New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-09

svvpay the claimants asto their being aetuA
When all these lands are disposed u, il would seem
as though the market would be pretty. well glut1en;
but IL smigrants continue 10 pour in as tney are
now doing, more lands will be YET required. 1 look
forward to DE rapid extinguishment Of oil the In
dian titles, both in Kansas and in the Indian terri'
tory south Of IT, between it and Texas. Northern
farmers, who have been freezing up in Minnesota
and otber Arctic regions, and who push down into
the mild and genial climate Of Southern Kansas,
will be very apt to push still further where the vine
Yields its juices and the fg-tres its shade.
Poor Osawatanie seems doomed. whirwind
visited il about ten days ago, and prostrad several
buildincs-ainong the rest the he,lse Of o. G.
Brown whose house and furniture the Ruiiians
burned last year; also tie house of Mr.. Geer
up MY whose house and goods were also destroyed
last August by the invaders. l saw evidences of
the violence Of this tornado as | passed through
the woods along the Potawatamie-great trees be.
inc twisted and thrown about in a profusion and
manner perfectly amazing. To add to tn, misfor-
tunes of Osawat,mie the steam sawmill last
"wednesday night burned down, leaving the people
without lumber at time they most need it. The
loss Of the mill, believe, falls on the New England
Fmipr.nt Aid Company. Beside all this, the title
of the town is now in dispute. Was ever town 50
unfortunate Property in Lawrence is also flat
Tho titIe being claimed by several, Gov. Robinson
being one of them. The way this country is filling
q
cedeut and astOnishes even the Oldest Western in.
habitant At the East you probably hear less OF it
now than when the swarms were pouring up the MIS-
souri, but nevertheless they coming in by thou
sands overland l recently visited the Hyatt Col
opy. where claims are being taken up rapidly. NO
claim can now be taken within 81 miles OF that
town. Col Harvey, in selecting this town-slte,
has displayed great sagaclty 1t is in the very heart
Of Anderson County, and doubtless destined to be.
A.. .ountv coat I'm ia onp Of the beat
agricultural counties in the Territory. Timber,
coal. brown sandstone, limestone good water, &C.,
Give Col. Harve!'s settlement advantages over most
new towns Yesterday morning, at the breakfast
table. | was amused to hear the talk about new
towns. A man from LIE ROW on the Neosho, was
rather boosting the place, when stage'driver SIT
ting by remarked that he got mired in the very CEN
Ter of the town. the horse sinking dewn to his belly
The citizen Of lie Roy admitted that the river did
sometimes overflow the bottoms. You can't tell
ANYTHING about tOwn.site from the pretty maps
they get up. / have been vastly amazed to COM
prehend how a little 7x9 store, with about As. I'd.
worth of goods, can sell from $50 to $50 per day.
AT Osawatamie was told it was not uncommon for
800 or $500 worth to be sold in day out OF one
Of these little cribs and at Hyatt out of room Ger.
tapy not over II or 10 feet square, and seemingly
containing almost nothing, was credbly informed
that $50 per day was sold-in fact the stOrekeeper
WAS down sick with his constant labOrs Amerchant
with competent capital might do a large business
there with the Sacs and Foxes in the neigdborhOod
But let no man think to sell liquor in Hyatt. This
traffic is expressly prohibited, and the Colony EN-
masse have determined to fight the villain Alcohol
as last year they fought the ruttiany invaders OF
Kansas 49,
You know the circumstances under which this
settlement was made last Winter. The brave Eel.
lows have had hard time of it. trust their his
tory will some day be written. Last evening, to-
ward rundown, wandered along the banks of the
KaW here at Lawrence, with my brother, and
pointed out to him the dens and caves and holes IN
the earth where these poor fellows last Winter,
with the thermometer down to zero and below II,
huddled together to keep from freezing. Here they
were found abandoned to starvation and despair,
manfully struggling against an adverse fate. Men
who had perled their lives and fought CALAMITY In
defense Of the hottest Of causes-nen who from
their first entrance Kansas soil had gone lasting
and 6ghting-whO had covered themselves with
glOry-were here, on the banks OF Kansas River,
planning how to escape, The friends of the cause
at the East but little know the hardshps and sui
ferings Of these men, what grave interests were
depending and involved at the moment OF their re-
jiei by the agents of the National Kansas Commit
tee. They were saved to the cause; they were
saved to the soil; they have founded place in the
heart Of one of the finest regions in Kansas-a GEN.
ter where Free Thought aud Free Speech and Free
Men shall be forever found.
The CITY Council of LeavenwOrth resigned last
week, and week from to-day an election will be
held for others TO fill their places. See the result of
manifest destiny" and the almighty dollar"
put the two together because the last against the
olicarcbv, would not be sufficient to change their
policy: if so, all the northernmost Of the Slave
States would be Free in less than three years. The
bloodhounds here yield to manifest destiny" and
have given up the contest all but the bowling, so as
to die easy This being fixed, the conversions
caused by the =" almighty dollar" are rapid, anus
ing and extensive. One of the recent Council OF
Leayenworth, man said to be worth $3.50, 900,
confessed short time ago to friend of mlne tit
be had never been a Pro-Slavery man, although
elected by the bloody ruians whoess than one year
ago inaugurated at Leavenworth reign of terror.
This ex Councilman now confesses that he never
was ore Of their stripe, but drfted with the tide to
save his property and his life "And there, said
be, sis my brother.inaw, who owns three slaves,
and everybody from that circumstance imagines
that be is Pro-Slavery man. why, there is not a
better Free State man to-day in Kansas. AS for
myself, would sooner give $1,000 than have Kan.
sas a Slave State"
The crops 10 Kansas will be short tn.