, 1875-03-19

FORMER GOLD EXClTEMEhT5,
!spteiu C'rrrsr srchat,lts Of TAa Chicago Tribune.
CouNc,1 llurEs. H., March 15.-In notice, In
your dibrn.chon, correspondence, MD ,sowB-ox-
tract6 from this scctiun OF tho country, that
tho
nLAck-HiLLs noLp EXCITEMENT
has attracted tho attention Of journalists abroad
au wo!l as at home. Yhe focus OF this oxclto-
r.out is IN tho Missouri Valley. from Bismarck
down to tho junction Of the eioux City Il Pa-
ciiic Iioal With tho Chicago Il Northwestern, at
Missouri Valley Stntion. had occasion, last
week, to make u buBineas-trip up tho valley, md
came iu contact With largo number Ct
farmers who arc discussing tho question
of temporarily .aaodortng their homes and
taking stool; in the uncertain and porilous
nttempt 10 find gold mud mako fortunes Ia the
Black Hills.
It Eczema that gold-cxoitcments move in wcll-
ascer.ainel and defined cycles; and, as point
OF observation. Council Bluffs has had 1nnny i'd
vantugoy from hor own experience. Tho facs IL
that, for moro thau qunrtor OF q century, sho
lhs been tho Temporary ca.nping-grouado OF MANY
tliousantls Of gol4-huntcEs, who found their way
to the mountains and tho pactlc Coast, and re-
turned 4iaguytod aud disappointed. First aftor
the hogtra to tho placcr-dlgGnga Of tho sacra-
mcuto aud the american niyor Valleys came
tho
plKE's PEAK ExcITEMxN1s.
Thousands OF ,yoll-.o-do farmers Of Western
Iowa md Eastern Nebraska, intoxicated With tho
dream Of sudden wealth from tho brief use Of
tue pick aud shovel In Colorado soil Abas,-
doned tue certain results Of our rich val
loys by tho pillow, and hlel then3
Bolycs AMY With ox-teams, and
wagon.coyo1a labeled "pikos Peak or
bust" Their, dilapidatcd appearance, their
starving and enaoIated animals, tho hungry and
dIsconauate looks Of tho ragged and returning
hundreds. tho "bustcd" appearance Of the caEa-
| vans from Tho reBions OF tue cactus and tlla
prickly pear, OF the pEairio-dog and the cisnma-
| ron, showed how easy It was to allure mon from
perils aud hardshtps, Of a lite under Hagon-
OF the uufortunate. Talk Hack Hills to tho
hundreds OF victims Of tue riko'a Teak faulty
Aotc, and YOU would ndl !nault to Injury.
Not content, however. with this experience,
| When
| TIE MONTANA YEvEN
broke out IL, nIl lta fury, hun!scds moro Aban-
tloued tho pow, aud followed tho dreamy trail 10
the fas-on gold bearing valleys Of that lofty Ter
rltory. wuoru tho thermometer htood for weeka
this winter at 81 degrees below zero, aud where
in one or Two places, tho mercury , actually CON-
aud maHngel to get buck whore thoyho contunt
themselves with scanty earnings 10 ottlluasy ON.
| p|oy1aests aud some OF thom arc pensioners
IN tho bounty Of moro prudent friends Who
| stayed At hGnlo.
Eyon thou, with all those experiences, when
White pinet and its gllttering wealth Just for
tho picking up, came into Wow. many Of our
| YouuE and cnHof men loft good employment,
adopted tl,e exciting and nobla profession OF
sbullwhaokinK," CROSSED tho plaina, aud dalYe1
il searct Of wealth IN tho mines. Uut = short
time only suicod for ottors to arrive asking for
Gods sake, sufficient rolief to bring them
home.
| Now comes the Black lItlls,-a repaltlou Of
What has for yeara been e1pos!enced. We ad-
mirod sha no1vU, pluck, aud relaoyerat!co, OF
tho party which lett Sioux cily l.st October for
tl,at would beia!l them; but the fact TINT Gen.
Orb has ordered Col. bradley, commanding ono
or tho military poAta nearest 10 tlor enchn,p-
mcnt, to bring thonl In, On account Ut their dos,
tituto condition, looks like q repetition Of soma
OF our former expeditions for gold-huntlnS. !.
that
IT II NOT ALL GOLD THAT d1rrrEns.
For yearH ! lay0 watclea with peculiar and
painful intc,oYt young znun In our largo cities
leaving good situations, abandoning the cosn-
forta Of home. and tia prospects Of aucceBs In
llle by steady industry, to follow the phantom Of
mountain gold-huuting, nna shen returning des.
tttute almost. aud In many instances tte,aorai-
ixed and unit for business thereafter. An OF.
periepce on tue paeilu Coast few years ago
showed to mo how absolutely uncertain antl teek-
ing we're all tlose dreams. Tha chhucen Of
wealth iu this direction are shout equal tu those
who try tho fatos tu - bout" against Canada
Dill ard bis miraculous three caydh. would ~
boo. tEy my fortunes !n tho one direction ~ tho
other. nLuFE UlTr.
OCEAN STEAMSHIP MEMS.
LONDON, March 1s.-Steamshlps Elysia and
France, from New York, have arrived out.