The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-12-25
LEADVILLE
The Future in Store for the Camp
of Camps in Colorado.
a Few Reflections On the Message
of HIS Fraudulency.
LEADVILLE. Dec. II, 1880.

the unusual interest once manifesto
10 Lesdvills in mining operations
: The important strikes Of rich Chord
ore, now being made not only in th
leading mines in camp, but Ia man
b of the long neglected shafts whicI
mark our hills, absolutely disprov
7 the theories and arguments so Otter
+! advanced by our rivals, that Lead
3 vile, as mining camp, Is 'plaEet
out" On the contrary. from presen
, indications. it appears that the sprin;
OF 1881 will open upon an unusua
, degree of spirit, energy, and enter
prise in our midst. Of course, we Dc
not expect or care to see the IN,
precedented rush OF the Usst few years
repeated, but with the men We have
in our camp, We expect, and can,
bod our own, as the leading, and
most enterprisiug mining camp 10
the west The large shipments regu-
larly made; and the monthly reports
of our camp, prove conaluslVely that
We are Justly entitled 10 that rank at
present, and the increasing develop
ments which continue TO be made,
give every indication OF continue
ton of our prosperity at higher rate
OF percentage than ever.
This is we'll, not only for the peop'e
OF our Centennial state, but for
those Of our eastern friends, who are
interested in many OF the productive
enterprises which distinguish our
camp; and, Lesdville, now, is begin
ming to assume mure OF substantial
business aspect. than that which has
characterized it in the past. The
clumsy, temporary structures which
not only marked the private portions
of our town, but deiaced it's principal
streets, have given wsy, in the bust
ness portions OF our town, TO buildings
which would be a disgrace to any city
in our land; while in the more pri-
vate precincts, the rude log cabins, in
which the prospectOrs and miners
have hitherto been content to live,
have been replaced by neat little
cottages, lending altogether an en-
tirely different appearance to our
camp from that which distinguished
1t in the months gone by. The work
of improvement goes on in like man
ner in every department of enterprise
in our camp; business Of all kinds,
instead Of being, as in most new min
ing camps, a purely speculative en-
terprise, has now assumed a more
solid front, with every indication OF
increasing prosperity.
The message Of the President has |
been received here, as elsewhere, with |
perfect Indifference. In its way, it is
most remarkable document, con.
sistent. and strictly in according with,
the closing administration. As the |
course of the administration has ever
been that OF boat without a rudder,
drifting about in any and every direc-
ton, and with no clearly defined |
policy. so this document is equslly |
underlined in the expressiC of The
ideas contained therein, seemingly |
having no other definite object in
view than TO employ the leisure time
If the unfortunate individuals who |
may he limited in stock OF other and
NOR interesting reading matter.
Gent rously informing Congress and
tue nation at large OF a few oil the
many important events which have
traDspired lately-among Others, the
sale arrival Of a piece OF marble from
Egypt-he proceeds. with spirit Of
enthusiasm worthy better cause, to
suggest the advisibility Ct creating the
Office OF captain general OF the army
for our modest and retiring" ex-
president; and cur modest friend
seems to respond from the innermost
recesses of bis heart, and even in
these lines we catch The echo, as it
goes rolling over the land:
But you will tell the king that 1,
Rsck'd as l am with govt, ard wrenched
with pain,
Gained in the service of his highness, yet
Am rezdy to sail forth on our last
voyage;
Am reader, if the King would hear, TO
lead
Our last crusade sgainst the Saracen,
And save the holy sepulchre from thrall.
We are sorry for the unfortunate
man; our sympathy reaches down to
the farthest extremity of our boots.
His unfortunate condition would even
cause the scsl1ing tears to roll down
the sWaIthy cheeks of a Ute Indian,
''like pumpkins down a hill" 1t
certainly melts the hard hearts of the
Pennsylvanians to the tune of cool
hundred thousand dollars; and. in
the course Of time, those sympathetic
tears may mould in form captain
general, or, who can tell, perhaps a
consul, or C@sar.
Thus the true, grand principles OF
democracy, and OF general freedom.
inculcsted in our land by our worthy
ancestors, appear to be gradually
giving way before the eneroschments
of centralizing influences. Unsatis-
fed with the honors showered upon
him by a great republic, Grant, as
be NEE q psrvenue hero, desires
stll. further to lDtrude himself upon
lie nation, instead of, patriot like,
resting content upon his hOnors won,
and, returning like Cincinnstus, TO
the vacations Of private life until his
country calls for him again. Alas.
for those grand old principle of
patriotism. which so strongly ami
mated our true men the past! Men.
who loved their country, not Tor per-
sonal glory, but more for national /
honor; such principles are gone from
US forever, and now, even like their |
once living embodiments may be
seen. "timly ghmmering through |
the dream of things that were"
Again. our worthy President, with |
an Inconsistency remarkably in &C.
cord with his administration, goes on |
to point out the many dangers hover
ing over our beloved country through |
q non observance of the civil service
plank. This is the same music We
commep ced to dance to just
four years ago, and it is
extremely unfortunate that the
only variation Mr.. Hayes can point to
is the removal of Chester a. Arthur,
the republican candidate FIR vice.
president, from the New York custom
house, for mslfesssnce IN Office; and
the compliment be pays to the aioTe-
said candidate is extremely delicate,
when he proceeds TO detail the an
provement in the custom house since
that gentleman's removal therefrom.