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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1880-09-02

California, 5elongs to the history OF
the past, but the "old timer" pros
pector of that State has had the dan
gers, tolls and hardships incident to
that kind of life indellibly impressed
upon his mind.
1t Is said that history repeats itself.
lnls is at least so as to the hardships
and privations attendant upon pros
pecting for precious metals, and is
fully verified in this section of the
world, and in this day and time. 1t
Is safe to say that men here will go to
the very verge Of destruction in search
of mines. Your correspondent and
three Others started out a few days ago
from this town with view of pros
pectlng within the boundaries of the
Indian Reservation. Two of It's were
mounted upon broncho ponies, with
piles of blankets behind our SADDLES !;
! the other two were afoot, and drove
Mexican jack or burro before them.
The jack was loaded down with picks,
shovels, -four, coffee, bacon and blank
cts. We travelled the first day over
a dim Indian trail, and camped at
night In deep, dark gorge or narrow
valley lying between stupendous noun
tains. Next morning we saddIed,
packed, and moved on, and the day
was passed in climbing up the steep
sides Of mountains, miles high, and
descending into dark and fearful
canons, alternately. The next after
this | commenced to reflect seriously
upon the proposition that if we should
flnd mines IN such country they
would be worthless, on account of in
accessibility. 1t struck my companion
on horseback as sensible view OF the
question, and we therefore turned the
expedition into a hunt, and after kill
ing one bear and one deer, we returned
to Irwin. The portion of the reser-
vatlon referred to, and examined by
us, is utterly worthless for any purpose
except for game and fish, which can
be found IN great abundance. There
are strong indications of it being a
mineral country, and some mines have
been discovered there ; but the rough
hess of the country will preclude them
from being worked, at least for many
years. 4 very great portion of the
reservation is composed of the SAME
character of country; but on the
/ Grand and Gtlnnison rivers, and in
section OF country lying on the I'm
comphaghre river, below the Los Piros
Agency and not far from the San Juan
country, there are said to be extensive
and fertile valleys.
Irwin. or Ruby Camp, is improving
very rapidly. There IS large mum
her OF business houses of every de-
scription found usually in new mining
camps, and the people generally have
confidence in the mines. There are
some, and quite number of excellent
mines here which are sufficiently
opened to establish that they are likely
to prove durable, rich, and extensive !;
but it takes capital to work quartz
mines, and the most of the mines or
prospects are held By parties who have
no means, ard, of course, they viii
not be worked till they change hands.
Some mines are said 10 be owned by
men of capital, but they are not at
present being worked to any great ex-
tent. However, it is reported that
work viii be commenced soon upon
a larger scale upon many Of them.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1880-09-02
THE TOWN OF IRWIN

| Was laid Out on the rath of August,
1879. Cornwall & Craven put up the
first house In August. q log structure.
But very little building was done until
this year, owing to the impossibility Of
obtaining lumber. There was not a
saw mill III the camp until this sum
mer, AID the first lumber sawed sold
at fabulous prices. The first substan-
tiai frame building put up was erected
by +. H. Kellogg, the lawyer, but we
understand Dunn < Maloney really
erected the first frame structure, THEN
law Office building, occupying space
about IoxI4 feet. The streets are
slxty-six feet wide, the sidewalks oc-
cupying twelve feet. Nearly all the
buildings now going up are frame, the
SIX saw mills now in successful opera
ton in the camp bringing the price
down to sa5 per thousand feet, or
about fifty per cent lower than ii is
possible to furnish it in Gunnison.
. Irwin is surrounded by pine, and
Thousands Of acres OF it lies within
sight of the young camp. We pre-
dict that the price of lumber there
will soon be reduced to SIS or s2o
per thousand feet, as it seems that it
viii be impossible for the camp to
support SIX mills for any great length,
! of time. On the south side Of Tenth
street, near avenue f. is the
! ELK MOUNTAIN PILOT
Office, so ably presided over by
Lacey & Phillips. The difficulties
! they were obliged to encounter in get
ting their paper started. have aever
been cGualed in Colorado, and their
/ leading business men there owe them
a debt CT gratitude for the sacrifices
they have made in publishing first
class newspaper under the difficulties
they have been obliged to encounter.
| Their office is over 10, 500 feet above
I the level OF the sea, and they are able
" tiiSiiiSClNNS oli tiiI idlt llldl
they are several thousand feet
NEARER HEAVEN
| Than it is possible for the usual
country editor TO get. This fact alone
would satisfy some people, but Lacey
& Phillips have demonstrated to their
entire satisfaction. that it is an I'M
/ possibility for a newspaper man, even,
to live on light ali and promises.
They are live, wide-awake, hard
working men, and deserve a liberal
patronage at the hands Of the people
Of Ruby Camp.
The only brass band in the whole
Gunnison country is at Irwin, and the
sweet music discoursed by it every
evening, has charming effect, echo
ing through the gulches and over the
distant hills and peaks. The band is
composed of nine persons and adds
not little to the pleasures Of the
camp.
/ THE FUTURE.
| Every citizen of Ruby Camps
pecially those holding town and mi
ming property-is enthusiastic in re-
gard to the future of the great camp.
Some believe it will be second Lead
vile, while those not so sanguine
think it will simply be quiet camp
Of from loco to 10, 900 persons. That
they have the true fssure veins
throughout their camp there is no
question, fer they tan be seen by any
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1880-09-02
BA.SSICK'. s MISFORTUNE.

A few days since while Mr.. E. G.
Bassick was driving through the
streets of Belfast, Maine, accompanied
by his little son, his horses became
frightened and ran away, breaking the
carriage badly and throwing Mr.. Bas-
sick and son violently to the ground,
knocking Mr.. B. senseless and iniir-
ing his back seriously, and breaking
his little boys arm. His s1.1oo
diamond pin was lost in the accident,
but afterwards found and restored to
him. Mrs. Bassick is lying very low
from premature childbirth, and it is
feared that her husbands critical CON
dition will prove fatal to her To
cap the climax, Mr.. S. K. Chase, bis
son-in- law, who a week ago was
stricken with paralysis, has since the
accident died, leaving little baby
just one month old. Verify, misfor-
tunes never come single handed, ard
visit the rich as well as the poor
CHT N0s6ea.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1880-09-02

Queen Victoria announces that Ia.
dies with nothing but necklace on
above their waists cannot come to hcr
parties. We nude ii would Le 60.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1880-09-02
.RUBYCAMP.
What , Couple Of Correspondents Have to
Say Regarding the Present md Fu!ur,
d the Leading Mining Camp.
4 Few Items About Irwin and b, 2,, Who
Made h. Camp.

We take the following extracts from
the editorial correspondence of Bro.
Roots excellent paper, the Gunnison
ReaYfW:
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1880-09-02

In recent letter TO the daily Alta
California, San Francisco, from Col.
D. w. Douthitt, of this place, we take
the following extracts:
The business of prospecting for gold
as it was prosecuted in carlY times IN
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1880-09-02

Tanners ancestors must to have
.ome from Hungary.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-12-17

TIE official term Of John Kelly as Comp
troller of the city OF New York. as well as
tire terms Of ten other prominent officials, eX-
pired on Tuesday of last week, 1t was well
understood that MI. Cooper, the present
Mayor wosld not send John Kelly's name Cor
re-appointment to the Beard of Aldermen,
which has the power either to reject or con-
firm it. Mr. Cooper was elected two years
ago by the anti-Tammany Democrats and
Republicans, over Augustus ScheE, the Tam
many, or Kelly, candidate, and there does
rot, therefore. exist any very strong feeling
Of mutual adniration between the Mayor
and the leader Of Tammany Hall On Fri
day last, Mayor Cooper sent to the Board Of
Aldermen, consisting OF twenty-One mem
bers, eleven nominations 90 fill the vacancies,
heading the list with the name of Allen
Campbell, Democrat, for the office of Comp
trolleT. OF the eleven nominations of the
Mayor, sir are anti f75mDlany Democrats and
IRE are Republicans. CampbeIPs nomination
was confirmed, as well as all the others, by 4
vote of Is for to 3 against. OF the thirteen
members of the Board who voted TO confirm,
nine were anti Tammany Democrats and four
were Republicans and of the eight voting
against confirmation, six were Tammany or
Kelly Democrats, and two were Republicans
Not a single one of Mayor Cooper's appoint
ments IS & Tammany, or Kelly, Democrat
but sir sre7rving Hall, or Tilden, Democrats;
and this feet very conclusively, in our opin-
ion, disFeses of the charge against John Kel-
ly that he betrayed Hancock in consideration
of the Conkling- Arthur Republicans giving a
certain amount of support to Grace, the
Democratic candidate for Mayor of New
York in whose success Kelly was said to be
deeply interested. John Kelly's treason to
Governor Robinson last fall year can never
be forgiven, and that insane act of his was
the beginning Of all the woes that befel the
Democratic party in New York in the late
Presidential campaign. 1t looks, however,
in the light Of recent developments, as il
Hancocks defeat in that State can be ac-
counted for without putting any of the direct
responsibility for the reasonable act upon
the shoulders of John Kelly. At least there
is no evidence thus far which establishes his
guilty agency in bringing about that disgrace
full result. What Mr.. KeHy's political future
will he depends upon himself but that he is
politically dead and buried, as is said in some
quarters is the veriest nonsense imaginable
Whateyerhis future may be, one thing is con-
fessed by his most bitter enemies, and thatis
that John Kelly never stole anything while
in Office, and that as Comptroller Of the first
city in the country although he was the
guardian of millions of the peoples money,
not a single penny of it was ever dishonesty
appropriated Dy him to his own use and ben
eft. And that is something Of which anv
public man in this corrupt and degenerate
age ought to feel proud.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-12-17

TIE Washington A5rocate, the national or
gan ofthe coIoTed race, demands that Garfield
shall appoint a coIored man TO a position in
his cabinet It bases its claim upon tae clear
proposition Chat If the negro vote i'm New
York, Ohio and Indiana Git ought to have i.l-
cluded Pennsylvauia) had been cast for the
Democrats instead of for the Republicans.
Garfield woud not now be the President
elect. This is, Of course, true, but it will
never put a colored statesman into the cabi-
net of Republican President The 1dg0cats
also claims that in mine districts in the South
from which the Republican Congressman
were returned at the last election, the negro
vote gave the Republican candidates much
more than the majOrities they received. and
amounted In most OF the districts to four -ftlts
Of the votes cast. Now if this is true i'm re-
gard TO the negro vote in The southern States.
and no intelligent mau douuts it, what be
comes of the constant charre NJ the Republi-
can press that the negroes in the South aIe
not allowed to vote ataII, but are driven from
the polls through threats and intimidation
and otherwise bulldozed by rebel Democrats?
Either the Adr0ca's is drawing on its imagi-
nation, or else the Republican papers are Iy-
ing-a habit in which they have achieved an
uuenviab'e uOtorietv
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-12-17

FHE venerable Indiana fossil famiIiarly
known as Dick Thompson, and who, by a
nautical fiction, is supposed to supervise the
running of the Navy Department. for Nj.
Hayes, called on that gentleman on Monday
last and requested him to appoint his success
sor, in as much as he CThompson) had def
nitely accepted the chairmanship OF the
American branch Of the Panama Canal Com
Panys salary $4,000. Thompson once wrote
book against the Pope which he believed
would settle the hash for that distinguished
functiGlary, but we believe the work never
reached second edition, having fallen still,
born upon an unappreciative world. In his
new position Thompson may, even though ia
the sere and yellow leaf, achieve that immor-
tai fame after which lie has long tHirsted in
vain
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-12-17

iHs Democracy Of this Stale. Ike the Dem
o'.racy Of the Union, is not in a position just
now &c reward such faithful. fearless and
prominent Representatives Of the party as Hon
WH- a. Wallace, but it is at least i'm the pow
or of the Democratic members Of our State
Legislature 20 show their appreciation Of the
earnest and efficient services rendered to tIse
party for So many years by this gallant son
Of Pennsylvania. We mean, Of course, that
they can give hin their united support for
United States Senator, position which he
at present fills with infinite credit to himself
and uuquestionable advantage TO the state
and country. To be sure the honor will be
an empty one, but il viii show that the De-
n0cracy still hold him in sell deserved es-
teen, and whether or not he desires such re-
c5gniti0n at their hands. it is a Duty the Dem
ocratic members Of tbs Legislature owe to
him, To themselves and 10 their constituents
to vote as unit iu his favor Let them DO.
fail therein when the time comes for action.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-12-17

THE pr. =peatas of the New York World Tor
1881 viii aa found in this number Of Tie
FEEEs-AH. The World has always stood in
the front rank or American journalism aaE
promise, 'o suruns5 daring Che coming year
all its former arach:evcmcnts as 81 cruz. aad
trustwo- 'v newspaper. It's daily cable ...-
tiers lfor. .tF London correspondent furnish
its re1da- a-l the very IatsstUevs from aI
parts ot o.. old World. The dignifcd, thor
oH-a and able support given by the World 60
the Democratic party and its candidate for
the Presidency, General Hancock, during the
late campaign, entities it to the thanks and
Cenerou- confidence OF every true Democrat
throughout Che Union No Democrat can
invest dollar more proftably than by sub
scribinE fog The weekly World OF what's still
better. two dollars for She sami-veekIy eCi-
ton
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-12-17
An her Way of Viewing the Question.

ftaen is this long suffering and deeply dis
Eusted country to be granted a respite from
tGe annoyance and humiliation OccasiOned by
the .IceSSaUt demands Of that il.ustTiouS men
dje.nt, Gen. L. $. Grant? When the war
cl --d. Gen. Grant had o special Office erected
for him with q salary and pergui,iJes greater
than any other officer of the Government,
civil or military. with the exception of the
President, had ever received. This was q
ne PROVISION oH iHUr.aceu- scale. lieand
his family could have lived Oh it, TO the end
OF his Hla. In better style tuan any Cabinet
Ci-tceT. Bus this was IS far removed rs pos
~lU.s from satisfactory to ten. Grant He
gave his friends yo understand that Inc was
poor, that other countries had done great
things for their Generals, and they soon had
pua q Cl 100000 collected fUr the man who
Waa JleuIg ON SIJ0J0ayear. History viii
aiUs.t -I recording tic Tact that the names Of
the l-1s- liberal subscribers to that Sl0G, ,OG0
fund were sent 70 the Senate 90 be confirmed
as members of Grants first Cabinet
After this. presents came to Grant from
every quarter, as they inevitably would after
lie advertised th55 the route 10 office. hoaar.
and emOluments lay in that direction. \
house in this city was given IN fee simple
Throughout Grants two terms the same
inordiuate thirst Tor money was always dis
Eustiugy apparent. His friends were always
schemiEg 70 add 10 his gains. He imp0TtUnpd
for an increase Of salary, and Congress gave
him $50, 600 instead Of so, 900 wear. For his
last term Grant got SlO5, 600 more than any
Of his predecessors had ever received. Yet
ms was 20 more satisfactory than previous
beuefaCti0Ds had been. The itching palm
was always stretched out. Give. " GIVE" ."
was the constant refrain. lie said he had
not been sufficiently h0uOrcG He claimed
another term as his due. In 1873 and 1874
the rhi-d-term scheme was the principal OBJ
fCct OF his thoughts as interpreted bv his acts
L"!uctHItlyr su.ieuly, he gave up the idea Of
a thTd consecutive term, and left the " bite
House in 1870, SIN! complaining of poverty
rFr-r1.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-12-17

DaE special supervisors whc were sent
down to South carolina few weeks ago to
retake the'censUs Of that State nave reported
that the euum ration made East June, and
canyassed sgein. in September, is correct.
Gen, Walker. the Census Superintendent,
put himself 20 all this needless trouble and
expense Ia .o-der % silence. .Jne baseIess allie
cations Of tle Republican press that there
had beer e fraudulent coaEt in that State in
order to fr-rease her representation in Con
gress. II Republican estimation not only
Mr.. Haye5' Selected agents to take the cen
sus Of tfat State, but every enumerator ap-
instinct
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-12-17

Is this number Of our paper VIII be found
the prospectus of the Philadelphia times for
1881. Under the able management Of Col.
Mcclure, the Times has become one of the
very best and most widely known journals in
the country. The ability with which it is
edited is conceded on all hands, and although
a really Independent newspaper is a rare
thing, notwithstanding the loud professions
Of countless journals i'm that regard, the Times
comes as nearly 10 the standard OF geuu-
inc political independence as it is possible to
attain In is open and fearless warfare
agaius. the Philadelphia rings, more uumer-
oUa than the rings which surround Saturn.
the Times has earned the highest enconiums
OF the taxpayers If that city. as we'll as the
gratitude of the friends of honest govern
u4eH- everywhere.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-12-17

MONTGOMERY BLAIR who for four years
las been acOuGrmed monomaniac on Jhe sub
jeet of Mr.. Tilden and the Presidency. aud
atstated periods Of the moon has afflicted tie
country with a letter upon that EacEaeycd
subject, has just published another lengthy
epistie- at the conclusion of which be -..rr-
ageously nominates NIr. Tildeu for the battle
Of 1884. As lungas Blair remains in the flesh
1t is quite certain the country will know who
and what MI THden is what he has been
and what Blair thinks be ought to be. Blair
lives in Montgomery county, Maryland, and
If there is lunauc asylum within her limits
it ought to claim Blair as one of its own, and
that, too, without any of the laws delay. No
community is safe in which such an iucori-
gtble example of political Bouraonism is per
mitted 90 ruu at large
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-12-17

IHE JohEstowu Trijaas is c3nsDicuousIy
alone in lis declaration that Senator DayaTd
deliberately iied'' about Roscoe Conkiug,
Chester y. Arthur Noah Davis and George
: Boutwell,, in a speech he delivered at Dow
yer, Delaware, daring the late political cam
paign, which has been the subject of a recent
correspondence between The Senator from
New York and the Senator from Delaware.
Thomas +. Bayard never lies. either delib-
erately or from impulse, but like his histor-
ical namesake, is a man without stain and
without reproach." The leading journals Of
the country are Of the opinion that what
ever lying has been done has been monopo-
lized by Conkiing himself who was once re
ferred to by Blaine on the floor Of Congress as
a "strutting turkey gobbler."
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-12-17

TIE New < Iorll Herald has the effronterv
to refer to its course IN regard TO the late
election iii the following impudeut strain .
when Boss Kelly selected Mr.. Grace a. his
candidate for Mayor the Herald pointed out
the necessary effect of srch nomination.
" e had nothing to say against :he personal
character OF MT. Grace but we foTeSaw what
the event has proved that such nomination
weakened the chances Of General Hancock
for carrying the State. We expressed this
opinion with the fTanlneSS which we prac-
tice on all occasions, and forthwith there
was shower Of Kelly mud upon the Herald
The city vote proved We were right, and we
dare say that no Democrat more decUiyregret-
I q than NlT. GrGrC,thdt his unfortunate canJl-
dacy defeated the election OF Hancock -
The Herald had nothing to say against the
personal character of NT. Grace" Oh, no
1t merely attacked him on account of his re-
lgion. Let it be written down against both
the New y Ork Herald and the New York
sun that they did what they could to stir up
sectarian bigotry and hate for the purpose
OF influencing votes agaiugSt the Democratic
candidate for Mayor and thus bv their own
showing Compa ssed the defeat Of General
Hancock. If the Herald and the Sun had
not desired Democratic defeat they would
have taken the Democratic ground that sec
tariauism must he kept out Of politics and
that freedom Of conscience must n all times
De defended and protected as the dearest
right OF free people. In that case so far
from making daily reference to Mr.. Grace's
Of General lIancorks defeat because of Mr.
Glace's religion, those journals would have
Numbered ia every issue against the spirit of
intolerance invoked 10y the Republican press
But they deliberately chose to lend them
selves % miserable, uH-AmcriCan un-C Christ.
IAN assault upon the religious belief Of can
dIuate whom they could not assail at anv
other point. Other candidates who belong
cd to the Church of which Mr. Grace Is a
member have from time TO time been elected
TO local and state Offices i'm New York by
both parties without drawing the fire of
these Jealous ''no pOpcTy" journals. Why
was 1t then that the Herald and the .Stl5l af-
ter having stHdioUsiy pretended to support
General Hancock, suddenly. in tie very cris-
IS of the Presidential contest. turned their
guns upon Mr.. Grace'S religion, and thus
as the Herald now impudently boasts, defeat
ed tie Democratic ticket? This is a ques-
ton which thousands Of Democrats whose
patronage has sustained and enriched the
publishers Of these treacherous newspapers
VIII demand shall oe fully and unequivocaI-
iy answered.-LaTrjS5UrJ Patriot
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-12-17

GEN. WALKER, Superintendent Of the
Census, has informed Hon. s. $. Cox, chair
man of the House Census Committee, that
all Of the census returns will be ready for
transmission to Congress not later than the
2lst instant. As soon as the returns are laid
before Congress, Mr.. Cox will present the
reapportionnent bill he has prepared and
press the same to its passage, and expresses
confidence in its becoming law before the
ith of March next. OF course the result
ought to be what Mr.. Cox believes it viii be,
but the Republicans can preyeutiJ and some
o. their leaders have already said that it will
he prevented during the present session, and
that it viii constitute part Of the work to be
done at an extra session, which they intend
to force Garfield to call early iu the summer
The Congressional apportioumeut bill is a
mere matter of mathematical calculation
based on the census returns, and there ought
TO be 10 trouble Whatever about passing it.
If the Republicans refuse to permit it to pass
and compel Garfield at the very commence
ment of his term TO call an extra session.
which in tie past has always proven to be a
fatal policy. lie Will wreck his administration
in the first year Of its existence.