Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1858-12-09

The Overland Mail via the Southern
route, which lett San Francisco at mid
night on the 5:h OF November, reached this
city last evening.
The mail brought six passengers =
Messrs. Evans, Brock, and Fick!im, from
San Francisco; r. P. Kelley, from El Paso,
aud Lieut.. Mowry, and L.sP. MckibOen,
from Arizona.
The information we append is obtained
from Lieut.. Mowry, The Delegate 10 Com
sress from Arizona, and from Mr.. Mckib-
ben, resident Of that section, both OF whom
are passengers by the present mail, and en-
aouie 10 Washington City. Lieut.. Mowry
lett the gold mines on the 4th OF November,
al which time about $50 men we're at work
there, making on an average from seven TO
ten dollars per day. Gold has been discor-
cred on both sides of the ella river for a
distance of several miles, beginning about
twenty miles above Fort Yuma. 1t has
also been discovered some sixty miles above
The present diggings. The Overland Mail
Company are running extra stages from
Los Angeles TO the mines FOR the accom-
mediation of emigrants.
A town has been laid out, called ella
City, and buildings are rapidly going up for
three miles on each side oil the mail route,
which passes through The town. The min
ers are engaged in their operations from
three quarters Of a mile 10 Two miles from
the Gila, which stream affords plenty OF
water for washing the god. The mining
implements are Of the rutest construction,
and, Of course, when those OF improved
construction are introduced, the production
will be CORES pondingly increased. The
dust is hauled in carts and carried in sacks
10 the river. Our informant brings several
hundred dollars in gold from these dissings,
Of very fine quality, and much resembling
that of the Yuba river in California. Some
OF the pieces are worth from fifty cents 10
two dollars. Nuggets worth twelve dol
lars are not unusual. Up TO the 4!h inst,
five thousand dollars worth of the ore had
been taken out, although previous to which
time the d:ggIngs have been known but two
months.
A party Of five men, working north OF
the ella, were making sixtytwo cents to
The pan.
Every part Of the country yet prospected
in the vicinity Of the mines has proved
auriferous, and the opinion is current among
old miners that no richer sarace dIeslnss
exist, even in the most favored portions 81
California, than are 10 be found here. MIR
Bartlett, Coils. Gray, Emery, Lieutenant'
Park and Mowry, predicted the discovery
Of gold III this region, basing the prediction
on evidences afforded in their explorations
five or six years anterior TO IFS actual dis
covery. The probability is that the entirs
region is gold bearing. Plncers have beer
worked at the Santa Rita copper mines, fiv'
hundred miles in direct line east OF The
Arizona diggings.
AS the mines are located en- nsuira
ground between that of the Yuma and Pllno:
tribes, no danger is to be apprehended FROM
hostile Indians.
Political meetings were held at the mines
on the 18th of Nov, AT which resolution:
were passed, endorsing the action of The
convention, at Mesia and Tucson, and ask
ing Congress for Territorial organization
When Lieutenant Mowry left, the Sonor'
Silver Mining Company was smelling abou
one thousand ounces per week. A new
smelling furnace and amalgamation work
were expected 10 be completed in about tw'
weeks, when they would be able TO smell
several thousand dollars worth Of ore pei
day. The company had several hundret
tons of very rich ore ready for the smelling
process. The Sopori Company had cOnclud
ed the purchase of the titles OF their proper
ty, and were about commencing active op
eratiens.
The Patagonia, San Antonio, Pacific an,
Santa Rita Companies, are, actively at work
Lieut.. Mowry brings several fine specimen
supply is almost inexhaustible, and in fac
in such abundance that it is oltimes knocke
ont Of the ground by the feet of travellers
horses. A fair portion of emlgrants settle,
in this country the present year, and man,
were prevented, by want of government
protection.
The population Of the territory is iron
twelve 10 fifteen thousand, The vote cas-
for Delegate was 1852, out Of which Lieut.
Mowry received 2S40. Two years ago, a
the last election of Delegate from New
Mexico, Mr.. Oero and Mr.. Baird pollet
1900 votes in the Rio Grande portion O
AriZonia. The population has since in
creased considerably. In the western por
lion of the Territory, including Tucson
Tubac, Sonorita, Colorado City and tn
mines, there are thousand American
votes. The people OF the Territory hav
by mass meetings, conventions, &C., mem
oralized Congress for u separate organiza
zion. Resolutions asking for boundar,
line through Texas 10 California, along tn
34th parallel, and declaring the utter in
compatibility OF existence under the gov
eminent of New Mexico, have also bee
passed. Arizona receives no protection
Of any kind from New Mexico. The coun
try is entirely without law, except on
court of inferior jurisdiction at Mesilla. /
the entire region Yves, Of the Colorado 70
six hundred miles there is no authorit
higher than that of Justice of the Peace
who is elected by the people.
The towns are governed on the old Mex
lean plan. There are three times as man
Americans in Arizona as in New Mexic