New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-07-21


.aiTk, fully year old. If not more. Denver, %
toe other had can boast Of aat qu ty oey osA
Sep,embeg or October asst In the arcoite,tu, 9 u
the two cities tnere s, notwithstanding, strikia9
observation-disclosures logs, cut from the sdjaceas
bottom If the Platte, AID roughly bowed On tie
two pe rpeod.cular sides and chlnked with slsH
of spit cottonwood % the inner aud With mud o.
the outer SIDE, forming the walls Of nearly or qa,ts
every eai6ce which adorns either city. Across the
center of the INTERIOR from shorter wall to wsH
stretches sturdy ridge pole usu,lly IN state ot
nature, from which shocks or split sAplinss Of
cottonwood their spls SIDES down. incline ieats
10 the transverse or or yer SIDES; on these ia TIE
more finished structurrs) coating of e,rth
IS lad, an{, With a chimney OF mud
| dsUbed sticks IN one corner door nearly oppS-
size, and hole beside Il representing or prehyur-
Ing window the edItice IS complete Of csarss.
many have 10 earth on their covering OF shocks.
sod so are li,be 10 gentle foundation ia the r.iay
season; but though we haze had thunder Ard
hghtrirg almost daily. with brisk gale in most
| instances they have hsd 40 raa worth naming suca
! here for weeks, aud the uScbahed. barely shook
covered houses, through whose tides and roofs yes
may the stars ,ou lie awake nights, ara decs
dedy the cooler AID airier. There is new hotsl
| nearly finished in AaIar!a, winch has secood-
story floor; beside th;s, mine eyes have never yet
been blessed with the sight Of an! soor whatever
| in either Denver or Aurara The last time slept
or ate with floor under ne tour wsgon-box SaA
Mother Esi,b eycep,ed) was a,'Junct.on City.
nearly four weeks ago. The Denver House."
which Is the Aston House Of the Gold Regiap has
walls of logs. u floor Of earth, with windows
and root of rather limSy cotton sheeting wais
every CUES. is allowed as good . bad
IS bis blankets viii make. Tho charges are
| no higher than o, the Astor and other 6rst.clsss
hotels. except for liquors. cents drink &s
dubiou. whisky, coorcd ard uicAnaued to suit tho
taste Of customers. bciog tho regslar rate
throughout this region. had the hoaor 10 b.
shaved there by a nephew $50 he assured me) Of
Murat, Bopapa,te's King Of Naplcs-,he honor and
The shave together costing but paltry dollar.
| stu, few days Of such luxury surielted ma.
msioly because tae drinking room WAS aso ocou-
pied by several biachlegs as a gambling hall. snt
| their iucesssnt c'smor of Who'll go ne XXX
The ace of hesrts IS the winning card. WAC
&c &c persisted in nj all hours up to mdagbt.
became st eb 9Th a nuisance, from which crsvst
d,hgeruuce at any price Then the visit, re- of that
drinking aud gambling room had careless way.
when drunk, al firing receivers, sometimes at essh
other at otter times quite miscellansously, which
| struck me as ncony enient for qaict guest with
only leg aud hall, hence in poor condition for
dodgng bullets SO left
" How do You live in Denver inquired Ola
Nrw.iork friend some weeks domicIlsd hero, in
whose company waited the Mines. 80. I've
dumped cabin" WAS his cool, matter of.courss
reply. As jumping cabin was rather beyond my
experience, / inquired further, and learned that,
finding cabin deserted and tenantless that suited
him. he hsd quietly entered aud spread his blankets
eating at home or abroad as opportun ty might
suggest. 1 found on further inquiry, that at least
one. third Of the inhabitants in Denver and Au-
raiia were desolate when we came here (they
have been gradually filing up since); some of tho
owners having gone into the Mountains, digging or
prospecting and taken their united supply Of house,
hold goods along with them; while Others, dis
cOurseed by the poor show Of mining six weeks
sgo, when even the nearer mountains were stn
covered with snow and ice, rushed p,ll nell down
the Platte with the wild refuX of the Spring sui.
grafton, abandoning all but what they could csry
away II is SAID that Ios and cabins together sold
for $3.50 long IS there were purchasers; but.
these coon falling they were lefl behind like CAMP
fires 10 the morning, and have since been ct tho
service of oil comers.
So, in company with a j)urnazmg friend |, to.
have Jumped a cabin and have kept to il quito
closely, under doctors care, for the last week
ten days. II IL about ten feet square and eight
| feet high, rather too web chnked for Summer,
cOnsiderr that it lacks window bat must bea cap
ial house for this country in Winter board wish
the nearest neghbor. and it i, not my landlady's
fault that ihe edible resources Of Denver are de-
cided'y limited. But even these are improving:
| To the Bread Bacon and Beans which formed tho
staple Of every meal hort time ego, there have
! been severa recent additions Mix which was
sst week twenty-five cents per quart, is now down
to ten, Ind hear a rInor that eggs, owing to .
recent increase in the number Of hens within five
hundred miles from four five to twelve fifteen.
are about 10 fall from dollar dozen to fifty cents.
| On every side, note signs Of Progress-Improve-
! ment-Nani.st Destny-there was a man about
! the city yesterday with Lettuce 70 se-snd I am
credbly assured that there will DO Green Peas next
month-sctuslIy Pess!-proyided it should rain
soakingy eantiine-whereof hazy, lowering
sky would seem just now 10 afford some hope.
! (P s TIE hope has vanished.) But already
sadly behind, aud nearly able to travel agsin-mnst
turn my back this promise Of Injuries, and tske