The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1855-01-26

listed in all Of the old States, in not one was
- law ever cnacted to. establish it. Laws
have been passed recognizing its existence
after i: had existence; never to establish 1t
before it existed. It has bccu abolished,
rot by the repeal "f laws establishing or
pcrmittiugit, hut b. laws positively and en-
prcsslv prohibiting it. Without slich pro-
h;bitory laws. it woull now exist i'll every
State in the Union. Until such laws are
enacted by some competent Legislative pow
or. slavery is legal i'll Kansas. Such laws
will never b. enacted! Wiiatevcr might
have been the rcsui: II Ai,uii:ionis;s l.a,l
not attempted to force :he people G; the
Territory, their movements have liked the
fact" They cannot harm lis now.
Land Offices aGt ;,,lcady established. and
the lanl will h" surveyed immediately ::
lhey will be offered T.: sale in some l. or
Is months at most. In the lnc#n time or.
cupancv gives title by prc-"nsp;i"n 10 100
acres. When ready for sale, the pre-cmp,or
enters it at one dollar anI twenty five cents
per acre. We can estimate lis ;licl, v:'!ur
by the present value Of lanl in The nor,irr
counties Of Missouri. In H." counties on
the Missouri river, adjoining Ka.>aS, land
is worth from $40 to &51 pei ;p.rr. III
Platte, the county III which reside. land
within fiSccn miles OF Wc>t"ii, ca;,not b.
bought for less than SD, while much OF ii
will bring $50 per aero. There is no rct-
son why land separated from Ours hv riv-
er, or only ail imaginary line, should hc less
valuable. TO a distance nf 80 miles west,
the soil is but little, if any inferior to that
Of Missouri. lis great staples must be-
hemp and tobacco-;lrlir!cs for the ru,;v:l-
ton Of which negro labor is almost indiS.
pensah!e. need hardly s;,y Tia. the grains
and grasses will a:l si,crcrI where hemp
and tobacco can be grown.
have said that k;l,,Sas WAS not >u;.c:i
to the poor man: only intended to refer
to t]loao who design to till the ground l;ut
to the poor mechanic it oilers gr'a, in!urc.
men,s. To all carpenters especially, AMI To
stone and brick masnn> it will GIVE cun>,ai!
employment q: hi wh w:=,*. Tie !ul.>,
!cginncr receives = - per '.,y--:-""i
worSmcn, as .jou"n'',hl~ ::".':v, IA '..!' ''..l
employment from =! - - -" Gay. 'ii,:r
expenses arc light, the cost o: living l. in-
low.
70 all mechanics who arc not ajp,;iiu.-
ists will guarantee ann j" compensation.
Those who have more slave, than c;l:i be
protitably employed in opening :, farm. can.
in the mean time, hire uui the rclnuinicv,
including the women and those too Young,
to render much service in the fencing anil
breaking the ground. at the prices | have
stated, III Kansas or Missouri. Thus IL The
time they Will need the money /" enter ili,.
land, they can realize ci.p!iy h to enter all
they may need.
The great facilities now afforded by rail
roads and steamboats,, render removal to
Kansas, even from the Atlantic States Il
slight matter. Railroads tiun Virginia.
Carolina, and Georgia, are now EXTENDED to
tho Ohio and Mississippi, oh which streams
boats are almost hourly las>>in" to ST. Lpui. ;
thence, daily packets leave for the Upper
Missouri river, during all but two or three
winter months reaching" Kansas in from
three to toHr days. Emigrants from the At
lantic States can thus reach EHii>:,s in from
six to to ten days, at too, but ii:t';. expense,
and without danger or trouble from the Alb
olitionists. Below Ciicin,a:i there is 10
danger-cvcn there 8 little caution will Sc
cure slaves against escape. Tie expense,
from the Atlantic States will b. from 500 to
s60-to those who take cabin passage.
Deck passage on the boats, i'll whic! the
cmigran, provides his own fare, will not cost
more than !:af the above prices.
find I have made my letter lnngcr than
contemplated. But the inlcrcs;in" na:ur,.
of the inquiries must he my cxc,,r. Yea
will, therefore, hope, p,l,,Cn lac, AMI ic-
lieve lue, Your rl.,ii;mt servant,
B. L. SrE!NGTELLOW.