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The White Mountain Indians Wish to Hunt.

TUcsoN, April 24.-A Citizen specil from Camp Thomas says: Nothing has been received from Ste vens' party, nor from Eagle Creek, up to noon. The White Mountain Indians at the sub.agency wished permission 10 go north to hunt, which, under present circumstances, was very properly refused. It tis thought, however they may go, and the acting agent has notified them through Sub- Agent Hoag that if they do go they will be considered hostile and treated accordingly. Five more horses were tolen from the cattle camp last night. Three were recovered to-day. San Carlos indians were the thieves.
 FoRr THOMAS, April 24.-The fol- lowing is verbatim copy of letter addressed to lsadore Solomon, and forwarded by courier from Clifton, dated the 22d:
 "We have had our fire at last. The Indians kill, d six men at Gold Gulch yesterday, about two and a half miles from Longfellow mine, among whom are s. D. Packard, John P. Risquie, Captain John Slosson and S. H. L. Prescott. They then at tackled an OK train of O. K. Smith of Shakespeare, near Chulch's camp, about one and half miles from Clifton, and killed five teamsters and took about one hundred mules. Last Sunday morning they attacked some OK teams near Walls ranch, killing about twelve men. They then took to the road, and God knows where they have gone. They will most likely take in Carr's and Jordan's trains, which were near York's ranch when last seen."
 The letter IS signed by Freuden-- thall.
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"CoME heah, George Washington, you black ape!" exclaimed Rev. Abi- nadab Bledsoe, of the Austin Blue light tabernacle, to Sunday school scholar, who had just removed big wad of something from his mouth. The boys trembling carried him into the immediate presence of the irate shepherd. ~
 "Yer was chawin' terbacker in de house of the Lawd."
 "I owns right up, parson. was chawin' terbacker, but l won't do so no noah"
 "George Washington, chawin' ter packer am bad enou -awd knows; but when yer has so shameless yer don't try to lie out of it, hit am time to take you in hand, so yer woun't grow up an disgrace de fad der ob his country. Lean ober dat knee, George"
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TELEGRAPHIC.
Special Dispatches to the EPrrAPH)
BRUTAL BUTCHERIES.
Scenes Witnessed by n Helpless Boy
 in the Hatchery of His Parents.

in the Hatchery of His Parents. TUCsoN, April 24.-The following
 from correspondent at Stafford gives
 a thrilling account of the recent
 tragedies as follows:
 SAFFoRD, A. T., April E2.-Little
 Stanislaus Mestas, aged nine years,
 has jast arrived here from Stewards
 sheep camp, twenty, five miles distant
 from this place, with the following
 blood.curdling story of Indian mas
 sacre: Yesterday morning, the 18th,
 just before daylight, the Indians at
 tackled our camp whilst we were
 all asleep. My father and five
 other men who were there at-
 tempted to get their guns, but too
 late. The Indians rushed in upon all sides, and overpowered them before shot could be fired. The work of slaughter then began, and was fright
 ful while it lasted. An Indian put the muzzle of hls gun against the head of one man, blowing his brains against the floor and walls. saw them kill my mother and two little brothers by beating their brains out with stones. They tied my father and tortured him most dreadfully. He begged to be spared, but they only tortured him the more. When they were tired of torturing him one of them split his skull open with an axe. An Indian squaw, wife of one of the four friendly Apache sheep herders, who worked with us, saved my life by holding me behind her and begging them to spare me. When all the MeAicans were dead except me, tie indians left, taking with them our four friendly Apaches as prison- CTS. But they were soon sorry that they had spared me, for they sent a party back to the house to kill me; but the squaw begged so hard for me that they said they would go back and tell the chef that they could not find me. They went away again, and when they were gone far enough the squaw and left the ranch and trav- eled all day and night until we reached Stafford.
 The Indian squaw who arrived here with the boy says there were 93 war riors in the attacking party. They called themselves Chiricahuas, and said that they were going straight to the Dan Carlos agency to kill all the whites and get more Indians to join them. They also declared they would kill all of the inhabitants of this valley, as the population of the valley did not value one cent in com. parson with their numbers and the h. dians at San Carlos would join them. The hostiles frequently declared that their whole desire was to kill, in re- taliation for the three Indians exe- cuted recently at Fort Grant. Ten persons in all were killed at the sheep ranch, and ten horses stolen. Stew ems sheep, numbering over 6,000 | head, left to themselves, are scatter ed in all directions. The people for miles up and down the valley have gathered here for safety and occupy the county building. Citizens ana i friendly Indians are mounting guard | tonight, while the women and child ren are sleeping.
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would, if it did not, or would not, or would not certainly if it did, and then of course they are. Do not you think it is?"
 Mark was thoroughly bewildered, and after repeated efforts by Arte. mus to make himself understood, in which, of course, confusion was worse confounded, the former gave up in despair, concluding that the " cocktails had done the business for him."
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Indian War Meeting in Tucsou

At the public meeting held in Tucson last evening to consider the Ilresent de. p!orabie outbreak, an executive committee of nine was appointed, consisting of MessIs. Fitch, Toole, Farley. Strauss, Oury, Pomeroy, Carr, Fully and Leatherwood. The committee immediately convened, and after deliberation sent the following tele- gram to Cochise, Gila, Graham Maricopa, and Apache counties:
 "It is proposed to raise immediately an independent force of several hundred men 10 take and keep the field for two months
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THE Hon. Samuel Purdy, whose friends have purchased controlling interest in the Epitaph Printing & Publishing company, the sale to take effect May 1st, will find it uphill work to make the good people of Cochise county believe that Behan, Joyce, Woods, Jones and Fickas are the Messiahs who are to save the Democratic party, for that defunct old concern is dead beyond all res- urrection. Too much cowboy has killed it in this neck of the woods.
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;iz 'aRpsyfD Dhes eeeae,

are very promising. Mir, Scow, of ;he firm ot Bassett X Scow, Dos Ca. bezas, it will be remem bered, has the contract for hauling the ore from the mine to the shelter, distance of one mile and a half.
 The president of the Cincinnati X Pittsburg Mining & Reduction Com pany, Mir. w. w. Tice, informs us that he has ordered a car load of coal, which will soon arrive at Willcox. He will test it's merits, and if found to be an improvement, in point of expense, on the fuel now used, he will contract for the regular delivery, weekly. of two or more car loads at the depot at Wilcox. Strong teams and large wagons will be procured by the company for the purpose of haul ing.
 Among the prospects in this dis trict promising very flattering results is the "Four Aces" mine, owned by l.. Ashmun, of Tombstone, and loca- ted about six niles north of Dos Ca bezas. It $ attracting considerable attention among eastern capitalists, and rumor has it that it will soon be sold for high figures. The ledge is about four feet in width, all in ore of high grade, and although but little work has been Gone on the mlne, the rock increases in richness with depth. Among those who looked at the pros pect were three eastern capitalists, who were so we'll pleased with the outlook that in case purchase is eff fected, twenty stamp mill will be erected.
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IoU will not forget the social at the court house tonight, given by the Ladies' Aid society of the Episcopal church The doors are to open at 80 D. m. Only 2j cents will be charged for admission, and then real social time will be in order Singing and recitations will be on the programme, and then, Hast but not least,' such delIcious ice cream and tempting cake that all will want 10 try them. The entertainment will be inexpensive and those who attend will be aiding the ladies Tn their work of mercy. Go!
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E. Six+Page Edition.
' This Page is from the Daily
 SX Tuesday, April 20.
A FOHES'ASCE.

Inasmuch as the EPITApu is to be-
 come the advocate of democratic
 principles on and after the lst day
 of May, from the standpoint of the
 Hon. SaTuel Purdy, at present of the
 Yuma FreU' Press, we conceive it to
 be our duty to season the type and
 press to the hot work before them.
 and to give our readersa few homGo,
 pathic doses of the Hon. Samuel's doctrine so as to accustom their stomachs to the larger and more powerful ones that will follow in reg ular order, upon the principle of St. Paul, who says, "milk for babes and strong meat for men,"
 On February 18th, in discussing the presidents special message to congress, Mr. Purdy said:
 The presidents message and &C., companying documents embody mainly two suggestions. That the soldiers of the United States army usurp the province of sheriff $ posse, and thai the sheritfs of the various counties be removed at the pleasure of the governor of the ter ritory. In other words that the gov ernmental power in Arizona be cen tralized in one supreme head. All this in compensation for years of struggle in the direction of gov ernment solely by the people in d territory as well as state. Ger tainly Mir. Arthur is ambitious when he proposes to make his appointee the sole arbitrator in the petty local affairs of counties.
 The cause of the lawlessness in Cochise county has not resulted from the presence of any bad and desper- ate element of society, but has arisen from the misconduct and crim. inal deeds of deputy United States marshals, all of whom are now occu- pying felon's cell on q charge of murder. Men who, under color of legal authority aud supported by a representative of the general gov ernment, interfered with the duties of the sheriff, physically attacked su. pervisors, and shot down unarmed | men in cold blood. Deputy marshals | who, at late day, were removed by their chief on account of their crimes ] and the fact that they had antagoniz- ed a whole community. Government l officials who tried to hire assassins from abroad to 'remove" the sheriff | of Cochlse county, because he stood in the way of their projected robber- ies and conceived black k-maii. It was during the time when the rule of these official desperadocs was at its height, when they were backed by district judge, postmaster and newspaper, that the would be governor visited Tombstone with petition. Then tke report was written. Afterwards came the Tombstone city election at which the aw.abiding citizens of | that place, by an overwhelming vote, rebuked the deputy marshals, and the result has been the arrest of those | n, n rs L., fn, ,Dorf,ot c..iafnHo |
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IF the EPITArH continues in its bitter persecution of sheriff Behan it will make hlm the most popular man in Arizona.-Yuma Free Press.
 If this is fact, Mir. Purdy, you should continue the bitter persecu- tion, for upon Mir. Behan's popularity depends your success in the future management of the EPITAPH.
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OUR sympathetic contemporaries, who have been mourning for the taking of of the Hon. (H Jesse James will have fresh cause for abusing the governor of Missouri when it is known that that fend incarnate was an honored member of the Baptist lchurcn. The following special to the Kansas City Times settles the ques- tion in favor of the Christian philan- thropist ) Jesse James, Esq:
 AUSTIN, Texas, April l2, lSS2.-In your sketch of religious views of Jesse James, you are mistaken as to the tune of his baptism. In October, 1877, at meeting held in the Bap, tist church in:i<earney, he optessed conversion and l baptissd ll He prayed several times publfd in the prayer meetings, and sser' very much interested in Frank, whom he prayed for as "his ward rother." Yours very truly
 G. w. RoGE
 Pastor Baptist Cd V,
 Austin,VTexas.
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lT is a bad sign for the climate or the morals of the place, or both, when we read from week to week notices similar to this, copied from the Phenix Herald of April 22:
 The bible meeting which was post poned from last Sabbath evening on account of the weather, will take place tomorrow night at the NJ. E.. church.
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Artemns ward Gss. Alssll < Nala. s

AftthuS " oru &S<H ~N~ q ~ uaHs
 Mark Twain, in the report of: bis first interview with Arteinas Ward, given in his " Sketches" caricatnres the learned obscuritv of some of the mining experts, Tn his account of the practical joke, of which he was the victim and Ward the perpetrator.
 The latter, after getting Mark somewhat "under the influences" and doubtless for the purpose of confirm ing Marks own suspicious that he had imbibed too freely, assuming q look of superhuman earnestness, made the following astounding speech. He said;
 "Now there is one thing l ough; to ask you about before l forget it. You have been here in Silverland- here in Nevada--two or three years, and, of course, your position on the daily press has made it necessary for you tc go down in the mines and eX anime them carefully in detail, and therefore you know all about the sll- yer mining business. Now, what l want to get st is-is,well the way the deposits of ore are made, you know. For instance. Now, as l understand it, the vein which con- tains the silver is sandwich ed in between cases of granite and runs along the ground and sticks mp like curb stone. Well, take vein forty feet thick, for example, or eighty feet, for that mat ter, or even hundred-say you go down on it with shaft, straight down, you know, or with what you call 'incline,' maybe you don't go down but two hurdred-any way you go down, and all the time the vein grows narrower, when the cas- ing comes nearer or approach each other, you may say-that is, when they do approach, which of course they do not always do, particularly in cases where the nature of the formation is such that they stand apart wider than they otherwise would, and which geology has failed to account for, although everything in that science goes to proFs that. all things being equal, it
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Lordsburg Stage Cantureds

LoRDsBuRG, April 24.-It is re- ported here that the stage hence to Clifton has been captured by the hosties and the driver and four pas sengers killed. Captain Black, of the Shakespeare Independents, has mustered his men and awaits march ing orders.
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Col. Forsyth Strikes the Trail.

TUcsoN, April 24.-The Citizen publishes the following dispatches received by Governor Tritle:
 TUCsoN, April 24.-Governor Tri- tie has received the following from General Willcox:. Colonel Forsyth struck trail leading south from a point six miles east of San Simon, of
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or more, against the Indians now on the war-palh. In order to avoid all legal diff tculty, it is proposed to constitute these men posse comitatus, under the direction of officers appointed as deputy sheritls of the different counties. The men to be armed and mounted, provided and paid by the different counties, as special deputy sheritfs. Of thls force it is expected thai Pima shall provide fifty men. Will your board cooperate in this movement and how many will you furnish ?"
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WE tender the following advice to Sheriff Behan, of Tombstone. We charge nothing for it, and if he doesn't follow it, why we won't be mad: Divide your patronage equal ly between the EPITAPH and Nugget, and we will make a small wager that your official acts will be praised by the first mentioned journal. Do as you please, however. We can all see through the flimsy jealousy of the immortal Shakespearlan editor of the EPITAPH. It's the crumbs you scat ter that he doesn't like.-Prescott Miner.
 We will make a small wager that the author of the above contemptible Item can be bought for a "bit {" drink. Sheriff Behan and his packers can buy controlling interest in the stock of the EpITAPH company, but its managers are not for sale.
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All safe on Eagle Creek.

Mir II. C. Herrlck Of this city, who had friends and relations living at Eagle Creek, has been in very anxious state of mind in relation to Their safety since the late outbreak, has received the following tele- gram, which relieved his anxiety on that score:
 THOMAS, A. T.. April 9. H. C. HERRTCK!-Eagle Creek folks reached here last night. Some horses stolen.
 JAMES LAMB.
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Fitz-Tohn Porter Again Pleads with
 the President

WASHINGTON, April 21. - Fitz- John Porter has addressed the fol. lowing letter to President Arthur:
 MoRRIsTowN, N. J., April F.
 MR. PRESIDENT, Washington SIR: 1 have the honor to acknowl. edge the receipt, through the secre- tary of war, under date of the 18th inst, of your decision upon my ap- Plication of December B, 1881, to annul and set aside the findings and sentence of the court martial in my case and to nominate me to the sen- ate for restoration to my former rank in the army. Your decision, after determining the powers of the presi- dent, as expressed in the opinion of the attorney-general, is tha: compli- ance with the application contained in my letter is not within your power. l may have misunderstood the extent of the constitutional power of the president when I asked you to co, directly, with the aid of the senate, that which board of distinguished army officers had, in the interest of justice, recommended should be done, but which you, con curing in the opinion of the attor- ney-general, inform me you have power only in part to perform, and that special legislation by congress is needed to complete the justice asked for.
 My application was based upon the recommendation of the advisory board appointed by the president to examine into the facts and to report what action, in their opinion, justice required should be taken by the president. That board of examina. ton found and reported, after long and patient examination, and consid- eration of all the facts in the case, that my condnct in all the events of August, 1869, inquired into by the court martial by which it was tried, was, in the light of the evidence that which was then laid before the court, and also that wilioi was unat- tainable at the time of my trial-not subject to criticism, much less de- serving of censure or condemnation, and it was an obedient subordinate, faithful and judicious, who saved the Union army from disaster on the 29th of August: and the advisory hoard recommend that, in their opinion, justice required at his (the presi- dent's) hands such action as may be necessary "to annul and set aside the findings and sentence of the court martial in the case of Major General Fitz-John Porter, and to re- store him to the position of which that sentence deprived him, such restoration to take effect from the date of his dismissal from, the ser vice."
 Relying also upon this clear and emphatic language of the. board, "that all the essential facts in every in stance stand out in clear and abs0- ttturtte utee contrast to those facts upon :wbiehxshe tD was adjudged guilty, 1 {. ,;jk 8 ia ues aessible that any bj sl eanaemRsd
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tiispatches for the sin1rIo Q I|fl

T so.. that the Earps are no longer in a position to ferment trouble.
 -- Mr. Gosper, the Free Press ten. ders you long political farewell. In your anxiety to be governor you have insulted the intelligence and man. hood of nine-tenths of the people of Arizona, and they have no other re- source than to repudiate you.
 The Tombstone Nugget, in hand ling the question of the presidents message, alludes indirectly to ex- Governor Saford as model execu- tive officer. We can recall nothing of note in the administration of Saf- ford except that he kept up an inces5 saut though puny warfare upon the Catholic church, and called 1t separat- ing church and state.
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lava order republican journal. AS it is DOW, it enjoys neither the con- fdence nor respect of any one. It needs an epidermic injection of three parts brain and one part " sand"
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guns in camp and several revolvers, but not one where they could get them, as the Indians were in their camp. The dead were brought down here yesterday, and we buried them today. There were eight Americans, and all the MeXI- cans in the town at the burial. The Mexicans deserve great credit; they did everything in their power to helpus. They are still following the Indians with de- termination to punish them if caught. The Indians rifled the camp taking ev- erything of any value, several horsea, sad dies, etc., Mir. Lowry losing three hundred and fifty dollars in money. The boys that escaped are left in bad shape, as they lost their blankets, coats and provisions; some of them start for Arizona to-day. There are great many Americans in the hills around here, and we expect 10 hear of more being killed every hour.
 F, McCoNKEY.
 r. S. You might add that the pres- dent of Bacoachi, Senor Narsia Salazar. has ordered the soldiers and volunteers to pursue the Indians and take no prisoners, but kill all, and to take cattle and provls- ions wherever they can get them. He has also sent runners all over the country to inform the people of the outbreak. He is doing more than the Americans ever did to help their country. He is perfect gentleman and friend of the Americans.
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THERE will be a special opening of the Grand Hotel restaurant by "Jakey" to- morrow. The fact that Mir. Jacobs has taken the dining room to the Grand is an assurance to the public that Tombstone is ,t last to have an eating house worthy of rhe town. "Jakey" is the boss caterer of Arizona, "and don't you forget it."
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At the old stand.

z. II. Taylor having repaired the dam age caused by the late fire at his stable, and fitted everything up in much more complete manner than before, will be glad to see his old customers and the public. An elegant hack constantly in service.
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WE understand that the sx.pay-
 of Coohise county will bt called pon to pay about S3000 for the em. loyment of cowboy deputy sheriffs fruitless endeavor to capture the rps. Add to this ten per cent for lection (s300) and a diamond pin, l you'll see how dearly we pay for le whistle. But Mir. Purdy will ex plain this (to his own satisfaction, at least) after this week.
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Tucson to Raise Volunteers.

TUCSON, April 24.-The latest news from the front is to the effect that the whole force of about three ha7fne inelssding woineu., cavalry are 7in close p5fsa!t IF thought a fight has taken place ere this. Tonight mass meeting was held here at which Governor Tritle presided. It was determined to raise force of volunteers to take the field for two or three months. The plans will be matured tomorrow. Public feeling has never been so much aroused as at present.