The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-08-27

siderable extent, especially ct Herman. whore the
whole population. composed exclustvoly Of Ger
maDs have lined the shore With vineyards, recreat-
ing N tho bosom OF the Wilderness the glories o.
the Rheingan. Some Of their "sps king Catawba"
was brought on board, and was pronounced equal to
the BEST Afmanhausen.
Our passengers were very miscellaneous aasoft-
ment. A group Of Pottawatomies held lstlcssly,
In spite Of sun shade the same corner OF the for
ward deck They CONTEMPORARY or stolidiy disre-
garded all the movements Of the crowds about them,
and passed most Of their time In complete vacancy
Of thought HALF dozen slaves slowed themselves
amongst the baggage OF their masters. They had
come from Kentn ~ to recruit the stock Of large
ia, m in central Missouri,
One had left behind him o wife and two children,
whom be never expected TO see Ain, ana he joined
but feebly In the merriment OF his companions
Asleep in the day time, the darkness aroused them
and We heard for hours their songs and banjo &C.
comp ailments. We were fsvorably impressed with
the Intelligence and dec0r0us behavior Of the slaves
That We met In Missouri, and could not but think
that their average ability was OF grade higher
than that Of our Northern negroes. Several
Southern Shareholders seemed eager to invite con-
troversy nth members Of the party, but in general
it was good humored, and only In one instance did
At jeff rson City eight passengers disembarked
TO take quarters in the Penitentiary, which, for
long distance, bad been seen csowning the summit
three Germans bad killed each an Irisnman In q
street ARRAY and seemed not at all penitent for their
offence. The antipathy between the Germans and
the Irish in St. Louis is excessive and frequently
breaks out In fer0cious assaults.
The fourth, a negro girl. had killed her infant.
Something, possibly q low scale Of intellect, had
nterce ded in her behalf and she received sentence
Of only two years. just beyond Jefferse City one
of the deck hands fell Into the river The steamer
WINS stopped, and boat launched, but had gone but
Q little way when 1t VAS recalled with curses by
the captain, indignant at the detention. Toe IN
fortunate victim was seen swimming Justify (but
whether from design or from want Of presence OF
mind) directly into the middle OF the stream,
although we were then quite near the southern
shore. The strong current bore him far of in 9
very few minutes, and he no doubt perished. His
hat Was picked up, by means Of which ne was
On Friday evening, July %, after seventysix
hours OF passage, the little village Of Kansas ap-
peared-Our point of Decentralization. AS a certain
Lexington Lafayette Coz Sentinel had been for a
week or more advising the people OF Kansas "to
cut of the first party OF Massachusetts, emigrants
who should land there, we looked anxiously around
for the requisite prep arations. Every thing, how
ever, was as tame as landing at Newport from the
The citizens Of Kansas admirably located on the
Missouri, near the mouth Of the Kansas, and al
ready ambitious of becoming the st. Louis of the
Missouri knes better than TO blast the rising for
tunes Of their city by listening to such folly. On
the contrary, several residents expressed cordial
pleasure at seeing us. In few minutes we were
comfortably housed in the Union Hotel, kept by
NJ. JeI kiDs, an Ohioan.
We fingered t. enty -four hours to perfect our ar
engagements for departure into the wilderness. Kan
sas will no doubt become large city; but it is Ger
tain that the true commercial emporium OF this val
ley will be the opposite side Of the river, at the
mouth Of Me Kansas and within the limits Of the
new territory. Here high tongue of land is wash
ed on two sides by the great rivers Missouri and
Kansas, penetrating respectively norshward and
west ward $500 and ! 600 miles, The site is I'D.
mirable for great city, and it is to be deplored
thst the Wyandot Indians, only 800 in number,
have been expressly guaranteed for eight years
longer the exclusive possession Of this immensely
valuable land, thereby postponing the founding OF
the city which is destined by nature to be the out
let of the produce Of the Kansas valley.
CHARLEsTOwN.