New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-09-17

Mr., Gill, who has damned the Fontafne quj
ooull!e. river, ana had pnt up a saw mill with an
Inc road We have passed over from Colorado mp
to the mill Of Mr.. Gill, built at cost of fifteen
hundred dollars by the citizens Of Colorado. YETI
the Kansas Legislature last win
ter, in its sovereign wisdom and audacity, passed
an act charterng company to come out here, con-
struct gates across the road and take toll. Tho
chartered gentry came out, put up gates and pro
ceeded to take tolI--a dollar from each wagon
but the people who had expended their money and
laoor ior the purpose Of having good road into
the mountains, free to all, had no respect for the
LegislauVe body way down at Lawrence, assem-
bed, en- masse, destroy yed the incumhrances placed
on their road, and compelled the parties putting
them there to vacate the premises at once, which
they were in hurry to do. Since then, there has
been no toll asked OF demanded on the aforesaid
road.
This morning we started ont and, to my surprise,
found we had passed over the toughest part Of
the road--had gone by the supposed " impossible
barrier" which was easily done; there are many
az rough highways in New England, where they
build railroads without any trouble, and even here
railroad can be built with less than half the ex-
pense and difficulty encountered in the eonstruc-
tlon Of the celebrated road over the Allegheny
aoantains IN PennsYlvania. If there are no more
serious obstacles to than this in connect
ing st. Louis with the shores of the Pacific, by
bands Of ron you can rest assured the road viii
be built, and that speedily.
Since morning our horse has drawn us d distance
of forty miles, over an easy road, through a sue
cession of parks, possessing rare beauty, con-
nected, one with the other, by narrow passages.
We have driven betwee mountains on either hand
whose bases are covered with black forests Of
pine, in many instances continuing to the summit.
We have passed several mountain streams, trbu-
taries of the Platte in the north and the Arkansas
at the south, containing water in abundance, as
clear as crystal and cold as ice-cream, running
swift, and making /" sweet music with the enam-
eled stones.'
August %, 1866.
| a gentleman arrived in town to-day from the
A-t.o- H. A.
| place. He reports the country az fast filling up
with bona de settlers; with their families are
moving in and taking up. claims for agricultural
purposes Corn Pas in 1as' spring premises a.
| size. The land is very prolific.
| Men from Eastern Kansas have opened farms on
the Arkansas. and they say the soil is as rich as
! any they ever saw. By securing means Of irri-
gazing the land, they have as good farms and crops
/ as any in he'country.
| On Cheyenne creek, about four miles below this
/ CITY, three young men from New England George
Hand, James Tappan and B. F. Growell-haFe
| taken each claim OF one hundred and sixty
acres. They are building dam and digging q
ditch two miles and an eighth long, five feet wide
! and about two feet deep, from which water can be
carried to any portion Of the land for the purpose
of irrigation. During the winter the land will be
fenced in, and early in spring they will open the
largest and finest farm in this section of country
/ They are satisfied that while corn is worth six
dollars per bushel and all kinds of farming pro-
/ ducts command such high prices as at present, or
even to reduce the value seyentyhve per cent,
| farming will pay much larger and surer dividend
than mining. They illustrate their faith BY their
| works, and if they continue as they have COM
menced, they will succeed and test the matter
mots thoroughly.
Potatoes have been offered in this market, raised
within few miles Of town, weighing a pound
4 each; four were brought in the other day which
weighed in the aggregate fye pounds tomatoes
flourish here in abundance, and of large size.
Wheat, oats and barley have been cultivated
near Denver, as an experiment, which promises
well.
/ mention these facts for the purpose Of counter
acting the effect of the many reports of the re-
turning pilgrims who represent this country as
barren, and as poorly adapted to all Agricultural
purposes as the Great Desert Of Sahara Nothing
, can be further from the truth than such state
ments. The only difficulty yet experienced Is the
want of water to make as good farms as are tound
t in Eastern Kansas difficulty IN many lecahtes
! | easily remedied by the construction OF dams ano
bitches; and when once built, the water from the
0 numerous mountain streams never fails them.
J. II. I. Green, Esq, Superintendent Of the Smoky
e from the Great Kansas Valley to the mountains
l. returns to his home in Leavenworth this week OF
the Express. Upon his arrival there, he will pub
10 lish report of his success in opening good ant
direct road up the valley Of the Kansas and snok.
e Hill rivers to this point, its advantages over othe
I. routes, distance between LeavenWorth and Colo
Of rado, and all matters Of Importance connected
.e with public and popular thoroughfare.
il Near the celebrated California Gulch some ne
groes dicovered lead, which they have worket
l. for some time with profit 1t is said to pay well
While the darky propretors were absent on vlsl
7. to town to purchase provisions, their claim Wa
a jumped by some fellows, who were desperate an
J. determined to retain possession of it. despite tn
rt protest of the original possessors; they refused
If abandon the premises when requested TO 40 80 3
rs ners Court evidence introduced, pleas lstenei
,e to with patience and forbearance, and the CLAIM
d was decided by the court and the jury to be tn
property of the negroes. The jumpers Wer
IN compelled to vacate the premises in hurry, Whle
e. they did In very bad humor, making many threat
ic that they would soon return and drive the d.
10 niggers Off" g9 i5Q #A8l
III Tie miners again met-this time in mass meet
is ing-the matter was discussed for sometime, an
lie the young men were warned not TO make any MOI
'tsuch threats, if they did they "must leave tn
n country''-words which convey very omlnen
suggestion to the miners here in the mountains
d No more threats were made, and the negroes ar
a. making their pile, in undsturbed tranquility.
The Colorado market does not differ much frol
er that of Denver. Prices range about the same.
10 great demand for copper sheeting, iron, stea
or cooking stoves, and none in the market. =,
nd Flour, sugar, bacon hams molasses, eoilee, tss
to rice and dried fruit very scarce, and for whae
I'm there is demand. Also stationery and booi
much called for. Also nails, and all kinds
la- builders hardware.
have supply of nails, and those are at Denver
Gerrish Il Co.. and Tappan & Co. Their stock "
de be exhausted before winter, and then q demand
he nails.
re This market is overstocked with boots and shoe
clothing canned fruits, candles and rubber good
he There is also demand for wrought IRON nal
m. and no supply, all kinds of leather and larl
oil, sized window glass. Wild meats, venson, gret
,al peas, potatoes, eueumbers, green corn, SUNNI
es squashes, raspberries and milk, plenty IN II
,rs market.
he Bullion very scarce. Bank notes non est. Go
on. dust, labor and produce about the only tender
The Fairplay, Tarryall, Platte, Clear and Cher
Creek gold is worth eighteen dollars. Cailforn
Niger, Russell and Gregory Gnlch gold IS Wef
sixteen dollars an ounce in trade. -
The first United States mail from this city to :
Re. States left this morning for Denver with sixty
ters. good beginning
PersonaL-H. c. King, Esq, Of Georgia, a
lay Hon. G. Button ex-United States Consul to Tries
OF are soiournng at the Soda Springs, near town,
do the benefit of their health.
all sA0
ns n.s A YACHT SToRY-Not long since, pfiya
party from city in Connecticut visited the Mass
US chusetts shores in steamer on fishing excl
Aaa sion. One evening they were obliged to put in
70. , Monomoy Point. The fog was SO thick that
bet could be shoveled overheard, and no indicatio
al OF light could be seen couple Of pilots eal
al alongside and hailed. They were asked how fal
,is was to the :. bell - at the entrance OF the hafo
,.o ra They replied "two miles, Pilots wanted eng
Ala ~ | dnilars 10 take the boat in. Captain OF steam