The Arkansas banner., 1849-04-03
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(From tI'c New Orleans Picsyune.

above what +e might have looked for. laborieg under ,he disadvantages the editions do. From it's i n1mbers of the ith, iith, 18th and 25l of January we eStfact copousiy. he winter has been Q very severe one through | ont the eoaniry, but we have account or dis. ! trees among ihe miners, The following paragraphs are enough o relieve any fears oh%ths soore. The following is from paper of the llih:
 The Mines By recent aFriTals from ihe mines, | we ieafn verh3iiy that al the Snnisaux, there is | from twelve 10 eighteen inches of snow; on tue Mockcemy and Dry Greek, six to ten; and at the l Dry Diggins. four 10 six. IL is highly probable that while have had much rain hete in inc lBst week, there has been considerable snow ;n tl,e mines. Al the last accounts. however. tha sniuers were stf digging little, The stream had not risen any All reports in representing the condition of the miners very comfortable. They have good lopa 1 houses and plenty of wood aud provisions. Good l judges of opinion that there is least six months provisions in the mines We add another paragraph from paper of later | date. From the MiHes.--Geuemen recently arrived i from the north of the proiracted severity of the in thai section of country Probably a colder winter was never experienced in California Communication between Fort Sacramento and the | mining district is entirely cut off Snow has fallen 10 the depth of six and eight inches, and still remains upon the ground. The rivers are rising rapidly. The Sacramento, informed, rose fifteen feet in three days. Business at the fort is represented 
 l The following is from paper of the 2jth-the 1 latest we have: ~ | The Wtather--Since our last publication, with the exception Of one clear day. we have had nothing but succession of southern gales, accompanied with rain. The shipping in port have been drag ging their anchors several times but fortunately nc dsmage has been sustained. Communication from Sacramento city and Stockton with the mines is entirely cut of, the whole of the lowisads being under water. Many wagons laden with merchan- disc and provisions destined for the mines, have been stopped by the heavy storm, and will probably not get through until the spring. Persons coming down from the mines have been obliged 10 swim and wade half mile at time. In the mines the snow varies from to three feet in depth
 Col. Benton's famous letter io the people of Cali 1 fornia. was published on the llth of January. The following week the editors of the Alta California remarked upon it as follows:
 | Col. BeRtoH's Leher.-in the main, the letter of Col Benton, which we published hast week, is well meaning document, but he has evidently mis- taken the cabre of the community he was address | ing. ft cerisinly must he esteemed a most par tcnlar favor by the citizens of California that he has extended to them his patronge and the paterna soiicitude for our welfare that he exhibits does credit to his intelligence and humanity. l His personal attacks upon distinguished army officers are in bad taste, and by many will be con sidered unjust.
 l His recommendations to the people of this coun- try, though partaking strongly of the tone which pedagogue may be supposed to toward pupil, substantially what the citizens are now acting on aud with the sanction of his great name il is to be hoped that the cause of provisional gov ernment will not be allowed 10 retrograde. i Col. J. D. stevenson has felt himself aggrieved i by Col Benton s letter and replied to it at length through the Alta California We have not yet had i time to read it.
 We have the proceedings of several meetings of citizens to consider of the necessity of forming provisional government and appointing delegates to a convention for this purpose. his convention 10 have been held the 5ih day of March. bat l in order that all parts of the territory might be iatFS represented, and 10 give time to Congress 10 provide a territorial government the day for tlte convention to assemble has been changed 10 the st day of May next.
 The latest news which had been received at San Francisco on the 25th January, reached there that day by the American schooner Swallow. fifteen days from Mazatlan. Thereby the Cafornians learned the election or General Taylor.
 By the following paragraph, from the paper of inc 18th it appears that Gen. Lane in San Frau cisco, on his way to Oregon. He took the southern route from Santa Fe to Los Angeles: l. The United States store-shp Southampton ar- rived from San Pedro last evening. We ure in- formed that she brings Capt. Smiths company Of dragoons 10 be stationed ot the Presidio of San Francisco. Gen. Lane, the newly appointed Gov ernor of Oregon, is passenger in her. He arrived at Los Angeles by the Santa Fe route. His suite is
 
 The Alta California copies paragraph about ! meeting of seamstFesses in New York, complaining of their hard work and poor pay, and comments 1 thereon follows: i We would advise colony of these same working girls 10 come 10 California as soon possible. | They earn from S5 10 $35 per day in the man. ufacure of clothing; and, if they be anxious to do still better than that, they will find hubdreos of young, good-looking and enterprisiDg meR, ready to embrace an opportunity which promises good wife. Girls, do you hear thetl Our readers, we presume, are becoming impatient 10 hear something about the gold, but in truth gold is scarcely mentioned in the file before us. It IS very rarely alluded to. | By paper of the 18th we perceive that there | have been some slight difficulties with the Indians They are not worth reporting here, but the com ments of the Alta California seem candid We copy them: 1ae IadidRs-In another column will be found | letter from correspondent at Sacramento City, de- taiing the partieu uars of the Indian fight which | recently took place in that region. We regret 10 hear that such events have transpired, and we are sorry to believe that the difficulties have grown out of the r1shness of the whites rather than the culpa biity Of the Indians. From onr observation | whilst in the mines, we do not believe the Indians desrons to take life although we have no doubt they will always be found ready to steal They are | a pnny, cowardly, and perhaps treacherous race, and only require 10 be closely watched Neverthe less, we have often witnessed, the part of many white men, disposition 10 wantonly maltreut and abuse the Indians " whenever it Wss in their power. This has become much matter of fact with that they regard Indian life Us htle better than the fife of dog. Such feelings and such con duct manilesily wrong. they are most assur- ediy iniudcious and it will probably be found that In nine cases out ot ten t Is to the wantonness of the whites, than 10 the criminaIity of the In daus, that difficulties and outbreaks are owing
 We trust that the we'll disposed of the miners will condemn conduct which is likely 10 involve them- selves and the country al large in an Indian war; and that they will do so in a manner which will re- strain the reckless and vicious whites.
 Com. Jones is endeavOring to coax some of his l deserting sailors hack, by promises of leniency towards them, but with what success We do not | learn.