Arizona miner., 1866-09-12
pAH UTE COUNTY.
CAILvILLE. Jnir %. IS6

CALLvILLE, July %, 1866.
 EDITOR OF ARIZONA MiNER.-It has been some time since our mail facilities were in condition to justify Us in thinking that our c, rrespondence would Fever reach its destiua- tion. Therefore we abandoned the idea of writing bll oD Jhe r,--urre ton og tlc Ge funct in. tiiulioi ! propose ro give you few items. Our mall facilities at present are in spleB,l3 condition, arriving from Fort Mohave and St. George once a week, which gives us an outlet to all We have Co say, and an inlet for t.e news of the outside world. At Fort Mohaye there is connection with Pres ,ott, La Paz, and San Bernariino. At St. George connection with Salt Lake City.
 Wheat harvesting on the Muddy is com pleted, and thrcs.Iing has cominen ed. Crups never were better in any country. Grain well filled, and producing we'll to the acre. The greatest yield which has been threshed and measured was forty five bushels to the acre. Some contend they have as high as sixty bushels on few acres, not yet thr he'd. but the average of all kinds of 2 ain raised , this season has been good and satisfactory tn the farmer. The entire amount of wheat raised this season IS variOusly estimated from five to eight thousand bushels Barley and oats have been raised in quantities sufficient to supply the market Corn, cotton. and ve geiables have been abundantly planted The young orchards are coming on handsomely. The only drawback 10 successful farming is the depredations committed by the native. who are continually stealing and living on the hard earnings of others. They have become so bold and saucy, since their successful raid which went unpunished, that II has been con sidered wise to concentrate the three settle inents into two. The upper settlement, or St. Joseph, was abandoned, the inhabitant- | locating in St. Thomas and Simonsyille. Si monsyille. seven miles above St. ThUmas, is a tine farming location, and has fine gri,t mill, with plenty of water with fall of twen. ty-iOur feet. St. Thomas is a thriving little adobe village. Captain Smith, who is prcsi. dent of Muddy settlements, contemplate, building Fort, including eighteen acres, with buildings inside, to accommodate all the in l habltants; also correls, 10 hold all the stock of every kind. The object in this is for safe ty m case of an attack by the savages, which IS expected at present. The crops at the up- per settlement have been piIlaged and ruined since the evacuation by the Mormons; but with all these drawbacks and disadvantages tue people strive on with unparalleled eEer- gy, and guided by the counsel of their worthy and clear headed president, are changing tn. grease-wood desert into fruitful fields and de- lightful gardens
 Callylle is improving rapidly. The large stone warehouse of Jennings and company, will be completed in about three weeks, and when completed it will far surpass any build ing on the river, or in Arizona, for durability, size and beauty of structure. Eight other buildings are now under way.
 The feasibility of navigating the river to this point, and whether it is the most prac- ticable point, has led me to pen few lines in