Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 3, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 May 1859 — Later from Pike’s Peak. [ARTICLE]

Later from Pike’s Peak. ———

<Great Scarcity of Provision—Emigrants Suffering>. ——— LEAVENWORTH, May 17. Letters from Denver city, April 18, say there is great scarcity of provision in the mines and much suffering among the emigrants, and several deaths occurred from starvation. It is reported that emigrants were arriving in a destitute condition. Abundance of provisions, however, are on the way from here and other points. Contradictory reports prevailed regarding the mining prospects. The general tenor of the intelligence is not encouraging, but the unfavorable accounts are ascribed to des - titute and discontented emigrants. No remittances of dust or rich discoveries are announced. Measures have been initiated to form a new State. Delegates are to meet at Denver City, in June, to frame a Constitution. An overland express with two weeks later news is due Wednesday. Arrangements are progressing for a public demonstration on its arrival. Horace Greely left with the Leavenworth delegation, yesterday, for the Ossawatomie Convention. ST. LOUIS, May 17. A letter dated Fort Kearney, the 8th, says that Pike’s Peak emigrants are returning in droves. Nine hundred wagons passed the Fort in a week. The emigrants are in an extremely destitute condition, selling wagons, horses and outfits for almost nothing. The St. Joseph <Gazette> publishes a report of a serious difficulty between the inhabitants of Auraria and Denver City, resulting in the burning of both towns. Local rivalry is said to be the cause. The report needs confirmation. ———