Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1859-02-10

monopoly nearly prohibiting in It's character. Ne
interest and those represent said Gen Isr;r..sS
are Immediately upon this ruad. the South Pass =
Arraiahoe county, and the number Of persons new
here and to eOie reach the South Pass RaiIroad
until they get branch Of their own at q ,listsSs
OF not much over, at the nearest point Of one bnn
dred miles and should il be practicable to rad. n,
the Cache "a poNdrc. it would not be over tV ileS
Ae importance OF TINS South Pass route to fhoso Of
US nat are here and 70 come cannot Be e.tfr,SS.l
| ieei IKE making every honorable eOncessions 10
other portions OF our common country to seeu,-o
what to us is of such vast Importance We Ar nov
here IN great numbers at the very entrance 81 Ia
south fass, may say, and We dnd It free from
snow even IN mid winter, an objection TO thisruute
that has heretofore been nearly fatal TO its bsn0
adopted, together with other cahses. The Gene-.i
then spoke OF this part Of the country as We nd it
mere IN mid winter, on this 4th day Of January
lSoS, with no chilling winds aud vii thout partics
OF snow, with clean sunshine from morning untfl
evening, with the sound Of the axe and has,n,er
greeting cur ears from at least one thousand ahio
bodied men with their coats or and the aies bnrx
ing IN our houses This, fellOw-citizeps. A. ths
KIND OF country we ask Congress to favor with A
Railroad. He then said. turning around "a All
parts OF the audience, "Haye You ever lived ina
country where you could winter stock without fo8-
der OF some kind earefally secured in due seaaar
II you have, have not. If our Eastern friends
were here would 60 with them to-Inorrow morning
and show them what they have never seen before
and down our valleys, 10 the very base Of our
beautiful m1untains with good agricultural soil and
plenty of timber. We havea country, fellow
zens, worthy the attention Of CongTess, equal in
all respects 10 either New Mexico or Utah. ipde-
pendent ef gold. But, gentlemen, as you an know.
we have gold sufficiently discovered even now 90
warrant all the emigration that may como here
with the almost certainty Of new and lAsgas depo-
sits being discovered in beautiful mountains that
are hanging over us. But few DAYS since nav ST.
six miles from here that showed him bottle con-
tanning one and one halfpOnnd Of fine gold dust
dug by himself in a few days. This is but a single
case, but oy early summer enough gOld dust Rilibe
aug from the soil beneath our feet to build the rail-
road that We so much need and must have I" ~ -
The General then asked the audience IL be-b6d
drawn too high colour upon this country and It's
prospects, they all said, ,'Eo, no. He then asEl
ed the audience to make calculations for a momont
upon tie prospective revenue of this road IL under
way now and next season. What would one hun
drsd thousand passengers amount to at $50 each 10
Denver City, or the nearest approach 10 IL with ~
least one thousand pounds Of freight for each PER-
son amount to- besides the government freight that
will constantly be passing over this road Then 20
ask w m. ii. Russell Of LeayenwOrth City what bis
contract alone amounted TO within last year and
he Will tell yOu at the lowest figure, iVe mOnS az
dollars. Then comes all the commerce Of California
China and Japan, and the commerce Of mighty en-
pires, with tens Of thousands Of passengers The old
I :
look at the way business Of this proposed Rairoad--
Utah with her numerous and increasing population,
with the settlements all along the whole entire length
| Of this road for at least one hundred miles both
north and south OF this great trunk ine and you can
scarcely get figures sufficient to make the eaeuIa-
tions. In my calculations leave out the govern
ment troops, and postal eryicc, AID the mounlGin
traders freight, and the return trains Of deer elk
and mountain sheep. together with the bahalo on
the way and supply Of grizzleys for the bulls and
bears Of Wall Street, al nicely packed in perennial
SHOWS of our alpine hills a.gsf uulf
The discovery Of this Gold heid Il might be we'll %
examine. The Georgia miners were the frst 10 give
1t thorough examination; they being from gold coun-
Try were competent 10 explore. Next came the Law
] renee Kansas Company. This Company were induced
to come here from given by Delaware IN
dian by the name OF Fall-Leaf OF large auantes OF
gold near Pixies Peak Il appears that Pail Leaf had
procured some six hundred dollars near Pixies Peak
with large pieces containing from five TO teE dolIars
The price asked by Fal-Leaf eighteen dollars par
day TO show the rich deposits This the Lawrance
party agreed to pay but Big Injn thenwsnted tWO or
three OF his friends included in his party az the sse
price with himself 50 the securing Of has services fell
through But the Law party went in those
deposits but yet the spot has been found where
gold exists IN such large quantities.
The GeoTglans and Lawrence party are still here.
The GeOrgians made good prospecting, and
have taken out considerable gold. Il is generally
supposed about three Thousand dollars. The Law
renee party also done WE'LL but most Of their sum-
mer was spent in prospecting about Pixies Peak
the Georgians coming to this point which is the cen
tra point, North and South, Of the richest dggings
yet discovered. rt.-.s - f71-1
After vote of thanks to the President
the Convention adjourned, q .ae sf,
W1I, LARIMER, JF,s,
g,ob ln Pres't
&, A, LAWRENCE, See'Y