The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-09-22
The 1tefaio Of Freedom.
G. w. BROWN, Editor.
Lawrence, Saturday, Sept. 22. 1855.
Kansas Operations in New York.

Lawrence, Saturday, Sept. p, 1855.
Kansas Operations in New York.
The N. Y. Kansas League have sent to
The new Territory about 3, ,0o0 in the past
eleven months, and have many more
preparing to go this year. They calcu-
late OH some thousands, in case political
affairs there take the favorable direction
expected, which the hair-brained oppo-
sers of freedom are believed to be now
serving by their violent measures.
The American Settlement Company
have founded very prosperous town in
a most advantageous locality-Couneil
City-where there are said to be about
fifteen hundred inhabitants, busily en-
gagged among their abundant crops on the
rolling prairie. They have long had
public and social worship established, a
free library founded, provision made for
Bible schools, steam saw-mill in opera
ton, several stores, and surprising
amount of goods passing in large and
frequent wagon trains on the Santa Fe
road. All the above results have been
seeured by the efforts of few indiyid-
.aals, without public support or notice,
and under great personal sacrifices. An
appeal has been circulated in New Eng
land, to raise S150, 900 for the Boston
Kansas Company, who long since ac-
knowledged the receipt of $82, 900. 1t
seems proper that the efforts and success
of the New York friends of Kansas
should not be entirely passed over with
out any notice whatever. They are
daily in active operation at No. 10
Broadway, doing noble public service
without means, aid or maintenance, and
will never give it ap till accomplished.
The Council City Banner is announced
TO be published inabout month.-inde-
pendent.
Weeonfess thai We reluctantly state the
facts in regard to this great imposition
which somebody Is practicing upon the
public; but tits duty we owe our read
ers to place the facts before them, and we
shall do it, leaving our columns open at
all times to any member of the Ameri-
can Settlement Company to correct US
who choose to do so.
How many pioneers have came to
Kansas under the auspices of that Com
pany. we have not the means Of knowing
or how many they will be able 10 send
this fall we cannot say but we do know
that they havp not founded prosperous
torn, as is represented, IN tie Territory |
neither are there | 500 or any other num- |
Der OF inhabitants within the limits of
the city. There is settlement of pio-
neers on claims around Council City,
but nothing ike the number represented |
as being within the city limits. We be-
ieve that religious worship and perhaps
a Sabbath school have been established
in the neighborhood; but there is no
saw mill no stores and no goods within
miles of there-saye -four and pork, and
probably few articles of groceries,
which are sold at sort of boarding
house, full half mile from the city SITE
The large and frequent wagon teams,
loaded with goods, passing to Santa Fe
are of but little or no account to any
place, as they are supplied with their
ewn necessaries, and will be until the
countryis better qualified for supplying
their wants, than is Kansas at the pres
ent time. We believe that some men
have made great pecuniary sacrifices to
build up this Company. aud are sorry |
that the purposes they had in view have
not been fulfilled.
We plead guilty to the trifling sacri-
fee of twenty dollars for the purpose of
aiding it; bat we look upon the Compa-
ny as it has been managed, as gross
outrage upon every stockholder who has
invested moneys in the enterprise. If
the agents desire. the particulars we will
furnish them, under oath, if they wish,
and instead of single witness, we will
bring scores, some of whom shall be
high officials of the Company who are
worthy of the fullest confidence of the
public.
There is no doubt that heavy bust |
ness is being carried on in New York.
selling lots at So a piece, but it is not
srue that the activity there Is doing any
thing towards building up great and
populous city, or even prosperous inland |
town in Kansas for We are finn IN the
belief that no man who is acquainted |
with the facts would invest dollar in
Improvements at the seat of this unlortu-
nate enterprise.
We are assured by a gentleman wor-
thy of full eredence who sets at our
shoulder while We write, who was in
Council City on the Cd day of August
last, that there was not log or stone,
neither had there been days labor ex
pended ON the city site towards building
tenements of any description up to that
date, and that it was with great difficulty
he was enabled to md the location of the
city, though he repeated inquired of per-
sons in its immediate vicinity Ne are
assured by others that no improvements
have been made since that period.
We ask the eastern press, which is dis
posed to do justice to Kansas. to lay these
facts before their readers. We hold our
self personally responsible for the facts
here published. People come here to
Kansas under the mistaken impression in
regard 10 facts, and on finding out the