New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-11-07
FROM CARSON VALLEK.

,e,s in Utah. Since my laet many chspges have
sien place in the business aspect of the couatry'
ana trade. which at that time owing to the indian
Amenities and the reaction which followed the
Wild speculation in mining claims, had become |
really stagnaDt, hss sgain revived, ana is IN reany
Bye6er andcarried upon surer basis tnan IL was
saylv in the season. Our town, which at that time
was bronoht 10 stand-sti has for the pat ak
weeks been building up faster, and In mlnner
more permanent, than at any time 10 It's history
Canvas louses are fast being superseded by sub
stantial buildings of stone, or brick, or WOOD. Is
street the Broadway of Virginia, is built up closely
on either aide for the distance OF nearly hall mile,
and presents in all things quite metropolitan az
pearance Pearlman the pioneer merchant, has
erected on this street. in the Of his stone store
which fronts on A street. fine brick structure, 40
feet by 60; so that he Low occupies, and has well
6lledwith q well.assOrted stock OF goods, store
of the dimensions of 40 by 100 feet, and
extending from street TO street. Black " Howell
have built large stone store on street. Ihese
are the principal fre-proOf stores in the city, though
many of the merchants occupying wooden buildings
have underneath fre-prOOf cellars IN which they
store the greater portion of their goods. Business
rs still done to extent IN canvas buildings, but
the number of these is daily diminishing, and by the
setting in Of Winter will have been numbered among
the things tldt We're ndNlNS Il tOHgC cAlstohoO V"ty
m the memories of the pioneers. On the back
streets. the canvas tents in which the greater por
ton of the population have resided during the sum
mer are fast being torn away, and their places
filed with comfortable and in many instances
tasteful dwellings Of wood or BRICK. MaldanadO
Brothers the principal owners In the Mexican clam
on the Comstock lead have erected princely man
saon Of brick the main portion of which Is two and
half stories in hight and 30 by 40 feet In size. 1t
10 benp web finished and will be furnished in
STYLE corresponding with the wealth of its owners.
In addition TO the fine buildings mentioned, the Mex
lean and 0phir Companies have each erected large
steam quartz-mls Just outside OF town. which In
few weeks will be in full operation. They have been
erected for the purpose of crushing the ore taken
from the mines Of the respective companies. The
Spanish or Mexican company intend smelling their
ore also at their mill These mills when once III
operation Will greatly augment the business OF our
city. improvements such as these show the conn.,
dence Of capitalists in the richness and stability OF
our mines and are good criterions by which to Judge
concerning the future prosperity of this portion OF
Brigham YOuDg's dominiOns.
In addition to the great Improvement our town
has experienced materially it has improved morally
and socially. Religious services are held weekly by
the MethOdists and the Catholics, and the general
attendance is good. The Sons Of Temperance have
large and rapidly increasing Division OF their
order here, also one at Gold Hill, and one at Silver
CITY, Socially, we owe its improvement to the set
tleInent among us of men OF family, VINO have
brought with them their wives and children NOth-
ing does more toward establishing society on
highly civilized basis than the presence and iniu-
ence of viItuOus women. Considering the fact OF
ours being mining community, and but newly built
ND, it has larger proportion of ladies and children
than most mountain towns. A day school is in
Successful operation, having good attendance, and
q liberal support. 1t is kept by a young lady.
Charles Duyal, celebrated here as linguist has
class room where are taught daily the Spanish, the
French the German, and if required, the Latin
Greek and Hebrew languages. Thus it will be seen
Virginia City is not entirely destitute of those
opportunities for Intellectual social and religious
Improvement of which older towns can boast. But,
while general social improvement is observable,
the city far from being rid of the nest of gamblers
and murderers which has always infested ii.
Though thanks TO the cicilizing implements of Col
Colt and Major Bowie their numbers have cOnsid-
eraby diminished, especially OF late. During the
first week of the month three men were killed, and
three OF four men and one woman wounded, the
latter dangerously. The wounded lady, Mrs.
Eder, was injured while striving to shield her hus-
band from the bullets of band of assassins, who
were striving to take his life. The difficulty Orgi-
mated in difference in regard to ten dollars which
was due Eder for rent from an Irishman named
Devine. Eder threatened taking compulsory posses
sion OF his property unless the $40 should be forth
coming and in retaliation, Devine, soon after dark
with an armed party of his cOuntrymen, pro-
ceeded to the residence of Elder, evidently for the
purpose Of taking his life as well as that of
Hill, the brOtherin-law OF Elder. On arriving
ut the house Devine called on Elder to come out at
the same time firing his revolver hitting Hill in the
arm. At this Mrs. Elder placed herself before her
husband, begging Devine to spare his life, but the
remorseess villain far from dessting fired again,
the bullet hitting the devoted woman SCATTERING
her thigh in a shocking manner. Elder was alter
ward shot in the leg, and an Irishman named
Hughes, supposed to have been one of Devine's
party was shot in the forehead, Of which he died
early in the morning. Whether his death was in
territorial or accidental, is not known Devine TAX
INC advantage of the darkness, made his escape,
leaving behind him wife, near her confinement,
and three small children, dependent on the charity
of the community he had outraged. A reward of
Eve hundred dollars is offered for his arrest The
other instances of homicide have been less agra
waited, or of smaller interest to the community at
large The COmstOck lead pays as richly as ever
especially in the claims of the Ophir, the Mexican
The Central al Gould and Curry Companies. In
the Virginia lead fine has at last been struck,
and Virginia stock has greatly advanced In price,
Fine prospects are being obtained from other leads
back Of the COmstock and Virginia
Our sister towns, Gold Hill and Silver City, are
improving also at a rapid pace. At Gold Hill one
large mill is in operation, crushing rock taken from
the celebrated Gold Hill lead. The WashOe Silver
and Gold Mining Co. are erecting another large
mill at this point in addition 10 already built
and in operation at the Devils Gate, near Silver
CITY Besides these there are two other steam mills
in operation and others process of erection at the
latter place. These mills are turning out large
quantities OF precious metal, which materially affects
the money circulation of that vicinity. The Luz
zerne, newly opened gold lead. Is Yielding nch
rock, enc lot Of ten tuns yielding at the rate of
t,,n nd