New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-11-20

,icbt stabbed ones nerves and there was
NO beauty nor grandeur left nothing but glare ana
enormousness The water is so clear that one ioohS
down nearly to China, and sees the borderhsh Snoo,
ing about The most charming of our many ueiiei a.,
slid back panel Of the wheelhouse, that We MS
look at the whirling wonder of the broken w..
There is no such blue in the world as was ~ Ell
cleaning water, 50 soft, so bright 50 e@.ui ~,
color that you were certain 1t wOulu S'"In
If you could scoop it up And IL n'SnGu tbrs
through a sea-change of clearest berylsieon, ~
fooming complaining. leapng, changing LOT nou'S'
IT, Iono before we looked for it, we were at IahOe
IIo,ao ond in California, and the waiting stages
"a ond rocked before the door, and the moment
IA come when we were to say good-oy
90 tho kipdest and most hOspitable, and most
unsel6sh of friends. There was such SHAKING
of hands and running back to shake handS over
again when it was found that the signal OF departure
had been false alarm. there were such hearty en-
treaties 10 us TO come again, there were such howls
of despair and God bless yous, there was such an
eagerness to have us comfortable. and such honest
regret to part with us, that it was no easy thing 10
leave Nevada behind. But off we were at last on
the gaop as usual and looking back till the forest
absorbed us we saw a queer Orchid-hke growth OF
hats and handkerchiefs waving in mid-ar, ana hearu
renewed volleys Of hOwls and benedlctlons' Inc
long way lay along the narrow, rocky valley OF the
Truckee and as We pitched hither and thither cross
ing and recrossing the swift picturesque stream ana
winding down to the railroad there was time to
think over those memorable four days and the I'M
pTessOnS Of them.
PIONEER PEOPLE.
Nevada. as felt then and as | see now is but the
eldest child of California, for whom the house-walls
were too narrow and for whom the fast ways of the
oil yvara tno slnvy The EettleuentS but dots
of civilization in great wastes of savagery. The
people are prosao and delying BedOuins. They look
10 90 to the East. or to Tho Bay" or to wander
somewhere, and they seize their Lares and Penates
which are their daily paper and playing cards, IN
mis- 1t, and off 10 any new spot where richer
mines are reported. The men, and speak now OF
the best society," they who have known all the
hardships and excitements of frontier life IN min
ing town, who have gone hungry and slept hard
who were worth fortune last week and not penny
yesterday, and have the fortune again tO-day-men
who speculate with a rashness that is frightful, and
run their luck with success not less amazing.
They men whose generosity is lavlshness, whose
kindness is prodigality men to whom money.
easily lost and won, represents no fixed value,
aud whose ready helpfulness is half the
time sheer carelessness. They are men developed by
their climate and their habits of life into intense
the senses are supreme. For many years they lived
without the society of women, and lived therefore
coarse and thin life. Their isolation has made them
think tenderly, even sentimentally, of the old Home
at the East and they welcome q bare acquaintance
as if he were their long-Ost brother This angular
and material life of fluctuations and successes has
brought out certain robust manliness which Is
wonderfully attractive. They all courage, cheer
fulnesS, eagerness, purpose, heariness. cordiaty,
open-handedneSs. They have all breath of the free
air of their mountains about them. They like mate
rial things with a zest which is amusing, being
grown up children in fondness for dinners. new
clothes, trinkets, and constant amusement. Of a
finer life they know very little, nor have they much
time to learn when the whole day goes 10 the mines
or the Office half the night to billiards Coarser
pleasures, and but hour OF two of waking time TO
home
This life is greatly harder on the women than on
the men, aud they have suffered more from it. They
dress more extensively and richly than their Eastern
sisters of equal afiuenee they have many and spen-
did jewels, they know and keen up to the latest
fashions, and both Child-husband and chd-wife en-
JOY the display But then there is really nobody to
dress for. Every woman knows the entire resources
of every other wOmans wardrobe and except for the
frequent visits to the Bay the arrival of strangers
dare say they would all subside into solemn black,
and save themselves trouble. We heard of most
elaborate lunch parties TO which only women went,
and where they sometimes scandal took, and some
times tea. And we heard of contemporaries in Win
ter But of society in its fine sense, of gatherings
of bright men and quick women there is really
nothing. Even of quiet household enjoyment
there is dreary little. The men don't think
it worth their while to cultivate wOmens
society, and the women have so little motive
ba iutor hat OF intar ha
man has quilted himself of his debt when he has
given his wife the look pretty and she has
discharged hers when she looks pretty. The mutual
obligation stops there, and he pleases himself and
she peases herself-if she can.
/ have said that III material good they have com
passed great successes Ineyer in the East such
superiuOus elaboratenesS of dinners and breakfasts
nor such useless profusion of silver and glass The
emphasis of their hospitality lies in these things be-
cause the women have not gotten beyond them. This
worship of the body too. bunts their more delicate
perception of a fine ceremony and l saw
beautiful and accomplished and Toyally-attired
woman take whisky straight" with
twenty men. her husband, gentleman-like and
scholarly, seeming to see nothing Objectionable
in the noisy gOOd-fellowship. Because the women
are apparently on just the same plane as the men,
they are really lower; and, loving and faithful as
Americans Utmost Always are Jney lal Oh DelnB Wise
wives and mothers and sweethearts in just as far as
they fail of being wise women. A very thoughtful
and quiet man said to me- Il am glad this question
of Woman Suffrage is coming up to us here. What
ever good or i'll turks in it, the very suggestion of il
must make our women think and the necessity of a
decision will do them good. We have been too busy
to see that we were teaching them to be dols-very
dear and fond dolls, of course-and now when we
have more leisure. and should like companions. be-
hold, what we have nodded that we have" Every
body who goes thither from the East makes
little speeches to them about their wonderful
pluck and prosperity, their grandeur and freedom