The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-05-25

Our Nebraska Correspondence.
OMAHA CRY, N. r., May 10, 1885,
Resuyn u liaers WiA DssAearen,ag Nhos from Ac Geld
1s<ds Of Tetraska-The Platte Valley Route Dotted Nth
E@igant bdins-A Doubtful PsstnIaseY-AyripA u
Goa. Biaek-GeneraI Ne,os, &c, DC.
Almost daily, of late there arrivals here nom the
gold mines Of Nebraska and Kansas and generally bring
Ing news Of dsheait enDg character. In conversation
q day since with intelligent gentleman direct
Om the mines, assured that miners really net
making twenty five cents per day. and that very many
glad Of opportunities to work for their board
Few after this unfavoraolo news, informed
that about thousand persons in the vicinity Of
Fort Keney their way back to the States, fully
40 with their sight OF this wonderful elephant. How.
ever there doubtless gold there your correspondent
hss before stated but he doubts It's being found pay ing
quantities Il true that however much gold might 30
fcund there hundreds Will be too lazy IN obtain
viii return with dis heartenpg reports.
Never before has such an amount OF emigration passed
over this excellent route north OF the Platte N
asy one season. Our streets az times crowded
With the cumbrous emgrant wagons, with their
canvass covers and oxen and horse teams Crowds
Of strangers found dressed in red flannel Shirts
coarse pants and boots, and knives and pistols stuck
Ceif girdes. Inoeed, old Californian would recognise
similarity between this place and some Of the Calior
Ma cites 10 their pamiest days. At night the timber
and camping places hereaboos resound with the OF
Ale miners and their miniature camp fires only
FENDER darkness more visible. Nothing dauots these
Talks Of distress murder, of disappointment
asa beegary out IN the mines OF no avail They too
must See tue elephant and from present appearances
there certainly seems trouble ahead. II s difficult TO
predict the extent which this Western gold fever will
tail Of srfiering want and loss OF life
For the past tSo years II has been extremely difficult
anticipate VINO ~eolo be Postmaster IN Omaha City Oc-
sasonay favored one gets news that he has been
appointed 10 the Office and ne ndustriousy -
10 u his office when suddenly he that
be need bot trouble himself. "A Mr.. Hamilton rome weeks
since received the OF his appointment, and he fixed
comfortable Office but days since the gentle
manly old incumbent, Mr. W. W. wyman, notified OF
his rsappointnent.
Produce advancing in price, Potatoes readily bring
&c., per bushel, and about z0c Farmers are busy
preparing Tor their crops.
OMAHA, Nay IL, 1859.
Encouraging Reports from The Gold Fields Of Nebraska
and kaHsas-Tnc Mines Pronounced Haasbug-Emi-
syG~.s Turning DISQUALIFICATION Meeting a. Elm
C,eek-Corr@pondesu Of TIE 81 Louis RepI,c1n Report.
ed to Hare Been Lynched- Real Cause Of the Panic-.
Arrival cf Governor Samuel W. Bllct--A Welcome
Reception q. me CdpitalPoli Moremets in the Ter
yVoyy, dc.
The iatest news from the gold fields Of Kansas and
Nebraska is Of The most dscoursgng and depressing cha
rsser. Mr. James Bradley of Racine Wis came in here
to-day direct from the mines went out ia January
last, the pioneer of company from Wisconsin, the
company to meet him Omaha and II his report
should be favorable they would go not return
To day Mr. Bradley arrived, having left Aurara on the
18th Of April, and reports the gold mines being hum
bug and that there is not the "coor Of gold there
10 use his own expression; that tho whole thing has
bsen gotten by Spectators aud land sharks
L.at is FrCts swipdle upon tho people. The Wisconsin
company implicitly believe his statement radin
on their Quitting goods for buffalo robes preparatory t,
returning home. A great many persons, meeting Mr..
Bradley tho road, have concluded to back and
give up the idea Of going 10 Pixies Peak The emgrants
held meeting at Elm creek the day before yesterday
aDo some three hundred were in attendance Indamma.
tory eches Ade, and disposition evinCed
70 wreak vengeance on the Missouri river towns
Much excitement exists here among the large number
OF tmgraDs In and all ia douh ABOUT what TO
doabether to pnsb or return. have investigated,
well as could, the real cause or this "panc and the
fonaat OF the various taIing that flying
frum moth to mouth such as that mob violence had
commenced at Auraria and in the mines; that the
pendent Of Louis Republican Cherry creek mad
tesD hung wring gold letters that others hal been
burg shot for similar offences, and md the stories
Mi originated with the That he believes there
s gold al Cherry creek, and honestly imagses the
vDole thing 10 be swinde, have no douot. His report
vii, deter many from gong out al present. but sti
toe will until other and Satisfactory
NATION s received. We canDot believe IN fact know
Zoe mines are not humDue, aod know there s gold
tbere and think In payiop Quantities We all have friends
apd re atone there aud lager plumber of ct-
zns have gone in proportion TO our population than
at this gold excemeDt-wondered to the
Thousands toilipg onward TO the Rocky Noun
tame, with horses, with mulee with oxen, horee-
back, on foot, drawing hanfcars; old whose eands
Of lie have nearly run OUT youog boys old ladies' and
young aoes all rushing forward TO the unknown region
resing lde and health deserving comfortable homes ana
friendly faces, the yet too uncertain intelligence
that gold exists ont there IN paging quantities Suppose
COLO does eyst there which undoubtedly the case
u AT warrant al this excitement? No. the cause OF
Is the restesspess OF the universal Yankee nation
by the hard times and the spirit Of that per
vsdes our people There s novelty in such trip
the prairie, up the beautiful Platte valley aud among the
Rocky Mountains gold s only an inducsment and an
cuse for the trip All would be pleased to make their
fortunes butn case they should not, they would, with
light step and buoyaDt heart march on to take possession
Of Sonora We must wait to know the deveopement of
enese matters and in my opinion gold gold at Pixies
Peak, Sonora VIII s0Oa be ours.
bon Samuel W. Black Governor of this Territory ar
rived at the capital last week. and warmly welcomed
BY the cizeps OF Omaha The evening of his arrival bon
res blazed Capitol HILL and large Nd ofcizens
panied by the Omaha brass band screnaded him az
the Herndon House. On Wednesday evening a reception
ball was gwen, which grand affair, even though II
took place thus far West ana would have done credit
TO much Older city. Governor Black has place in tho
affections OF our people which no other in the Terri
tory enjoys
The pieces upon the political chessboard are being
placed in order for the fall campaign, and nnumerabe
number Of individuals quite to servo the Ter
rtory in the next Congress Hon Fenner Ferguson who
80 ably served Nebraska and old much for our Terri
tory the last Congress- hear rumored is anxious
to serve again. Party nominations will undoubtedly be
made and for tho first time political issues will be dis
cursed and the battle fought upon political principles
The republicans imagine they have sufficient strength TO
show tight yet they have no hopes Of winning the day
against the united strength Of tho democracy Their only
chance is in democratic split upon tue Douglas issue and
am sorry 10 say that some dsorganizng democrats
OMAHA, May IS, 1859.
Latest Nes iron, The Gold Fields Of Ne5rosta7Hrough TO
o"dha by the North Plate Reute in Thirteen Days-Fd
Soaoe Ncss-Ainrs Making God Wd0es-Flrst Ne,os-
paper Issued IN The Mining Rgio,-N News from the Rocky
Ao''Htdsns-Dc'c'ip&ion and Prospects Of the Mines
puarr Gold and Float Gosd-P remina,y Steps 10 Form
S'aN1ne Stale Of Jegerso't- Emigration Returning
&C., dc.
In my last letter gave account of the panic that
mad suddenly seized upon the emgrants en- route for tho
gold fields Of Nebraska and Kansas Since tben ve,v Inn
portant and reliable news has been received direct from
the mines, and the public mind here relieved from Tho
painful anxiety caused by the startling rumors thai were
freely circulated and by many believed Last eveninr
Capt hos W. Scott, Col J. d. Henderson, j. C. Sanders
Oscar Totem and Capt. Downs arrived here from Cherry
creek, having lott Denver City the I'd nst thus making
me trip IN thirteen days-the quickest time on record
They travelled on horseback Fort Kearney where they
ie their horses and came in 10 naha by the Fort Kear