10094. The Arizona Miner, Prescott, Arizona Territory, August 24th, 1867. Military Matters.

The Arizona Miner Prescott, Arizona Territory August 24th, 1867 MILITARY MATTERS. Major Clendenin and the recruits for Camp Mohave and Fort Whipple have reached Mohave. Bvt. Lieut. Col. Price has taken the field for an extended scout. His head quarters are at the Willows, on the Mohave road. An infantry camp will be established at the Willows, and Co's. K and L 8th cavalry, and some recruits for 1st cavalry, will do the scouting. The company of 9th infantry lately at El Dorado Caöon and Callville, has been moved to Mohave excepting a small guard, left at each of these places. The company of the 8th cavalry, under Lieut. Purdy, at Toll Gate, Mohave road, will co—operate with Col. Price, by scouting the Juniper mountains. Lieut. Purdy was in town on Thursday. The troops from Camp Lincoln are still scouting on the Agua Frio, Ash Creek and Big Bug. The troops at McPherson are nearly all sick. On the morning after Paymaster Dana left Prescott for Camps ( Friday of last week) information was McPherson and McDowell , communicated to General Gregg, to the effect that the escort, 15 men of Co. 1 8th cavalry, intended to rob the Paymaster upon the desert below Wickenburg, and proceed to Sonora. Immediately upon arrival of the Paymaster at McPherson the escort was surrounded by the troops at that post, disarmed and placed in confinement, much to the surprise and relief of the Paymaster. A few days before the Paymaster left here, Tom Hodges and a party of scouts left here for Wickenburg, and a detachment of cavalry, under Lieut. Fechet, passed hurriedly through the town on Saturday, to escort the Paymaster from McPherson to McDowell . The Arizona Miner Prescott, Arizona Territory August 24th, 1867 MILITARY MATTERS. Major Clendenin and the recruits for Camp Mohave and Fort Whipple have reached Mohave. Bvt. Lieut. Col. Price has taken the field for an extended scout. His head quarters are at the Willows, on the Mohave road. An infantry camp will be established at the Willows, and Co's. K and L 8th cavalry, and some recruits for 1st cavalry, will do the scouting. The company of 9th infantry lately at El Dorado Caöon and Callville, has been moved to Mohave excepting a small guard, left at each of these places. The company of the 8th cavalry, under Lieut. Purdy, at Toll Gate, Mohave road, will co—operate with Col. Price, by scouting the Juniper mountains. Lieut. Purdy was in town on Thursday. The troops from Camp Lincoln are still scouting on the Agua Frio, Ash Creek and Big Bug. The troops at McPherson are nearly all sick. On the morning after Paymaster Dana left Prescott for Camps ( Friday of last week) information was McPherson and McDowell , communicated to General Gregg, to the effect that the escort, 15 men of Co. 1 8th cavalry, intended to rob the Paymaster upon the desert below Wickenburg, and proceed to Sonora. Immediately upon arrival of the Paymaster at McPherson the escort was surrounded by the troops at that post, disarmed and placed in confinement, much to the surprise and relief of the Paymaster. A few days before the Paymaster left here, Tom Hodges and a party of scouts left here for Wickenburg, and a detachment of cavalry, under Lieut. Fechet, passed hurriedly through the town on Saturday, to escort the Paymaster from McPherson to McDowell .