Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1859-07-15

and reached late ct night, weary AMI 70,
sore, fully satisfied, AMI Determined tLs
all Ike otis,'. We may see hereafter
might staul and cIumt.g into ius; exc v,
? would yi,it them.
Chimney Rock, which res .mb'ss a t..
smoke-.tack, was visible tie next morn
ing, and i another object Of curiosity
We Travelled all day il IL; Of il, aaI at
night vere cauP,I nearly opposite. Ils
following morning, siA Of our uen started
to 20 there, three of whom turned back.
because the d.,t4lce between them ali
tie rock t.! EJt seem II grow any les, ;
the remaining few came into camp late
tia, night. They describe it q a L,
sandy rock, 20 feet in diameter, and l2o
feet high, situated On the top u a t.-H
40 feet above the level Of the PLAIN
THIS, too, is but the remains 4 s5ur huge
sand hill which bas been gradually washed
aud blown away by r1in and wiLls, Ua,i.
this towering monument stands out alone
and distinct from It's aDcieu, c5oLe-;i Is.
Thirty miles farther westward W Ias,,I
through 4 4 deep gorge III Sc9it.s bun l
ascended to tie top, and from there, f-r
the first time, beLelL tie SHOW cap Of Lar
auis Peak Here, too, JlJ Tee; above the
level Of TIE valley, E.0tkei fEs-h,
sseet-snel..Dg fy1er, tie fist a-i gl.y
one | have seen.
June j. Larry this morning we pulled
" stakes, ami rolled cut for LARAMIE, All
are now caupei at the Junction # Lara
ME and Platte rivers, c.ose to tie Fort.
Laramie Peak and the Black HIS are IN
sight. The appearance Of the country
around LeEe Is little more Ike PeLl-y.-
yaaia tLaa aDy l have y; seen l--
Black Hill. are what We would ca. mum
;aiLs at home, and make fus appearance
At distance. How they wi. ly.k when
We &c; 10 them Is hard 10 tell, t-r object.
here, few miles Of, are very 4ecl.g.i-.
Tais beng ny vltca tonight | III com
PEELED to tTlng ny letter - close, that
l Ray mail it early tomorrow nJEa.1g.
| deem it unnecessary 10 say much
about the Pixies Peak Gy.4 Mines I-u
mus. have known long ere tl;s- the -.
.4a,t,r. nancy, HAT It now
seems to be Erald Aunbug, aud Eost Of
those letters which were published IN our
frontier papers, IUrPC.iius TO have sesa
written at Cherry Creek, were manu-
featured in tie very Offices where they
were published Upon those statements,
many poor, hard working man ysu:ur-l
lis bottom dollar TO purchase necessary
outfit Many Of them had families to
support, whom thsy left in s,ra -l,easd
circumstances: ami il many lus:-1ces a.
mos; d-s,l;sie Of the usce-s4riss Of life,
hoping, il few months, to be able to
pace them, by Eemii;-Dc,s il good cir-
,uu-taaccs. In this they are bitterly dis
appointed We me; hundreds, nay, may
say thousands, of Just such men, ds.ti-
tuie and psull.ess in this vast wilder
ness, wandering from camp to camp, hun
cry aud ragged, and begging their way
back into the States as best they could
There are sill few un,iri1g u.-u, who are
determined net 10 turn hack before they
have seen for themselves, All are satisfied
that there i 10 g..I to be fund ;l.s side
Of the mountains. Such may Yet make
great alI beusGc;-. discoveries during the
summer. F.r ny part, am satisfied,
and ny next viii be mailed iIcn I point
!lr west Of this.
The pix robe Of the sunset S fading
gu, Of the blue, and ere the stars creep
into tie sky meadows, must he at my
post: with Cv.t's revolver tuckled 10 NY
side, aud the thick folds Of Nsch.uaw
blanket wrapped closely around ne, l
make the weary rounds: the wolf, whose
sLri.l, clear YEP, helps nightly il A,ep-
Ing q fellow awake, ny only cguI1--
ion \. twelve l an relieved, and ere
the gray siEeaks Of tbs morr.lg !G.c.a.m
the coming day, We are II AIN.