Squatter sovereign., 1855-03-13
OUR KANSAS TRIP.

town of Atchison. A. village containing
about one hundred inhabitants, one dry
good store, two groceries, one steam saw
mill ready to go into operation, one lawyer $
Office, one Doctors Office, one boarding
house. and one printing Office. the Squat
er Sovereign, conducted by our old friends
DIR. Stringfellow and Rob. Kelley, with
whom we spent two days. The Squatter
Sovereign office is furnished with beau
tiful supply of entirely new type. We
found Kelley so buisly employed In pulling
his press, he had no time to show us the
country. He, however, promised us the
next time we paid him a visit, to drop
everything and show us the beauties OF
the territory adjacent to Atchison. The en-
culation of the Squatter Sovereign we
know to be over 1000 copies, which Is
enough work for four hands, and they are
doing the work with only three. They
are advocating the pro-slayery interest
with much zeal and ability, and should In
consequence be well supported.
We presume it would not be amiss In
this connection to return our thanks to DIR.
Suingfellow and his lady for their very
generous hospitality extended to us during
our sojourn in the beautiful town.
The town of Atchison presents beauti-
full appearance from the Missouri River, it
being located upon slight elevation, any
part of it being easy of access.
The country adjacent to Atchison is
gently undulating, being interspersed with
prairie and timber: the soil of exuberant
fertility. Located In the town is the finest
spring of pure water we ever beheld In
any country. afording water power suffi-
cient for the supply of several steam ma
chineries together with supplying city of
many thousands with all the water needed
At the lower end of the town there is a
stream of Clear water, with pebbly bot
tom making into the Missouri river, which
not withstanding the extreme drouth of the
past season, afforded an abundant supply
of water. Upon OF along this creek in
many places the bottoms are wide enough
to make large and beautiful farms; there is
also considerable timber along this stream.
We travelled up this Creek to its head, the
upland prairie In the vicinity of the head
being about five miles from Atchison, we
Were particularly pleased with it being
just rolling enough to drain itself thorough
ly, and as we think we are something of a
Judge we pronounce it to be of the most
fertile quality, and if there is any drawback
upon the future growth of that portion Lof
the the territory, it is the scarcity of tim
Der, and this scarcity so far as fuel is con-
cerned, it is obviated by an abundance of
stone coal found in many places in that
portion of the country. The building of
Houses and substantial fences Will of ne
cessity require some means, but above and
below the town upon the Missouri river the
timber is abundant, and saw mills are now
in operation within few miles of the place
we speak of; and the time is not far dis
tant when many more will be put in opera
ton.
From this point we turned our course
south, travelling In that direction brought
us to Pensino's, and old Indian trader, To-
Gated upon the head waters of Stranger
creek. At this point there are several
| towns laid off; the timber being pretty
plenty and..th soil rich, make it a popular
part of the country. From Pensino's to
Salt creek the country is pretty densely set
tied, and extensive preparations are be-
ing made for farming purposes, by bull
ding houses and fencing. We stopped at
the store of NJ. p. Riveley, on Salt creek,
whom we found to be hospitable, gentle
manly BACHELOR, and it being, late we
accepted his proposition to stop and par
take of his hospitalities during the night.
Mr.. Riveley has been settled in Salt creek
valley about two years, has erected fine
dwelling and fenced In fam of forty acres.
Next morning we visited Mr.. James Rich,
and after taking horn of fine French
| brandy, which he was generous enough to
offer, us, we continued our journey down
the Salt creek valley to Kickapoo City, sit
uated two miles above Weston, upon the
opposite side of the Missouri river,
Kickapoo City is considerable village
for a new country, and from what we
could sec its citizens were possessed of con.
siderable spirit of improving. We saw
quite number of houses under process O
erection. 1t will doubtless make quite q
town. There we visited the sanctrun o.
the editors of the kansas Pioneer
| Mesrss. Sexton and Hazard. The Office
though not large, is both new and neat
! What we like most about the Office are the
pro-slavery principles which are ably adj
vocated by the editors.
From Kickapoo we travelled down the
Missouri river through heavily timbered
bottom to the Rialto Ferry, where we
crossed the river in fine steam ferryboat
We then turned our course for the CITY
of Weston, stopped at the st. George Ho
tel, kept by r. Pemberton, with whom W.
remained three days.
/ While In Weston we became acquain
ted with the junior editor of the PLAT.
1 Argus the senior being absent at the tim,
we visited the office. The ssArgus' i
contending for the right policy. We ais
met with one of the editors of the 'Reporte
, Mr.. III. Miles Moore whose acquaintanc,
we had the pleasure of making about on.
year ago, having spent several days togeth
er in the celebrated Brunswick convention
/ We also met the editors of the sKansa
. Herald Messrs. Eastin and Adams, tn
former of which we had become acauain
ted with previously; we are well please
to state that they are also right ON the Zoos