Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1854-11-02

oe hired Is slave. The lou price o. land, th'
feelings and habits Of The people. Al .eOsdue'
10 make every man alSndkOlder-lO bare .
farm Of bic own. This Is easy uhsrsFsF AIN
bered land can be had; there, With be AZ,
and one plough. man without help can build
his cabin, belt bis trees. and make his farm
Such land cannot be found ia Kansas Il
those portions where timber is mort abundant,
t is all needed lor the prairies; not an aers can
be wasted. But TO The man who has the abiI.
Iity 10 purchase the timber. 70 build bis houses,
and can command the labor 10 fence and break
prairie, the prairie affords inesleulable Advsn.
tages. A farm is complete in ons year; there
are neither stumps nor grubs; al fresh. ready
for the plough. The sod just broken viii yield
a heavy crop Of stock corn, nearly Hufhcient to
pay the expense Of its cultivation. The late
breaking will yield crop Of wheat equal 70
the best old land. Though il requires capital
to make it. prairie farm will pay for itself ten
times over before the stumps can b removed
from timbered land $50 ,a
Many emigrahts are going to Kansas from
Kentucky SBd other slave States; Missouri will
leave no stone uuturned, even TO the, a. least
temporary, emigration Of half her population.
10 save it from Aboltionists; and, Il the People
Of the other slave States do justice to them
selves, we will secure It for the South.
In answer to yOur second question, viii
state, that il is now open for settlement; and
will, in reply TO your fourth question, state that
treaties have been made with the KicapooS,
Delawares, IoWas, and other Indians, by which
all the country on the Missouri, arr lsrg'
portion ofcountry on the Kansas river, is now
subject to settlements large portion also
subject to pre-emptiOn. larger portion Of
the timber has been taken, and is now held by
claimants, from whom you can purchase at a
low price, say from one TO two hundred dollars
for one hundred and sixty acres. By doing so,
YOU can do better than if you were to attempt
10 hunt claim. The land will be sold as soon
=. surveyed, say IN some twelve months or
more. All not taken by pre-ewption will be
sold at public::auction for each. Those who
take by pre.emptiOu, get it for sl,s6 per acre
At public sale it rarely brings more, being
generally purchased by some one adjoining.
and who has claim recognised by his neigh
bors.
In answer to your third, l willistate tha
this country lies on the border Of Kansas. tbs
Missouri river being the boundary. The Ter
ritory rams north to some sixty miles, and
south to nearly the south line of the State.
| In reply to your questions touching the soil
of this county and that of Kansas, Twill state
that our county. Platte, is generally deemed
to possess the best soil in our State, and indeed
in the Union. Our staple is hemp, of which It
yields from 1000 to $500 pounds per acre,
worth from four to si1 cents per pound. 1t is
also finely adapted to grains, yielding from so
to 100 bushels Of corn, and from Is, 40 bush
els of wheat to the acre. L; is finely supplied
with water. an abundance of springs gener-
ally limestone water; and nearly all our coun-
ty is heavily timbered. Kansas, in the ferGl-
ity of its soil, is not equal TO this county, but
large portion Of 1t is good hemp land, and all
Of it good for the grains. and peculiarly adapt
ed 10 grass It's well supplied with excellent
water, good building stone and stone COAL and
is far better than any land you will probably
see in any old State.
Slave labor is worth, at this time, more with
us than IN almost any part of the Union. Ne
gro mer hire readily al from 8 SO to $500 per
anpum ; women at from $50 to Sl90. Men
sell at from 81 goo to 500; women, from
$500 to Sl,lOO. Our country is as healthy
as any fertile can be Kansas will probably be
even healthier negroes particularly enjoy al
most au exemption from disease. ...
We. have now two railroads in process Of
construction through our State one shorl
distance north of our county, terminating al
St. Joseph, in the adjoining county, and which
in saw two years, will connect directly with New
York-the other from st. Louis TO Kansas al
town opposite the southeast corner OF our
county. The two will Immediately be connect
ed By road through our county
The Vice President resides at our county
seat, and is the most devoted Southern man IN
the Union We give him the credit of The re-
peal Of the Missouri Compromise, he having
taken that stand almost alone. His whole IN.
fluence is, of course, in favor of slavery in Kan
SaF. ... f,s... .... ta. .s q.
You will perceive thas have answered your
latter questions without reference to their or
der. as the answers necessarily run into one an
lothtr. .,
4 As to the price at which lands in Kansas vii
rate, in say ten years. it is Of course but mere
opinion. Lands in this county rate very high
from S15 to $50 per acre, but Of course 1t mus
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