Pueblo News 1868
Page contributed by Karen Mitchell, news items contributed by Jean Griesan and Karen Mitchell. Our utmost thanks and appreciation to Jean for typing almost all of these up. These news items are being extracted from the local newspapers. They are in chronological order. To search for any given name use your browers "Find" button.  On the 11th instant the town of Trinidad was thrown into commotion by the announcement that the body of a murdered man had been found near the Apishapa - about twenty miles out. Justice McCormick immediately summoned a corner's (sic) jury and proceeded to the spot, where they found the body of an American supposed to have been between 30 and 35 years of age, dark brown hair, about 5 feet 8 inches high, and supposed to have weighed 150 or 160 pounds. The body looks to have been dead one or two months. His skull was fractured in the right parietal region - no other wounds could be discovered. He was found in a deep arroyo, partially covered with weeds and earth. No papers were found on his body that would give the slightest clue to his name. Who the perpetrator of the foul deed was, remains a profound mystery. The melancholy intelligence reaches us that Gen. Kit Carson is no more. He died at his residence on the Las Animas, on the 24th inst., of disease of the heart. General Carson was a Kentuckian by birth, removed early in life to the State of Missouri, and while yet a mere boy became a wanderer on the vast plains of the then unknown regions of the West. From about the age of seventeen years until fifty, he lived the life of a hunter, trader and trapper. He early explored and became familiar with the mountains and plains from the Missouri to the Pacific ocean. During all those years of his wild life, he was constantly exposed to every hardship and danger. Sometimes making his home with some tribe of the Indians and assisting them in their wars against other tribes. Sometimes employed as a trapper by some mountain trader - sometimes trading on his own account between New Mexico and California. His home was always the wilderness, and danger was his constant companion. Unaided by the advantages of education or patronage, by the force of indomitable energy and will, by chivalrous courage, by tireless labor and self-denial he rose step by step until his name had become as familiar to the American people as a household word. He stood pre-eminent among the path-finders and founders of empire in the Great West, and his long career, ennobled by hardship and danger, is unsullied by the record of a littleness or meanness. He was nature's model of a gentleman. Kindly of heart, tolerant to all men, good in virtues of disposition rather than great in qualities of mind, he has passed away - dying as through his life-long he had lived - in peace and charity with all men, and leaving behind him a name and memory to be cherished by his countrymen so long as modesty, valor, unobtrusive worth, charity and true chivalry survive among men. Of his precise age we are not advised, but judge he was very near sixty years of age. He leaves children of a tender age to mourn his loss. Copies of the CHIEFTAIN can be had at this office, at twenty-five cents each. COOL. - Ice for sale by E. Weston. Captain Holloway is expected home in a day or two from Washington. Reports from the Cimarron mines are still favorable. A. B. Ingols', F street, Denver, is the place to get native jewelry made to order. The great depot for dry goods in, Denver, is the New York Store, of Deitsch & Bro. Rev. Mr. Winslow, the regular Episcopal pastor here, is teaching a select school for young ladies in Canon City. Bishop Randall, of the Episcopal Church is expected here on next Sunday to hold confirmation services. There is a much larger growth of grass and other native vegetation this year than last. The new "People's Drug Store," in Denver, by Steinhauer & Walbrach, is getting a large run of trade. It rains on the Wet Mountains almost every day. Weather is warm and the Arkansas is getting too high to ford. Deitsch & Brother, Denver, pay the highest price for WOOL, in goods or cash. Smokers should try those Virginia smoking tobaccos at J. Rice's new Tobacco Store, Pueblo. See card in another column. Harry Pickard has commenced an enlargement of his popular hotel - the Pueblo House - in order to meet the increasing demands of his business. M. D. Thatcher received nineteen heavy wagon loads of freight on Friday last. He has now a splendid stock of goods. Lake county is attracting a large number of miners this year, and we think it destined to be the best mining region in the Territory. Charles McCool, a native of Ohio, and late of Delano's saw mill on Cherry creek, died at the Pueblo House, in this place, on the 23d ult. - aged 23 years. Mr. James Rice has opened a splendid stock of tobacco, cigars, pipes, &e., &e., opposite the Postoffice. Mr. Rice is a liberal advertiser and well deserves a liberal patronage. Messrs. Wildeboar & Gilman have placed a row of pine boughs in front of the awning of their popular restaurant. They make a delightful shade. The idea is a capital one. We notice that a good many hogs are running at large on our streets in violations of the statutes. Their presence in the streets is a nuisance that ought to be abated. Why is not the law enforced? From the ranch of Col. W. Craig of Mermosilla (Hermosilla?), we acknowledge the receipt of a nice mess of radishes, cucumbers and green peas, grown in his greenhouse. Do do again, Colonel. We call attention to the advertisement of S. F. Nuckolls _______ ______nne, who is doing apparently the largest business in the line of general merchandising of any business house in that "magic city." George W. Kassler & Co., on Blake street, keep a stock of choice cigars and tobaccos, as well as stationery, newspapers and periodicals. This is the popular _______________ the Denver Bohemian__________. Messrs. Snyder & Thombs, of the Pueblo Drug Store, have just received from some bible house a large consignment of bibles, which they propose to retail at eastern wholesale prices - 15 cents to 3,50 each. The "bibleless" can here be applied with the gospel at no great sacrifice of "the root of all evil." Mr. J. O. Dimmich, of the Star Ranch, on the Las Animas, cheered our sanctum with his smiling countenance, on the 23d ult. He informed us that Mr. Jacob Beard, an old and well-known citizen of Southern Colorado, has returned from the States, where he purchased machinery for a new flouring mill to be erected on the Rio Las Animas, near Trinidad. The Democrats of Pueblo county held convention on the 13th instant, and chose the following named persons as delegates to the Territorial Democratic Convention, to meet in Denver on the 3d of June, viz: M. Anker, Wilbur F. Stone, J. M. Branneman, P. K. Dotson, M. Beshoar, Lewis Barnum, Robt. Bagsby, M. Steel, Matt. Riddlebarger and Milton Pollard. Among improvements lately commenced in our town, we noticed a large warehouse for M. D. Thatcher, Esq., and an equally capacious building for the same purpose by Rettburg & Bartels, between their store and Anker's. H. C. Thatcher, Esq., is also creating a new law office on Santa Fe Avenue, and J. E. (F.?) Smith, Esq. a capacious blacksmith shop on the first cross street above Anker's. Our friend W. R. Thomas, associate editor and traveling agent of the Denver News, called on us yesterday morning. Mr. Thomas while canvassing for his paper is also collecting important statistics of the Territory. The Pie Nie on Saturday was a pleasant affair. The day was beautiful and about two o'clock p.m., nearly the whole town turned out and wagons, carriages, baby-carts, and pedestrians proceeded across the bridge to Holloway's Grove, in the beautiful meadow opposite town, and spent a gay afternoon; had an elegant repast, three swings and other amusements for old and young and all returned feeling they had spent a pleasant summer afternoon, out here in "the Great American Desert." Most prominent among our Trinidad advertisements is that of Davis & Barraelough. We have known these young men long and intimately and take pleasure in recommending them to our readers as straightforward, thorough business men. They have a full assortment of general merchandise which they sell at prices as low as the lowest. Citizens of Las Animas, "pilgrims," freighters and travelers who require anything in their line will find it their advantage to call on Davis & Barraelough. The line of the Denver and Santa Fe Telegraph Company was completed to this place on Friday last, and marks a new era in the improvements of Pueblo. The old familiar sight of the long line of poles stretching away through valley, over hill and across broad mesas, till lost to sight in the dim distance, recalls the memories of other days, and yet seen here for the first time, where a short time since Indians and trappers camped in the sage brush and bartered their beaver skins, seems marvellous and dreamlike. We seem to be near the "old folks at home," for these pine poles and the bit of wire. An office has been opened here in the Drug Store, which as it is also contains the Post office, is the most suitable place for it in town. Mr. Woodward is here superintending the erection of the line and the opening of the office here. The first communication received over the wire to Denver was obtained at 4:30 on Saturday, and on Sunday morning we received the first through news dispatches, which will be found in another place. All hail to the telegraph, say we, and so say all. OUR ADVERTISING PATRONS. - By reference to our advertising columns it will be seen that we have almost everything in our young town in the way of goods, business, and trade, that can be found anywhere in the Territory, or indeed in any of the States. M. D. Thatcher, M. Anker, Kastor & Berry, and Reitberg & Bartels, have large stocks, at wholesale and retail, of groceries, dry goods, clothing and hardware in quality and quantity to supply the whole country south of the Divide, and we trust at reduced prices. We don't know whether they trust or not; go and see. N. Nusbaum has a large and fine assortment of ladies' goods, of every description, and very cheap for cash. Drs. Snyder & Thombs keep an elegant stock of drugs, oils, paints, fancy goods, notions, and late papers and pictorials. James Rice, who has lately gone into business here, has opened a cigar and tobacco store adjoining the Planters' House, where the weed in all its forms, shapes and qualities can be found by those who want either to smoke or chew. Cooper Bros. & Co. have shown a commendable enterprise in opening a house of tinware and stoves - with a workshop in connection, where one can get all kinds of work and repairing done, in tin and sheet-iron ware. The Pueblo flouring mills, of Thatchers & Baxter, are too well known to require special description and notice, more than to say that it is perhaps the best institution of the kind in the Territory. Charley Peck (Peek?) keeps the City Meat Market; and though he pays for all the cattle he slaughters, he keeps the best quality and don't charge extra on that account. Fresh milk, also, every morning, from his dairy. The Pueblo Brewery turns out beer by the keg and bottle, which connoiseurs from Denver pronounce superior to anything of the kind in Platte valley. "The river is up, and the tide is strong," but William H. Young has a bridge over the Arkansas, here at town, which is substantial, high and dry, and the only one across the river in the Territory. He has also nearly completed one across the Fontaine, above town. In the house carpenter and cabinet line, Beach & Flinn, Bartlett & Graves, M. M. Giles, and J. Stokes, are always on hand, and their works about town speak for themselves. Mr. Stokes is a first class mill-wright and draftsman. The Planters' House is a popular hotel, and well deserves the reputation. Hiney knows his biz. Harry Pickard keeps the Pueblo House, and he's "on it" - we mean hotel keeping - you bet. Everybody knows Harry - if they don't they ought to. The Restaurant of Wildeboor & Gilman is an institution of itself. Just think of it; shades of John Howard and William Pitt Bacon; a first class restaurant in Pueblo, where Jack Allen once ruled the roast. Jake keeps every delicacy. Donnelly & Pegg do the painting, and they can paint equal to a ball-room belle or a Cheyenne warrior - all colors, and it "looks purty, too." W. E. Bramball (Bramhall?) has lately come to town and opened a tailor shop, which is a good thing. He has bespoken the services of A. J. to do journey work when he is impeached out of the White House. Peter Lagotri runs a boot and shoe shop, and makes them to fit and to last, too. We couldn't do without him. Ed Smith is not only a smith by name but a smith by trade, and a blacksmith at that; but he's a white blacksmith, you bet. He's building a new shop, too, up town. Mr. C. J. Hart has a harness and saddle shop over by the telegraph pole (?) there, and for good work and quickly done he can't be beat in Colorado; so don't be growling around because your harness has broke or your saddle busted, and don't go hiring a cheap Mexican to whang it up with raw-hide, for Hart will mend it decently or make you a new one. "Boys, let's take something." "Where will we get it?" "Where? you haven't been in this country for ten years, have you? Why, at George Hall's, of course. George Hall's El Progresso saloon and billiard hall are historical. 'More as tell thousand peoples' have been - O, pshaw; _______________ ice in mine, George." As to lawyers, there's Judge Bradford, Governor Hinsdale, and Stone and Thatcher - who both expect to be Judges and Governors some day - all of whom regret to see people accessitated to go to law; but, "when in the course of human events it becomes necessary," take pleasure - in proportion to the fee - in guiding the litigants through the intricate labyrynths of the courts. LYNCHING OF HORSE THIEVES. In another item we give an account of the stealing of four horses belonging to Mr. Lewis Conley, of this county, and the escape and pursuit of the theives. Since writing the item alluded to, we have received further news of the affair. The pursuing party returned on Thursday morning, bringing in the horses. It seems the thieves were tracked as far as Chico creek, going down the Arkansas, and there the trail was lost sight of; but for good reasons it was thought they had gone down the river, Statesward; and so the pursuing party pushed on, traveling night and day. When they arrived at Fort Lyon, they learned that the thieves had passes there, from a description given of the men and horses. General Penrose, who is not at all partial to horse thieves, furnished fresh horses and a squad of soldiers to the pursuers, who thus re-inforced pushed on and overtook the two men, about fifty miles below Fort Lyon. The fugitives were immediately taken into custody, without resistance which they saw would be useless. A "high court of impeachment" was summarily improvised, and the prisoners were called on to plead to the charges brought by the "managers." They made a full confession of the crime: gaves their names as Charles Watson and Frank Hudson; that they had hired to Mr. Conley in Denver, about two months ago; that they were deserters from the army; that they now expected their fate, and seemed indifferent as to what might be. We might, by giving romantic details, make a sensational story for eastern papers, as to the fate of these two scalawags; but we choose simply to say that without loss of time, or expensive preparations, they were hanged to the limb of a "noble old cottonwood" until they were dead. Such is the retributive justice meted out to this class of border ruffians. Our governors have lately been exercising the pardoning power rather extensively and promiscuously among the prisoners in the Platte valley jails, and modifying the precedent somewhat, car (?) "executives" of the Arkansas valley - for the purpose of making horse-stealing (as well as treason) "odious" - simply remit the penalty of imprisonment - in advance. If Hepworth Dixon wishes to perpetrate another book on Colorado, we will furnish him this item gratis. To-day, the scene is changed. The busy hum of industry is heard on every side. Toiling thousands of energetic spirits are at work. At their command villages and farm houses rise; lands hitherto uncultivated wave with golden grain, and the hill-sides are covered with lowing herds. Everything indicates the presence and power of civilized man. The hand of the enterprising pioneer, more potent than a magician's wand, has wrought this mighty change. All these transitions, as wonderful as they appear, are but the every-day occurrences of the wonderful west. The town of Pueblo with the country surrounding it, so recently reclaimed from the untutored savage, is one of the numerous illustrations of the continued, rapid, and permanent growth. Situated on the left bank of the Arkansas river, in the midst of the finest agricultural and grazing region of Colorado, it is adapted by nature to become a large town. It already commands an immense and constantly increasing trade. Whilst it may be true that "God made the country and man made the town," it is equally true that man never has made a town of any considerable size or importance unless nature's God first prepared the way and made its existence possible and necessary. No one would look for rich and tropical fruits near the north pole; as little should any one expect to find a thrifty, populous town in an isolated and destitute locality without a country around it to feed, nourish and support it. Pueblo has such a country around it. It is already the commercial metropolis of Southern Colorado. Nature designed that it should be so. It is located on the Arkansas river, a stream which perennially affords the most ample water power for the propulsion of machinery or for the purposes of irrigation. It is in the midst of the richest agricultural and grazing region in Colorado. It is situated on the great highway between Santa Fe and Denver. These, and many other natural advantages that might be enumerated, imperatively demand that there should be a town just where Pueblo is, to control and direct the energies of the surrounding country, to furnish provisions and supplies for the producing classes, and likewise to afford them a market for their commodities. A glance at the products of Pueblo county alone for the last year will indicate faintly some of Pueblo's resources. There were produced during the past year in Pueblo county three hundred thousand bushels of corn, and one hundred thousand bushels of wheat - to say nothing of the oats, buckwheat and barley. There were owned in the county twelve thousand head of cattle; twenty thousand head of sheep, and two thousand hogs. Not less than four thousand gallons of wine of no ordinary quality were manufactured from our native grape, which grows so luxuriantly along our streams. We hazard nothing in predicting that when the process of making wine comes to be better understood by our people the numerous vineyards that will dot the Arkansas valley will constitute no inconsiderable source of Southern Colorado's wealth. Eighteen months ago, and there were scarcely seventy-five inhabitants in Pueblo; now, its population is but little less than five hundred souls. During A. D. 1867, the business and trade amounted to $400,000 - and all this, the result of a normal and legitimate growth and development. Even as we write this article, the stroke of the carpenter's hammer and the sound of his saw are heard on every hand; business houses and private residences are rising all around us to meet the demands of an increasing trade and a growing population. Not galvanized into a spasmodio existence by crafty speculators or a moneyed monopoly, not of an artificial, but rather of a natural growth necessitated by the vast stretch of agricultural and pastoral land environing it -- Pueblo stands forth to-day with bright prospects of a permanent and prosperous future. The prevailing religion at Trinidad is Catholic. A new church is in process of erection in Canon City. Several new buildings have started up, the past few days, about town. Why don't somebody start a brick-yard here? Dobes are good, but bricks are better. Fort Lyon boasts of a small church organ, and has occasional services of the Episcopal sort. We need a big hydraulic ram to butt water up into town. A little wet wether would help us some. The Rev. Mr. Murray will hold the regular quarterly meeting of the Methodist Church in this place on next Sunday. The weather has been dry for a month, and the crops, as well as grass, need rain badly. No grasshoppers yet. Yesterday was the hottest day of the season. The thermometer stood at 96 in the shade at 3 p.m. Rev. J. L. Dyer, the delegate in the Chicago Methodist conference, and elder of this part of the Territory, has returned. Don't pass through Trinidad without calling on Davis & Barraclough, dealers in groceries, provisions, and everything else. For native jewelry, American or Mexican styles, go to A. B. Ingols, corner of F and Holladay streets, nearly opposite Tappan's Block, Denver, Colorado. The Denver and Santa Fe stage company are building a new large barn near the old river bank in the southeast part of town. Billy Carlile and John Warner are erecting a large barn with feed and livery stables and a mammoth corral attachment. Wild currants are big enough for tarts already, on the bushes, and there will soon be train loads of this convenient little fruit. The small boys are amusing themselves now-a-days fishing in the Arkansas with good success, and fat grubs are in demand in the juvenile bait market. Lieut. J. W. Thomas, 3d C. S. Infantry, was in town from Fort Lyon last week. The Lieutenant is a genial gentleman, and one of the most popular officers of the army. We learn from the Denver Tribune that the Colorado annual conference will meet at Golden city the 19th of this month, and that Bishop Simpson is to be there to preside. Mr. Geo. Ebbetts, of Winnebago county, Illinois, gave us a call, on Tuesday. He is out on a trip for the purpose of visiting his friends and seeing the country. TO APPEAR IN OUR NEXT. - The advertisements of Hense & Cottesleben, jewelers, and the Northern Freighting Company, D. Tom Smith, superintendent. C. M. Schuyer advertises the Colorado Cigar Manufactory. He makes an excellent cigar - good enough for General Grant or "any other man." We have tried them. "Go there and do likewise." Harper, Wait & Co. advertise their well-known hardware store. They have a very extensive assortment of the best in their line and sell cheap. They sell the famous Charter Oak cooking stoves. FOR RENT. - A good one-and-a-half story adobe dwelling, containing two rooms, kitchen, garret and cellar. Good stabling on the premises. Apply to RETTBERO & BARTELS. August Kraatz notifies the public through our advertising columns, that he has opened a furniture store in Denver. He advertises articles that almost every housekeeper needs. Patronize Kraatz. E. H. Collins, Denver, is the place to get your fancy painting done - anything from a common sign to a beautiful landscape. We have seen some of his work and were charmed with its beauty and surprised at his low charges. Read his advertisement in another column. We are pleased to learn that Early & Co. are opening, in Tappan's Block, Denver, and will be prepared in a few days to vend all descriptions of queensware, glassware, etc., etc., on better terms than such goods have ever been sold, heretofore, in the Territories. Their advertisement will appear next week. Ye gay and festive tailor-man has left us. Andy wasn't impeached, but our joker of the goose was, and departed in prudent haste. He failed in trying to carry off a town lot with him, but at last accounts everything was lovely and his cast-iron, web-footed female gander was altitudinously suspended. Miss Lizzie Fraser, who has for some weeks past been engaged in introducing into this part of the territory the popular Singer sewing machine, left for the east last evening. Miss Fraser found in Southern Colorado an excellent field for her enterprise, and we learn that she has been very successful during her short stay here. Our lady friends will be pleased to know that she expects to return soon and bring with her a large stock of machines. As an illustration of what we are capable of producing in the Arkansas valley, we mention that Patterson, one of our cattle dealers sold last week a large lot of beef cattle to Mr. Iiiff (?), another noted dealer, for twenty thousand dollars, cash down. Patterson had a few days previously made a delivery of cattle to other parties, for ten thousand dollars. It was Major James A. Casey, in command at Fort Lyon in the absence of General Penrose, who sent out reinforcements in aid of the citizens in pursuit of the horse thieves we gave an account of last week, and it was Captain Berry, the gallant and rollicking "Charley O'Malley" of the 7th Cavalry, who went in pursuit and captured the "vags." Whenever Captain B. goes for anything he fetches it. How about that "abduction," Captain? There is to be a large party and ball with supper and accompaniments on the Friday evening, July 3d. The dance will be in the old Kezer Hall, over Thatcher's store and a general invitation is extended. It is to be got up by Harry Pickard, and we doubt not from Harry's experience heretofore in such matters that it will be a grand affair, and a lively time may be anticipated. The supper will be given at the Pueblo House. SENSIBLE. - The small adobe buildings erected for the purpose of holding lots, are under par. Their owners are having them removed, and are creating in their stead large and commodious buildings. Kastor & Berry have razed to the ground the "claim cabin" on their lot, and are busily engaged in constructing on the site thereof a business house that will be a credit to our rising metropolis. May others go and do likewise. Peter K. Dotson, of the upper St. Charles, has on hand about 8,000 bushels of wheat of last year's raising, which he is about to sell at four cents per pound. This will bring the snug little sum of over $1,000. He has already sold a thousand bushels of the same crop. O, no, it don't pay to farm in Colorado; it's Vermont, perhaps, where you get your money back in this way. Besides farming, Pete runs a saw-mill, and is quite a stock grower. He says he is going to put his grain into hogs, hereafter. We call attention to the fact that those in want of fruit and ornamental trees can now be supplied by Messrs. Plummer, Blaisdell & Co., agents for the well-known Commercial Nurseries of Rochester, New York. All trees sold by these gentlemen are warranted to be in good order on delivery, and printed instructions how to plant, prune and cultivate the same will be furnished to all who desire them. Read the advertisement, and call on Mr. Blaisdell, or his agent, Mr. Hiney, at the Planters House, and leave your orders. RELIGIOUS. - The largest audience we have ever seen at church in Pueblo was assembled on last Sunday at the Court House, where services of the Episcopal church were held by Rev. Mr. Winslow. This increased attendance upon Divine service is a hopeful indication of the mending moral sentiment of the town. The ___ Rev. Bishop Randall, will hold services here the third Sunday in this month, and designs also to take immediate steps to build a neat and commodious chapel for worship. We hope he will be aided in this work, and that other churches will be erected and sustained. Hanauer, Salomon & Co. speak through our columns this week. This is an old established house, long and favorably known. There are none in their line of business more deserving than they. Yesterday afternoon Mr. Hersacker, the telegraph operator received a message over the wires from Mr. Woodward, Apishpa creek, twenty-five miles this side of Trinidad, this being as far as the line is up, owing to delay caused by non-delivery of poles. NOTICE is hereby given that on the 6th day of June A. D., 1868, the following described cattle, to-wit: One black cow, with a white spot in her forehead, with a calf two weeks old; said cow is about twelve years old, and branded "K. W." on left hip, and "S." on the right; One red cow, with a roan calf; said cow is about six years old branded "W. S." on the left hip, and "S." on the right; One roan cow, about seven years old, with no brands; Were taken up as estrays, by Ferdinand Spilicke, on his ranche, four miles below Pueblo, on the Arkansas river, in Pueblo county, Colorado Territory. The owner, or owners, are requested to appear, prove property, and pay charges. J.D. MILLER, County Clerk. Southern Colorado was first settled by a class of men industrious, active and enterprising, but without capital other than active brains and stout hearts. Under depressing influences such as rarely beset a young community, they have accomplished wonders in developing the resources of the country. They have made the country self-sustaining, and many are reaping the just rewards of their self-denial and hardship underwent at an early day, and are little inclined to invest their surplus means in new enterprises. To the latter class, as well as to capitalists abroad, we wish to make a plain statement of a few facts for the purpose of calling their attention to certain fields of enterprise in our Territory, now unoccupied, but which promise rich returns to those who shall first occupy them. There are in the counties drained by the Arkansas river and its tributaries, and in that portion of the valley of the Rio Grande within our Territory, not less than 200,000 head of sheep, and the number is increasing at a rapid ratio. The average value of wool does not exceed ten to twelve cents per pound from one year to another. The wool produced from these sheep, is at present either consumed in the manufacture of the different articles produced by the Mexicans by the slow processes of hand labor, or finds a market on the Missouri river, after being transported in wagons from four hundred and fifty to six hundred miles. In all the region of country referred to, there is not a woollen factory - not even a carding machine. Water power abounds everywhere, and is going to waste. The market for the sale of such products as might easily be produced from native wool is unlimited. There are from 35,000 to 40,000 people in Colorado, and from 100,000 to 120,000 in New Mexico, who would consume the entire products of several manufactories of large capacity. It is obvious to any person who will think for a mement upon the salient facts above set forth, that there is such opportunity for the investment of capital in a woollen factory as is rarely offered anywhere. Who will be the first to embrace it, and make a fortune as the reward of his enterprise? There is another branch of business neglected, in which even less of capital is required than in the manufacture of woollen fabrics. We allude to the business of making leather. Cattle absolutely swarm throughout the Territory. Hides, by thousands, go to waste. Their price is merely nominal. We have all through the mountains an abundance of timber of suitable kinds to yield bark for tanning purposes, and plenty of market in which to dispose of leather. Yet we have no tannery. It can hardly be possible that when the public attention is called to these opportuninties for investment they will remain vacant for any length of time. All the fields of industry in the States of the east are crowded to overflowing. Capital seeks there in vain for the chances of safe and profitable investment. The interest heretofore felt in the development of our mines has prevented men with money to invest from looking for other fields of enterprise. We hope this article will attract the attention of some one who will be willing to make the adventure of investing money in these neglected branches of business, or at least of giving the subject matter a careful investigation. Mr. Lew Barnum informs us that from and after the 1st of July the service on the Southern Overland Stage Line will be increased from a tri-weekly to a daily line of five horse coaches, from Pond Creek to Santa Fe. The Right Reverend Geo. M. Randall, D. D., Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Colorado, will (D. V.) be in Pueblo for the purpose of preaching and holding confirmation services, on Sunday, June 21st, 1868. Services at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. in the hall over Thatcher's store. A preparatory lecture on the nature, duty and benefits of confirmation, will delivered by Rev. F. W. Winslow in the Court House, Pueblo, on Thursday evening, June 18th, at 8 o'clock. All interested are earnestly invited. The person who borrowed from the Photograph Gallery of Smith & Reed, in the latter part of the month of March, a copy of the Waverly Novels, containing "Bride of Lammermoor," "Legend of Montrose," and "Ivanhoe," will confer a favor by returning the same to the owner, by leaving it at the Postoffice. W. R. Walker, Esq., has kindly furnished the following items of interest from Trinidad: Building is progressing rapidly in that town. Of new houses, we notice the following: Don Juan J. Allres, a large dwelling house; Witt & McCormick, a store and dwelling; E. J. Hubbard, a law office; Taylor & Taylor, a dwelling and livery stable; Jacob Beard, a dwelling house… Crops in Las Animas promise a good yield… Uncle Dick Wootton is laying out a direct road from Pond Creek to Bent's Fort… The Good Templars have organized a new lodge, which promises excellent results… Gen. Sherman passed through Trinidad on the 10th, on his way northward visiting the military posts of Colorado, and the Northwest Territories. HORSE THIEVING. - Mr. Wm. Chapman of Tabeguache Mills (on the Upper Huerfano) informs us that on the night of the 9th inst., two horses were stolen from Mr. A. T. Seabring, of Badieto. He tracked them to the head of the canon on the Purgatoire, where the thieves had fallen in company with about twenty others. Mr. S. was warned that the rogues were well armed and determined to defend themselves against any and all persons, and that it would be fatal to him and the man accompanying him should he overtake them. The pursuit was abandoned in consequence. We hope the time is not far distant when these pests to society shall be exterminated or at least when a man may with some degree of safety to his life pursue a thief. Judge S. M. Baird has returned to his home in Trinidad, bringing his ______ (family?) with him. Col. Wm. Craig, of the Huerfano, started on Monday last to New York to attend the National Democratic Convention. John M. Brannaman, Esq., of this county, has taken a contract to grade ten miles of the Denver and Cheyenne railroad. I SCREAM. - The centre of attraction for ladies and gentlemen, these warm days, is Wilderboor & Gilman's Ice Cream Saloon. PERSONAL. - Col. John M. Francisco of the Cuchara, was in town during the week, and also D. J. Hayden, Esq., of the Huerfano. The El Paso County Republican Convention expresses its preference for Geo M. Chilcott, of Pueblo county, for candidate for delegate to Congress. Hon. J. W. Henry, of this county, is going down to the Cimarron to try the mines. If he concludes to stay there we lose one of our most valuable citizens. Col. A. G. Boone has completed a treaty with the Osage Indians, and gone back to Washington. His next official duties will be to set apart the half-breed lands on the old reservation in the eastern part of this county. Messrs. Hamilton & McLellan have interfered greatly with our work on No. 4 on the CHIEFTAIN; but then they have improved our house muchly, by plastering it throughout. They are first-class plasterers. If any one doubts it let him come and see our sanctum. See also their advertisement in to-day's issue. We learn that the contract recently let at Fort Leavenworth, to furnish a large amount of wood to Fort Reynolds, was awarded to our enterprising fellow townsman, M. Anker. Rev. B. M. Adams will preach in the Court House next Sunday at 11 o'clock, a.m., and at 8 o'clock p.m. He will hold services at J. W. Anderson's, on the St. Charles, Monday at 5 o'clock p.m.; on Tuesday at Fort Reynolds, at 5 o'clock p.m., and on Thursday evening, at 8 o'clock, at Pueblo. Nothing is more annoying to persons living in this section of the country than to get a watch back from Denver where it had been sent for repair, and find that it doesn't keep the time correctly. To avoid all such annoyance every body should send their watches to A. B. Ingols who is an experienced workman and guarantees his work. Joseph Fuqua was arrested yesterday and brought before Mark G. Bradford, charged with assault with intent to murder, upon the person of Mr. L. R. Graves. The hearing of the case is set for to-day at 9 o'clock a.m. We deem it prudent not to make any comments upon the affair at present. Mr. Graves' injuries are not of a serious nature. "IN TIME OF PEACE PREPARE FOR WAR." - Mr. A. T. Seibering, of Badito was in town last Monday and bought a good supply of ammunition to defend his ranch from Indians, in case of an outbreak by the Utes. All other ranchmen should do the same. "It is too late to pray when the devil comes." It is also too late to lay in means of defense after the Indians have come. Mr. Colfax writes that he feels himself greatly honored by the complimentary ticket sent him to attend the Horse Fair at Denver; that nothing in the world would afford him greater pleasure, but is very sorry indeed to have to inform the "high mucky mucks" of the "brilliant affair," that his engagements are such that he will necessarily have to forego the pleasure. It don't make much difference to the horse-fair men, but then it would have been a nice treat to Mr. Colfax if he could have been there. Let it not be forgotten that H. A. E. Pickard - which is the short for Harry Pickard - gives the great ball of the season, on the 3d of July. The fair who will grace the occasion will be more attractive than any Denver horse fair, and all that "art can execute and taste devise" will be brought into requisition to render the affair more lively and pleasant than anything we have yet had. The dance will be at Rice's Hall, over Thatcher's store, and the supper at Harry's Pueblo House. Tickets, eight dollars. No invitations, but everybody is expected to be there with his wife, daughter, sweetheart, or friend, as the case may be. Our little town has, in some quarters, achieved a reputation for a low moral tone and want of spirituality. It has been frowned upon by some who pride themselves on their superior virtue, as a hard place, possessing scarcely the elements of respectability and decency. Some of our ministerial friends have sighed over the place and finally given it up as unconvertable. In a Pharisaical or critical point of view, there is undoubtedly some foundation for this reputation, but it is greatly exaggerated. Those who live in Pueblo know that it is not such a very bad place. There is undoubtedly room for improvement. There has been manifested in the past but little respect for Sunday, and less interest in religious services; there has been a little more attention given than is proportional and right, to whisky; there has been a general apathy to every form of employment or recreation which does not furnish excitement; but, outside of these considerations, the morality of Pueblo will bear favorable comparison with any town of its age and similar component materials. It is certainly better than that eastern village where honest people had to "take their door-steps in at nights" - no one need ever lock his door here for fear of robbery. Its inhabitants are generally straightforward in their business transactions, (public sentiment, at least will countenance no dishonesty.) They are certainly courteous in their bearing towards each other and strangers, and are eminent for hospitality. They condemn and despise every form of meanness. They are particularly severe on hypocrisy and have little taste for cant (?), and we have never seen any reason to doubt their respect for true and practical Christianity. The popular fallings are due more to circumstances than to any inherent lack of virtue in the people. Most of them have been isolated for years from church privileges and it is difficult to form a habit of attendance after so long continuance. The preponderance of the masculine element is another cause. A lower standard of morals and manners always prevails in a society where woman's refining influence is little felt, men become more reckless when left to themselves, and their animal tendencies act without restraint. This lack of female influence has been the chief cause of the low moral tone of the community in times past. The gradual increase of this element and influence is the mainspring of the marked improvement recently made. There are no worthier ladies than those of Pueblo, but they have, until lately, been so few that they could not stem the tide of opposition, while their domestic duties have diminished their opportunities of public usefulness. If we could only transfer here half a dozen young ladies from one of our neighbouring towns, the cause of the superior morality and greater interest in religion which they manifest, would soon appear. The average intelligence and culture of Pueblo is certainly equal to that of any town in the Territory. The energy and enterprise of its inhabitants is remarkable while its moral tone is rapidly improving. To any one who doubts our assertions, we say, come here and test them; mingle with that class of our population who constitute our permanent residents and controlling element, and you will find as high a standard and average of virtue and respectability as any man could expect or desire. Several months residence here and subsequent temporary absence have convinced us that Pueblo is a very good place to live in, and we cordially recommend it to all who may desire to try their fortunes in a new but thriving business town. At a meeting of the Republicans of Pueblo county, held at Pueblo, June 27th, 1868, to choose delegates to attend the Republican Territorial Convention to be held at Denver, July 7th 1868, M. G. Bradford was elected chairman, and J. D. Miller secretary. On motion of H. C. Thatcher, a committee of five were appointed to draft resolutions. The chairman appointed H. C. Thatcher, A. A. Bradford, O. H. P. Baxter, H. A. E. Pickard and C. L. Hall, such committee. The committee reported the following resolutions: WHEREAS, A long period of time has elapsed since the submission of the State Constitution to the people of Colorado, and great changes have taken place in the population of the Territory since that time, and WHEREAS, The existing State Constitution was not adopted, and the officers chosen under it were not elected by a majority of those who are now legal voters in the Territory, therefore, as the sense of this Convention, be it Resolved, That Colorado should not be admitted into the Union as a State, until the question of admission be submitted to the people of the Territory, at an election legally and fairly held, and a majority of the voters shall have decided in favor of such admission. Resolved 1st. That the efficient manners in which Hon. George M. Chilcott has discharged his duties as delegate, meets with our most cordial approbation, and especially are the thanks of this Convention due to him for his services in securing to the Territories the same postal rates that now exist in the States. Resolved, 2d. That we heartily endorse the platform and candidates of the National Union Republican Convention, held at Chicago, May 20th, 1868. On motion of M. D. Thatcher, the first and second set of resolutions were unanimously adopted. H. C. Thatcher moved that we proceed to the election of four delegates to attend the Territorial Convention, with power to appoint proxies. Messrs. C. J. Hart, H. A. E. Pickard, Henry Hiney and H. C. Thatcher were elected delegates. On motion of H. C. Thatcher, the secretary was instructed to furnish a copy of the proceedings of this meeting to the COLORADO CHIEFTAIN and Rocky Mountain News, for publication. On motion, the meeting adjourned to meet the 14th of July for the purpose of ratifying the action of the Territorial Convention. M. G. BRADFORD, Chairman. J. D. MILLER, Sec'y. The fact that hitherto the coal fields of Southern Colorado have not been brought into requisition by the wants of this district of country, has kept up the popular delusion that the northern part of the Territory is possessed of advantages of us in the number and quality of her coal beds. This is a very great mistake, and we of the South have hitherto labored under a great disadvantage, by reason of the fact that our resources in this regard, have not been more publicly known. A magnificent district of coal lands is spread out around the foot of the mountains, from Pike's Peak to the southern boundary of the Territory. Workable veins outcrop on Beaver Creek, in Fremont county, near Canon City, and at other localities near the foot of the mountains, as far southward as Trinidad, where the veins are of great thickness. The coal from all the different veins is a kind of bituminous coal, closely allied to the Cannel coal, almost entirely free from sulphur or other impurities, and in every respect vastly superior to the coal from the veins in the neighborhood of Golden City, and in Boulder county, as we know personally from a comparison of the different varieties from the veins which have been opened. The importance of this coal district can hardly be overestimated. They will furnish for all time an inexhaustible supply of fuel for the lines of railroad which in a few years, whill checker the entire mountain region. They will be of equal value in working the rich mines of lead and other mineral with which the mountains abound, undisturbed until such time as railroads shall afford cheaper means of transportation, for the machinery and appliances necessary to work them, and for the exportation of their products. The experience of the world has shown, that as a source of permanent wealth, to any country where civilized men abide, an abundance of good mineral coal is inestimable in value. Our coal fields are practically inexhaustible. God has wrought in the great laboratory of nature, while these vast regions were yet unpeopled, and stored away in the recesses of the everlasting hills a supply of fuel sufficient for our wants for all coming time. Letters remaining unclaimed in the Post office at Pueblo, Territory of Colorado, Wednesday July 1st, 1868. To obtain any of these letters the applicant must call for "Advertised letters," and give the date of this. If not called for within one month, they will be sent to Dead Letter office. Arnett, A. J. 2 Anderson, P. C. Bennet, F. B. Burk, Michael Bell, Henry C. Cornell, Gideon Coleman, Arther 2 Clark, R. S. Cross, Jno. M. Coffee, R. N. (?) Fleming, C. Flynn, Edward Horan, James Klaybaugh (?), Clinton Hughes, D. H. 2 Jones, O. W. 2 McClellen, Wm. 2 McGiure (McClure?), S. C. McGrady, Hugh Parks, Daniel Payne, Freeman J. Rule, Margaret Ridings, Joseph R. Shores, Samuel Warren, C. W. The Arkansas bridge is all right. Dogs are so plenty in town as to be a nuisance. We need a dog law. The Southern Overland Stage Company have removed their eastern terminus to Fort Wallace. A telegraph office will soon be opened at the Doyle ranch, in this county, for the accommodation of the Huerfano people. Capt. U. B. Hollaway of this place, late United States Marshal, who has been East, arrived home on Tuesday morning last. We acknowledge our obligations to Hon. Thomas Macon, of Canon city, for valuable aid in extending the circulation of the CHIEFTAIN. All hands in the office are under obligation to Mr. Eugene Weston for a treat of native wine, of a quality superior to anything ever imported. The telegraph line between this place and Denver has been down for several days. This accounts for the fact that we are without any late telegraphic news. The contract to survey the southern boundary line of Colorado has been re-let for the reason that the ex-Governor Gilpin failed to comply with the terms of his contract. We are under many obligations to our attentive delegate in Congress, Hon. Geo. M. Chilcott, for the large supply of public documents, which we presume he is about to send us. Why don't farmers supply the town with the vegetables of the season? One would think that the business was sufficiently remunerative to insure a better supply than we now have. The Denver Horse Fair, the Republican Territorial Convention, the Supreme Court, and other objects of amusement, will call several of our citizens up to Denver this week. "Tek kar yerselves." Brevet Colonel A. J. McGonnigle, of the United States Army, a member of General Sheridan's staff, spent two or three days of last week in town. He has departed for Leavenworth, by way of Denver. The Huerfano County Republican Convention instructs its delegates to the Territorial Republican Convention to vote for Hon. A. A. Bradford, of this county, for candidate for delegate to Congress. Hon. A. A. Bradford of this place is likely, judging from present indications, to receive the unanimous support of the delegates from southern Colorado, to the Republican convention, as the first choice for delegate to Congress. P. K. Dotson, Esq., of the St. Charles, was in town the other day, and informed us that a hail storm had greatly injured his crop. He has one of the best ranches in the country, and is one of our largest wheat growers. The Republicans of Fremont county with an appreciation of beauty that does eminent credit to their judgement, named Frank Hall, as their first choice for delegate to Congress. Handsome, suave and paire, Frank would make a delegate "as is" a delegate. Mr. Young's bridge over the Arkansas river at this place, was three or four days ago threatened with serious injury by the caving in of the bank of the river. We are happy to state for the benefit of the travelling public that the danger is past and that the bridge is uninjured and in perfect repair. There will be Episcopal church services and sermon, by Rev. T. W. Winslow, in the Court House, Pueblo, on Sunday, July 5, at 11 a.m., and 8 p.m. All are cordially invited. Rev. O. P. McMains, who has been assigned to this circuit, by the Golden City conference, for the ensuing year, will preach at the court house in this place on Sunday the 12th inst. He is recommended as a young man of culture and talent, who will take his place among us as a preacher of the gospel and not for the purpose of perverting his sacred calling to a political mission, as has too often been the case with others of the same profession. Thomas, of the News, writes favorably of the location selected in Canon City for the site of the Penitentiary. He won't find it so very unpleasant a home, as might be selected for him elsewhere. Through the politeness of Mr. M. S. Lynde of Trinidad, we have been presented a piece of quartz from the famous lode lately discovered in the Moreno district. It appears rather like gold with a slight admixture of quartz, than like quartz rich in gold. John Locke, who keeps the U. S. Stage Co.'s Ranch at Big Timber, on the Hays City and Santa Fe route, shot and killed a man named Parker on the night of the 19th, having mistaken him for an unfriendly Indian. The weather clerk is behaving in a very unseemly way. Every day threatening clouds overshadow the heavens, and "it thunders all 'round the sky," but the weather remains hot and dry. This great promise and meagre performance is very unsatisfactory. The treaty with the Osage Indians, which our fellow citizen, Col. A. G. Boone, as one of the commissioners on the part of the government, assisted in negotiating, does not suit the people of Kansas, and is not likely to be ratified by the United States Senate. Our readers will notice by refering to the proceedings of the Republican county convention, held in this county last week, that the party in this county repudiate the old State organization, and ask that the question be again submitted to the people. They have taken a just and wise course. Mr. L. R. Stemm, who is the "main stem" which furnishes material for "life's staff" at Doyle's Mills, appreciating our wants, has kindly sent us a sack of as elegant flour as was ever produced by eastern flour makers. Mr. L. R. is a gentleman of christian charities, and as a millist he understands his biz. The Hays City Adeanes (?) of the 23d says: Forty thousand pounds of wool from New Mexico arrived there within the past few days… A large herd of cattle passed there on the 20th, on the way to Southern Colorado… The telegraph line is to be extended to Fort Wallace… The prairies are literally alive with grasshoppers, but as yet they have done no great damage. We call attention to the advertisement of Megeath & Co., Cheyenne, D. T. We have known all the members of this firm long and well, and it affords us pleasure to recommend them to our readers as men possessed of all the qualifications of first class business men. They are the only bidders for the Commission and Forwarding business of Southern Colorado and New Mexico, and should receive it. The following is the roster of officers now on duty at Fort Reynolds, C. T. (Colorado Territory), viz: Brevet Captain Charles A. Curtis, 1st Lieut. Co. D, 5th U. S. Infantry, commanding company and post; 1st Lieut. H. H. Abell, Co. L, 7th U. S. Cavalry, commanding company; 2nd Lieut. John J. Lambert, Co. D, 5th U. S. Infantry, Post Adjutant; 2nd Lieut. J. Henry Shellabarger, Co. L, 7th U. S. Cavalry, A. A. Q. M., and A. A. C. S.; and Assistant Surgeon Geo. McC. Miller, U. S. A., Post Surgeon. Sam Bowles, in his "Across the Continent," says on page 32, "to the South, giving source to the Arkansas and Colorado, looms up * * Pikes Peak." In the sentence there are only two geographical blunders. Pikes Peak "gives source" to neither the one nor the other river, nor is it near enough to the source of either, to make the blunder at all pardonable, in a writer of so much prominence as Bowles. Some legislation is needed for the protection of farmers along the lower portion of some of our creeks. The Fontaine qui Bouille is now at so low a state of water that crops near the mouth of that stream are suffering for want of water, while, it is alleged, that a great deal of water is wasted from the ditches along the upper part of the creek. The subject matter of complaint could probably be reached and remedied by judicious legislation. We recommend this subject to the careful attention of our next legislature, and hope it may not be forgotten. Dr. Beshoar, the senior editor and proprietor of the CHIEFTAIN has gone to Trinidad, to spend a few weeks in attention to his private business. The junior will remain ad interim, sole manager. Being in delicate health, he will be exceedingly careful not to provoke a quarrel with any one, and will "run the machine just as he finds it." Should any difficulty result from his appoinment ad interim, the Doctor will be impeached on his return. Daniel Witter, Esq., United States Assessor for Colorado, and a brother-in-law of Speaker Colfax, as well as otherwise qualified, is a candidate, whose name will be before the Denver Republican Convention for Delegate to Congress. Hon. D. D. Belden, Democratic candidate for Congress addressed a crowded house in this place on Monday evening last, upon the political issues of the day. We are also informed that he addressed a large audience on the same subject in Trinidad on the 24th. He left here on the 30th to visit Canon city and the South Park country. E. B. Cozzens, Esq., of this place lately returned from the Cimarron, confirms all the previous accounts in regard to the richness of those mines. He states further, that owing to the scarcity of water at the present time, there is not room for all at present. He is of the opinion, from his observation in the country that the mining region will be greatly enlarged by new discoveries. The Tribune is alarmed for fear the citizens of Denver will not allow General Grant any rest on his arrival at that place. The fear is reasonable and the caution timely. The General should by all means be permitted to relieve himself for a time from the overwhelming labors of his official position, and not be obliged in the interval of rest from official duty, to make a pump-handle of his arm or to exhaust himself in oratorical efforts. Let him have peace. PRECINCT NO. 1. - Commencing at the east line of G. H. Bryan's land, on the Arkansas river, extending up said river to the Rock Canon bridge, and including all the settlements on both sides of said stream, in this valley between the two points, thence extending in a northeasterly direction to a point on the Fontaine qui Bouille river, between the ranches of M. W. Steel and J. J. Cawlfield, thence southeasterly to place of beginning. PRECINCT NO. 2. - Commencing at George Gilbert's west line, running north to the northern boundary of the county, thence west to a point due north of the east line of G. H. Bryan's land, thence south along said Bryan's east line to the Arkansas river, and on the south side of said river, from the mouth of the Huerfano river, to the mouth of the St. Charles river, including Fort Reynolds, and all the settlements on the south side of said Arkansas river between the points mentioned. PRECINCT NO. 3. - Commencing at the northern boundary of Precinct No. 1, extending up the Fontaine qui Bouille to the northern boundary of the county, including all the settlers on both sides of the Fontaine between the two points. PRECINCT NO. 4. - From Mr. Elkins' west line, on the St. Charles, running westwardly to the mouth of the Canon of the St. Charles, and including all the settlements in this valley, between the two points. PRECINCT NO. 5. - Commencing at the mouth of the St. Charles river, and running up said stream, including the settlements on both sides of said stream to Mr. Elkins' west line. PRECINCT NO. 6. - Running from the western boundary of Precinct No. 1, up the Arkansas river to the western boundary of the county, including all the settlements on said stream and its tributaries, between the two points mentioned. PRECINCT NO. 7. - Is bounded on the east by the Kansas State line; on the south by Las Animas county; on the west by a line running due north and south, crossing the Arkansas river at the first Sand Creek below Bent's Fort; and on the north by the northern boundary of the county. PRECINCT NO. 8. - Commencing at a line drawn due north and south crossing the Arkansas river at the Point of Rocks, and extending westwardly up the Arkansas river to the west line of George Gilbert's Ranch, about opposite to the mouth of the Huerfano river, and extending north and south to the boundaries of the county. PRECINCT NO. 9. - Commencing at N. W. Welton's upper line, on the Huerfano, and extending down said stream to the Arkansas river, including all the settlements on the said Huerfano river between the points mentioned. PRECINCT NO. 10. - From Welton's upper line, running westwardly to the Corral de Toros, on southern (?) boundary of the county, and including the whole valley of the Huerfano between these two points. PRECINCT NO. 11. - Commencing at the mouth of the Canon on the St. Charles river, running west to the western boundary of the county, and including the settlements on both branches of the St. Charles. PRECINCT NO. 12. - Commencing at the mouth of the Green Horn Creek, on the St. Charles, running up said Green Horn, and including the settlements on said stream and all its tributaries, and extending to the western and southern (northern?) boundaries of the county. PRECINCT NO. 13. - Commencing at a line drawn due north and south, crossing the Arkansas river at the Point of Rocks, extending thence down the Arkansas river to where a line, drawn due north and south, crosses the Arkansas river at the first Sand Creek below Bent's Fort, and extending north and south to the boundaries of the county. I do hereby notify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the description and boundaries of the several voting Precincts in Pueblo county, as appears from the records in this office. In testimony whereof, witness my hand and County Seal, this 7th day of July, A. D. 1868. J. D. Miller, County Clerk. The oldest settlement in Pueblo county is the Cuerno Verde. The Fourth of July was celebrated in fine style at Fort Reynolds. Some of the coal beds at Trinidad are about eight feet in thickness. There are ten weekly and five daily papers published in Colorado. Pueblo is the third county of the Territory in point of population. There is a promise of an abundant yield of wild fruit this season. Col. Greenwood, the chief engineer of the U. P. R. R., E. D., is in Denver. Hon. R. B. Willis, of the Cuchara, has been in town during the past week. Ore, said to yield 90 percent, of iron has recently been discovered near Canon City. Judge Bradford and Hon. W. F. Stone are in Denver in attendance upon the Supreme Court. Native alum is said to be found in large quantities on the St. Charles near the foot of the mountains. Goldrick seems to have run his Herald into a National Horse Show Advertiser. At least we received none last week. The telegraph line between this place and Denver is again in complete repair, after being down for a whole week. The population of Costilla county has been largely increased during the summer, by immigration from New Mexico. We stop the press to announce that Grant and Colfax had not arrived at Denver at the date of our latest advices. Hon. A. A. Bradford was nominated by acclamation for delegate to Congress in the Republican convention on the 7th instant. We are the recipients of quite a number of important public documents from Mr. G. M. Chilcott. "Thanks, generous stranger." Under the law of last winter, creating the office of District Attorney, that office will have to be filled at the September election. A Spanish faargs (?) of wheat, as the word is used in southern Colorado and New Mexico, is two bushels or 120 pounds. Our townsman, M. Anker, Esq., is expected home as soon as the trip can be made after the close of the New York Convention. Mr. Chilcott has succeeded in getting repealed the onerous postal laws requiring letter postage on all sorts of mail matter from the States. The Central City Herald and the Golden City Transcript are out against the admission of Colorado under the bill now pending in Congress. A party of engineers of the Eastern Division road, recently sent to explore the Puncha (Poncha?) pass, make a favorable report of its elegibility and practicability. FOR RENT. - One of the most desirable residences in Pueblo, will be rented on reasonable terms. For particulars inquire at this office. The water is falling rapidly in all the small streams in the Arkansas country, owing to the continued drouth. No losses likely to follow except along the lower part of the Fontaine qui Bouille. Judge Henry, of this county, is about to make a trip to the Cimarron country, but has no thought of abandoning his residence in Pueblo county, as we were erroneously informed. We are glad to know it. We publish in this issue a copy of the Registry law enacted last winter. As many voters may not receive the laws in book shape before the election, it will be well for them to preserve this number of the CHIEFTAIN for future reference. The Ute embroglio has ended without any hostile demonstrations to amount to anything. Ute and other leading men of the tribe are friendly all the time, and in this instance, as in others, have succeeded in impressing their views upon the tribe. Mr. Jesse Frazier, of Fremont county, we learn, has a peach orchard, which will produce a few peaches of excellent quality. His is the first fruit of that kind ever produced in the Arkansas Valley. Quite a number of orchards will begin to bear next year. Rev. O. P. McMains will preach in this place next Sunday. Owing to unforseen circumstances, the appointment made by Bishop Randall for visiting Canon City, on Sunday, July 19, is indefinitely, but inevitably postponed. The Rev. Mr. Winslow will preach in Canon on that Sunday for the last time. The Episcopal services in Pueblo, which would be held regularly on July 19, will nevertheless be necessarily postponed, as per announcement, to July 26. The Southwestern Pacific Railroad Company, which already has a grant of land in its aid, is trying to secure subsidies from the Government in preference to the U. P. R. R., E. D. This line starts from Springfield, in the southwestern part of Missouri. Dr. Geo. McC. Miller, post surgeon, and Lieut. J. J. Lambert, post adjutant, at Fort Reynolds, gave the CHIEFTAIN office a call on yesterday. We were happy to see them and hope they will repeat their visit, whenever business or pleasure shall bring them to our town. Wm. Chapman, of the firm of D. J. Hayden & Co., of the Tabeguache Mills, on the Upper Huerfano, has sent us a sack of excellent flour, manufactured at their mills. We have no hesitation in pronouncing their flour fully equal in quality to the very best made in the Territory. John Stokes, cabinet maker, here "propounds," and gives the people "to understand and be informed" that he has a fine supply of chairs for sale. A government may run with three departments, and a stool may possibly stand on three legs, but the exigencies of civilization demand arm-chairs with four legs; and Stokes has the article, of good quality and at fair prices - cheaper than Denver prices with freight added. Experiments have been made by crossing the Cashmere goat with our native breed, with eminent success. The native goats are abundant and very cheap in Southern Colorado. Why don't some of our stock growers turn their attention to this business? We intend as soon as we can procure the data from reliable sources to publish an article on this subject for the purpose, and in the hope of starting a new business, which we believe may be prosecuted with eminent success in Colorado. Rice's hall was filled to overflowing on the evening of the 3d, with the beauty and chivalry of the town and surrounding country. The music was excellent, and the capacious hall comfortably ventilated and cool, and everything combined to render the occasion, one of the most delightful of the kind the town has ever known. The supper table at the Pueblo House was loaded with all that could be had in the way of both substantials and luxuries. All the participants were delighted with everything pertaining to the entertainment. We hope Harry will take advantage of the earliest possible occasion to repeat. Our legal friend Thatcher has been seen about the streets of the town with his coat off and at work during the past week. That fact indicates a dearth of business in the professional way. The health of the country has always been such that doctors could find no employment, and now the indications are that people are to be so peacable that lawyers will not be able to live. If they shall arrive at such a pitch of virtue that preachers may be dispensed with, what a paradise for honest men our county will be? We learn from Lieut. Lambert, of Fort Reynolds, the particulars of a sad accident which occurred at Col. Boone's near that place, on the 7th inst., by which one man lost his life, and two others met with a narrow escape. Wm. Moore, a private in company D, 5th infantry, undertook in company with a comrade to cross the Arkansas, at Boonville. The boat capsized in the middle of the river and Moore's comrade barely succeeded in saving his own life by clinging to a snag in the river. A man living at Boonville, on this side of the river, made an effort for the relief of Moore, by going out in another boat, but his boat, too upset, and he with difficulty escaped by clinging to a tree top. The two kept their perilous positions until nearly night when other parties came to their relief. Moore was drowned, and his body, at the latest account, had not been recovered. He was dressed in military clothes. TRINIDAD ITEMS. - The ball in Trinidad on the evening of the third of July, was a decided success. Sixty-four couples participated in the festivities of the occasion, including Good Templars, Bad Tipplers, outsiders and natives… The American population of Trinidad is increasing rapidly, having more than doubled within four months… The crops promise an immense yield, neither hail, drouth, grasshoppers or other injurious things, has affected them… A rumor prevails that about 3,000 head of Texas cattle, on the way up, have been stolen by Indians, supposed to be Navajos… The news from the Moreno is not less flattering than heretofore… The Good Templars are receiving accessions to their numbers at the rate of about fifteen per week. The late treaty with the Osage Indians, proposes to cede to a railroad company one sixth part of the State of Kansas. The Fourth of July was appropriately celebrated by our citizens, who met in Holloway's Grove on the opposite side of the river, where a cold collation had been prepared by the ladies. The exercises of the occasion were opened by a party of ladies and gentlemen singing with excellent effect, "My country 'tis of thee, Sweet land of liberty," &c. Then followed the reading of the Declaration of Independence by Chauncey L. Hall, Esq., in his most impressive style. After the singing of the Star Spangled Banner, the exercises closed with an oration by Chauncey L. Hall, Esq. It is perhaps needless to say that Mr. Hall's effort on this occasion fully sustains his well earned reputation. Patriotic and republican sentiments, which were equally an honor to the head and the heart of the speaker, were clothed in that ornate style of diction which distinguishes the oratory of Hon. Schuyler Colfax. Indeed, those familiar with the speeches of the latter gentleman, might readily conjecture that he had acquired his style of speaking and mode of thinking, from the former were not such a supposition precluded by their disparity of age, our townsman being much the younger man of the two. We have not room to extend our notice. It is sufficient to say that the oration was closely listened to by an appreciative audience, after which, with three rousing cheers for the orator of the day, the crowd departed for their homes, well pleased with the entertainment. THE ARKANSAS RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES. As our paper has quite a circulation in the East, and falls under the eye of many readers, who are not familiar with the geography of Colorado, we trust our home readers will pardon us for sometimes dwelling upon topics with which they are familiar, such as the one we have chosen for the subject of this article. Of the mineral resources of the district lying adjacent to the Arkansas river at its source - of the water power of the Arkansas and its tributaries, within the limits of Colorado - of the agricultural and pastoral lands of the Arkansas basin, this article with chiefly treat. The Arkansas has its source about in latitude thirty-nine, nearly due west of Pike's Peak. As early as '50 gold had been discovered in the gulches along its head waters. During the year following the richness of those discovered were demonstrated beyond question, and from that time until the present, gulch and placer diggings they have been worked with profit, and they are yet far from being exhausted. After the rush of excitement for that class of mining had to a certain degree passed away, prospectors began to turn their attention to the discoveries of lodes, and with eminent success. It is now a fact established beyond controversy, that the mountain region adjacent to the source of the Arkansas, is second to no mining region in the number and richness of its gold bearing lodes. The production of these lodes has hitherto been limited, and has entered (?) but little in swelling the wealth of the Territory, for reasons which a little reflection will render obvious. In the first place the discoveries of mines of that kind were made public at a time when mining stocks were low in the market, owing to incompetent management by inexperienced superintendents - to the rage for new processes, and to the organization of wild-cat companies upon worthless property. Second, lode mining requires a large amount of capital, of which the first discoverers were by no means possessed. These causes and others which for the present purposes, it is here unnecessary to enumerate, have retarded the development of one of the richest, if not the richest lode mining districts in the Territory. That the Red Mountain and other districts adjacent to the head of the Arkansas, will yet prove a source of incalculable wealth to the Territory, can admit of no reasonable doubt. This entire mineral region naturally looks for its supplies to the agricultural and pastoral district which lies upon the Arkansas and its tributaries, immediately adjoining and below. A part of that agricultural district is inclosed within the mountains, in the form of what in mountain parlance is called a park. The upper end of this park is in close proximity to the lower extremity of the mining district. Here are produced without difficulty potatoes and other vegetables which belong to the temperate zones, as well as wheat and all the other varieties of small grain. This separate agricultural district is about fifteen by thirty miles in extent - is surrounded on every side by the grandest mountain scenery on the continent, and is eminently productive wherever the Arkansas and tributaries afford facilities for irrigation. Passing thence out of the mountains by the finest natural pass, which anywhere pierces the range, the boundary of the region of plains is reached at Canon City. Here the Arkansas breaks through a stupendous canon, and becomes the Nile of the finest agricultural valley of the plains. Passing down the Arkansas on the south side, the first tributary bears the euphonious name of Hardscrabble. This is a stream too small to afford much water power. Its valley near the foot of the mountains, contains three thousand or four thousand acres of fertile land, capable of irrigation, and productive, as is all the valley land of the upper Arkansas and its tributaries. The next stream is the Saint Charles. Here we have a valley about forty miles in length, capable of tillage in its whole length, settled to a great extent, its climate suited to the production of corn, wheat, potatoes and all the cereals and vegetables which belong to the same latitude in the East, and containing on the main stream and its tributaries some of the largest and most valuable farms in the Territory. The next stream below is the famous Huerfano, and its branch, the Cuchara. This river has a valley of cultivable land about one hundred miles in length, and in breadth from one half mile to three miles. Here is the point and center of agricultural enterprise in Colorado. Here are huge farms containing from five hundred to fifteen hundred acres of land in the highest state of cultivation, and equal in productiveness to the famed prairies of Illinois. Here too is the centre of the great pastoral regions of the Territory. Here may be seen in some instances a thousand head of neat cattle in a single herd. While much of the valley of the Huerfano is tilled to the extent of its capacity, other portions are almost in a state of nature and offer rare inducements to emigrants. The Purgatory, or Las Animas, is the next tributary of the Arkansas. The valley of arable land on this river is about one hundred and thirty miles in length and ranging in breadth from one fourth of a mile to four miles. This is a perennial stream offering unfailing facilities for irrigation, and presenting advantages to emigrants, unrivalled elsewhere in the Territory. Its valley is rapidly filling up with an enterprising and energetic population. Sheep and cattle growing and agriculture are the main pursuits of the people of Las Animas county - which derives its name (from) this river. This river is the last affluent of the Arkansas, within the limits of Colorado on its south side. The northern slope of the Arkansas has few tributaries, and those few are less important than those on the south. The principal branches in their order from the foot of the mountains down the river, are Oil Creek, Beaver Creek and the Fontaine qui Bouille. This latter stream is famous for its soda springs, from which it takes its name, and for the romantic and beautiful scenery where it debouches from the mountains, and on its branch, the Monument. The Fontaine has a valley suitable for agricultural purposes about fifty miles in length. The Arkansas itself, from Canon City to the southern boundary of the Territory, has one of the most magnificent valleys in the world, and furnishes a strip of arable land frequently five miles in width. We have gone over as briefly as the nature of the subject would admit, a list of the principal rivers and creeks of the Arkansas Valley, for the purpose of informing readers unfamiliar with the geography of Central and Southern Colorado, and of inparting some idea of our boundless agricultural and pastoral resources. A great number of small streams, which flow a short distance out from the foot of the mountains, and there sink, are not included in our account. With a remark or two exclusively upon the pastoral advantages of Southern Colorado, we close this article. Almost the entire body of land included between the valleys of the streams, produce the wild grasses in such abundance that its capacity for pasturage is practically unlimited. Sheep and cattle, without feeding or other care than herding, are fit for slaughter at any season of the year. Can it be wondered at, that, with a country of such varied resources, in a climate the most beautiful and delightful in the world, we are advancing in numbers and wealth, with the promise of becoming at no distant day the most populous and prosperous part of the Territory and the West. Col. Alex. Rey, formerly of Park county, died a short time ago in Paris, France, where he was temporarily engaged in the sale of Colorado mining property. He was well known to many of our citizens. Hon. D. D. Belden addressed a Democratic meeting at Fairplay on the 7th inst. Gov. Hunt has gone over into the San Luis Valley to have a talk with the Ute Indians. The Santa Fe coach is generally crowded with passengers now-a-days on every trip. Smith, the negro murderer, was to have been hung of the 14th inst., at Central City. The Arkansas river has been rising very fast during the past week and is now at a very high stage. The Western Union Telegraph Company are re-building the line between Omaha and Cheyenne. Mosquitoes are beginning to make their appearance, to the great disgust of everybody and their children. Rt. Rev. Geo. M. Randall, Bishop of this diocese, has gone to Canon City, where he will preach next Sunday. The Arkansas river is now falling rapidly to the great relief of Mr. Young who owns the bridge at this place. Gen. Grant doesn't wish to have any public demonstrations, in his honor, while he is making his western tour. Hon. A. A. Bradford, we are informed, will spend some weeks in the north part of the Territory, making a political tour. Eastern papers are discussing the range of the thermometer. Here the thermometer is out of any range heretofore known. The Arkansas river during the present high water is making a cut-off on Col-Francisco's farm, adjoining the upper end of town. Some of our citizens who were in Denver during the horse show, think that institution was "no great shakes anyhow." Col. Greenwood, Chief Engineer of the Eastern Division road, is in the mountains west of here making an exploration of the Puncha pass. We learn that quite a colony of people from Arkansas have settled near the "Point of Rocks," within the boundaries of Pueblo county. A small band of Arapahoes passed through the settlements on the lower part of the Las Animas a few days ago. They behaved well for Indians. Three or four new dwelling houses have been raised in the upper part of town during the past week. We have not learned the names of the owners. Berry's fine new building on Santa Fe Avenue, has met with an accident in the cracking of the walls. A large portion will have to be torn down and rebuilt. The change of boundaries of Pueblo county, which was last winter made by the Legislature, adds $400,000 to the value of taxable property in the county. There is a steady flow of emigration southward. Emigrant wagon and trains pass through town daily. Where they propose to "bring up," we are unsure. The cattle disease, which last year destroyed so much stock in Southern Colorado, has, we are sorry to learn, made its appearance again in some herds in this county. Large trains of wagons owned by Mexican citizens in the San Luis Valley, are daily passing through town, on their way homeward from the northern part of the Territory. Charles S. Blake, Esq., formerly of Colorado, but lately residing in the city of Philadelphia, has purchased the interest of the heirs of Gervacio Nolan, in what is known as the "Nolan Grant," with a view of establishing on it a residence. On Saturday last and Saturday night, we were blessed with copius showers of rain. We hope that there will be a fair yield of grain on the Fontaine qui Bouille, where but for the rain a number of fields, which at first promised well, would have yielded nothing. A man in the employ of the telegraph company, and engaged in the erection of the line, was lately killed near Las Vegas, N. M., by the falling of the telegraph pole while he was putting on the wire. His neck was dislocated and he died instantly. Bishop Randall of the Episcopal church preached in town last Sunday afternoon, and the Rev. Mr. McMains of the Methodist church in the evening. The notice given last week of the postponement of Bishop Randall's visit to Canon, was based on facts then in our possession, but were, we are glad to say, premature. Bishop Randall will preach in Canon city according to original appointment, on Sunday, July 19th, at the usual hour of service. Mr. Hunsacker, the telegraphic operator at this place, has gone to take charge of the office at Las Vegas, leaving Mr. Snyder in charge of the office here. It will be seen by reference to our telegraphic dispatches, that there is talk among a knot of politicians in the East of a third Presidential ticket. Gen. Penrose and Capt. Berry from Fort Lyon, and Lieut. Shellabarger from Fort Reynolds passed through town last week, on the way to their respective posts of duty. A few wheat crops are ripe for the harvest in the Arkansas Valley. The large crops on the ranches around the foot of the mountains will not be mature in less than a month. The water has failed on some of the ranches on the St. Charles. The late rains will, however mature the growing crop on that stream. The waters on all the tributaries of the Arkansas have been lower this summer, than at any other period since '63. There is now a daily line of coaches from the end of the Eastern Division Railway to Santa Fe. The terminus of the railroad is now 132 miles from Bent's Fort. The old line of travel up the Arkansas river is, like the Platte route, almost deserted by travelers. W. S. Cheesman, druggist, 38 Blake street, Denver, advertises his business in another column. Mr. Cheesman is one of the oldest merchants in Denver. He keeps a splendid assortment of everything in his line of business and is eminently worthy of the public favor. Some of the farmers in the lower part of the county are raising sweet potatoes. Our climate is admirably adopted to the production of this vegetable, but the difficulty and expense of bringing the seed from the States has hitherto prevented their being raised, except by way of experiment. For the benefit of travelers going southward during the season of high water, we would state that there are only three bridges across the Arkansas river below the foot of the mountains. One at Canon City, one at the Rock Bluff Canon, eight miles above Pueblo, and Mr. Young's bridge at this place. Southern Colorado is just now in the focus where Governon Gilpin's "two great columns" are converging. Daily accessions are being made to our population from the south, east and north, or American immigrants, while Mexicans from the northern part of New Mexico are pouring into the counties of Las Animas, Costilla and Conejos. There is yet room enough and to spare. POCKET BOOK FOUND. - On the Fountaine qui Bouille, near Woodbury's Ranch, twenty-five miles above Pueblo, by Oliver L. Boggs, a large pocket-book, containing among a large package of papers, a draft for $708.71, on the Depositary of the United States at Santa Fe, in favor of L. B. Maxwell, and bearing his blank indorsement thereon. The owner can have the same by calling at the CHIEFTAIN office, proving property and paying for this advertisement. Our neighbor, Hiney of the Planters House, has succeeded in obtaining pure cold water from the well on his premises. His is the first successful experiment of the kind which has been tried in town. Our people have hitherto had to depend upon the river and the acequias for their supply of water for domestic uses, the wells heretofore dug, having been strongly impregnated with mineral properties, which rendered the water unfit for use. Col. Alex. Rey, formerly of Park county, died a short time ago in Paris, France, where he was temporarily engaged in the sale of Colorado mining property. He was well known to many of our citizens. Prof. Powell's party, organized for the exploration of Colorado river, is temporarily sojourning in Denver. Prof. Healy the literary man of the party was in Colorado city on Monday last looking at the "Garden of the Gods," the natural monuments, and other wonders of that wonderful region, with a view of "writing them up," for some of the eastern journals with which he corresponds. WOOL GROWING IN SOUTHERN COLORADO. We published an article a few weeks ago for the purpose of calling the attention of capitalists to Southern Colorado, as an advantageous location for one or more woollen factories. We now desire to present a few additional facts bearing upon that subject. The annual assessments of the different counties of Southern Colorado are as yet incomplete, and it is impossible at present to present the figures drawn from official sources, showing exactly the number of sheep in the south part of the Territory. About a year and a half ago we made a careful computation of the number of sheep in the counties of Conejos and Costilla, and ascertained beyond question that there was in those counties upwards of 150,000 head. That number has since that computation unquestionably increased at least thirty per cent., making in those counties alone 195,000 head of sheep. This number is about equally divided between the two counties. It is safe to assert that the county of Las Animas contains a number equal to either one of the counties first named, or 87,500. The counties of Huerfano and Pueblo together contain at least 35,000 more, so that we have by computation 317,500 sheep in the counties of Southern Colorado. Our former estimates of 250,000 was an under estimate, thrown together somewhat hastily, and without all the facts in regard to the subject which have since been placed at our disposal. Our present estimate is based upon information gleaned from various sources, and a personal knowledge of the numbers of sheep in many of the largest herds. These sheep are generally of the course-woolled Mexican variety, but are susceptible of easy improvement by being crossed with the better breeds of sheep raised in the States. Within the limits of this wool-growing district water power everywhere abounds. The Arkansas at any point from Canon City to Pueblo, a distance of forty-five miles, affords an inexhaustible supply which may easily and cheaply be made to subserve any and every manufacturing use. These is also an ample supply of water power on the Culebra, Huerfano, Conejos and Las Animas. As we have before remarked in connection with this subject, there is no woollen manufactory in the entire district referred to, nor any consumption of wool except by the Mexicans, who manufacture a few fabrics by the most simple and slow processes. The capacity of the country to produce wool, is practically unlimited. Sheep feed upon our immense natural pastures the year around, without being fed, and without other care than herding. A population of not less than 150,000 souls, are within a radius of not more than two hundred miles of the centre of this wool-growing region. That population is steadily and permanently increasing, thus securing a sure market for the products of any woollen factory which may be established among us. We earnestly hope by a presentation of these facts to induce some capitalist to make the experiment of establishing a woollen manufactory in our midst, satisfied that by so doing the country will be greatly benefited, and the investment be made to pay immense profits. LATEST FROM THE MORENO MINES. L. B. Maxwell is about to erect a stamp mill at the nearest convenient place to his rich quartz lode on Ute Creek. The lode will be remembered as the one which yields by assay from $15,000 to $20,000 per ton… The Moreno Water and Mining Company are crowding the work upon their ditch as fast as possible, and expect to have the work completed by as early as the 1st of October next… A company has been organized for the purpose of constructing a ditch to supply water for the Last Chance diggings… The mines in Willow Gulch are being advantageously worked, with an abundant supply of water… Work in the Spanish diggings is pretty much all suspended for want of water. Active operations will commence on the completion of the Moreno Water and Mining Company's ditch… A mill for $1,000 is to come off on the 26th, between John Shaunnessy, weight 140 pounds, and Sam James, weight 170 pounds… The Vigilantes of Elizabethtown, not having anything in the way of legitimate business, by which to "keep their hands in" lately hung an effigy ingeniously constructed of a stuffed suit of clothes. Some fellow stole the boots and hat from their imaginary rogue, and now they are in earnest trying to hunt the fellow up… Virginia City is exceedingly dull, most of the few houses there being vacant, while at Elizabethtown every room, loft and cellar is occupied, and a number of new buildings in the course of construction. Hon. B. B. Field, of the Huerfano, was in town yesterday. The wheat harvest has commenced in Southern Colorado. The largest herd of sheep in Pueblo county, contains 5,500 head. It has been raining about the base of the mountains every day during the past week. The boys are catching plenty of fish, from the Arkansas, of large size and fine flavor. Mr. Wildeboor opened his school last Monday with a full attendance of scholars. L. R. Stemm, Esq., of the Huerfano, gave the CHIEFTAIN office a call on Tuesday last. The large stores of Rettburg & Bartels and Kastor & Berry, on Santa Fe avenue, are nearly complete. We had copious showers of rain during the past week, but the extreme heat of the weather remains unabated. A barber is badly needed in Pueblo. Here is an opening, for a tonsorial artist, "rarely equalled and never surpassed." The co-partnership heretofore existing between Donelly & Peggs, painters, has been dissolved. Donelly continues the business. Kastor & Berry have for sale thirty-five head of excellent beef cattle and cows, to which they call the attention of stock dealers. Travelers to New Mexico and the Moreno Mines will find the hotel of A. J. Calhoun, at Maxwell's, an admirable place to lie over and rest. The Denver National Bank advertise in our columns to-day. Its management is made up from the oldest and most reliable business men of the Territory. There are six telegraph offices on this U. S. & N. M. line, south of this place, as follows: Doyle's, Trinidad, Maxwell's, Fort Union, Las Vegas and Santa Fe. Among the new post routes created by act of Congress, is one from Booneville in the county, to Badito in Huerfano, by the way of Fort Reynolds, Doyles' and Craig's. Price & Holbrook, at Bent's old Fort, know how to keep hotel. Strangers stopping with them, are sure of hospitable treatment and the best the country affords. The Ute tribe of Indians have promised to remove permanently to the west side of the Sierra San Juan, so soon as they receive their instalment of annuities for this year. The Apaches are said to be ravaging the district of country on the Pecos in New Mexico, which has lately been vacated by the removal of the Navajos to their own country. The changeable weather for the last few days has not changed the prices of Tobacco and Cigars at J. Rice's Tobacco Store, Pueblo, which are going well at prices that suit every one. Mr. M. M. Giles of this place brought to our office a bunch of heads of wheat, of a size and quality superior to any we have yet seen. He has a field of the same quality ready for harvest. A number of gentlemen from Fort Lyon passed through town last week, with the intention of locating a pre-emption claim on Pike's Peak. Being in doubt about finding the crater of which Richardson and others write, they took a drop of the crather with them. We direct the attention of our readers to the advertisement of S. V. Livingston & Co., Elizabethtown, N. M., dealers in Hardware, &c., which appears to-day for the first time. Theirs is the only exclusive hardware store in New Mexico. Give their establishment a call. There will be Episcopal church services in the court house on Sunday, July 26th, at 11 a.m. Sermon by Rev. F. W. Winslow, on the Claims and Characteristics of the Protestant Episcopal church. There will also be Episcopal services at Fort Reynolds, subject to the approval of the commanding officer, on the same day at 5 1/2 p.m. Dr. Beshoar, senior proprietor and editor of the CHIEFTAIN, was about to leave the Moreno Mines for Taos at the date of our latest advices. Hays City is by railroad 571 miles from St. Louis. Cheyenne by rail is 1,013 miles from Chicago. Moses Anker, Esq., put in an appearance among his neighbors on Tuesday last. He has been absent for several weeks in attendance on the New York Convention. The Pueblo House kept by Harry Pickard has no superior in Colorado. By close attention to the wants of his guests, Pickard has honestly earned an enviable reputation as a landlord. We are happy to learn that suitable lots have been selected in town upon which to erect an Episcopal Church, and that the building will be commenced immediately. Bishop Randall has subscribed one thousand dollars to aid in the work. During the severe rain on Friday last, a small adobe house in the rear of Wilderboor & Gilman's restaurant, was washed down and entirely destroyed. A small child of Mrs. Williams met with a narrow escape, but was rescued from the falling building uninjured. The "heated term" we have been experiencing in Colorado appears to have extended in an intensified form all over the east. Deaths by sun-stroke are fearfully common in all the large cities. As many as one hundred cases are reported in a single day in New York. Wildeboor & Gilman run their restaurant in first-class style. Everything in the market in the way of eatables can always be had there served up a la Paris fashion. Hank Gilman who superintends the cooking department can't be surpassed anywhere, in his line of business. Prof. Blot could take lessons from him and learn something new. The last treaty with the Arapahoe Indians provides for the selection of a number of sections of land on the late reservation, in the lower part of this county, for the half breeds of that tribe. This has not yet been done, although it is an exceedingly important matter to the interests of the county, in order that settlements may be made without fear of intruding upon the rights of the Indians as defined by the treaty. We hope the commissioner, Col. Boone, will attend to business as speedily as possible. We learn from Lieut. Thomas who left Fort Lyon on the 16th, that news had just reached that place, that a large party of Indians (of what tribe it was not known) had taken all the government stock at Larned. The garrison at Fort Harker were under arms ready to move at a moment's notice. Satante, the Kiowa chief, was at Fort Lyon last week with over a hundred warriors. He professed to be very friendly, but persons familiar with Indian strategy, say he means mischief. There are a number of hot springs in the northern part of San Luis valley, which are said by those who have visited them to be a very great natural curiosity. A number of conical hills rise to a considerable height above the level of the surrounding plain and at the apex of each there is a spring of water at nearly boiling heat. They are well worth the trouble of a long trip to see them. Our article published last week, entitled "The Arkansas and its Tributaries," failed to do justice to certain localities. Beaver Creek, among other localities, was too slightly noticed to present properly the advantages of its rich agricultural valley and splendid water power. It was practically impossible within the limits of a single article to present in detail all the facts in regard to every portion of the Arkansas Valley. We shall before long return to the subject, and endeavor to faithfully represent the advantages of every locality in Southern Colorado. We learn from the News that a number of artists from Chicago are in Colorado with a view of taking sketches of our mountain scenery. Let them go and see the view from the top of the Sangre de Cristo pass, the mountains above Canon city and "Old Baldy," near Fort Garland, if they wish to tell their friends they have seen Colorado. At the localities we have mentioned the scenery for grandeur and beauty is unsurpassed in Switzerland, Italy, or (what is more to the purpose) even in the Rocky Mountains. If the artists don't believe what we tell them, let them go and see for themselves. THE TOWNS OF SOUTHERN COLORADO. For the benefit of our readers at a distance, we present the following facts in regard to the towns of Southern Colorado: COLORADO CITY, the county seat of El Paso county, is located on the Fontaine qui Bouille, near the foot of Pike's Peak. Although settled as early as '59, it has never attained much size, for reasons that apply with equal force to all the towns of Southern Colorado. The general prosperity of all the southern counties was retarded by the closing of the southern, or the Arkansas, route to the Territory, when the war broke out. The pursuits of the people are agricultural and pastoral, consequently the country population is scattered. Colorado City bids fair to eventually become important as a place of resort for invalids and pleasure-seekers. The opening of railroads to the foot of the Rocky mountains, will unquestionably bring an annual swarm of visitors to our Territory, actuated by the same motives with which travelers from all over the civilized world visit Switzerland and the Alps; that is to say, but the pursuit of health, and a commendible desire to see the wonders and beauties of a natural scenery unsurpassed in the classic lands of the East. For this class of travelers, Colorado City will be a favorite resort. The immense Soda Springs, on the Fontaine, above the town, are not only possessed of remarkable curative qualities, but are in themselves one of the greatest curiosities in Nature. Properly constructed bath houses and a well-regulated hotel, for the accommodation of visitors, will attract thither swarms of tourists from all parts of the country. The "Garden of the Gods" is another locality, near Colorado, which is famous. This is a sort of natural amphitheatre surrounded by walls of rock of wonderful beauty and sublimity. The natural monuments which abound in the vicinity of Colorado, have already been made famous by photographers and artists. All these attractions of Nature, added to the mildness and salubrity of the climate, and the proximity to the mountains, render Colorado City almost unrivalled in its attractions for invalids and pleasure-seekers. El Paso county contains a population of eight or nine hundred, which is steadily and permanently increasing. CANON CITY, the county seat of Fremont county, contains a population of about two hundred. It is located on the Arkansas where the river debouches from the mountains, and derives its name from its location. The town is on a beautiful natural site, surrounded on three sides by high mountains. Beyond question, the site and surroundings of Canon City are unsurpassed in the Territory. The river, where it emerges from the canon, pure and sparkling, is "a thing of beauty," which the poet tells us is "a joy forever." Rushing out from the shadows of stupendous overhanging mountains, "Like a steed in frantic fit, That flings the froth from curb and bit, The river chafes its waves to spray, O'er every rock that bars its way. Till foam-globes on its eddies ride, Thick as the schemes of human pride." Canon City, aside from the natural beauty of its site, possesses a number of advantages which we shall endeavor to briefly present. The pass from the valley to the mining region of the mountains, which is entered here, is a natural gap of such easy ascent that the traveler can hardly realize that he is ascending a mountain, until he finds himself at its summit. No such gap is known to exist anywhere else along the base of the mountains. Springs of rock oil, which have been worked to a certain extent, are found about five miles from Canon City, on Oil creek. It is not improbable that at no distant day they may prove a source of considerable wealth. Coal beds, yielding a very superior quality of bituminous coal, are found a few miles southward from Canon City. Here, too, is the site of the penitentiary. The government has already appropriated for its erection the sum of $40,000, and it is reasonable to presume that an additional appropriation will eventually be secured. A delay has occurred in the commencement of this work, which, it is understood, will not much longer continue. It will soon be inaugurated and rapidly pushed to completion. The Arkansas is easily available for water power, and without limit as to amount. In addition to the advantages named, Canon is surrounded by a fine agricultural district, in a county containing about eight or nine hundred inhabitants and is doubtless destined to reach quite a prominence among the towns of the Territory. PUEBLO. Our town of Pueblo, the county seat of the county of the same name, is forty four miles below Canon, on the same river. It contains a population of five hundred souls, which is steadily increasing. Pueblo derives its importance from the fact that it is admirably located in the centre of a splendid grazing and agricultural district, which has no equal in the Territory. Here is already the centre of a large and constantly increasing trade with the surrounding country. On the line of travel up the Arkansas river as well as on the only route of travel from the northern portion of the Territory to New Mexico, at the confluence of the Fontaine qui Bouille with the Arkansas, the county seat of a county containing about three thousand souls, blessed with a mild and healthy climate, Pueblo possesses present advantages, and prospects of future improvement of a very flattering character. Her merchants enjoy a lucrative trade with the surrounding country and it is becoming quite a grain depot for the adjacent farming districts. The rearing of horses, cattle and sheep, for which the country offers almost unrivalled facilities, adds immensely to the wealth of the country and the trade of the town. Without some unforeseen blow to its prosperity, Pueblo will be the most prominent mart of trade in Southern Colorado. Trinidad, and the other towns of Southern Colorado, and the military posts, will be treated of in a continuation of this article, which we shall publish next week. Article continued… TRINIDAD, the county seat of Las Animas County, contains a population of from five hundred to six hundred, partly of Mexican origin. The town is located on the river from which the county takes its name, and in about the centre of population in the county. A daily line of coaches from the terminus of the Eastern Division Railroad to Santa Fe, passes through this place, and it is also the terminus of the Denver and Santa Fe tri-weekly line of coaches. Thus the entire travel from the States to the Territory of New Mexico, as well as from Colorado, passes through Trinidad. The agricultural district surrounding the town is extensive and unsurpassed for fertility of soil, and variety of resources. Fort Lyon and the new mining districts of the Moreno, furnish a market for the productions of the county. The county of Las Animas contains a population of from 2,000 to 2,500, which is increasing at a rate unparalleled in any other part of the Territory. One of the routes surveyed by the Eastern Division Railroad Company passes here, and many persons who are familiar with the route claim that the final location of the road through Trinidad, is a certainty. A fine quality of bituminous coal, in veins of from six to eight feet in thickness, abounds in the vicinity of Trinidad. A very large proportion of the personal property of Las Animas county consists of neat cattle and sheep. Of the former alone there are not less than 20,000 head in the county. Containing, as Las Animas county does, the elements of wealth, which we have endeavored briefly to notice, there can be no question but Trinidad, its only town, will remain a centre of population and business of constantly increasing wealth and importance. Huerfano county, although of considerable importance as an agricultural district, contains no towns. Some of the large ranches supply their laborers with everything necessary for their sustenance, but the county has no commercial centre or trading point worthy of mention. SAN LUIS, the county seat of Costilla County, contains about one hundred families, almost exclusively people of Mexican origin. This town in its prevailing style of architecture and in the customs which prevail among its inhabitants, is purely Mexican. The county contains settlements older than any others in the Territory, Conejos alone excepted. Neither the town nor the county are changing rapidly. No great lines of travel pass through the county. Its position is isolated and cut off by surrounding ranges of high mountains from much intercourse with the world. The people maintain themselves by cattle and sheep raising and the production of the cereals. The population of the county, amounting to about 2,500, is divided between San Luis and five or six other small towns, called by the Mexicans plazas, none of which are worthy of particular mention. GAUDELUPE, is the county seat of Conejos. It is one of several Mexican plazas of about equal size, and contains about fifty families of people - mostly Mexicans. The county is in all essential respects like Costilla. A description of one as to its position, productions, inhabitants and future prospects, is substantially a description of the other. In both neat cattle and sheep are raised cheaply and constitute the chief source of wealth. The inducements to settlement in Costilla and Conejos, are the beautiful and romantic surroundings, the mild, equable and healthful climate, and the facilities for raising cattle and sheep. The permanent military posts of Southern Colorado are three in number, each containing two companies of soldiers. FORT GARLAND, sixteen miles north from San Luis, is located near the foot of the famous Sierra Blanca. This post draws its supplies mainly from Costilla and Conejos counties. Fort Garland on account of the beauty of its site and surroundings, has generally been a favorite location with the officers and soldiers. The name was given, we believe, in honor of Hon. Hugh A. Garland. FORT REYNOLDS, eighteen miles below Pueblo, in Pueblo county, on the south bank of the Arkansas river, is named, we believe, in honor of Major General Reynolds. This post was located only about a year ago. It draws its supplies from the rich farming country immediately surrounding it. The present design of the War Department is that it shall remain permanently for the protection of the surrounding country. FORT LYON, named in honor of Gen. Nathaniel Lyon, who fell in the late war, is also in Pueblo county, nearly opposite the mouth of the Las Animas, and about one hundred miles below Pueblo. These military posts, to one unfamiliar with the expense of their maintenance, may seem a very trivial matter, but such is not the case. They furnish constant and lucrative employment to a great many men and teams, and consume a large amount of the surplus productions of the country about them. In giving brief mention to a few of the most prominent points in Southern Colorado, we consumed much more space than we anticipated. We trust, however, that we have been enabled to convey to strangers, who may have read our article, a just idea of the nature and extent of the resources of a tract of country, containing many and varied resources, and just now coming into public notice. LETTER FROM FORT REYNOLDS. FORT REYNOLDS, JULY 27. EDS. CHIEFTAIN: - Tarrying a few hours at this point, we thought we would take the privilege of an old correspondent and tell your uninformed readers something about it. Fort Reynolds is a post established by the Government only last summer, and is situated on the south branch of the Arkansas, about sixty miles from the mountains. Although so recently established, the buildings present a substantial and permanent appearance. They are nearly all of adobes, and in their internal arrangements reflect great credit on the management. The barracks are designed for only one company, but two companies seem to lodge in them very amicably and comfortably. We were very much pleased with the appearance and discipline of the enlisted men. Two lodges of Good Templars have been formed, one in each company which number nearly forty members in all. They have fitted up a hall in an exceedingly tasteful manner, and supplied it well with Eastern newspapers. They show considerable zeal and interest in the Temperance Cause, and find in their lodges an excellent means of relieving the tedium of post life. We never appreciated the benefits of the order so fully as when we saw its workings here. Most of these men have been reclaimed from intemperance through its influence, and have their attention led to better things. It has certainly a most beneficial effect on the morals and discipline of the post. It has been greatly encouraged by the patronage and example of the efficient commandant, Capt. Chas. A. Curtis, 5th U. S. Infantry, to whose excellent management very much of the superior appearance and order of the post is due. We desire to acknowledge our indebtedness to Capt. Curtis and his estimable lady for their cordial hospitality during our visit. The Captain's headquarters are, for Colorado, almost palatial, and in many little conveniences for comfort, give evidence of Eastern taste and culture. We have never been better satisfied with a brief visit to any place, although we have traveled considerably. In conclusion we only say that if our lot had been cast as an enlisted soldier in the regular army, we would wish no better fortune than to be sent to Fort Reynolds. Faithfully yours, AMIGO Charley Autubees, is the oldest settler of Pueblo county. The term of the Probate Court will commence next Monday. The mercury stood at 102 degrees in the shade yesterday at two o'clock. Hon. A. A. Bradford arrived home from his northern trip, on Tuesd |