The Arkansas banner., 1850-03-26
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 frsHsisce papers ths fvliowisE iafsfmsiisn.
 Cep- Cooas- ch5rf ef the AIeKieaa non,,nirsiea
 and suite, arrived al SsA Diego, frssn iis meath oI
 ib- OIia Esvrr. oa tils Huh iassnsL Col VI eIer
 oaSeommisaioner. has noIis-d Maj Emafy. UnStsd
 Staies lepearagshicsi Engine<rs. tisaa ha hss ns
 tGrihef aes for ibs military escsrt nader hla com
 maud he letter stHiss thai geaa has bsen feand in ssn DisgO, and thSt the sosBmoeify ass ta q
 great stste of exrilemsat ubgat f. Town lots hnx.
 rlsen tness than ans hsBdnsa per cent. ia vnias
 .bs hepd zi SaeFau@nto clty was reoedInK. Tbs | Placer Times of the 18th 1saa.ry snys. Ihe water is auw bslsw mAay places sn fhs Em-
 bafesderp, ssd is Besrly o Secasc street BaEinsns
 IS eetng rususaed bE many. sBe wD fbiRk next werK
 wi!i nd ss a the fa its e ssce-zsfnl a..ssutisn- | AgAia The~ei eeaucii has hess Ia sesaiaa every | sSy or two dsfiRg the ased, and iias done much
 toward relieving tbs de~st~. snd we trust iAl that body wfll soon have fnndt ts eompsss a nos; ital
 sa1iael- Tor every emergency. We hear thai ysT- I aen asd oihsr towns have safisred mors Ss less by
 The oSeFtiSws and 4so tgAi water is new sapi1y 1 rseediaE.
 l The Alta Csl:foraa of tas c4ih says; l We isarn from private soaree that the wstsrs
 are retiring al average fa Of abouf foar inches in tEeaty jour hsara On tise river bank. al Saera-
 ment0. . strip of land about twenty feet kreadlh
 extending the eliise dslaaee ef ls city, eaiireiy
 abandoned by tae ae0i. Also, in numerous Sec
 lions of the cOu1tfy ssJaesna, yew of terra hrma i eisodens the hearts e4 the imh&bt&Efs.
 1 letter from Sscianassio ely, dated 2Cth Jan l usry says.
 The satereoasinuea grAensily to receds after the arsi great demo1sigs'iss, until yesterday, g4ea t tsck-d EsiP aRd stood in up 10 this ang, sincs which ii ne Il has agaia rsrsdea fsw iBeaes- A gestenaa from GvSfgrtown. tsiiuatad high ground, ia The yieiniiy or fls south fork of tbe Afneric iE rivef.l informs us that whea hs left therr, on Monday last, there was feet sf snow on ! c at.m- l. Il. large ame1ai oi snow yet. Rn the msuatSias -
 Thiscirranlsiaaee may yet cause us more trouble. Another letter from tse satne pac-. dated 2sih {beiBg the latest inirlligencs thenerl. says: We have jast passed tive days of deighffui sun siiae, which reminds oae of May in our Ailaatie States. Uader ther influence the water hae rrceded several isches, sud people Iocking mere cheer ful aud sangainc, By the wsy, sotas of the more eaierpFising Of eiiiz-ns have calie6 meeting, 10 be held at the office o Priest Lee k Go. moF- row morning, 10 devise m-aas to preyent the water from overnoa ibg the ieyee and the banks of the 1 sloughs in ei5rreat places Many tliiak il can be doae st very trivial expense. l hope the under- taking viii prove successful.
 There is not much mining intelligence in the pa- Pers. Such there is, however, is of favorable character. The Sacramento Placer Times," ef tine isth January, says:
 Ilse treEneu5ous monntaia torrents. which have been rushing inie tl,e rivers absxe n1st have had Lag S3cCt OA iGF+1lAE new ptfs AHtCu Aft ur9ba3 prove rich Soy yet di covered Tkere nave been small flakes ged and ia streets within few days past and We SAW gentleman yesier2ay who had wasi,=a cut daIe 2 pie the bsnk ef The Sacramento, not over quartsr of Diie irom oar office Large nanbers been asiling goia Nuhin inc limits of oar city during the week wilh- cut sny great degree of sacces> however, this point being too remote from the m 'untaias.
 A ls ter from Sacramento City Of the 26th Jam uary. says:
 From the mines. is various sections tae ia teiii. genee IS favorable. and sine. the fresa7i here, a,sny have gone directly 10 the eiggings Oa the Tuba, PsTlieaary miners are sail to bv doiig we'll iR proportion to tbe tm= they work, they did last flii. aud every kncws that that has always been noe1 fer is greet yield. Ssny intelgen miners of opiuOn thai the rece,si h~avy have formed many more bars This inference seems 10 b hardly qaestio oGed by any During The past week. many pc pie here. n the abseuce el other business have amGsel themselves by search iug in the arL, and have really done the thiug up 10 advantage. Lamps weighing as aigh as hall ounce, have been picked np. One man Is ssid to have collected SsJ ih siagie day.
 1be Alta California gives the following aecOant of lire slate of thitgs iR The mi8tng districts; Our intelligence from the Placer is divesied of
 golden iH,ersst hy le severity of the winter. which -reiga- IenI-ngons from exifeme of the Iaeun- tain e0aatry the other Ihe gasi-.Dgs are deeply buried ia snow and ths rivers ioO swn!lea- lae
 weather Too cold, 10 permit of work. Miners who tssve comfortable ebas finger lh ss uii days nd
 ngIis of this wiatry visitation with becoming for nlaa- bat for tsose eDcampr5 Ine ciggiags with
 20 shelter but caHvass, tbs fare bard and Ibe only
 alternative - titat uf griing out Of ie mouatains ! Sith gres; frequency adopted The roads between i ihe valley settlements aud diggings ceplofAbly retchsd. Fair wra,lsr enabird supu!5rs 10 rescA | the various mines that provisions are in sbun-
 danee eve acre. and 10 be purchased At the most modifying p ices; iR 'nsay instances with bai ih= most trldiaE advance upen cost and freight fiSur
 hy iBe qaanii,y, IS seBg al 25 cents per pouad.-- l fork. srom 37 10 e Potatoes readily eommsn nd Si 53 per pound No other vegetables are ta be ob-
 iained On the middle and north fosks of lhs Ameri can. iners' camps are abaBaaniiy supplied with
 v-'iison. Al tse Georgetown diggisgs. settlement
 oi one thousand sus, The placer ssid 10 b. near ! y exhausted Al HsBgioWn h. near tbe xoaih fork
 where sbout 5909 people qaart~rr; aiihou sh ih-
 ssow has interrupted mining operations, the belief
 is prevalent that the proschng summer wit fise
 iile wasaiags of onabsied value hts opiaion
 which very geaersl resp=c ing The egiire country wairfed by iiss 1 rnersean river
 letter from Stockton. dated January IS, in the l Alta California. says.
 tle reports from inc mines in this vicinity are { very haitrfipg IL is said by al who have come aSSa 1ste!t lsss, th=y daing npaa aa average
 fnuen s,etier iIaa last sii who gre iu ie
 nia now are of the industrious aad .serseyeriuE
 sort-lhs idiers having sii Jeff for ihe towns an1 cfi-s large piece of rsla has ise-n taken out al l tae s0BoriAa camp. weighiag iWensy-two pounds aud two ounces, by Seaofisn, l. was afisr&sras purchased by AIBeriean. and tn b~ s8a n here
 II le days Ii conlaius i5ar poaai.s rock or 1 4aariz. 1 EETTSe OiiyEs Tar. is ~ttq,s-tl@ ia eafiag
 o'isrs- Iadiias E c.iieu i- said "a have defeeled
 an advrEi1f~f, Hba t.sssiltg hil,~eii fl as a i.ebl~sos1, hs his he5ahg tIaas~i ia ei,v~s sh . sSr%; ' being csAms II ssf to tse kRgeSs for ina i f5ATR0.e.