The Arkansas banner., 1849-07-10
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Below we pshdish isilf@ fsum lI H Romxsc., Esq, SeeFrtsry ta Col WeHser of fbe B0asisfy Survey We knd | in fat Cin.innsti Enquirer:

| PARAmA. New Gsmnada May IS. 't9 Der Sk.--1ust ou ths eye pf ihs departure cf Col Welier ant his surveying eosnpaay ior San DsrgO. dfuP tnn rapid summaEy of matters ami events tcs the last few weeks nA tie ls4hmns. AS gold is uppesmost in the minds q many cf your resdefs by thus time. will tpseh on that subject hr:i Possibly yoa may have nil viii detnll long before ihls reaebes yua. pesSihly nok-
 The sieameE a6Fsrns,S q the Aspirwsii iins reaehed ihis poEto oo Saturday night lsss, he ssh inst, h twenty thee days fTum Saa Fssncssco. hay ing on board fieHf- BeaH. of the Navy, besreT of dspatehes from Cen. Smith in Caii5ornia.l and Gf- trea other passeageTs. Ipx=ca fhe evening ai Mrs. fremcuas rom. n eenp.ay with the gsiiata klea- ieuaat and was highly entertained with hss deseFir t'oa s hls tDaf aesoss te plains is CaIifars. aud his details of matters and opeFsiions n tle gold mines He len Independenee two weeks after Cot. Fremont and hes parry, and endearvged 10 oRertake them. but faded: atfer terrible prvA'ioDx and suI tesInys, almost as severe thCse o Fresn0us par ;y, he reaCbcd San FVsnriseo some ten days befoFe the Oregon ssiIed wiihcut hearing cf fremoai on the route The safety of the latter was given up ai San FrAncfscc by all his friends ard by ibe Lieu tenant hisnself: bat at San Bsas. his way down, Mexican eEnlerahss from the Giis fer the mines. reported his arrival tsi rver with the irsgmeRt of his party. making tbsir way safely forward. Be fore this they are sf home n
 1 am no long~r doHster whcn ex;rsvsgxnt reports gre givea of the mines. The Lieutehant removed tte last rrsie of iaeredaliy by details ef what he saw, what he knew. afsd what ke Aad-spsne ca the finest sprci mems of ore that gloatiag misef coad wish 10 see and respectable in association with The "bg hunks~ that we read nf. The largest piece he had was about two eaRees less tisan rsgh peH.as, which he was carrying home to the States for the owner. who has accumulated largely is the mines, and who is there yet for another summers opera tons. This and small pile of scae> and particles, vsined si S5oa. were gathered ia the -dy 4ggtas," .-H.l .l-.F. "A sa--- those of the rff. Of course, Ike all others, catioas 10 know how much of inc published gold stctses we should believe: Why" exetAimed the Lieutenant, "neeve the seemingly widest and most extrsvagsnt. and your fancy wiil then possibly be able to realize the truib-theye is god esosyk tttre 10 comaand tAe labor q l00.000 miners hrsdred yenYss Ibeiieve Ai; his character and hfs chances bor knowing forbid diStru<i. He mentioned several peTsoas whom be knew at San Francisco, four years since, very pcoF who are now worth fheif one and two huufred thousand dollars, the proceeds of one seasca's mining and trading. Before he tsft, operations had again hegun and some 000 cr 900 were at work. They were concentrated ia no one dozen localities, but starting out al points. n old and in and untrieL regions; all they had to do to dTp, and could average $50 per day; some iacky ones finding yields of S5ou and $i ,D0O in day All they needed 10 procure and gather the ore were pick, shovel. and basin MackineTy had been voted a nuisance; its time had not come. fNhduefaote eattcfAS or tcHSkfE NzCAAe4 tIfeFS and going forward every day in the hands of novices will be found much like the patent washers ragged after by of our goo house wives of the States lift only for corner furniture.
 Large fortunes have been made, with small eapi- ;ss 10 begin with, in selling goods and buying gold bet that time has measurzbly passed, as goods were crowdlng in in large luantlh.s and consider able coin. During the winter gold was bought of Indians and whites, who interded to remain over and put in nsis season at fhe mines, al $4 S, SIo and $I4 per ounce. Of the fadiGHs, especially, the traders depre!aied in a wholesale way. Fond of uinkets and ;iie notions, the Indians easi- iy caught up Tn a trade Txsy put into one scale their particles of gold, the sharper puts into the other his beads, &c, slipping among them oc- ! casionai baok-aiot-oEHee fer oance. Over space of fafi 000 miles in eiroumterenee Lieut. B. es;i- mated, do others of his fellow passengers e5ni- grants may spread out and "plospect'' with safety Uf late the richer mines have been iound far South of the first discoveries, and doubt s entertained of the whole surface o the ooantry non the Sacta- Inento to the Gala, being depository Of this Tich mineral. He said be had large number Of lamps, running from ounces up io three and four pounds and that ihe reported isoeals-Liyee psR1sd lsnap moi tbe spectre of goid-iurned brain II vas real-was theTe-ke sop ir
 On reaching San Bias, on his way down, the Lieutenant saw some MexicaAs, who reported that thousands ot their co0nsrymen, from Sonora and other of ihe Northern States, rushing up 10 the mines, and the Indians were holding bloody revelry among then, massacreiag. numbering and robbiog by wholesale. But few emigrants had reached the mines, from inc South American coast below and Oregon. He is an oh traveller of the mountains and plains and from his representa- tons of the country over which any of those re- ported benis and armies will have 10 pass who are how their way, am ready 10 fear that incredible suffering will be met and throughout the line the road vii be dotted, like mile stones, with new ade graves.
 On beard the Oregon came the ninth wonder of ihe workable last and greatest. Fourteen men, who, IE one seasons miniag and trading operations, had returned this far 10 their homes in the States satis fed-f0GTees nez trsih rsaeA moaey Asy araaied W hat a sAoar they would make al Barpum's, Gen erai Tsyior's and General 7xsmbs would be mo- where. Lieut. B. was not one ct these-Ae goes to the States on orders, and forthwith returns 10 his ioFfnne-sad be says be knows where # is He has ctiy site bought ii for s2, 2,0O0 and in few days reiased f 900, for ii IS at commanding pon, Divers other persotfs have fown and city rsta,s ia their pockets after the fashion of the Michigan and Ohio paper city mania in IS36 but probably with less strater prsrleges. At san Francisco real tate had run up 10 an enormous increase in value One year ago iot was purchased al Sl00, which is held al si0,Ooo hoases were greatly Tn demand. Any kiod of affair. such is the scsrci- ty of lumber,) that would answer tn. purpose Of shop, would rent at the rate ot S3.0se 10 5D0 per year. Provisions lad been stzrviBgIy high, but were coming down 10 the point of reason Labor ing were difficult io ob,ain-in the wet season at Sl00 and S300 per moath--in the mining season they lAugh at yea for offering them anything. Ser wants, there were none-poor Rea, there were none. tf poor devil, by exeesses, gaming, &c., during the rainy exhausted his tker-kef gold-s1fe all he had 10 do was to hire himself a couple of months a, labos. and he had the munitions again inG picking up another fortune after the gold season cpeas. This is not rare rase. At thas point lies the schooner Ciisi. s days from San Francisco he crew of which gre mostly of this class. Tue Cap
 tain chartered the vessel te bring down the mail af the 'scsftfavHsa.' 'hrn deserted and laid ur. frr winch trip he got Si0.00o; hls crew receive S2O0 per iDonth and will soon bc back again, flash of funds and reinsigorated for the mines in the heart of the digging seascs.
 Throughout the country ali is gold crazy. The people of the coast talk of nothing else and labor for other object than to get II. From the reenn about inc Ga, tisey going forward. m, stopping ta make dtSroapT1eS fhe1g own kafifFdea kafi