Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-06-17
WESTERN MISSOURI.

We have received the first number of "The
st. Joseph Weekly Free Democrat" just
started at St. Joseph in Western Missouri.
1t is handsome sheet, and shows excellent
ability and taste in its conductors 1t will be
an advocate of emancipation and free labor in
Missouri, and an uncompromising opponent of
'African Democracy" 1t will be democrat
ic in the true acceptation of that term" and
"In favor of the preservation of the Union
under any and all circums tances in favor of
Western measures, Western growth and de.
yelopment; in favor of a national highway
across the continent upon national and cen
trail route in favor OF presumption to actual
settlers upon the public lands in favor of a
Homestead Exemption act, such as was de-
teated by the African Democracy at the late
session of Congress in favor of revenue
tariff sufficient for an economical administra
ton of the government and protection of indus
try in favor of a treaty being made by the
general government with Central America, or
some suitable nation, for the purpose of colon
ling the free negroes of the United States,
under the direction and protection of the gen
eral government; and in favor Of the rights
and dignity Of free white labor"
We find the following very significant para
graph among its news items
eve learn that few days since, a smart
active man from Illinois, free white laboring
man, applied to planter, a few miles North
east OF this ity, for work. The wealthy
planter deigned no reply for few minutes,
and then, turning on his heel, cooly said, 1
have niggers enough now Wherever slave
labor is employed, the poor free white laborer
is considered to be on level with niggers, be-
cause he is doing such work as niggers are
generally employed at. We want TO correct
this evil, as far as possible
The Pixies Peak humbug has not bribed the
conductors of this new paper, and it gives lis
pleasure to record this fact. a newspaper in
Western Missouri that has the honesty and
resolution to tell the plain truth about Pixies
Peak, may be trusted on other matters. In
this first number of the st. Joseph Free Dem
ocrat we find the following =
"FRoM Pixies PEAK-We had the pleas
urc OF visit from A. +. Briggs, printer who
has just returned from Pixies Peak. He start
ed from Lansing, Michigan, and arrived there
about the last of March, in company with two
Others who returned with him. He was there
about two weeks, prospecting and obtaining
information from old Calitornians. The result
of his inquiries and observations were such as
to satisfy him that there was no gold anywhere
in that region that would pay to dig. The
most that any were making by a hard days
work was half dollar. The conclusion that
MIR. Briggs arrived at was, that it was a hum
| bug, got up for speculation and based entirely
on deception. The specmGiors hare beei, using
speiter 10 sprinkle claims to sell them for shot
gold diggiHgS There has been great amount
of suffering experienced by the emgrants.
Hundreds of men were begging their way
back, having nothing to eat except what they
received in charity as they passed from tent to
| tent. Most Of them are coming back. Some
are going on through to Mexico, California, and
Oregon. There was no talk of disturbing So
nora or Chihuahua The weather was cold
most Of the time Mr.. Briggs was at Pike 5
Peak. He visited Denver City and Auraria,
and prospected on Thompson's Creek, about
fifty miles east of those places. Goods were
selling at great sacrifice, bat provisions were
very high-hour fifteen dollars per hundred,
bacon seventy-iye cents per pound, sugar fifty
cents. IS said that a great many letters hare BEN
comac,tajted. The mails hare been in the hands Of
a teO upnncipled men. Mr.. Briggs saw good
lands for farming until he crossed the South
Platte, about four hundred miles westG 9,ere,
but the land about Denver City is poor and
sandy. Stock are suffering for fodder in that
vicinity. We consider these statements to
be perfectly reliable"