The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-08-25

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The following three months y, leas, t~o hulsare sore
buildings % ,he description erected In fsa
her TIE fst br h,'ose Was 20, no Tnr population mad
that ased hundred April no abo,,
800 pei BeDt TesideDls. AZ the present u,,r,vue
Denver CITY car boast OF nj ss eight hun build "a
aud about thousand inhabitants. among tbs bubd.
iugt large and stylish brick bleks Bust
Dts that would not have 500
now selmg al IRON 81 90 81 500 The nu,po.r of
wholesale reisil tile ho1s sixty
aud aon these firms those that value Sher stock
Of thousands Of dollars quite frequent Five private
banking houses have lately opened The uumber &c
resident mechanics is very large A planning mil
furniture factory have lately been started, aud foundry
II about beng established Inc numoer OF hotes,
taurabts .h"ps gambling saooas, coacert halls,
&c sc IS already wonderfully large aud daily ncreas
ing Their dsDofalizpg influence 10 thus far altogether
unbalanced by that Of cbu,ch
Denver City il the terminus OF the passenger
ebo express lip- of th, Ceuua Overland California and
fite's PAX Express Company. fho principal Office .,
Hnckley Co e Mountain Express is also located here
Two daily aud three i weekly stage lines form regular
means OF Communication with The and towns north
west and south.
Thousand, of INN igrsnts, MIXERS traders, Indians,
Mexicans, &c &c daiy pass hroogh and VISIT Denver
s. LOUIS "'''D "I"'D W 'D " "'''''' p''' "'''
Two oaly and two weekly papers are now published
here, the former a. nifty G, ute per week.
Denver Llty eAteds both the bottom and bluffs
The sou'bfIatte river Is location quite picturesque
Its distance from the base Of the mountains is about
twelve miles.
GOLDEN CITY
ranks next To Denver ~ extent improvements anc
population II Is situated in beautiful valley, four
teen miles nor west Of Denver Nas1uez river
tween the brft and OF mountains The n'St
house built the LIST Of July, 1852 the rishi
bank Of the creek The now extends both sides
ana contain about three hundred bfty s ana frame
houses, inhaoted by about one thousand people Tw"
mills, number OF st.r.s and me;haDcal establish
ments and ncwstaIer Office located here. very
lively wub the Gregory and adjacent
mines, the town being oulv twenty miles os them
some good pagers have been found Oh vasqaes Greek
short distance nom Godes CITY The town Is already
surrounded 10y gardeus stock farms.
nouiDHR CITY,
next to Denver the olo.st the country, lies about
twenty NV, miles little west nj that place,
where st. Vans creek issues IRON The mountains. The
Boulder mines being the IVorest worked last season.
town made tte progress IL contains abost one hundred
10y ana a lev frame houses at present
COLORADO CITY,
q rapidly improving hes directly at the base OF
Pixies Peak about miles south Of Deavsr. In
November last about log houses had been put up
Row the number OF buildings excs-ds two hundred,
among which mauy frame uctures
sceDery than tia. the yio.pity caunot
be imaxi lined The celebrated boiling springs only
about mite from the place. Macy think that Col'ras'o
Will be- before long, 10 the southe mines what Denver
now Is to The country ut large Several saw mills, stores,
DC, are iocated here.
In aooton the described clu og
houses have been called into existence at many points Oh
the plans the mines, either by Speculation
e.ssnl and assumed yer! pvmpous uamss ninopgs,hem
Mountain sno Mlssnuil ctes III the gregory district,
Brecxinridge, ssoramepto Cy canon City IN tho South
Park, On the Blue and Arkansas, are the must prominent
The trade OF the gea reglots comprises present
only the most n0speI sable Of physical life
GIOcerfs, prov sols, aid sbves coarse ling
bats, building hsfo ~sir whisky form the prncpa
articles Of tane. IN go,os, furnishing goods, an
clothing, fashopabe furniture, segars, &C have Ms yet
falito to Ind resay rai's.
Groceries aud viops oil Ways rule high, IN couss
70 un csIts per pouoo) auesr TIE pain, nsa,y pro
1T, isngus irm SO e 100 Or cen. NJ realized on must
sal. able articles
a, pressn, the marSe, Of the gold regions Is com
pete, oveotoxed IN every line Immense quantities al
every ds piion stored Throughout
country Denver Cly ESPECIALLY suffers fuai the
Of the demand By the supply Ovet ,hoasand tons
Of merchandise offered ior sale here,
which N tt tiy 80 keep rrnes low Tor some time Yet
Many traders iron the aod other to- us Guy
their stocks Ia fcnyer AT white, ale ratcs IA
Der, however, import then directly on the States.
The establishment OF several DEPOSIT anu rAnnange
bous's aLd of an assay ana nine flee, viii SO impa
more regu'atec character 10 the somewhat confused
commercial relations of the county.
SOCIAL CONDITION
Frst In the sush T. pewy opeoeo promising portions
Of the far West always the uneasy migraty, adven
turous, Tor botbng sprits with whom tnis land
vast proportions aud Unlimited freedom oi icomotoo
sbounns. The gold regsns form, n exception this
rule Every oheraiieTs dina,usru is well repre-
tebted gamblers, cy priuns, brokendowi politicians and
SPECTATORS, and by me- nehns inconsnfAoe sPrinkiiax
OF runaway debtors ana Criminals constitute large
ton OF so,iet. Oh the hiegIg bIoojy Iutans that
always iDf,st border countries, have also asnou
seated their presence ny deptedato.s upou both the
property and the persons Of many Of our citizens.
Tie largest part of our populsou nevertheless, con
ssts Of highly respectable eemrDs rcbasas And pro
iessions men OF good st,Dons, from ~.v"nworth CITY,
St JOSEPH, Omaha Kantas City, II LOUIS Chicago ana
slider ably elevated the tore OF Getty IN tue
towns, While the miners generally come from tns soosr
Industrious rural districts q the West h~vy iundx
~ the better portion Of humanity during the last eS
months ALEC produced greater refinement Of manners
ana no'ak.
body tn deeply Interested IN material pursuits " show
inciinsios Ia that direction scsl epjoy m-us are of
ply scal d.~c. ,lon only. Balls parties constituts
minsrey aoes nshts ana gambling form the "iountan
Of pleasure u Others.
.iicno- until a short time ago. The difficult
problem ~ the exhtcDce II 6fty thousand people, many
whom affected With ali the vices VI modern civza
top, q continued ftste of absolute arcny, In
deed very satcioriy solved up to last month sipce
then robbries ana murders nave becone upoomfortsby
IT. auspt Caused the organization ut vigilance
mt &c for the moro esctuai enforcement o. the lynch
laws.
Little has been attempted ard si less accomplished
IN the way II Tslt,cs up To TINS day st summer and
tall few ambitious individuals, assisted ny fssp
Jnted Office hunters frOm Tn, East, got succession
Of aices Va IN" shaIv ~ cictous Tue organization Of
an ~ d.t@poent state govern nrst Attempted;
but The movement ending 10 moe tngorious hzzle,
Territorial goyer neDt Iext aimed at Several gen
len,n got thernsev,r el,.te1 delegates ON jefferson
Nv their respective friends am speut ruess winter 10
Washington sorry membcrf Of the lobby 10 Novem.
Der, clumsy msrhne called toe 'Provsipal Territorial
RoveumeDt" eBceavered W be put tnto operation
Although full set Of officers, such Govcrnsr,
stcr.tsry, Treasurer, Auditor, &c &C, Of the
Tetrtory, JUDGES marshas and sherifs senators aud
Numbers ~ lower house, ano 'cpnnsDders OF the
tiua" created the whole affair proved complete
sbortion. AZ the Legislators c,m nenced voting
hbers salaries e. themselves ana other menpcrs OF ne
govern ment ani eudUavore " enforce tax lac Tor the
psyne ol the same the p>ope put al end W We ~fne
~ by fefs ng to furnish The "Oil' for "tbe s0.-is uf
,8vsfnm.nt Al prceeat the 'prOvsiorsi government
is all but buried IN oblivion No one pays aoy attention
IT. mapaates
The pcope q the gold regions generally expected some
Interference 30 their behalf by Congress. tsiug dssp
poinicd IN their exp Citations this respect tbey will
bsye 80 get Along vel 81 circumetsrces ~iu sow.
y-oMsTx AND sCWCULTrsAL EsrOuscKs
But two years bayiDg rAsci since tis appearance 1T
tbs 6fst colo TIE gud de9t. theory
Us the r.tica relations ~ the cuntry cannot very
well Dc iofmer a. the early moment.
All the vaurr. bpsever, made thus Tar ~ IN ca
tabtb the the ouste " far frum beiug In
htspfsbc md Vigorous ~ generally presumed -
he In the 81 $4,000 the average tsngs'a-
ture mrSh nilGcr ttsu ~ the Western state But
fw really cod Gays eygrr,enoed IL the valleys
worked all ~ibtr 10 the air. ~i,h tn"ir coats
% and even In the mountains msD'pns'iops that Sd
rot =, uurt the of water cfstnuef with hut
Temporary Interruptions. or hardly seen
~ yalleyr while only thirty iDcbs feli 10 the
Gregory district from the LIST u Soyem 1882 10 the
1t q May, Iso0
The spkg, proved tr dssgreeable portion ~ the
Jear. Chilly winds, cold rains ami snow storms we're
ffeaucs I 10 the months of March and april