Jasper Banner, Volume 2, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 April 1855 — A Peep Ahead. [ARTICLE]

A Peep Ahead.

fff tftFMohey from bad to good, lms been sttrpri- j sing. The change in trade and in; currency, though slower, mil be} equally surprising. The basis for an cipunsion is of the very best character. Specie is abundant the con- 1 (Idencc of the people in Hank cur rency is great —mercantile credits are good—-there is scarcely a doubt of a go« 4 harvest, uud the prospects j of peace are better. The future is pregnant with pros-j perity. and those who are the most' ‘decided and prompt in action n il! make the” most money. Banka j should be prepared to issue a large, I volume of currency—it will be want'ed. Merchants Bhould be prepared ■ for a lafrge business—it can be done with more than ordinary safety—antd Railroads and Canals may safely count on a good increase in business. 014 fogies, croakers,, and those who live on small salaries are to have another two or three years of suffering. — Thompton'r Reporter Rains of Ancient Cities in America. ' Extraordinary Discovery in the Comi-' try of the Navajoesr-^Another Petra L —Strange fashion of Building ,’ fyc. . j On the of October last, a ■ party of twelve Mormons and one J [lndian, headed by W. D. Huntington, left Manti, one of the most; southern settlements in Utah Terri s tory, by request of Governor Yquhg., ito explore the southern part the Territory, of which nothing;* 8 known, * j the Navajoes, dwell in that, I quarter, for g°nta, awl horses,, l of which it 5s known they have an | abundance- They have, besides, [considerkbte akill m mahufaetures, i and foake all their blauakefsleather, flubhe-bits, &e.. many of which are • errrnrtcdwithr wio?t euriou * workman - - Thcr aHH nor T rTron. aaltU&ftd

\ silver a multitude of so rme, anil it tfys wriftr, husbandman and tradesman . The party returned to the Mormon settlement* ua the Jl-t of Ddyemhcr last, having on | their trip maile. some | THejf found, in fpet, I tjp ruins of a cijty bpilt jin the ro«k f very similar tp the far famed Patra passing it in extent. From Mr. Huntington's account, furnished tho Desseret News, we take the foUowhtg ! highly interesting particulars. ‘ j J* ■ L‘oi r t " <* l r* * First Discovkrv <»y Ruins. north side ol the St. John’s river. 1 and about five hundred mile* south* past from, fireat Salt Lake City, we traveled over a section of QOCUm mostly among tlie mountains, Mil about forty ndies in length, up down the river- by twenty-five mile* |in width, covered with the rums of former towns and villages. The walls of many buildings are stiff standing entire, some of them three or four stories high, with the ends of the red cedar joist yet in the wall, some projecting eight or ten inchgr, but worn to a point at their extremetics. Every building was ft fortification, built in the strongest manner imaginable, and in a style that the present age know nothing ofj many of them still plainly shove the whole manner of structure and ev en the mark# df thtf workmen's tools? 3Phf first ruins we diseev*rfed werd tbrei* - stone buildings, crumbled to mere heaps One appenred to a pottery, forfndhfi*' Inads of fraemenfN of crockery :of HnetjnafitVornamented with a gWat vfirffty of figures, painted with various colors as bright as ifpnt eO yesterday A PoßTinia) firv—-From hero Wt* traveled ten miles; with occasional ruins by the way, and entqreff a dfeep canon with prpi*-cfiiig shelves of rock, and under these shelves were numerous houses oi* fortifications. Th^ , one we examined was divided info ' twenfy-fttffr roonifi eAch nearly : + snfrare of about one hundred ariff forty four square feet. Ilie front waff was j built up to the overhanging '‘cliff, which was curved and ftxH of pqrt holes The stones were all squared and faced, were of an equal thick ness, and laid up with joints broken in a workmanlike manner. Theonly entrance we could find was a hole about two feeet square and eigh teen inches from the ground, which is the usual size of all the doors, bothin the outer and partition walls with j the exception of some subterranean | entrances, which were yet smaller, and difficult to find. Through the

perfection of the rocky roof, there From the first room we passed thro’ a small hole in the right hand corner to the Second, and there thrdugh an -' other hole into the third, and so on, from left room to right and from right to left, all through the twenty-four rooms; and every wall eras supplied with portholes. Fifty Vafrirfi above thhrwttr a largo care with a narrow winding entrance guarded by a high wall; near the mouth of this entrance,is an open-* irfg ill the rock, leading off into the mountain, which we did not typldfA, and after a little looking ami rumaging about, we found an outlet to the . cate. From three or four antes to this canon buildings were evedkthere in view, of various fornaoHldime urion*, and in »1 most uiflnjtag&L of decay. . From here to St. John’s rivU&ter distance of ten miles, there were scattering ruins, and from there in v twelve miles northeast, we came .Jo♦,. the head of a cannon, whose sulo* orst banks, even to the very besd, were perpendicular and sheJ*i«g> «ml near the hank there **> sail oat r the rooks., Right o* thebrinkof fa* precipice, and wuder the. shelves of rock beneath* were the best building * sites for those being* who built atitl t dweltAArwageeago. rir • r.i AwTHKir fifraosGiiou) Alf arouwl i the head of this cation, and down *m» > either side, a* fob* as we could •#», wUhfe houses, of every, conceivable » 4 ioM. Shd size; and ih plaice* where * grown with sage and cedars,iu even' respect like that onthe rnq&unturnaround. In- the centre of this catobw, and near the bead, was*bui'Mh%til'»«^ ics lujrli and built upon a stat reek * about four feet higher thftft tha leVf 1 ! of thebedNpfthe vUiKftt;andbuibUla t. than )he budding* ib'tbi§~>do •

would not find AM wuirauou, nM. »««-; likt: nil the |w< it h*d no port holes. Our.large,building.which we entered, j •tood, on the edge of the, .precipice, with iu front wall circular and flush w ith the hank, which formed the back nart. making the around plan of the building like a half moon There were no windows in th©* lower story of nnv binkling, and axery entrance j was made as difficult and hidden as , possible. The door, or hole, into the J one last mentioned was guarded by j neo tfr three wall* of different angles, thtUjmaking a crooked narrow pass-! age to the door, and every part of: this passsage was in full view from j the port holes of the building, the front wall being full of them, like 1 , pigeon-holes, pointing In every possible direction; they were not more i than two inches in diamater on the j Sutsidfc. nnd were plastered smooth on the Inside with a kind of cement, with which the stones are laid and the room plastered, and is as hard as j •tone. The inside arrangement of all the bouses was much alike, all having port holes in the partition walls, and j obscure passage-ways from one or two houses, into the mountain. — Some on the cliffs above were connected with those below. iWe noticed there was no water about there, and inquired of the Indians how the former inhabitants could have managed. They told us that they had Heard that a long time ago there was renter running there.— We asked them who built those housThey smilingly shook their heads and said that they* had never heard. hat tfalS idrely somebody must have built them a very long time back. OCT* The Herald thus writes of: May or Wood: 3*U Mayo* as* his Reforms.— Mayor Wood continues the good work. He has surmounted the obstacles which, at the outset of his career, seemed to prevent his assailing the wealthier temples of vice, and to restrict him to the obscure dens of iniquity. Now, the luxurious gambler of Broadway and Fifth avenue has as much to fear as the wretclicd reprobate of Water street. A wonderful consummation, truly ! ~ j When Fernando 1 Wood was pro-! posed for Mayor, all the rich, all the | religious, alt the respectable people j —at least all the class which passes for such in New York—voted against him- We believe there was not a journal in the city that did not oppose him. On the other hand, it is lair to: suppose that all the drunkards, all : the rowdies, all tho gamblers, all free-and-easy owners of a vote, bestowed it on hint. People said he was to be tkc'rowdy’s man, the rum Major, the blackguard’s friend, and many other such things. What + blunder was here!. It is actually a fact, so ably and thoroughly has he performed his duties, that in the churches frequented by some of the most energetic of his religious opponents, prayers are offered for him! every Sunday, and Almighty Providence is beseeched to spare him to I continue his career of usefulness.— i There is even talk ofauttingbim in tM tttmyv. On the other hand, the rum party and the rowdies are free to Confess that they are disappointed j in their man, and that Fernando Wood is a failure. Let him persevere. A short time hence a Governor will be wanted for this State. The man who was so good a Mayor would not prche a very bad Governor. Nor could he on occasion.fail to serve the country well; if he were sent to Washington. Men! have their eyes on Fernando Wood.: iCTQaTueilay'morning last, a; drayman of this city drove his team I in frontof one of our large mercantile establishments on the Public SquQMßnnd stepped in to transact somoHliness. Duringhis absence,! a young woman came along with a! child a few weeks old, in her -arfns,] which she laid carefully upon the drayvand leftit there. A eroded soon! collected, eager to know tha cause of! such strange conduct on the part of' the vepmatt; • and' upon enquiring,' found tha owner of the dray, v/fio it i was supposed could explain the mat- j tar. upon his approach the child I looked up and s&Jed, ai though to! say “Good mor*mg,twhe r ,» but father stopped not to r ther —he turned and fled through a dUre room back to aft alley, andpaftf Uuktxmn, leaving the baby and team to tali«j care er themselves. The mystery * waseolyed —the young woman was * hiULwith him jjo roannw, wqv mother. did amt, however, and the child naiJUWOU Into Custody In* the Sheriff, |*ho provkfoHbr its wants, hW suuilar so “Mope* in the bulrui>hei>,” and he PharabhV daughter.