Denver City

Wc extract the following Dteresting paragrapba from a letter from a ladv relativa, nuw resideui of thut far otf city in the wilderness. The reader will notice tbat pricesand wiuds both "average" higlier there than in the States, and that green backs must be in active demand : I like this city even tbough il does souiewhat resomble the " Palmyra " of old, which was in the desert, and although it is nearly six hundred miles from civilization and locomotioo, for it is a bnsy, bustling httle world, filled with an energetic and eriterprising community nutnbeiing between six and seven tbousand. al! of whom havo been led here by reportn uf the sbining ore. And altlicmgh ttmn-y are disappointcd i their expectaiioijs of fiuding gold lying around lo 't-ti in the streets, waitiug fur them to piok it up ajid return to their former homes, anatliemntizing the country at large, still by far tlic greater portion seem to be doing very well, while some few a little more fortúnate, are amassin, great fortunes. Denver is of but four or five year growtb, and uo longer ago than that couk not boast of anything better than a hut Now it contains some very pretty rei deuces, both of wood and brick ; while uu suíhü ui me principal streets there aie splendid looking briok bloeks. Stil tlic buildings do tiot resembie those o: our ens'uni eities, for they build low here because of the severj wiuds wbiol sweep over tho country, and whicli wouk prove destructive, oft-times, if tbeir dwcllings were high. Oh ! these winds are perfectly horrible to me - they come with a rush, seemingly from all quarters of the globe, and when we least expect them, nearly wafting us to the soniewhere on beyond, filling our eyes with sand and our mouths with gravel, and covering our clothing with dust until one almos' loses sight of the original color, anc uiight imagine we were a band of Quakers with drab colored suits. And, bytheby, the last supposition would be very erroneous, for Fashion is extolled anc idolized here as elsewhere, and tho inhabitants are full as stylish as they are in the States. Nearly every thiug that you eau purchase on the other side of the Mississippi, will find its duplícate in Colorado, even though all has to be freighted over a distance of six hundred miles iu a slow going emigrant's wagon. The prices here are equal to the demand Just think of a cord of hard wood bringing the fabulous price ol twenty-fivo dollars, (and some has been sold for that this winter,) though generally speaking it brings only fifteen or twenty dollars ; flour from ten to fifteen dollars per sack, accordingto the quantity in market ; eggs from the States one dollar per dozen, and from the ranches hereabouts ten shillings; while butter brings from sixty cents to one dollar per pound according to the quality-