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Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-12-29
EASTERN.

NEW ORLEANS, December 22.-lhe Louisiana Democratic State convention adopted a resolution demanding laws to suppress lotterles, which demoralize society and corrupt politics.
 WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.-Attorney General Brewster, has gone 10 New Orleans where he will prosecute the lottery cases
 NEW YORK, Dec. 22.-President Ar thur leaves this afternoon for Philadel- phia, where be is the guest of the New England Society.
 TOPEKA, Kansas, Dec. 22-Advices from Las Vegas, \. M., indicate great excitement among the citizens in regard to the late gold discoveries. Gold IS said to have been found in paying quan- titles on a lot at Hot Springs, owned by a prominent resident of Topeka, a few days ago by two miners employed to assist ID the excavation of ground for a new S1OOOO0 court house. Next morn ing they were up with the lark, stalking cut mining claims in the courtyard, and now the hills and valleys around Las Vegas are swarming with excited gold seekers, many of whom have met with success. ElRuk BusiHcHS men ANLIAtu t company and purchased the interest ID the courthouse yard, and will try and develop it. Ten years ago Elizsbethtown near Las Vegas had a population of 5000, winch was supported by gold miners and for a number of years company was engaged i'll hy- draulic mining, taking out S50,0OO anu ally. There is no doubt as to the presence of gold m paying quantities. The city of Las Vegas Is a mining camp; even the ladies are found among the prospectors. Some Colorado capi- talists ere already on the ground invest igsting the extent and richness of the deposit.
 DENVER, Col, Dec. 24-The Tribune's Ouray, Colorado, special of December 23rd says: By a special messenger to Montrose. Colorado, news has been re- ceived in Oursy, of horrible accident
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-12-29
Among the Clouds.

{. A party visited the newly opened ob | servatOry on Ben Nevis, and the follow | ing Wortis Of description are suggestiy, ! of similar scenes on Mount Washing ! ,on: The road was found to be ID ( passable condition to the lake; above | that 1t was almost entirely oblitersted | with snow, and the ascent of the upper 1 half of the mountain was found to be d very stIf piece of work. At the top
 they received a cordial greeting from the residents, who assured them that
 they were finding life very tolerable in
 that high latitude. CuriOusly enough,
 though the house was surrounded by
 several feet of snow, there was none on
 the roof, tho wiDd having swept 1t clean
 of the smooth surface. A day or two
 previous the inmates found the western
 door completely showed up, and had to
 go through the operation of digging
 themselves out in order to reach their
 instruments, an experience which IS
 likely to prove common enough during
 the winter. The house was found to be completely air and water tight, and very comfortable. Three days later. though the thermometer showed seven degrees of frost outside, the observers were able to work indoors in their shirts eyes. They are provisioned for Bx = ths. A second stove for cooking purposes has been fitted up. They are we'll sup piled with literature of various kinds. chiefly scientific, and they are looking forward very hopefully to their winters isolation. The telegraph wire has now been completed to the top and Is in working order, so that they can at any moment put themselves in communics- ton with their friends at Fort William. Already some curious differences in the atmospheric conditions of the two levels have been noticed. When storm has been raging at Fort William it has been calm and serene weather at the top of the mountain.-Boston Advertiser.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-12-29
Delegate OurY.

At last after about three years of waiting, we hear from ArizOns's dele cate to the Congress of the United States for the admission of Arlzons as A state. The simple introduction ot 8 bill does not guarantee its passage. The ouestion now arises as to whether the people are very anxious about the Ierri- torv being admitted as a state.
 What the people do want and expect from their delegate IS assistance in pro curing more postoffices, mail routes, ap- nropriations for public buildings, for improving the Colorado river and our rough mountain thorOughfares, help ID the WAY of advertising our Territory, and many other things which good, live delegate could secure None or the above essential matters have been con- sidered by Mir. Oury; but just about the time the people of Arizona, so long neg lecfad. are looking around for an svalla- ble man to send to Congress, we get the news that Mir. Oury has introduced buncombe bill for the admission of Ari' zona into the sisterhOod of states as 6 bid for the nomination upon the Demo cratic side.
 The Miner wishes to see the next del eqste from Arizona a worker-one whC will ncconplish some good at the csplta of inc nation in behalf of long and much neglected Territory-aud a mar to accomplish all that IS required mus be of the party m power at the Mhl'e House.-Prescott Miner.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-12-29
FOREIGN

DOVER, England, Dec. 22.-The steamer Grantully landed hero one pas. senger, chief engineer and fifteen men rescued with great difficulty from the burning steamer San Augustine. A heavy sea at the time rendered futile all efforts to get boats alongside of the yes sel. and the rescued men were hoisiej on board gradually with lines and buoys They we're the last that left the ship The second mate shot himself, and s sailor stabbed himself during the fire through fright.
 LONDON, Dec. 22-fhe steamer JohT Williams, rescued SIX more ut the crew from the Saint Augustine, and landed them at New Castle.
 BERLIN, Dec. 22. General Van lhiel commander of the eighth army corps has been placed on the retired list Gen eral Van Lee, Catholic, who accOmpa nied the Crown Prince tO Spain ana Italy, is appointed to he his successor The appointment IS regarded as a fur ther step in German pohcy Ot conclli ation with the Vatican.
 PARIS, Dec. 22.-Lord Lyons, Eng fish Ambassador to France, has writer to Victor Hugo expressing the regret O the English government that II was i'm possible to Hdvise the Queen tO com mute O'Donnell's sentence of death
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-12-29
A Hidden Treasure.

Hunters of rare books should never despair, and indeed they never do des- pair The most valuable volumes are just as likely to be found in paper sold at so much the stone, by weight, as any where else, except of course in Piccadilly, or the Passage des Panoramas. Occa- siOnally it happens that when packets of books are sold 'by the lot" one rare treatise turks unsuspected among the lumber. This happens because a col lectOr's books are sometimes disposed of on his death by kinsmen or executors as ignorant as the good Oldbuck's wo- men. An example of a gem hiding where It was not looked for IS reported from a recent sale by auction. There was bundle of old books, and proba- ply of odd volumes, with a mere num- Der attached to 1t in the catalogue. Herein was lying "perdu" Tyndale's English Pentateuch of 1880 in the orig insl binding, very rare work indeed, published five years before the first com plete English volume. Here was treas ure indeed, a prize for the ievout biblical collector, and he might, with luck, have got It for half crown. But several pairs of eyes had detected the Pentateuch (wOrth so much more than Mir. Shapirs's Moabite textl and the purchaser had to pay e200 for 1t. Thus it IS difficult indeed for rare book to be sold cheap, yet, rare 8s 1t is, 1t is not absolutely impossible.-LOndOn Daily News.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-12-29
Ruined by Politics.

| A Washington paper has a piece of | gossip concerning a Kentucky man. A | visitor was going through the bureau of | engraving and printing, when an old
 man said, "rhis IS hell" What do you meang was asked. "I mean" said the
 old man with an oath, "that instead of my being here wheeling rags st Sl.55 day ought to be chief clerk in one of the departments. My name Is John Ashford. l hail from Kentucky, and
 when l struck Washington. twenty years ago, wore plug hat and a spike tailed coat, like my old friend, the late Senator BOgy, and l was well fixed with money
 1 kept a store before 1 came, near Lex ingtOn. I had a number of friends, and acting on their advice 1 went into poll tics. There IS the whole secret of my downfall. My first false step was to sell out my business, come to Washington city and set up for q pOstmastership. The congressional delegation from my state, democrats and republicans, vel cOmed me cordially, and everything looked lovely until began to touch the bottom of my purse. I had lots of prom ises of positions III the meantime. My friends in Congress could not make me postmaster, but were certain that they could secure me a clerkship, and 80 things went along, spending my money and hoping until my last cent was gone and l became involved in debt for board and other things. In that desper- ate strait went to Senator Bogy, whom l had met frequently, and be said to me, What position do you wsnt% replied that l would like anything The next day he had me appointed labOrer in this bureau, and they set me to wheel ing rags, which interesting exercise I have been engaged in almost every day since. l have made one or two efforts to better my condition, but being only labOrer now, my former so-called friends cannot spare the time to do anything for me"
 Then rising and clutching the handles of his wheelbarrOw be moved on, adding as be nodded: Good dayau." "tffiilsc;.. sy, Don't you ever set up for an urit4, seeker
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-12-29

SOME very gross carelessness on some ones part exists ut Maricopa with the mails. Friday night the paper and let ter pouches which arrived from the north by stage, destined east, were left from the time the train passed going west, about eleven o'clock, until the east bound train arrived, about two o'clock, lying on truck ou the depot platform. The officials about the depot were all asleep: the outside lamps had all been exunguished and the night was dark and stormy. Half a dozen trRmps, some quite drunk, were sleeping about the platform and occupying the seats in the depot waiting room to the exclusion of the travellers, and many more tra1nps were in the vicinity. Some of these characters passed the exposed mall bags several times, but were prob ably too drunk to notice what they were For all any one knew, or apparently cared, the pouches might have been opened and the contents rified withou; removing them from their position, and no one would have known it. If such carelessness is the rule and not the eK' ception the only wonder is that as many letters reach their destination ss chance to do.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-12-29
PHESIX.

No person, looking from the cupols of the new courthouse in Phoenix, can fail to become deeply impressed with the beauties and extent of the panorama Of yerdure extending for many miles m every direction. As far ss the eye can see, m some directions, sn ocean Of tree tops greets the vision. almost conceahng tde cosy farm houses that approach even to the suburbs of the city. The soil IS Of wondrous fertility, but naturally bar Ten from lack of moisture. IhIs difh- culty has been overcome by the con struction Of canals, with auxiliary and lateral acequiss, which conduct an abundance of good water to almost any desired point in the valley, and wherever the water reaches the soil the verdure springs forth spontaneous and prolific.
 Phoenix has suffered, like most of the towns ID Arizona, from lack of faith ID its permanency, unreasonable as such an idea may seem, and it has only in the past two years awakened to a realization that 1t is destined to become the great mart of the productive valleys converg- ing at that point Formerly, people re- msined there only to accumulate a sum of money. then to sell what interests they had acquired and leave to enjoy their wealth in other places But now all is changed, and 1t IS shown that the most delightful homes can be made in a very few years: homes having all, and even more, Of the attrsctIveness the tidy New England home possesses, besides those semi tropical surroundings that charm the eye and delight the senses of every intelligent being. The climatic supe- riority IS also matter Of especial inter est. Imagine the contrast with the hol- idsys in the northern and eastern states when you can gather bouquets of choice roses and other flowers, and morning glories bloom throughout the entlr' year!
 The city itself Is acquiring stead! and permanent growth. The new build ings erected are in every instance struc lures Of modern architecture, and sr substantially built. A little energy am enterprise displayed by individuals an, the city will soon inaugurate progress i've spirit that will steadily grow unti PhRnix will take its deserved ranl among the haudsomest cities of thl southwest.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-12-29
The Aztec Calendar.

At meeting of the California Acade. my of Sciences, held at San Francesca,
 EuseblO Molera, graduate of tie Uni
 versity of Madrid, who has distinguished | hnmseif by his antiquarian researches,
 read paper on the ? -a c6lendaf, or |. Iexicss calendar stone. from wllehs an { insight has been obtained to the extent of the astronOnical knowledFs of the
 Aztecs. The stone was unearthed in the City of Mexico on the 17th of Septem- ber, l79O, and was placed in the base ot one of the towers of the cathedral, where It remains to this day. The stone IS II
 feet inches in diameter, and originally
 weighed 24 tons. The cOnjectures of n number of antiquarians in relation to
 this object were revived by MOlera, who described it's prominent characteristics
 by means of painting of the same size
 as the original, which was prepared by
 himself. The central figure was a pie
 ture of the suns face, distorted hu-
 man cOuptenance, and about 1t were ge-
 ometrical signs, and figures of animals,
 reptiles, birds, and specimens of vsgeta-
 ton. There were characters, the inter
 pretatiOn of which presented history
 Of the creation of the earth. There was a period when there was DO sun, and tine tigers came out of the woods aud de- vOured veFybOdy. After a time the sun "died again" and there were great hurricanes of w1nd, causing men to perish. Another age was that of the floods, when everything was submerged, and the last epoch was that of fire, and men became birds. Around and about these figures were cycles containing representations of the days of the month, the days of the year, and other DecuGarities. Some anti quarians thought that it was H calendar stone but MT. Molera had an idea that 1t was designed for one of the saorificial stones on which captIyes were slam, their hearts being offered C the sun. He believed 1t was constructed under the second Montezuma, who, having nothing to perpetuate his name. deter mined 10 construct saeriheial stone, the same ss his predecessors had done. He wanted to make il larger than any of the others, and gave orders that it be two elbows larger than they were The Indians began hauling the stone. which finally sad 1t would not gO any further. There were ten thousand indians pulling the stone, and the rope broke and the stone would not move. This the histOr- ians cite to show that supernatural phenomena was connected with the event. However, 1t appears that the stone was really brought to town and 1t was so heavy that 1t broke the canal and fell down.-VIrginia City tNey.) Enter prise
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-12-29

REAvIs, the alleged owner of the Peralta grant, passed through Tucson a day or two ago. He has just returned from the city of Mexico, where he claims to have secured additional evidence of his pretended title. Such IS the story of all men who try tc get up titles to land grants; they are always securing important evidence to strengthen their titles. The CITIZEN believes the Reavis claim to be fraud. The action of Mir. Resvis himself, in buying up influential land owners ID Maricopa county, by issuing so-called deeds to land, IS evidence that he has but little faith in his claim. Mir. Reavis, in the opinion of the CITIZEN would do much better if he would take mp l6O acres Of land on the Salt or Gils river, and go to work and try to make an honest living, instead of putting in the remainder of his natural life in trying to defraud honest settlers out of their homes.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-12-29

An important discovery oi gold placers has been made In this county. Don Marcelino a well known miner and an old resident of Yuma, IS the discoverer of Eldorado. The dIggings are back of the Castle Dome Range about 50 miles from Castle Dome Landing, and 80 miles southeast of Ehrenberg The placers are about tan miles from water and are being worked with dry washers. The pay dirt is from four Go five feet thick, and the most gold is found in the gulches, although fair prospects have been found on the mesas. The discovery was not generally known here until a few days since, as most Of the trading was done at EhTenberE. Tie heavy rain fall of late has compelled a cessation of work, for the time being, gs the ground is too wet Co put through the dry wash ing machines. So far some three thous- and dollars has been taken out and that in a very short time. The gold is sharp and jagged, of a deep color and heavy; and from its general appearance must have come from lodges ueGr by, as speci- mems are both large and rough, not rounded as they naturally would be, fl coming any great distance. The dis covery is of great importance to Yuma county and along with the steam dry washers now being worked at the old La Paz diygings will add greatly to the produc. of gold from this section Sentinel.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-12-29

MR. WILLARD Of the Northern Pacific railway, became suddenly famous, and it now looks as though his light may go out as suddenly as it came in. Mir. Willard has had fight on his hands for sometime, and few weeks ago it looked as though he WAS going to maintain his hold, but last week be was compelled to resign the Presidency of the Oregon Trsnscontinentsl company and the Ore gon Railway and Navigation Company These two organizations are offshoots oI the Northern Pacific Railway Company Mir. Willard, however, still retains the Presidency of the latter, but there is { strong fight being made against him and he may be compelled to surrender the Presidency of that road ct any mo ment. In order to control great rail road corporations, large capital and [ large following is absolutely necessary Mir Willard has had large following but it does not appears that be possesses the necessary capital.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-12-29

TIE MEXIcASs are displeased with
 their new coin, winch they believe is a
 sharp American scheme against them.
 4 gentleman who recently came up from 1 Mexico says the government officials Et
 the principal points in the northern part
 of the republic are receiving immense amounts of the new one, two, three. and fve-cent nickel coins, just being turned out by the United States hints under contract with the Mexican government. He says the people are indignant and regard the introduction of the new coins as nuisance and an imposition. Mer- chants and others are refusing to receive them, and petitions are being circulated to have them called out of circulation. Last Tuesday at Piedrss Negras, oppo- site Eagle Pass, full regiment of Mex iean regular soldiers were paid, receiv- ing upwards of 5000, and not . piece of money in larger denomination than the new 5-cent nickels was nsed On Monday Sl5,O00 wss paid out by govern ment authorities at Matsmorss, all in one, two, and three-cent pieces. A sim liar transaction occurred at Monterey, and the merchants started the tabbooing of the new coin. The soldiers certainly have good grounds for finding fault with being loaded down with such stuff, l but they shodld know better, or those 1 who do know better should tell them | that their own government and not the | United States Is to blame for the kind | of money used in Mexico.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-12-29
Mnirr In AriZnna.

The question of water on the high mesa lands cf Arizona and Sonora is be- ing pretty well settled by practical ex-
 perimenfs. Al the Sombreretillo mines, located a short distance south of the Sonora line, a well was bored cl0 feet, at
 which depth water was struck which forced its way up to within 30 feet of | the surface, rising with considerable force. aud, although the severest tests have been made to determine the qusnt- Ity of water by using steam pumps, 1t
 has not been lowered one foot. This IS most important fact, as the location of
 the well is $500 feet above the sea level, and in a measure determines the water probabilities of stretch of country
 surrounding 1t for more than so miles. This great slope is almost 1000 feet lower than the SOmbreretillo we'll IL IS reasonable conclusion that artesiRn water in inexhaustible quantities can
 and will be developed in the valley of the QuIjOtOa mines, As 1t drains vast area of country and its altitude does not exceed 2,0jg feet sbOve the sea level. Such an event will result in not only creating Q large number of thrifty min ing camps in the mountains which dot Western Pima county, hut will be the
 means of attracting stock men with their nerds Of thousands, and the valley
 which cgrues nutritious soil will be the natural nome Of the vine, fig, and gsr- den produce. The bonanza men propose to test the water question in the valley to the full extent, and that at once-S. F. Exchange.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-12-29
A Slave in a Chesf.

Among the relics exhibited at the re-
 union of the Philadelphia AntI-Slayery Society was a heavy oaken chest, in
 which a slave escaped from Baltimore to
 this city in 1850. It IS now in the pos session of William Still, of 2l4 South Twelfth street. Leah Green was rts- slave. s'ed she was owned by ',v,sv qealei' iSn4s Nohle s .,.. -',,, -e s-i i3 years age. was anxious to marry rs- specta aaI, cOlOred man named William Adams, and, dishking the idea of belng iucumbered with the chains Uf slavery
 and the duties of a family Gt the sanfe time, determined upon freeing herself from the former in order tO enjoy the latter.
 An old sailors chest was procured, and
 ,he flat lid replaced by an oval one, giv- ing the box somewhat the shape of a ogratOga trunk. Into this was placed a blanket, a few articles of rRiment, R small quantity of food and Q bot tie of water. Then the slave stepped into the chest and crOuched to a
 sitting position to permit the lid Go close. A stout rope was then fast ened around the chest, and it was
 safely slowed among the ordinary freight on an Ericsson Line steamer. 
 According to pre-arranged plan, Mrs. Adams, the mother of the slaves Iu- l tended, who was free woman, was among the passengers. According Go the prescribed rules of the company governing cOlored passengers, Mrs.
 Adams was assigned to the deck, where
 the imprisoned slave was in this
 instance just where she wanted to be.
 During the night Mrs. Adams twice
 united the rope that bound the chest and raised the lid to give the prisoner air. The girl was in the chest eighteen hours. At the expiration of that time
 she was landed on Delaware avenue and delivered to some friends on Barley street. Subsequently the ex-slave and the chest were moved to the residence of Alr. Still, then on South street, below
 Ninth, where the girl was cared for by
 the famous vigilance committee Noble
 offered reward of $50, through the
 columns of the Baltimore Sun, for the
 girls capture, but she was never re-
 taken. In due time she married Adams
 and went to Elmira, where she died a
 few years sgo.-Phlladelphia Press.