Arizona weekly miner., 1877-05-04
LETTER FROM COT. HODGE.
NEw Yoak Clrr. April l4, ls77

for some three weeks and have now nearly ready for press my work on Arizona, which 1 hope may bc of some benefit 10 our de lightful Territory. Since l leit Arizona some six months since, have travelled over much of the Nest and Northwest, and have delivered many lectures on Arizona, its min eral wealth and other resources, all of which have l.een well received by the public. Manv from different sections of the UEion are now on their way to Arizona and thous- Ands arc making inquiries respecting II and its resources. ] anticipate large increase to the population, and many who are going represent capital
 Nv stay in California, of several weeks, was devoted entirely tO explanations of the prospective and real mineral wealth of the country. and hope has been anG wall con- inue tO be of much benefit Since coming ez. ut the Rocky Mouatains, l have taken special pains to give information respecting tue different routes to Northern and Central Arizona and the prospects oI early railroad communication on the line of the 35th par allcl. Every man of influence with you should, at ail times and in every honorable way. attract such attention Ia the necvs- si,y of railroad, and should impress the subject upon friends and public men both East and West. Continual and persistent agitation of the subject will in time, bring is reward, and the sooner the better. In my survey of life and business from San Francisco to New York, l find but little of a bright and buoyant character. Business of all kinds is at stand still; thousands and tens of thousands of able bodied men are out of employment. and the gaunt spectre, poverty, clings to many a household. This Is not confined to the large cities. but is met with everywhere, in both town and country. The country has never fully recovered from the financial couvulsion of 1873, and the political complications connected with the last Presidential election, Is continued to the present time, and feeling of uncertainty and insecurity pervades all classes to q great extent. Millions of capital are locked up, and capitalists are unwilling to enter upon new enterprises. People buy only as com pelled for present wants, yet, in one respect, this operates to the good of the country, as importations decrease and our exportations now exceed the importation, thus bringing the balance of trade with foreign nations in our favor. If the threatened war between Russia and Turkey-which now seems to be sure-breaks out, it will add much To values here and may avert distress and ruin which now threatens to overwhelm large portions of our country.
 The present political outlook seems to be more promising since the settlement of the South Carolina difficulty. and if the Louisi- ana matter should be quietly settled, as now seems certain, by the recognition of the Nichols government, it will have wonder fu effect on the nation at large don't speak of this in political sense, but ss a citizen having an equal intesest with all other citizens in a government of the peo. pie, by the people, for the peoples good, and in the interest of peace, prosperity and national welfare.
 The Democrats are satisfied with the Pres ident's Southern policy, and all of the Re- publicans, except that radical portion who fastened horde of hungry carpet-bag poll ticians on the South at the close of the civil war. Wendall Phillips, the great national scold, has uttered his p'Ss dirt against Hayes policy, and some seem to think that Blaine, Butler and few others will do so at the special session of Congress
 leave for Boston in few days and from thence go West, and hope to be on my re- turn to Arizona in few short months at farthest. With kind wish for the MINER and all personal friends, am, as ever, etc,
 II. c. HoDGE.