Kenosha tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1855, 1855-03-22

lis there any coal In the Territory
Yes, cropping cut from the surface in al
parts of it. No mines have been worked
yet.
is your prairie stocked with wild game,
and your streams with fish, and of what
sort?'
Wild game is no! very plenty-wc have
few deer and turkeys. Prairie hens and
quail are quite plenty and will be more SO
as soon as grain is raised. There are plen-
ty of fish in the Kansas though but little
has been done in catching them We have
no seins here yet.
What is the quality of the water-have
you wells or springs?'
Both-the former by digging 80 to 40
feet. Springs are not very numerous. -
The water is pronounced excellent, but is
generally hard
DO you use horses, mules, or oxen; can
they be obtained there and at what prices?'
We use all, and in the neighboing states
of Missouri they can be purchased at reas-
enable rates. | do not know the present
prices, but understand from the papers
that they have declined considerably late
ly.
What is the prospect in general of ma :
king money!
Good-see above.
What will the journey cost each of us
10 reach your place, and do we want much
money when we arrive?'
think the fare from Chicago to St. Louis
by Railroad via Alton, is $500. By cal
ling on B. Slater, No. 81 Levee, ST. Louis
an agent of the Emgrant Aid Society. pas
sage from there to Kansas, Mo-, can be
had for $1,000; from Kansas to this place
bv team, 81 so. A steamer is advertised
to leave st, Louis for this place and above,
on the opening of navigation. fare not Civ
en-B. Slater, st. Louis, Agent. Bring all
the money you have; you can use it to bet
ter advantage here in making your own
Improvements, orin peculatveinvestments
than any whore else. Capital is very much
needed here now and will pay good re-
turn.
What rules and regulations would you
recommend us to adopt, for the government
and we'll being of a company of so men?'
If you wish to settle in community by
yourselves, circumstances will suggest to
you the best form of organization. | am
rot prepared to advise. On the passage,
you need to choose some one Of your com
pany as your agent, to direct matters, look
aftor baggage, &C., and with The christian
rule of mutual good will and forbearance
you will get through without trouble.
In what location can land be found in
large quantities, suitable for The accommo-
dation of so or 60 famiies?'
In almost any section of the territory; the
valley ofthe Kansas, up To some 70 or 80
miles above here is too well taken up to adj
NIT ofsuch location exclusively, although
there are abundance of claims both sin
gle and in smaller numbers than named
above, to be had along the whole distance.
How much can man claim?'
100 acres.
And can a married man claim more
than single one?'
No. White male citizens of the age of
81, widows, and heads of families are emit
tied to prc-empt 100 acres each.
The census of the territory, preparatory
TO an apportionment for the legislature has
been taken, but the returns are not all made
yet. There are probably some 6O0O to
1000 inhabitants IN the territory and over
5000 voters. Large numbers of MISSOURI
ians are already coming into the territory,
III anticipation of the election, which is ex-
pected to take place about the Goth inst
1t is reported to day that company of 100
are encamped in our district, upon the Wau-
karousa. If SO, they will not rest satisfied
with a less attempt than the absolute car
rying of this, the strongest free state dis
trict in the territory. Ii they succeed here
l don't know where we can succeed, and
we may expect legislature like a jug ham
die, all on one side. The Governor has
given assurances that the election, SO far
as he can determine it, shall be free express
ion of the actual voters of the territory, and
that in all districs where illegal voting
is done, if the proof is presented to him,
new election shall be ordered, the
same to be repeated until the evil is cor
rected. This policy strictly carried out,
with the exercise of little policy on the
part of the Governor in fixing the times,
would so embarrass the foreign voters and
their masters, and render the speculation sc
CApchSlNc ~ ItCilb bHhe WIZ NOUiu Wv iOiS
ed to abandon it as q losing game, with nj
chances to win. But whether it will be en-
forced or not, is aquestion. The pro-Slavery
influences, around the Governor, are mos
powerful.
The judicial organization of the Terrific
Yy has just been effected by the Governor
dividing it into three districts, and assign
ing one to each of the judges appointed b,
the President, as follows; to Chief Jusiic
g. D. Lecompte the eastern district, the cour
to be held at Leavenworth; the middle Il
Justice Rush Gilmore at Tecumseh; TIL
western to Justice S. w. Johnson, at / aw
nee, tho new town OF the Governors an,
the prospective capital, near Fort Riley.
We have had about week of the cold
es. weather of the season the thermomete
stading on Monday morning last at deg
below zero. Iii now pleasant again, wit
4 south wind.