The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-08-08
Correspondence ofthe Journal
DoNIPHAN CITY, TX. T. July'27, 80

ne quiet monotony OF 'squo'tei ii0 "o'
disturbed few days ago by the arrival OF
the surveyors, and now all is hustle and con-
fusion in our usually quiet neighborhood.
Those, who are cut out OF claims, by the
lines, are jumping into others, some, who
are not satisfied with the way the lines
throws them, are hunting new claims, and
others again, who have been waiting for the
lines to be run, in order to get claims are
! "pitching n,'' and so it goes.
/ had the good fortune of being enc of
these unIucky individuals first mentioned,
but I Immediately "stuck my stake'' OH a
better claim near to it, and and the wolves
are having a jolly time of it every night
You can't imagine what fun we have, "over
the left" camping out every night on the
open prairie, in rail pen, with the wolves
bowling all around, aud seemingly dsputing
the ground with US.
We have to make a show of living on our
exciting times it is necessary to keep good
watch on them to keep intruders off.
wish some OF your old lawyers could hear
some of our pleading in our courts Of equity.
1t is decidedly rich Not having any officers,
as yet, we have to make our own courts, and
do our own pleading. | listened to some of
the richest appeals yesterday that ever were
delivered, reckon. As a general thing, the
lines suits the squatters very well. 1t makes
sad havoc with the town of Atchison, six
miles below US, cutting it into two parts, and
throwing it in two counties, running the
place entirely. It's great pity that SO beau
it'll a CITY ~ should meet with SO sud
den death, but the loss will fall chiefly on
whisky dealers and gamblers, who, l am
told, did thriving business there. ReQuie-
scat in pace.
The surveyors have had hard time in
surveying Kansas Territory, whether through
"there is something rotten in Denmark"
sure The first Base line viii h was made
between the two territories, although known
to be incorrect, was received. Another base
line was ran, which differed so materially
with the first (ahhough both were surveyed
with the same kind of compasses) that a
third line will now have to be surveyed in
order to see which is right.
In which case it will make difference in
our section lines, and all of our trouble will
have to be gone over with again. The Sur
Veyor General has promised that the Iowa
lands shall be veyed by September and
the Delaware lands by October, but | doubt
much whether he can fulfill his promise.
We are looking anxiously for rain, and il
we do not get it in ten days we will have to
bid good buye to corn crops. We have had
fine growing weather until the dry spell.
and corn is now beginning to burn, and moth
ing but speedy rain will save it. Wheat
aud corn have both suffered severely from a
oarmiqt called the chintz bug, an entire
stranger to the farmers out here, although /
believe it is we'll known to the middle States.
/ Nothing of interest has trans PRED in our
neighborhood, since | last wrote to you.
The mighty Sam is around, and is making
converts by the scores, although the recent
action of the P Philadelphia convention has
created some little dissats faction in the ranks.
Many are in hopes that the Missouri compro-
mise will be restored through the influence
of the mighty infant, and look upon that as
the only way to restore peace and quiet in
Kansas, and, aIth ough they would be sorry
to see Sam get into the hands of the Adolf
ton of the North. Yet do they consider the
restoration of that line a simple act of justice
and one which the safety of the country
demands. It is no rara aUes to find South
ern men with Northern principles, or rather
with principles of justice, in Kansas.
We had very pleasant celebration Oh
the 4th Of July. Col. Johnson, one of the
gave US fine Grafton, after which your
humble servant eTpGtidted considerably.
After dinner dancing commenced. (thermom
eter 90 in the shadeJ and confined for four and
twenty hours. Every body seemed bent on
dancing, and dance they did, until they all
looked like they had underwent process of
! dipping in the Missouri river. We have had
several pleasure trips on the steamers this
spring, and assure you it is rare sport. T he
James H. Lucas will he up tomorrow and
will give US pleasure trip to Kansas City
and back. The Lucas is the best boat on
the river, and we anticipate a good thing OF
it. The Edinburgh gave a pleasure trip on
the 4th.
The "Goose question" seems TO be entirely
Ieof Tod Ia.s ~