The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1856-01-10
From tic Eufa"la (Ala.) Spirit Of tile South.
To Kansas Emigrants.

From tie Eufa"la (Ala.) Spirit Of tile South.
To Kansas Emigrants.
Numerous applicants to join my compa-
ny, having proroundcd very many questions
touching my plans, views, offers, time and
place Of rendezvous for starting, mode of
travel, outfit, &C., I, in this way, answer all
ut once.
lst. propose to take to Kansas as many
as '0iH go, who are old enough and strong
enough to perform light military duty, and
are likely to lie benefit to that country.
and without regard to whether they arc old
enough to vote or not and will take for
granted, that nearly all who 90 protesting
to be friends of the South, will prove such,
no matter where they were born, and birth
place shall be no objection. will go with
my number that offers, or comes to join
Inc. l have already over ninety applicants,
and DO not doubt being able to raise a
company, highly respectable, in poiut of
numbers. character and intelligence.
2d. What so far is the character of the
applicants, and who will takea" For the
most part, the applicants arc clever, honest,
poor, young men. from the country, with
out wife or children, and accustomed to
agricultural labor; and sucl. Iprefer. Be-
sides these, there are several young mer-
chants, clerks, mechanics, printers, editors,
one physician, and three young lawyers Of
fne education, character and intelligence.
Also, several married men who will leave
their families, and send for them after the
first year; and this is the best plan for men
with families for if We get there in March,
("s hope to do) it will be cold aud un-
comfortable for women and children to re-
main in tents till houses could bc built.
will, however, take entire families, women,
children and negroes.-Providcd, the pre-
emption claims of the father and larger
children will I've sufficient to indemnify me
for the expense, or if the father can pay the
dcficit-for example, father with wife,
ten children and five negroes applies,-say
there are two sons large enough to settle
of to themselves, and take their pre-emp-
ton or donation claims; and a wife, eight
children and five slaves not entitled to pre-
empions. l would charge the father and
two sons for transportation and subsistence
to Kansas, half their pre- emption claims,
or it they were entitled to donations in.
stead of pre.emptions to 1GO acres, each,
then' l would only require from each of
them fifty acres of their respective dona-
tons, and for transportation and subsistence
OF the wife and eight children, and five ne
groes, | would charge, say for the wife, fifty
dollars, for the female children over fifteen
years old, forty dollars each, for those be-
tween ten and fifteen, thirty dollars each,
tor those between five and ten, twenty dol
lars each, and for female children under five,
ten dollars each, male children and, slaves,
will take at onefifth less rates. !, And to
encourage the taking Of few slaves, for
the hrst one l would charge only half price.
10 payment, l will take pre-emption lands
Al three dollars per acre, or donation lands
at four. And besides, as there will be
private contributions reaching fro,ir five
hundred, to perhaps a. many ti.ousatia aoys
lars, to enable me to carry emigrants VIII
out any charge to them, will put on us
free list those who have families in prefer
ence to those who have none-so that all
things considered, think shall be able to
take all that apply, trusting to their pre-
emptions, and 70 private contributions to
indemnify me. II. |
8. "What inducements do 1 offer to me-
chanics, ministers, civil engineer, surveyors,
printers, agents, secretaries, &C., and what
to othenin OF the professions, and offices
above specified, We already have as many,
ss meet the exigencies of the expeditions.
and hereafter place them on no better foot,
ing than agricultural applicants, exoep. that
I would prefer them on the free list to ag-
riculturai applicants, for the reason that
they would not Sc 50 apt to obtain pre-
emptions or donations of land, as under
stand that TO- require actual residence on, !