, 1859-03-12
News By The Overland Mail,

.,.- y Alleosz! aRgtl!ekp,l
i. an.tams-e 1na nztt arrived tNrr making
n;sym.~s". ~ eos time from San Francisco to thu
nrs ~ oe1' noon Of ths l4th ol.imo.
n.s W. passenRsra b1 fhis arrival Ea1e Aessrs.
.rly Of 0ht8 Nj. fdsrsoi, ~ sherman,
4ezsa, ,eoinE Beg !e. Nd NJ Kicker
thRssss nssss;9s ~ SE; .iit6 p, entirely j
From tho psssengef3 from Tucson we have
some interesting information regarding the min
ing interests In Arizona. They nro connected
with tbs Santanita Silver Mining. Company,
xh1ch j. npossa for u 1estp Of Of pervons
from Oincinhttl or other parts Of Ohio, and tell
ns that the company t. working Te1y advan,a.
geous1y. Besides tha SantanitA mine, they hare
extended thar operations 70 sexeral neY Issda.
called ne saleTo, Crystal, q ero apd Busteo
lesds- The sonoTs Company: had Opened the
4;trro celorAab'ls 'lsae. liktKtss i nav dne. Neat
Fo-t Buchanan the Patagonia and Union leadA
were being worked, the former By Cox Titus, Of
kansaa memory, in conjunction WITH Captain
ENe!l and others from the Fort. Ill &he silver
mining interests Of the Territory Iook favorable.
Tho chief drawback al xlong bss been the ex.
p4ate OF t&naporting tie peccesssfy machinery
TO Arizona, and The nigh pE1ce ut lead Com.
. nan cas'ingG carried tdithsr from San Francisco
i i eest tKenty-txe cents pr potgd. hnd lead,
Ing. eosls two dollars per~pound., Tie former
difficulty still exits; and IL not subjstt to cor
rection; but tbs latter has been Qbylased By the
discovery Of lead ore in considerable !QaantitY.
NJ. Champion had ssver41 specimens, one Of
Which contained both gold mud silver.
:. Copper, alnm and iron are also found in Ari-
Weighing about 5000 pounds; lad BE- ea found
!. .s::ne.r Mouataia Pss., q Couaauehe;. .1ndian was
killed not more than an hour beiore the mail
.cotch passed by. Four Comrpches were akutk-
iug ne:r the place tos ths purpose Of running OF
1ope. 1 stock IN csse Of AeK,can. htrdsman;-
The ls*sr coneealed himst u and fred "a the In.
dians approached, shooting one donn, iaad then
retleated in Bune Aasta. J
:: Asngus Colorado: With thtde hundred
'Apaches were encamped 1t apache PAS. 1t
Was feared :by the Ehites -that .theJ would do
mischief in The spring. ~ soon a. the grass got
high enough tofA!or their operations.
.RerIy,a1d Kelly, had not bsen, uhastised. Tie
wives and families of the murdered men vera
uof H4de capnves at the time. RI Ind been re-
ported Psrty Of whites arrived at the ucene
enouRh-to bsve sheu--
From the san Francisco National 14thl-
Put BAcK.-Tne steamer Uncle Sam, chartered
to carry Uulted States -troops. pack mules. bas-
gage, ammunition prov slous, DC, to the Colorado
river and which smiled On the 1lsh Inst. was sud-
denly caught {about L. O'Clock the SANE night,
*hen nearly totty miles from the HeadsI in &c
yere south s'eriy gale. As it was found allncst
impossible to kes p her head 10 wipd, it was deemed
.expedlent to throw overheard soma forty tons OF
bailey; over loo half barrels Of pork, abqut forty
bales Of hsy, aud some 600 sucks of cpal, also
spars and valoabe tiuuEs belonging to the officers.
About midnight the violence Of the hurricane
abated, and the steamer stecred for this port,
where she arrived, Last Saturday morning. TIE
scene on board with some 5o0 souls was fdght.ul.
The amount Of property sacrificed Is slated ut
-about SIS 900. Tue Uncle Sam, upon returning,
tran.felred her troops to the cort5z-
From The sscrzrnesto Unlon, 11th.
: T4a. '5txntc11, .s3ocnrr 1xn NJ Thu
State Mei,cal society. which has heef; in :acsSioS
two d1Ys IN onr ctr. Thursday tnok act;on i, Ibe
c.se Of lie aiered libel penetrated ly Dr.. r. r,
Cole, The renort OF lhe cumm;ttee apDointed tn
iuvestica1e the matter viii ha fonnd ir 4noihcr
GO umn:I A(tpf.t .tha course Of induleed bv
some oi the SIN Francisco news..a,,rrs. anf ey: