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Year: 1872

unlike their own, of the persons by whom
these States shall be represented in Congress.
If they could do this to good purpose. then
Republican institutions were unfit, and the
aristocracy would be the only true political
system. Yet what have we recently wit
messed? Zebulon B. Vance, the unquestioned
choice of large majority of the Legislature
of North Carolina, backed by majority of
the people who voted at It's election, refused
seat in the Federal Senate to which he
was fairly chosen, and the Legislature thus
constrained to choose another in his stead or
leave the State unrepresented for years.
The votes of New England thus deprived
North Carolina of the Senator of her choice,
and compelled her to send another in his
stead; another, who in our late contest,
was, like Vance, rebel, and fighting
rebel, but who had not served in Congress
before the war as Vance had, though the
latter remained &ithf,l to the Union till
after the close of his term.


protest against the disfranchisement of
State, presumptuously of number Of
States, on grounds so narrow and technical
as this. The fact that the same Senate
which refused Vance his seat proceeded to
remove his disabilities after that seat had
been filled by another, only serves to place
in stronger light the indignty to North
Carolina and the arbitrary, capricious tyran
ny which dictated it.


thank you that my name is to be con-
spicuously associated with yours in deter
mined effort to render amnesty complete and
universal, in spirit as well as in letter.
Even defeat in such cause would leave no
sting, while victory would rank with those
which no blood reddens, and which envoke
no tears but those of gratitude and joy.
Gentlemen, your platform, which is also
mine, assures me that Democracy is not
henceforth to stand for one thing and Re-
publcanism another: but that these terms
are to mean in politics, as they always have
meant in the dictionary, one and the same
thng-namely, equal rights to all, regard
less of creed or cline or color. hail this as
genuine new departure from outworn
feuds and meaningless contentious, IN the d.
rection Of progress and reform Whether
shall be found worthy to bear the standard
of the great movement which the American
people have naugurated, is TO be determined
not by words but by deeds. Its grand array
moves on to achieve for our country her
glorious benefcient destiny. l remain,
gentlemen, yours.


HORACE GREELEY.
Year: 1872

The story comes from London that Liv-
ingstone has other and stronger ties in Africa
than merely finding the source of the Nile,
and that he will never return to civilization
again. He is said to be happily married to "a
princess in Central Africa, and that aside
from this strong tie which links him to that
country il the predisposition to avoid the re-
s,raints of society, and his natural preference
for nomadic life.
Year: 1872

THERE is man in Detroit who is unfort-
innate enough to displeasc his neighbOrs by
his method Of governing his children. lie
has habit Of placing refractory child in a
barrel, covering it and keeping it in the
coop for half day at a time. He ties them
to the door-knob when he wants TO vary the
monotony, and then pulls and pushes the
door and filings the prisoner around. Finding
one Of his children on the fence the other
day, he tied him tbcre, and the lad remained
In that position until near midnight.
Year: 1872

This number completes the second

 year of THE ARIZONA CITIZEN,

 Financially considered, the journal

 has brought its proprietor neither riches nor poverty but in higher

 sense, 1t has been marked success. To it's fearless publication of truth, the worst of civil and military otfi- cials credit their downfall. It never has nor never will seek contentious, but when public interests and good citizens are so much jeopardized as at times during the past two years Ill Arizona, it will not hesitate to con- demn the wrong and wrong doer and uphold the right. Ordinary infrac- tions of law which the regularly constituted authorities can, If they will, easily and properly attend to, THE CITIZEN will give little or no notice. Any attempt to make 1t please every body would be one to make 1t worthless and contemptible, and as in the past none such will be made.

 THE CITIZEN is permanent insti- tuition in Arizona, and as such 1t can have no other motive to guide its course than that which will tend to promote the common welfare Of all the citizens who are here now or may hereafter come to the Territory and fairly observe the laws. Without begging the support of any, we re- spectfully solicit the aid of all in legitimate way. The value of public Journals to community is too we'll es- tablished to need elaboration.

 Quite number of subscriptions ex- pire with this issue of the paper. In all cases wherein we think the sub- scriber will care to have the paper continued, 1t will be done until he shall have time to report to ourself by letter or in person. Subscribers at and in the vicinity of Prescott can report to Col. H. A. Bigelow in Salt River valley, to E. Irvine at Phenix those in and about Sanford and Flor ence, to Joseph Collingwood at Flor ence; those at and near Arizona City to Schneider, Grierson $ Go. In Tue son and other places, in person or by letter.

 With these ''few remarks" we close up the second year of THE ARIZONA CITIZEN, and trust we shall announce the close of many more years to @ much large circle of patrons.
Year: 1872

RAILWAY matters still have an en- couraging look at the San Diego end of the Texas and Pacific. On receiv- ing advice of the action of the people of San Diego on the matter of the con- sessions asked by the company, Col. Scott officially replied that

 It is very gratifying, and am confident will result benehcially to all parties. We shall go on as rapidly as possible with the surveys, and as soon as we can find the location that should be adopted, com mence work
Year: 1872

Professor Young of Dartmouth College
whose position as scientific authority
has been acknowledged in England as
well as at home-has recently been deliv-
ering lecture on the sun, which puts
that subject in a powerful light, ii we
may use the term. He records an explo-
sion occurring not long since on the snr-
face of the sun, which sent portions of
matter to a hight of at least 200, 900 miles.
With regard to the distance of the sun
from the earth, it is now fixed at between
9l,0O0,0 600 and $1,000, 900 of miles, with
margin OF uncertainty consisting of about
100000 mile, which will be settled proba-
bly, by future observations. 1t will be
seen, therefore, that the astronomers have
cut off between three and four millions of
the distance which most of us used to ac-
cept in our schoolboy days. However,
they probably think they have left sufi-
cient now. for Professor Young says that
if our Puritan Fathers had set out from
the sun at the same time they did from
England and had travelled uninterruptedly
by rail or otherwise at the rate of forty
miles an hour, they would be due here in
1888. Again, if sound throughout the
solar system should have the same veloci-
ty that it has in our atmosphere, the noise


of an explosion on the suns surface would


be fourteen years in reaching the earth's
surface.


Gravity becomes so increased at the sun


that bodies would weigh twenty-eight


times as much there as here, SO that an


earthly lady Of one hundred pounds


weight would become as unwieldly there


as an elephant. The substance of the sun


Professor Young regards as probably gase-


eous, though there is difference of opin-


ion on that point. The temperature is
| enormous, something like 10000, 900 Fab.
renheie. Herschel estimated that if a rod
of ice 45 miles in diameter were darted
into the sun with the velocity of light, it
would heyer reach it. What keeps up
this temperature is yet unsolved mystery.
There is nothing to show any diminution
in the SUMS heat since human observation
began to be recorded. Following the
analogy that pail of water freezing does
not sink below the freezing point until all
the water is frozen, the sun may be under
going changes which are sensible only at
remote periods; which explains the differ
ence between the temperature of the earth
now and the geological eras in the past.
Year: 1872

and child, ho plunged bravely into
the river and swan to the boat. His
course wss traced in the water by the
blood from his lacerated shoulder,
but he saved the woman and the child.
MIR. Thornhill's informant said that
Colonel Utter would not speak of
the matter because as he once said, it
made.him mad to think there were
men on earth such Internal towards
as not to be willing to risk their own
lives to save Il woman and child from
such death.


Douty Utter has long been dead.
A series of misfortunes, incurred prin.
cipally by going security, well nigh
ruined him, and drove him from pol
itics His great brow was overtask-
ed it softened and he died almost
an imbecile. His faults were few, his
virtues many. If he, and such as he,
are not Of the Kingdom OF Heaven,
there is but little hope for mankind
in general.
Year: 1872

FROM a Boston Post report of
lecture by Kate Stanton: ''Young
men, you should marry the large wo-
men rather than the small, all things
else being equal Laughter and ap-
plause Never marry woman who
is prone to depreciate the virtues of
any of her sex Marry widow, es-
pecially if ske be a mother of healthy
children, for widows in these daysare
apt to be more sensible than girls.
Experience has done something for
them. Laughter and applause. A
widows love is apt to be richer than
that of spoiled girl Always marry
a woman better educated than your
self Of you can) so that you may re-
spect her the longer. But above all,
gentlemen. be sure TO msrry an old
maid, If you can Laughter. She
is difficult OF access, but once won she
will make a paragon OF wife. In
general terms, say TO my sisters, be-
ware of all men,
Year: 1872

MAKING dwaris and beggars is a
common thing in China For the
first, child of three or four years is
taken and a heavy porcelain vase is
put over him, so that the head alone
is free. This is taken off every eve
ming so that he may sleep, bat is put
on again in the morning. The child
thus advances in age in this inflexible
mold, until he can no longer grow.
Then the vase is broken The hor-
rible sufrerings that must be expert
enced in this process are even ex-
ceeded by the practices in certain
establishments in Pekin. where beg
oars voluntarily submit to having
their eyes taken out and their limbs
broken, in order to excite pu0lc
commiseratior.
Year: 1872

A NEW discovery of crest impor
tance has been made by chemist in
Germany; it is that indigo can be
produced artifoially. AS yet the pro
cess is too elaborate and costly 'tor
practical use, but this f3ct remains
that an operator working in his labo-
atory can now produce a coloring
matter for which we have hitherto
been indebted to nature and careful
cultivation.
Year: 1872

TIE plague at Buenos Ayres has
written the doom of that city asplaiu-
ly as though it had been swept by the
fire like Sodom and Gomorrah Oi
its 100000 inhabitants, 10000 fell
before the awful scourge. The sur
vivors fled in terror, and in a lew
months the spectacle was presented OF
a city of corpses, with no living In
habitants save those who were too
sick or too poor to flee from rmpend-
ing doom. Never was a city in bet
ter condition to feed pestileuce- Ii
was full of filth, and steamed like q
dunghill whenever the hot sun shone
out after a shower
Year: 1872

CoLD.-The extremes OF heat and
cold are found to produce the same
perception on the skin: and when
mercury is frozen at forty degrees
below zero, the sensation is the same
as touching red-hot iron.
Year: 1872

Complete works for the reduction of all kinds of silver ore, have recently been erect ed and put in operation at Helena, Montana, and, we are pleased to learn that said works have already proved great success.

 The want of reduction works in Arizona IS felt by all classes of her people, and we hope that the day is not far distant when we will have them in successful operation.
Year: 1872

The LATE AssAULTISG CAsE.-Patrick Max
field (colored) was before the Police Court
yesterday morning to answer the charge of
unlawfully and feloniously assaulting and
striking James Freeman with trowel with
intent to kill him OH tie 18th of December.
Owing to the fact that Maxfeld was unable
to be in attendance the case was continued
until Monday, 10th instant.
Year: 1872

REFERRING to the appeal of the case of the murderer Hargrave who was sentenced to be hung on the 9th instant, the Prescott Miner very truly and properly remarks:

 Many good citizens have given up all hope of ever seeing murderer punished by law, in this Territory, and regret the fact that the costly farce of arresting, guarding, and ministering to the wants of murderers has been so frequently indulged in at their expense.
Year: 1872

WE learn that Cotton & Scott, who have been carrying on the foundry business on the corner of H and Ninth streets during the past year, have lately decided to increase the scope of their business, having sent to Newark, New Jersey, for an en- zine, lathe and boring machine, to be shipped to San Diego by steamer via Panama. They have also sent to Stockton for one of the Roots patent force blast blows for their cupola, and intend to have the concern running as soon as possible. .-[ [San Diego Union.
Year: 1872

The politeneSs of Arabs is remarkable. even
among the lowest. A felah living in a low
mud hut IN village will conduct himself with
a grace OF carriage and speech that is surprS-
ing. Class distinctions are observed bv all.
An extreme act of pOliteneSs for the humble is
to kiss the hand of his superior The next in
degree Is reaching the hand toward the ground


as much As to say that the gesturer places
himself at the feet of the person addressed.
Another is to put the hand on the top of the
head accompanied with low ow-meaning
that the pOsturer is ready to be walked over.
These graceful manGuvres-especiallv in as.
cendlng the social scale-are accompanied with
hlghH0wn compliments, in which each party
ondeavors to eclipse the other. Men do not
enter upon business before exchanging brace
or two oil these tiattering speeches., with an in
evltabIe reference to Allah and the PrOphet.
10 neglect to do so would be ill-bred and un-
godly. Between equals there is kissing on the
cheek. Expressions of superlative admiration
are pronounced and extraordinary professions
OF friendship are made at these interviews.


One OF the pOltest of these Oricntals was the
shelk OF the mosque of Omar He expressed
the hope that my shadow and the shadow of all
Americans would never grow less, and that
after death we would all inhabit paradise.
asked him how it was possible for us as Chris
tlans to have place i'll that coveted realm? He
was sure the Prophet would make an exception
IN the case OF such a sweet and lovely people as
the AmericanS-inShniLah! Naturally he made
like speeches to persons of other nationalities.


1t, IN hiring horse or camel, the owner is
asked the charge therefor, he generally puts his
hand on his head and says that all his horses
and camels.are at the disposal of the asker with
out prlce-the honor of serving such a gentle
man is ample compensation for him. If the
animal is taken with no more definite under
standing than this, the hirer is made TO pav an
exorbltant charge. Those who understand
Arab nature pin them down with written con-
tracts, aud even then find difficulty in not being
swindled. When offers of presents are made,
they are not to be accepted. This is simply
form of politeness.


They are easily affected by show. If consul
walks the streets unattended by dragoman or
kavass, his Arab friends make simply polite
saIuiation OF the hand to the head. If he il
preceded by gorgeous kavass humping his
mace over the stones, and followed by draeo-
man, the same men salute with extravagant
gestures and salaams A procession of the
Pasha. with his fifty bashibazouks, plunges
them into ecstacy.
Year: 1872

know where old philosopher dwslIs-
bearded cynic Of Wit and sense,
In a broad white tent with curious cells
On the sunny side OF a garden fence.
He passes his days in virtuous ease,


Watching the world with his many eyes;
And perhaps he is sorry when he sees


How his tent entangles the moths and ales,
have a neiEhbor. a legal man.


We meet on the sidewalk every day;
He is shrewd to argue. and scheme and plan,
is my legal neighbor over the way;
He talks, perhaps, triae too much


Buthe knows such vast deal more thanI;
We have IN our village a dozen such, o.
Who do no labor-the Lord knows why
But they eat and drink Of the very best


And the cloth that they wear il soft and ane
And they have more money than all the rest
win handsome houses, and plate, and wine
And ponder at times, when tired and lame
How strangely the gifts fortune fall,
And wonder II we not to blame


Who have so little, and pay for all
Alas, for the workers throughout the land,
Who labor and watch. but wait too long,
Who wear the vigor Of brain or hand


In trihing pleasures and drink. and sonRl
But my neghbor Is one who understands


All social riddles; and he ex plains
That some must labor with eallons hands ~
while others may work with tongue and brains.
Though he doesn't make It so very clear
Why he should fare much better than ono
Who does more work in a single year


Than he IN all Of his lite has doneI
But he argues me out Of all demur.


With logic that logs my common sense;
And think Of the old philosopher
Whose "shingle" hangs by the garden fence
Year: 1872

QUITE A DIFFERENCE.--Ino our report
of MIR. B. s. Holt's speech before the
Chamber of Commerce on Monday even
ing, that gentlemen was made to say zone
million pounds of tobacco would be raised
in the Roanoke Valley this year," when
his statement actually was that one million
pounds of the tweed" would be shipped
from the town of Boydton alone.
Year: 1872

There may be other Popes in title, but
with the sweeping away of the temporal
power, the practical failure of the Ecumen-
ical Council, and the PRONUNCIATION of pre-
tensions to infallibility, s6 inconsistent
with this age of the world, the tangible
worldly power of the Papacy passes away
forever.
Year: 1872

TERmS-One.third cush, and the balance Oh
q credit of six and twelve months, the purchaser
giving bond, with ample personal security for
the deferred payments, and the title TO be re
tanned by the assignee until the whole of the
purchase money shall have been pRid
Year: 1872

ed five or six yards suitable dis
tancc in the case of single tree
But wien the tree is lofty, a some
what greater distance is to be pre-
ferred.


The reader need hardly be remind
ed, perhaps, that the necessity for
taking these precautions only exists
when the storm is really raging close
at hand. When the interval which
elapscs between the lightning-hash
and the Handicapped is such as to
show that the storm is in reality many
miles away, it is altogether unneces-
sary to take precautions of any sort
however brilliant the flash may be. or
however loud the peal. 1t must be
noticed, however, that storm often
travels very rapidly. If the interval
of time between the lightning
and the thunder is observed to di-
minish markedly, so that the storm is
found to be rapidly approaching the
observers station, the same precau-
tons should ut once be taken as
though the storm were raging imme-
diately around him. So soon as the
interval begins to grow longer, it may
be inferred that the storm has passed
its nearest approach, and is receding.
But the laws according to which
thunder storms travel, are as yet very
little understood; and it is unsafe to
assume that because the interval be-
tween fash and peal has begun to in
crease after having diminished, the
storm is therefore certainly passing
Chambers Journal
Year: 1872

We are, therefore, not sorry to see


farms growing larger, provided those


who work them will get nearer to-


gether: and that is what they ought


to do. ANY farmer who plants him.


self and his family alOne-far from


possible neighbors-takes upon him


self a terrible responsibility. 1t is


impossible that he and his should be


developed and thoroughly happy
there. He will be forsakenin his old


age by the very children for whom


he has made his great sacrifice. They


will hy to the town for the social food
and stimulus for which they have
starved. We never hear of a colony
settling Western prairie without a
thrill OF pleasure. 1t is in colonies
that all ought to settle, and in villages
rather than on separated farms. The
meeting, the lecture, the public amuse-
ment, the social assembly, should be
things easily reached There is no
such damper upon free social life as
distance. A long road is the surest
bar to neighborly intercourse If the
social life of the farmer were richer,
his life would by that measure be the
more attractive.


After all, there are farmers who
will read this article with a sense of
affront or injury, as if by doubling
or disputing the sufiicieney of their
social opportunities we insult them
with sort of contempt. We assure
them that they cannot afford to treat
thoroughly sympathetic counsel in
this way. We know that their wives
and daughters and sons are On-our
side, quarrel with us as they may;
and the women and children are right;
"The old man." who rides to market
and the postotiice, and mingles more
or less in business with the world,
gets along tolerably well; but it is
the stayers at home who suffer In
stead of growing wiser and better as
they grow old, they lose all the graces
of life in unmeaning drudgcrv, and
instead Of ripening in mind and heart,
they simply dry up or decay. We
are entirely satisfied that the great
curse of farming life in America is
its isolation. 1t is useless to say that
men shun the farm because they are
lazy. The American is not lazy
man anywhere; but he is social, and
he will fy from a life that is not So
cial to one that is If we are TO have
a larger and better population devOt-
ed to agriculture, isolation must be
Stunned, and the whole policy Of set
tlement hereafter must be controlled
or greatly modified by social eonsid-
erations