The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1865-04-22
Letter from Rocky Bar, South Boise.

EprroR WORLD: Winter keeps so tight q
hold Of us.that our roads are still closed, and
no arastras as yet running. In fact, want of
provisions is SO severely felt by all that most
of the arastra men have to, er must leave
soon, and go where food is. A last attempt
will be made to open road, but the only
move is from Sirup creek TO take light s.eds
with one horse, and thus haul in about 500
or 900 pounds on a led this is preferable to
packing, as if horse falls. through the crust
he can recover himself whereas with a load
of from $50 TO 20gpounds on his back, it is
almost impossible On Thursday party will
leave here, and Mr.. James Shiyely will leave
his ranch on the South Boise river, and follow
in their tracks Mr. S. has tried the expert
.ment for six or seven miles, and finds he can
pet along ia this manner without much diff
Guilty, and thus with two sleds bring in 1900
or 1900 pounds. II is absolutely necessary
that some such mode should be adopted; as
when the water rises it will be impossible to
get pack trains or sleds, or anything else but
web-footed animals into this camp orseveral
weeks--except from Idaho across the noun
sans, and when the snow will. be gone from
that trait, it is looking too far ahead to say
There is not anything in the provision line
for,sale in this camp, or at Happy Camp, ex-
cept coffee and nearly every one is on either
-four and beans, or beaus straight very few
have any meat or grease even to cook with
the beans. Vegetables are equally scarce,
The snow is melting away fast, and all the
streams are rising, butit the snow does moi
90 faster even than it does now we shall have
4 abundance Of it left in June, and some II
July. During the last forty-eight hours il
has again showed, and the signs portend an.
other fall About f4e or six feet of solic
snow now adorns CD our streets, and tht
prospect is black and drsa>y indeed.
The Idaho Mill Co. having obtained sup
ply of powder on hand-sleds, the mill isagair
in operation Cartee & Co.'s mill is awaiting
the arrival of another setsof shoes and dies
and consequently is idle.
If the presence of grouss oI the hills is
sign of coming Spring, that season ough
shortly to come, as those birds are now occa
sionally to be seen.
WILDCAT sPECVLAToRs.
One of this fraternity Of the cross betwee
sharpers and swindIers, made his way int
our midst last week, ana of course, as is nat
ural with that sort of fish, splayed |" th
representative of millions His name wa
given as Mr.. Henry McCarty, and he was rep
resented as loaded BY the burden and come
incident to great business men, who, in thes
days of paper money, have realized the pape
and are afraid to keep it; have so muc
money they don't know what to do with i
Why don't the philanthropic patriots go an
spend few millions buying niggerS and set
ting them free--save blood thereby and rende
themselves immortal (as slave dealers.
However, to return to our Wildcat Quart
Speculator. Mr.. McCarty represented himse
as the agent and representative of Mr.. Josh
ua Hanna and john A. Forsyth Of St. Louis
eAhd either New York or Pittsborg, and calle
&she company by the name of the " Pittsburl
New York and Idaho Gold and Silver Minin
Coz Now, sir, these wildcat SPECTATORS d
more injury to bona fde good quartz CAM
than tornadO or whirlwind. They do, {
10 this instance, tuy quartz for companie
but not (as Mr.. Net. sandy to put mills on
but to incorporate, then sell stock-the pu
chasers thus filing their own pockets vii
gold or greeRbacks, and the pockets of the
dupes with the scrip of incorporated comps
nies net worth the paper upon which it
wEitteu.
Now TO trace the progress of Mr.. McCar
ia this camp and at the Yuba, and am sor
to say, that gentlemen, we'll known
holders of good quartz and large interes
\ were either blinded by his blandness or ell
concerned with him. On his arrival here,
made but alshort stay but hastened on
the Yubp, not liking most probably, to fir
face the influential meA and genuine quar-
and power holders of this camp, whom
was wellawar& must readily see through II
thin mask Of 4 paper,' mills, nachiuer