The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-09-19
fro BE Continued
Kansas Correspondence.
KANSAS Falls, s miles west of ,
Fort Riley; Sent. 4

KANSAS, FALLS, s miles west of }
Fort Riley, Sept. 4. {
EDITORS HERALD OF FRBEboN-DE6f
SIRs:-Having been in the Territory since
April 1st, 1857, and being now one of the
s0Uereigns, you will not be surprised that
l should take some interest in Kansas af.
fairs; I mean its politics, its domestic in
stitutions, and all its sanitary regulations,
as we'll as its moral and religious aspects.
am not an interested partisan, but I am
one of those who feel that where inalien-
able rights are intruded upon we are bound
to resist the intrusion. This we owe to
ourselves as well as to rttr bosterity; and
If the powers that be are encroaching up-
on our privileges, we must be on the alert
TO turn back the tide of encr6acEment and
stand on our rights. The noble stand
which you have taken, and the conseryat-
ism you have maintained, while contume
~ has been heaped up5n y6,i; makes your
position an example to every we'll wisnei
of the country; and now that the cleo
ton is approaching it becomes us to watch
the movements and counter currents. for
we have reason to believe that the party
now in power will leave no opportuni-
ty unimpreEed to elect their candidates.
Let lis do the same, and If fair vote IS
taken, and we are beaten, let us submit,
but beaten we cannot be if we are united.
This is a new town west of the Fort,
the stock of which, | understand, is not
yet in market; but which is going forward
in progress and in its prospects. The pro-
prietors are putting up several large and
coii1nodious houses; and having mill in
operation they are making preparations
greatly to enlarge their operations next
Spring. Already the town has become of
some note in the neighborhood, and the
prOprietorS expect the stock of merchan-
disc to be so increased that the wants of
the whole country, from a cottonwood
board Or a barrel of pork to yard of tape,
can be had here at reasonable prices
This town is on the Kansas River, and is
surrounded by country not surpassed
anywhere for beauty and fertility. Many
families are settled around, and it is ex-
pected there will be large immigration
here this fall, and still greater in the spring.
For one hundred miles west of this place
the land continues good, and there is a
large supply of timber, and numerous
springs of fine water; and the whole as
pect OF the country, as well as its fertility,
is inviting the farmer who seeks the most
desirable place. To the west of us for
fifty miles there are already few settlers;
but nearly the whole country is open to
pre-emption, and if your Eastern friends
could realize the richness of the soil and
the ease with which tits titled, they would
come hither by hundreds. Much infer-
nation can be obtained of this town and
country by applying to Jas. E. Greenleai
& Co., Boston, Rice, Blaker & Eddy, Chi
cago, and of Simmons & Leadbeater, St
Louis.
Although the proprietors have a mil
here, and plenty of timber for present
purposes of building and finishing, yet
stone must become the material chiefly
used for this purpose. Stone is inexhaust.
ible, easily obtained, and comes out of the
quarries in blocks suitable for laying il
the walls; or If dressed stone are wanted
this is easily worked, and when dressed
it affords very hansome surface of a yel
lowish white color, and as it hardens by
exposure it must be very durable. Dana
in his history of the great West, has de
nominated this stone Kansas marble. /
is a concrete of lime, sand, flint and shells
and may we'll be denominated marble; bu
it works much easier than any other mar
bIe I have seen. a TRAVELLER.