, 1859-05-21
Twenty Thousand Enrngcd PIkess
.pcakcrh OH their Return.


ST. 'u-EEts. Mo. May 9TH. 1S;e
Nm. EnlroE The steamers 1atan aud Viii
tiam Campbell arrived to-day from OInaha with
over a hundred tliscontcnted Pixies Peak emf
grants. They bring derlorable accounts Of
mining prospects, and rcrurt terrible suffering
aud privaton on the pains, 1t is estimated
that twenty thousand men have their backs
turned upon the n>l1es between here and Furt
kearney who will reach tile Missouri river towns
within a fortnight Most Of them are destitute
Of money and tAc nccessarles Of life. and are
made reckless aud desperate BY reason Of their
de<olate conditinn.
Threats are made Of burning Omaha, st. do
seph, 1.eaverwortal and other river towns on
their arrival, and 1T Pllttsnlauth fears Of their
c1rryin. thcir threats INTO execution are cur
rent. and some Of the residents hare Chased
their business and fed tllc place. Two thous-
and men ARE reported at Plum Creek. fifty miles
West OF Omaha, III Il starving condition, and
considerable excitement exists I'LL along the RI
yer from here tt Omaha. This is without doubt
the advance detachment ofthc immense rcturn-
iny tl,ron. which l,:ls crowded the Missouri ri
yer towns the last two months IN their western
weary way, anil before I'll" expiration Of i week
We shall be oyerrun with returning emiurants.
In this cjtv there is fear OF violence, bu: snine
ut the upper stnalcr towns may suffer injury at
tic hands Of the destitute and hungry men.
1t will be remembered that these men bare
even to Fort kcarnv. Their information comes
from second parties, aud not from positive
knowledge. The last accounts from. The mines,
received here from parties knuWn n st. Joseph,
nre quite favorable, and miners who have been
at Denver through the winter are not only re-
turning. but have sent for t!lcir friends to CONG
IN and lravc their business here Us best they
can, but to leave it anyhow. Some Of thosc On
tllc way are determined tu push On in spite uf
the panic which seems TO have taken a large
portion OF tie crniErants like 4 wl4ir1wind. Just
a. the Campbell wls leaving kulo, Nebraska,
man WAS reported to have arrived direct from,
the mines, with the news that Denvc: City had
beer, burned. cal.rot say whether this is i
fresh runlor, or the old one re-told.
Horace Greeley went dawn IL Leavenworth,
this morning, IN the steamer Platte Valley.
MORE rsFAyoxABLE NEWS rnoM r1xx's rEAK.
lFron t:sr st. t"sepl West, May 1h.l
We Yesterday morning had conversation
with Mr.. sisanuus, Of krukuk, Iowa. who WIS
just in from the plains. Mr.. Stannus was one
Of large PARTY Of Pike's Peak cmiurants. some
cd in the mines for about I'll ghtcen dAvs He
WAS not ut thu mines himself, hayjny stopped
ln' mills this side to await the result Of the TX.
a,ninatons made by his friends The whole
party returned, hayin. satisfied themselves that
they could make nothing in the mines. The
besI HltHnIs 1AeF Ipunu would average nnlF
fourth OF Z cent to the pau. The party trled
the four digSings known rs Cherry Greek. Arar-
pahoe, Mexican mid Table Mountains ngvin.s,
I'LL Of which are ;buut alike. 1t was thought ut
first that gold would be found higher up IN the
mountains, but all who tried were Disappointed;
the higher up they went tue less appearance of
gold they found. The whole party unite in con-
leuuing tile thing as hulnbug gotten up BY
traders and SPECTATORS.
In gain. out. tue purity met about one hun-
dred emiyrants Il day returning on foot, nearly
all of whom were i'll destitute circumstances -
They all gare the san'c account in regard to the
mines. though the traders along thc road still
contended that miners were making from eight
to ten dollars u day. One Of this COMPANY. as
Mr.. Stannus stascs, bought up all the soid lie
could find in Aurara and Denver cities, amount
ing to t. IS.