The Arkansas banner., 1849-09-25

ling and bright through all the dangeTs ana pTNa- tiOns of such journey:
 oS THE Rio CYANIDE, 20fh July, lsf9.
 We are all well, and get along much better than you would suppose.
 We are now in 10 miles of Socaro, l40 miles from Santa Fe, eneamped the rolling Rio Grsnde, stream about qoarter Of a mile wide, very crooked and muddy. We have necessarily had to undergo many tolls and privaiOns, but have not suffered as much expected, for we have been blessed with good weather.
 The plains were not near as warm as we had on- ticipated they would be--there is always breeze stirring which makes il pleasant
 had some fears of the Camanehe Indians be- tween Arkansas and Sante Fe. We saw one large company of men, squaws and children, that visited our encampment--they opDearsd to want to be neTy friendly. We passed through the whole Indian country to this place unmOlested. Our company was quite large, but some got to dsobeying orders, and Capt billiard resigned, which split the company all to pieces. Since then we have been travelling in dangerous part of the country, where .he Indians have been committing dcpreda- lions upon the whites; and they actually murdered two men within , miles of us There scouting parties in all directions after the Indians. We had an escort of United States troops, under Cap tain Marcy. as far as Saute Fe. l We expected the Government would furnish an escort from Sanle Fe to San Francsco but. to our great disappointment. will have no such protec ton. We have yet to travel a very great distance through a country much more dapgerous than that l througl, which we have passed
 Our dsorganized company are getting together again, and in few days will elect their officers, and will then be better prepared to afford protec- tion.
 | expect we will stop about two weeks, soon, to rest and recruit our teams; they stood the journey very we'll until about POO miles back, when they began to become jaded and lean.
 It is about 1000 miles from where we started, in Hot Spring county, Ark, to Sante Fe; and is called l,Jq0 from Sante Te to the Bay of San Francisco: "a long. long tiresome road, and We have yet more than l 800 miles to travel. To give you full his tory of our long journey would require the space of an extensive journal.
 | Twill write whenever I shall have opportunities i of seeding my letters. Remember me to my quiring friends, &c MARY E. CONWAY. 1 .8R Old Miner in Cafi(orhia.--The following tract from private letter has been given for publi cation to the New York Tribune. The writer has long been farRar with gold digging in the mines i of Virginia and his opinions of California cordingy entitled to greater consideration than those of green hand
 WooD's CAMP, (Stanisaus Diggings,l
 June ,. ls49.
 joined two young men from Brooklyn. New 1 York, who came up in the steamer with us from Panama and commenced working in good earnest, and did very we'll for the next two weeks, making S300 each. Since we have not done so well, in the last two weeks making but $l20 apiece. The 2 Id here lies it does in Virginia. in deposits and pockets. and whoever islucky enough to stke them makes good hauls. Any that has a mind to work has Si0 or SI2 day. l think that is about the average of miners now, although there thousands who making great deal more, but that depends very much uPoa the place where they are at work On the 18th of May took out piece that weighs pound. and in hopes to get il home safe, so that you all can see it.
 | 1 have been here six weeks and have made almost $500, but hope to to better the next six weeks to come. Provisions falling every day, is the case with goods of all kinds, and should not be surprised if goods in the Fa could be bought cheap here than the States, from the great quantity shipped here from all parts of the world Our board costs us about S2 day, which is very cheap in comparison with what il When arrived here Pork was selling at s 25 per pound, now 62l5 cents; Flour Ssl. now B cents; Sugar Sl, now 45 cents; fresh Beef 75 cents, 25 and every thing else in proportion. Lynch law is the law iu force, and if any one is caught in anything out of the way he is tried by jury, aud if found guilty tenced to 80 many lashes.