Show ae benj bi nJ ara ears 1 greeting gr ax L y S s alaur ic we late of a I 1 1 the b 0 has hat some something thing t to say of a quasi editorial notice we 0 give giro place to the following correspondence after rea reading ding it we the present we of tho VEDETTE inwardly ejaculated amen otro ro sra 4 A tho the salt lali lalie e of the ath anit ha ts a letter from its ito aktor tor hi edw I 1 cat hempstead written while in this cit city we weve c been wistfully fully on tle tie lookout look out for contributions about denver jn in the columns of the and I 1 read thein iiii with atif 9 great reat interest denver cwi jc doe alth 1 GREAT rif AT SAT SALT IT LAKE CITY dec 1801 1861 J editor aredella the foregoing remembrances mem brances clipped from the yew JV cios v 11 t rem reminds ands thie 1 me I 1 I 1 as ou our r revered uncle is wont to say permit meo mea me o little space even at this late day to say my a word about denver and its environs 13 premising that your late hate 11 editor in clief 11 was so lardy in 0 r tife snowbanks so impeded the mails that he be overtook the most of his denver letters and incontinently ordered biek n publication on account of oldness of dates I 1 will only add to what has already been written that denver is a I 1 live I 1 ve town is a splendid place to go to with as hospitable a aj eople as jolly an ed editorial corps Ps gets get s up the finest N balls alls rejoices in thet the liveliest theater and has as marty marry good fellows 11 in the service as any we wot of not excepting evon even our loved city of salt isalt sagebrush adobes acobes emil and saints p pure fre and arid undefiled if we beg pardon mr editor for en crouching cro aching upon yo your ur editorial toe ice but the habit is strong upon me even in retirement ti rement t if then we ever want to have a good time enjoy lifer life in jolly style be petted and caressed and looked after and taken caare care of by a hospitable set ov of gentlemen and my eyes our eyes smiled on and entertained by fine da dances nees we vc propose to start instanter for jenver denver the metropolis of bf colorado our sister territory but in sober earnestness we were gratified and more than surprised to behold 3 the evidences of the rapid progress of de denver nver and or of its prosperity scarce four years old it boalts an aa active and enterprising population of nearly fave anve thousand Mand substantial two three and four story brick hu ild ipg a adorn sadora its ite principal business busi neso areeta IN even iii inthe t e dead yf ol I 1 e trains of mule teanis with vid fiba acay vily iTy ladun if li wagons filled with goods i machinery nachi and truck were passing to and fro and loading said and unloading their freights denver is the for the rich mines the principal oi of which arc located at con central aral aud and brawk cities fety miles distant we vc should jud judge c that the banking and ad general ter merchandise tekchand chand ise business ankina 0 of C wb Torri territory tory is at il i a T t t de denver avei the hc keavy heavy floods ring ond and 1 suez suc beeding large fires adre were a sore afflic affliction to the people of denver and caused a grat 9 reat destruction of property buano thing daunted all seemed to have begun again with energy and perhaps the most serijus blow to the whole territory was athe the indian oate efe break on the plains immense trams loaded with merchandise for deavor Denvor and machinery for the mines were stopped and detained until the early snows precluded them from reaching denver in consequence conse qunce many of mines were comparatively idle for the want of some particular part of the machinery for tho the mills nevertheless a goodly amoust amount of dust was each day finding its way baj into injo the bankers 2 vaults and to the branchi Bran cli mint located at denver the mint is 19 a fine building and capable of performing i much more work ork than is brought to it I 1 was mukh to find fiad that dr Mime MiN oft ter br aon K tWe connected wibb your correspond corre correspondent spon dent in the sao francisco militias siuty ans at he ad of the apay ers department de idith IYe river institution an accomplished assayer and clever gentleman ins his work gives entire satisfaction to all but we were edip nati caly at benic in the news owe office thanks to gold riek baht bome m aig w ay just boitt to let tw show you how bow we appreciate the a and thoughtfulness thoughtful noss which made our sty stay indenter Denver ia in so pleasant and lionte like and mr editor of t afre I 1 remark that with a full appreciation of my own high and multitudinous virt virtues Aies and with ith us he much vanity as ae the law allows I 1 am constrained to acknowledge Po knowl that the thousand and one courtesies 8 1 1 extended in denver were as in honor of the office as much as in i n consider consideration sUon of the aforesaid virtues etc therefore in them at this aa late te 14 da am w sure I 1 I 1 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