The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-05-17

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LETTER FROM NR. \. G. SMITH. or LEvENwoRTH.
iu From the Leaven~crth Times Extra, May 81
= Denver City, April s, 1859.
MEEssRs. EDIroR Agreeable to . promis
!. made before starting, / shall endeavor to Civ
= you my impression in regard TO this newly dis
y covered Ell Dorado.
= considerable and believe that have pretty
nearly as good an opportunity as any one t,
Judge OF the truth or ialsity Of the many report
= = that We heard upon leaving the States. And il
hte first place, my impression Is an extremely
- - favorable one, and each succeeding day only in
: : creases my faith in the richness OF the mineral
: deposits. have seen sufficient gold dust in the
i hands OF miners, who know took it out, to al
= : low my mind to rest satisfied. Bot am jump
ing into gold matters without promising any
. | thing in regard to the general aspect Of the
: country, its future prosperity, &c. In the first
= place, think that this country is far more fa
vorable to the aggrculturalst than New Mexico,
! although to the new conner the impression IL
unfavorabe. Undsr the gravelly upper strata,
a rich soil develops itself. This is on the upper
prairies, the bottoms being all rich soil. A large
number Of farms are being opened, and gar
. dens are being started in every direction, for
the purpose Of supplying the market with vege-
tables.
The probability of making this grain
growing country will soon be tested, aud no
doubts exist in my mind as to the ultimate re-
salts OF cultivation. Within the mountains are
| beautiful savannas that have no doubt will
soon TEEN with busy population. As cOun.
try Tor stock raising il is unsurpassed, as cattle
and horses can winter with safety, and keep fat
on the grass Of the prairie. With no other
food than what could be picked up from the
prairie and river bottoms, they have not only
lived and ,hrived, but have been worked hard
the whole time. Green grass is now growing
finely, and the overworked stock will soon be
rolling in fat.
A word about r0a ls 1t appears as though
Nature provided everything to order here. Our
roads are excellent, the nature Of the soil being
such that it will not retain water on the surface
and consequently we have no mud. And speak
| ing OF roads, am now one OF a committee 40.
pointed TO survey and lay out a route heretofore
deemed impracticable, immed da.ely through the
mountain businesses, to the Bayou Salado, where
the richest diggings have been discovered In
these digglngs, the miners are making ten dol
lars per day, with rockers, finding pay dirt from
| the surface down. he gold found there is Of
| the quality known as shot gold, and the deeper
| they go the coarser they find it.
The road into be mountains from this place
at town called Baden, $50 called from its re-
/ semblance to the German town of the same
name, SO far as regards location and continu.
ing along the Lodge-Poe trail TO the South |
Park where the Platte River and Bayou SaIado |
head. On account of the March SHOWS, the
mountains are at preseut impenetrable, but with
The present mlld weather, il will soon disa ppear
and we will proceed with projected expedi.
ton, the result of which l viii give YOU as
soon as completed.
We are now daily in receipt Of reports from
the mines, all Of which are OF the most fayora-
BILE nature. At Cache de Ia Poudre We learn
that the developments are very rich Boulder
Creek is said to be paying handsomely. A
miner arrived from Vasquer's Fork yesterday.
with forty dollars as the result Of one days
labor with sluce-box, in which Hungarian
rifles were used. Hydraulic pipes are being
constructed with which one man can do the la
Dor OF ten. Platte River has been turned with
very promising results, but unless some thing
better turns up, the great rush will be to the
Bayou Salado The greatest excitement and
enthusiasm prevails. Our information is de-
rived from parties whose words cannot be
doubted.
In regard to reports. it is no wonder we are
credulous. II we 90 out ourselves and dig.
right here around town, we find gold in suffi-
clent quantities TO pay good wages. We see men |
coming in from places. we know nothing Of
buying provisions and paying in gold dust. Ii
we ask the question, "whats the prospect"
the universal reply is, "wc are satisfied" But |
do not pretend to say that the richest deposits ,
have yet been found, or that many OF the wilful =.
that have gone back to the States :
are true. But on thing l do say, and that is, :
that many fa'sehoods that are published in the /,
States are coined there-both sides OF the ques-
lion, both pro and con, being represented by
gentlemen OF prolific maginatlons, some OF
I" "hom may probably have made an excursion :
Trip to this place, returning immediately. Now {
let me tell you how some reports orr ginate. :
A party came through from Fort Laramie !,
They arrived here at o'clock on Monday alter
loou, and encounterng half drunken Irish
nan, were told that this the best place in :. .
he world Tor starvation; that all the gold here "
Vas brought In The pockets OF emigrants. They
believed hun, and lett the next morning ),
Another party came IN from the S ates, ,iinex : :
oerieDced IN everything regarding mining. They :
vent up to the Mexican mints and washed out !.
pan. They only got two cents, and because :, :.
lie pile was SO small they have come to the :,
conclusion to take the back track. Another "
,arty got in to day-a day OF immense excite :
nent as shall explain directly-and will leave = =
m their return trip TO morrow, fearful that
houid they stop in this country much longer
ney Will either starye or be murdered. And
'ut OF such material the stories depreciating
he country originate. God help the poor lnno- q
ents. They remind me OF the child who was o
cared from the apple barrel by being told that >
ghost sat astride OF IL. No, srs; TO deyelope u
country like this requires men OF pluck, OF y y
tamina; men in whom the true grit Is dlscerna- n n
lie at glance. This is the material that will !
e used TO make these old hoary headed noun -
ANS disgorge their treasures, aud we will have =
hem here. III
stated above that this had beer day Of un
ommon excitement. So il has, and solemn
ay. Judge Lynch, to day hung man for e.
lurder, and as the corpse Of the murderer Law ~ ~
ide by side with that Of the victim, no one =. .
ould but feel that the act justified the result. u
he particulars are as follows Some three
lonths since party, consisting of an old man y
y the name OF Beingraf, in company with his p
ons, Antonine aud Philip, son-in law, John &c
tuffie, and John Ellis all Germans arrived here 9
rom Louisville, Ky. Yesterday the body Of g
Antoine Belngraf was discovered on Clear y
'reek, about seven miles from this place. I"
lis corps was brought to town, and was one ~
the coroner's jury. During the examination. - !,
videhce was brought TO light that tended to y
brow suspicion upon the son-in-law, John n.e n
tune. Partles were sent out in pursuit OF him, =
Tho captured him this morning about day light, !, =
$ he was returning to his hume. He was "
rought to town, and court was convened Judge y
NTH presiding. A jury, composed Of twelve y. v
I the most respectable persons in our commu- ~
ity, were selected, and the prisoner was given :. ~
fair trial. The jury after an hours delioera- y
on returned a verdict Of wiliul murder. He
as co united, without ball. to stand his trial 81
t the first term Of the Criminsl Court, and the 2
rsoner was remanded to the custody Of the - y
beriff. ~
One Of the officers Of Judge Lynch's Court -
hen moved that the prisoner be allowed one. ~
nIk hft,r r. II II
as allowed spiritual adviser, (Rev. Mr.. Fish !.
ri and at the expiration Of three quarters Of w
n hour was led to the place of execution. The a .
Dpe was then thrown over the limb OF tree 10
nd wagon placed under it. The prisoner ~
ame very composedly forward, mounted the
agon and made speech in which blasphemy
nd rayIng took prominent part. The wagon Oi
as drawn from under him during his speech, 81
nd he died with scarcely a struggle. The old II
ian is also missing and il il supposed to save m
cen medtated plot between the son Philip "
nd the in Ia IN the old nd ntn. | te