The Arkansas banner., 1849-11-13

mach Intelligence, and Of spirit superior 10 every hardship. OI party of six that sought the mines, with ths dscoaVagiak circumstance oi tie leader of sise party abandoning the enterprise upon short sria he persisted in putting il throagh and induced one more of the party to rrusin with him. This was source of agreeable surprise to many, who i annpused, from natural inidity and modesiy pe- | ealIaf to him. that he would not be competent To the hazards and hardsps of the undertaking They | arc reiolced 10 see such evidence of the ambition that aafnases him and predict for him the most brilliant But let him tell his o~ story iu his own way; it will we'll repay the Perasal;
 Bostoa Pest.
 BAvSE's BAR, July 2S, le41. nm now on tl,e north fork of tlIe Saer inento fiVer 75 miles fram Sacramento city, aud 255 miles from the town of san Francisco. al place known by the name of Barae Bar. IL Is in the midst oI mountains of the tallest kind grizzly bears, wolves ladians, snakes scorpions, and every other wid beast that can be mentioned This river runs 0O miles through range oi mountains which are so steep as to defy any teasn from goug oP df down then. vsrying from one 10 two miles in heighl.- The suu scaids down upon the head so as often 10 disable many of the miners. No rain falls here Tor egn months in the year, and very litte air courses through the steep canous, (cdny9us propouRced l have Passed through extent Of country 3O0 miles in length. l do mol hesitate to pronounce t the poorest and most barren country on American continent. have not plant growing in the county, not even acorn piusl, and often We were 0batged 10 travel a day aud IiaU Wlthout wateF man would starve to death In this part of the coantsy unless he took provisions with him. now spesk of Upper Calalornia and tho mining districts. Even the Indians are starving to death by hundreds, within ten uilss of us, but they are afraid to venture near the whites, having stolen cattle and horses beloagiag te teamsters in the curals. When Is he is instantly killed. We have been ia tine mines nine days. cannot find fault with my Gold digging is the hardest trade to learn in the world, aud 1t is often the that CIV beginners enly able for two or three weeks 10 earn their board; but courage, energy and perseverance, most to overcome every obstacle large majority Of those persons coming from the states, oa arriving at the mines and hndiBg that the gold is so hard to be got, and accompanied with SO much uncertsinty and labor, get discouraged and immediately curse the mines and leave. Tho first three days, ". did little or nothing, and Meszrs D., F. and l.. becaine dis e0uFaged and went 10 Sacramento city to engage m any bpsiHess that prosecuted itself. aIn lar rom believing they gave the mines fair trial. u re- quires Hore thaH three days or three nonts 10 test the wealth of these mountains il is true that the diggings discovered were very thoroughly dug over before arrival, but thare is gold here yet, and l shali stay and see the fire raked up. With steady labor this week, from Monday morn tug up Saturday ito dayl noon, have taken out los dollars alone, L''''' being sick with the suu headache.
 All the stories you heard in the States of the for tunes made here were in the main true, but they
 
 of Oregon have gone home rich, having secured the country and found inc rich bars and dug them over. We now dig those bars over, and some per sons told miners) able some days to make five and six ounces bat the general average al present Is one oance per day, Many do not make that, not being lucky; while mauy otiiers spend their gold as fast they get it. Provisions are cheap in San Francisco, but the rates of freight from that place to the mines high ihat il raises Jour JO eents, pork to $l % per pound, sugar 59 cents, pickles $ per pint, and everything tn like ratio. We kept Ihe most of luggage slowed on board line ship The fact is, the more goods anu luggage a man has here the worse he is off. ihs mas strange to yoa, but il one wishes to go oyef ''e hills be Is obliged 10 leave tt beii d Tor naH never buys thing here unless he wants t for immaculate use. There is no market here for anything. An article may sell for great price because man may happeh to want 1t, but yuu caupot give away an article of any description unless o"e wants 1t Tor immediate use. As Tor establishing trading house tn San Francisco, it is all madness for man, unless ls has a larg. capitol, to undertake it; moderate capitals of no account. The only capital know of in the country is labor
 In the mines there is very little sickness, with the exception of fever and Bgue and the dry scuTyy the latter produced by eating salt provisions The living is chisly flour and salt pork. We are able live this for about two or three dollars per day including tea with very little sweetenng For all this, believe the mines The most profitable place as vet, and shalt think unl aIn satisfied can do better at the settlements At least shall stay in hem (niy health permitting as long as can make ounce per day. l consider this safer than to
 i the chances of getting business in San Fran. Isco any length of time, besides running the risk of failures and changing of hands, which Is cOn- staut occurrence. Besides there many leav- tug the mines, pickering 10 get employment in towa to work here, that the rates of general wages have sank greatly. There is no deception or cheat in the pay you get out of these mountains. Old earth yields her wealth 10 those who untifing t,,r nnda in wiz he aud shovel. Almost every thing prepared in the States for the mines in the shape of outfits and ma terials for digging goid machines. .&c are sheer humbugs A very light pick, very light shovel, (you cannot give away heavy one trowe knife and an Iron spoon, with tin pan, and very light simple machine, made in tine shape of child's cradle, all that necessary work the mines the whole with couple of blankets forming load 10 pack on your back 10 go up down the river as the aiggiags may require. Tue HachBe has rid de of sheet iron or copper netting ht the head. hs dirt Is thrown into this riddle by person and water poured in and rocked by another. The gold Is found in greatest quantities by sinking down to the ledge main rock the banks of Inc rivers in the erevices. and ia positions aud places that defy oil calculation and science. have taken oi one crevice, by breaking up the slate rock for foot in depth, and finding this creyice beneath the rock, $i2 with my knife
 would not advise any man to come to Califor- mia am afraid one half that here will never ret rich. II man does come, he must not be made of curd and sweetensd milk for he go through isTis;is seses dreamed of in the States. In fact he will see the elsbhan' 10 the tip cnd of his tail l can tell you the destiny of California in few wordst As for cities sthere will never be any Men will moi stay in tine country long enough This KnId Till enrich the States, but will help this country ia the least It lacks The agricultural u- teresis, Men will mol stay in the cou1trya longer than they can accuHaiate money enongh to enable them to live little independent B inc aies There may be small interests In the lower districts, but the country wiil be miserable ill the mnes ex- haasled, aud that will not be ia our cay. C. F.
 SIaSsry in KeafEeky --The Siae Convention of keaiacky had made the report the subject of slavery the order of the day for tho 22I ut. The lst section forbids the General Assembly 10 pass laws eEnauci mating slaves without tie cobseui of