New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-11-02
AFFAIRS IN KANSAS.
H,em ON Special Correspondent.

Mo, which is situated about mile and half from
the junction Of the Kansas river with the Missouri
and from the AWE rican hotel, where / write, can
SEQ the finely sloping heedlands Of Wyandot, in the
Wyandot reservation, Kansas Territory. Kansas
city, which is the farthest town up the Missouri,
On the right bank Of that river, is busnessloOk-
ing pace; but judging from the character Of thss
business, so fsz as we have observed it. n, incon-
siderable portion of il is transit trade into Kan
sas Territory, have learned that the Snest and
meet aval,fbs, land in the Territory lies south aud
west of tho Kansas river, and what ia Of as much
present importance that part Of the Territory will
be first N the market, and heace there is large
amount q transit business passing through this
place into SOut eastern Kansas The people here
eviderfy fatter themselves that this will be the
oUtlet. and Of course place of immense BUSINESS
bonce prices are asked for lots which accord much
mon with the rich aDticipatiOns than TIE appear
sfta, or present condition Of The place 1t is buil'
up1n the face of soping knoll or bluff some parts
OF which are very steep; in TACT all OF 1t Is steep
enough and the ground behind is very broken
The rock upon which the bluff rests does not pro
iect until about high water level aud at one place
spce of which is in keeping with its character.
There is also small piece OF nacadamlzed levee.
The town contains some eight hundred inhabitants,
is drty.loOkng and rather rough site for future
city; but have been informed that five thousand
Solsrs il asked for some of the lots here, which is
q great deal more than | would give for block,
even if felt inclined to speculate in that way The
slopes of the WyandOt reservation, which can be
seen offer far more suitable site, 80 far can be
Judged by the distance but there is abundance OF
sites along tie Kansas river, on both Of its banks
which will doubtless be more suitable for the
business Of South eastern Kansas, as IS suta
bic class of steamers are placed upon that river.
The hotel where am stopping is city respect
ably crowded, aud l am happy to zee good many
Eastern emigrsnts among the number. Most OF
them are from Massachusetts, and the Others from
the other New England States aud New York, and
nothing could be better refutatiOn Of the SANDERS
hurled at the New England emigrants than the ap-
pearance Of these people. ntelligent-looking,
quiet and bred, and well dressed, the fact that
such class of settlers are making it their home,
cannot but have the most happy effect upon the
future prosperity of the Territory. One bevy Of
interesting Yankee girls are with our party, and
some of them are quite pretty. The remainder of
the travelling public" here are Of more mon
sTe and uncertain cast. Most Of them Western
men, from different Staes-their politics, like their
destination, being buttoned up against public OBJ
seryation some of them speaking of the Free
State people, who are evidently and openly such
rs "Aboltionists"- throwing out vague and
mysterious sneers about AbOlitiOnsm e. morally,
in manner which shows that they are free from
all such abOminable heresies, and from everything
liable to be called by that name. / have heard
some such language dropped by men from Free
Western States but as it was invariably uttered
in the presence Of those Missouri magnates who
were decided champions Of the peculiar institu-
ton" could not help thinking that they were
peacemakers of the AFFECT type, and that their
eratuitous protesta lions were merely forced at
tempt at shibbOleth"
Since arriving have taken considerable trouble
o ascertain the result of the recent election. BY
the fret election called by the stringfellOw legis
lature, as the readers of THE TRIBUNE have doubt.
less learned before this tme-Wbitfed received
twtntythree hundred and twenty five votes. A
large part of this vote said to be thrown by
those temporary Missouri emigrants," who come
one day and 60 back the next, and who have
hitherto exercised such considerable regard for
fhe affairs of the Territory The Free-State men
did not vote at the first election, but waited for
the second, called by the people of Kansas who re-
pudiaed the usurpations of the StringfellOw legs-
ature. That election has been held but full returns
from il have not been received, though enough is
already known to give ex. Governor Reeder up
ward OF twenty eight hundred votes. There are
precincts vet to hesr from, mostly in the north
eastern part of the Territory, which will swell
Reeder's vote to three thousand, in all prObabil-
ity and perhaps number. l have seen one or two
private letters from that section to-day, and these
conveyed information of votes actually polled to
make nearly that much. In the northern part
every effort was made, by intimidation and other
wise, to keep the Free-State men from voting
The rumor TO which alluded in former letter
about the death of Reeder was merely an cleo
tioneering trick, and ii was well used, and, to-
gether with all the other difficulties in the way it
is no wonder that the Free-State men should have
stayed away from the polls-since to vote for
dead msn would not be of much use and although
the report proved to be false there had been a suf
fciency of antecedents of that kind to render it
at least probable On the day of the election
have learned that in some places black flags were
hosted, AID efforts made to keep the pells open
but as have received these reports from others l
defer remsrking upon them until have visited
the different points, when shall investigate every