New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-05-25
AN INTERESTING LITTER.
CATION TO EMIGRANTs- MODERATION ON THE
BoRDER-SANTA FE TRADk-BoGUs ELEC-


Correspondence Of the Chicago Tribune
CARBoNDALE, X. L, MAY H. 1857.
Allow me to preface this letter wit few words to
those who are yet coming to kanas. II should
sandwich remark for the benefit oithose who have
already visited Kansas this Spring and gone home
shreking and shiverng, loading the air with proca-
nations of their own folly and Speeding dislnay
among better and Drawer men, 1t hay make such
pioneers ashamed Of achievements wen so iercely
heroic as these. Firstly: let every nan who pur-
poses seeing Kansas this year, max up bis mind
firmly and concu.vely that he will md 10 mansions,
very few pianos, comparatively noting in the way
of carpets and general stagnaton the article OF
crinolne Let him take fond final looS at the gravel
walk and orchard which his grandpapa provided, and
especially let him procure daguereGpe OF that ad-
mirabe stone wall which closes IN his stubborn acres
Let him make up his mind TO eschew slth mxures as
butter the moment he gets west OF ST. Louis TASTE
Of this article, as il appears on the M!sson boa win
convey Ia his MUD "reminiscences OF gavanlc Datle-
res Leyden lars and other sclentihc St0nshule nus
which entered into his early education Ethim expect
when he reaches Kansas TO lind fulSled SAND par
in his stomach and general indications oi mays ms
will not hurt him. The water OF the MhSourl reSell-
tles tinciure of backyard, but IN the experience oil
this writer is entirely heahu and danages no one
who keeps il unmixed with the lava OF western par
rooms. Let our new pioneers come luIl pIcPaeu u"
sleep occasionally under the protecting ser OF lhe
stars. tent or covered wagon lUO miles ~esi oi he
Missouri River Injuries which any person VIII learn
10 appreciate. A genuine Kansas man tes many q
time made up his bed praule-grass u9i hiS sTIse
to his boot slept comfortably ana aweksu graIei1uy.
While he cheerfully resigns his own maiua's anu phi-
falo robe 10 the comfort of every stranger ne Smiles
at the regrets which arise from the memory oil me
maternal warming-pan. In brief, II you come 10
Kansas to make IA home, you must 60 l, NoIA anu
make II. II you come expecting 10 h1u II aie"u!
made, you will inevitably be disappointed ,.
The present Spring has been IN some respects us
astrous one for Kansas. When | reached the ie,Ii-
tory about month ago. the weather wa' sour 9s-
agreeable, and cherries. Vegetation WSS eon.snuing
sgainst desperate odds Of drouth and fost Inc H.
Gans asserting. with WY faces, shluss au oo-
iuIgatipns that within their aboriginal memories, no
month Of March or April had been so Ooislerous
rough. Many enthusiasts came up me h'er' Expect
ing 10 ind a ready-Inade Arcadia. 1hes iahdea al
Lesvenworth or Quindaro, hurried to the fireplace;
cursed the weather, retreRted TO the steamboat ana
negotiated passage 10 ST. Louis. mus COMES 'ha'
do not think Kansas has lost much oy these ueSer-
tions. The chief gamers have been 'ne stsamooa'
ewners and railroad companies and our 1anuIiaS 'or
pioneer honOTs have turned out chiefly illustrations vi
the existing between the fool shd ns money;
The KGAsas CITY Enterprise OF asst week contained
article commenting the manifesto VI M oeo'e-
taIy Stanton. Having taken some pans 20 a,cettan
the drift of public seq tmeut IN this iowa. was no'
surprised 20 lind this editor hating between TWO opin-
IONS, and finally deciding TO condemn MI Sanson on
no particular grounds The substances OF Ae n -
'eTPTsss article is that Mr.. STATION Dao Oeer n"h