The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-05-05
Kaqsas Nattefs.
Napoleon ana Kansas City r. R

II
Kansas City is destined to become the
great reservoir, the disbursing agent, for
the rich Kansas valley, New Mexico,
Utah, Nebraska, Washington Territory,
Minnesota, West Missouri and Iowa.
New Mexico is, perhaps, the richest
copper region in America. We saw
specimens Of virgin copper from that ter
rlty, encased in the oxide of that metal,
and was informed by the young gentle
man whe presented US with them, that
he could have loaded one hundred wag-
ons with such rock, as he called them
1t was thought by him to be gold. On
analysis, we found it contained gold. The
Hon. Mr.. Maservey told us afterward.
that all the copper in the Territory was
alloyed with it, and in sufficient quanti-
ties to justify a separation, if labor was
cheap, or capital at command. This Ter
ritory is, without controversy, the most
healthy in the Union, and well adapted
to stock-growing.
The Kansas Territory is in an eminent
degree, adapted to the. growth of corn,
wheat, oats, rye, barley, hemp. flax, navy
beans, castor beans, potatoes, apples,
peaches, grapes, turnips, clover, timothy,
blue grass, herds grass, tobacco, hogs,
horses, cows, sheep and mules And
abounds in coal, lead, gypsum and rock
salt.
The climate and soil of West Missouri
are equally well adapted to the growth
of all the productions of Kansas Terrific
ry, and abounds in lead, coal, and mill
stone grit, said and believed to be equal
to the French Bur. We rode over the
quarry for twelve hours, and do not know
its extent. We fndit in fifty miles ofour
railroad route, and it may extend to it.
It.is known that Iowa is one of the
best grain and hog growing States in the
Union. Minnesota is equal to Iowa,
We win bear in mind, when the pro-
duce of those States and Territories are
ready for market, the rivers are closed
with ice, and the farmers are eompell-
ed to wait until the rivers open in the
spring, and by that time, Illinois, Ohio,
Indiana, and Kentucky glut the market.
This drawback is so manifest, that the
citizens of Iowa and Missouri, have it in
contemplation to build road from Iowa
to Kansas City, and from thence to New
Orleans.
We congratulate our citizens that they
have commenced the road at this end
Let it be known, without doubt, that
the road will be finished /; and, in the
language of Missouri's great statesman,
''the people viii settle all along the line
like bees affording the means OF build
ing it, and support after it is bull"
The whole line from Kansas City to
| Fort Smith, will be a series of villages.
gardens, and small farms, of busy, thrift
| ty, and happy manufacturers, miners
and farmers.
From Fort Smith to Napoleon, all the
rich cotton lands will be Immediately
brought into cultivation, and beautifed.
Lands that sell at four dollars per acre
will sell at fifty. Lands that cannot be
sold at FIVE cents, will sell at five dollars,
and will be fertilized and made to yield
rich harvest. Other lands that the
State or General Government cannot give
away, without paying the taxes IN ad-
vance for twenty years, will sell at from
two to three dollars per acre, and will De
made to yield a rich reward.
In view of these facts, every man on
the route should take stock to reasona-
BILE amount, either in money, lands, or
labor.
Our readers can form some estimate of
the vast amount of business that will be
done on this road when finished. The
transportation of pork, lard, beef, butter,
cheese, ice, apples, beans, wheat, corn,
oats, rye, barley, potatoes, hemp, bag
ging, rope, tobacco, lumber, marble,
slate, coal, lead, iron, furniture, tar, tur-
pentine, cotton, live stock, groceries, dry
goods, and not less than $4,000 passen-
gers per annum, viii constitute part of
the business of the road.-Piae Bluff,
dirk, Republican.