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Arizona citizen., 1879-09-05
Ro. @, acts of the Lscrs!atare-fS79.

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 In attempting to follow the lead Of those economists in some of the states
 who believe that the relations between ca pitai and labor, and between debtors and creditors can be better regulated by statutes than by the mutual agree
 ments of the parties interested, our legislature has affixed its approval to a mortgage taxation act which will share the fate of many other laws of that memorable body, and be quite ig- nored in practice. In spirit it is mod died upon the mortgage taxation sec tions of the new California constitu- ton; but as nothing more than the spirit is shown, and none of the ma chinery of its prototype is added for it's execution, no officer can enforce it, except at the risk of numberless mis- takes and ridiculous failure. The pro- visions are that the owner of land which is mortgaged shall be taxed di- rectly on the value of it, after deduct ing the amount of the mortgage; and the mortgaEee shall be taxed directly on his debt, in the county where the security is. As the mortgagee might not live in that particular county, il was, of course, seen that he could not he reached by the collector; so there is further provision the owner of the land may pay his creditors tax and deduct it from his own debt as a pay ment. The title of our law is An act to provide for the more effectual taxation of indebtedness secured by mortgage" but it should be called An Act for the annoyance and distraction of assessors and collectors" or, An Act to raise the rates of interest for money loans secured by mortgage" Doubtless our legislators had in mind the solution of the problem of How to make that specie of property called cash carry its share of the public bur dens," but they were unmindful of the lact that that is very hard, as well as a commendable thing to do; and they took up with plan long since and foften tried, and found utterly wanting to serve the purpose. Even Califor- nia has had the same thing on her statute books for years, and her Stu premc Court has long since killed it. Putting it into the New constitution was only an effort to galvanize dead thing, by demagogues who sought temporary popular applause. The principle innate in all taxation, that all property shall be taxed once and once only, and the principle of finan- cial economy, that the use of money or credit has a market value depend ent upon supply and demand, will al
 ways rise up like giants to defeat such laws, either in their execution or their effect; and they will always succeed. Tt is. therefore, misfortune to have such old and discarded enactments on the hooks of any state or territory, and we regret to find this one among the acts of ou. legislature of 1879.
Arizona citizen., 1879-09-05
Sentember 2d.

Next to the Fourth of July, Ca!ifOr- mia ought hereafter to mark the third of September. The state has been convulsed by every kind of faction, and has reeled and staggered about in the grasp of demons dire until 1t seemed to be verging on anarchy. But the third of September will certainly bring peace and quiet. The climax has come and passed. The constant election settlements that have prevail ed are now over, and will not revive for two years excepting during the presidential election of 1880, when the balance will be held firm by the other states. There has been TO cause on earth sufficient to account for the dis tresses into which California has plunged, none but he crazy furor with which everybody has plunged into pc, litical contests, for the cessation oi which the entire coast should he thank ful. Nive the third of September.
Arizona citizen., 1879-09-05
PInai County Items.

From the Globe City Belt of Au i gust go:
 One hundred and ten pounds of sil
 yer bullion passed, through Globe this
 week from the Stonewall mill on it's
 way to San Francisco.
 | Weisl t Co. shipped this week the ! first silver brick (1O22 ounces) pro duced by the Millner & Watson mill. The owners of the Mexican mine
 have it in contemplation to erect a 20 stamp mill.
 Twelve tons of Cox & Coplin ore,
 worked in the Isabella mill, netted
 S3746.16. FiIe-brick have been re- ceived from San Francisco to replace the adODe furnace in the Isabella mill. and tO do this work the mill must stop work short time.
 Mack Morris objects to an item tele- graphed to THE CITIZEN saying that $l2,O00 ore was being taken out of the '' north shaft of the Mack Morris
 mine, as there is no such shaft. The ledge runs east and west, and the said rich ore came out of the west shaft. The objection seems to be on account of the wrong impression j. would
 make in New York.
 There are on the San Carlos reServa- tiOn, or belonging tO it, l0SS families. The Belt gives much space to San Car
 los affairs, particularly with regard tc the absence of Indians with or with out leaves. The paper gives Acting Agent Chatfe hearing, also .. II. Wildly and about dozen citizens and county officers. From all statements it seems that there are an unusual num- Der of Indians off the reserve. No depre,iltiOns or threats are reported Treasurer Brady advises The Belt that the assessment of Pinal County
 for 1879 shows that on real estate 10
 be $513Sl5 and on personal $563,- 695.56 and total taxes S26,942.39. The Sheriff has to give Sij,000 bonds as tay-cOllector and gets ' per cent. for collection.
 ITEMS from the Yuma Sentinel of Aug 30:
 Last Sunday there passed through Yuma 19 bars of bullion from the Ti- ger Mine valued at S2G,000 A fine Hook and Ladder outfit came in Monday for Fort Whipple; four teen ladders, six hooks, four crotch poles and one hose carriage.
 The contractor for the work at the penitentiGry, Is pushing things and is ahead of contract time tour cells are now well under way. Daily arrivals cf freight for the diff ferent mines show continued activity among others we have noticed this
 week shipments to the Central AriZO- na M. Co, Tip Top, Silver King. Cum berland Mine and several in the Tomb stone district.
 | The Sentinel is informed that rail road building will be resumed on the Southern Pacific on October 1.
 Yesterday arrived three cars with 70 recruits for the sixth cavalry, mostly from St Louis. Mo, under Col. C. b. Sanford of the First Cavalry and Lieut..
 Baird of the Sixth. Fifty nine are assigned to southern posts and twenty to northern.
Arizona citizen., 1879-09-05

INTEREST in mining affairs seems to be taking lease of life in Chicago. A stock board is to be organized inde- pendent of California interest or stocks and it is thought that with the private interest manifested, an extensive bus mess can be done there. That Chica- go is quick to see the advantages of the general movement iu the direction of precious metal mining is certified by the following firm the Mining Re view, an excellent weekly of that city :
 Chicago has already experienced benefit from the interest she has taken in the gold and silver mines of the far west. There is unparalleled activity am.ng the large manufactures of min ing machinery, and other branches Of the machinery trade have felt the i'm petus of new life. Many of tine banks and brokers are already arrangirg tu take part in the new tide Oi business in mining stocks and proprties that is setting in this way. The railroads cer- tainly, with the increased passenger and freight traffic, are already reaping lar.e benefits. and outside cf :h. sYr- cal branches of trade that are inti- mately connected with mining, the emigration of large numbers of peo- pie into a nOn-TOductive country where all they can use can he drawn only from the eastern supplies, must have produced an appreciable effect upon all classes of trade. Judging from all indications, there seems to be no question but what this dawn of ac- tivity will increase with the develop ment of the mining regions"
Arizona citizen., 1879-09-05

The following is from inc San Fran
 cisco Post and will be of interest to
 many old Arizonians of this section
 Colonel John Carey Ceremony. who
 was in many respects remarklbl" man an1 well known in this city, died of consumption last evening at E.s rooms No. 9 DnpOnt street, in 'is S:xtv-foCr h year, ha'ing been horn n
 Maine in 1915. When a mere b0J he lei, his lG hers house, and shipped k fore the mast. He followed iEe sea for a number of years, making his way rapidly from the forecaStle tO the cabin. Little. however, is known of his early life. During the Mexican war
 he served as an officer of volunteers and became we'll acquainted with the history and language 0f that country. He came to this state as q member of the Mexican Boundary Commissioners under Colonel W. H. Emory, and ar rived early in 1856. From this time until 1861 he was connected with tbe
 press of this city, but when the civil
 war broke out he entered the Cali!or mia Volunteers and served Tn New Mexico and Arizona. On lis return
 he joined the staff Of the Commercial Herald, and remained connected with that journal Till very recently. In 1868 he published book, Life Among the
 Apaches," made up of his experiences
 while among that race, and during the existence of the Overland Monthly he
 was frequent contributor to its col
 umns. He was a member of the Bo- hemian Club, and his invariable sen
 timent before drinking was, May the 1 Lord love us and not call for us too sOon." The time for the funeral has
 not yet been decided on.
Arizona citizen., 1879-09-05
Tbe Sentinel and Secretory cosOer.

Secretary Gosper is out in what may be properly termed a vigorous letter in The Sentinel. It is called forth by that papers criticisms of the Session Laws as published and certi- fled to as being correct by the Score tsry, but has particular reference to the admitted omission of important amendments to the public school law. The Sentinel strongly intimated that the laws as published had been "doc- tOred," but as it seemed to us at the time there was no intimation that Sec retary GOsper was responsible for any thing more than negligence in not knowing that the laws he certified as correct were exactly the same as passed and approved by the Governor. The Sentinel now insists upon this as the correct interpretation of Its criticisms, and in view of the real public service that paper has done in the premises, together with the absence of any ap- parent motive to wrong the Secretary, we readily accept its explanation as correct. It also gives the Secretary free and liberal use of its columns, and in some respects permits him to say what few publishers would do under the circumstances. The Sentinel pointed out the Secretary's error and the latter admits it was truly done. and says he will cause a careful revis- ion and have ali errors properly placed in each printed volume.
 THE CITIZEN believes Secretary Cos per is earnestly desirous of perform ing his duties correctly and in strict accordance with law, and yet it can not overlook the fact that The Senti- nel has in thi- matter discharged an important public duty and one that is ia tEe true interest of the Secretary.
Arizona citizen., 1879-09-05
Judge M,Ler's Recent 0ecysioa.

We mentioned yesterday tie in portant character of the recent Color ado decision rendered before the
 United States Circuit Court by Justice
 Miller, of the United States Supreme Court. Naturally the case has aroused considerable interest. The General Land Office has held, and courts have heretofore generally followed its rul- lngS, that no title is had for a mining claim unless mineral Is found in the place. It has followed logically from this that the first person adjacent to the barren claim finding mineral on the lode has therefore the right to fol- low and hold, through all its angles, spurs, dips" etc Judge Miller de cldeS, as we pointed out yesterday, ad- yersely to such rulings.
 He holds that any one may stake of a claim three hundred feet wide and fifteen hundred feet long, on any of the public mineral lands. and may, by putting up the proper notices, hold such claim, irrespective of the ques- tion of its containing mineral. He decides that the acts of Congress gave no authority 10 an officer of the In terior Department or Land Office to determine whether or not a claim con- tained mineral. Allthat these acts re quirc is that prima facie case should toe made out and the fees for the land be rendered, when patent must be issued tO the claimant. whether there is mineral in the property or not As 10 the question of the existence of mineral, a mining patent is in no way conclusive, it being subject to parole proof notwithstanding the patent By stalking off the claim and putting up the proper location notices. and per forming the amount of work required by law, the claimant acquired a good pOsSesSory title, and nO officer could refuse a patent on the ground that there was no mineral He also holds that patent must he granted upon the rendering of the claim. as required by law, without regard to mineral either in place or cut of place.-IChi- cagO Mining Review.
 Singular enough Judge Miller's theory has been anticipated by the practice Of Arizona locators for long time. There are hundred of claims in this county which are merely first, sec Oni and third extensions on a we'll known lode, but which themselves show no mineral "in place" It re- mains to be seen whether the Supreme Court will sustain he Justice.
Arizona citizen., 1879-09-05

THE utility of the SutrO tunnel for drainage purposes is established be vond q peradventure. If anybody doubts this fact let him note the prog reSS made in extracting the water from the flooded mines since the tunnel was called into play. Within the short space of two months, during the most of which time the Savage pumps alCne were employed. labor has been ac- cOmplished which three years of in cessaut pumping under inc old meth OdS could not perform, and this, too, at greatly reduced expense. Official telegrams this morning announce that the Hale & NOrcrOSS, whose workings are not quite so deep as those oi Say age, is now dry mine. The water re maining in its bottom was pumped out yesterday afternoon. This morning the water in the Savage stood l30 feet below the 21O0-foOt level, leaving only seven feet tO be extracted before the 220U, the lowest level, would be reach ed This is a grand victory and speaks volumes in praise of the Sutro tunnel through whose assistance alone this success could be obtained.-l San Fran cisco Post.
Arizona citizen., 1879-09-05
The FsmInIne Exodys.

How prond he prances down the street All smiles and all display An, who can guess his bliss comple.e- Ills wife has gone away How changed his aspect and his mIen- Hrw changed from grave 10 gay What Joy turks in those meaning word. "My wife has gone away :" We see him driving four in-hand
 At close of summer day. A giddy charmer by his side
 His w!le has gone awayI Two days ago he sadly said
 .'All in the heat I'll stay To toll and labor, dear. for you,
 But you must go away" What cares he now for toiI and dust
 And broIl Of summer dayP He do not heed the woes Of Hfe--
 His wife has gone away! O naughty menI think not 10 cheat The public when you say My life is now dreary blank
 My wife has gone away"
Arizona citizen., 1879-09-05
HiYh Pressnre Or COmpound.

ORDINARY ENGINES compounded when alvIsahlc.
 STEAM nofLFI,s--Partie1lsr attention given to t!:e quality Oi tbe material and work ma nship, and nOne but hrst-clnss woFk produced.
 WATER PIPE, of boiler or sheet iron. of any S ze, made in suitable lengihs far con meeting together, or sheets r.Iiled punched and packed fnr shipment, ready to be rlv- itf'ri un The ground.
 HYDRAULIC RIvETING-B"iler work and water pipe made by thus establiSnment rivited by hydraulic riViJins machinery. that quality of work being far superior to h nd work.
 PUMPs-FOr mining. Ofany capacity and nf any style. Our style of direct acting. compound engines, with double line ot pumps, are particularly recommended. We refer to those now in use, not cue hav- ing ever been broken down.
 DIRECT ACTING ESGINES for under ground work irrigation or city vRteTworks uurpOs -S hulls with the celebrated Davey vai"e mOiiun, superior tO any other.
 Mfr .ISG MACHINERY-QuariZ mills, pans bOilerS- holsting machinerV, sink" Ing hO sting engines or other machinery reQulrei. |. Ru2-dwSm
Arizona citizen., 1879-09-05

TIE Silver City Record thus takes courage, at the thought of removal of the county seat of Grant county to the coming railroad lines, missing Sil- yer City
 Railroads may kill town by q near approach without entering the same, but a town situated twenty or thirty mics from tic road will be i'm me; surahly tenefiHc1. Another fact taught by .s past is, that without other ad.: lges, railroads cannot build d toIr They can make stations which rapidly reach their limits or three or four hundred inhabitants, and then remain stationary in growth, as an example we might for instance call attention to OterO, in northern New Mexico. town which was booming four months ago but apparently dead to all intents and purposes today. The United States has thousands oi such hamlets with only a limited local trade and reputation. But when fine To cation, good water power and railroad facilities are combined, then a city Of influence, wealth and size, IS onl y question of tho near future 10 solve successfully. We have no fears of the railroad iniuring Silver City if they leave us in the lurch, as central point of its character will be sought for by railroad companies without any strcn- nous efforts being displayed by the neonle. We do not object to the rail road. but protest against any undue manifestations on the part of Silver Ciy. The town has survived so long and doubtless can weather the storm with or without the serpentine rep tile that rather destroys than improves any lot aiity.'
Arizona citizen., 1879-09-05

THERE is 10 be one peculiar feature about the election in California on the Sd. Every ballot cast must be made of certain kind Of paper prescribed
 by law, or it will be void, and must be thrown out of the count. This paper is nothing very extraordinary, and il will require an expert to be sure he has the right sort. While ostensibly a plan to prevent fraud, nothing was ever more conducive to fraud than such a law; and it will he an instruc- tive thing after this election, 10 watch the contests caused by the attempt 10 regulate elections to such fine point.
Arizona citizen., 1879-09-05
4 SIne 0UQ Ho5

People often express a kind of i'm.
 patience toward middlemen. and they are likely to do so by deprecating the existence of all persons who stand be tween producers ard consumers. gath ering toll on the business which passes through their hands. A man who has house to sell sometimes finds him self caught in the tolls of an "aecnt," and he then feels like ridding the earth of " all such" forgetting, for the moment, that while all men are con. sumers and great bodies of them are producers, q vast number are purely middlemen, without whom neither pro- ducers nor consumers could accom-. plish anything. But we have in mind certain class of middlemen who are now plaTia considerable part in the history cf - Lona, and who will cer- tainly be more busily employed in the future than they have been in the past. In this case the first holders of min ing property stand for the producers :. the " "capitalists,' who are expected to buy and develop prospects, are the consumers, and the industrious indi- vidual who knows both parties and serves both in their transactions is the middleman. In theory, as expressed by the tongues of prospectors and capitalists, the mining middleman is not popular institution, but in prac- tice he is, and will be, indispensable, and that Is enough to silence the for mer allegation. The attention of the world has been drawn to ArizonaI through the efforts of middlemen more then by any other influence. True, they are generally men without abund- ant means; but they have enough to travel "out" and in" with; they have, or can make, an extensive ac- quaintance, and they possess number less attractive qualities which it is necessary to bring to bear upon that. artful fish, the capitalist, before he will consent to be hooked. Indeed, the capitalist would never be seen or heard of in these parts hut for his friend-nUt the pro pector, but the mid n Ir. md .1,
 pector ever get along in their dealings without hls mediation. They do not understand each other; though they may speak the same language, their natures are different and there is no time to get acquainted. The middle man knows both. and he alone can ac- commodate their differences. Both must pay him for his time and trouble, for his time and trouble, for he can not live on air, and he works for both, and here comes in the trouble. When ail's done it i, sometimes found that the midileman has not been honest with one party. or both, which IS a most exaspera,ing case, as he is not largely responsible pecuniarily. Of course there is no defense to be made c)r him; but his dishonesty wiil rot sloliSh the necessity of his class, any more than dcfaulting bank cashier ,,..,,fl o,.,;I tha necessity pf honest cashiers. Be very sure, gentlemen, capitalists and rrospcctors, you viii never meet and never haze any deal ings worth mentioning unless you cal! in Mir. Middleman, and let him tell you who you are. Be sure he's honest about it, of course, but you must have him. Therefore, don't go about abus- ing him beforehand, for he may be better than you think.
Arizona citizen., 1879-09-05
SOME items culled from the Pher

SOME items rulled from the PheniX ExpOsitor of August %:
 The Free Library, one of the best institutions of the town, has been closed for some time, lack of funds being the cause of its collapse.
 Fifteen invalids are at Ne Ihr's Agua Caliente Springs, and all are improv- ing.
 This week there were four persons arrested and sentenced to confinement under the vagrant act. They were ali subsequently, released on giving Secur- ity that they would go to work
 ]. II Morgan, charged with the homicide of Jesus Figaro, at Morgan . Ferry, on the 21St, was eXamined be fore Justice Greenhaw on the 26th and the charge dismissed on the ground that the homicide was justifable.
Arizona citizen., 1879-09-05
KobdYe CoUsty.

Letters from gentlemen of Mineral Park. county sea; of Mohave, give good news MT. Hardy has placed a force of men on the Fairfield mine. The Keystone miners are taking out a Trc,t deal of fine ore. The five-stamp mill at Cerbat started on the 22d inst. NIT Barry has charge and is working o-a from inc 6S mine. The mill m Cedar Valley District is said to be run ming. Another report IS that me DE nal mill is also at work.-lArizonan' August 2z.
Arizona citizen., 1879-09-05

GEN. SHERMAN told Sir Geo. Camp bell that the only war he would like 10 undertake would be one against the Mexicans. to make them take back New Mexico and Arizona. But We must keep the bitter with the sweet We can: return New Mexico and Ari- zona without Texas and California Happy thought. .-lChicago Tribune
Arizona citizen., 1879-09-05
InSEpH NEuGASS.

ATTORNEY at Law. Justice of the 1 \ Peace. All business intTusicd prom pt- iy sreuded Co. Especial attention paid gU conyeyanCing and collections.
Arizona citizen., 1879-09-05
YcYapdI TaK SUitS.

Judge Silent rendered decisions yes ter lay in the following cases: The Territory vs. John G. Camp.,ll, tax suit; iud gmeLt for plaintiff for Sdl2.SS Territory vs. Campbell x Baker, tax suit; judgment for plaintiff for SG0j.GS. Territory vs. Paul Weber, tax suit judgment for plaintiff for Sl75. Territory yS. Paul Webber and his bondsmen, on WcbEer's delinquent tax collectors bond Judgment was rendered against defendants for $II7I.5O Upon the trial of this case tie delinquent roll for 1876 was eX- cluded from the eviderce because the the book was in such bad shape as not to charge the sureties, and consequent. lv the taxes which Weber collected on the delinquent rOl. for 1876, and failed to pay over, are lost to the county. There were also excluded upon the trial several collections of delinquent taxes upon the roll of 1877, because those market '.paid" were SO badly written that it could not be identified as Weber's writing.-[ [AIiLonan, Au- gust 26.