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The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-04-25
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Crescent HILL, Kansas,
Sd mouth 9th. 1851.

FRIEND BRogN:-Permit me, thrO'
the Herald, to announce to the world,
and the rest of mankind, the location
of-not city-Rot a town: for Kan
sas already has an ample supply of
these, at least in embryo. What then?
1t is an educational village. One OF
the finest sites In Southern Kansas
has been selected for the purpose of
building up superior school, and. per-
haps, In course of time, college. 1t
is on the summit of Crescent Hill, three
miles south of 0sawatomie, and near
the 3Sth parallel of latitude. This
Hill is naturally an attractive spot
1t can be seen to great distance, and
always attracts the eye of the stran-
ger. The Hill lies In the form of
semi circle, opening TO the north; the
area is covered with heavy growth of
excellent timber. The summit affords
one of the finest aud most extensive
views in Kansas. An excellent spring
of water is near the site, and If there
is healthy point in Southern Kansas,
it must be here. There is about square
mile of timber in tue immediate VI
cinity. Stone Is abundant, and it is
believed that coal and other minerals
abound in the neighborhood. A set
tlement is rapidly forming in the vicin-
ity, on the beautiful aud fertile prai-
ries. Being nearly midway between
the Pot)wa,smie aud Middle Greeks.
an ample supply of timber can be OBJ
tanned. The settlers are among the
best, number of whom are Friends.
There is here felt a serious want of
trade, and education for the accommo-
dation of the eiShborhood. To meet
this want, village has been projected
on very liberal scale, in any wise
for speculation, but rather of benev-
olent character. Every lot will con-
tain at least half an acre, and a provi-
so will be inserted IN every deed of
conveyance. positively prohibiting the
sale of all Intoxicating liquors for 9TH
er than medicinal or mechanical uses.
What we want first, and we want
them Immediately. are general yari-
ETY. store, blacksmith, shoe maker,
and such other mechanical trades as
the wants OF the neighborhood require.
These will form nucleus around
which to build up an excellent school,
places of worship, DC.
While it is earnestly desired to cul-
tivate the stricteSt moraii. Y, preference
viii be given to no religious sect
Here, then, is an enticing field for
the man of retired habits, as well as
for him who wishes to bring up fam
lily of children away from the noise
and corrupting influences of more pop
ulous towns. The vicinity of the vii
lage affords some OF the finest sites in
Kansas for private country dwellings,
and admirably adapted to the cultiva
tion of fruit of all kinds which the eli
| mate viii produce. The place will he
known by the nama of Crescent RH,
till better one is found.
For further information. send to the
undersigned, at Osawatomie, Kansas
Territory.
RICHARD MFNDENUAIJ,
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-04-25
Oar oxn M,,.sr.

On our return from the East, We
found our table aud copy-drawer liter
ally loaded down and filed up with
communications, proceedings of pub
lie meetings. dc. We have stepped
aside as much as possible, to make
room for these, but We see no hope of
getting through. The proceedings OF
meetings we shall lay aside entirely,
as too cid for publication; and cores
pondentS. we must request to hold
back their favors for time until we
can have eur say. Advertisers are
crowdinS upon rs rather hard, because
Of our very large cireniation, and the
low terns Of advertising. We pur-
pose increasing cur advertising rates
to new pssFons, and hereafter shall re-
quire from all persons. payment strict
D. in advance. We haze smaller type
in which our advertisements win be
set afisr > few weeks. which viii en-
able rs to giye the same amount OF
matter IN less space.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-04-25

food for themselves, and they n..,. !.
for those who are coming in, and ~ y
will need it for all the season to a.
until they can raise more.
Missouri finds Kansas good n.;,
Dor, and had rather sell her food Is 81
send her soldiers. But Nilsson; =. =
not supply The demand. Our hon. :
from the more eastern States IN; :
nois, Indiana, Ohio Michigan u:
consin and. Iowa can send their e.
plies this way. and pour ont ,Si:.
swelling millions. Store houses !.
Kansas city, Wyandott, Quind.;,s
Leavenworth, and Lawrence, are resS
to receive it, and scatter it amono n
people. Let the wants of Kansss }.
supplied, and the cause of Freedo~
maintained by furnishing this food :.
her needy sons and daughters.
As ever, for God and Humasitv
MONEKA
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-04-25
7 he u. per Neo 3ho.

During our late tour East, we fell
in with pamphlet entitled History
and Map of Kansas" &C., published
by Walter B. Sloane, of Chicago. 1t
was written too long ago to possess
much value nov. We find on page
twenty-six of the work, the following
in regard to the upper Ncosho, to
which region we have been directing
emigration. Council Grove is from
fifteen to eighteen miles higher up on
the Neosho than Emporia -
Council Grove, an old trading
post on the Santa Fe road, is situated
in the midst of this fine country we
have just described. Not much of a
village, to be sure; but it contains
some log cabins, and the Methodist
mission house, or school for the Kaw
Indians. This place, or some other mol
far from 1t, must eventually become a
town of considerable Importance be-
cause the very fine country about, will
soon be thiekly settled, and require a
place for marketing the farmers pro-
duce, and purchasing the necessaries
for family. 1t may become some
thing of depot for the Santa Fe
traders and travellers. Here we pass
one of the last outposts of civilization
A long and monotonous journey from
here is before the voyager toward New
Mexico and California"
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-04-25
fERMs-sa.so rrs .ssux. IL ADr.sC
On the Wrong Track

The n. Y. Tsmss seems to think our
Topeka Constitution dead, and bey ond
the hope Of resurrection. In this the
editor errs Our hope Of making Kan
sas free State is partly eentered in
that Constitution. When the pro-
slavery party sends their Constitution
to Congress, we expect to send ours
there-ths one formed by the actual,
bona .fds residents of the Territory
We sxpec. in memorial, signed by a
large majority of all the legal voters
10 the Territory. to show the frauds
and violence which has characterized
the past Legislation of Kansas /; show
how the bogus Legislature was i'm
posed upon us; show the infamous
code they have enacted for our en-;
slayement the late Constitutional
Convention movement the designs Of
the leaders in that movement, and the
vilianous schemes connected and art
fully carried out, to engraft a pro-sla-
very Constitution upon the people, in
opposition to the will Of nine-tenths
of the entire population We intend
to show that the citizens of the Terri
tory took no part in that election, and
that their hands are clear of all con-
nection with the bogus Constitution
that among the other reasons We stool
aloof from the electiop, was the fact
that Douglas. Tombs, and the entire
party now in power. had assumed the
position that an enabling act must be
passed by Congress, before the people
of Territory had right to form a
State Constitution that knowing
Congress had vested no such right in
the Territorial Legislature, it was
usurped authority on their part. and
something we could not recognize.
We will close by asking Congress to
pass law submitting both of these
Constitutions, after the same shall
have been published three months in
all the papers of the Territory, to the
sctual voters of the Territory, after
throwing suitable guards around the
ballot-box. and allow the PEOPLE to
decide for themselves which of the two
they want. and which ever isssdopted.
to that we will submit.
To this end our State Constitution
must be preserved in tact. and no gen.
uine Free State man will throw any
obstacle in the way of keeping up
the organization neither will he allow
that organization to be disturbed in
the future by the officious interference
70 irresponsible persons. who have
no authority in such matters.
We hope the Times will correct its
position, and place the people of Kan
sas again right upon the record.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-04-25
Be Guarded.

Among the mass of emigration to
Kansas. has come the pickpocket, the
thief and~burglar. But few days
elapse but we hear of some case OF
this character. Strangers seem to be
in the greatest danger from these vii
lains, and yet no class Of our popula-
tion is safe from their depredations.
By an advertisement in another col
umn it will be seen that JOHN MACK
was robbed few nights ago of S400.
We are in favor of making an exam
pie of the first case of this character
which comes to the knowledge of our
people, in which the proof is positive,
and hang the person to the nearest
tree la VicksJurg. When labor
will command two dollars a day there
can be no extenuating circumstances
which can ever palate the crime OF
thieving.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-04-25
MENDENHALL.
Food 1or Kansas.
MoxEhA, April %, '57

MoNEAA, April %, 81.
FRIEND BRowN:-In your last issue.
April 18th you stated that "from
1,500'to 1000 persons are now enter
ing Kansas daily" and from my own
observation, | think this is not an over
estimate. If they continue to
come at this rate little longer, it will
not make much difference who is Gov
ernor. But the most serious question
with US is, will they remain? We
know that high winds. nor April hail
storms, nor leaden hail-stones cannot
drive them ont. but can they be fed2
That's the question; and to us. the on
ly serious question.
Scarcity ofprovisions is now the only
real difficulty ia securing the triumph
of Freedom in Kansas.
In passing from Linn county to
Lawrence. ] could not get corn enough
10 iced my horse for distance of 45
miles. The little there was in the
country. was most carefully husband
ell for planting, and this it is 10 be
feared will fall far short of the gene
raj demand.
a man from the Neosho country
and along the Cottonwood, states that
there Is great scarcity along iho-e iv-
ers. OF the farmers for distance Of
Is or 20 miles, only one of them had
sufficient corn for seed.
The counties of Missouri along the
borders are suffering the same priva-
tions. ana from the same c1use, viz:
the war. So that there would be a
scarcity in the TerGtory though no
emigration was expected. But with
the '.tlreatened invdsion,' to which
your figures alluded, this scarcity will
arise to great necessity unless imme-
diate supplies are obtained.
| But added to this, still, is the fact
that overland emigration is just be-
ginning to arrive. The roads are fill
ed with teams of cattle and horses for
breaking prairie, pIowing and farming
purposes-jast what Kansas needs.
and just what will make the settlers
Independent. But owing to the back
wardness of the spring, the grass is
not sufficient for them. But these
teams cannot live and labor without
food.
| Think, now, of 1900 or 1000 per-
sons coming daily into the Territory
when there was q scarcity for those
lin before, and say If something must
not be done speedily; otherwise. have
we not reason to fear that the tide.
wave of Freedom now sweeping to-
wards Kansas, viii set back to tht
States and leave the shores desolate
to slavery?
| Horace Greeley in recent letter
from Iowa city, says: "Spring whea
is selling here at 65 to go cents. and
is produced in abundance. Indiar
corn is worth 80 cents per bushel, bn
this is extraordinary. Meat range
from 20 to 40 per cent. below the pri
ees current in New York"
According to the Patent Office Re
port there are at least q bundled mil
lions of bushels of grain in this conn.
try, over and above what is necessary
to supply the wants of the people,
/ The country has the food and Kansas
has the people, and now they must be
got together.
i The wants of Kansas must be sup
piled. There is plenty of wheat and
corr. an -four and meal, and potatoes
lin the land, and railroads and sieam'
boats to bring them, and money enougl
Ito pay the expenses. The settlers nsse
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-04-25

HYATT. K. T.. March 2. 81.
G. W. BRowN-DEAR SIR:-We
avail ourselves of the opportunity oi
addressing you a few lines on o sub.
iect very painful to us indeed, bui
however painful it may be. we deem
it a duty as law abiding citizen 70
request Of you the favor of express
ing through the columns of your p''
per the name of Charles ii. Calklns
who has been indirectly attached %
MS. as a member. but who now stands
expelled from the colony for the res
son that he has degraded himself e}
stealing 8 horse, for which be has been
expelled, as we do not desire to %
implicated in the acts of seoundreis'
bat are ready at any time to assist ID
bringing them to justice.
J. A. HARVEY.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-04-25
Correction.
LAWRENCE, EAssAs,l
March II. 1851.

Mn. BRowE:-In your Editorial
Jottings," from tour in the EeoshO
country. you speak of coming to
town called Neosho City having besp
laid out by party of pro-slavery
men. Thinking that it might mislssd
the unwary. and give the wrong i'm
preston about our town, laid out by
a party of Free State men. some ~
miles below the one referred to called
Neosho City. / would. on the part oil
the Neosho City Association. askyou
to make, in your next issue, the prop
er correction, so the article win cast
no reflection onths present Free Stsis
town, { Neosho City as the name was
given to our town knowing that tho
other had been abandaned.
Yours respectfully, &.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-04-25
Railrcai 70 Kansas,

A public meeting was lately held at
Bedford. Taylor county, Iowa, to take
into consideration the propriety and
feasibility of a railroad Though that
region, from Des Moines to Kansas,
by the way of St. Joseph, Mo. JOEL
WALKER. Esq, presided, and EDWIN
HoUcK officiated as Secretary. The
meeting was large. and participated in
by the leading people in that locality.
They resolved to raise fund of $500
to prosecute the movement. Z. HoUCK,
DOUGLAS DALE and P. j. Cox, were
appointed committee to csnfer with
persons along the route. The move
ment is good one, and it should re.
caive the hearty cooperation of the
people of Kansas sa far as practicable
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-04-25
ce,aus of p.u=I.s cou ty.

We find in the last Lecompton
Union report of the Census for Doug
las County. We know nothing about
the townships, but the idea that there
is but 1868 inhabitants in the Ter
litory embraced within the limits
of Douglas Cou N.Y." is simply
ridiculous. On tha 1st day of
April, the day provided for enumerat-
ing the inhabitants, there were more
that 1000 persons in the city of Law
renee alone, and yet this embraces but
small portion of the entire popula-
tion of the county. Nearly every claim
is occupied. generally with families.
There are fourteen towns, and eonse-
quently, 2,016 quarter-sections. Al
lowing that each is occupied by but
three persons, and we have a popula-
ton of over 5000 in the county. But
We have Lawrence with its 1000 in
I.habitants. Lecompton with its 500,
Franklin, Blanton, Palmyra, Bloom
ington. Prairie City, Centropolis, and
half dozen other towns of still lesser
note in the county, and yet the She
riff reports but 1869 inhabitants in
the county. This is a specimen of the
fairness which characterizes the officers
charged with the election for framing
the Constitution for the State of Kan
sas. 1t is said there is a way of get
ting the list corrected. Can nine
tenths of the population Of a populous
district visit Lecompton in person. to
get corrections made ? 1t is like all
Judea going up to Jerusalem annually
to be taxed-rather an expensive mat
ter to those who have the labor to per-
form. Here is the article as we copy
from the Union -
awe are indebted to the politeness
of our young and energetic Sheriff,
SAM. 3. FORD, Esq, for the full re-
turns of this county, taken under the
Census Bill passed at the late ses-
sion of the Legislature
Lecompton Toacnship.-Number of
voters, 53o heads of families, 264 /;
number of males, SIS; number OF
females, 538; totvl population, 1856.
=" WakdruSa Township.-Number of
voters, ,~37I; heads of families, 179 !;
numbar of males, COS /; number of fe-
males. Ala total population, l,0l9.
4" Calhoun Township Number Of
voters, 137 /; heads OF families, Il:
number of males, 240 /; number Of fe-
males. 159; total population, 59l.
| !" Washington 1ownship.-Number
of voters, z53 heads of families, Ill;
number of males, 525 number of fe-
males, 3TS; total population, 903.
/" We annex the sum total of the
county as follows: number of voters,
1896 heads of families, 685; males,
2, 1SS females, 1,48l total, $685.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-04-25
Acting Governor.

We give in another place, the ad-
dress of Acting Governor STANTON to
the people of Kansas. 1t will be read
with great interest, as foreshadowiDg
the policy ofthe new administration.
He endorses the acts of the bogusLeg-
islature, and especially recognizes the
Territorial actw hich provides for as
senbling a Convention to form State
Constitution" Het hinksthe Conyen-
ton will make some provision for sub"
mittiag the question OF freedom or sia-
very to the bona tide residents BY vote.
The new Governors idea OF a gen
eral amnesty comes too late. Free
State men have been imprisoned and
punished for defending their homes,
while those guilty of all manner Of ex-
ccsses against the Free State settlers,
are still at large. Give US new judges,
who will discard the partizan charac-
ter, and who viii administer justice
between all parties. and we Will ask
for no general amnesty"
Governor Stanton's address indi-
Gates that he has an honest desire to
see justice done in Kansas. The
month allowed him, in which to ad-
minister the affairs of the Territory,
gives him good opportunity to dis
tinguish himself in the way of correct
ing abuses. and We are not without
hope that he will do it. A fair and
impartial policy abops party, is what
the people of Kansas desire. and the
course they are told the new officers
intend to uursre
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-04-25
Lead ore.

We have on our table a chunk oi
lead ore. which was picked up near
Grasshopper Falls, as rich as can be
found at Galena or elsewhere. We
are assured there is an abundance of
it in the neighborhood of equally good
quality.
We are informed, also, that there
are plenty of claims to be taken near
there. There is no part of the Terri
tory more desirable. LeGuenportt
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-04-25
re- unfortunate affair occur,

re- An unfortunate affair occurred
at the NolaIid House in independence,
on Tuesday last. between Col. Moore,
of this place, and Col. James Chiles,
of this county. We have not heard
the particulars minutely in reference
to this affair, except that a dispute
arose-a collision took place and that
Moore was killed. Chiles is now un-
dergoing an examination, the result OF
which is not known.-Kansos Cav
Enterprise.
Both of the above individuals have
figured conspicuously in our Kansas
troubles. For want of a common en-.
emy to fight. they have commenced on
each other. Chaes is probably the
person who nearly murdered Rev. Dir.
CLARK, some two years ago, on the
Missouri river. We are opposed tc
the death penalty, but have frequently
thought. during the last year, thai
some of the disturbers of the public
peace along the border, might have
their necks elongated little without
any particular detriment to the public
veal.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-04-25
CaI1 Weather East.

It is not in Kansas only that severe
cold weather has been experienced in
April. The Conneantville Pa. Cou-
rier, of the 9Th inst. says
."On Saturday night and Sunday
last. continuous rain gave promise OF
spring; but on Sunday night old Bo-
reas piped his horn anew; the wind
whistled, the snow few, and the storms
of March were completely outdone.-
Monday and Tuesday were IS bleak
winter days as We have ever seen In
spring TINE"
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-04-25
An Error.

j. i. CHAPMAN, in the last Leayen-
worth Times, has committed a gross
blunder in representing that the Herald
Of Freedom has said at any time that
the Delaware Trust Lands were nearly
all disposed of, and what was not sold
was settled upon. We could not have
made the assertion, for we know no-
thing about<it, and have had no occa-
sion to speak on the subject. We de-
sign to state nothing but what we be-
lieve to be the tru th, and when any arti-
icls appears in our paper varying a
part Gle from facts, it will be received
as a special favor from any oneto point
out our errors, and we shall be happy
to make corrections. Mr. c. repre-
sents there are thousands of claims
untouched on these lands. If so, we
hope that some of our friends will go
forward and occupy them. They can
get titles as soon as the sales take
place, if they do SO.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-04-25
Ks g 3 S,gr.

We are indebted to our esteemed
friend. LIE GRAND B. CUsHaAs, oil
Moneka. Kansas T.. for a COOL sized
cake OF maple sugar, manufactured in
the vicinity, by free State Missou-
rian. Maple sugar is q rarety in the
west. and there are but few points
where it can be manufactured in Kan
sas. Our friend Cushman has our
thanks for the sugar.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-04-25

Reader, is your watch out of re-
pair? Call on E. L. FRAzER, at
Woodward d Finley's Drug Store,
and have it repaired. Mr. F. has two
journeymen constantly employed. and
jet he is unable to keep up with his
work, so rapid has business increased
on his hands. Those who have en-
ployed him. pronounce him good
workman.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-04-25
~ just publisbed at the Harol,

S just published at the Herald
of Freedom office, and for sale at one
dime each, notes of ga Tour to the
Neosho and Cottonwood, with valna-
BILE information TO Emigrants; also
several miscellaneous articles, and the
land Office circular, relating to pre-
emptions.''
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-04-25

Rcash in advance viii be re-
quired from advertisers from this time
forth. Our columns are crowded, and
we can only make room for nav ad-
vertiseHsnss By erovding others eu1
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-04-25

E The reader will observe that
the place of sale of the Delaware
Trust Lands has been chsnged from
Lecomptoa 70 osaFkss.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-04-25

ZWe are happy to state that 5
book bindery, and blank book manu-
factory will be opened in this city ms
few weeks. The machinery Is probably
on the ray now from the East.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-04-25

E A Pressmsn and two compost
tors wanted Immediately at this once
The Best Of wases givea.