New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-01-27
FROM THE MISSOURI TO THE PACIFIC-95.

virgipia, Montaua-In Appearance and
PARLIAMENTARY daring the flush
Timss-An Evening at The Theaicr-
Life mt . Hardy Gurdy House-starting
for Helena-A Rough Awskening-Jef.
fersen Rork-Hcad Of the Yellow stone
white-taiied Deer Caaen - Hot
springs-warm Climafe Of tho Pacific
Csass-Rfehness Of the Rinckfee Mines
-Immense Nuggets-Helene-Exp
Of Livisg-OutIets from Montana vim
the Piaiss, the Missouri and the Csium-
bia-A New Territory - Visit 10 tho
Quartz Lsdes.
From Our Special Correspondent
HELENA Montana, Wednesday Oct. &c, 1886.
Virginia, capital and metropolis of Montana,
must not be confounded with Virginia Nevada, a
thousand miles to the Southwest. 1t was settled in
July 1864 and has 5000 people, including Nevada and
Junction. Environed by mountain creets, dotted with
few lonely cedar 1t lies like huge serpsnt the head
Virginia the tail these two suburbs winding for nine
miles down Alder Greek. crooked strip Of low log
houses Mos. empty. their owners gone to the
Blackfoot country. The American miner is migra-
tory animal who will always leave the certainty Of IS
per day for the possibility Of s2O especially when the
new diggings very remote and difficult OF access.
Alder Guch has yielded many millions Of dollars For
ts length 3 mes 1t probably the richest gold de-
posit found In the world Completely pieces
it IL honey combed with shafts ridged with dtcbes and
disem boweled with tunnels few miners are still wash
ing the yellow fakes and grains from the brown earth
upon claims which continue to yield largely The heart
Of the s within 100 yards Of the dggings In the
flush times 1t crowd Of people and rush Of bust
ness.
The banking house Of Allen Millard sold 80
Eastern drsfis on single Sunday; for then Sunday
was what the Indians call 1.-THE Big Day Streets
were thronged. stores choked with q stream Of COM
sidewalks occupied by rival auctioneers boarsey
shouting the merits Of horses mules oxen wagons and
household goods. drinking saloons crowded. theater
closely packed beds hardly attainsble for love or
money. while gamblers clinked their coin and hesped
their dust hurdy hoases from open doors poured
fourth their aluring music. ALI this In town Of few
months old. In the heart OF the Rocky Mountains.
thousand miles from everywhere
Virgnia trade is still heavy and the business streets
always lively. The buildings are Of logs lumber and
granite with the wooden signs Of many irrepressibe
Jews oyerhsneing The plank sidewalks. Here, they
free from the novel circumstances which make their
brethren Of Salt Lake. whenever excited against the
Mormons talk about "ls ShenIilee" The lower story
Of stone block IS BY TO- rents for 600 per mouth
gold Greenbacks pass readily at 80 cents really high
than anywhere else the continent but the estab
lshed currency is gold dust at els per ounce. Every
one carries little buckskin purse from which, whether
buying cigar. hoop-skirt 9 house and lot. pay
nent ID weighed out upon the brass scales standing on
svery counter In small purchases IL involves waste
deficit Of about IS per cent TO the buyer. Every
morning little boys With sboysb and pans gather nD'