The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-06-13
A New Paper.

We hail with pleasure the appear
ailce of the first number of The Kansas
Nelcs, published at Emporia, Kansas Ter
ritory, by P. B. PLUMB. Esq, late foreman
in the Herald Of Freedom Office. The
Ne,us is decidedly the handsomest prin-
ted paper in Kansas Territory, our own
of course excepted. The publisher states
that he is prepared with a complete as
sorsment of the newest styles of type,
borders, fourishes, cuts. cards, fancy
papers, eolored inks, bronze, &C., enabling
him to print circulars, cards, certificates
of stock, deeds, posters, and all other
kinds of iobbing in manner unsurpassed
in the country.
Less than three months ago, where
Emporia is now situated, the hand Of in
dustry had done nothing. The country
was wild and desoiate as it came from the
hand of the Creator. Now, how changed !?
The rudiments of city are there, and there
are stores, hotels and mills; and close
upon the heels of these is the printing
office with all the necessary convenlences
for doing the incest of work, mot surpass-
ed BY any other office in the country"
Truly this is fast age. We copy the
following item from :" The Kansas Net0s,"
which, by the way, we wish long life, and
an elongated subscription list. We had
almost neglected to mention that the
terms of subscription are 81 a year:
Emporia is situated between the
| Neosho and Cottonwood Creeks, six miles
above their junction. The streams at
this point are about four miles apart.
The town site is on an elevation,
about one hundred feet above the water
level of either stream. To the south
east the land slopes gently to the juno
| ton. To the West it gradually rises for
a distance of several miles. On the North
and South are large belts of the finest
timber, along the Neosho and Cottonwood,
while the various smaller streams empty
ing into them near this point, all we'll
timbered, serve to make it one of the best
timbered regions in Kansas. The valleys
of the Neosho and Cottonwood, and
their tributaries, are acknowledged by
all to be equal if not superior, as a farming
district, to any in Kansas. Coal and
building stone are found here in abund-
ance.
"Emporia was located in March last
About the first of April, the erection of a
large hotel was commenced by the town
company, which has Just been completed.
A commodious store house has just been
erected and filled with goods, and another
is in process of erection. A large saw and
grist mill, with lath and shingle machines
attached, is about being put up on the
town SITE Another large saw mill is in
process of construction one half mile
| distant. There is at present one saw mill
in operation near the junction, six miles
distant, which has furnished the lumber
used in the erection of the buildings now
on the town site.-There is also another
saw mill, eight miles above on the Cot
tonwood, which is in operation.
"No Intoxicating drinks are allowed to
be sold on the town site.
''The lots are one hundred and thirty
feet deep and fifty feet front, excepting
on the front streets. where they are but
twenty-five feet front. The principal
streets are one hundred feet broad-the
others eighty.
Building is progressing as fast as the
supply oflumbcr will admit, and as soon as
the mills now being constructed are put
into operation, the progress will be much
greater. Several stone buildings have
been contracted for, to be built this sum-
mer The country around here is fast
filling up with an energetic, industrious
and intelligent population, who will de-
velop the rich resources of this fertile
region, and make it the center of wealth
and intelligence