The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-07-16

are 10 better condition but the fate q the race 10
axed TACT, and !. only question Of time Il Is
not BE- eysded or tbEgotsen. They viii tale their
place y history, and there alone the moe WIN OK
ist, = no very dstant day.
amer Rs:nsu strip Of xo0disDd we sss,sd
tinctive q feature In these Western States. The
surface more hlly than had been led to expect
for q prairie country: and may make this rem ark
Missouri they are moro rolling than expected 70
fD6 them. The soil in the Kansas Territory is q
dark loan, darker than the prairie soil of Iowa Az
we approached the Kansas river, tho timber COM
menced, and occupied some miles In width, on each
shore. II is valuable in prairie country.
The Kansas Is large river-larger By far than
any river within our State. 1t appears as large as
tue Ohio at Wheeling. We crossed it with some
Ssads 1ss %sn and sso aSsas Il Is
generally shallow, but Ia navigable for nearly two
hundred miles BY steamers that will carry one
hundred tons Of freight the greater part Of the year.
II isimporsant, as sording an inlet TO- that extern
sive Territory. fort or station for the troops
is being located up that river.
The Delawares occupy the territory north Of the
souri,, and fur ming back forty miles on the Kansas.
This takes the best woodland, and, indeed, the
cream Of the Territory; but there is vast amount
Of very fine land outside Of their tract. Some of
these Indians have enclosed Ian s and are try Ing to
live like white folks. One of them has married
white woman, and lives six leagues south OF Fort
Leavenworth. We changed horses at his house,
and eat very excellent dinner, prepared for US by
his wife, who appears to be sensible and industr
GUS woman. Her name is Mrs. Coffse Pot. Quito
romantic
The country between the Kansas and Fort Lea
venworth is rich, but all this territory has one grand
dificulty-s want Of sufficient timber. This will
seriously retard the rapid settlement Of these vast
prairie lands. They are rich and most pr0dutive In
ell the products Of the latitude. II timber for
fences, buildings and fuel could be supplied at q
10 lie Of Kan
be filed up. ! may say the same OF the Territory
Of Nebraska. Timber is there, but it is confined to
streams; and there Is not enough for any length Of
time to supply the wants Of the prairie. Let me
make suggestion. just as good lands and millions
of acres, can now be had in Iowa will be found by
emigraDts in any part Of those Territories. The dis
cussion in Congress, and the peculiar circumstances
Of the case have made these Territories conspicuous.
and very glowing and eloquent descriptions have
been made Of them in the papers. The idea pre-
walls that they are paradise on earth, and just
the places where splendid farms can be had at q
dollar and quarter per acre. This Is true to GER
tain extent The lands are beautiful; the soil is
rich, mellow, and most genial. Farms can be opened
by simply ploughiDg up the prairie turf; and then
all is charming.
Will KANSAS BE FREE OR SLAVE TIRRrr0Rri
Tho following letter, from Mr.. John Chrisman, Of
the Baptist Mission in Kansas, shows that there Is
little danger Of Kansas being anything but free
State
"The sll.important question here now, is-whether
this shall be free Territory or not. The Nilsson.
lians had meeting in Westport on the Sd, and
there heard some Of the greatest speeches In sup
port Of slavery-the only ones ever heard or want
to hear. They want to form colony, and take their
slaves into the Territory. They adopted resolutions
tonists that would come into the Territory, and IL
they could not do it by moral means, declared that
they would do It at the muxzle of the musket but
think that barking dog never bites anybody.
60 to the Territory himself; but they want It
to Be . slave Territory, and how to get ct 1t they
do not know. They know that II It comes in free,
nothing to risk-hey have their slaves: They call
all Northern men abotionists. The emigrants, too,
and settlers Of Nebraska, have called meeting,
which suppose You have heard Of, and adopted 70.
against slavery win not allow 1t in the Territory
ct all. There Is no danger, think, Of Kansas COM
ing in g slave Territory, from the fact that they
are afraid Of losing their slaves. They can't mus
ter mp enough Of shareholders to make colony.
They are very mad at Massachusetts, for donating
five millions Of dollars to send people that are not
able to move here, and ell up this Territory with
they bad better berate their slaves at once than to
have then run of by the Canada underground rail-
road; It would not vex them 30. But what can they
do! They are wealthy; and cannot enough Of them
sell out in Missouri to do anything?
NAVIGATION OF KANSAS RIVER.
CFrom the independence (Mo) Messenger, June 24l
The great problem Is now s0lvcd--the Kansas
river can now be navigated IL the right sort of
steamboats, are used for at least three fourths of
the year. Through the agency Of Major Il. A. Og-
den, at Fort Leavenworth this has been mainly
brought about, and we are glad to see that his ef
forts have not been unavsiling. The Kansas is q
stream Of more importance than malyare aware Of.
and although it partakes much Of the character Of
the Missouri, in the change Of current and flowing
through similar soil, yet it only requires an
quaintance with its channel to render 1t as good, 20
far as it goes as the Usage, and much better than
nj tho vuh AT t1Ho hal
OF the mountains west of us. The experiment, which
Is now no longer an experiment, Of navigating the
river by steam just at this crisis, will tell wonder
fully upon the tide Of emigration now pouring in
upon US, and win be the means Of determining
many to settle down in the fertile valleys Of the
Kansas and its tributaries, who otherwise would
never have thought Of it. Those Of us situated
here are now no longer in the extreme West. In
imagination, II not In reality, we see towns and
cities springng up nearer the setting sun than We
are, and q great people will inhabit regions now
uncultivated ana unexplored. Fifty years hence
diana, and Ohio are to US, 90 win We Be then to
Kansas, Utah, and New Mexico. We understand
it is the intention Of some Of the New Mexican
traders another year to convey their freight up the
Kansas river, thereby saving land carriage, and
shortening the distance TO Santa Fe 400 Or $50
miles.
KANSAS NETTING m MISSOURI.
Prom the Lexington, INC. Express]
Az meeting Of the citizens Of Lafayette county,
called together On Monday, the Sd instant nmotion
Col. T. n. Ewing was appointed chairman, who
briefly stated that tho business Of the meeting was
to cooperate with the citizens Of Jackson Platte and
other countless in the settlement Of the new territory
Of Kansas. and to prepare to meet the twenty thou
eand abolitonists who are shortly TO be sent from
Boston and other northern cities to settle on our
borders.
On motion, N. W. Letton was appointed Sc
cretary.
Judge Young then moved that committee
of eight be appointed to prepare resolutions express
sye of the objects AID intention Of the meeting.
Whereupon, the Chair appointed the following
gentlemen to compose that committee Hon. Hen
Shields, George w. Baker, +. C. Sharp, Colonies
Robert N. Smith, Joseph Showater, and Oliver An.
6erson.
After retiring for time, the committee reported
the following preamble and resolutions which were
unanimously adopted -
Whereas We the citizens of lafayette county, in pub
&c meeting assembled, and citizens Of saveholding