The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-07-08
Our Denver city Correspondence.

Denver CRY, June n, 1850.
Heat Of he Sason-Sdgnaton Of Bsiness-T9aness Of Mo-
ney-Immense Immigration from he Stats-Lats Ad-
rsces from tie xtnes-Indian Hosiiiies, &C., dc.
The weather for the past week has extremely hot
through the middle Of the day, and very dry. We
showers passing the adjoining mountain ranges and
sondy hope to receive cooling sprnklng, but
doomed disappointment. We sec heavy showers pass
g on the other sde the Plains and oftentmes in
ssht Of perfect deluge Of ran but denied any par
tstpsti0n them. Notwithstan ling the heat Of tho
DAY. after old Sol has sunk behind the snowy range the
heated atmosphere rapidly becomes cool, and the nghts
are delightful and refreshing All express themselves do
lighted with the beautiful nights, and refreshing sleep
they enabled to enjoy account Of their coolness
Business generally In city Is at stand sti Mopey
y tight and extremely scarce, commanding rates 81
interest previous advices, namely: twenty 20
twenty five per por mouth, real estate security
given Building is advancing rapidly the tghtncss
Of the times will permit of-some four FIVE large brick
Buildings are just rising from their foundations, while
those time since are nearly completed
The banking house assay Office Of Clark, Grubcr Co..
nc cn, now nearly eomp,ce and thew expect
10 be In active operation In n week or ton
days Goods Of all descriptions meet win rsahy
haye decreased aud al complain Of duncss Ia the mar
ket There brisk trade carried on with the cmgrants
both with those arriving and those who returning
Al the present auction and commission doing
thriving basness, derived from this source. Hardly
PARTY enigrants arrive who have not team or team
and wagon TO exchange for Others also surplus OF
provisions and groceries while those returning are sure
10 have surplus Of such articles and also wish 20 dispose
Of their tools and everything else they do not need for
trip the Plains aud not being posted in pr s dis
Them for nine dollars per hundred while otherwise u
was eagerly sought for at sixteen dollars Our market
quotations this week areflonr so So for state zig
Mexican boItcd per cwt meal 81 per cwt wheat, 10
cents per pound shccd 10 cents per pound oats,
% and so PER cwt, and scarce; potatoes, Toe l2c
a.tndsh n
sss P ssr pju1 Ss'1 ssan, pS1ea pound
ooc; beef, retail, 15c. butter fresh, COO; arSin,
s se' sse.I So .o per- so so sl S oos
2s SOC white lead s25 per cwt and scarce; iinseed
Ise 2sc iroa demand, zoe. soc.; steel to- ooc
glass sx0 IS per half box large sizes scarce and eagerly
fess humber. eco per thousand shingles, - IS per
thousand; aih Sl5 pr thousands lle Toe per bnshel,
delivered brick sl2 81, per thousand; wood 81 per
cord hay go per ton and very scarce The prices in
the mines materially higher. frcights 10 GREGG
res bring IRON 81 70 % so per cwt, aud to Iarrya
vcs %; 10 TarryaI si2; 70 the Blue and Arkansas,
o21 and f25. The miners arc embed 10 make
material saving from these figures By watching for the
returning engrant Wages Cor the common laborcr both
here and IN the mines extremely low-fron one lol
iu 10 dollar and hsy cents per day, without board
and amounts 10 about the NoI sing ior board,
and MANY iu he mna> arc doing that. Mechanics get
nom one dollar and hty cel,,s 70 'H''' H0''si
The emigration from the States n poohs ~ Va orIens
mostly teams fh half families women ~
YESTERDAY
wagons drawn by oxen. Thcy had, in addition 70 pn
gers and baggage considerable aount OF provisions
and tools, Al sceued in good spirits Notwithstanding
thoy mot 80 many who have become ,-,o ~
have started Cor the ssaics We caauot i'rin "a
accurate idea OK the actual number WHO &c rc.ua-
ipg 10 the snes only from nsaA!-'g ~
hre 40 many routes nom the mines leading
70 tns States without coming through here and thy pre-
FER going where they viii attract Inc least h.shson "a
,,sn and ,rayel@a slowly we learned tina, he met from
tweniy thirty wagons per day going 70 the sat
asw Of which ssrs us NE sa.sr Yin No, sSwcyyr
vr,.ke OF The character the one a last year
People returning DO very quietly, aud say but lite
sss ,nd see scr emscycs They have dis,p
pointed ana satisfied that their best way Is 70 return
are perfectly willing others shall try for themselves
has tho preference, there Is just a. much ssmPea"s
Our sdyiocs from the mines are very m,agre in par
tlcuIars. All are busy at work either mining or pr
pairing 70 DO 80 Fom Sragores ana Mis- 40 mot no
expectatoas One mill, alter running ior torty
ssht hours cleaned up aud only TOOK iew se9, ovcr ~
81 Louis and which was expected 70 accomplish wonders
ser runnns few hours broke three cams aud ,ws'ea
nsmsnsgemsni in putting the NH Up
n Is th5ught there win DO many failures Of compares
Srnens ou mills from ,he fAe' that 50 'ew kaes ay
thing Of mining or machinery There littlc DOM W a
The way Of opening quartz beds: only hoee who own mus
ere doing anything With them TIE scsss are pag@s
Of Arge amounts being taken from them, We in NE main
All the evidence Of it. Our circulating mei.un /
ss yet mostly CON- very smn minority being gold dust
which speaks unfsvorably for the Mines 80 ir Prom the
uc we learn that new ccmcrs rushing in large nun
eurn round and end ult because they cannot get claims
already discovered without buying and win not prospect
dsrovories have been similar character 70 Others
srcsdy opened this vicinity, paying seven cents 70 the
kb az ssventv Ave cents 70 The pan found in The bank
Osms are selling from ave hundred 70 two thousand
cellars each hst vech psgcs was 'ssen out Of VAh