Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-08-14
Nebraska Territory.

We find in the Richmond Examiner the join
tory of our country, of which many intelligent
people know nothing beyond its name-a Terrific
ry of which n sufficient portion lies within the lat-
tude of Pennsylvania to make two States rs large
as that great member of the confederacy.
Omaha, (N. IT, June.-Ths is probably the
first letter ever published in your valuable paper
from this distant, and, until lately, unknown land.
1t is written in reply to many letters received,
asking for correct information
There has been so much trouble, ''nose, and
confusion" about Kansas, that many persons in
Virginia and elsewhere seem to have lost sight
of the fact that there is such place rs Nebraska
Be it known that Nebraska has an area of 1885,
900 square miles, 224, 1000 acres; more than
five times as large rs Virginia, one ninth of the
whole territory of the United States that it is the
geographical centre of the United States that it is
washed by one of the largest rivers in the world,
and has steamboat navigation Of over 1000 miles;
that its fertility is unsurpassed if equalled, by
any other country on earth.
Corn, wheat, potatoes oats md hemp all grow
luxurianty, the cultivation of which readily yields
per hand from 81 900 to 200 per annum. The
hemp culture is more profitable thnn any other
crop raised in the United States. At this time in
Missouri the farmers are making from 500 to
800 to the hand from hemp, without materially
interfering with their corn and wheat crops Hor-
ses cattle, hogs, and sheep are raised Mt little or
no cost; all kinds of poultry do well; deer, wild
turkeys, prairie hens, &C., are abundant The
prairies are filled with strawberries, plums, goos-
berries, grapes and hazcnuts.
The climate cannot be surpassed for salubrity :;
it is dry and bracng, and the water is as pure as
can be found in the mountains of Virginia. The
winters are cold, but dry, never much snow; the
summers are short, the evenings and nights are
pleasant About o'clock every evening de-
liehtful breeze sets in from the Rocky Mountains,
which continues all night, rendering blanket to
sleep under pleasant. The country is rolling; no
stagnant pools of water, no malaria, and conse-
quently no fevers.
Every description Of mechanics find ready en-
ployment at from So to S5 per day There is no
danger of IN over supply. Beautiful towns and
cities are going up like magic; hundreds of the
most lovely town sites are to be found from the
Kansas river to the Yellow Stone, on the western
bank of the Missouri. All towns on the western
bank flourish, and are built more rapidly than on
the eastern bank, and for the reason thnt all the
produce raised west of the river must find its way
to the river for shipment. The Swiss system pre-
walls of the farmers living in towns instead of be-
Ing isolated on their farms This causes more So
ciability and accounts for the number and beauty
| of western towns and villages.
The present Governor is Mark W. lizard, Ken
tuckian by birth, but appointed from Arkansas,
where he has resided for many years and been q
leading Democrat. He is a man of excellent
judgment, honest and faithful in the discharge of
his official duties, a man of excellent moral char
| acter, and fine specimen of gentleman.
ha I,,,1to .,,X Xl,nh IF Tncf,n
Ferguson, of New York, (appointed from Michi-
gan y Brady, of Pennsylvania, (appointed from
Indiana j and Hardin, of Georgia-all men of
great ability, and would compare as jurists with
any of our Virginia judges. They are all men
of excellent morals and private worth.
The President, think, has been very fortunate
| in the selection of the officers named. Of the
minor officers it is not my purpose to speak, as
one Of them is your present correspondent.
The yexed question which has caused our twin
sister, Kansas, 80 much trouble, has been left by
the Legislature and the people where the organic
law placed 1t. There is no disposition on the part
of any one to agitate it; and any effort to do so
would at once be frowned down. Nothing will be
done with ehat question until we form State
Constitution, and even then it may be left where
it nav stands.
We have fine steamers almost every day from
st. Louis. The time required to come up the
river is from five to seven days-down, about three
days. We can travel from this place to Washing
ton city in less than six days, and at a cost of
loss than $780, The recent grant of lands to Iowa
will insure the making Of four railroads to our
Territory, and in less than three years the time
required to travel to New York will be less than
three days! Should Congress be as liberal to the
Territories as it has been to the States, we will
soon have the 'iron horse" on the western side of
the Missouri nnd on his march to the Pacific. 1t
is too late in the day to call ip question the wis
dom and policy Of those grants Of tho alternate
sections. The country is improved by them, and