The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-04-14

81 25 per acre; $50 acres and no more
can be taken, and this only by an actual
settler in person; the individual must bea
citizen of the United States, or have filed
his declaration of intention to become
such, and either be the head of family,
or widow, or single man over the age
of 81 years. Payment may be made at
amy time after the government survey,
but need not be until Immediately prior
to the commencement of the public sale in
that district; the money cannot be paid
portions at time; locations may be made
anywhere, save on the government, or
Indian reserves, or on certain tracts which,
by law, are exempted from the operations
of the Presumption Act; the person must
be an inhabitant of the tract, and, in per-
son, have made settlement, and erected
dwelling thereon; within three months
after it has been surveyed by the United
States, it must be duly entered at the Reg
istry Office of the district within which it
is located.
To quiet the fears of those who appre-
hend that all of the desirable portions of
the Territory have been, or in few weeks
will be, secured, it may be sufficient to
say that there are millions of acres from
which farm lots may now be selected,
and that the quantity of land now open
to pre-emption is sufficient to accommo-
date seventy-fve thousand families, en-
braeing half million of individuals. Al
though, therefore, the farm lots in the
immediate vicinity of, perhaps for miles
around Lawrence, may be, and probably
are, ere this, secured, there is plenty of
as good ones awaiting new corners. Let
them found other New England or rather
Liberty settlements, of similar charac-
ter. To effect this requires neither magic
nor supernatural power; New England
energy, industry, and perseverance, Sec
onded by the efforts of true sons of liber-
! ty, who went forth from various sections
of the Union, brought the one, and can
bring others, into existence. Various
sites for such settlements have been Sc
lected, and on application will be desig-
nated by the Company's agents.
WooD AND T1MBER.-There is not an
extreme scarcity, and there is far from
an ever-abundance of wood Sufficient
can be procured ON reasonable terms for
all ordinary purposes. The advantage
resulting from the limited supply is far
greater than the disadvantage for the
consequence is freedom from roots and
stumps, the frequent occurrence of which,
in many sections of our country, proves
serious inconvenience to the agricultu-
rist, and requires for removal an expendi-
ture of much time, money, and labor, in
order to place the ground in an arabic
condition. The law of compensation is
here found admirably exemplifed; for
!: the under-supply of wood for fuel is more
than made good by the vast coal deposits
known to exist in the Territory the un-
der supply of timber for building purpo-
ses is made good by the abundance of
lime and clay; the deficiency of fencing
stuff by suitable material for walls: and in
a few years by cultiyating the Usage Or
ange, which will grow luxuriantly, hedg-
es will supersede the necessity of any
other means for forming Enclosures. Tho
timber, to person from lumber region,
would seem scarce, the scarcity is not one
that will necessarily be constantly on the
increase, as settlements multiply, and the
lands are reclaimed from their present
state; inasmuch as the limited growth
arises, not from uncongeniality ofclimate
unsuitableness of soil, or absence o.
seed, but from the frequent prevalence
year after year, of vast prairie fires tha
sweep everything before them, and thu:
stint, or entirely prevent, the growth o
tree or shrub. Arrest the fires, anG
woodlands will soon abound. Small
however, as Incorporation of woodland il
now said to be, one of the Company:
agents, few months since, contracted
for 600 cords of standingwood at 95 cent.
per cord, and 500 logs of timber at sc
cents per log, the logs averaging half {
. thousand each. About half of the guam
tity is now cut, and yet there is no percep
, tible diminution or thinning out of trees
The principal varieties of wood are bas
) or linwood, cottonwood, hickory, oak
black walnut, ash, sycamore, blackberry
&c.
; WEATHER.-There has been no neces
J sary suffering the past or present season
from inclemency of the weather, at Law
, renee. The Governor states that the las
) of December fire was unnecessary ant
/ resident at the Company's settlemen
f writes that ''on the eth of December
| mechanics and others were comfortably
, at work in the open air without thei
; coats, whilst the few idlers were baskin,
in the sun like snakes in june" Their
has not been, however, an entire freedom
from cold and stormy weather. Up t
the close of the year there had occurred
but one fall of snow, which was to th
} depth of two inches, and disappeared
within three days; in January only fv
inches of snow fell.
| A gentleman who has resided at on,
OF the Missions for fifteen years, says tn
i greatest depth of snow at any one tim
during that long period was SIX inches.
AhO pcsoS Sco>On tuOfC WAS no iFOSt II
z the ground before the close of December
: frost generally disappears by the begin
ming of March.
The annual fall of rain is under thirt
: inches. The rainy season usually com
r mences in March, and continues abou
e two months; during which the roads ar
: somewhat heavy, and travelling tediou:
e Few days, however, pass by without th
S sun showing itself.
According to thermometrical table
f carefully kept at Lawrence by Dr.. Z
: Clark the average temperature in Nc
: vember, at sunrise, was 29deg. F.; at
t O'Clock, P. d., 4e9deg.; and at 1 of a
l hour past sunset 44sdeg. The averag
. in December. at the same periods werl
I 254deg-, 49deg., and 42deg.; and in Jan
uary. 23deg., SO deg, and 32Ideg.
o The Kansas HERALD OF FREEDoM, ur
: der date of Feb. 10th, says, '.but ono
\ has the mercury gone down to zero; an
by those long ON the ground we are sssI
=We trust tha. Dr. Clark VIII continue h
. highly interesting and valuable metsoroiogic
D obssTv stioRs.