New-York daily tribune., 1859-07-09

1 The SOltD de llsCu
| TO the landscape which only 'he "o's' ~"
worn who have Iopg traversed parcne1 soo 'hado
less deserts can appreciate tbey gro" mere NANNY
in s,,ep ravines, aDd often shoS MARKS OF hre
wh;cb the barepes of the surrounding prairies-
sterile as pine plains are apt 70 be-renders 70
me pe1plicable. Possibly, the fres that scorched
them were kindled in the leafy carpet spread
beneath them by the trees Themselves.
This is but the northern ou.skrt Of the Pine region
which stretches far south, through Arkansas and
beyond and soon thickening into forests and widen
ing TO breadth Of some sixty mies Scattered az II
is, could hardly repress shout on meetnsit. And
il was a pleasure TO see last evening the mauy
parties of wayworn gold-seekers encamped beside
our way, after their long journey through wood
less region surrounding great, ruddy, leapiDg fires
Of the dead piich-wood, and sOlacng themselves for
their long privation by the amplest aloS of
blaze and warmth For the climate of the Amer
lean desert is terrible. Be the day ever so hot IN
the suns unsofteped glare the night that folio"S
is sure TO be chill and piercing, driving the mus
ketoes and buffalo gnats 10 their hiding places
directly after sunset. The fierce praire-wnd
searches 10 the marrow (ice froZe a quarter OF an
inch thick on the Plains on the 26th of May, ana
shower at this season is very apt 10 be accomPs-
MED by hail as well as thunder and hshtnlng.
trust our country has no harsher climate, save high
among her graz dest mountains.
From the BOu to Cherry Creek-sOme 40
miles-I can say little of the country, save that 1t
is high, rolling prairie deeply cut by several
streams, which run ENTHUSIASTICALLY to JOIN the
Platte, or one of the tributaries just named. We
passed it in the night, hurTing on to reach Den
yer, and at sunrise this morning stopped to change
mules on the bank of Cherry Creek, twelve miles
south of this place (Which is situated at the juno
ton of the creek with the south fork of the Pate
The L" foot bills" of the Rocky Mountains seemed
but few miles west of during our rapid ride down
the smooth valley of the Cherry Creek, which has
fine belt Of Cottonwood only, but including trees
of immense size-not less than three to four feet
in diameter The soil of the djacent prairie seems
light and sandy but well grassed, and likely TO yield
| Oats, Potatoes, &c, but the elevation (hardly
less than 6,OO0 feet), and the proximity OF the
| Rocky Mountains, whose snow.coyered crests,
cleaning between and over the foot hills, seem
| hardly twenty miles distant, must ever render the
grow tn of Corn difficult if not absolutely imPossi
| Bile. Wheat understand, has been grown fifty
10 eighty miles south of this with moderate sue.
cess Still, if the adjacent Gold Mines realize the
sanguiue expectations entertained here this re-
cion will require Millions on Millions worth of Food
from the rich prsries and bottoms of Kansas
proper, Nebraska, and Missouri, and We shall need
but the Pacific Railroad to open up most benehcent
Home Trade, and give the rich valley of the MIS-
souri and IFS imm, date tributaries better markets
than those Of the East
And feryently trust that the fond expectations
of these gold seekers, however chasteucd, may not
be disappointed. For the sake Of the weary, dusty,
foot sore thousands have passed on my rapid
Journey from civilized Kansas TO this point, pray
that Gold may be found here in boundess extent
and reasonable abundance. Throughout the next
SIX weeks, they will be dropping in here, hundred
or more per dsy, and | trust that they are not TO
be sent home disappointed spiritbroken, penniless
If they must recross the great desert with their
slow-moying teams, may they be enabled TO do SO
with lighter hearts and heavier purses.
For the very mothers who bore them would
hardly recognize their now toiliDg across the
Plains and struggling into this place, hideously
hirsute, recklessly ragged, barefoot sun-browned,
dust.coyercd. ana with eyes shielded where they
have them by goggles from the glare of the prairie
sun. A true picture Of gold-seekers setting ous
from home, trim and jolly, for Flse's Peak, and
those same god.seekers, sober as judges and slow
moving as their owu weary oxeu dropping into
! Denver, would convey a sautsry lesson to many
sansuine soul Nay; have in my minds eye an
individual who rolled cut of LeSyenworth barely
thirteen days ago in satisfactory rig and spirit
Of adequate selfeomplacency, but Whc-thoush MS
| hardships have been nothing 10 theirs-came lnto
! Denver this morning in sobered and thoughtful
frame of mind in dustbegtimed and tattcnd
habilimcn,s, with patch on his cheek, a bandsge
on bis leg and limp in his gait, altogether consti
tutng a spectacle most rueful 10 behold 1t
! likely TO be some time yet before cur fashionable
American Spas and Summer resorts for idlers Will
be located smopg the Rocky Mountains.
AS TO Gold. Denver is crazy. Size has been
! low in the valley of humiliation and is suddenly
exalted to the summit Of glory. The stories Of
days works and rich leads that have been told me
todsy-hy grave, intelligent meu-are absolutely
hcwlcering i DO not dscredi, them, but shall
state nothing 81 secondhand where | may know ii
| viii. have come here 10 lay my hsui on the
/ NAKED, indsputsble facts, and l mean 10 do II.
Though unfit 10 travel start for the great dsgings
80 miles hence nearly due west in the gleus OF the
! Rocky Mountains tomorrow morning. HG.