Year: 1873

We have observed with regret that troops have been ordered from Arizona to the Mo doc region. Is the Government of the United States go poor that it could not send men from another department 10 fight the red skins of the Lava Beds2 There is not in Oar opinion, point in the whole country where Federal soldiers are more needed Co day than in Arizona The papers tell us that many ot the hostile Apaches have lately recognized the fact that Crook is too much for them, have humbly begged for peace and have been received with kindness. The other Apaehes who are not yet quite ready to be quiet, have fled to remote mountains, or prefer the less dangerous fields Of Mexico for their murder. ous amusemeuts. Already confidence begins to return; the people of Arizona are looking ! forward with hope to the blessed time when

 the bullet of the savage assassin will not til ey- | cry house with mourning, every road with

 danger, and every valley with devastation. Long desolated fields are soon to be replant- ed, and mines are to be reopened. Workmen

 are now busy at the Patagonia copper mine,

 and preparations are making for resuming op

 erations at the Mowry and several adjacent

 silver mines, which have scarcely been touch

 ed for the past five years.

 But there is no secure and permanent

 peace yet. If the troops were removed, these red devils would soon begin their work of

 death and plunder again. Agent Jefierd's , language. given a few days since in our let f ter from Tucson, seems to imply that, Tn bis , opinion, the Apaches must have somebody to murder, and if they should be allowed to ) slaughter the Mexicans they would spare the = Americans. He admits that some of them have made forays into Mexico, and think: D tbat the only method to keep peace with I them is to let them have their own way, SC far as roaming over their immense reservation , is concerned. But it is evident that we can

 not let them have their own way; we must { sec that they do not roam of their reserva-

 ton, and we must protect Mexico and pre- , serve our national good nane--if anything be r left to preserve after the horrid management, , ol the last eight years-even at the cost o war with Cachise and all his cut-throat band

 For such contingency we should be prepared

 at any instant, and it is, therefore, question: ble policy to draw any men away from Ari , zona-espccially those men who have learned

 something of the country, and of the propeI

 style of fighting the Apaches.

 We are aware that Gen. Schofeld has tC

 obey orders from Washington, and has only q small force from which to draw men in case

 of emergency, but men should be sent fro,r other diVislons, or men ShOnid pc recruited 10 case of need. It is cheaper, and takes les.

 time to send men from the Mississippi Valley

 than from the Gila to the Lava Beds; and

 every consideration of policy, economy and haste suggests that the military force in Ari zona should not be diminished. We should re main on the defensive in the region of the Lavi Beds rather that to expose Arizona to the re

 newal of hostlities. The Apaches are fal more formidable than the Modocs, and a mis take in managing them might prove far more serious We trust that all those who have

 authority over the disposition of the troops

 on this coast will appreciate the importance of keeping Gen. Crook in Arizona, and giving , him all the men and means that he needs, un

 til the danger of further disorder shall have . finally disappeared F. Alta