Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-05-08
THE CHRONICLE.
FRIDAY, MAY =, 1857.
WESTERN LETTERS.

IA matire Of BufTiOe Valley 'ceN hno,rn as a
Democrat, ,rhO has spent some eiSh or ten
years IN different Western States, rcrites TO his
brother in Le,ris5urg, n pirate Letter, from
trhich ue are perminedt 10 eytrqct he joLioming. ]
APRIL 9, 1857.
For myself, | intend to
locate in Missouri. She has as good soil
as any Western State, and more timber !;
her coal, iron, lead, and other minerals can
hardly be surpassed; she has 4 pavigable
stream through her entire center and the
Railroads now building tend largely to de-
ve.op these resources and to attract Eas-
tern men and capital Look at the victory
of the Emancipationists in ST. Louis City
and county, and see how long it will take
TO revolutionize the State, assisted as that
party is by the great Northern emigration,
especially from Iowa and Ohio, | have
not found pro-slavery man who did not
concede that slave labor is Improbable !;
yet their prejudices against the Yankees
Cor id Abolitionists" as they call them
are SO great that they will freely "bite
their own nose to spite their face" In
Northern Missouri, there has been and is
great advance in the price of lands.
As to Kansas, my greatest objection is
the scarcity Of timber, which all grows
near the waters. Every Indian man, wo-
man, and child is entitled to 200 acres of
land, which they have selected along the
streams, thus reserving the best of the
lands, and leaving the open prairies for
white settlers. Tie Indian reservations
cover large portion of the Territory and
the balance is to be sold to the highest
bidder for their benefit.
The soil through Kansas is good, and
parts of it beautiful limestone seems to
underlie it all and there appears to be
stones piled up for use along every ravine.
Kansas is well watered, and fine country
for raising stock.
But do not consider it safe to take pro.
perty there, now. 1t is true, everything
looks quiet but how long it will continue
thus, no man can tell. never saw such
bitter hatred as exists between the two
parties. All that is wanting to create dis
turbances, is for the pro-slavery party to
commence hostilities. The general feeling
among the free state men is, if any of their
own party commence war, to let them suf-
fer; but if the slave-state party commences,
to drive every man of them out of the Ter.
ritory. The trouble is, the proslavery
party have the law, or the semblance Of
law, on their side; while the free-statc
men contend that the legislature and laws
are all bogus. These latter have never
given in their property to the slave party
assessors, and refuse to pay taxes Some,
in pro slavery districts, it is true, are com.
PEELED to pay; but in the free state dis
tricts, shsriffs can not sell property for tax
or debt, for the reason that no man dare
bid
In my opinion, if Gcary had been re.
appointed, and backed by the administra-
t'on and troops, all difficulties might have
been avoided. Both parties give him Gre
dit for having done the bes. he could un.
der the circumstances. As matters now
stand, it will take young Jackson, and
nothing less, to keep things straight.
The free state men have large major.
l'y, and it is increasing at least one hun
dEed a day; yet the election to be held
on the 18th june will result in the cleo.
ZION OF pro-slavery Delegates, for the free
s'a's men don't intend to vote, because
IT., ,uey doa't consider the law a legal one.
Inc Consequence will be, there will be q
iio-slavery State Constitution formed,
"niea-without being submitted to the
people for their approval-will be sent to
congress; whether Congress will sanction
IT. remains to be seen.
\ few days before went into the Ter
H''Ty' the last Free State prisoners cscar.