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The Arizona sentinel., 1879-12-06


have managed their business this
year admirably,
The Attention Of the Adjutant
General of the Army is urgently
invited to the report of the Assis-
tant Adjutant General in respect
to the embarrassment arising in
his office from the diminution
in the pay of General Service
Clerks. The amount of work
done in this Department of the
Staff is Very great, and skill,
qIickness and reliability are Of
the utmost Importance at the
Headquarters of Department
that may be considered as always
in the field. It il certainly un-
fair that these clerks should re-
ceive less pay than their associ.
ates in the other Staff Depart.
ments. But irrespective of the
injustice of the case, it has now
reached the point that qualified
clerks are not to be had for the
''1"nn" allowed 7 t-re' that
imp0rtant auxiiiaries O. spaedy
and correct work t.a ,ry
fountain head of tn Ds1 rt.
ment, may soon be NJ 90 .a he
best footing.
Attention is respectful l1yit-
ed to the subject of, approval
of contracts" in the report of the
Chief Commissary of Subsistence.
He says that the time elapsing
between the date of receipt of
proposals and the time fixed for
the delivery of supplies, Is too
short to permitof the complexion
of the contracts, and Of their
transmission for the official action
of the Division Commander. The
causes, and embarrassing results,
of this trouble are set forth in his
report, and the proper remedy
suggested.
The Quartermaster's Depart
ment on which so much depends,
has never been, I believe, In so
good a condition. .
Much praise is due to the post
commanders themselves for the
iudiciOus and economical I'M
provement Of their posts, and the
The Arizona sentinel., 1879-12-06

committed in the Tonto Basin,
which was followed by an attack
on two prospectors on the MOgol-
Ion Mountains, near Bakers
Springs but the savages were
ferreted out and amply punished.
They were found to be remnant
of Tonic Apaches who had never
come in. Supposing that after
the Baker Springs affair our
scouting parties would move to
that quarter they returned to
Tonto Basin, only t" fall into the
hands of Lieutenant Won Schra-
der, Twelfth Infantry whose
Indian conn ny wiped out the
whole prty, except squaw
whose ife they spared, and
whom they brought in unharm-
ed.
! The latest killing Of whites oc-
Cured in the month of August of
Of this year by a company OF
The Arizona sentinel., 1879-12-06

brother"
The Papagoes, though not so
Immediately on and along the
rail road lines. are found drifting
thitherward in large numbers.
These Indians under Mexican
auspices have made greater
strides toward christianity than
any other tribe l know of. They
were essentially, or at least those
in the vicinity of Tucson, catholic
Indians. But for the want of a
athOlic agent. funds and teachers
their schools at San Xavier have
been closed, and they are relaps-
ing fast into ignorance.
1 would request that this mat
ter be referred to the Department
of the Interior, not only as a ques-
ton Of civilizing the Papagoes,
but as an auxiliary of preserving
peace with, and maintaining our
influence over this tribe.
The Agency at San Carlos is
now temporarily in charge OF
Cap ,ain a. r. Chaffee, Sixth Cav
alry,-not under military man-
agement or control,-but under
the supervision OF the CommIs-
sioner Of Indian Affairs, and is
conducted by the rules OF, and
responsible directly to that Office.
AS temporary necessity this
change seemed to be needed but
1 hope that the exigency will not
continue long. I doubt however
whether 80 important a post.
with such Il large patronage. can
be filled satisfactorily on SO small
a salary as that paid the civil
agent-scarcely equal to a fifth
rate clerkship, in any large estab.
lish ment. His salary should be
sufficient to place him above
temptation, and to secure high
order of ability.
The Salt River land question
has been settled by the reserva-
ton O, der originally recommend
ed by Captain Chaffee, and N.Y.
self.
The survey of this new reserva-
tion for the Pimas aud Marico-
pas should be made at once, as
Indians are already inquiring for
tho iir,;.a within which to Law
out their dIsshes for the next
/ vear's cultivation. It would be
vel to get these red men away
from the rail roads speedily, to
their new lands at the confluence
of the Verde and the Salt
Rivers,
The peace Of this Department
is due to perpetual scouting oper-
ations. These are bloodless and
silent victories, which assure the
prospector, miner and ranch man
unseen protection, and prevent
the Arizona renegade, or the pre-.
datory hostile from Mexico, from
reaching the industrious citizen.
But with such a small force, and
such an immense stretch of terri
tory. crossed by mountains and
hiding places in every direction,
some skulking thieves, like coyo-
tes, will break in. But 1 ques-
ton whether the death rate, or
even the stealing. equals that of
any civilized country.
The Arizona sentinel., 1879-12-06

not sinKl. passenger was kiil"i "a
British railways, from accidents rains
or road. during the six months ending
June 3Oth
The Arizona sentinel., 1879-12-06
YUMA, ARIZONA SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1879.

In no part of the United States
is there such a field for il as in
Arizona, among the Pimas, Mar
icopas and Papagoes. Th ese are
pueblo or habitatiOn Indians,
grain raisers and pottery manu-.
facturers. But If something is
not done to guide their industries,
to give their children schooling,
to teach them the first principles
of town and county government,
it will be found that cOntact with
American institutions will soon
maA~ them seven-Eoid nearer the
children Of he'll, than if they had
never seen &" g white man and a
The Arizona sentinel., 1879-12-06

bandits made up of American
fugitives, Mexicans and some
Indians, who ran up from the
Sonora line, carried off stock and
killed two estimable citizens of
Arizona, named Shillenback,
at old Fort Wallen. These thives,
and murderers were vigorously
pursued by Lieutenant Bailey,
Sixth Cavalry. who started out
from Camp Huachuca as soon as
the intelligence was received and
scattered the party across the
neighboring frontier. II is 10 he
expected that desperadoes OF
The Arizona sentinel., 1879-12-06
ANNUAL REPORT
-OF-
GENERAL o. B. WILCOX
COMMANDING
DEPARTMENT OF ARIZONA.
WHIPPLE BARRACKS, PRESCOTT,
September 4, 1879.
Tn Tho q Mil Div of

the Pacific, San Francisco, Cal
SIR:
7 have the honor TO submit
herewith my report for the past
year.
The condition of the military
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Aafau
FAREWELL MY CHILDHOOD HOME

Here have the smiling years. with fairy train
OF days and hours, as gently toatcd by
As summer eezes laden with the strain
OF melody that all too soon must die.
Here have we entered step by step the field
OF knowledge, laying up precious store
For seasons that no mellow harvest yield.
Italias bard we followed to explore
The triple regions which his genius bold
In glowing numbers painted; we have heard
The rolling thunder of the oet-King,
Who, though exhiled from cOlor's realm,
could sing
OF splendOr eye has never seen; he stirred
With voice majestic all the depths untold
of awe and fear that in our nature sleep.
We guard, in secret chambers of the soul,
An ark o'erlaid and lined with loves pure
gold,-
Above whose doors that oft shall backward
roll,
Glad cherubim their pinions white unfold;
And hid within this Holy of HOLES blest
The tablets of the law of mercy rest
Days parting glance DER earth doth it not
lend
holier charm to Naturc?-and hath not
The kiss laid on the cold lips of our dead
More lingering tenderness than all that we
Outpour ere yet the white-winged life hath
fled?
Even so, our Past seemed never half so fair
As now, when, having kissed her placid face,
We roll the stone before her tomb, and bear
Away, in spirit depths, her smile of grace.
From you, Arciva dear of youthful
days,
Bound to my heart by friendships golden
chair,
Who shared alike each pleasure and each pain,
Basking with me in Wisdom's shining rays
part with earnest prayer that you may find
Your future not less radiant than you deem,-
Your life as tranquil as some floating
dream.-
And peace around your verdant path en-
twined;
As clouds are waited scr the gentle breast
OF some calm lake, nor leave their shadows
long,
SO may your sorrows pass. In the coming
years
The e,ho of Your counsels will impart
Unto our souls new courage. We will keep
Your teachings in our hearts as fresh as
flowers
OF tender May, that pcrfumcd dOw-drops
weep.
Already have the Jealous hccting hours
Rung the soft cadence of our parting knell:
With tear-vciled eyes, we breathe our last fare
we'll
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During the present season the expert.
ment of making artificial ice has been
tried with great success in Florida, In
the arctic machine, the one used there
about fifty pounds of liquid ammonia are
stored IN a very strong iron cylinder, and
this is connected with coil OF pipes i'm
mersed in tank Of strong brine, in this
brine galvinized iron cans holding the
water to be frozen are placed. The liquid
ammonia is allowed to flow through these
coils, and, becoming gaseous, abstracts
from the water so much heat that itspeed
lily freezes. A powerful steam-pumI
forces the gaseous ammonia back into thu
iron cylinder again, thus liberating great
heat, which is disposed of by cold watel
dropping upon the coil of pipes through
which the ammonia passes. The process
is continuous one, and if the Jumps ant
coils do not leak there is no loss and tht
operation may go on so long as the ma
chinery lasts. The price of Northern icC
in Florida previous to the introduction o
the machine was from ten to fifteeu dol
lars u ton, while the artificial ice is sold al
five dollars, and thus powerful and sue
ccssful competitor with the ice companies
sprang up. The actual cost of manufac.
turing ice is not far from seventy cents q
ton, including the storing and delivery,
1t should be stated, however, that fuel in
Florida costs almost nothing, The ice
company have only TO haul the waste lum-
Der from a steam saw mill, fifty rods away,
TO obtain their fuel gratuitousy.
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CORRUPTION.

Corruption is written all over the face of
political parties. Men whose word is con-
sidcrcd good in anything else, in politics
join in the most dishonest schemes 10 Sc
cure success. The standard of political
morality is far below the normalpo and
its effects are rapidly penetrating into 9TH
er departments. limo past time was there
so much dishonesty financially as now.
Defaulting cashiers and absconding treas
urers are the regular daily news. Unless
some barriers are erected against this flood
tide of corruption, it will soon break
through and break down all morality. 1t
is the duty of every man and woman who
sees this black cloud to protest against it
and endeaYor to rouse the slumbering
sense of honesty of purpose in the people
that alone can turn the tide and rescue
thc nation from the destruction by the del
ugc from it that threatens to submerge us.
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From the Torrc lIuntc Express.
1t has been maintained, and with some
display of temper, that there has been no
reduction OF the currency, but the last
figures from the treasury department,
showing the amount of money in circula-
tion, prove that there has been a reduc-
ton. The treasury statement, published
the first of the month, shows that in 1865
the volume of currency was 1888, ,3lS, ,6S5,
and in 1879 it is only $734, sol, 1894. And
to obtain this amount the treasury esti-
mates all the legal tenders, national bank
notes and fractional currency which have
been destroyed. An idea of the amount
of paper money destroyed may be obtain
ed from an examination of the redemption
of the fractional currency; of this there
| was issued $45, ,SS1 ,265; and redeemed but
$50, ,03S, 500. Now, the difference, $l5,-
SAL ,605, will never be presented at the
treasury for redemption, for most of it has
been lost and If the ratio of destroyed
bills to those still in circulation is the same
in the other forms of paper money, the
amount now in circulation far below what
the treasury places 1t at. The treasury
department takes every advantage ito
make as good showing as possible for
itself. 1t estimates some interest bearing
obligations as currency and rejects Others
| from its statements which performed
more service as money than those which
it estimates.
Then, according to the statement of the
treasury, there was circulation Of S35
per capita, and at present there is but SIS.
This circulation is based on the treasury
estimate of population. In 1865 it as
sumes that the population Of the nation
was "a, 748,000, from which subtract T.
100000, the population OF the states in re-
bellion; the total circulation divided by
the remainder gives the circulation per
capita. In calculating the circulation per
capita at the present, every advantage
that the treasury takes is allowed it.
But the treasury contends that the in.
crease in the purchasing power Of the
money has fully made up for the reduction
ofthe volume. This is altogether a new
proposition. The fact that there has been
any reduction has been denied, and now
the treasury's figures prove it. And the
increase in the purchasing power of money
| is Just what is complained Of. 1t has re-
duced the products Of labor and advanced
debts, securities and everything by which
value is measured. 1t has made it more
difficult for debtors and producers TO live,
and less difficult for creditors land money
owners.
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A Rolic of the Revolution.

From the Philadelphia Record,
An old Philadelphian preserves as 6
relic of the "good old times" wcll-worr
piece of paper money bearing the date o.
l776, which has been in the possession o.
one family for century. 1t has curious
history. After the revolutionary war was
oyer one Godfrey Williams, patriot was
paid off in scrip. At that time the paper
had decreased so much in value that il
took II considerable quantity to settle Will.
liam's demand. The latter tied the roll
up in a large handkerchies and proceeded
homeward. On his way he purchased q
COW and two pigs, paying for them with
the whole of the scrip with the exception
Of four pieces, one Of which, together with
the story, has been handed down from
father to son until the present time.
The note, now well yellowed with age,
is about three inches square. On the face
Of it, in the left centre, is square CON
tanning q ring, in the middle Of which is
q rudely-cut cornucopia. The bell OF the
horn contains cut OF poor house. Be
meath the horn is the same motto which
Benjamin Franklin adopted for his issue
Of copper coinage. Mind your business,
On the reverse side is thirteen rings in q
circle, with the names of the thirteen
States comprising the Union at that time
In the centre Of the circle is smaller
ring, with the Inscription; "Americar
Congress" and "We are one." At the
bottom il Is announced that the note wa,
printed by Hall, and sellers in Philadel
| phia in l776. The denomination Of thu
note when il was Issued was two'thirds o
| a dollar.
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READY FOR ACTION,

Happily for the three million tramps;
happily for the Fall River strikers and
their brothers everywhere; happily for the
thousands of starving families in all the
large cities, the people are prepared to
step forward to an extreme sufficient to
put their feet on the neck of the whole
bondholding, money-lcnding and banking
crew, who have been let loose on the coun-
try until they have swindled the people
out of thousands of millions of dollars and
got their robber clutch on all the wealth.
The people don't believe it to be their
duty to stop to parley with such enemies,
however wise, They will find an answer
ing echo in the heart OF every down.trod-
den, suffering laborer; every farmer
pressed to the wall by Shylock and the
tax-gathcrer, and every merchant and
manufacturer who has sunk beneath the
tread of the modern MOloch.
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Good, honest money" is for tine bank
er, but it is hard fo' the toilcr and prOduc'
er to get one of the bankers "honest" dol
lars. Good, honest money has added to the
wealth of one man by making another
poorer. by money the banker means tC
take a pair Of oxen to pay a debt that q
pair of steers would pay when the debt
was contracted. The farmer swings the
scythe and sweats in the meadow from
sun to sun, while the banker lies in the
shade and takes the hay-all in the name
of good, honest money" The platform
lodges the single gold standard, says
nothing about cheating the public creditor
seventeen per cent. by paying in silver.
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Almost a Paradise.

From the Sioux City 1owa) Journal.
In letter from William Reeve Of this
city, now at Fort Assiniboine, we have tht
refreshing news that snow-stom visited
that section last week. Snow on The
neighboring mountains is in sight all tht
time. He had just visited the scene O.
a little brush between two parties of in
dams, where several were killed, and
number Of dead ponies still served to show
where the fight had been. At the CAM
Of several hundred friendly Indians neal
the post scalp dance was going on wher
he wrote, Whoopl
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The Young Girls of To-day.

From the Baltimore Sun.
In Dublin, II young lady is educated
for music or matrimony both. She is
perpetual piano player or conStan
husband seeker. There are no longer the
BABY Blakcs" or the Lady Gay Spank
ers" of yorc; her follies as to field sports
are no more. The Irish girl of the period
abhors defamation about "woman's
rights" She generally takes thCm-in a
Platonic way. She is much more Irish
than the men, twice as witty and ten
times as intriguing. These girls have IN
indcscrbablc way OF capturing you (mcnt,
ally at least before you know where you
are. They are fine looking rather than
pretty, and commanding rather than
coquettes, vet they have their share of all
that ubiquitous family. In point of educa-
tion they are more glittering than the
English girls, and more solid than the
American. They dress too much-an ex-
cess of fal.lals. Frills and lace, bog bak
and ribbons, abound about these girls,
and their merry laughter and soft solder
dash of "grammachree maeushia" serve
to make them intensely interesting, even
at the respectful distance they invariably
keep you. This type of the Irish girl,
with her rosy and white complexion, her
large blue eyes and auburn hair, in her
eighteenth year is more of child than an
American girl is of thirteen,
The Irish girl of the period has one
bright star ever before her in the heavens
of her hopes-a husband with title.
She would rather be poor Lady Splurge
than parvenu Mrs. Shady. Yet she is the
most loving and devoted Of wives-when
properly welded. The Irish girl loves to
make noise in the world-has u grand
passion for dash. She will leap social
fve-bar gates and double stone walls to
get the right man while she would prefer
to be an old mopmg maid rather than be
chained to the wrong one. She dislikes a
tame man, and can control wild one.
In the courage Of her opinions she excels
both as to quality and quantity. She
would rather rule in certain dreadful
place below than serve in better one
above.
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FrOmthe Western Rural.
Farmers get swindled; there is nc
doubt of that at all. But they are not
alone in the unsatisfactory experience.
This world is divided into two classes,
the swindlcr and the swindlcd, and the
latter class is a great deal the larger one.
There are some swindlcrs Of which the
farmer is the victim, that he might es-
cape, no doubt, if the press did its duty.
If newspapermen would just stop to con-
slider moment, and let a little common
sense shed its light upon the character OF
certain swindles, instead OF quietly and
rcgretfully stating as matter OF news
that some farmer had been swindlcd
through tho wilcs ola lightning rod or
some other similar impostor, they would
point out the fact that the farmer could
not be held upon many of these contracts.
A lightning rod man is very apt to blum
der in making his famous contracts, but,
however much he may blunder or what
ever degree of fraud may appear in the
transaction, the papers have been accus-
toned to say; "lts too bad; let the dog
loose the next time lightning rod man
sets foot on the premises" If n heavy
bill has been already paid this advice is
a great deal like locking the stable door
after the horse has been stolen. The
time to have let the dog loose was when
the Swlndler began to pour forth his ell
oquence. There is not a bit Of danger
that the lightning rod man will victimize
the farmer the second time. A burned
child breads the fire, and man who has
had his finger burned once, will take care
of the next live coal that he sees, without
the aid of any dog.
A new swindling scheme has been de-
velopcd in Iowa. A man goes among tho
farmers, and buys eggs, paying good
price and cash for them. Upon payment
Of the money he begins to write receipt
with lead pencil, which does good serv-
ice until tine last word before the sigma
ture is written, when the point convcn-
lently breaks off. He then produces a pen
and the farmer signs his name in ink.
Then the pencil writing is erased and a
promissory note written above the sigma
ture, and the note thrown in bank, and
the deludcd farmer is compelled to pay it.
This is such stupid performance that
we can hardly credit it, but taking it for
granted man can be found reckless
enough to make such a prominent bid for
the pcnitentiary, it is not matter of
much concern to the farmer. A valuable
consideration. But how many of such
notes are held by such PARTIES parties en-
tireIy ignorant of their character? They
are usually sold to the local banker. They
must be sold to some one who is acquaint-
ed with the alleged maker, for no one
else would buy them. Now this local
banker knows how such notes are secured
in the majority of cases. He knows that
they are a fraud, still he buys them. Not
one in Il hundred could be collected by
law.
1t may be well to repeat here, the ad-
vice often given to the farmer: Never
sign your name to any paper presented by
u stranger. DOnt Sign! DON'T SIGN!
Follow that advice and it will saye you
lots of trouble. But if you have already
signed, then fight the thing, if it Is not
all right.
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Tb ,ction of observatories at high ele-
vatj IS, rs on mountain sides, is now in
Er .ope felt to be necessity for advance
n.entin the practical study Of meteorology.
IL is now proposed to erect an additional
observatory on the summit of Mount Ven
toux in France. This mountain is in the
northeast Of Carpentras, 1860 metres
above the PLAN, and extends south with
out interruption as far rs the Mediterra-
mean.