j'muLly alluJj transforMM.) iuto
. iu"iTT7A?." ",' " ,"", r i
"'jTie freVi)inr.tyipron wins that licr
VusbatidH were p-owncd, by facr, though
. n v it titi'-ly, frotii the fact 4liat her
wblo iU'.'tn was so impregnated 'with
the dea lly minora 4 a to .link 1 it i crtain
'lentil for any nneto rnarry her. ; Truly,
hers w.n l' I'slaT Tiuyc ! .' It is supposed
Out flic ciniiiitie'l fuiciuu either.? by
taking nu uverdosovf arsenic or by sud.
Ion! y abstaining from using it ; ctihci
would have been fatal to a woman sit 4.
sited us she wan. .. The . cause of .her
Miici'lc it such it really... was was nt
tributcd toiler being -weary of life,
since her love swmcd fatal to all "an
whom lic b"wtowed it. Hut this- was
Merely siirmuc : for, a? we have said,
i-hcjufl hujeeord bohiuil her -to-, throw
light on any subject, save what Wc have
placed before the reaJor. J. l."7.i .
; ,XHE ELK; ADVOCATE.
e.-'x-
t ... -- WSr'
vanish a Vo -ir ii(i'i.r
zona t. iki.l. VKlifli rHoi'UiiTon. '
r. anions, rcui.isHtn,. 4,:r
roil (Imvkhnor,
h 1 1 :Vr 11 u" c ji.y m i:' n.
NEWS
(..old- clorfol
? I -"' K .-, .
SUMMARY,
'Fuosduy evening
at
-Mavor Munroi', of New Orleans.
has
Lcctiitiaugiirutcd. ; ; .
1 J'reucti troop arc being con outrated
in Northern Mexico.,.
Week before last tlu-rc was general
jouic jn the .monoy markets of India,
Throe thousand M.irmim. emigrants
are x peeled in New Vork thissuiuiter.
The Home Committee appointed to
i'lvcitigatc tho Memphis riutn, started
( 11 thu l.').ih. .; , 1 ,
Tlig cottou report from the; South
vro.sj aio gloomy. . Most of the Rod riv
er cotton binds are under water.
Tim Kxei.iL' law has beeu in operation
in New York ;ju.it ten days .nod the re.
ccijits ir liooti-ics already aiuouut to
over i212,bW. . .;:
r. Nixon, Roman Catholic Arch,
bishop of Armagh, Ireland, died on tho
'.'.'.tth vf April, from fever, after a few
day illness. . ., . (, .', .-''
01 4 hi; ., millions of dollars sent to
t'Mahouoy.only ?")'.'0 id hj'v in, the
Trfury. Those-who ought ,o know ""
rctmq to qxplaiu the dolioit.", .. ',.
The family of thchite Albert Sidney
Johnson, u!qw in CaliforuiaLare said to
be iu want, aud the Texaus. are raising
money for. their relief. -, .. . :..
, Judge in 'New Orleaoa has deci
ded' tho Civil UighU bill to . be uncon,
Ktitiitional and not binding to the Court.
lie argues that the present Coogrese is
uncoiiHiitutionaly oanslituted..
The veto of . the Cplorado bill . was
font to the Senate on the loth, but its
rending was postponed until tho inorn
in of the' loth,-.1 -
A pamphlet has been printed iu Lon
don on the proposed open i tig -of Wes
tern China to the commerce of. Europe,
through the port lof . llangoou a ques
tion which has been earnestly taken up
bv almost tvery commercial body in the
1 11 ueu rvingJioiu.,,, ,a) ., i ,.. ,
itieiiouuoti limes says- that, accor.
din;; to. the earejul estimate uf.the com
iiiissioherii. tour hundred qnJ thirty,
tight rebels were shot in, Jamaioa dur
in'' , martial law, about till ..hundred
persons flogged. . aud..- ono... thousand
houses of the peasantry burned down.
The trial of Jc.Rcrsou pavjs w to come
oil home lime 111 June, a true bill hav
ing been Jouod.agaiust biiu. H ..
i : li 1C 1 G O U N T Y-
By i KoHj-iWeBtern Peruuylvanian. ,
'Editor of Oic'Etk Advocute : Your
letter, asking mo the .. privilege - of pub
lishiug in your pnpcf some reminiscen
cc& and uiemorandums made by myself
iu'thia fecction of Pennsylvsiiia, during
vcars pasi' was duly received. I have
hesitated somewhat as to the proprie
in doiug o at this timc"-as Ihese notes
refer to imli'vldtu'h vet living, who
irom the paucity of inhabitants within
the 'boundaries described at tho time
vt leu written, these notes . will be as
iiiuoh thc charactcr of a ' biography "
as of a description.
There arc ini!t!ve' people who can
not beat a joke. mucU loss a pun, who
would ' ucver for-ive an allusion to
themselves, except In the way of praise
vhorwoolJ tc much annoyed at seeing
' in ipriut any allusion to their follies,
their jcalousios, or their credulities
Whilst there sre others, who, taking a
rummun' tense view of themselves,
would not bo deeply offended if tevtrcty
criticiicij. .... ; . .
Thus, it is quite doubtful whether a
worthy citizen of your villaee. ' who
rould be named ; one that . hui h. id an
important position in the legislature,
end. Other offices at the cnpitol,' and
also various positions of nsylulnes , in
ur' county, would be likely, to call for
" coiTee and pistols (or two," even if the
rliargo of " telf.intTest ' bad governed
I is advocacy! for a sale oP the ! " l'ublie
Voikb" to the J'cnna. Railroad, or for
!io Vcpeal of the "otiuage Tai'j ond
itf.ic arc tui W.W1J uffe tfTcucd
atbctngdliargedL; with rdafrau ling the
government in " Shoddy " or in " mule
contracts. Happily all persons resid
ing in Klk countywho can possibly
come within the scope pf this " history "
or " biography -Was ypu mty. be fcas."
cd to call if,) ar all ; pure,'' vrtcont'ami. I
natcd patnots. rhe' future hUtorlak
will have aNUfforchi; taskin deicrlbina
tlie active, fpectt.ativc, nujUisitive, mod
dling aud oleaginous lot of fellows that
a railroad circulates and breeds. His
tory travels fast, and ono year now is
cql to twenty' of.tftA ras-' 1 - '
Thc briof nptcs which , J . hand.' yoil
must circulate as they were "jottedj,
at'ftie t'nro.y'SiJnie anachronisms may
tiiuy bfe'dij'coered'.'tiy the leader , who
lias had personal cognizance of. the ev
ent but they. ere' of too little' impor
tanue to e rente any .dispute or offence.
,: fi Truly Yoursy . N. W. PA; '
, Early SBttlemcut of Bidyway and Vicinity. I '
It was the-often expressed desire of
orie of the first settlers, who was oonspic.
uously connected 'with all the trials,
incidents and imnrovernona of this sec
tion of Pennsylvania, and who hat iiicc
gone to that " bourne from whence ho
travellei returns," that some condensed
history or brief record of faots and
events that- occurred during 'the fati
guing, if not perilous labors, in opening;
nut and Settling of the' country south of
Smcthport,itt McKeau oouuty ; should
be recorded. : . . t, )'
. There must always be some 1 interns.
ting..rcmiuisceneca connected ; With ' the
early sctth wont of any portion of our '
widi. spread . domain the' United 1
States; particularlyvwhen tho progress'
of cultivation and imprbvoinrnt is slow 1
aud retarded by want of capital, and the'
peat physical requirement necessary for:
improving sucli . a vast wilderness 'as
cxtonded ono: hundred ' miles cast and
west,. and about the same distance tinvth
ud south, or a district of ooUnlry ' of
ten thousand square miles ; of ' which
llidgwuy might geographically bb cslled
1 1)0 centre : Xnueeu, . K;diWny was 1 (if
not now) proverbially described as be
ing forty miles from any place': Bonn
ded on the north' iby Smothport, ' forty
in w os, on the south by Urooktillo, forty
miles, on. the, east. by Hlearfield, forty
miles, and on the west by Warren, forty '
miles: There was such a.brevifyi and
conciseness, in' its boundaries, snoh! a
matter of fact Csedncss in-- its location, 1
that, any child within the territory above
named, could: direct tho 1 lost -nt 'Stray
traveller with unerring certainty, the
way to or from Itidgwayj Ffom the
first establish ment of a Post Office, : and
whpa its, 1 first quarterly rcnorfto the
Post Office Department did not exceed
18 cents of .receipts ;t to tbe-'present,
t waa tpo centre or terminus of several
mail routes,, making it from necessity a
aort of di-Uibming office, i The advan.'
tages of. such a.coucwitration of mail fa
cilities, fiois its earliest settlement to
the. present time, must Iks apparent to
everyone. , ('.,": li I-,-" "
l'or many long years, for they must
have appeared lonsr. d those who were
compelled: to travefe this." wilderness
region," the. ronds (and oh ! such roads)
as they were calloit, wero merely bridle
paths, except perhaps, iu the- winter
aeusop'a sled .might with difficulty bo
got. through, with touch ' chopping of
logs,; or cutting away tho 'underbrush :
A lew pettier had penetrated from the
interior of Pennsylvania and scttlod in.
and about Kersey, cleared some Isno,
fixed. up. their log .cabius, and with a
fortitude and : perseverance, entitling
them to th greatest praise, held on to
their homes 1 endeared to them by sut
Xering and toil-r-raiscd, und without any
school system .except such as cmanatod
from their own judgment and desire for
knowledge: they educated their chit
dren for useful and patriotic citizens-
many, if uot. most of those r.i- denizens
have irone to their Ion"; rest, .but those
who remain, and their descendants, who
shall read this, brief .Allusion' to their
history, will retrace .with livoly recolleo-
tion many incidents in tbeir lives, -in
.which hope and disappointment, doubts
and toars, anxiety ana sunonnr, rrteas
ure and distress, alternately predomina
ted during their long atraggls in 'this
almost interminable, wilderness, : which
atlords such a stntiog contrast witn the
prsiri;s of the west. But there was an
antidote for all this; the'y had good
health . and abundant i appetites, they
could eat as much as they could raiso.
and aiy deficiency was made up by the
game of tho forest 'tis true, they were
not hunters in . the strict; sense of the
word. The tameness of the deer did
not require strategem uor great fatigue
in tho chase- . v..r
- The curiosity of this noble, animal, or
i's peculiar love for a turnip patch, on.
ticcd asufheient number to their very
cabu doois, Ihese beautiful creatures
were not uouecessarily burined nor de
stroyed through wantonness, their trreat
est and most destructive enemy was the
wolf, which ever proved the most an.
noying to the settlers. The elk too, in
large Orovos, had their; howce, and a
wide rauga over .this forest -domain.
They were .wore .shy,! and not often
slain bnt tha encroachment of civilisa
tion soon drovq them iuto uarrewer com'
pass where pestilent Niiuroda of the
north could bunt out and destroy them ;
pity that tho spirit of wantonness and
destructiveness should be invoked for so
detectable an end 1 Few elk, if any,
uow cxiht, in this whole region of coun.
try. - Marlins and fuxe were numar.
ens, and being easily caught, . particu
larly the former their skins a Hord d
quite a revcoue to the settlers.' Ocea
sioually an otter was taken, upoa tho
tuaiot-trcaiuBi whicU with uow an! then
1 - ' - -f 4
fine" bear was tonshlcrcd a God acn
The aggregate of all these furs and
skins was considerable and were bartered
for " store goods ", with podlnrs and
others for many year, or until j.roaJs
were opened and the competition1 for
thejr purohnsa brought' many kf he
cverlaatingly busy, , bustling,.; prjing
Yakdes, into the country, whose expe
rience In the fur and skin trade, would,
as It wore, smell out martin dr f slw
at one of the remotest cabins in tho
country. The honest, un8uspinn
owner o two or three martins, or per.
haps a silver irray fox. would often be
surprised at the appearance of a pur
chaser, perhaps at night, and by the
time a bargain was closed and the skins
tied up, another of those J' lonscl
sconfs " sweating and pufCng, would
show himself, too late for a bargain, -but
with ill-concealed feelings of chagrin,
fully conveying to the mind of the ori
ginal proprietor the intrinsic value of
his property: 'This kind of game has
almost entirely disappeared from this
immense region of ten thousand Square
miles.1' The reason is obvious, although
a stranger to tho face' of-the country
would impute it to other causes than
actually exist.
Unlike the northern and northeastern'
part of New York, or many Other Wil
dernesses n pur country, where moun
tains and sharply defined hHIs are piled,
as it were, upon each other, where rocks
and precipices alternate, where" gulches
and thickets inaccessible, arrest ; the
most hardy adventurer,' where ' animals
tre completely beyond disturbance by
man,' this portion of Pennsylvania is
peographieally and topographically the
reverse. This whole area though quite
elevated;' is ' a broad expanse of table
land, ho hills of any magnitude anil
those along the margin of the' streams.
There is tio " sublime and picturesque
scenery, no hiding ' places for bears,
wolves, catamounts, nor elks. Patches
of laurel frequently occur just sufficient
to point out to tho hunter, where for
protection from hi -: unerring, bullet,
the animal might or" would seek refuge j
This table land or plateau, as it may be
termed, 'gives 'rise to tho Allegheny
river and its tributaries, md' affords a
navigation during spring' and summer
florrtf,' to nearly its summit, and so grad
uilss trt excite tho'wrtndei1 of a stranger.
The wstcrs of t)ic Genesee here com.
mrnce-their descent for the Gulf of St.
Lawrence. : as also the Susquebanuah
starting on 'its more rapid journey tor
t'10 Chesapeake 15ay : t0 contiguous,
or fn'niockcd are hese fountains of
"swelling waters "' that the thunder
cloud, oltentiirjes pours out its profuse
receptacle of tnist upon one or another
spring, arid though ' apparently convey
ing its bounty to the whole, is only
solved by contrasting the turbid, swol
len waters, that has caught its showers,
with the clear and tranquil streams, stilt
continuing on in their contiguous peace.
fill, silent tiow. - So clearly denned are
all these streams great or small in this
large territory, that the hunter or intel
ligent pedestrian can 1 scarcely lose his
wayf though a scorb of miles from any
habitation or mark of footsteps. II is
compass may direct him by a Bhortcr
route, but the unerring waters will sure
ly guide his way and lead him through.
It is easy to comprehend why all or
most of the animals before mentioned
have disappeared, with such facilities
for their destruction : They can how
be dispensed with as a bourco of food or
revenue, as the people have now turned
their attention and labors to more pro
ductive Tesults; by cultivating the soil or
manufactuiing. The forests into useful
lumber.4 ' 'So far, this brief description
of the topography of the1 country in and
pbout Kidgway ; is intended to correct
the prevailing opinion of many, who
have, and yet suppose this whole area
of land to be a rugged, mountainous',
inaccessible territory. The hitherto re
diculous cheap value set upon the lands
hag deterred many from even-giving
lb em a thought, whilst the tide or enu
gration has been westward to lands more
easily cleared and cultivated, though it
might be at the expense of health, the
only real enjoyment of life. The open
ing of the Sunbury and Erie llailroad
will dispel the erroneous impressions
that bo iridoly exist abroad. Irom
these few remaiks it will be observed
by the reader, as well as those acquain
ted with the country, that great changes
nave been wrought in this wide wilder
ness domain. Wlthiuless than a gen
eration it has been accomplished by
labor bard, unremitting toil.1 ' So far.
the lumber has contributed solely to its
exports, except me turs ana sxios do
fore mentioned. This branch of busi
ness has become large and extensive,
and with the prospect of agriculture
keeping pace to supply the whole or
a part wealth must assuredly flow into
the country. To trace the origin and
details of the settlement and improve
moots in this country, it will be neces
sary to allude to individuals, living and
dead, their participation in. aid their
influence upon,' their progress and re
suits. 'No order will be observed in
dates or occurrences, 00 studied at
tempt to pruise or detract ; uo literary
endeavour to embellish ror "adorn
tale," but simply to record the reoolleo-
tiona of the writer through a series of
years. To nikny, these reminiscences
will be dry and uninteresting, whilst to
others, who were eye-witnesses it will
revive many incidents to them intcres
ting, and perhaps long since forgotten.
We livo in a fast age.' Occurrences in
life crowd tapidly upon each other, new
ideas of things are constantly springing
up in our minds, driving out the1 past,
unless iudelibly fixed as- a memento1 or
wuroiog ; and we are driven 1 headlong
to oor litb's end before we really begin
to livo. ft How many would be glad to
read, tie .Liitory of their own Jives,
whilst othors would gladly bury in
oblivion a great deal ff the past. For
the latter, we Jo not write. As old age
approaches, thi. mftid :i instinctively
carried bnt-k t childhood and;, youthful
recollections, this is a truism 4 fd , will
be observed by Ml whnseintorcburse has
been with the Very aged. THe occur,
renccs in?iiddle lifo 'if not recorded
would entirely fade from - memory; n.
lejss occasionally " jogged " by a tepetl.
,tion of their impress upon the fading
tablets like "Old Mortality " chiselling
the tomb stones erected over the long
decayed centuries of dost :
I?? F CopimBBD.
TH E MARKETS.
."r'Vr7iRIr9.WA May 17,;i8(6.
i.orft, per bt.i......;.l.$n CO H 60
P01tK......do. .............33 00
WHFAT, per bushel..... 2 70
RVfcV ; ; 100
COUN.klk k.,L 10
OATS ..,. ...... JN
ftl'CKWHtAT
DRTKD ArPLES.......
BKAKS.!;:
BUTTER dm Bound
.l 25
..r4 00
8 00
,..60
,.i.;v.2ft
.. ...80
12
10
;....8o
LARD
CHEESE ...i
.........
MACKEREL
WIJITE FISH. ...........
EGGS per doien..........
, ' ' Erie, Ia.
May 17, I860.
.......$11 60 to 14 00
30 00 to 81 00
; ....18 00 to 20 00
8 7") to D 00
.-I I 00 to 13 00
.......... 2 40 to 2 60
1 75 to 2 00
20 to 22
21 to ' 22
22to 24
.......i.. 40le : 45
FtOVtt per bbl....
PORK.
REP K.
WHITK P18H 1 bbl..
MACK.KRKL ..
WHEAT per bushel..
BEANS
EGGS per doien. ......
LARD peK pound
CHEESE
BUTTER-.i;
EW ADVERTISEMENTS.
PEFrH : ! TEETH ! I .
I -l i.D E NTI STRY.
PreptSrre Your Teetli i
W.'M. SHAW. Desires to inform the
citizens of Ridgwoy' and vicinity, that
lie wll) be here on the 14th inst., and
thr.t he would" be happy to do all work
entrusted to his care.
Rooms at the residence of Mr. P. T,
Brooks '; "' , " rraav-10'6t3-tf, .
t ' Court Proclamation. . ' .
WHEREAS, HON. R. G. WHITE
'President nnd OnAHtts Mead
and E.' C. ScsuLTZE, Associate, Judges
of the Court of Common Pleas, and Jus
tices of the Court of Quarter' Sessions
and Orphans' Court, and Court of Oyer
and Terminer, and General Jail Delive
ry of Elk county by their precepts to
me directed, have' ordered ' a Court of
Common Pleas, a Court of Quarter Ses
sions, Orphans Court, and Court of Oy
er and Terminer and General Jail Deliv
ery, to be holden at Kidgway, in and
for the county of Elk on the ',,
' TTttST HOBDAY IV JT31T 1466,
being the 2nd day of the month and to
continue ono week. . .Notice, is hereby
given to the Coroner, Justices of the
Peace and Constables of the oounty of
Klk, that they are .by , those precepts
commanded to be then and thero in their
proper persons, at 10 o'clock, a. m., ' of
said, day, with their, rolls, records .and
inquisitions and other remembrances, to
do those things which their offices ap.
pcrtnip t be done, and tha all Justices
of said county make returns of. all the
recognizances entered into before them
to tho. Clerk of the court as per Aot , of
Assembly, passed May 8th 18G-I. , . And
those who are bound j by their recognt.
zans to prosecute the prisoner that are
or shall be in the jail of said. county of
hlk, and to.be then and there to., prose,
cute against them as shall be just, 1 -,
' . J! A- M ALONK, Slrl.u
May.lT'CO., - , . j ; ....
FURNITURE ! ' "
qiHE UNDERSIGNED TAKES
JL pleasure in announcing to tho citi-
iens of Ridgway and adjoining towns, ' that
he has just opened a Furniture Shop. In
Ridgvay, and is prepared to sell all kinds
of furniture at the lowest prices, , ilia Stock.
consists in part of ,1
:.' . :i
TABLES,
: : 1 .
,. ' ) .
COMMON Cir.VlRS,
BEDSTEADS,
; ; SPRING BEDS & MATTRESSES,
. , . ::.: - ,. , -
BU.RE.AUS, WASH STANDS,
... .; .- - . ,; - :
Cane. seat Chairs of all kinds,
... ' 1
BABY CHAIRS,
CRIBS, ...
1 "' SOFAS, '
LOUNGES,
TETEATETES, ti . -.r-
, ' ,, :' BEDROOM, SETTS
of Chestnut, Mahogany and. Black Walnut
and everything usually fouad in first
citus eouniry vrare noom.'-
... . ' .
TICTURE FRAMES
of till sixes, and of Mahogany, Rosewood,
Black Walnut and Gilt , . ,. , ,
" ' " ' " " ' - :, :
MADE TO ORDER.
ALSO COFFINS kept on hand, and made
to order, of every kind and description. 1 "
Please CALL and examine my stock be.
fore purchasing elsewhere, ; for I hope by
strict attention to business, aud keeping all
the market demands in my line, 10 merit
the patronage of the public For the pres
ent I occupy the Methodist Parsonage for
Ware Booms:. v.HLNUY U. THOMAS. "
May-J7'.bttrly,' . ; ! !'' yt
AMONTIll-AOIlNIS
1VJ wasea lor tixtrureif new arnctei,
juvt out. Address O. T. flARKY, City
Builduig, piddsford, Me.'., may U'3-ly.
SOMETHING NEW!
hotjsx no u obwaxshtax, PADrraro:
TIIK SUBSCRIBERS WOVID R B-.
ipoct fully inform the citipaas of Elk
county tht tby '-fcave just"'stHd In the
sbt fvaninsss in Ilidgway, aad fl eooS
dent that the Can please all who may favor
them with their custom. (GRAINING,
r'ATEB IIANGlSG
v ASD RALCININO
DONE ON SnORT NOTICE AND IN THE
mmt fash ionnhle and improved manner and
tylej Orders left, nt ihis Office or at the
Bunking nouse of Souther, Willis & Souther
will be promptly attended to.
1. Ui' I i W- P. WILMAMf. T.
. 1 .... w ..... . 1 u 0 )icrjoNNELL.
Mny-1 'Mlf.: i... ; -.w. v ; 1
KAABEU-VEAIl! wa
?PJ y.yV,wn..Aienta everywhere
to sell ourraVito'Vatf $io Sewmg lttaohines.
Three new Vtrtdsv" Under and. pper feed.
Sent on trial. Warrantad fire years. Above
salary or large commissions paid. The onlv
machines sold in the United Slates , for less
than 1 40. which are fully lUtnxd hy How;
WhetUr $ Wilton, Orotet f Baker, Sfngrr
i Co., and IimeMldtr.' All other bheap ma
chine are infringement and the Mr or" titer
are rtliablt to arrttt, fin and impruonment.
Illustrated circulars sent free. Address, or
call anon 8haw ft 'Clark,' at'' Biddeford,
Maine," or Chieogfl, flit 1 tay-17'66-ly.
ENRY II. THOMAS, Dealer in all
kinds of Furniture, Spring Beds and
Mattresses,' 'Picture Frames and Coffins,
Ridffway Pa. Ware Rooms in the Metho.
dist Parsonage. -i i' ' may-17'60-ly.
BLACKHMITHING !
H. S. FELNAP desires to inform the oui.
lens of Ridgway and vicinity that he has
leased J. 8. Hyde's Blacksmith Shop on
Mill street, and has employed good work
men who will be ever ready to make any
thing from a heckle to an anekor. :
Particular attention given to llie shoeing
or norses. ah 1 ask lj a lair trial. , ,
May 17'C6-ly. ' .. ;''-..-
T
HE VIRGIN GOLD MINING COM
PANY OF COLORADO. 1250 "Orici-
nil interests" $100 each, ot which 250
are reserved for Working Capital. - '
Subfcnbcrs elect their own Officers, and
themselves .manage the affairs of the Com
pany ; each subscriber being eligible as one
of its officers.
THE PRESIDENT ' '
is to be chosen from among the Board of
Directors..' ' I; .'i
THE DIRECTORS , -
are to be selected by the subscribers from
among themselves, at the first meeting for
organization.-
THE. SECKbTAlll An V JllLASL HEll
is to be a subscriber and .selected by the
Directors. ; : . . 1
BANKERS.
The Central National Bank, Philadelphia.
SOLICITORS.- '' '.' .
Theodore Cuyler. Esq.,'1 ' '
Robert D. Cose, Esq.
Americans are proverbial for the avidity
and commendablo seal with which -they
participate in enterprises having for their
object the development of our national re
sources. At one ' time ' Railroads "at
another . , Coal " then " Copper ' or
Iron," and more recently "Oil" have
been the oil absorbing topics.
In all these several enterprises, as vfill
be recollected, those who firrt took" hold of
hem made money; some liro ..
Uittu uiuers, acooruiDg o neir lUTCsimeuiB.
Mining operations in the fields of Colora
do and e!sewliore.noH mainly .engross, the .
public attention, uonsmeiing inai several
such companies have been already organ
ixed t hat they are bow at Work that the
reports from their mines are highly favor
able that it is known that at the present
time there are on the way from the. ledges
of Nevada and Colorado numerous "bars
of silver " and " bricks of gold," it is
believed that the enthusiasm already rnani.
fested on the subject will, In a little time,
be so greatly inereasod on the receipt-' and
exhibit, of these " returns," that innumer
able companies will spring up, whose ttoek,
being based at the (hen greatly inflated
prices of ledges, will necessarily be less de
sirable than that new to be bad thereby
giving to those who .avail themselves of the
occasion now presented, of securing; " ori
ginal interests,' an, opportunity ef them
disposing of the large amount of stock each
holder receives, at a handsome advance:
With these preliminary remarks the fol
lowing PsosrEcros is respectfully pre sen.
ted. . I . , . . ' -M . 1 , ... :..( .,
The property of the Company : proposed
to be organized by the sale of these " ori
ginal interests," .consists of the' following
Ledges, all situated within radius of five
miles of Central Citr, Colorado; ' L
.... TRAIL CRK'EK DISTRICT. 1 -
Mammoth Lode,
of 100 feet,
of 200 feet,
Never Fail Lode,f
Vanderbilt Lode, J
Union Lode, ' ' -
of 200 feet,
of 200-feet,
of 100 feet,
Old Ophir Lode
t.,-. in All kus uisiiiiur.
Holman Lode, - of 200 feet.
UAN.M2H DISTRICT.
Bl, Lools Lode, of 100 feet,
PensaeoU Lode, i:r 1 " ; of 100 feet,
Uri'JSK FAL1. H1VK DISTKK'T.
Abe Lincoln Lode, , , - of 200 feet,
Washoe I.ode, . of 200 foet,
Minnie, or." Louisa" Lode," ' pf 2K) foet,
Riddle Lode, I , ' . pf 200 feet,
' This Lede is very well developed, with
vein of ore 4 feet in wid.h ; ore. prospects
well. .'-, , .7
f There is one shaft on thu Lode 20 feet
deep and 50 feet long, and the crevice is 8
feet in width-. ( ' ' -'' '
- t This Lode is Well developed, and con
sidered one of the best in the district ; there
is a shaft on it t0 feet in depth with a vein
of sutpherels four fet In width. Assays
made of this ore prove it to be very rich.
(This is an A. 1. Lode, and has a shaft
of 7o feet in depth vein of ore three feet
in widih and of food quality., Ore l&ke
from this Lode yieldd $100 per cord in
gold; : ' ......
( This is really the richest Lode yet dis.
covered in the distriet ; it is well developed,
aud ore taken from, litis Lode yielded up
wards of $800 per cord. ... : ; .
Being a total of 2000 feet or nearly a
half a mile in length ltoriiontally, of rich
Gold-producing 1 tenltory,' of ' unlimited
depth, together with all the dips, spurt and
angles, and also all the metals, ores, gold,
silver and other metal -bearing quartz, rock,
and earth therein, and all the rights, priv
ileges and franchises thereto incident, ap
pendant and appurtehanccd, ; or therewith
usually had er enjoyed, under and subject
to the jurisdiction of the Government eftbe
United States." n ... , ,
The titles to all of which claims have been
examined by a member of the Bar, resident
in Colorado. ' J .! ... .
His opinion ia aa follow a1 t--nv ' . v
This is to certify, that I have carefully
examiued the pities to the foregoing .ledej
or ledges, and ant satisfied that they are
perfect,-''' -1 ' ' "' . ' - ' ".
' TBOMAS 5IAdOf, -Att'y'at Law. ' '
" I ..I . , v. central City, Colorado.
- The spate ef a circular h 460 limited to
give the opinions of numerous distinguish
ed eilttens and men of science whe have ex
amined tliie-istriet , the following etfrnrtt
relate thereto, and that of Professor Ed.
ward N.' Kent In particular,- ef the New
York U. 8 Assay Offioe is directly in point.
Our lata lamented President Mr. Lin
coln during- Btt-1nterttcw with Speaker
Colfax, relative to the bidden wealth of Col
orado, Nevada, &.C, said- , ...
I have very large idea bf the mineral
wealth of onr nation ; I believe it practically
inexhaustible." r . . .
' "The Hon; Jj'F.Tpslier, Secretary of the
Interior, in the Official Report presented to
Congress, dated December 6th, 1864, refer
ring to the then present condition of our
Western -Territories;: ssys . "The wealth
embedded in the rocks of that extensive re
gion is act 0 ally inexhaustible, and it will
furnish in future years, indirectly princi
pal' part of our means of liquidating, the
debt eonraetd by the Government for the
overthrow of the Ureat Rebellion." , ,- -
? 'The Hon. II. P.. Bennett, delegate in
Coagresa from Colorado, in a speech before
the House of Representatives said Judp
Ing from what I know of, the undeveloped
resonrces of this country ; from what I am
told by practical miners who are .well in
formed upon this subjeet, 1 do . say here
to-day before this House and' before this
Country, to be plaoed upon the records and
read of all men that within five years' time,
and by the year 1869, the gold fields of Col
orado Territory will produce $50,000,000
annually , and even, then its full resources
of n-iinerat wealth in gold ahroe' remain 'net
wholly developed. ' I speak frora the united
testimony of many practical miners who
have spent many .years in the mines of
California, wlun I say : 4hat the gold
bearing region ef Colorado- is far more .ex
tensive, quite as -inexhaustible, and the
gold-beer-tag qnartiof a much richer quali
ty than" in California." ' - '
Pi-ofessor Edward N. Kent, ? the New
York Assav Office. iavS; . .
' As to the extent of ihe gold mines of
Colorado, I am not prepared to glv aa esti
mate, as I found enough to fully employ my
time within a radius of fire miles of Central
City, tie location, of the above Ledgss,
bnt as to the richness of Ttir.M, 1 have no,
hesitation in saying, thai I believe them to bi
tht riehett ever ditcovtrrd. 'W 'its science)
capital and the Paeifie Railroad, Colorado ia
destinod in my opinion, to rival or supercede
California and Australia, and become the
El Dorado ef the World.".. ' ! i V i
The opinion entertained by those abroad,
of claims in this district, is shown by the
following extract
English capitalists have purchased 600,?
000 of the Colorado mining lands, and thoir,
agenta and employees are now en route to-'
develop the Same. ' The claims are prinoi.
pally in Russell and Trail districts, and a
recent purchase has been the Seaton Lide of
1000 feet for which they paid 100,000.
An idea of the value of some claims (10Q
feet each) msy be formed when tho fact ia
considered that it often occurs that they
yield millions of dollars, and have in several
instances been sold for $25,000 per foot.
Mr. Fields,, from 83 feet of fie Bobtail
Lode has taken out already over $200,000
in gold, and $266,000 has been offered and !
refused for 83) feet of this same lode, equal 4
to $80p,000 for a claim of one hundred feet
As the purchase of cither of the abevt
lodeswreuld require' more money than the .
majority of persons have at command, it ,'
has been determined to consolidate them, '
and to divide them into Twelve Hundred and '
Fifty.
VniUlHAJ. OUAIVL ....
which wilt cost the subscribers hereto
OVX HCKDKED DOLLABS EACH.
Uius affording the man of limited means, as ,
well aa the oapita'ist, an opportunity to se- .
cure an interest in thii region of "practi
cally inexhaustible " wealth. IV
! As ell are aware, the usual plan adopjaa
for the development of such a property is to :
form a company and issue certificates of
stock. The plan here proposed may be
considered preliminary to the formation of
two or more Companies on. these properties,,'
which are aubjeot to no royalty, leasee or .
mortgages. ' . ' : i-v.
The Subscribers ean then upon this solid .
and substantial basis, elect officers from ;
among themselves, each subscriber being ..
eligible to the position of an officer of - the
Company. - ...
In order that handsome returns may bej
speedily realised, these subscriptions are' "
based upon the proposition that the subscri- '
bers immdiately on receipt of the Deeds --(now
ready for dolivery, and which may be
examined at the Office of the undersigned '
before subscribing,) may lease their lands
on heavy royalties, or at once organize
Companies in the usual way for which there
is an ample basis. (. ..- 1 ' : . j ,', ".,
, To aesommodate those of moderate means,"'
these "interests" are put at $100 each,
in order to get the list filled at once, and to
prevent any .delay in the organiiaticnef the 1
Company. V , ' , , 'i
vuuBiucnuK hid uuuicruus TamnuiD
" Led ires " which constitute the latitat this
xiilnnnu. i 1 a fa I m r A ar. n i, A fuliiM. .
the low prices at which " interests . in it ..
are offered, and that each . interest entitles
the holder to his pro rata share of stook in
an tne companies tnat may be organise
upon them also reoolleoting that in ' all.
I here are only 1000 interests to he sold, and
it would only require one hundf ei gentle;
men each to take ten ($10001 to absorb the -whole,
ft is presumed that it is hardly neces
sary to saggeti hi those desiring to secure '
one or more of these original interests, to at
once send in their subscription. , .
- Checks or Drafts should be drawn to the '
onler of the underpigned, whose endorse,
mcnt will be a reoeipt, in .addition to the "
oue that will be promptly sent on receiving;
them.- - " '. 1 'i t i 1 ' ' '
United States 5-20's lO-tO'a 7-30's and j
other Government Bonds taken at par, end.
any premium or accrued interest thereon
allowed.' - Bonds may be sent by registered
mail or by express. ;
The books are now open. ' ' Subscriptions
received by .,.',.,,'.
DUNCAN M. MITCHESON.. '
, A. i cor. fourth & Walnut Sit.
" . - ' 1 Philadelphia.'
ur.rfcllt.NCK9.
' His Ex6ellencv.
. His ExceUencv. ' .
MASCUS L. WARD, , .
Governor of N. J. 1
AKDRIW 0. CURTIS,
, Governor of I'enu'a
HON: ELI SLTFEB.'
H0N.W.S.J0H5S0W,
Sec. of Btateof Ienn'a.l.Seo. of State of N, J
' iiu.. niuiu. jtic.iityiiAr.iV
0 : . Mayor of Philadelphia.
Geo. M. Trout man, Pres't Central National'
Bank, I'hiadelphia. . ..:. ., i... '..
Goo. K. Xeiglor, Pres't National Bank oCfl
. Commerce, Philadelphia. ,
Robert P. King, of King at Baird of PL II a- '
' delphia. . : 1 .1. ''i,
Benjamin Orne, of J. F. & E, B. Ornt, PUil- I.
adelphla.i t --j , ',- ';
Edmund ASouder, of E. A. Soulier, t Co.,
Philadelphia.
L. Montgomery Bond, of Bond 'J- Diddle, l
' Philadelpliin. , . ,- ..
John Welch, of S'. & W. Welsh, Philadelphia. .
tFlu sending subioripiions, give name
and address platult in order that it may be
correctly entered in the Subscription Book,
from which receipts are Issued, and from
which Notices will be made out for the first
meeting for organization. oiay-8'CJ.-Cw.