Mohave County miner., 1884-04-27

command of the Pacific department, but received no encouragement for the protection of Arizona.
 Prof. Pumpelly, with Prof. Blake sailed for Japan under employment of the Japanese government, and l sailed for New York via Panama and thence to home in Kentucky.
 Having pulled my family out Of the fire in Kentucky I took up my residence in New York city.
 After a rest ln New Yo16 i went down to Washington and found Hein- zalman formerly of Yuma) in com maDdof the department.
 As he had spent year with me Tn Arizona and supposed he had inter ests here, he was disposed to be friendly to the Territory.
 I accompanied the General across the Potamac. but found the Virginia day in winter time more disagreeable than the Arizona sand in summer time. The Rebel shells were worse than Apach9 arrows, and my mill tarv career was brief and iDglori- ous.
 Ireturned to New York and bought poId on the stock market to gain money for board, clothes, ,and doctors bill, living in New York city at that time with gold from 130 to 20O in greenbacks, was like gong up in a balloon, plenty of gas and but little ballast.
 At the meeting of Congress in De- cember, 1862, returned to Washing ton, made friends with Lincoln, and proposed the organization of the Ter rItory of Arizona.
 Oury was in Richmond, cooling his heels in the antechambers Of the Con federate Congress, without gaining admission, as delegate from Arlzo- ma.
 bIowry was a prisoner in Yuma cooling his head from the political fever which had afflicted it, and med 1tating on the decline and fall of a West Point graduate.
 There were no other persons in Washington (save Gen. Helntzelman) who took any interest in Arizona af- fairs, they had something else to oc- cupy thelr attention, and did not know where Arizona was.
 Old Ben Wade, the chairman of the Seuate Committee on Territories took d lively and bold interest Tn the organization of the Territory, and Ashley, the chairman of the Com mittee in the House, told me how to accomplish the object.
 He said there were a number ot members of the expiring Congress yho had been defeated in their own districts for the next term who want ed togo West and offer their political services to the "galoo ts," and if they could be grouped and satisfactory slate made they would have influence enongh to carry tho bill through Congress. Consequently an "oystel supper' was organized to which the ''lame ducks" were invited and ther and there the slate was made ano the Territory was virtually orgsniz ed.
 Gourley, of Ohio Nincoln man), was to be Governor; Goodwin, oi Maine (Blaine man), was to be Chie1 Justice; Allyn, of Connecticut (Secre tary Welles' man), was to be Associ- ate Justice; Turner, of Iowa (Senatol Grymes' man), was to be Associate Justice; Mccormick, of New York Senator Morgan's man), was to bF Secretary of the Territory and pros peetive Premier; Bashford (Wiscon sin man), was to be Surveyor Gener al; Dufield Senator Pomeroy's man) was to be United States Marshal, tC represent the African element. S( the slate and the bargain concluded but towards the last it occurred tC my obfusticated brain that my name did not appear on the slate and 1T the language of Daniel Webster l ex claimed, ''Gentlemen, what is to be come of mel"
 Gourley politely replied, 70! w will make you Indian agent"
 So the bill passed, and LincolI signed all the commissions, and tn oyster supper was paid for, and w
 W ere all happy and Arizona wa launched upon the political sea unde command of as
 ''Mild hammered men As ever cut a throat or scuttled ship. The blll was drawn and introduce, into the House by the Hon. John $
 Watts, then Delegate from Ney Mexico Including Arizona), dividinj