Arkansas democratic banner., 1851-08-12
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We gleam tae following from the news by the Alabama;
 The accounts from the mines aa3 placers arc very encouraging especially irum tse rotten quartz Gisgiags.
 The newly opened quartz vein of tie Louisiana Quartz MlifsBg Company, at SandiaS, near Saaafa
 S exciting considerable attention | IS sad to be extremely Fieh and increasing in the amount of production aaisy. One days digging s sad to have produced sl0.0o0.
 The nlsaers m the vicinity of TriniaaI II ls said were averaging s per day. A. Murphy crossing, about A0 mlles fsom the mouth ef salmon rlvcr a new lead had been discovered which was said te weld S50 to s6o per day to each asan. Tue opiE lon $ expressed that when the water fails the Western rdaes wia be equal to the richest portion Of California.
 The discovery of . aew quartz vein at the head of Volcano Bar. 5a the Middle Fork, had cauSed great excitement and laTgc numbers were iocking
 n to lake poSsessloa of claims. The Sacramento Un,on says
 The shafts sunk to the depth of } to 20 feet the veins increasing n richness the deeper they are eSplared. Some of the quartz specimens have welded oeer dollar t0 The pound.
 The mines on Sc8tsfs rlEef are not represented as being very good, Yet yielding falE remuneration to the inner.
 The papers state that dariag the last few months there has been marked increase of the ggntieF sex in Saa Francesca.
 The Indian war al El Dorado was about to be +ssased py a lfeasy @tlh the lndgans who bad been Tesd8crd 10 sue for peace. The San Francisco Morning Post says
 The aosagI0us Santiago and SIX minor chiefs, w,Ih 7u0 of als peopie, were oveftakeH eR tbe soath aFaauh of the Costumes, and surprised by usgat march. by Mai haii, with detschme ut Of Capt. Ggaaaa's company. fhe Snrprs-e .heiag 50 complete, the Indians were Raahle to put themselves on the defensive, and sded for peace The chefs accompanied lhe detachment to hesd quarters al Jahnsoa'S Ranch, to meet the Com IaissioneTs and treat.
 The Indian Commission, which arrYed at Les AngeIos on the I7th of June, treated with the h. diaas al Four CseekS, PalHe's Crrek and Texas Pass At Fogr Greeks t'ol Barbour treated with 4200 warrsors. Col Barbour was to lesye Los Aasclos on the 21th for tie Rancho dei Chma and Cahoa Pass fog the purpose of making treaties with the iadisas. and 10 fetan by the way Of the TalaEe Valley 50 the military post oa the San Jo- aqaiu Lieut. Hamilton of the a Artillery, ac- e0apas.ied tEse Commission interpreter. Col Barbour wit leave for tho Colorado n Sepaember, and vii probably 6 escorted by Gen. Besn and his yOlunseeE command. The Indian Commission ly entirely out oi funds.
 Ii ss stated that DE. Wonzencrafi. one of the Indian Comlnlss oners, had been obliged 10 False funds enough upon hIs own responsibility To carry out the : yeFnmeni plan in forming treaties with and tbas pacsiyiug the Indlanss that for some months past. he business Qf hs office has been ! earned an noI by Covegnnlents bat bF private funds. The papefs make strong. aad Il seems to us, well f1unded complaints that Government has Bot furnished the means for deiEsying the expenses oF ,he Commission. Evcn the 5<5 .000 spprop1ia- ted, they say, has not been FscesyeG.