Arizona Weekly Miner, 1874-03-06

ncrtlons about tho mineral nnd nKricuUural resources of Arizona, contained in u pw graph which, wo believe, first appeared in tho Chicago Inter-Ocean, which paper claim claim-ctl - ctl claim-ctl to havo got its " facts " from a report ol Lieut Wheeler, all that in now necessary for ns to do is to publitb tho following cor correspondence, - respondence, correspondence, concerning the matters at Issue, between our Delegate in Congress and the Lieutenant, arid to request d republication ol the same by our Chicago contemporary : HOUSE Oi ltEl'KEHKXTATlVEH, Wabuisotox, I. C.f February (J, 1874. J To the Editor of the Arisona Miner; DearSir: Fludluj: nn Item golnc tho round of tho prcts, (and loraclliuci accrvdltctt to. tho Oil Oil-cftL'0 - cftL'0 Oil-cftL'0 Intcr-OtvAttl. to the cflect that Lieut Wliecl. er lmJ, lir' rk-n rrnurt, ft letter, spoken of the reioarcetor Arizona in very aiapsmK'n? tirnt, I caIIuiI hi attention to tlio nritu-r, and have Juk received the cneloocd rctpouto from lilm. It may be well, Injustice to liOth the Territory and to Lieut Wlieelcr, to pulilUli It nnd cud a copy to the luler-Ocvau. Yours, truly. It. C. McCohmick. WAittsoTo.v, D. C, February 5, IS74. .1y Ptiar Sir: Your note of the 4tli Is nt luod. You are ut perfect liberty to correct the uuluir counrlion presented lu tho article, as nothing that linn come from myself, or, ao fir as I know, from any one or thu expedition, cither verbally or by ollicl.! report, Jn.Ofir thu statement. In Indeed - deed Indeed every ycir Iris added in my faltli lu the de development - velopment development of Arizona, bulb lu n tiilocra! and ag agricultural - ricultural agricultural point ol view. I always Intend to bu very guarded In nny remarks liearln upon tliu rcdourccs of the West. I hare always commend ed, when favorable opportunity otfured, the legit legitimate - imate legitimate InterviU oi ail sct'tlons traverned by tlio survey. I shall bo glad to rc you at the olllcc, F street, should you llml tlie time ; you cm tee how tticln.ips arc proj;reliu:, and perhaps note some something - thing something of Interest. Very respectfully yours, uno. m. wiinr.LKti. Tbo rainfall tip till to-day Is about 11 Inches. Although this Is nhuudani our more fortunate ticlghbura bare had nearly 13 luetics. The foregoing from the Santa Barbara (California) Time, enables us to remark, with truth, that Arizona is among the "more fortunato neighbor," since the seaMin has given her about fourteen Siebcs of water, from snow and rain. Gen. Harney ay that teoplu who sell whiky to Indians should be punished by shooting or hanging. Further, that, if Ar my ofliccrs have not changed much since he knew them, tho management of ' Indians would be much better in their hands. The National Granger platform, whScli ap pears to 1x3 a scuiible document, ii printed in to-day's SIiskh. ' from MowUy'. aUy. MILITARY NEWS DEPARTMENT OP ARIZONA. nr Tttnuiurii. Col Lcib, 5 th cavalry, Lieutenants Win ters, Smith, Witherspoon and Kdwards, 23d infar.try, and a detachment of recruits for regiments in this department, sailed from San Frani;ico last week, by way of tho Gulf, for Yuma. Cpl Llcb goes to Camp Grant, and the others new appointments have not yet lecn assigned to companies. Lieut Wra Allen has been ordered to Camp Mojave. Major Gordon, 5th cavalry, is at Yuma, and leaves for Tucson to-morrow. Lieut Kockwcll, II Q. M., 5th cavalry, reached Tucson to-day. LieuU Woodson and Uodgers, 5th cavalry, arc a( .Sid Diego, en route to their stations. They go to Camp Grant. H The Territory of Montana costs Govern Government - ment Government in tho neighborhood of 83,000,000 per annum, and yet we hear no complaint from Congress on this score. No; the bilious nieralKrs of that Ku-KIux Klan empty all their vials of wrath upon Arirona, because, we suppose, Arizona's Delegates have asked for more and received less than tho Delegates of any other Territory. i i . . - No Go. U. S. Senator Sargent, of Califor nia, has said that he cannot assist m procur ine- mail service from the cnu of the uauior- nia Southcn Pacific Itaiiroad, in his State, to Hardyvillo in this Territory. Wo thought n much. What has Congressman Houghton to say on the subject 1 Tho question is whether that Indian, of Captain Hamilton's command, wjio lircu ins cun a little too soon for tho IwnoGt of tho white roan nnd just in tho nick of time for the Indians, didn't make tlio explosion on i.tirnoso to notify his "countrymen" of tho presence of danger? Opinions aro divided, but most white people bulievo that tho ration, ed Jphny out to be "retired." Conobess nllows the Secretory of pur Ter ritory $20,000 fdr running expenses of the legislature, besides $4,000 for printing, which latter num. or a coodlv portion of it, has al- ways been'snent outside oi tc lernwry, i " . . ,; .i although our laws Dcar nome impnata, . . T . . , , r FinsT QoiJtTKn. The Daily Mikkii has weathered the wjnd aild linancial ?forms of tho first throo piouths of tho present pan pan-icky - icky pan-icky winter with fair prospects for a long and useful life, and takes this occasion to re return - turn return thanks to all who have in any way as assisted - sisted assisted in nursing it. EpiTOiis, Tho following JoiU Wiling defi defi-nltloa - nltloa defi-nltloa of nn editor: An editor a male being tthosobltlncsslrtouavlknte a uum paper lie writes cdltorltls, grluds put poetry, Inserts deaths and wcddlnirs. sorts out nmnuskrlpt. Keeps, a waste basket, blow, up tho "devil," suals matter, fltes Other pcepla's bittles, sell his par for n dollar aud a-balf a year, takes white beans and apple aass for pay wheu be can get' Jt, rallies a large family, work ulnetaeo hours out ov every twenty-four, know no Suuday, glu dsmmed by -.,p.imItiv And onroln a while whlpl bl some. buddy; llv twor, dlos middle-aged nd ofwa bro bro-keu - keu bro-keu baarted. leaves no mousy, U rewarded for a life ov toil witn a snort ou ino wnuj j-u . tbo nuic paper. Exchapgps please ropy, 1 .

f Prom Monday' bsll'.J A110VT CALltfoRNtA LWNS. Hakdvyim.k, MohavoCountv, A.T., ) . January 30, 1874. $ To lh( JUllor of the Arizona Miner : On my way from Prescott to this place, I stopped for tho night nt old Camp Huslpal. On the morning of tho 17th Inst., I started early, in order to tako advantage of thclittlo frost oh the ground which made it bettor traveling over the clay 'flats that aro found near Anvil Hock. I reached the suinmlt ot the Aztec Pass quite early; tho wind was blowing cold and the uir wai full of snow, and I pulled a blanket alwut my face and Urged my horse forward as fast as I could. 1 had not traveled one milo from tho summit of the Pass when my horse stopped ; I looked forward and In tho road, not llfty yards from me, I taw two cougars (commonly called California Hons). .Olio of them turned around so as to show himself to tho best advantage possible. The other, a smaller one, got down close to the ground and acted as though he intended to spring at my horse. I lor. no time in getting out my pistol, and as soon as my horse was quiet enough, fired at the creeping monster. I undershot my mark. TJie ball struck a rock about one foot in advances of the creeping lion and glanced oil" with a sharp whistling noise. At this moment I observed five other monsters of the same species rise up from the dry grass, close by the roud side. Now, all seven hopped off about twenty pace to the right of the ruad, and stopped on open ground, within sixty yards of me. Now, this was the first hop of the season, and hero was 1, nn uninvited guest; but, I hastily took Hem, and, as it is customary to describe dress and nppearance at fashionablu hops, I will record items as 1 took them : three of the lions were very large, in fact, monsters of their species, and would weigh at least three hundred pounds; tho others were smaller, but I should judge the smallest to weigh at least one hundred pounds. It being mid-winter, furs Were all the rage. The three largest of these fellows wore a dark gray Iwrdering'on a brown coat, being n little lighter on their sides ; in front and under their bodies was wliitu and ap appeared - peared appeared liko white lace or down. The fourth was a Httle smaller, and his dress was a little darker in cnlor. The three smallcrones were drvs-icd in n dark che&nut coat; on tho sides it bordered on yellow with the same lace or downy trimming. Their dresses glistened as they turned and resembled changeable silk ; their movements were with much grace and case, They all wore tails at least four feet long, and full three feet more than a lion had any use for. but, I jresume, long tails are fashionable In these parts, If not, each honor lioness had to carry his or her own tail, and it was not lor me to say how long a tail a lion should carry. One of the larger ones, which I took to be a mother Of a part of the group, sat down liko a cat; she raised her great pay and lick-1 L and then rubbed her car and side of her ; head as a cat would. Tho movements were awkward but easy. If she was washing her fact) she should have done so before coming to the hop. The second large one set very quiet and looked on. Tho third large one, which I took to bo a male, kept a little In the rear, and appeared to be uneasy, as though ho expected reinforcement from another-direction, and I earnestly hoped that no others would appear, as there were already enough for the occasion. The fourth, a lively fellow, put his big . . . , . j paws on a largo pino root, uini proiruucu above tho ground and raked it down as though he was springing a littlo bluff. Tho bark Hew in every direction. As n scratcbist this fellow,, was a decided success. Jit the titno tho three male ones lay down close to the ground and rivited their eyes on mo or on ray horso and commonced crawling u as thoush they would liko a more tnti- mato acquaintance. I had heara tbat it one looked a lion in tho face it wpuld turn away; bat how could I look three lions in tho oyo at the same time? Impossible. Now I would liked to bavq compromised this whole mat ter by giving a horse, but my horse was trembline with fear, which plainly told mo that he would not stand to any bargain of this kind. I looked for a sapling, but they do not grow in this part of Arizona ; none but larce pines were in sight, and all the lions in Arizona could not frighten mo up a trco that would measure four feet In diame ter. To dismount I would make dead shot, but then there would be six lions left and I afoot. This would not do. I resolved to try another shot, so I got my horse to face the came nnd ocain I fired. As my pistol cracked tho foremost crawler Jumped about six feet-in tho air and struck on his feet and bit his side as though he had been stung by a bed. At this tho large ones moved oft to towards - wards towards n br.ushy thicket, and tho smaller ones followed. Now this was a movo in the right direction. As I turnod my horse to go on l saw npproacbing mo thrpo horaomcn. They came in time, norm top soon, I aisuro you. They had sqcn the large, tracks In tho road and hcapl my shots and liurricd up. I told them of what had happened, and as tboy were, well healed and appeared to bo roon that hud scon something of frontier life, I suggested that r it was gamo thoy wanted they pould fjnd U in that thicket. But they all, most emphatically denied having lost nny lloiis.-' Thcv hanllv wailed to hear nil of my story (!) but passed on. As I started on my way tuy bono wanted to run and appeared very fresh. Previous to this he seemed a UfXlo "played" and tired, but ho would now and then look- back and then "kit." For the nast twelve davs mv horo can see a lion whenever ho wants' to. Tho fact is he has what Is called .lion on tho brain. If ho does not rccovcrWon I will sell him or trade hitn off for a mule.- - -

D'wm TuctdayV l)lly,) MOM VAMP McUOYELL. A (lrol (fyta Mad, Carting a-i(t ZtUlngt, By fetter dated Camp McDowell, Febru February - ary February iln., we learn that Mr. John Smith, of thatphce proposed to carry inaifit over tho Prescolt nd San llernard'mu - route for S24j4(Wjjor annum, just S0XK1 more than the amount bid by Van Dujen, nd that he and his fridxlj feel a If the bidding, at Wash Washington, - ington, Washington, was not on the square. Smioj learning that it was Mr1, Smith's pur purpose - pose purpose Qput a good line of stages on the route, wo csroot but regret that hi bid was not the.lorcst, as he has mean and could well affonl V tako the risk (Jf any thpre be) of a Hrt-chMmailahd passenger stage line. Tbcvriter of the letter Wonders why the tnSiYWa T'tcson vntl other puinla south of tho Gila lad not fur a long time past, arrived tuercr anu i cemwl to tbinK that there was no valid cx u for tho long delay, since good ferry-boatf Tiavo all along been making trips across tbefcsdt and Gila river. We, too, wonder, alt is several weeks since we have had anytblig worth mentioning from south of the dilL save by telegraph. The qua tlty of raiu which fell at McDow ell, bctweiii Noveml)cr 1, aud, February 21, is set dutri at 10.75 inches. TELEGRAPHIC, Special Diipatchcs to the Arizona Miner, By western Union and V. S. i Military Lines; - Pho;nlx, fcb. 27. Mr. Tboa. Kwing, who came in from Tucson last ovenin?. linii'-s the " " I i, i - i, -1 lonowing pvueutars oi inuian acprcuaiious; - luc iiiuir ui wiu -iu, iuy nivacMiu i ohict raireitncar riwrence, cut oowu iuuj corral gates snu ran oil all the stock, Aj party followed tbesr trail and succeeded in recapturing eight head the secund day out, but the Jndijns sot away with the balance in safety. The tame night they attacked Itegan's, one inlte below Stiles' on the Gila, and ran oir a fine herd of horses and mules. Tbo day following they stole twenty head of cmvs and several horses from tlio Pious on tho cast side of Salt JUvcr. Among the liorvft stolen was a team of carriage borse belonguig to Ubas, VY, lieactk a, learaswri Vaslvin- Aslceo vtfVto l.ws.l- tie tncks showed that one ot tho indu&s stood j guira over mm, gTiuenuj-, iof mo purpose oi kinlng him should he show any sign of svtktng. They drove the horsel about two mHes from tho ranch where they killed a&l nte one of them. It is supposed they were a small party and unable to make a flrht. Itinni tho fiteilincr without mUnlerinz. a ' " ' On the 25th several Indians were - soea at no more depredations ar? reported I Pbrenix, Feb. 2d. Jose Soleito undertook to cross Salt River last Sunday, at the Wil- Ma crossing, and wiis drowned. The body hss not been found yet. A pistol fired, accidentally, last night, woonded a woman In the thigh- Mr. Mowrcy and Judge Atsap have gone to Maricopa Weill. 11. W. Franks and party, left here this morning for Prescotu . : . The Indians, at Tempe, still (continue to steal stock. Some twenty imimals, in all, bing reported. . A dance was had last night Jn the court bouse. The quarterly conference of the Methodist clurch commenced last night. Weather clear and warm. Tucson, March a. Mr E. N. Fish arrived Ust Thursday evening from Carap Grant, and brines news that Capt A. B, Taylor, 5th cavalry, with a command of trodp, recently a sciivureu mu oau vauw iiiii" m uvu, about fifteen miles porth of old Camp Grant, in tho Mescal mountains. force was insufficient for a snea-sful battlo bo returned to Camp Gnxnt for reinforce ments. On Wednesday all the available troOtw at Grant were started out, Major Drown, commanding Camp Grant, U doing all ho can to equip nnd keep out troops The Government stores from tin iucson depot have all been removed to Camp Low ell, and the depot abandoued, Many cattlo nnd somo mules wero lately lost about Hookers ranch, O'ltclliefa station ml ltiTMn tliiwn t1iw and Grant. Thol animals mired down in places whereald could not reach them. Tho noted and novel bet made on the 23d of January, between Do Pong, of Tucson, and McCrtim, of San Francisco, lias been with drawn, as, witness thu telegram J San Francisco, Feb. 21. To S. It. DeLowr. Tucson: Satisfied can make it. Forfeit lost; stakes withdrawn. Hooji McCnu.v. The bet was for 82.000 ou tho part of DoLonir. that ho could rldo hi fiorso "Jerry" from hero to San Francisco In twenty-llvo , , . , nn.t, ,i ( dtiv. Innomrr Tnp.nn Alnrfli 131111. find nrrlV - ing at San Francisco on or before April 14th, and on tho part of McCrum that the Jeat liUUlU UOb UO UUHC. H iuilt.ll. -v. ..." i i. .1 ,r: r.r nn hundred dollars, which has beon given to Air . . - Wcathor hat been very warm and pleasant fnr lm nml f,,a.- l.iva. T.i.dnv tho air .ii.t .I.. ..i... ...ui. i:i. ...ili.M.cf iiinu, mu our uuuui iiu 'b"" luu"' " breeze. . Thermometer at a. ni.. oiw, .