The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-02-11

lars. according to the branches taught. Board
may be had in respectable families, at q sum not
exceeding one hundred and twenty five dollars. |
From the responsibility and acknowledged
heathiness of the ncighborhood, the chcapness Of
board and tuition, and the qualifications OF the
Rector, the Trustees feel warranted in recon-
mending this infant establishment to the atten-
ton OF the public Persons disposed to send |
their children, viii enter them without delay |
with the Treasurer Major William Alexander, |
designating the studies they wish them to pursue,
tn order that the requisite aid may be procured |
for Mr. Seward-it being understood, also, that |
if any students are excluded for the want Of
room, they must be from among those last enter |
ed. Communications directed through the medi-
um of the Post Office, in Eatonton, to VIM. II. |
Seward, Rector Of Union Academy, or to Will |
lam Turner, Secretary, or to William Alexander, |
Treasurer of the Board of Trustees Of Union
Academy, the postage being duly paid, will re-
ceive prompt attention.
By order Of the Trustees.
' ~ WILLIAM Turner, Secretary.
GOLD FROM KANSAS, OR PIKE's PEAK-OFFr-
GAL IMPORTATION AS TO IT'S VALuE-Many in
quiries are made in reference to the amount Of
gold produced from pixies Peak and the re-
gion thereabouts, and the value of the same per
ounce. For the purpose of giving information
on this subject, We publish the following extract
from the report made by Mr.. J. R. Snowden the
Director of the Mint and its branches, which re-
port has recently been furnished US by that obi
ging public officer.
1.-THE statement in my last annual report as to
the value of gold from Kansas, or Pixies Peak,
was based upon single deposit, which was in.
correctly affirmed by the depositor Of it, to be
the product of that region. The Mint being now
almost daily in receipt of the genuine article,
both in washed grains and amalg gam, wecan give
more correct, though not very definite informa-
| ton, concerning its value. The fineness of the
gold has the average range of eight hundred TO
nine hundred thousandths, but generally lies
| within eight hundred and twenty-five to eight
hundred and forty-fve The allowing metal is
silver, as in all cases of native gold. The value
of the gold in bars, allowing for the silver, is
| nearly or quite $3.50 per ounce, on the average
1t is not SO easy to arrive at an average of the
| gold in grains alnalgan, on account of the
variable loss in melting. Uutil within a recent
period, it was found that this loss would make q
reduction of about two dollars per ounce upon
| the value above stated; but lately the manipula-
tons at the mines seem to have been improving
as indicated by the loss being reduced to about
| $3.50 per ounce, and it may ere long be reduced
to one dollar or less. At present. therefore, the
mint value Of Kansas gold in grains or amalgam,
to speak in general terms isabout Sl6 an ounce
| troy weight 1t win be seen BY reference to the
tables attached to this report, that the amount
OF gold received from the country just referred
to, during the last fiscal year, is quite inconsid
cradle. But it may be noted that since the close
OF that year, the receipts have increased The
amount received at the mint in Philadelphia up
| to the date of this report, il S97, 5So.l0."
We learn that since the date oil this report the
further sum of 81 o,97s has been received at the
Mint in Philadelphia and that our other minting
| establishments have received sbout $4,000
| from the same source. The amount, therefore,
| received up to this time from that region is
about 100000. 1t thus appears that The coun-
try in the region Of Pixies Peak has produced a
considerable quantity of gold, and there il reason
to believe that the production win increase from
that source, Philadelphia Pennsylvania,
SENSIBLE TALK-Thc Richmond Whg COM
menting on the appointment by the Legislature
Of Mississippi Of a Commissioner to Virginia,
hlakes these ser sible remarks:
We shall welcome a Commissioner from Mis-
sissippi to Virginia, should one be appointed,
with all hospitality and with fraterna sautations.
We have no objection to hearing announced the
views, wishes and purposes of our sister South
ern States, on the great question issue between
| the TWO sections of the country. But We appre-
bend that the leading object and desire Of several
Va Jul ooutuctu SlsteT Il UissolhtlbH Oh
/ the Union, at the earliest possible moment And
If so, we have only to saw so far as we are con-
cerned, that we have no sympathy with such OBJ
ject, and entertain no such desire at the present
time. We are ready and willing to 90 with those
who go farthest, in any just and rational measures
| for the protection and defence Of Southern rights
and interests But we are neither ready nor viii
ling TO appeal to that last srsort--a dissolution
of the UHion-on account Of any aggression or
/ Jn<1r - II. -
present hour. Whatever aggressions there NAV
have been upon our rights, occurred long years
before the Harper's Ferry raid and we see moth
ing in the Harpers Ferry affair." in itself consider
cd, to justify secession from the Union Of the
| Southern States. We prefer, therefore, to wait
| the development of events in the smift-coming
future, before we resort to revolution, and cry
havoc and let slip the dogs Of war. Vir-
! ginia is border State, and will be the greatest
sufferer, in the event of dissolution of the
Union. And while we would submit to nothing
of disllonor, we should deliberate long and well
before consentng to resort to disunion for insult
fcient cause. Even with ample and all-suficient
cause, such step would be solemn one for
Virginia to take. Yet, with such sufficient cause
she ,roasd take ii, and hazard all the consequences
of it; for, her honor and her rights she means to
maintain, "at all hazards and to the Last extren-
| ity.' But, so long as she can maintain these Ia
| the Union, she has no idea of going ont Of the
Union-because she thinks she can do somewhat
better than to commit suicide.
Holding these views, we are opposed. at pres
ent TO any Convention" or "Confercnce,s on
the.part of the Southern States. 5e
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PIKE's PEAK AND THE PAc1FIc RAmRoAD.-
| There win naturally be large emigration to the
gold mines of western Kansas this spring. The
reports and the returns of gold from the mines
justify such an emigration. Those who 20 with
proper tools and outfits will have fair chance
for success. But We judge from all we can learn
that quartz mining is likely to be most regularly
rcmuleratlye, and that companies taking with
them crushing machines viii be likely to do the
best business. The expresses arriving from the
Pixies Peak region have brought in over $780,
0oo in gold since October, while the weather has
prevented operations in the Mines and over half
milliJ is known to have been received since
last spring, although large quantities remain in
first hands at the mines.
The latest explorations point out the head
waters of the Blue and Nebraska rivers as the
region where the gold is found most abundantly
The Blue river is on the western slope of the
mountains, and IS tributary to the Great Colo
RADIO, which empties at the Gulf of California
1t lies west of Pixies Peak, while the head wa
tiers of the Arkansas lie north &c the Peak
TINS IS the central region Of the Rocky Mountains
and the source OF the great rivers running east,
west and south, and has always been pointed out
by explorers as containing signs OF great uiner-
al wealth. If the expectations from this region
are realized the route Of the Pacific railroad will
be decided BY the laws Of trade and emigration.
The route from the Missouri river up the valley
of the Arkansas to the gold region is line due
west, nearly on the 3Sth parallel there are seye
raj easy passes through the mountains in the
gold region, and the road can follow the same
parallel with little variation dirrct 70 san Fran
cisco large and busy population in western
KANSAS viii create at once a large local business
for railroad, and Is the geography Of the eoun-
try unites to designate this as the most feasible
route, It viii not long remain a question. II
would pass through the southern and most de-
sirable portion Of Utah, and branches would
naturally be run north TO Salt Lake city and
south to New Mexico. As preliminary to the
great enterprise Congress will be asked at this
session to establish dasiy mail service from
publican.
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