of the
Birthday Of George Washington. Tho
Times and Tribune, and papers of that
school Of politics, arc silent. Tho ,
papers who do not bend the knoo to
Grant and party, denounco his inta>
nous order in unmeasured terms
Below will be found extracts from
the editorial columns OF the principal
Democratic Journals OK tho North and
West.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-03-08

A. general reduction in the wages of
agricultural laborers has been made
in most parts of England since the
close of the autumnal season.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-03-08
'tiSiHRG Rates.

Advertisements inserted at the rate of 81 90
per square, Of (9) nine lines, OR LESS, for the
6rst insertion, and so cents for each subse-
SuenG iuser ton.
Contracts made for THREE, SIX or TWELVE
months, on favorable terms.
Advertisements not having the number of
insertions marked on them, will be published
until forbid and charged accordingly.
These terms are so simple any child may
understand them. Nine lines is q square
one inch. In every instance we charge by
the space occupied, as eight or ten lines can
DO made to occupy four or five squares, as the
advertiser may wish, and is charged by the
space.
RSs~ Advertisers will please state the num-
ber of squares they wish their advertisements
to make.
Ds% Business men who advertise to be
benefited, will bear in mind that the
SENTINEL has large and increasing cir
culation, and is taken by the very class of
persons whose trade they desire.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-03-08
HOW WOULD YOU LIKE 1T.

Tho Now Havc Register says: But
what do the pooplo of the North think
Of such an order? What would our
citizon soldicry say if an order should
be issued commanding United Statos
troops to prevent thom from ceIobrat>
ing to morrow, the birthday of the
Gather of his country?" 1t is q con-
ISOLATION to know that tho Dictator,
Grant, will next week retro to tho
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-03-08

BRADLEY CoRNERED.-The case of
Justice Bradley is indeed most pit
liable one. Sometimes during the
discussions OF the commission he was
completely cornered by other mem
bers. When ho was laying down
the opinion that it was not competent
to 60 behind a governors certificate,
Senator Bayard put to him the ques
ton: "Suppose a State should elect
doubl the number of electors to which
entitled, or the electors Of a State
should vote for an allen for President
would there be no power to remedy
thlsa" Unable to reply, Judge Brad
ley hung down his head in his abject
partisa nship.--Baltimore Sun.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-09-27
An Argument for Civil Service Reform.

can ex-member of Congress" gives
shis experience in postoffice appoint
ments lin Scribner for OCTOBER, and
very lamentable experience it seems to
have been, though perhaps no worse
than that ofnine-tenths ofhis colleagues.
We quote the concluding paragraph of
the article:
| could relate other similar instances,
but these will be sufficient to establish
the conclusion that a cogent reason for
the reform of the civil service in the
manner Of making appointments is to be
found in the consideration of the bene-
fit and relief of members of Congress.
| am out Of the field now, and I write
only on behalf of those who are yet in
this "sea of trouble" and are having a
similar experience. The worst phase of
the subject is, that many representa-
tive will yield and do wrong thing If,
however, he pursues an upright, indie
pendent course, he opens a hornets
nest about his head; he soon finds that
his usefulness is crippled, that whatever
he does is nisrepresented and belittled,
and that the country is robbed of the
time which should be given to legislative
work. The proper department officer
should bear the responsibility for official
appointments. Being independent Of
the district, he can act independently,
and when he acts, all will acquiese, be-
cause, as he is not going to be candi-
date for Congress, the disappointed ones
cannot get chance to- stab him, and
their passions will gradually subside.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-09-27
A Nice Notice for Brigham.

He was, after all, but a Sam Slick,
with blasphemous mission" His
ambition, however, went beyond cozen-
ing farmers wives out of dollars and
cents. He lied en- grand and deceived
by wholesale; and it can scarcely fail
to be reckoned among the curiosities Of
American civilization in the nineteenth
century that this cunning, brazen knave,
whose fate in preceding age would
probably have been to be in the pillory
or whipped at the carts tail, or who,
had he even attained the ephemeral
splendor Of John of Leyden, would
possibly have ended as miserably as the
Anabaptist did, should have risen to be
Governor of a Territory affiliated to the
American Union; should, after being
deposed from Federal office, have re-
mained prophet, the chief priest, and
the leader of a large, prosperous, and,
to a certain extent, civilized communi-
ty; and should have died at last in his
bed, wealthy, unhanged, unscourged,
untarred and feathered; nay, on the
contrary, beloved and revered by the
people on whose credulity he had trad
ed, and by specializing on whose indus
try be had enriched hinself-Loaadon
Telegraph.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-09-27
GeOrgia's State Capital.

Less attention is given by the press
of Georgia to the new constitution than
to the question Of capital location. The
people will vote this year to determine
where the capital shall be located for
the future, and the struggle is between
Milledgeville and Atlanta. The state
business was removed from the former
to the latter place during the carpet-bag
times, and there has always been more
or less complaint, which, it was evident,
could only be met by giving the people
under the present order Of things an op-
pOrtunity to designate the capital town
by popular vote. There is a prejudice
against Atlanta in consequence of the
notorious corruption which attended the
transfer of the capital to that city and
the purchase of buildings for state use,
which corruption nobody now in au-
thority In the state is in any manner re-
sponsible for. 1t has always been con-
tended by the friends of conservative
old Milledgeville, however, that Atlanta
offers better facilities to jobs and general
corruption because it is q larger city,
and carpet-bag revels have familiarized
the citizens with crime. This is not q
particularly strong argument in the face
of the fact that a rogue will be rogue
in one place the same as in another,
and if there are to be thieves in the.
legislature or the lobby they will steal as
much in Milledgeville as in Atlanta.
The on y good reason for opening the
question of capital location at this time
is that the people of Georgia, who are
most interested in it, should have an
opportunity to decide it now that they
have resumed control Of their state
Philadelphia Times
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-09-27
The Famine in India.

Those who are of opinion that war
and famine will always sufficiently re-
duce the population must feel that cur
rent events tend to justify them. For
while the losses in the Russian and
Turkish war are enormous, the famine
IN southern India is terrible The ac-
counts from that country are appalling.
The railway" says a correspondent in
MysOre, " Is taxed to its utmost limit,
and is bringing four thousand tons of
grain a week into the province; but as
this will only feed a million and half
of people, the other three millions and
a half in Myrose must starve, as all the
stores of grain In the country are ex-
hausted. Already the sutferings of the
people are awful. There Is a regular
service organized, in addition to the DO
lice, TO keep the streets of Bangalore
clear of the dead and dying, but outside
the municipal limits dead bodies are
lying in all directions; the lower castes
are cooking and eating the bodies"
Myrose Is under British administration.
and it is supposed that half its popula
ton will perish. The rain has failed
for several successive seasons. In Mad
ras nearly a million Of people were de-
dependent at the last accounts on relief
works, and another million were fed
gratuitously. Cattle are perishing, and
an indescribable calamity has overtaken
the country.
Famine in India is periodical, and
those who hold that it is a providential
provision for depicting overpopulation
must also suppose that no human means
can prevent it. The condition of swarms
of the people who live upon bare sus-
tenance is such that they sink by thou
sands under any privation. 1t is esti-
mated that the whole power and energy
OF the government must now be sup
plemented by profuse private aid to save
even a few of the victims. The Lord
Mayor of London has appealed to the
public generosity, and the Times, in al
ludlng to the fact, says that at the mo-
ment nothing is to be done but to help
without a stint, and when the fear of the
immediate death of peok lie has passed.
the methods of prevention must be con
sldered. 1t seems to think that the
remedy does not lie in the huge store
houses of grain, but in promoting easy
and rapid communications, so that the
supply of one part of the country may
be made available in another. And un-
less British sympathy with the Turk has
touched British intelligence with Turk
ish fatalism, it will not leave this prob
lem long unsolyed.-Harper's Weekly
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-09-27
WHY WE WON.
Four Reasons for the Success of the
American Rife Team.
General Hawley in the Hartford Courant.

General Hawley in the Hartford Courant.
The controversy between breech-load-
ers and muzzle-loaders may be consid-
cred decided In favor of the former
The British loaded in the Rigby style
never wiping out their muzzle-loaders,
but pushing down upon the powder a
closely fitting disk of tough felt, satur-
ated with oil, which is expected to take
along in going down and being fired out
all the residuum and fOulness in the
barrel. That it cannot do so is evident
to anyone who will make the expert
can ritlemen wipe out the breech-loader
after each shot till the bore becomes as
bright as silver In the second place.
three ofthe British team lie prone upon
their breasts in firing. That attitude
has been abandoned by the Americans,
who have proven that lying upon the
back or side gives much tirmer posi-
ton. In the third place. the British
rlt1emen-Of English, Irish and Scotch
have never trained together as much
as the Americans, are not as well ac-
quainted with each others peculiarities,
and are not in the habit of exchanging
suggestions, information and opinions
every moment, or as freely and cordial
ly as the Americans do. The latter had
better coaches-the veteran rifemen
Bodine, Hepburn and Conlin, who sat
close by all day giving occasional ad-
vice, with a reassuring calmness and
good Judgment that must have been
useful. And lastly, American rifemen
believe that they have made and can
make better rifles than anybody in
Great Britain, and think something is
due to that. American rifles have won
four splendid victories in four years.