The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-08-05
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LOCATING CLAIMs-DEsckIPTSof OF AA11AS f1&3F
rTrom Boston Traveller
KAnsAs fEaRfroRv. July II, 1884.
Thougi your c"iu mus ~ h'ied 9th communcar
lions from re iouase watering places and resorts
among rho mo.Dtaius, you ALL not, I snpp Ne, be
ayesse 70 tesring FROM tbe infant State o} Kaasas
Living ct tbe u I'M ora~y ca itaA-F0rt L-avcn orth
i hsve an op lcrtunity II bearing ant seeing
what transactions gong on towards its settle
nent.
The prevailing topic Is about "locsting claims"
ee stocnpg out OF hundred add sixty acres Of
land. 10 fact tie land fever pr-vails universally,
II not alarmtpgiy. Il SENS u be contagious aud
spares o class os pS oessio. II br ke out tho
Gay that u was known toat the territorial bill had
pssstd, and cnIDmeLc cd ny r-iz,pg dys hundred VI
the Inhabitants Of missouri. Since then its ravages
have not nbased. fhe y up,oms IT tue disease are
peculiar, sbd are hot any wbee aludfd to, either
Ia Watson OF Wood. The pulse ia qnck. psrspia-
caon Intense, and 'bs tongue IN m st Eases, quite
ungovornable. Fos time the pa ient sees visions
Of great wealth. morbid appetite for earth pos
sesses him; and It not unfrequenuy hsppens
that be evto DISPOSITION to eat dirt So
verl cases have euly appeared In the
army1even amoRg the ofIicerS- ,is has caused
considerable sxcit- meat among tie citizen squat
trs end am told, mas brought relapse In
their midst. They thipk that they who get The
bard oolIs's from Urole Sam eve qua ter ought
not to 'omhfne and seize upon the best iaud.
part Of theu, or. beid Indignation meet
Ing on Saturday at Western Missouri. and ranted
right powerfully" about this aggcession squat
terdOm.
II sp,eals that very indeiuite ideas az &, the ex.
tent Of tho mltsr, r,se' We Qf in apy jat sense II
can be caite" u re-efv-1 wal includes tue beautt-
fol site II Fort L>ven vrtn, have existed uotL q
rev days past. though 1t nas always been asserted
that the Cove Ipulsbtr hand extended three m los
south Of here, ON the M.- uri. But now. CON-
peDy compO cd pa a, !" any officers sad parity
OF citizens, hsve entered nion the lower part OF
whas has herr TO Ore Onsidesed the reserve,
and laid out q to. Nh eteen .orkman have been
employed the past week 10 clear away tho crush
and bushes, who az pad 81 so PER day each. and
b0xde Many more ht. ~ are neeocd. bat lAbvrers
are not numerous enough 10 the dem tad.
The Company have oading frames already under
way &C Ut. Louis aud otbee places. and Ill SHORTLY
shat Is the Company will re tllzo great profit
from their under. king. II espou. es no particular
political policy Tbry are hoping to have tho CAPT.
tai ut their place; but is not twentieth part 40
eligible a. Fort L.sv.twor,h proper. What IL the
COVE rment going Ia do With .Fot L-sven orth1
Shall the people OF kansas oe deprived OF this tho
@ sess o. aaS Is asya a,d 'as nueIs pS. on
spot to Eta Z a metrpos2 hope MT. hope that
only 90 fnu Of the place - is absolutely essiry
for garrison will be retained. and that tue rest
will be sleedil, given up. II really seems that
there Ia no need OF va r,s0o bert ut all quar-
ter masters department is all that would required.
The lndia"s-'snanants OF dispr,ed tr'b-s-sre
Dtitber disposed nor hardly capable Of molestipg
the cttizen- More ( az tat, they are " be re-
moved.
You Of course know how abundant aud variad the
ably tmbe,ed, and wairrci b, noble streams. and
Astounding 10 nit eral wealth; elm tte favorable
TO health, and &c from tn local diseases If the
WeHt; D portion 10 the country which promises to
bring commerce to its oor-; these are some of the
natural advantages The BUILDING up Of flourish
ing state. Snch are tie elem -nfs OF pm steal
GREATNESS. But Il ere is thing which will mate
rally affect Der prosperity. That Is slavery. The
profit o. 1t here would he abOnt the as In Ms
souri, Ii IL sid (but 4 is not trae) that moro can
be produ. ca from he a..i b srve than by free Ia
hOr. will "A few m n nj corr a ~
more oun u Of bemp boxes Of tobacco, counter
balance tire Thousand tviis--poltical moral, and
socia'-that blast STA wocrc slavery exstsf
Avert 20 experiment. Despite the lou assertions
Of the MreUuriais that The institution snail como
bert- eephe their outrageous and disgraceful con-
du' towards Sc tie 9 from the North, and no dis
tinction rs made between VINO has been = ma
ti6Dal compromise man an aGarrisoDan alb iitiOn-
i-t be is opposed to slavery ;omiug here, 1t is a
toe aame TO them-I hope it "ll be seen tnat this
IL free State.
would observe that It ia very healthy here, and
hss been during the summer.
Correspondence of tho Springfield Republican
KANsAs TERRITORY, July rs, 1854.
Thousands In tho East are now debating the OK
pedieocy Of settling Ia tho kan-as Territory. Many
Of these are youi rea err. de-irc to la before
such some information that may provo an advantage
to them. l have travelled extensively in the
county, have epjoy ed the must favorable for
acquiring kpo sledge Of It, aod your readers may
be sAsured that tie statements mako can be relied
upon.
1ne BOUNDARY OF TIE Itrritrv Is, a. you arc
aware. az fcllows:-B+ ginning on tho western
bouI Diary of Missouri at the 37ti degree Of north
latitude thence rupDDg west said latitude to the
eastern line OF New Mexio thence north on the
New Mexico line TO the 38th degree Of latitude,
thence west on1esid 3Sth degree to the Utah bound
airy 90 the summit OF the Stony Mountains, thence
north said summit to the 10th gree Of latitude
thence east On said AO'h degree - the western
boundary OF Missouri. thence on the western bound
airy Of Missouri to the la OF beginning oomprs.
ing an area Of aluost 10000 square mics.
IT, .fts,.x ~ L.. ~ -ks
tude, cannot be sqrpassed. j forms n part of that
great belt round he Garth Ia which the ct. pics Of
trade and all those productions which 80 neccs-
sary to subsistence. found in roaest sbuudan
raising Of sto k Il immensely profitable, compare
lively htie expeCsc attending thai kind Of business.
The advantages which MAY be said to be peculiar
g. tnis latitude, not d. tiled to Kansas in any
respect But the position OF latitude is not tae only
advantagcin this regirc. Its location iu the centre
a the American continent is pr. -emin -aty impor-
tant. Between the Rocky Mountains and the Mis-
soGri, ite centre Is about two THOUSAND miles from
either ocean, IL needs not the voice Of q prophet
or the son Of prophet to foretel that here VIII beat
tie great heart OF the American people-that here
via be the great fountain from VII ch st cams Of life
and life shall g. forth, fertiizing the remotest re-
gions Of the earth.
The climate of Kansas Is hesltby-I think there
can DO no mistake here. That portion west OF the
WAkaTuse, q stream that enters into the Kansas
river, forty miles from its mouth, Is emnentiy so.
! made very particular and frequent inquiries on
this point, and ascertained that above the Waka-
rssa no case Of fever and ague has ever been
known, except In FEW instances, In which the pa
tents had brought the disease from some other re
gion. There Ia nothing to mako this country UNI
heaithy--tte air Is pure and dry-spings Of purest
water ebound-there aie no swamps, no stagusnt
waters, and hence no malaria Whatever vicious
efhuvia may arise from the Mnning mp Of new soil
brcexes which blow here almost as regularly ~ the
trade winds. IL IL q fact-very important, perhaps,
to many Eastern peoplo-that pulmonary complaints
has Ernu Mac % he
Territory from the East. who formerly wee Of con.
sumptivc tendency, but nov are strong and healthy
The sol Of Kansas Is good, and Of great ssrcul-
tursi capabilities. There ID hardly any poor land
east OF Fort Riley, which, on straight line, Is $50
miles from Il mouth Of the Kansas riv.r and much
OF the land above that point ID Of or ceat quality