The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-06-24
Gum Kansas Correspen- once.
SArAE, neAr Western. Plssts Co.. No.

DSSCfspst1H " Che nest-d0 EmtSronrS jour
nes-Psctws Of Western Cines-A Saak
Ssosy--Adesce to Emirmts-Cest ef Living IL
The Terrific, tss-N ssospspsrs out West, &C.. &c.
As per promise, now vrits. LETT New York
ON Tuesday per Nsw York aud Erie Railroad Sor
Dunkirk. thence to Ede, then to Csye and, thor
to Toledo, then to Chicago, then TO Alton, then
down the Mississippi to ST. Louis (twenty Ave miles
In steamboas). arrived at st. Louis Friday, at IL
o'clock noon. This place. - regards steamboats,
and freighting business takes wn any place Of ia
size ever saw. counted las steamboats, some
Of them are stsd up a. costly IS amp Of our fancy
boats. They look Of distance like floating nous -;
but whom yoG get on board they are very comfort
aba, and some CT them magnificent. / inquired
about the wages Of the ofioers-oaptain, $4,000;
pilots, $500 and $500 per moath; clerks, 81 900 to
81 500 per year; engineers, 500, $50, $500 per
month. Tho stsAlings are good, as Judge from
APPEARANCES.
The hosess at this place are miserable. They are
doing big business, and care but little as to your
being satisfied. I saw but one good house sincs
EFT, and that was the Young America. at Chicago.
This house is fitted up In magnificent style. The
barroom is about twice rs large as the Collins
Hotel baz.rocm. It is continually thronged With
fast men, drinking, smoking, &c. Toe eating
saloon, something Ike Thompson's, is also doing .
big business. Chicago and st. Lonis are both
places where everything is busils and confusion,
and business il done In them than In any place
ever saw. As places Of residence, they are dirty,
ard, should suppose, very u1hsalthy.
left st. Louis by the Missouri river, for Kansas
City, in Missouri about 500 miles up tue Missouri,
and about ten mics from Kansas Territory. I paid
SIS fog my passage, which includes meals, state
rooms, &c, &c. The officers Of these boats are
devil may-ca set OF men. they will drink and
smoke with you, and. more than that, ask You in
return. They earn their money easy and they i've
about the asmes You 60 over tas bos. anywhere.
No one disputes your going about ss you pie ise.
Everything is in order, and passengers, clerk and
captain take il about a. comfortable as they can
For q man WHO has . fancy tor steamboatng
should suppose ne was better pail for doing little
than any phase ever cav. The bsr IS let, aud
should suppose on some Of the b,sts ~as profit
able bus,ness. Wbsn I started up, the river was
very low; our boat drew feet 10 inches, and some
Of the time we were stuck Tor days on sand bars.
Tho river 10 very winding; the water dirty. This
they dfink and to stranger tits hard to get used to
it. Tho tables on these boats think, are nuca bet
ter than GUYS The scenery along the shores to .
stranger is ia serestng; in fact everything is new
and this makes time clip away qui k The deck
hands Of these boats are Dutch aud Irish. They
have three sirnss as many as we have, and their
work is very hard. Their wages are $50 and found
They are niseraS BE set Of devils and o. such are
used.
amussd myself Nost Ct the time shooting ducks
ard gsese, the shores Of this river abound with
geese at times. In going up the river the steamer
does rot 90 very fast, tbs river is NARROW, crook
ed, and has ssad bars and snags.
The towns are not Of much nots, bdug like most
Southern towns three negroes aud ona white msa.
We arrived at Kansas City the next week, aturday
being oas week on our passage. Ksrsas City Is
situated on the Missouri in the State Of Missouri,
about 500 mlss from st Louis and about ten miles
from Kansas -sr,itory. lisa place Of some bust
rees. Hemp (wAi ID is tho principal production OF
Missousi) is bought here by che farmers or plant
eTs to be shipped to 81. Louis This place is cele-
bsated for nothing else, that could see, OK
ceps 0 dirty, miserable hotel. This house
is doing frat rats business, - most Of the
emigrsnts, ard, in fact, oil bound for Kansas
leave che boat tere, and proceed on their land
yoysges II I mad the tact aud kno Wedge Of pub
lie house, would pitch In hare. It's like all South
ern places, poor miserable hotel, yes this Is tbs
comnencir point Of emigration; ana think from
the rush that continually going thru % this place,
q good hotel cuuld mot help other wise than make
zee passengers running all round town begging
lodgings IN private houses. The hotel oeing full,
they (the hcse.) use their barns, stables, &C., to
tine RE- one
commerce this spring, and the rush mas bean very
great. TA3 wa,m ueathay now, as also the cholera,
Goes not seem &c deter them from the undertaking.;
the hard timee in the States also lends encourage
ment. There being no hu nbug as to the quality Of
land in Kansas Territory, this will END must keep
up the emigration. The emigrants are Of the first
class, mostly from Ohio, Pennsylvania, Iowa and
Massachusetts. These are all cabin passengers, and
mostly farmers, some with their working utensils,
also wsgoss and horses They are also Intelligent,
and ore Of the rgt stamp TO make things 60 ahsad.
zee no Dutch, Irish or such claas OF eniRrants as
We SEQ leaving New Yo'k. tboard one dollar psr
day q this plsce) emigrasing to this country, no
doubt, like Ii ras to California In its infancy. Al
cdeEt hes placed these to IVES so that Trey are now
tho starting points Of emigration to Kansas and ere
long some ensarprising Ysnkse3 will have hotels
ard livery stables on the Canal stree. plan. These
two things e more needed in this part Of She c0un
try than Any thing else. II emigrati IN should in
crease, the few first ones engaged 10 the under
moro ON this point Whoever comeg out here must
make up his mind that he is NOT at home, a. the
manners All customs Of the people are entirely diff
me if ever re.uIn until como with something.
NV capital cut here is Q very little money, aud
great deal Of impudeace and waiting, until the first
e equal to che latter. l shall not return for some
left Kansas City same day for wsstport, dis
lance FIVE mics. This is a place Of considerable
business, bsir on the route to Kansas Territory
abe starting lint for California, Salt Lake, Santa
Fe, end New MsXioo. 1t is here wssre the trains
are started for the above places II Is surprising
what amount of capital is engaged in this business,
ard / Learn many fortunes have been made
in Il. Il ia ali hustle and confusion at the
starting Of these trains, which are co imposed Of from
cpandise, each drawn by twelve to sixteen oxen,
bound for journey Of 900 to 1000 miles They have
their tents cooking utensils, &C., &c. and are armed
20 the teeth. Th.a journey ia long, tedious one,
but over beautiful prairie most Of the way. Thoee
who have been over represent it as such, but say,
also, there has been much danger attending 1t, as
the unfricrdiy InGians are pitching into them every
chance they can get. The trains ae now 20 large,
and the man SO ssJl drilled that they fare the worst