Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1859-02-16

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WAsasSeroa, Jan. fss 1858.
MEaass. Eprxoaas-As the best nsana
Of answering namsrous iEautries daily r.
ceiyed By me- from all aeesiensof The cons
FRY In relation ko fhe ellmat4, soil, aud - !
discoveries In thai part cK Kansaa aas5 ~
braka proposed % be aAhyaesd I'm shs eE.
ganixatioa Of Colona Tssyisagys sha eel.
uaans 81 the Hnien are pla@saas ~ ses
TIE effmaka EannaE be deaexlbed m0gs
graphically than Il has bsea hy CO.. Wi
Ian Elipln, Ii gn address - pBAlie az,
dianea, sho sayG aRsmosaaess srosn tAs
sea and altitude aseurs 70 this ragieR ton-
lG stmoaphars. waEm eieadlesss hralllaat
and asrene,u
Bsyond pIks,a Peak, to saots from Col
Gilplnt Hths aboriginal psapas are namsr-
ons, F0hiaE, sna inEsIIigsnt. They sEs ths
/ EaYajos and IakA, Iadiaas. Thag haFs
skill II agrienituae aHd weaving, Eeag @rsaa
nsFas og horses, cattiea and ahssp, haa esE-
utrRet nsithsF pstnaHeat nor tsmpsraTy
houses, 30 dry aad fayaraAae ls the asEaos-
| pliers. r ~ s
meat Of Col EiIpia, thak Tiara are 'elsyal
mesaa OF great fertility, eaanons, deltcioas
/ valleys, rivers, and great forsasssa
| Thsrs Ia no doubt that whsat, rye, hATs
ley, cats, kralt, aud Vegetables Of al kinda
can be cults ated there abuAdaBtiy and aaSe
ceasgaIIy. A very rich, heavy burdsa Of
| grass soYsrs the graana, especially 90 TIE
/ river and creek bottoms Ths oRly draw
! back to agricultural pur&uits Is The Lack Of
rain dariag the sumnerand utumn. Ine
l'mountaineers'' who have resided thaEs 9
number Of years say thai ali The smAu
| grains can Be r1iaed there, and corn by Es
Tigating. ....... - ..s-. 80 81. - eiZ.s5
There Ia no Ioager doubt al the sxlss
tanes OF gold In quantities that will prove
! remunsraEiva to the industrious uaineE.-~
/ And II Is the conviction Of all the paliEors
MIA miners who have expressed sAeir opln-
| lon on the production eF these mines that
| the gold is more equally distributed and
| viii consequently give the laboring man 3
better chance, than the California gold
mines,
| Gold IL also found In the plains In safs
eient qualities 10 "payn 10 wash, and
spreads over a large extent Of countrY, as
already discovered On all the streams
! apon which I hare proapected, and not
| less than twelve or hftsan In number, sR-
! tending over a distance Of hety or sixky
| miles north aad south, we found gold In
| such quantities as the miReFs who accom-
| panied me were convinced would pay rich
/ ly to work. and they, residing now Ia Iowa
viii return IN The spriPg with their famlr
/ lee,
/ tits pleasant to know that practical ag-
FicultuFists are turning their attention 10
! that new region as veil aa miners, for the
country will only a0urish permanently By
/ this class becoming identified with 1t, and
making 1t their home.
/ have no hesitatio" In saying that there
win be an In4epse emigration % the new
| ly, discovered gold aelds early In the spring,
| When | left Auroia Oh the l2th OF No
vemher Last, there was already Ia that To-
eaiiEg about twelve hundred persons, and
met a number Of trains oa the way, and
| learn that large number have since arrt-
we'd from the Arkansas route, whieh win
make an aggregate number OF souie two
/ thousand persons on the head-watera OF
( the South Pate.
( There are several ot7er aettlsm in the
/ Territory which Il Is prapoasd TO include
iB the organization oil Oalona-lt ben's
Fort. Port Lsartmte, and the Cheyenne
Pass
The press follows the pjokaxe and the
I plough. and 10 an Iowa editor who wrote
ne that he would like to change his loca-
the vicinity Of Pixies Peak, have replied
thus
stin less thsu eaa .yRar va SHALL haRs an
immeHgs population, and, 90 far as my tx
perience enables me 10 determine, there can
te no better piaea fer good paper ia start
han In mining country. As 10 the p8it'
ties you would szpoase, it would suit ho'h
my own views and lAe views OF q grsat
majority Of the aetEieFs already gathered
there Although I should regret to haBt
arg good democratic paper leave the Po.
l,ttcaHY benighted State OF iowa-Ror
think ihHy are alI needed to beip reform hel
at this time, yet should as much regre
TO see a paper established ia cur apbfyr
Territorev that would advocate sectional
ism, dissensiGR. aud strife
"Tf you should emigTate thisher witt
your press, you may rely upon my saPpoE
II you bring out anatioRai democratic pa
per that you'd 40 for the whole Union, thl
rights Of the ps6ple 10 general and the In
terestz of our TeTEitory.a
1t ia net, in my opinion, an eEtrayagan
,-s$3vvatv tA,-rt ka5sg-va witt pz uv rraBt On
hundred thousand emigraats in the TsEFi
tory before the close Of another year.
, Col GIlpin, from whom / have beEsr
, quoted, made three military expeditions I
, that tract Of country, he enthuslaSucai
, ly saws that the facts then and since col
laatsd by him are so numerous and 30 posi-
) tive that he entsEt&ina an absolute eoRVle
ton. derived from them, that goId IN #aal
Q and tn posttiss sgad iHfnsas Ia quality vii
3 withia uss cogninx thiee years, rr|eai ttSe
. 10 tha energy gf our pioneers. Al th
z precious metals and precious stones wi
S also reveal tlss mseivs tu equal abundane
+ in tms Iegiaa so PfoPitioas TO sasiF pas
d duetigE.
\ ba the en- Of November last was eie'
! ted a delaEats from COioaa, BY the vote
thereof, p urge upon Congress the praprt
ty and gec ssaity OF granting as terrltori
:, organization have no doubt this regu
y viii 10 su aiasa 90 sega - the idatiss
= aaF slains Is gndeFssaodr
d HI. GRAHAM.
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