Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-05-20
DAILY DEMOCRAT.
INTERESTING LETTER FROM cHEY-
EmME.
CHsrrxxs. Nav le. 1868.


has transpired Of Importance to your nu-
merous readers, in this regien Of stupsn-
dueus humbugs, save. and except the re-
cepsiou Of our great Gen. sherman, and the
daily influx Of hundreds Of our enterpris.
ing eastern fortune hunters, VITO have been
lured from comfortable homes and lucrative
employ ments, to this mythical land Of
promise, 10 learn the bitter lesson Of aad
disappointment. Aud here let me urge
you through the medium Of your widely
circulated journal to warn young men
against the allure msuts held out BY parIi-
ran spectators, calculated to deceive them
into belief that oil that giittesU 10 geld."
The ersndest ewindls Of oil 10 the Union
Pasi6c Railroad, eontrsllsd By set Of -
interruptions ssamps % svsr vent unhung,
and il they Escape The stsanglsrs many
months, am - prophet. Thin 10 their
practical game First, they held cut 70
the laborine classes the inducsmest Of high
almost isbsloss wages. This bait 10
swallowsd with avidisy by thousands wish
ing employ ment st the Turing prices named
BY irresponsible agents scattered broadcast
through oil the rural districts Of the IN oTe
eastern Ststes-and who are paid by the
large contractors on this road TO lure into
the meshss Of their deceptive net the un-
wary. Early in the spring large wages are
paid to The few who have bravsd the in
eemsney Of the Rocky Mountain winter,
and ct the peril of their lives saved their
scalpa and stock from the arrow aud scalp
ing knife of the noble red man. Reports
are soon heraldsd east that four and five
dollars per day and ''all found" 10 the mai
mum for labor. Then comes the rush from
every quarter Of the globe to this great Ell.
dorado Of the plains. The mines, which BY
The way, are and will b for weeks TO eo0c,
many feet under the snsw, are turning out
bushels Of gold nuggets, which no miner
ever saw or ever viii see, are blaxsned
abroad and unthinking and incautious
men are brought here 70 squander
their little means in the vain search fer
what 10 not. aud never did exist here. while
the labor market 10 surfeised, and contract
err with hssrtiess independence say to the
poor appliesnts, you are compsllsd to
labor or starvs, and two dollars per.
day 10 all ~ can o. istsnd to pay.
The poor dups 10 hero without money,
hundreds Of miles from homo, with no
means Of return, and tbs sxhorbitant price
Of 10 cents per mile on the company's road
- pay for return transportation or run the
gauntlet Of Indians, but little loss humane
than The y hits dsnissns who have enthrall-
ed him. This and these are the cruel alter
natives, and know Of hundreds day sick
in mind and body, who would return had
they the means Of doing 90. Another swim
die equally stupenduous have these same
licensed thieves perpetratsd on . grand
scale. When Cheyenne ~as laid out, the
company laid out an extensive city which
vas to be ths2 Modern Babylon Of the
PIai.s. Here we're to Be grasd dspsss
round houses. rolling mills. machine aheps,
and the great sntrspot Of oil tAe wealth
from some scores Of 0elcendas on psper-
Merchants, mechanics, manufacturer and
capitalists 6scksd here BY the thou
sand, land "Prssto" . city Aladdin-liks
sprang into existence; corner lots went
up and spectators winked and looked
knowing - they talked Of future greatness.
But, alas, the machine shops, rolling mills,
round houses and paper fortunes have Ia
ken wings aud Hswn across the Black Hills,
and alighted in the Laramie Village, seven
~ miles west Of Us, land The Same farce 10
being enacted there, and Cheyenne 10 dai
" vanishing, ~ predicted in my last let
ter, and our once busy streets begin to as
sumo funeral-liks aspect, while owners Of
real-sstate begin to utter curses loud and
deep % they view the matter in it, true
light and count the cost Of tssir education.
visited New Laramie, over the noun
tains, las. Sunday, and where TIVE weeks
before there was but one tent, feund over
100 good wooden buildings and 400 fonts
with population Of ovsr 5000 Of the rid
RATS and scum Of all Gods creation.
counted 20s whisky mills, dance houses,
40 gambling bells, and over 30 other hells.
public fights, 2 shooting sfFrays, and one
cuss killed, and then came back satisfied
with the days adventure, slthoush vas
informed BY drunken policeman in this
baby city that the day wss IN uneemmon
quiet one.
Apropos of Shsrman's reception here, a.
he came 70 finally csnciliats the celebrated
Mr.. Lo, when he arrived at our depot, he
Was greeted by . delegation Of 1000 OF our
citizens, and a. be came from
the cars he was welcomed with
general Indian whcop BY the sxaspsr-
ated multitude who have become disgussed
with this red tape and shoulder strap truck
ling with Peace Commissioners. Why
have not Eastern papers made . note Of his
reception Political aspirants are cheap
here. CHEYHAN1GAy.
The natural bridge of Virginia was re-
Gently sold BY auction for 81 800 to Colonel
Mike Harman of Staunton. The suspen-
sion work on the bridge is said to be still
in good order.
Good butter is now selling from sixty to
seventy five cents pound in Galveston,
while Texas owns more neat cattle than any
state in the Union, while it costs nothing
TO feed them.