Arizona weekly miner., 1877-04-13
LETTER FROM CAMP GRANT.

f.Dt of the s4th inst. A P. K. Sih,r,l, Governor of Arizona, among other stun Is s's COT umn letter, do,s me the honor and kind ness to state what he has heard s3nai nae, and adds that he believes il to be true To an ordinary newspaper report of this nature, I should pay no attcatioa, but this A. F. k. Saff5ri occupies position which VIC po'r devils in the Army are forced to respect.
 Now. while I dislike to feel under any obligations, to the Governor, since he hon ors me with his attention m public print, and over his signature, And vhich thlak 1t would be only fair that l slI luid return the mpliment in kind, dolt propISe to relate the various opinions ant rcparted facts have heard about him since have been in this Territory. In the rrst place, and unlike th, Goyrrlor, have not believed some of the parties in wanm he seems to ptlc. coliid ,n:s; and in th. second place, either through fault of early education, or absence of p1p.r instructor, l have never considered II exactly geatlcmtnly -or manly without the gentle report slanderous stories about others, without at least ascer- taining the truth, eXce,. when necessary in seif-defense.
 Let us sec from .Iat source this war Gov eraor gets his information.
 I fir>t met young Johnson, whom the Governor quotes and believes, about thirty miles from this Post. He WAS coming m this direction. l was on my way to the scene ol his fathers murder l tried to induce him to ga with me, off.ring to furnish him blan- ket, and share my fn1d with him; but he hld, he said, pressing business m IiIis direc- tior. l did not again see hin until my re- turn 10 Tres Palms, about q week afterward where he jailed upon me, and in course ot conversation. wished to knuw if l doubted his ward. replied that did, when, atiei blus .ering awhile, with his hand on his pis tol. he apOlo Iized Q me, fnr what, did no understand. unless il WIS he hot temper which he said he alw avs did have. l after wards learned that he had found time, not withstanding press of busine ss. to spend { night or two al Point of Mountain, in get ting drunk and in the uncertain hut fa,ci hating game of draw poker" while l wa trying to ascertain who his fathers mur derers were The presumption was tha this young hoodlum had raised stake 1T consequence of his fathers death. That i' the way he tried to show me the Indian trail.
 One of the most reputable and subStan tial citizens of this Territory, an admire and an intimate and old acquaintance of th' murdered mal Johnson, whom he hac known in California and in Arizona fo over 20 years. has expressed the belief tha this young Johnson-whom the Governo quotes and believes-has been engaged il some of the stage robberies recently com mitted in this Territory. The citizen re ferred to, knows something about the young man and his movements. l can readily be icve him capable of almost any crime, di the grounds of general "cusSedncss." II Is one of the orphans whose wall lacerate the Governors manly bosom. and whom h is bound to protect, at whatever sacrifice even at the rate of two per c,nt. per month
 Ii would be interesting to know who tn patriots are who take advantage of tn Governors distress to loan him at the rat of two per cent. per month. One woul' suppose that some of the shOddy family, q war notoriety, have settled in Arizona.
 You must excuse me, Mir. Editor, an only Captain in the Cavalry service, and never before having been honored by Gov crnor giving currency, in print, t"lies abou me, confess that the fact somewhat con fuses me. don't care whether the Cover nor thinks I am q "warricr' or not, bu what puzzles me is, why he should attemp to show that l am thiet snd travelled rnad in September, because l happened t' convince my commanding officer that secuted the country pretty we'll in October
 did travel a road in September, becaus there was good one leading direct to wher was ordered, and it was the best way t.
 
 ever, young Johnson to the contrary not withstsnding.
 In October, when my command was com posed of several detachments commando, by Lieutenants Henely, Rucker and Touey ,tr. fcx