The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-06-09
THE PIXIES PEAK HUMBUG.
OUR ST. JOSEPH CORRESPONDENCE.


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THE PIXIES PEAK HUMBUG.
OUR ST. JOSEPH CORRESPONDENCE.
ST. JOSEPH No., May 2S, 1859.
TIE Returning Gold Dg9ers-The Satemest If Some Who
H6re Been 10 Pixies PealPanc in the Western Cites
S,lling of Outfits at Ruinous Prices-Great Distress
| Arong the Dis9ess on he Plains-OMrageoGs Avdr at
| he Big Blue Ferry-Mmmon Emigration, dc.
Since the first rush for Pixies Peak this city has been
great and continuous hustle. Admirably situated
Quitting place for the great West, early became
the centre OF attraction for emgraDs, and has enjoyed
almost monopoly of the trade in wagons,
al the required by those afflicted with the gold
fever Since February the streets have been daily
crowded, AID the sorekeepers have done ga rushing
busness But now and during the last deen days. the
character and position Of the crowd have terribly changed
and the position of business city
/ changed
am assured by excellent authority that ten thousand
persons have fitted out or passed through the city and
since the change at least thousand Of them have
turned The market place that crowded before time
with Stout brawny fenows full OF fire and enthusiasm
with great plans in their minds for Prospecting,
Smashing quartz, washing dust, and piing asay
| life Of self and everybody that had claims,
is croEded with the same euaerans With souls
fun Of ppees Their of the future have
shed and self and dependents realizing that the best
prospects alter future Independence ate OFTEN unceftaa
| when basel upon gold tnat is not ''thar."
Day after day from early morning to dusk the steamers
from The SIDE OF the Missouri Keep bringing
returning emgrants some are fortunate enough 20 Still
possess money 10 carry them home but the greater
the reurned have To drive up the aket place
reign their outht the of aucteneer Da
ring two oass that have been in the city have
eas than six different gentlemen piyag the gavel and
going through the routine Of "gong once twice, thrice
gong gone" Outfits Of the bes character for the Pns
bought at exceedingly low prices Not o1ly
Tie market gaed with tne property OF the returned
Inc kI.Gan, ciieftEt parts OK linton,
panic struck when they the city aud
Tor sac Tue lsss Iu..aaS.a Who have no no
wagons other Effects have to ,hrew themselves upon
tho generosity OF the railway companies get
Every leaves for Cuicago takes large
panies that between arrivals and departures
Constant marching, aud the cry is "sAi they come y
Spectators making nice thing OF the panic
Peakers but is creoabe TO the merchants and
keepers here that they evince no disposition to aIeS
,unaes, their repufchaOg at extremely 10
| prices accoDmodA alton the miners than
vaptageous TO themselves.
DoGtSGs
What amount OF god may have heen gathered at Pte's
past no vever need trouble tbemseives IN
quesonaby true that every knd OF fasebooa has been
gin Of The present psnc Had Western speouiaors been
silent, WOMB have been steady stream Of miners
still flowing along Pixies Peak but the inflated reports
the great ostunes that bedg made at the dggne
caused rush from every part Of the Union. Vita hgn
anticipstors the crowd hurried and arrived al IN
golden neds weary Anxiety for riches hurry
ing Lhcm Oh 70 org when they had more need Of repose,
TOOK bul little iii luck 10 discourage them, aud repetof
|
finally the conclusion tasS the nole story VI gold
huge humbug Of land speculeors and Of little mercl. ,,
| VINO aimed az fortune made easy !" The discourage
= disguised made tracks home. They met
% knew and Who believed their unfavosbe reports
those net wheeled round a9d set faces
increasing She ranks Ct the dscontented Inc discourage
and disguised came rolling along, aud every day
n psBeE rushing TO fortunes the former told their sor
cursed spectators and sboaled bunbug and the latte
Joined Ia TIC CHORUS and weied tie ranks OF the few
they Numbered hundreds, and the hundreds in day
twos travel sweed into thousands There the
of the retreat from Pkes Peak. Thai the yield
: mics has been outrsgeously exaggerated and for
- purpose which have speched, doubt peso
Hho has fully examined the statements OF the
will arrive the conclusion that there gold Pike
Peak. Fad the miners gone cooIly and the deter
I mna,ioD TO LABOR perseveringiy, and do that labor
the same mechanical assistance as employed at tue
Of California and Australia, another report mlgat
in circulation. The return of the Erst few
in the pnos of the frs. they met created of
gold IN the second lot that they came up WITH and vii
the third party CONSERVATION began and with the fourth
panic ar all the etceteas that rush them back ii
tholsaDds with probably uDfouDded statements again
the Peak they had cherished iavoraby before .ns
they hurried on to the land of bright dreams.
have seen thousands in this city who have been III
10 the Peak The generality Of those got
before they reached Fort Kearny few withv
dy mica Of the bright pctu ed lands others have Dee
sa Blu, oil them all have only met thre,
persona who hsd been out and ied their fortune
though hones. enough their CONVICTIONS failed 10 co
y vince me that they mad Done thng like the labor
have pictured 70 mind beng necessary TO drive
& the earth 10 yield her hidden treasures.
= Out here but little confidence Can be placed in aav uer
sons woi for against, unless the of the spea
er are Enthusiastically kno~n The returned dggers na,a
rally enough have no disposition accused OF bein.
chicken hearted or wanting in manlness, they mus
DOW tell the blacklist tale Residents the river town
/ made money by the emigration, and must nov ion
the panic iest accusation of deception be fixed upor
,neir circulation Of this the report of pe
OF gold arriving at Omaha ut Leaveoworth els
where These sta.emene, therefore, sbould receivec
with caution Nov and again also "returned Peaker'
plays upon the credulty OF his little world. What n.
says IN good natured fun to break the spell goo
around him or to ease the gDawngs Of big
tune gets told by others not acquainted with sthe wno
truth and nothing but the TRUTH and ia this lnu
false statements 10 circulation. of one OF tue
diggers having into The city six hundred dol
that come folks wanted mis- treasure Cur
need and 0nder obligations 10 exhibit he from pl8
vest packet nothiog Ike The rocks' every DO y
nucpated seeiDg, but small goose quill produced
preaching ts contents on the palm of bis hand-as ID
| would cover three cent ptce-" rnere gentlemen
said he There 10 six hundred dolars' worth; cost
Ton Of course felt that the digger phiosophe aud
would have sworn by him after he added ~ an four
uhdfed dollars richer than when lett home for ha 70
, heo toodsand dollars OF experience " Votl1! the
y Dy Of The SIX buncred dollars OF gold brought 10 81,
WePh from flSes Peak. saw the exhibition that |
ave ated, ara heard the iggers story ye. last
Venng was gravejy told tina. Inc gold yas sau in ha
ny 70 me amount as have stated Bce!ues this huge
s y, y. o.ish!y twenty Gents wasted by The
Wlnu 10 looIth VI mat magnificent sum- have sssn
little more Of tie glitter exhibited By ami
that ID ali that Is here. It a still worse snerirn an a.
% SUI ,ese uaue an w wig oher nAns fne Deuacner
terday with about half Of dry Dirt vy,.h bsr
and there little glitter IN it, tied up carefully IN a pe.e
of sbirng The reuton hal been 10 Cato rcia a., ~
but he would be tamned II there aay god m pkes
Peak more than Ia the rock Of Glbraltas.n
nsys ns sS goa 70 a e o h
persons say that they have trlng siecimeng bot
The nuggets ADD The piles OF dust 3u nor
si busy vito good Thirty i've hundred doaes
worth of Gus. was SAID 70 have arrived
a. bank IN Ieavebwofth DOT that h universally doubt
ga ana CT Gsot authority LAD tas. the banker naped