New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-10-24
FROM THE PIXIES PEAK GOLD REGIONS.

Anglo Americans have wel-fcunded reputation
for excel'ipg in many material arts. In thA' OF
towr-wakine, however. they achieve miracles a
lustrum il sufficient in the Wet 10 change 81 IN
broken wilderness into a numerously populated
abode of civilization. Examples iliu trstlve OF this
assertion could be cited without numbers. Acc.l-
erst;ou Of the process Of Development is. indeed,
the most prominent feature of Western life.
Love Of wealth and the eres,er oroadness Of the
avenues to it that is found in the West are ustu-
rally the principal impu,es that produce this
ouiekenipe of materih life Hence it is not to be
wondered that in this country where the sll railing
lucre operates upon the minds and energies Of bu-
mainly in the directest possible msnner, the mighty
activity of the West fuds 8 most striking illustr'-
ton Aurara ana Denver, the tTo towns on
Cherry Creek, indeed outshiue, as to suddenness
Of growth any thing the writer has ever witnessed
in the way of building up towns during his msly
yesrs of residence in the West Since the FIRST Of
June the time " hen the existence of gold 10 large
and individually paying quantities had been estAo-
lshed beyond all gaussy, IT least halt million %,
dollars have been invested ia the improvement OF
the shove named two towns. Already the monu-
u ent Of primitive con 1ition, the rude logcsoin 10
almost entirely superseded by the indications OIL
more advanced stage Of development, one, two,
and even three-story frame houses. The latter
spripe up Ike mushrooms. Twenty per week
would be a rather low average estimate tor the isst
two months. The growth of Auraria and Denver
affords 70 me the most satisfactory evidence OF the
solidi,y Of the bMi.-uamely, mipersl riches on
which this country rests For most Of our people
csme cut here not for the sake OF investing money
brought here from the East, but Of making 1t here
l. 1.a. IN .tAtnx
10 demonstrated to me oculsrly 10 the most CON-
vinclng msnrer.
An abundance Of means is always followed by an
increased variety Of wants, and hence II is not
matter If AstOnlshmeGt that many sources OF
comfort and smusement, and distraction baye lately
been Opened on either side Of Cherry Creek. Good
eating houses ard hotels furnish excellent oppor-
tnnities Of satisfying physical wants have been ca
tsbls he'd. The lover Of means OF kiliog time IN
refined style finds billiard saloons and bowling Al
leys. and be whe longs for more exciting and lees
becoming pastme can realize his wishes at numer'
ous gambling tables. OF late, Thesps has also
made her advent 10 this yet semi sbors lns latitude
Mr.. Charles Thorne the well known hstrIonlc
nomsde last week rolled in his chsri)t-literaly
speaking into this embryo city. The character OF
his movable seal of the muses. unique. Ii was
that of the ordinary prairie schooners, where
with the plains are nsSgsted. The motive pow
n
that appeared 70 be not only utterly unconscious of
the pre- cou.n.ss of the burden they carried, but
also to BE- mos. willing and DESTROYS of speedy re-
lief from it.
The entrance Of the male and female professors
of the mimic art WAS effected without accident, but
not without demonstrations of pleasure and grsth-
cation on the part Of our citizens, who at once Of
ered their active operation and support IN intro
ducing and fairly establishing the dramatic art
among us.
newly. finished edfce, that goes by the pre-
tentiOus Name of Apollo Hall, was probably IN
consequence Of sensation OF professional aff0lsy
selected as the temple wherein the culture Of tue
divine muse WAS first 10 be insugurated. In less
tbsn week n stage, and accommodations for the
| audience had been provided and on Monday last
| the theatrical ball was set in motion.
| The house was, Of course. crowded. the price OF
admission being moderate SD for gold country
| Both the tiiie sDd dregs OF our society were pres
| ent Buckskin figured at the side of b '0sdcoth,
crinone spread itself next to the plain folds of the
aboriginal blanket. 1t being election day tho au-
| d-nce was rather noisy. The "boys were de-
cdedly in the ssceDdency. The performance itself
was good. The orchestra wretchsd. Its dshsr-
monies almost wiped cut the impressions Of the
numerous pow-wows ones ears have to endnr" OUT
here. The center of attraction va, not the at
tempts ut dramatic perfection on the part OF the
dnnseuse that old Charley, from his long experience
in gold mining countries, very wisely saw tit to
bring out here. The receipts of the first night
only about 300 can be comfortably seated-were
nearly $500 q goody portion OF which amount
consisted Of dust. The treasurer has certainly no
bother with counterfeit bills, but any amount OF 1t
with weights and scales.
II may not perhaps be unknown to your readers
that divers political mOvemc nts have taken place IN
this Dorado during the Summer Just closed. An
ate mpt was first made by ofice-lo0ing minority
TO coax the people to an attempt at the formation of
an independent State Government so-caled
Constitutional Convention actually held IN the
| early part of August, and in due season produced
an abortion in the shape OF Constitution for the
prop sed State OF Jefferson. The Constitution was
| submitted to popular vote, when 1t was voted
| down by most emphatic majority. The vote re.
yesled the fact that the fifteen or twenty thousand
people that filed the country in the hrst days vi
| July had dwndled down to little over four thou
| sand The members of the Constitutional Conven-
ton being bound 70 have some kind of government
for tie people and for themselves places Of govern
| ors had presUmptuously decreed that negative
majority on tie constitutional question should DO
construed into preference Of the people Of a Ter
| ritOria Government; and appointed COMMITTEES,
upon whom the duty devolved in that case to pre-
| pare memorial to Congress ~ that effect and
! fixed day on which Delegate for the Intended
| Ttrriiory lf Jefferson should be elected.
The first Monday in October was determined
upop Is the day on which the Congressional cleo
| ton should take place. A dozen or more candid
| ates soon commenced figuring on the track But
one or two Of them could lay Claim to either natu-
raj or educational endowpents. A more sorry, In
fated spd tbck-.helled set Of fools never obtruded
upsn the attention Of the public. A spirited can
ya.s en.ued, during the two weeks immediately
preceding the election. The Rocky Mountains re-
sounded with the hsraDgues Of a,pirants 10 the
uncertain ties Of the Deleg.tesbip. The yenersb.