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Year: 1866

There was great surprise and considerable indignation in town when it became known

 that headquarters of the military district of

 Arizona were to be removed. Generals Hal leck and Mcdowell were collectively and ip- diyidually cursed, and Geo. F. Hooper. Esq. who came here with Mcdowell, and whose interests are supposed to be chiefly in the lower country, came in for a share of the blame. Now, we have no notion that Gene ral Mcdowell or Mr. Hooper are mixed in the affair, and We know that no responsibility attaches to General Mason. It occurs to us. although we have no information on the mat ter, that the order emanated from General Halleck, and was given in view either of the warlike attitude of the French in Sonora and Chihuahua or of negotiations on the part of the Republic of Mexico for the transfer of those States to the American flag. In either case it would be desirable to have headquar ters at the nearest practicable point.

 if however, they have been moved to Tucson, or, as now reported, to Sacaton, to economize in transportation, or with a view to better basis for fighting the Apaches, and opening the country, cur people cannot agFee in the wisdom of the change, and be- lieye 1t will be but temporary.

 While we are sorry to part with General Mason and his staff officers, all most agreeable gentlemen, we do not attach the importance to the removal of headquarters that many do. If large and efficient garrison is kept at Fort Whipple, as is promised, and the Apaehes 're constantly and vigorously fought, we do lot see that this section will softer much. | Indeed We have good hope that, with the in- lux of immigration and the erection of quartz nils, the most potent ciyilizers, we shall soon
Year: 1866

There is a mistaken idea on the part of certain new corners in Prescott and vicinity which one or two old residents, who have from the beginning labored to create distrust in everything pertaining to the country. mal- iciously delight in encouraging It is that owners of lots in this town, and of ranches in the DeighborhoOd, have no recourse aeainst trespassers, and no rights to be respected Nothing could be more erroneous. So far as the town is concerned, it was properly laid out under law of Congress, only ir- regularity being in the appointment of the commissioners by the people instead of bv the Secretary of the Interior for reasons which are well known to have been iust;f able. This irregularity is one that we have reason to believe the Department of the In- terior will have no difficulty in getting over, and, in our judgment, the titles to lots in New York or Philadelphia are not better than those to lots in Prescott. By later law of Congress it is probable that all the purchase money of the lots, above ten dollars each, will come to the commissioners for the use of the town, and be sufficient to warrant such desirable improvements as the erection of fence about the plaza, the grading of streets, etc.

 As matters now stand, we think the com missioners have full authority to protect lot owners in the enjoyment of their property. and to preserve the unsold lots from all in trusion. If the lots disposed of have passed heir rgI La, usage and rvGson, the purchasers have such power, and in our opinion any one found trespassing by occupation, by cutting down trees, or in any manner, may be promptly and severely punished under the common law. The idea that man wAO arrives here at this time IS to have all the cOnyeniences and advantages that were enjoyed by the earlier settlers is preposterous It is absurd Co say that, either as relates to the town or the ranches about it, the new comer is upon the same footing. There is a Territorial law in full force. and which Congress, by acquiescence, has ap- proved, giring protection to ranch owners in their posseasory rights, and no other rights ars Jet claimed, nor are they needful to title. Possession is, according to all legal authori l ties, the best title, and the United States has always recognized the rights of priority, and whether the Indian titles have to be extin- 1 guished or not, before lands can be pre-empted. | nothing can prevent those who have taken up and occupy ranches from enjoying the [ right of pre-empton,

 We copy the Territorial Act in flill, and submit that if it were not a warrantable statute ~nder the customs Of the United States, (which we think it is, ) that the light common to all new communities to enact laws Tor the establishment and preservation of { peace and order would make it entirely justi-
Year: 1866



 The veto by President Johnson of the Freedmen's Bureau bill appears to have ere ated great political excitement throughout the States. As we have never seen the bill se sAnHet speak intelhgently of it, but it is generally understood that it involved a sys- tem of elaborate machinery, and an expendi- ture of over two hundred millions oi dollars per annum, for the care of the lib erated negroes, and that it was vetoed by the President on what he considered constitu- tional grounds, and particularly because the States for which the legislation was intended are not yet represented in the reconstructed Union.

 We see no cause for alarm at the position which the President assumes. He has exer- cised oply his constitutional right in using the veto power Born and reared in the South, he unquestionably has better understanding of the results likely to attend such a bill than the northern extremists who are so clamorUus for it. 1t would have given him an immense patronage, some six thousand ap- pointments, and can he be a bad man for re- fusing this enormous power, aud for saving the country an enormous outlay, which he conscientiously believes to be unnecessary

 So far from losing faith in the fidelity of the President to the whole country, and to the best interests of the freedmen, because of this veto, we do not see how any true patri- ot caH faii to admire his independent deeiafa- ton of what he believes to be right That his course is applauded by many who did not assist to elevate him to office IS no sign that it is unjustiiable. While such men as Sew ard, Dickinson, Dennison, Sherman, Doolittle and Raymond stand by him, who can doubt his devotion to the Union and to liberty, or his unhinching p9triotism2

 In a timely article in the Aita Calitornio, 1t is shown that the people have long since settled the present political controversy The reelection of Mr. Lincoln and the cleo ton of Mir. Johnson put the stamp of con demnation upon the extremists. The abuse of Johnson is but rehash of that heaped up. on Lincoln, when he failed to come to their exactions, and we doubt not that Johnson will survive their ungenerous denunciations as completely as Lincoln did

 The notion which many of the radicals in and out of Congress seem to entertain that their measures alone are right and patriotic. and that all who differ with them in the least, however true to the country they may have been, are traitorously inclined, is one that the mass of the loyal people have all roady condemned, and will never agree to.
Year: 1866

Tn an interesting paper by MT. OoliaN, Speaker of the House of Representative, which We print in another column, we are in- formed that Mir. Lincoln, just before he left the White House on the fatal night of his assassination had a conversation with gentle men comprising delegation from the West, with regard to the great mining interests of the Northwestern States and Territories, in which he used the following language;

 "I have,n said he, "very large ideas of the mineral wealth of our nation. believe it practically inexhaustihle, It abounds all ov- CT our Western country, from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific; and it's develop ment has scarcely commenced. During the war, when we were adding couple of mil lions of dollars every day to our national debt, did not care about encouraging the increase in the volume of our precious met ais. We had the country to save first But now that the rebellion is OyerthrOwn, and we know pretty nearly the amount of our debt the more gold and silver we mine makes the payment cf the debt SD much the easier. Now, ! am going Co encourage that n eYasy possible way. We shall have hrn- dreds of thousands of disbanded soldiers {; and many have feared that their return home

 in such great numbers might paralyze indus- try, furnishing suddenly a greater supply of

 labor than there will be demand for l am going to try 10 attract them to the hidden wealth of our mountain ranges, where there is room enough for all, Immigration. which even the war has not stopped, will land upon our shores hundreds of thousands more per year, from overcrowded Europe 1 intend to point them to the gold and silver that waits for them in the west Tell the miners for iHe that ! shall promote their interests Co the utmost of my ability, because their pros perity is the prosperity of the nation. And we shall prove, in a very few years that WIG are indeed the treasury of the world"

 So spoke, with almost his latest breath, this wise ruler and good man. He saw the immense value of the mineral resources of the great West, and it was his wise policy tc promote their development in every way he could.

 The "hundrels of thousands of disbanded soldiers of which he spoke, have returned peacefully to their homes, and their labor ha. fallen gently as snow-fiakes on the mighty extent of land over which it has heen ssat- tered, making no perceptible impression. The immigrants have come, but not in one tenth the number they are wanted, and q new and formidable competition for their la bor Aas arisen in the fertile but depopulated regions of the South, SO that the necessity for labor is greater than it ever was. Every consideration, then, that induced the de- parted chief to desire the promotion of immi- grafton, exists in strengthened form to-day, and the man who now occupies the exalted and responsible position of President will wisely and firmly pursue the policy of his predecessor.

 Let it then be known that the working man of every country is cordially welcomed to the United States by the Chief Magis- trate himself
Year: 1866

ARIZONA MINER R.n-The ARIZONA MINER has been enlarged to double its former size, and is now n very handsome and valuable pa per. We are glad to see their evidence of prosperity, and we trust that the advertising community here will not forget the MISER when making up their lists. The explorers who carry printing presses into new Terriio I1es are among the most useful men in the country--S r Americaa Fiog.

 What will those correspondents of the Flag who have been so fond of abusing the MINER say to this iist-rate editorial notice We think we hear some of them gnashing ther teeth.

 Greenbaeks taken at par at the AriIona Miner nffle.
Year: 1866

CorroN IN ILLINors.-A Chicago paper
says: 1.-The last season has developed the
feasibility of raising cotton and tobacco in
the southern portion of Illinois, and that
large crops Of both these products will be
planted there the coming season. The fact
is, tobacco has been the principal crop of
the lower counties of the State ever since
their settlement, and the quantity and quail
ty Of the weed raised there show The soil TO
be we'll adapted to it's cultivation as is that of
any portion of the West.
Year: 1866

CoLIC IN HoRsEs.-It is not easy for an
experienced person to tell the difference be.
tween an attack of ordinary spasmodic collie
and inflammation of the bowels. John John
ston writes me on the subject and says:


Il will tell you how sou can know iula-
nation Of the bowels from collie in the horse.
In the former the pulse is hard and wry; in
the latter it is full, large and elastic. The
best place to feel the pulse is inside the jaw
bone, a little below the broadest part. By
passing the finger up the inside of the jaw
any novice can feel the pulse. have stud.
led diseases of the horse with much care, and
from the best authors. have always found
spirits of turpentine-about one gill for a
dose-diluted with pint Of warm water, an
instantaneous cure for collie. Nothing but
bleeding 10 the fullest extent, even 10 faint.
ing. will relieve inflammation in the bowels.
and perhaps not that. Injections are good,
bnt very free bleeding first"


l know that Youa:t and other good auth
critics Of the old school recommend bleeding
for inflammation of the bowels, and there are
cases perhaps where it is necessary. But as
general rule the horse will need all the
vitality he has, and it is manifestIy unwse TO
reduce him by bleeding. External blisters
and doses of auduum is the best treatment,
and certainly the safest remedy Give no
purgative; keep the horse perfectly quiet;
bandags his legs with oatmeal Cruel, and
give him laudnum enough to ease all pain.
DO not be afraid of it. Give two table.
spoonfuls, and if that does not qus; the
pain in quarter Of an hour, give four table.
spoonfuls, and keep giving doses of two tai
blespooufus often enough to keep the horse
quiet.
Year: 1866

During the past Winter and Spring, there has
been several burglarles committed in this town,
and all efforts to catch the burg lars were ineffec-
tual until last Tuesday morning, when just be-
fore the break of day, Capt VIM. Shaw, who
was sleeping just opposite the store Of Messrs
Joseph Potts & Son, Main Street, was
aroused from his sleep by noise which sound
ed to him like the breaking of glass; he quietly
arose and put on his clothes and took his gun
and went out in the street He soon discovered
that there was light in Mr. Potts store, and
walking up to the front window, be saw that it
had been broken open and that some one was
then in the store. He pulled back the window
shutter and remarked | have got you, have |, i"
and immediately, the person inside drew large
knife and made rush at the window. AS he
got near the window Capt Shaw's gun went off,
and something fell heavily inside the store
Capt Shaw then made alarm aud some gen
temen sleeping near by, soon came out, and up
on opening the store door, they found dead
negro inside, with the knife in his hand; the
load having taken effect in his throat Cor
rrspondence NewLern Times
Year: 1866

LIorr'6te 6drtdrtteS at the execution of Rebels.
The last China mail is full or accounts of cru
elites practlced on criminals at Annoy, some Of
which are almost too revolving for belief A
letter thus speaks of one Of the most recent of
these outrages, which was probably no more
brutal than others constantly occurring.


"The Hal Hong wrote down their names ana
ordered them to be fogged-the rebel 800 and
the other culprit 200 blows with the bamboo
The rebel having received his 800 blows, aud
borne them without q murmur, was taken to
cross shat had been erected for the purpose,
and being securely lashed to it in an upright
posture with his arms extended, the execulioner
commenced his horrible butchery by first cut
ting the flesh above the eyes, next the ears, aud
then the breasts, then he cut through the
muscles of each arm, laying the silvery white
bone bare, the flesh not being cut of, but left
hanging, the blood spirting out and actually be.
spattering the execuioner at each pulsation Of
the heart Then the muscles OF the thig chs
were cut in the same manner. After the exc
cutoner bad performed these dreadful tortures
upon the poor wretch he laid his small knife
aside and took another, about ten inches long
and about an inch broad, and cut gashes on eacL
side of the mans chest, laying the ribs bare
Then he made several fourshes with the knife,
and then ran it into the poor victims body, en-





the chest, to the blade This | thought and
hoped would prove the coup-de-grace! But
no, for the man still breathed, and the execu-
TONER still continued his bloody task, cutting
downward with his knife and letting out the
entrails! lie then slashed and cut open the
stomach Then giving yell, ran his hand
in and seized the mans liver, aud cut it out,
passing the bleeding quivering mass to his as.
sistaut as cooy, and in as business like man.
ner as though he were opening and butcherog
pig. This finished the torture, aud the exc.
cutoncr left the victim in this mutilated state,
though not dead, for l saw him give several
gasps for breath afterward. He then cut the
sampan mans head off, at the foot Of the cross,
with single blow, and then returned, and let.
ting loose the rebels head, which fell forward,
he decapitated him, certainly the most merciful
stroke he had given that day! The bodies
we're exposed on the same wharf, with their
legs tied to posts, for five days afterwards, to
the great annoyance Of the Europeans, who oc.
cup:ed the houses adjacent The poor rebel
bore his inhuman tortures maufully; not a moan
or cry escaped him during all the time The
only movement he made was slight quivering
of his whole frame, and movement of his head
to and fro; otherwise a spectator might have
questioned whether he were alive or dead during
the horrible exhibition.
Year: 1866

A bashful and rather green young man in
this town invited young lady to attend a
dance with him. The invitation was accept
ed, and the couple appeared at the hall Al
ter dancing some time, greeny saw his
lady sitting in one corner Of the room. alone.
He took seat by her side and began to think
Of something to say. After fdgeting about,
and finding that he was sweating profusely. he
took bold Of bis wilted collar and commenced
conversation thus % It's powerful warm In
this room-my shirt Is wet, isn't yours
Year: 1866

An Irish glazier was putting pane of glass
into window, when groom, who was stand
ing by. began to joke him, telling him to
put in plenty Of putty. The Irishman bore
the banter for some time, but at last silenced
his tormentor by, Arrsh, nov, he off wild
ye, or else l u put pain in yer head without
any putty!"
Year: 1866

A youngster. while perusing a chapter in
Genesis, turning to his mother, inquired il
the people in those days used to do sums on the
ground. 1t was discovered that he had been
reading the passage, " And the sons Of man
multiplied upon the face of the Garth"
Year: 1866

Practically, they have been out OF
the Union, and practically in feeling
and sympathy they are out still : and
ours shall be the task to bring them
back, not simply to power without I'm
ion, but so to reconstruct as to secure
true Union with power. And while
State, considered as simply legal
institution, cannot be destroyed, still
its government can be overturned and
its members and people 90 into trca-
son, so that practically it is destroyed;
| for after all
Year: 1866

-stheir own, and yet another's through
which you must strike to kill the soul !


What mean your


Enough = she exclaimed with an impa.
tient gesture; Il was but communing with
myself. Kin Kaid, I will make you the
rubies I have so often promised. How
many fathoms deep did you say they lie ?


The rubies? 2


Mono! The parents of this child?'


Some thirty, should say


sNo-nop shrieked the Witch. Il would
have them live The dead do not suffer
Il would have them suffer till the prophe-
ey is fulflled-and all for one! I tell
you, Kin Kaid, the father of this girl has
done me such an injury as time and blood
can never efface! More l will tell you
another time-now, away with her!


BE it sop and stepping to a portion Of
the room which was occupied apparently
by large book case, Kin Kaid opened one
of the doors, and there was sharp sound,
as of the sudden withdrawal of bolt
Then both the chairs in the occupation of
the insensible forms of Ned Bowers and
Helen Sinclair began slowly to descend, as
the portion of the floor exactly beneath
them detached itself and lowered them


The Witch waved her staff and shrieked
in frenzied tone:


To ManDilore To the island at once,
and kill him Oh the shore! Hide her in
the cavern, and harm her not They kill
ed my child, and I will kill their child -
To the cavern / will make you rubies in
glittering heaps, but must have the fresh
young blood to mingle with the sparkling
elements of the treasure That for you,
Kin Kaid-and vengeance for myself
Go! go!


Kin Kaid made GESTURE of assent and
stepped, to all appearance, in the bookcase,
closing the tall paunelled door behind him,
while again the sound of two guns came
ringing from seaward.
Year: 1866

FROZEN TO DEATH-Between five and six
o'clock Saturday morning one of the lamp
lighters found woman in Cushman street in
perishing condition. She was so chilled that
she could not speak, and died shortly after be-
ing removed into house.


1t appears that the woman was the wife of
Mr, David Small, living on Pine street. She
was of Incorporate habits, and had been from
home all night, while her husband had been
seeking for her. She was at Parker's stable
about o'clock Friday evening in an intoxicat-
ed condition, and some person who knew where
she resided said that he would take her home
This is all that is ct present known of her
whereabouts that night


An inquest was held on Saturday by Coroner
Gould, and after taking some testimony the in
quest was adjourned to o'clock this afternoon
In order to obtain the testimony of the person
who promised to take her home from the stable.
She leaves husband and six children.
Year: 1866

The SECRET OF SUCcEss.--The basis of sue
cess in all occupations which involve the
relations of employer and employee and
employed is, that the employer should have
an accurate knowledge of the work to be
done, what it consists in how to do it and
how long it should take. A man of busi-
ness who neglects this, place his interests
entirely in the keeping of irresponsible
agents, and human nature being what it
is, arrives in dne time at insolvency.
This is who the self-made man, who has
been sternly initiated into the whole mys-
terry by having himself stood in the ranks
of the employed outstrips those who seem
to start so fair from the vantage ground
of education and capital, and builds a for
tune where these kick one down. And the
mistress of household who neither under
stands what servants duties are, (ex-
cept perhaps, those which, affecting her
immediate comfort, force themselves upon
her notice, still less how and when they
may be best fulfilled, will certainly not get
them fulfilled in the best manner, or by
the smallest number of hands, aud hence


will manage--or rather mismanage-her


income in a wasteful, Intellectual manner.
This is an inevitable result.
Year: 1866

STORY OF A HoRsE-SHoE.-A good country
man was taking rural walk with his son
Thomas. As they walked slowly along the
father Suddenly stopped.


"Look !" he said, there's bit of iron
piece of horseshoe pick it up, and put
it in your pocket"


"Pooh !" answered the child, "It's not
worth stopping for"


The father, will hout uttering another word
picked up the iron, and put it in his pock-
et When they came to village he enter
ed a blacksmith's shop and sold it for three
farthngs, with which he bought some cher
ries Then the father and son set off again
on their ramble The sun was burning hot,
and neither house, tree or fountain of wat
er was in sight Thomas soon complained
of being tired had some difficulty in follow
ing his father, who walked on with firm
step. Perceiving that his boy was tired,
the father let fall cherry as if by accident.
Thomas stopped and quickly picked it up,
and devoured it. A little further he drop
ped another, and the boy picked it up as
eagerly as ever and thus they continued,
the father dropping the fruit and the son
picking them up. When the last one was
eaten, the father stopped, and turned to the
boy, said Look, my son If you had cho-
sen to stop once and pick up piece of
horseshoe, you would not have been
obliged at last to stoop so often to pick up
the cherries"
Year: 1866

ABOVE HIS BUsINEss-It is a serious evil
that many young man has fallen into to
be above his business. A person learns a
trade and then he must go to shop-keeping,
or street loafn, or turn politician, Fool
If he cannot make living at his trade, we
are sure he cannot any other way. And
then young men brought up to shop keep
ing must buy farms, or houses, or some
other foolish thing they know nothing
about, and what is the result Head over
heels in debt and certain failure. Multi
tudes have been ruined by being above
their business and branching out into what
they know nothing about.