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Year: 1872

CAMP AT ARYvIPAI SPRINGS, AT HEAD OF ARYvIPAI CANYON, March 6, 1S72.-By order of Major E. W. Crittenden, commander of Camp Grant in pursuance of Department orders, First Lieutenant Reilly, with Troop I, consisting of sixty men, and First Lieutenant Jacob Amy with ten men of his Troop M, and ten from L, all of the Fifth Cavalry, accompanied by Surgeon J. A. Mullan, with the necessary transportion, all under con- mand of Lieutenant Reilly, left Grant on February 3, for this place, for the purpose of establishing a camp. The men all appeared glad to move out into the mountains it seemed and looked like business and something to the purpose of their presence in Ari- zona. With the usual little stops for fixing packs, the command easily made about sixteen miles from Grant and camped, where we found the Ary- vipai river or creek quite a small stream but in many places having 8 swift current. It Is very tortuous and was crossed many times. It has generally a sandy and pebbly bottom, with both banks fringed with cotton wood, and the canyon Is mostly very narrow. Think tolerable wagon road could be easily made to first camp which is about half way from Grant to this new Camp. Wood and water Is there convenient and abundant.

 Second day, February 4. Found the canyon quite different from that passed yesterday. It Is more of gorge. The stream is hemmed in by abrupt mountains which hu~ 1t closely. Here and there Is some inviting prairie and much fallen timber, and beaver dams in the creek. Strong winds evidently occur along here. Travel to-day was necessarily slow, and all hopes abandoned of a passable wagon road to the head of the canyon by this route except at great cost of labor and cash. After marching twenty one or twenty-two miles, our destina- ton was reached, and the whole dis. tanco must be near forty miles.

 Here is where General Crook and command encamped for several days last August, which may have led to this selection now.

 Officers and soldiers have already got their quarters into shape and our camp has the look of a military can- tonment The whole command is healthy--not Q complaint of illness since leaving Gront.

 l am glad to see your paper here, l admire it's bold, independent course ill dealing with public men and mat ters. You have labored hard to ad- vocate and properly make known abroad the cause of Arizona, anc deserve at least the gratitude and thanks of every honorable and just citizen of the Territory. VIAToR.
Year: 1872

The St. Clairsvile Gazette gives the
following with reference to PAT. QUIN-
LAN's appearance, in the Belmont coun'
ty court, his speech in selidefense, and
his sentence by the Court:


The court this morning Wednesday
passed sentence on Pat. Quiulan, who
was convicted at the present term OF
assault with intent to murder. And.
also, upon William Douglass, convicted
OF manslsug ghter


Fat, who looks to be about q years
OF age, with florid complexion, made his
appearance in court in a suit OF light
brown velveteen, the color Of his hair
and mustache-blue and white striped
shirt with purple necktie In response
to the question if he had anything to
say why the sentence Of the law should
not be passed upon MIN, Pat. made
quite lengthy speech, among other
things, stating that he was more sinned
against than SHINING, and that with all
his bad reputation this was the first
time he ever stood up in a court OF JUS
tice to receive sentence. The court
sentenced him to the penitentiary at
hard labor for seven years. And he
having been convicted on another
charge, for assault and battery, the court
fined him $3.50 and costs.


Douglass was borne into court lean
ing upon the Sheriff and his deputy,
being unable to walk alone, having
injured his spine in falling in his cell
some time since, and having received
additional injury in his late attempt to
commit suicide. He said he had moth
ing to say why the sentence OF the law
should not be passed upon him. In
view of some mitigating circumstances
that appeared in the trial OF the case,
the court announced that he would not
give him the full measure Of the law,
but sent him up for four years at hard
labor.
Year: 1872

| From the Charleston Courier.I


When the House of Delegates, just
prior to adjournment, acquitted the
public printer ofthe charges which had
been preferred against him, and
directed committee 10 examine, during
recess, the whole subject Of State print
ing since the formation Of West Vlr'
ginia, il was the desire of the printer to
avoid even the appearance Of attempt.
ing to forestall public sentiment by any
advance discussion of the subjects which
the committee would be called to con.
slider. He had the very best OF reasons
for believing that his predecessor in
Office would not feel particularly
comfor table over premature presenta-
ton of the more prominent points in
the history Of the State printing OF
West Virginia. In view Of his personal
knowledge OF these points and their
bearings, he was willing that the gentle
man who preceded him might enjoy in
advance OF the meeting OF the investiga-
ting committee, that happy repose
which its deliberations would have q
tendency to disturb. Mr.. John F!ew
seems to have misunderstood in the
most absurd and wilful manner, the
temporary truce which charity had
rendered him. Not apprecisting the
indifference with which an innocent
man may contemplate the transient
coupling ofcalumny with his name, or
possibly from native and matured in
ability to forecast the conduct Of an
honest man under any circumstances,
this iminent master Of the science Of
black cat skinning has taken the liberty
of constituting our silence as an evidence
Of ignorance or Of fear, and Of present
ing at length through the columns Of
the IntelHgencer, his own pretensions to
virtue and honor, in high wrought con-
trast with the humble merits OF the
writer of this article. In an Office,
where. in ten years, three generations
of "loyal proprietors have grown rich
upon State and Federal plumber, there


is set up a pulpit for the preaching Of
public morality, and the sermon com
pels our wonder in demonstrating how
easy ard how natural is the transition
from successful thieving to graceful and
elaborate lying.
Year: 1872

DEsMoINEs, March 2l.-The report
sent by the agent Of the Associated
Press yesterday that Judge Love, OF the
United States District Court at Keokuk
had made a decision fixing the terminus
of the Union Pacific railroal at Omaha
is misstatement The question which
he decided had nothing to do with that
question. The Court set aside the con-
demnation of property necessary for The
approaches to the bridge in Council
Bluffs, because said condemnation was
done by a jury Of the Federal Court
when it should have been done BY the
Iowa State Courts, which alone had
jurisdiction in the case.
Year: 1872

Each farmer is to have seed 10 SOW
and plant. This he usually retains
from his crops. Sometimes he is care
full to select, and sometimes not


Each farmer can be an improyer o'
his seed-his crops; and it is done by
those who make it a business to i'm
prove. 1t is done by selection-select
ing every time such qualities as be
wants. Selecting every time the largest
earliest and best ears, there will be a
show OF larger, earlier and better corn,
So with potatoes Secure always the
larger and coarser, and they will be
large and coarse, tillage the same
This will al.o do for feeding. But a
smaller potato is wanted for the table
"a finer grained, better form, approach
ing the fiat and smooth, so that the
cooking is expedited. There is also
more sweetness and better quality gen
eralIy, in medium sized tubers. These
and only these, should be selected
yearly.


Squashes and pumpkins may be i'm
proved in the same way Select such
as you want every time, and Of the
same quality. Thus tomatoes improve
or deteriorate according as we select
them. Poor, dirty wheat, or any grain
will give poor, dirty crops. That i:
the tendency. II the season is very
favorable, this will be less seen; bu,
the tendescy is nevertheless there. and
a good selection OF seed would have a
better crop. Each farmer may thus be
his own improver Of what he raises.
Year: 1872

A CORRESPONDENT tells the following
romantic tale of the recent Pacific
Railway snow blockade: A man in
Denver married, but had to leave i'm
mediately and Unexpectedly for Sal,
Lake City, on urgent business. He left
his bride with tears in his eyes, and a
promise OF immediate return on bis
lips. He got there just in time not to
be able to ge. away. He made his
vav slowly along on the blockaded
trains, working with the hands, tor
every shovelful Of snow got out was
that much obstruction removed between
him aud his beloved. When within
two hundred miles OF Cheyenne, the
foremost train ran into bigger snow
bank than ever. at which the faith ul'
unto death struck out aioot, and walked
the two hundred miles in five days.
He came in with frozer fee, and ears,
but bis heart was all right, and be went
on bis way rejoicing. At one point he
was chased BY wolves and lost his plug
hat in running. The hat saved his life,
for the wolves had never seen one be-
fore and stopped to examine it for a
long time. 1t took them 80 long to
determine what it was, that our heroic
lover got out Of reach. He borrowed 9
red handkerchief at a laborer's hut and
pesssd on.
Year: 1872

The St. Clairsville Gazette, OF this
week, contains the following appeal, on
the subject of the building OF the
Wheeling and Tuscarawas Valley rail
road:


We are again called upon, by hearing
OF the unprecedented exertions OF our
best citizens along the line of this con.
templated thoroughfare through the
northern part OF our entire county, to
insist apon the citizens Of ST. Clairsville
and vicinity, to Immediately take some
action in this matter There is not a
property holder in our community who
is not deeply interested in this great
project There is not one but must
admit, that if this railroad is drawn
from this route (via Wheeling creek,
Flushing and FreeporD to any other
line in contemplation, that it would be
a great loss to Belmont county, and
more particularly to the citizens OF this
place and vicinity.


By reference TO the fret page OF the
last GJset!e, you will there see that the
citizens OF BarnesYille are looking TO
the line Of tbs road with a view no
doubt a. TO their future welfare. Let
US therefore 90 TO work at once, by
calling a meeting o. our citizens. and
subscribe a portion OF our means, and
secure this road. 1t will be so near our
place, that the people Of Pease, Cole
raine, Wheeling and Flushing town.
ships will forever put quietus to the
county seat question, and the whole
county will receive the benefits Of the
increase to our tax duplicate by the
great addition OF 50 much valuable
property. Who will start in this mat
ter now Let us 20 10 work.
Year: 1872

The Liberal Republican Central
Committee at its meeting tonight ap-
pointed a committee 10 correspond with
the l. beral Republicans in other parts
Of the State for the purpose OF holding
mass convention in Albany, with q
view OF sending a complete delegation
TO Cincinnati. 1t was resolved to organ
ize in every Assembly district.
Year: 1872

The preparations for the exposition of the
art and industrial products of the world at
Vienna are on the largest scale. Some idea
Of the importance Of the undertaking may be
gathered from the fact that the building itself
will cover six times the space Of the Palais de
rExposition at Paris. In addition to this
strenuous efforts are being made in all coun-
tries to secure complete representation Of
art and industrial products. The various sys-
TENS Of public instruction will be contrasted,
and we hope that the result will not be un-
favorable to our public school system.
On account Of Congress having made
no appropriations, the representation Of
American manufactures will not be so large as
might be desired but as the exhibition Of
goods is form Of advertisement we see no
good reason why the public should be called
on to pay for the transportation Of goods be-
longing to wealthy corporations. Unless ex-
hibitors believe that the exposition Of their
wares is likely to be sufficiently profitable to
justify them in incurring the expense Of trans-
portation we do not feel called upon to pay
their advertising bills. At the same time we
wish the exposition all success and desire that
Americanindustry should be properly repre-
sented; but those who reap the profits ought,
in justice, to pay the expenses.
Year: 1872

movement among some Of the party managers
for change Of base in change in their
Presidential ticket for November. And yet
the democratic party in New York, with all
these disco.rasemsnts against them on by
far the heaviest vote ever polled in the State,
carried it for Seymour and Blair by ten thou
sand and for Hoffman by twenty thousand
majority.


We may. then, logically assume the position
that the Empire State this year will be con-
tested by the opposition coalition over every
inch of ground from Montauk to Dunkirk
and from the st. Lawrence TO the Pennsylvania
border upon the Presidential ticket and upon
the State ticket for the congressman and
the members of the Legislature involved in
the general struggle We have no satisfactory
evidence that the democratic party of the
State has been materially weakened since 1868
or by the new departure for Greeley and
Brown, WHILE on the other hand, our travel
ling correspondents. instructed to find out and
report as far as they can the exact situation
of the contending parties and their apparent
losses and gains, assure us that the republi-
cans who have gone over to Mr.. Greeley form
q very considerable accession to the democrats
in many of the interior counties. Hence the
vigorous struggle which the opposition alli-
ance are making and will make to the end of
the general contest for the Empire State.


They count upon it, too, not as the demo-
Gratis counted upon it in 1868, as their citadel
and base of operations, to be saved from the
general wreck Of the party at all hazards for
another campaign, but as still possible bal
ance of power by which this Presidential
struggle may be determined The opposition
alliance cannot deny that General Grant,
without New York, may be elected in 1872 as
he was in 1868; but they do not admit this
time that the loss of Pennsylvania and Ohio
in October decides the issue in November.
They claim New York throughout the country,
and throughout the country their confidence
in New York still gives them hope for the
White House and strength in every State that
may still be considered debatable ground.
The republicans, therefore, who are counting
upon carrying New York for Grant and Will
son and Dix and Tremain have still the odds
against them, and in closing up the gaps in
their State line Of battle they must act with
skill and discretion or their whole line may
be thrown into confusion and defeat.
Year: 1872

INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS IN ArRIcA.--From the
Cape of Good Hope, under date of Port Eliza
beth, September l, we are informed that a
very successful cotton show had just been
held in Graham's Town. The total number
Of bales exhibited was one hundred and
seventy-two, thirty Of which were ginned cot
ton. Besides these there were some eighty
bales on the way from Kaffraria. Real estate
In town lots and buildings was advancing in
value rapidly. The recent heavy rise in the
price Of coal and iron in England affected the
market values Of these articles at the Cape
greatly. A few months before coal was at fifty
shillings sterling per ton, and iron thirteen
shillings and sixpence for hundred pounds
weight. When our mail advices were de-
spatched coal was at one hundred shillings
and iron at twenty-five shillings sterling for
the same quantities. These facts 90 to prove
the universalism of the spirit of commerce,
and demonstrate the tender and delicate sym-
pathies by which the operations of trade are
moved, all the world over, under the influence
of the throbs which are sent forth from its
great centres.
Year: 1872

FRENCH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS were
held yesterday for the purpose of filing some
few seats which were rendered vacant by death
pr the resignation Of members in the National
Assembly. The returns of the voting, so far
hs they reached Us by cable last night, in
dicate that the radicals have maintained-it
may be improved their strength in the towns,
and also that that Of the conservative power
has been stricken down by republican gains in
some of the more rural districts. The prog
ress Of the people is thus still onward in the
French Republic
Year: 1872

CoUNT DE CRAWFORD is out with protest
against the French Republic, and Prince
Napoleon Bonaparte threatens a suit at law
against all the officers Of the Paris government
who participated in his recent expulsion from
the territory of France. The umbr9 nominis
of the royalties will have little chance against
the solid substantial facts Of the democracy.
Year: 1872

love in His life and sufferings. Dr.. McGlynn,
talking about the incarnation of the Son
of God, could not conceive chow
persons protesting to be Christians
should deny that the Blessed Virgin
was the mother of God" But it is matter of
greater surprise to others how any Christian
can believe such doctrine except in very
qualified sense. The Council Of Ephesus may
have declared it as q dogma of Christianity,
and yet it might have erred, as other ecclesias-
tical bodies have done since. The incarnation
is o mystery which cannot be fully COM
pretended by finite beings but, nevertheless,
most men have been endowed with sufficient
common sense to distinguish between
sound argument and ''silly assertion, :"
even in regard to matter 80 grave and
mysterious. Father Burke has assured us that
while there is ono salvation outside Of the
Catholic Church." yet the Catholic Church
does not damn any one, but is lenient to all,
merely ignoring the redemptionary claims of
those who accept not her creed. This is, at
least, generous and encouraging, but such
sayings meant far more o few centuries ago
than they do now. Father Bjerring preached
in the Russo-Greek church on Christ the
resting place and sure foundation Of the soul


Mr.. Beecher, in his peculiarly plump way
Of stating facts and assumptions, talking on
moral honesty and moral earnestness could
see no way Of escape from the conviction that
Christ was either insane or divine; and as
Year: 1872

PLENTY of experts for some purposes
are 20 be had in San Francisco. In the
course of recent trial in that city, grow
ing out Of some gamblinstransaction, the
Judge asked :" if there was any one in the
room who could show how a cold deck
was 'wruRg in in a game Of poker"
Extraordinary to relate, two-thirds of the
spectators rushed for the wtness-staud; !;
but at this moment an officer of the court
informed the Judge "that he had a cold
deck in his pocket" Such cloud of
witnesses was embarrassing, and the Court
concluded not to take testimony upon the
points.
Year: 1872

A CRAZY man went into the Womens'
Rights Convention with one side Of his
head shaved clean, the other side covered
with heavy beard. He was arrested,
bat it is an open question whether he WAS
not rs sane as some who were already
there.
Year: 1872

A DETROIT man turned up in Salt
Lake City the other day, inquiring about
some mining stock in which he invested
some years ago, and found to his surprise
that it was worth 5000, 600.
Year: 1872

1t is a significant fact that while, for
the sake Of securing the Presidency,
Horace Greeley has changed all the SEN
timcnts and principles sustained by him
for the past forty years, he has never
taken back his often declared secession
views for which the rebel South are will
ing to support him. The bailing Of jeff
Davis as soon as the war was over is con-
tirmation Of his continued belief in Sc
cession, which he so constantly advocated
at the opening Of the rebelliyn. Now, il
ii should 50 happen that the sccesh phil
osopher should occupy the Presidential
chair, and his Southern friends should
try to sccede as before, what compiled
tiona might not be made with foreign
powers, before the people could drive
drive him from the executive power :?
The possibility Of his reaching the Presi-
dency is doubtless out of all question.
but there are some whose credulity goes
SO far rs to believe it probable, and TO
them this is IN interesting question for
consideration. James Buchanan gave
trouble enough to the country without
positive secesh sentiments, simply be-
cause he did not believe in the power Of
the General Government to coerce Il
state, what then would be the result Of
putting into executive position a man
who believes that seeding States should
go in peace, and the Union be broken
into fragments at the will Of minority
Of the people
Year: 1872

The Committee on Buildings and
Grounds have just held a meeting, and
decided to cut down the large trees Of the
East and West Parks which border on
the nations capitol here. Such desc
Grafton Of our now beautiful parks is to
be perpetrated in the name Of art as op-
posed to the loveliness Of nature repre-
sented in graceful, full-grown trees and
the delightful shade which they offer to
visitors to the capitol. 1t is suggested
that the the Committee should take their
Summer across the Eastern Branch, and
there study the artistic effects Of the arch
itecture of the Insane Asylum.


CoNTAGIoN At THE CAPITOL.


Scarlet fever and smallpox are both
quite yirulent here. The children of one
family We're buried yesterday in one
grave who died Of scarlet fever, and the
number Of smallpox patients during the
cool weather up to last week had in
creased very rapidly. Two cases on
Capitol Hill We're rendered more alarm
ing on account Of the house whore the
parties reside being entirely consumed by
fire and large crowd collected around
the spot when the patients were carried
to the hospital. The present hot weather
will no doubt have the effect of staying
Its ravages. C.. NJ.
Year: 1872

Last night gaily dressed little human
doll, about five years Of age slrolled
through the parlors Of this fashionable
hotel. She had q pretty pink complcNioni
curly hair fastened at the back Of her
head IN kind of waterfall; small, black,
shiny eyes, and hands aud feet 50 tiny
that they seemed only an imitation Of ma
ture, on very small scale. She wore
silk dress, over which was hung bright
Dolly Warden, while her back was half
hidden by the prodigious bow OF large
red SASH In all respects she was like
grown up woman OF fashion, save In size.
Her face was the face ofa child, aud yet
Il was wonderfully old In fact, she
looked like a lady Of thirty, seen through
the wrong end of an opera glass.


This little creature sat on her chair
with all the primness of a recognized
spinster. There was very little cxhube-
rance about Ler. She danced Ia every
quadrille and in several waltzcs aud pol
kas, and was quite at home in all the
steps. She curtscd In the lancors with
grace that would have been stately but
for her size, aud did not once make a
mistake, even in the most intricate fig
ures. She was painfully ladylke. There
was no romping or childish gaiety In her
dancing, but instead All almost painful
expression of mental concentration upon
her task II was evident that to her even
at that age, to dance wen was the one
great object OF life.


The life ofa child Of fashion IL thls:
To rise about niue O'Clock, and take a
late breakfast with mamma, TO be im-
prisoned in the bedroom ill towards
dinner, or at the most, allowed only Il
/ little run on the piazza. Then to under
go dressing and spend an hour or two at
the dinner table. Then to stroll Oh the
piazza, to 20 out riding, to take tea Ia
| the evening TO dance. This Is the daily
routine of many child at our principal
summer hotels. It's true that majority
of them eat at table arranged for chill
dren and servants; rise earlier and are
sent to bed at a reasonable time. But on
the other hand, there are too many pre-
cocious youngsters, who arc treated pre-
ciscly like adults. The result il obvious;
the health is impaired, the mind becomes
devoted 10 fashionable frivolity, and tho
unfortunate children are children IN
years only, and not in habits, taste or
language. -L0ag Branch Letter.