The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1855-04-19
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hAssAs TERRITORIAL person writing to
the Rei "sstcania Inquirer, from Kickapoo City,
Kansas March 18th, 1855, says:
1t Aasn now been four months since I first he.
came :, resident of this place, located ON the
NILSSON = liver, some four hundred miles above
81. Losas. Thus far, my experience has can
vlnced me that this is the spot for poor man
to sect >e Tor himself handsome living-iust
the sp for one to get above want, and beyond
the cal or command of any person. The coun-
try is eightful, while its future prospects arc
brightnnd prosperous.
"f >na makes purchase of ground, any.
where Within few miles of the river, its natr-
raj inc ease, from its good quality, will secure
wealth
"The city of Kickapoo is now engaged in
gradln lis streets, the laborer obtaining 81 so
per ds The price of boardingis SO per week,
put IN high inquire is not in consequence of the
search or rates of provisions, but owing solely
to the carcity of proper houses of accommoda.
ton. Fork sells at six cents per pound beef.
seven .ents; venison, nine cents mutton. seven
cents; chickens, 81 per dozen turkeys, seventy.
five c'nts per pair; geese, twenty-five cents
each; eggs, twelve and half cents per dozen !;
flour, 4.50 per hundred pounds
Nv zen the weather permits, a portion of my
time 4 occupied in experimenting the laborers
on the street, for which service | receive So
per dsI. have also in progress lime kiln,
which turn my attention to when there is no
other employment. This will hold about two
thousf nj bushels of lime. 1t is located on a
hill, waere l can readily quarry my stone and
throw 1t into the kiln. The wood, for burning,
is cut upon the ground. | expect to have splen.
did lirae by the middle Of April, which will COM
mand thirty cents per bushel. We greatly
want competent brick makers. There could be
sold here, this summer, at least two millions of
brick, at 81 per thousand. AS matters now
look, before the summer is over, / shall be in
possession Of a house of my own. / repeat,
there Is no danger of locating in this section Of
the q sat and growing West, from the fact that
it is o. the kickapoo land as there is no such
diiiict ty arising as that on the Delaware lands,
Tor TIN latter are subject to presumption"
Ho, Z. MIR. BENToN.-This venerable and pa
triotic gentleman has written an excellent and
chara terstic letter to the editors of the Nation
al Int Hi9encer, in which he reaGirms, upon am
pie eV dence, the convictions expressed by him
at the close of the late Congress, to the effect
that Il ere is no cause of war among the Indians
in oui Territories, that the four regiments of
soldie' to be raised should be mounted men
to be fficient in Indian warfare, and that they
are ~ designed for that sercicc, but for the
acquis tion of Cuba, and the prosecution of de-
signs of wider scope than the ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Of S Danish province
Thu LATEST CUBAN COURAGE! PA letter
to the Charleston Courier, by the Isabel, states
that another American citizen, Charles A. Peck,
DENTS, at Trinidad de Cuba, was arrested on
the Ssh, carried to Havana, and placed in the
barracks. Mr.. Peck declares himself totally
ignorSnt as to the nature of the offence charged
again;t him. His wife and mother live in New
York. The New York Express says:
"Ws hear that DR.. Peck left this city, March
8th, fr Trinidad, with young Cuban, about
10 or 30 years DID, who had been in his Office
some hrGe years, and who was the son of an
exiled Cuban. Perhaps this connection has in
volvet him in trouble. Mr.. Peck himself was
born IA Connecticut, and went to Cuba only for
his he alth."
The above would have served the Union and
its eel oes for a whole week but, unfortunately
for the Usion and its echoes, the Cahawba ar
rived, at New York Oh the 10th instant, with
Havana dates of the 18th, informing US that
the city remained in a quiet state, but contn-
ued to BE- garrisoned by strong force of vol
unteers end regular troops; and that all the
stations slong the coast were also strongly forti-
fed aad manned; and also stating that DR..
Peck, who had been arrested in Puerto Prin-
cipe, Vas released from prison, upon the secu-
rity OF a friend that he would remain in Ha
vana anti his case was decided. II is not to
be wondered that the authorities Of Cuba are
vigilant 70 detect acts of instruction and the
plottefs of treason; bat the promptness with
which reparation is made by them, where an
instance of individual injury has occurred,
should admonish US not to raise the hue and
cry of outrage too soon, especially as it is quite
possible Tor an American to sympathize with,
and even commit, acts of transgression against
Cuba.
CUbA.7y-Since the date of our last issue, the
party papers of the country have literally
teemed with with rumors of wars. The Wash
CHtOt has DeeH COHSIdIt III
its denunciations of Spain and of all who would
not denounce that Government, while the Ma
tlOaaI htelligencer, and the many presses that
practically acknowledge the weight Of its inhu-
ence, admitting the possibility of rash and
wick@d purposes on the part of the Admins
tratioss lave still shown with great ability the
folly inc absurdity of any hostile denonstra-
tons IN our part, upon the pretext of any ex-
listing acts, even as set forth in the organs of the
Admi ,istration. In the mean time, the flibus-
ter sp eit of the country finds much comfort in
the ,urse of the Union and the apparent
cours Of the Administration.
Tn feverish state of the public mind, and
the lmplexion of Washington rumors, for
some days past, may be comprehended by a
perus Il CT few brief extracts:
w shiagon Correspondence OF the Baltimore Sun.
4p u 9.-There is some commotion here in
regars to the contemplated dispatch of a
squac cor to Cuba. Commodore McCauley,
who j appointed to the command of the home
squadron, which is destined for this special
service, is an officer of approved discretion.
His feet, including those vessels of war now
on the Caba station, will consist of the San ia |
cinto. and Susquehanna steamers, the Ports |
mouths Gyane, Falmouth, and Saratoga. The |
rumorI THAT he is to be the bearer of certain |
demabds upon the Cuban authorities, and in |
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