The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1861-06-12
Denver Correspondence.
DENVER CITY, May 9th, 1856

DENVER City, May eth, 1861.
Dear Times Your welcome old phiz
made its appearance yesterday to gladden.
the heart of the straying pilgrim. am
pleased to see that old McGrcgor is awake
to the patriotic duty Of sustaining the su-
premacy Of federal authority and the no.
bic soldiers who have enlisted have my
heartfelt thanks and best wishes for their
prosperity and well beng. Out here we do
not partakc quite so much of the enthusi-
astic, although the heart of our people
pulsates for the Union-now and forever
but it is all that we can do to protect our
selves from the redskins who surround US
Oh all sides, and who Of course, as soon as
they find Uncle Sans military posts vacat.
ed will become insolent and saucy. We
know not how soon We may have them to
deal with, although at present they are
pcaceably and well disposed, but fred skins
are very unsartin."
If In your quiet little town a murder
should be pcrpe;rated in the street it woul /
create sensation MS you are aware, but out
here they take such things as cool as they
would an ice punch. On Friday night last
I saw four men who had got into some kind
of a wrangle in Blake Street gambling
house, take eighteen shots at each other,
but they all missed the men shot at and
came very near hitting di>interested parties
they followed up the war and took another
round about an hour after when one
of the party was killed and another
wounded-th,re is little or no hope of his
recovery. The verdict Of the people the
next morning was "served him risht,"-
and but little notice was taken of the trans
action. Now, Mr.. Times do not think our
people are thus reckless of human life--we
have two classes-the gambling pimps and
bummers, and the citizens-and while the
fight is all among the bummers it matters
not which whips; people care but little
about it and let pass with the satisfaction
that there is one or two rowdies less. But
if citizen is killed by one of these then
there is war in the camp and neck to
break, sans eeren0nie.
Business here is quite dull. Little emf.
grafton coming in compared to last
year. Provisions arc very plenty and cheap.
In the mountains about Gregory, Clear
Creek &C., the mines are doing we'll quartz
mining is rapidly improving and think
new era will dawn upon this region of
country. No one not conversant with the
facts can imagine the difficulty that the
people has had to labor under. Here, six.
teen hundred miles removed from facilities
of transport except by wagon. Every thing
you use in your business, even to the pick
handle, cost ten cents per pound advance
on its cost and profit, SO that experimenting
and prospecting is attendant with great ex-
pense, but Notwithstanding all this there is
an immense amount of machinery here
which is being worked with success. The
SHOWS are now melting away in the South.
ern digging and a very considerable portion
Of the emigration are going in that direc-
ton. Even gulch mining is just now being
learned. The old California miners cannot
work these mines to advantage more than
ony one else, as the gold has to be saved
upon q different principle altogether; in
stead Of being benefit to the miners here
the old experienced Californians have borne
disadvantages as their system has wasted
many pound Of gold The weather is warm
and beautiful; no rain of consequence has
fell for the last four months; the streams
are low. On the mountains there is vet con.
siderable snow which it is expected that
June and July will send along down this
way, and If it does not rain in the mean
time our farms are so situated that they
can irrigatc and thus force the crops along.
There is wide breath Of acres planted in
this region and if crops are but moderately
fair there will be vegetables sufficient raised
for our own home consumption. There
will also be quite an amount of oats, corn,
barley and rye raised; wheat there is no use
raising for We are without mills and proba-
bly, will be for some time.
All quiet at present. McC.