, 1855-04-21

PANAMA RAILRoAD.-The programme for
the opening Of the Panama railroad will
include the laying of the corner stone of o
monument in honor of the original pro-
iiectors of the railroad, Messrs. Aspinwall,
Chancey, and the late John L. Stephens,
which is to be erected at the summit an
excursion on the Pacific, with banquet
breakfast at Aspinwall, and ball at
Panama.
On Friday we received, about one o'clock
in the morning, the details Of the opening
of the Panama railroad. and they were set
up and inserted in our columns notwith-
standing the late hour, though they filed a
whole page. By this means hundreds Of
thousands of persons are made acquainted
with the existence and value of the road.
We mention this fact because it is in ac-
cordance with the publicity which the press
and the press alone-has given to the
affairs of that road, from the time that it
was crude idea. A press so sustaining
such an enterprise, according to the usual
forms of comfy, not to say Of justice, de-
served to be sgnalized at the great cele4
bratiOn in question. If not mentioned as
one Of the pioneers of the enterprise
and il was the pioneer-it should have at
least been recognized in the regular toasfs;
but it was wholly omitted. The stereo.
typed suobs who prepared the toasts gave
the stereotyped sentiments about governors,
presidents, legislature, frst-the usual Of
fetal red-tape stuf-then th. pioneers Of
the enterprise" the press not included,
were given then the army and navy
then some personal tOasts, and so closed
the regulars" Mr.. Sandford, of the
Journal of Commerce, however, being spied
out as one Of the company, THE Press"
was then given as volunteer but, In re-
spending, Mr. Sandford seems 10 Us to
have made an oversight in not resenting
the omission from the regular proceedings
of that institution to which the road owes
its being.-N Y. Tribune.
From Through the kindness
Of friend in Lawrence, Kansas, We have
received the Kansas Herald of Freedom Of
Feb. 10. From its columns we collate the
following items of news: af .fnsl
An organization had been formed in
Lawrence, called the KanZas Free State
Society, the object of which is union Of
effort for the purpose Of securing Kansas
as free State, by means Of public and
private effort, lectures under the direction
Of the Executive Committee, the circuIa-
ton Of tracts aud papers, as well as the
encouragement Of individual effort. Three
agents have been appointed to Canvass the
territory. 1-sliai y 'lqcsg
The editor of the Herald Of Freedom
feels greatly aggrieyed at the reports which
have been published at the East in regard
to the weather in the new Territory To
disprove these statements he publishes q
synopsis Of the range Of the Thermometer
during the winter months thus far. Dur
ing the month Of December the thermome-
ter ranged from deg. ON the 5th, to 10
deg. on the Both. 1t ranged at or below
the freezing point at / p. NJ, six days,
above so deg. at p. NJ. nineteen days.
Little or no snow or rain fell during the
month. The mean range for the month Of
January was 81 l-2 n'a'si b ~ '7-a ~
The Springfield Reph5lican publishes tiic
following extract Of a letter written BY Mr.
j. H. Miller, Of Lawrence, Kansas, to lis
friends in Ashland: -
"The soil of Kansas, so fur as / have
been able TO see, is Of very dark color
most of it black, aud very rich, capable Of
yielding almost any amount Of crop that
may lie put in it, excepting the first. year it
is broken up, when, am told, il will pro
duce abont half a crop, say from 80 to 40
bushels of corn per acre, while the second
year it will produce from 10 to 80 bushels
per acre; and this is done simply by the
plow and cultivator, no hoe being used, the
inhabitants declaring that hoe has no
business in the field AN other crops are
cultivated with equal success. Fruit trees
will grow and bear-the peach 10 two or
three years, the apple in four or Eve. II
is altogether the best soil for cultivation
ever beheld. ~
As to the raising Of all kinds Of cattle,
there is perhaps no country in the world
that will equal it, The climate Of Kansas
has not, l believe, Us equal In the known
world; nearly all who conc here tend 10
corpulency. They all say they weigh from
ten to thirty pounds more Al the present
than when they first cane 10 kanaaA
A meeting had beea hsh - DuuglaaA
ut which srries 9f Eussiuiiaua urss panuA.
denouncing the 'schsszr- q ~
company in Massarhuse .
seize the fairrst porter
make KnnSas q white
the labor Of white slsV-
that latitude, o. tkey :
generate, and have not ~
the blacks, who are aioss ea1.-.-
ducing the staples Of The esuliIy' Aiss
olution to serve the Laurcnrs As--asllas
as were the Mcrmons Was rsjrcisa
SALE or THE WEnsTrE fAnn-Ihs =.
Ii. Patriot states that tho farm. elnbf.sing
500 acres of land. stock. tools. buildlngs
and furniture on the estate Of the late Hou.