Weekly Arizona citizen., 1880-12-18


 ! new writ of habeas corpus having been obtained from that Court and the State Court holding it had no juris- iIctiOn in the case. The prisoner has been turned over to the United States Marshal.
 High.Up Criminals.
 PARIS, December 13.-Baron De 'riedland and his wife have been ar rested The latter, who is a daughter of the Duke de Persigry, gIand daughter of Princes de Lamescama, and god daughter of ex-EmpIess Flu genie, is charged with forging her yrandmother's name to an acceptance to 19S francs.
 Don't Want Any of itinHis.
 LONDON, December 1G.-The Times Dublin special says: A man appointed Sheriff for certain county writes to he authorities declining to serve be- cause the diminished rental expense )f the office will not be paid, the Gov having allowed the country 70 verge on anarchy and rebellion.
 Lack of Employment.
 CORK, December l1.-There is great want of employment throughout he country, owing 10 the disinclina- ion of landlords to lay out money. At several meetings recently held farmers were summoned to give em- OlOyment to laboTers. The agent of he Earl of Cork was requested to pro vide labor on the Earls estate, near County Cork, and he has Cst intimsted that he will open works ID that locality and give employment lntIl March 1881.
 Puzzled England.
 LONDON, December 1.-The fol- overs of the government are emba-- -assed, and for the most part do not know what to say, while few are bold enough to express theIr regret at the line of policy their leaders have pur- sued While Brett, one of the most respected Liberals in the House of Commons, was speaking at Bedford, last night, he described viyidly the reign of terror that had left no honest calling safe in q large part of Ireland, and avOwed his feeling that sad time had come when the government might be compelled to use coercion. There have been Liberal Governments before he present Government embarrassed by the Irish difficulties, but they have not been slack to do what they could 10 assert the authority of the law. The contrast between the spirit of those lines and the spirit prevailing now is little credit to the government or that of present generations. One of the worst evils consequent upon the attitude is the effect it must have upon a popular reception in Ireland of their remedial legIsla- ion.
 On to Lima.
 PANAMA. December 15.-The long expected Chilean advance on Lima is at last an actuality.
 On November 9, eighteen vessels, all war vessels or armed transports, except four sailing vessels which were 10 armed, appeared of Pico Angams, and two other vessels steamed into .he harbor, and sent officers ashore who demsnded tbe surrender of the place, which was refused. Fire was at once opened from the ships and returned by the Peruvian force on shore, where there was only 1900 men by Col. Zamudi. Land ing at PiscO was resisted so hOtly that most of the Chileans landed at Para cos, about 10 miles off, and imme- ilately marched on to PiscO, almost Zamud's small force. That officer hopeless of further de- fence without the sacrifice of his en- tire force, retired, after blowing up a large section of the wharf and destroy ing other property to prevent it's fall ing into Chilean hands. The rolling stock of the PiscO Railroad was burned, a severe loss to the English The Peruvian loss in the fight is placed at 150 men, and the Chilean loss at thrice that number.
 A Letter from General sherman.
 NEW YORK, December 17.-Gen. Sherman writes 10 friend here as follows:
 |" Lest you and my personal friends may be disturbed by the stories agaln put in circulation in consequence Of the recOmmendatiOn in the Presidents message 10 make Gen. |. s. Grant Captain General, l will explain my case to you. When Gen. Grant was for President in the first instance, in 1868, he volunteered 10 me the opinion that when his term was out he would not desire Co regain command of the army, as it would be unjust to me. l have never heard him say word to indicate a change in that opinion, and 1 do not believe that either he or his friends suggested the Presidents idea of the Captain General, or of regainings place on the army retired list. There is no reason why Presidents may not be retired as well as the members of the Supreme Court. Gen. Hancock, when a candi- date for President in June last, used this language in a private letter to me. To surrender the position of Senior Major General IS not thing 10 do. ] could not even TctlIe lu SuCu COu- tin gency with the benefits attached 10 such action, for the COmmsnderIn- Chief Of the Army could be on the re- tired list of any service. As 10 my retiring, you know that l will not be @ years old until 1882, and the runOr of my intending voluntarily to retire grew out of an expressed desire tO manage so as tO bring Gen. Sheridan to Washington and thus leave three military divisions for the three Major Generals now on the army reg ister, but as President Hayes has indicated a new fourth commission for Major General Schofeld, that pressure has passed, and I am in no manner committed as to my future action. The service is embarrassed with too much rank already for our small army, don't know what a Captain General will find to do. There never was such an office in the United States and it will need legislation to create and define suck an otace.'