Arizona silver belt., 1879-08-01
Col. st. CIair Deariug.

The Los Angeles Commercial and the Arzona Ci.izen have been after St Ctair Dearing with sharp stick, have punctured him ir several places, not even avoiding chose honorable scars winch he receved when learn
 iHg the glorious art of War, while following the 'red white andred, !" but when hope witherlng fed for Dixie his loye for 'the best government the san ever shone upon" returned with electric force. He had been reduced to husks and sgalghtway pinchirg
 want caused hlm to remember the story of the Prod gal Son. He re-
 iurued to his first love and was re-
 wardel by the appointment of chief
 Of scouts at the San Carlos Italian
 Agency, but no sooner had he made his first scout ID a buggy at tue head of his noble reds, disappointment pricked end stuag him, lis oeeupa- ton was gone, his buggy dismantled, his ponies turned out to grass and himself given the grand bounce from the public crib Here Is what the Commercial and Ciazen have said
 \ venerable fossil named St. Clair Dearng appears in card in Saturdays Herald, and states the ze of the Commercial to be that of a lady's pocket handkerchief So far Ne can easily agree with the chronic office seeker, but when the gay old duHer imagines that We have set down in falsehood concerning his Inven- tory of aches and pains and gaping wounds, he is "httle of " An Arizona exchange is authority for the statement that this bundle Of gfumble was going back to the San Carlos reservation. Ne rejoice Co know that he ish't. The Iudial.s have had scarcity Of meal, some. puhid meat, and short rations gen eraly, and yet survived all butwith. Dearing added we should not want to be ausKerable for tue c0aseQuences. !. Some eredul0us merchants ID tais| eiy wlll be glad to know that the. dear darllug Dearing bas not gone to Arizoua, bat has halted in San Der nardino to take a rest There is rest for the weary" darling dalsy DeaTiug. Dear darling, take rest. l
 aIlush my dear, lie ssill and siumber."
 Send us 3 catalogue sf your lat est aches aud ailments. .-L. 4 Com mercial.
 The above fossil was once at San CarIos as chief of scouts " or some such title. The first tme he started e0r Arlzena lis orders directed him to take steamer at Yuma to within so miles of the agency, shere he would find a stage line to carry him through, and because such traaspor- ] 1ation was not found at Yuma, he
 eH back on Los Angeles, and sub sequently made the trip to the ageu- ~. Seeiag the age to which thls Eess.I belonged and it's uselessness vlti. live Indians, agent Hart refus ed. according to repors, to put t on the payroll, but vas subsequently, compelled .o do t by an order from superior authWty. Agent Hart could stand 3 good deal, but after comparatively brief endurance of l sad fossil, he gave it a summary ticket of leave and on t the thing ! managed to reach San Francisco end ] get something into the Chronicle.
 The public history of ths fossil IS reported tc be as follows Educat e3 at West Point when his country needed it's aid, it deserted and play ! el, { for 1t is almost incredible that II fought) on the other side. After f the unpleasantness was prac.Ieally oyer and the people who run tue de- paIhnents had forgotten most all : about 1t, this fossil appeared in Washington hungry and begging, and again got mother order to be placed OF the pay-rolls of the gov ernment that educated It and which ! t deserted at q critical period But the Government very likely thought, i If any thought aas given the matter taat the deserfien vas, while 1t eon- huued, relief to the suffering eoun- ] try. and for such relief, rewarded the deserter as stated.=Citlzen.