The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1855-02-02

.t.r rr 81. 'NtA'i.'~-->'t 81 N'N' w.
wbe..-s aere.-lOO bu,hsis at 80 csnisper tlsg y,
-oasg%s Sac %ssrss-iSobushsl, st % cent. Per 'roo ~
~" ou,hei Ass ,1,,' r -ra : -.r- i!..y stta.W
Total lsa.. yield at loves. price "a. So @
Hemp-s1.2 tons at $50 per ton $yss %
Corn-3oo barrels at 81 Der barrel 900 %
whs..-s acres-2as bushsls At 81 pr,5 d.il.gg, Z,
oa..Is 's. sere.-sso bu.A.l, At 20 cents PERI ~
t"ln oa'nei ls..-j.5f 20 i5l'i 3iIn - Il WV
-ii Creates, yisli a, highest phes -isls!o o o
This will, doubtless, seem an sxtnvsgsn,
estimate; yet The quotations Of the mar
kets showthai the maximum prices are less
than the present market prices. Hemp has
sold during the past season FOR $50 per
ton. Whea, is worth 81 e5 per busbel,
and corn So per barrel. Tho yield, Ton, is
often greater than the highest. But il is
not the less true that the greatest yield and
highest price are not oflen together. My
object Is rather 10 show tho least yield and
the lowest price. Negroes field hands
have hired for some years in Wesiern
Missouri nj prices which could not be paid
II their labor were less valuable than as
above stated. Men, OF from $3.50 TO $3.50
women, at from $50 to $3.50 per annum
The hrer paying all expenses and losing all
time Of sickness, the owner at no charge.
A woman, with Two children, will bring
from GO 10 500; and girls, from ten TO ihir.
teen years OF age, from 40 10 SEQ per- an
nun. now pay for one, about ten years
Of age, Sc per month by the year. I need
hardly say that negroes must be healthy
and profitable, or farmers could not pay
such prices. .,, ,-5.-
3. Is il safet take Slares TO Kansas no,r
Of this there can be no doubt. They
are less likely 10 escape Than from Nilsson.
ri are lurillor from The underground rail.
roads and hiding places 9th aboli,ionis,s |;
while the people Of the Territory are, more
on the alert, and watch more closely those
who would steal them.
From the law there can be no danger.
Slaves are now, and have been for years,
in the Territory, SO that slavery, in fact, is
already established. ] need moi say 10 You
that no lawyer, unless he be an aboli,ionisi,
will pretend that any positive law is neccs-
sary 10 make slavery legal. Blu, "io win.
dica,e the truth Of history" ! ought 10 say
that the veriesi school boy must know, as
a matter Of history, thai although slavery
existed in all the old States, in no, one wns
n law ever enacted 10 establish il. Laws
have been passed recognizing its existence
aitcr il had an existence never 10 establish
it before II existed. II has been abolished,
no, by the repeal OF laws establishing or
permitting it, but by laws positively and
expressly prohibiting il. Without such
prohbltory laws, ], would now exis, in ey.
cry State in the Union. Until such laws
are enacted 10y some competen, Legislative
power, slavery is legal in Kansas. Such
laws will never be enacted Whatever
nigh, have been tho result il abolilionisis
had not attempted TO force the people Of
The Tertiary, their movements have "fixcd
The fact" They cannot harm US now. "
Land Offices are already established, and
the land will be surveyed Immediately they
will be offered for sale in some 12 or Is
months at most. In the mean time occu.
pancy gives title by pre-emtion TO l60 acres.
When ready for sale the pre-emptor enters
it at one dollar and twenty-five cents per
aero. We can estimate its then value by
the present value Of land in the border
counties of Missouri. In the counties on
the Missouri river adjoining Kansas, land is
worth from ten dollars to fllty dollars per
acre. In Platte, the county in Which / rc.
side, land within fifteen miles Of Weston,
cannot be bought for less than S25 dollars
while much Of it will bring $50 dollars per
acre. There is no reason why land sepa.
rated from ours by river, or only an imag.
mary line, should be less valuable. 10 q
distance Of $50 miles west, the soil is, but
little, if any, inferior to that Of Missouri
Its great staples must be hemp and tobacco,
articles for the cultivation Of which negro
labor is almost indispensable. need hard
ly say that the grains and grasses will oil
succeed, whero hemp md tobacco can be
grown. TOD .'I '''- 80 ''''''
have said that Kansas was not suited to
the poor man l only intended to refer to
those who design to till the groand. But 20
the poor mechanic it offers great induce
ments. 10 all carpenters, especially, and to
stone. and brick masons IL will give constant
employment ut high wages. The rudest
beginner receives 81 so per day - good
workmen, as journeymen, receive in regular
from So to SO per day. Their
expenses aro light, the cost Of living being
low. ,u %. r..,Ia. ..-E - 3rGG
To all mechanics who arc not aboli
tionists, ] will guarantee ample compensation.
Those who have more slaves than can be
prnftably employed in opening farm, can,
IN the meantime, hiro out tho remainder, IN
cluding tho women and those too young to
render much service In the fencing and break.
Ing the ground. at tho prices ! have stated.
in Kansas or Missouri. Thus, by the time
they want tho money to enter the land
they can realize enough to enter oil they |
need.
Tho great facilities now afforded by rail.
roads and steamboats,, render removal to
Kansas, even from tho Atlantic States, OIL
light matter. Railroads from Virginia, Car |
olina and Georgia. are now extended 10 the
Ohio and Mississippi, on which streams
boats aro almost hourly passing TO St. Louis,
thence, daily packets leave for the Upper
Missouri river, during oil but two or three
winter months. rcaching Ksnsas in from 3
to days. Emigrants from the Atlantic |
States can thus reach Kansas from 6to, 10 |
days, at, too, but little expense. and without
danger or trouble from the abolitionists.-l
Below Cincinnati there Is M danger even
there q little caution will secure slaves
against escape. The expenses from the At.
an.ic States will be IRON $50 10 $50 TO
those who take cabin passage. Deck pas
'agc on the boats, in which the cmigrant
provides his own fare, will not cost moro |
than halt the above prices. 4, ss.Js.i |
find have made my letter longer than !
contemplated. But the interesting nature
'f the Inquiries must be my excuse. You
will, therefore. hope, pardon me, and bo-