Idaho semi-weekly world. (Idaho City, Boise County, Idaho Territory) 1867-1868, 1868-01-18
AN INTERESTING LETTER.


falg AN INTERESTING LETTER. aaI
Many of our readers in the Basin will be
gratifed to learn that our universally esteemed
fellow citizen, j. w. Wood, who, left here
December, 4th, safely reached his old home in
Missouri on the 21st Of the same month-after
q generally fair journey Of seventeen days, by
the Overland Stage and Railroad route. He
was only twelve days from Boise City to Oma-
ha. He writes, to dear friend here, the fol-
lowing, which we are permitted to copy:
SMITHvILLE, Clay County. Mo-,
December %, 1867.
DEAR FRIEND: reached home two days
ago, and found all we'll From Salt Lake to
Cheyenne i was indisposed, but on arriving at
the latter city took occasion to give the place
and its surroundings good look in all its as
poets, and as / promised several persons in
Idaho City and around the Basin to let them
know what thought Of that new city, l shall,
with your permission, make you the medium,
in this way, of communicating with them all
Cheyenne is "laid out" on the Union Pa
cifc Railroad, $50 miles west of Omaha. The
buildings are mostly of wood, and many of
theln have been moved and moved again from
Julesburg and North Platte. certainly regard
Cheyenne as the prettiest place for a nice little
FIRE ever saw, aud should it burn there will
be very many who will leave their clothes be-
hind, as the wind blows almost hurricane
continually II / lived there would sleep
with my pant,loons on, think saw no fire
proof buildings, but WIS told there were few.
There is u Government post near the city.
There are stores, salcons, and gambling houses
without number, and some OF the latter ap-
pear to be doing "Land Office business"
The rattling of faro checks and jingling of the
! big stacks of silver forcibly remind one of
! Idaho City ia early days. Greenbacks, how
ever, is the medium of these 'money changers"
| saw several gentlemen of the sportive per-
suasion whose countenances were familiar, but
whose names knew not. "
All kinds of business seem to be fully rep
| resented-enolgh in each, to my mind. But
| they are "catchpenny" set, and will readily
disgust the '.yondersiders" with their close
dealing
AS to the permaneney of Cheyenne City,gI
have small faith. twill be a good place tor
few business houses so long as it continues to
be depot for the Colorado mining camps.
But from all can hear-and / am inclined to
| think my authority is good-the city of Chey-
enne was intended by the Union Pacific Rail-
road Company as great blk, and they intend
to practice several more Of the same kind be-
fore they build their City. Ia the beginning
| they announced their intention to build their
machine aud large workshops at Cheyenne
These shops have not yet been commenced,
and some OF the Company are now fnodestly
suggesting the propriety OF building them at
Fort Saunders, point some distance further
west
4 cannot say that am prepossessd with.this
country The air don't seem as free and pure
as IN Idaho, and nothing looks as expected to
find things. i will return to "ynH side' by
water, aud think | shall start from New York
about the Goth of February, for San Francisco,
and after reaching that city, it will not take
me long to get back again in good odd idaho
City. nia4' Yours truly. 1n1ai J.,W.aWOODJ
MURDER BY NEGRo.-A Washington pa
per Of December 2sth saws
= Last night while three white men were
turning corner in the First Ward one of
them ran against a colored man, who, in com-
pany with colored woman, was going in the
opposite direction. The colored man, after
Iuttering, an oath, fred his revolver at the
white man, who to-day died from the effacts
OF the wound. The murderer escaped. .
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3, BRITISH SnEs.--A Washington dispatch to
the st. Louis Repablicaa, December 22d, says:
Some OF the Fenians here are excited over
'rumor that the British Legation has paid
corps of spies in every large city in the
United States, who ascertain the movements
Iof their circles, and enable the authorities in
England and Ireland to know the errands of
emissaries sent there. .slaiH IN aedl tt b.
Iura - ass8 TTr-Tr ---T--e : T-1T-7 ---T ---a sa0I
TAKING ACTIoN.-.A Washington special of
December 22d says: The proceeding of d pub
lie meeting in Pittsburgh, Pal praying that
rcparation shall be made bF the british GOV.
ernment fpr the Imprisonment and murder Of
American citizens, have been laid before The
House Committee on Foreign Affairs. aHoaa
uvtf ne ---saEiisrI
"A VIENNA telegram Of December Odd says:
The new Constitution Of Austria, which re-
Gently passed the Rsichsrnth, has been pro-
unulgatsd throughout the Empire BY az IinPe-
rial decree. .ssasfsel Aid ri aasa "A