The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-04-11


two hundred and fifty inhabitants.
FRANKLIN is four miles southeast o
]. Lawrence, and contains about one hun
dred inhabitants. 1t has a steam mill
TowNs ON THE Missouri RIVER.
; LEAvENwoRTH is the largest city il
, Kansas, containing about 5000 inhab
itants. 1t was the first town in the
, Territory on the Missouri river. Be
, sides the natural trade of emigration
, it also has the advantages of large
lgovefnment business with the interior
The military posts of the west, sup
piled from this point, and the gov
ernment contractors alone do the bus.
iness of thriving town, amounting
annually to million of dollars. 1t
was laid out on Indian land not open
to rreemption. The Leavenworth city
association was formed in June 1854,
by Maj. E. A. Ogden, U. S. A..
commanding at Fl. Leavenworth, II.
Miles Moore, DIR. Few, Oliver Defen-
dorf, Geo. Keller, James Barns, Judge
Dow, Bird, and others, numbering in
all thirty-two. The first sale of lots
was in Oct. 1854. The lots are "a
feet front by 125 feet deep. The streets
are numbered from the river back, first
second and third, as far back as sew
enth. The cross streets are named af
ter the various Indian tribes, in the
following order, commencing on the
south +; Choctaw, Cherokee, Delaware,
Shawnee, Seneca, Miami, Usage, Pot
tawatamie, Ottawa, Kickapoo, Kiowa,
Dacotoh. Pawnee and Cheyenne
The title is perfected by patent from
government.
The first number of the Kansas Week
iy Herald. pro slavery paper, was
issued on the sixteenth of September.
1854, by Messrs. Osborn & Adams !;
the former of whom was soon sue
ceeded by L. j. Eastin, the present
editor.
Leavenworth has FIVE hotels, thirteen
dry goods stores, five grocery stores,
five provision stores, five Forwarding
& Commission houses, four clothing
stores, three drug stores, two real es-
tate agents, thirty lawyers. twenty
physicians, four livery stables, three
furniture stores, three merchant tailors,
five blacksmith shops, five boot and
shoe makers shops, two saddle and
harness makers, three tin and stove
stores and nineteen drinking saloons.
There are six churches, belonging to as
many different denominations.
The second paper published in this
place was the Kansas Territorial Reg
lister, published by A. NJ. Sewer and
edited by Mark w. Delahay. 1t ap-
peared on the 10th of July 1855 1t
supported the Pierce Democracy; but
as the editor was opposed to illegal
voting pro slavery mob destroyed
the office and threw the type and press
into the river, December 22d. lS55.-I
Mr.. Delahay was obliged to leave the
place for his personal safety. Leav-
enworth has since earned for itself the
title of the bloody city, by the MUIR
der of Free State settlers. In June
1856, the Leaeeawortk Journal was is
sued by Goode & Co. 1t is a pro-
slavery paper and is now edited by j.
D. Henderson Esq. The Times, a new
Free State paper, has recently made its
appearance in that city. The forma-
ton of the island in the channel of
the river, opposite the town, is a seri-
Gus disadvantage, and in low water
prevents the landing of boats with
safety, and is also an obstruction to
the ferry.
WYANDorr, at the mouth of the
Kansas river, is a new town with
about one hundred inhabitants and
flattering prospects ahead. They have
large wharf boat for the aceommo-
dation of freight and passengers des-
tined for the interior of Kansas.
QU1NDARo is a new town romantic
ally situated four miles above Wyan-
dott, On the Missouri river. and shows
signs of enterprise and capital. 1t
has good landing. hotel, saw-mill
and warehouse, and contains about
one hundred inhabitants. The pro-
prietors are opening a road and bridg-
ing the streams to Lawrence.
DELAWARE CrrY is beautifully situ-
ated twenty-five miles above the mouth |
of the Kansas, with good steam
boat landing, steam ferry-boat, steam
mill, hotel. warehouses. stores. and
contains about $50 inhabitants.
FoRr LEAvEswoRTH, two miles
above Leavenworth city, is the United
States military Quitting post for the
country west of the Missouri. The
employs several hundred
wagons in transporting ammunition,
goods and provisions to the various
posts in the interior.
KIckaroo. FIVE miles above, has .