, 1859-01-08

The Southern Overland Mail OF San Francis.
co, dated 10Th December, and four days later
than ,he previous mail and the steamer files, de-
lisered at New Orleans vio Tehuantepec, md at
New York via Panama, reached this city at the
customary hour last evening.
The time cut is tTenty i've days, End but Tor
au accident to the coach between Springfield
and Tipiop, end delny from similar Cause at
punt further West on the route, the time Of
travel would have been shortened to less than
twenty four. Between the stations ADORE, the
roads are very heavy and deep in mud, but be
San Francisco. they, as we'll as the stock Of the
company, ere in excellent condition.
The weather was severely cold 1T Ell Paso, Tor
d latitude 30 far South, aud there had been sev-
eral Epow etorms just previous to the passage
Of the coach through that place, but they sersed
Ut Apache Pass ind its vicinity, which We de.
scribed week or Two back, had entirely disap,
poured, leaving no obstruction whutever ulonE
that portion Of the route
The passengers BY this arrival, who came
through to ST. Louis, are Messrs. u. G. Woods,
ind ii. D. t. Miller, Of Sun Francisco, and
Chus. L. Sherman, Of FL paeo, Mr. Clark,
special agent of the Post Office Department,
wao had been on tour Of inspection TO 1ude-
pendeuce, Santa Fe aud +! Paso, was passen.
ger from the last named place to Fort Smith,
trou whence be Was to proceed to " Washington
CITY by way Of Memphis.
Mr.. Woods from whom the Introductory part
Of our statement is dcrlred, furnishes US with
Bou1e highly interesting information regarding
the Bt4te Of the gold miues Of Arizona, uud the
warlke feeling Of the Camaoche 1ndians to-
wards the whites. Our informant ssates thIt
they have already declared wur, and cites one
or two incidents Of recent occurrence that
evince hostile disposition on their part. The
effect of tie severe chasti.ement they sustained
ii the hapds Of Mujor Van Doren and his CON-
-, 4
Of friendly Indians under Chiet Ross, eurlT in
October last. Seems to hare been lost upon the
Cananches, and will have TO be repeated before
thcY a1e reduced to thorough suhjectlon-
Captain Skilinlan, Of Ell Paso; Ar. Ramste:u,
living in the Piney, and Mr. Bradford DAILY, OF
Apache Canon, all Of whom know the Canaan
ches well, arc Of opinion that they will soon at
tuck some one Of the overland stages, and whsn-
ever they can arrange an ambuscade by which
an assault Can be made with suticient security.
| Tie four companies Of the second U. 5. Cav4l-
ry that were ordered TO Fort Deilnap, Fort
| Was.,ita and other pusts in that country, aban-
doued by the transfer Of their garfisous to the
| ulAE line ol operations, We're at Fort Smith
| wli.p the mail came through. and were to leave
fur tile West un the day following. The early
| prerence Of the tToups, however. will check the
| Caaunches and terrty them INTO course Of
| Euod behavior before they can do buy Ter5 seri.
| Jus mischief.
Major Ben, McGuIloch, sent out on Govern.
meut nss6iuu 10 ihls part Of Gaoy amos, in So-
nora, had arrived nj EI Paso by the last out
bound maiT. lie had declined to sasisfy those
| who were curious to learn the object Of his mis-
s,on. E1 Sher.u Jones, Of kausas, was pro-
| ceediug safely on his way, accompanied by his
| family. The destination 0! Mr. Jones is Paso
Del Sos1e, where he will relieve Caleb Sherman,
the present United etutes Collector Of thut
pface.
Is Cal. Titus, Of Kansas, and Nicsraxua memory
had gone fron, Tucson TO ratoni'a Silver mine.
From lhe Gi!a River Mines the news is Of IA
| yorable character. Some Of the miners, dis
couraKcd by lack of water ter mining opera
| tons. had gone away, but they had been more
/ than replaced By arrivals from the San Joaquin
Valley. Four or tive hundred men were it
work, making m acreage Of hTe to fifteen dol
lars per dog. Owing to the difficulty Of getting
water t,hey haye to carry the dirt in sacks dis
lance Of mlls 10 mile aud half, j they wash
ed &c dirt that yielded less than twenty five
cen1s per pan. In prospecting a range Of coun~
iry extending along both banks Of the Gila for
tii,v OF sixty miles, and three to five miles wide,
bad been examined. Gold was found to exit
throughout this whole range. Quartz Was abun.
dant, but no quartz mines had been opened.
T~o or thres agents of San Francisco Mining
Companies were examining the country to as
certain If machinery for crushing quartz could
| be- introduced with profit. Mr.. NoudB exhibit
ed 10 US a pair Of sleeve bustons Of elegant
! workmanship, made By Mexican jewellers in El
Paso from Gila gold. All their work is said 10
display rare degree Of skill The miners were
| rapidly bnilding up town of shanties called
| birchslte, in honor Of Mr. Birch who first
discovered the deposits along the G!is River.
The weather had been unusually cold al
through the country. The Star d. Los Angelo.
Of the llth. snys:
never failing topic for m item has been o
all kinds during the past week. the prevailing
and most annoying feature being the intenst
cold.
The San Francisco Bulletin Of the 1th, says
The thermometer, just before sunrise, stood 3
IS degrees four degrees lower than on FEida,
morning last, which Was regarded ~ e1sraordl
narily cold. 1t is rare in San Francrco. eves
in the course of Years. that the mercury falls 81
low rs Is degrees.
CoLpEsr OF 7uk SkAsoS.-Tuesday, Dec 7tb
| Was tho codcst of the sessou in Sacramento. tn
thermometer Of Dr.. Logan registering - de
grees-the minimum attained since the Goth Q
January, 1854
Coin WEATHER IL 1uE MorS1A1Ss.-The Ns
| yada Democrat says that the bitches throughou
! the county are frozen up, and mining operation d
have been mostly suspended Tor the present
We learn that the snow il much deeper IN th
mountains aboye than at Seradh- At daTligh1
| TuesdaY morning, the thermometer stood beo'
zero.
"OykR1AxD Tx1kGR Aru."-A letter from Pll
ce1yiIle Of the 4th December. mentions the II
turn to that place of F. 4. Bee from Carson Va
Icy. MIR. Bee reports that he has made tho NJ
cesssrY arrangements for the immediate col
structon Of another hundred miles Of tho Hun
bold, Telegraph. l. portion Of the material
already on the WAY over the uountsins-
INDIAN TROUBLES IN TkHAxA Co.-The 1ndia1
in TehAma County have recently been cAusiu
: much trouble in Round Valley. which seems
! have ended. for the time. IN their wholesaie d
struction. The Tchama Gazette Of the 5th d
u | cember says Of the matter:
q Many OF the farmers have recently lost = lar
=, | plumber Of beef cattle. and one man, within
short time, has had stolen from him TIN head
!. valuable horses Swine without number have d
appeared, together with other things Of more
!, less value E1spe.atcd beyond endurance, L
t rancheros sailed unt into the woods one day l.
= week, and killed nine Of the ringleadefs- T
). day following, Mr. S. ?. Storms, agent At Nor
4 Cult, being called upon to investigate the matte
= ordered the di4ns to produce ron among the
= those who bad heen engaged in The s1eali1
TxentJ oue were given up. Intending to set I
/. example by hsng1ng some Of The worst, ~ dl
- took he precautlon to examine their huts tor ,
rows to his surprise be found but three. the q
a e1s bcing undoubtedly concealed in the eru:
while preparing to do as be had proposed, t