, 1859-12-20

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states men mho IRE stripping for the hghs Of
1860, and the 4a1ious domestic affairs Of your
homes and neighhorhoods your venturesom
brothers AWAY. out hare in this little 1olated
community arc acting out one Of tho political
problems Of the day, which if taken at first
principles is Of somc importance. Popular
Sovereignty has here living example, and if
the Senator from 1tlfunis who Is so-carefu that
his sentiments in favor Of that doctrine should
travel in the road Of popalaz htera.urewith th4
stamp Of exclusivenss upon then, docs not
adopt d Is h(s faithful pupils be will hare lost
that consistency; which: h; contends. h has
slWa Ways kept intact, and which tie Republicans
-say. he 10 entirely lacks. Pending our c1se in
Congress The Territorial squabble between
Judges Douglas aud Black has for us consid-
erabia interest, and It secma from the ,dtilt Of
the argument between the great debaters that it
is to the Douglas side tba. We must look for
support. OF course the Republican party will
befFiend us, and with such support re will be
likely to succeed, thut is, to get bur laws affirm
ed by Congress and our debt ehonldered by the
broad shouldered and benignant Uncle sam
who earrys 30 many prodtless post oflices, use-
Less and expensive foreign ministe5s, fat army
|: cpHsEsetors, etc; Oh his back.
t: From estimates recently made it il supposed
that the .nholc cost Of our provisional govern
ment for the first year will not exceed se5, 600.
and il thn figure il reaehed many will BE- sur.
prised.:
AH our salaries aud expenses have been fixed,
.or viii be fixed, with an eye 10 the fact thak .
yoqng community which is but III able To II
taxation is to bear the burthen.: .::,.,-
General harmony prevails in the Legislature
and business is being TRANSACTED very rapidly.
Nearly all tho bills before the Assembly are of .
general nature, and very little private lesisls.
tion will be done, The weather is clear and
somewhat chilly; but very fne for the latter
part Of November. Ono does not feel the cold
weather here near 60 much rs in Illinois, which
Is probably attributable tothe very dry attnos-
phere.
Much talking is done here about railroad,
and every one is hoping thai some action NAV
be taken this winter, either in Congress or
among capitalists, that viii hasten the desired
end. Two facts are plain, railroad to this
country would cost lcss in proportion,t to dis
tanee than any where else in the world, and it
would be equally profitable.
~,"" November, 70, 1ssa.
Through new regulation in closing the mails
my last letter did not get in, but hope to be
more punctual in future. ..
The arrival and departure Of the weekly mail
coach is .quite an important eyert among us
'who carried with rs to this abor. .zinal land the
Yankee spirit of inquiry and investigation
which makes rs news loFing people. When
: the mule team stops before The Express Office
door aud depositsita public charge an eager aud
impatient rrowd collects around the Office and
wait with no great share of patience The open
ing Of the mail. The Learenworth and pike's
Peak Express Company furnish only one clerk
to ana"er the Gala Of the thousands who attend
the Office, and when the wicket is opened = file
is formed that all may have = fair chance in
turn, and when it happens that one obtains a
place near the rear Of the phalanx it isno pleas-
ant thing to wait the necessarily slow motions
OF the clerk who has ''dust" to weigh for
"change."". Sometimes IN hour of patient '.step-
ping up in the rants" cldpses before you are
lace to face with the T. II. One redeeming
feature Of our postal arrangements, however. is
that we have a. most excellent P. II, in Mr,
Stack, who seems to have been born for the
place, so we'll does be discharge his duty. Our
cities Of Denver aud Auraria would be fine
field for the sensation" penDy.a.liners of the
Eastern press; each day and night would haye
its incident, fatal aaray, a daring robbery. an
Unfair Of honor" and the Thousand and one
items which a little judiclous coloring would
mako startling; all these might: be obts;ned
here from week to week. But matters thst
would be looked upon with surprise-and7 horror
in our ou,et well regulated co,o,nun;.;.. - -.
are here considered almost matters of rorrsa
aud make only a nass;no rc;,a,n.nt
amn,e of tb;s la, - -.
red. anu "a It nert,;na IN ~. 49, - Iu
Of some considerable ;mno,ta,rs hsrass
that Nerspaner nrorr;at,r. s.,n ..;.,. .':', :'e
the names Of de,;nonent .na ,1..a.s:. ~ ~
orr: be this cu.toma1, or mt ~ os9;.as -
Rocfv Mouakaia A<zat .b.. t,tan IT. ..,,...
with several persons WIN bave mt mi. a.~
lectcd but refused to nav tha-nr;nta, p....:i.
gentleman well known here a,d . n.eL. -
that class Of community who cons;dsr ..n;s,o,a
and ten pac.s" a sofereipn re,nedv f,- 5.......,
honor. lc.t for the States ,ef,:;na -
Printers bill. Nr, Byers Of tbe 15,,. nnhi;.has
the fact, and wss straicbtwav ohs,i..aas i.
mortal Qeubat BY aftieod Of tbe ahaen. asa.,s
man. All praise to LII. Drer. tba chs,,ans.
was refused, and the cround. nf raf,.., 80.
stated. This raised the cho1er Of thu cent1s.
man Of the Duello, who called a nub];c mset;nr
to compel Mr.. Byers TO come to hi. marrow
bonea OF stop the press, The meet;no WA
largely attended, but the cbiyalrv were IN tbe
minority and the liberty of the nres, WA v;,d;-
Gated.
Der ,s,a
Since writing my letter of yesterdays date.
The weekly mail has arrived from tho East.
bringing the PREss md TRIBUNE Of the 18th
INST, aud it is to au article that appear. in thst
ssue as copied from the Missouri 6spu5lican.
hat wish to reply. The article referred to
contains so much scazrillity and fa1sehood, that
ander ordinary circumstances it would be- m.
worthy Of notice OF reply but situated "a va
Ire here, community unknown, except from
be letters sent East, (which ars necessarily i'm.
,ezfect in their descriptiou1. and from tbe