Kansas weekly herald., 1854-11-10

council City--Great Humbug.
We have seen printed circular, headed
"American Settlement Company
great Kanas enterprise, composed of the
bone and sinew of the new England North
ern, Middle and Western States" Great
enquiries have been made by emigrants
and others as to where this Council City is
located, and lio one can tell. Hundreds
have come to the Territory in search Of that
city, the dupes Of a few spectators in the
east. We subjoin few paragraphs copied
from the printed circular, as a specimen Of
the latest humbug, gotten up on small
scale.
Resolved, that we, the undersigned do
hereby form Ourselves into Society, to be
known as the american Settlement Com
pany," for the purpose of settling County
in aid of making a Free State, by locating
a large Tract of Land, In the Territory OF
Kansas and founding thereon City, with
a Municipal Government, which shall have
the literary, social and civil privileges of the
old States, viz Free Schools, Free Ii
brary, Lyceums, Reading Room, Printing
Press, Churches, &C., SIC.
The general plan of the Company is to
secure 20 miles square of ground, and to
form upon it County Settlement, compris-
ing about 1900 Farms of 160 acres; and
in their midst to lay out an elegant and
spacious City of three miles square, diyi-
ded into plots varying III size from Two to
Eight ordinary City Lots. Said City to
have in its centre Park, containing eighty
acres, also other Promenades and enclos-
ures for ornament and pleasure.
The Stock OF the Company has been di-
vided into shares of SIS. Each share rep
resents membership and one City Lot
Each settler is entitled to one or more city
shares, according to the amount of his sub
scription. In order to avoid speculation
and to enrich settlers, the number of shares
have been limited, and no person will be
allowed to subscribe for more than six !;
thus keeping the immense and incalculable
rise in the property, which must accrue,
within the hands and to the benefit of the
original pioneers.
1t is among the first objects of this Com
pany, after surveying, leveling and grading
the City, to supply it with Church, School,
Grist-Mill, Saw-Mill, Public House and
Dwellings, for the convenience of Settlers,
when they arrive, and for the speedy accom-
plishment of this great object, viz:-The
establishment of model city!
In all of these buildings and improve
ments, every settler and holder Of a share,
is interested and will receive his portion Of
the profits on each shase held by him.
The locating Committee have already
gone upon the ground, which however
had been previously marked, as a great
site, by Mr.. George Walter and Mr.. Max.
Greene, who are personally acquainted with
the country It is situated in the most lux
uriant part of the whole Territory, and for
other valuable reasons, is a choice spot.
Here is grand scheme for specializing
in town and county lots laid off on grand
huinbugging scale. 1t looks magnificent
on paper, and is depicted in glowing col
ors. Just think of it, a city three miles
square, and shares sold at the enormous
sum of five dollars each, and limited to six!
The climate Of Kansas is described in
this same Circular, as being exceedingly
mild, and the winters only lasting about
two months; that cattle can subsist on the
prairies through the winter requiring no
shelter and but little stock corn or hay !,
that it is no uncommon thing to plough
the prairies. in January. They had just
as well have said cattle can subsist the
year round without any thing to eat; and
that the climate was perennial spring
of one continued sun shine; that the wide
spread prairies were covered with green
unfading pastures, and that the land re-
quired no ploughing; that every thing
grew spontaneously in abundance, and that
men could live without work. Then there
projectors of this three mile city, existing
only Oh paper and in imagination, would
have completed the picture of this grand
humbug.
CONVENTIONAL convention has been
called by somebody, we don't know who,