, 1860-08-22

winter, if not, will return here aud 20 to work
at the quartz, hoping 10 set enough out o. tas
par dirt 10 keep lie along; for among I'll The
quartz thers is, after gettieg down Aome dis-
Cd, which gsneiA \ II raya well. As to the gu1th
aipgings here, l 90 NOT thlak much Of them, a.
though numbers ure at work trying to wa4h
out the nuggets. They have to sink from hlfeen
to twenty feet to reach the pay dirt, md keep
w2ter-wh el or something else constantly At
wc1k pumping ou. tue water, and then 1t il only
ia pl4ces that they pay expenses,-dve CENTS to
the pan being the most th1t many, perhRps the
most Of them yield.
As to the mountains themselves was rather
disappointed when got here. ! had expected
to see awful rrecipices, chasms, gul!aes and
overAaugtng cliffs, huch an We always zee in
picture. Of tue A1pa and other European noun
taius; but ;ouod merely eucc:xsion Of hills
wiki yery hte7p sides, covered with line timber,
each higher and sleeper ss We approached the
.noxy Tanse, aud separated by narEow gulch
merely for the accommodation Of some littls
stream. 20 that by keepicg a!cng the course Of
the st cam travelling is not near SO difficult ~
it might be. except that the peIverse things
will not always run in the right direction, max.
ing it necessary ten to cross the diside and
take the course Ell uuctIer streao,. Dus the
view from the top Of one OF the highest points
il worth all it Costs, Ell braciog li1l after hill,
witt, green sides AMI still greeuer valleys be-
tScen, aud brought up standing by the snowy
range whose tops are still covered with su6w.
do not kns " ss ttis climate ia any more se-
luhriuns than the Kind you have in Clicayo:
the air ia Al Int | get out Of breath much
sooner than DO at home, aud the nights are so
cou1 ] set severely chilled sleeping on the
E.ound With nothing bu: my India rubber coat
under me. We hare no hot weather, and just
now 1t rims every day. Bnt hare got used p
that, and Can FRY pancakes snl cock steak
abnut as well in the rain as in the sun only
when it comes to bakiug l am bothered some,
us We hare 10 bake in the fsy-pcu.
DzsvER, July 49,
". 20! here Tuesday, and are ye, undecided
Us tn wilst shall t= Al, but have totne idea Of
trying the hsy bn. iuese, Us hay IL scllangat from
80 to $1Uu ! ton here, aud fire To ten ce1ts per
II in Mountaia City. 1t las tn he brought souo
,or.y or fifty miles 10 This place.
Mr.. Hcan has sten the elephant, lie thiuk5,
A.d will start tomorrow for California. l am
net Jet satisfied, and think ! eau do quite as
az we'll here az in Chicago, thcush would not
adrise sny one to iuEigrate lsre who .as Eot
some de6ute idea t what he IL going to dc,
and some means to do with.
! sold my horse fur $50, NEieh was low, but
about rs much az sha WAS worth here. ashorscs
are selling nt auction Ut from $2J to $75-sel-
dom over i15 il eTer 81 good. Hay is too high
to keep Il h,rhe htre, aud did not care to try
rambling *galn, d. Nc lost our stock onco on q
racclle. Mules and horses are shout as fafe in
lt;s cty Us gold dust would be on the front
s'eps. One man had his mules stolea from bis
wagon LAST night, within t"o Feet OF his head
and another lost four hurses l2s. Eeck IN about
the sane way; and rcucher near the Aka
sas Insres E41 oil with flty mules he had in
charge.
81. sloat WAS at Mountain City il company
will Mr. Ross, Who owna two c1aims in the
Fssk iead, for cne OF which Mr. Luli offered hi u
$1,000, but te thought j: vas worth more to
work.
As to Indians here, you reed not lay awake
nights Gu that account, have NOT seen more
than twenty five sinco 1haye been here, and na
Que here feels any apprehension OF thsir doing
anything verse tlnu stea1:nE cattle. Tit
UtAhs and Chcyenues are tbs only tribes Gis
paced t, be troublesome. and Just now they arc
very friendly, EnpinE thAt by trading and get
ting firearms Il the whites, they mAy be able
to bea: their old enemies, the Aerapahoes, who
at tlei- last battle, whipped them for The fir:'
time.
As to this town it is certainly p;ecocieut
yousg 'un for place not i year old aud hardly
weuErd. lite number OF brick stores, tar& 4
stories. though the mi 'rity OF the iowa Il
frame, mustiy IN good style, end spreading oytl
something like Que and I half or t*o miles.
| looks to me about as farge as E gin, perhaps
larger, aad, laying on b,th sides OF the Scutt
lo4 \ VI LUG lts51u4tlCS A44A1h
only that the timber il all on the river 1at
not na the nils surrounding. From ~Lere
| an sitting can look W and see the tops of ths
highest mountains stlll covered with Snow
| thuse nearest ute covered vi b liee timbtl
and IRE ubont stxt.en miles dlstant. though
thry lohk TO he ubont N hours walk fr. 4
| here. From whit l can judge shculd Thu
! there must Le any amount Of pine timber here
| Lumber here is worth about SO per thousand
| INSET Chicago men here every day. Thai
| young -, from - e. Co.'S dry goods stort
is Wu,Liag dishes in a restaurant, aud the otbtl
| chap keeping Kind Of "a 'oon tent. Gambling
! is the businesS most brisk jus. now. There j:
| large hall ahuat 70 hundred feet Ion ;, iu fu;
| blast day and night. There il preaching hers
| every Sunday bg two or three denominations
tu. We have never happened 10 be here on III,
Sabbath, ror any where el.e ~hc7c we could 6.
| to Church. Mr. Case, formerly Of the Churc!
Of the lAtonement, is prcaching ut Mountain
! CITY.
! As to ordering the PREss AND TRIBUNE here
as father offered to do, don's think it wou
| par, under the present state Of mail facilities
| Us it il very uucertuin whether | should re
one quarter al them, although should pr Z
,hem very ,nuct. For every letter sent her
tbs recipient submits to s"indle Of twcnty.tiv
cents. as Uncle SANS hlow coach hasn't 60
this iar Jet. a.d l don't think ever will unit
"Oad Ahe'' kicks Jas. B. out ef the Whit
House. stnd ltls BY young man going bac
to America, AZ they call !: here, who will ,na
it the first chance be gets, hoping it will &
more directly thuu by the Express 20.
Your lFod'Eai son, 8.