, 1859-06-15

: In the face Of these facts and figures Went
worth has the hardihool to state that tho man
can toll for what purpose tho city needs mo1'~
cTl" and tlat ian injunction is applied aor TO
arrest this .4travagance and prodigalityl'
= Wentworth himself, is the main causa Of tho
present want Of money. Had he honestly
stated tic truth IN regard to the city finances
to his successor, rate Of taxation would
l.nyc been levied, which would llavo cleared
away the old liabilities, and left the city only
to provide sufficient funds for current uses be-
tween the first day Of May 1859 and tax pay
ing time. But in order to retire from Office
with little financial credit, he pcrpctrated a
villaiuons fraud not only upon his successor
hut on the people Of the city, creating the be"
Lief that he had squared Off oil tho floating
debt and left the treasury in condition to su''-
sst and flourish On ten mill tax! He IS
now engaged in getting up injunction suits to
restrain the city from providing for the pay
rncnt af his oton d.fcits Preserving the fair
credit Of Chicago ho denounces as ''e1trava-
gancc and prodigality,' and the purpose Of re-
ducing the short 10 per cent bonds to long 7
per cents, is called running the city in debt =
This people have been afflicted with Dyers,
Grangcrs, rrendcrgasts and 0'Malleys, and
supposed they Lad ended tic catalogue; but tho
biggest nuisance they have yet endured seems
to have been reserved for the last
Latest from Pixies Peak.
We havc the RocEy Mountain Ii<us Of May
sotb, published in the Pixies Peak region. We
find in i. no confirmation Of the stories told by
telegraph of the discovery Of large deposits Of
gold; but we hare the assurances Of the editor
that he has been in the mountains, IS to 40miles
from Cherry Creek, where he found my number
of men getting s. to $3o day for their mining
labor. lie says:
Entering the mountains we will first lock at
the mines or washings on Vasquez River, about
81 miles from the mouth Of Cherry Creek in
direction little north of west in Latitude 40
degrees. These we're discovered about the
tenth Of May bv the "Ihicago COMPANY and
are now worked by some 500 men, lnauy of
whom are making from to s dollars per day
with very Indifferent mining facilities. The ex-
AeA4 Va tAIcC ~ AHUut AHn ~ I've
miles and no more has yet been prospccted
with any care. Tic Chicago Co. hare located
their clains on Chicago creek, i tributary Of
the above stream, aud are preparing to mine on
an extensive scale. They have set their pile ut
high figures and feel very confident
The Ntus speaks Of another claim as yielding
&sn to S1oo per day, with four men ; second
doing quite US we'll a third ditto; fourth $50,
six men; a fifth doing better; sixth $50 n-dnv
one man-al of which he AYERS he saw with
lis own eyes! He speaks confidently of quartz
veins and Of enormous expected yields.
We copy from the Emigrants Register"
published in that paper, the following arrivals
of Western men, all between May l4tt, and
May aGth:
co,d. chap:l @ Fl Iys~?* m sscu 81 s*eas cIss
t!zns f!oai Wnnebako Comfy Ih-so men n c.,uIs'y
John Wieks tsatttvis n Joseph County, Mlcl-a4in in
.;s slsn fi,t ! s1t Gs;;c9 3 MS 4,,:, Ma4S
t:ev calstt finn, flka lnd-4ll wcIS9 days irun 81
"ssP ",Pk MI; Ill., % III. fgss nn fa S,aF 1
nns train, Nayan SolEE no,y Ns forls. Jcssup nd :;
VIII III se1e nsx Ma aGn II y tss ssE Gas
& !es a: s: iSmIi9s ,. L. !ad W. Mn E ph Mm
-ssll,s r.m Lraysnxonh smoky iiIi rou,t u IL
Kinney s. u. Moorc, n. Mcarty, u. Mctay j. kcnnr.
;;a,l. nrlia:as. ii; j. b:Sd i;;i: T. Aai:peas:
j. sah. aS H. t. s;l'fS Stso, III H. D'As u a D. Ak'"
As IN Offset to the favorable report brought
by the Aen* VIC have the statement of Frcdcr-
lex Stockwcll, and John Webb and his two Sous,
all Of this city, who were Of this Springs c,ni-
grafton. They left Denver City Oh the first Of
May, after having explored and worked in al
most erery part Of the mining country witLont
going into the mountains, which the snow at
that date forbid their doing. They are thorough
ly convinced that the whole thing is most out
ragcous swindlc; and Us proof of their opinion,
they relate, that on the way home, they met
man who called himself Joseph Bradt Of wv
oming county, New York, who was going to-
ward tie diggings in company with others to
whom lie communicated his secret, and fhcy
a!tcrwartl BETRAYED linn. IL said that
he had fifteen pounds Of bogus shot gold,"
q part Of which lie would strcw over any bit
of ground, the sight (which would enable him
the Georgia Company that went out last fall, and
that the deception was gotten mp aud carried Oh
for the purpose Of gain. IL was arrested by
the returning emf migants, aud in his trunk The
bogus metal MES found. 4 trial was had on :tle
spot, and Hradt was condemned to die the
next morning; but during the night his captors
relented, and hc WIS subsequently released, bu.
turned back toward tie Missouri frontier. We
have portion of the bogus taken from him,