The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-06-12
v;si. 10 recuuseh

For the first time in something over two
and half years. we had occasion last
week to visit Tecumseh. When there
before, we found beautiful prairie, gently
sloping towards the Kansas river, greatly
elevated above that stream, with few
log cabins, one small brick store, and
preparations were making for the building
of a Court House. The brief period which
has interviewed shows us quite a popu-
lous town, with better character of i'm
provements than we have seen at any other
place in the Territory. We found a nice
brick Court House nearly finished, with
various offices completed therein for coun-
ty purposes. The stores and private res
licences were mostly of brick or stone, and
were quite numerous. The principal
hotel, kept by C. B. CLEMENTS, Esq, is a
large two story log structure. very well
finished and furnished, and is kept in ex-
cellent order.
Our business was of that character, and
our duties were SO pressing at home, that
we had no leisure to.call upon the many
friends of the Herald Of Freedom in that
locality while sojourning there; yet the
few moments left US were employed in
paying a visit to the south part of the
town, known as South Tecumseh, on
which the Tecumseh Female Seminary is
to be located. We were delighted with
this portion of the town, because of the
commanding view it furnished of the
country around, and the fine scenery visi-
BILE from this point.
We also visited the octagon residence of
DR.. HUsoN, who resides little distance
from the center of the town, and who only
needs to decorate his premises with trees,
and shrubbery, and trellised vines, to
realize our idea of a model home
Our esteemed friend, MI. 40oeLAND.
has some ten acres of land near the resi-
dence of DR.. Huson, on which he is also
erecting an octagon residence, bulls partly
of hewed and partly of rough stone, taken
from quarry upon his own premises
Mr.. H. has an educated and practical eye,
and will no doubt exhibit, in about FIVE
years, our idea of home alluded to above,
which will be worthy of himself and his
accomplished lady.
Prolonging our before breakfast walk,
we found ourself at the steam saw-mill,
where we found DR.. HUsoN, formerly a
professor in one of the best medical Col
leges in the East, engaged, like any other
laborer, in tending saw-mill. Realizing
the necessity of a productive employment.
he was "pitching inn with might and
main, looking forward to an early period
when his home would be all he could de-
sire; then, in the midst of his family, and
well-selected library, he, no doubt, ex-
poets to spend the balance of his days in
quiet.
Mr.. MARTIN has frst-class store, well
stored with goods, which showed evidences
that he was enjoying an extensive patron
age. The Odd Fellows occupy the second
story of his building. This has but just
been completed, and is certainly one of the
best rooms for such purposes we have seen
in the Territory. Mr.. M. has very COM
orta5le residence, and the best garden in
the Territory, from which he is already
gathering green peas, with which his table
was supplied when we dined with him.
Mr.. CAsTLEMAN is engaged in the mer-
camille business and has a large stock of
goods on hand, and if he is patronized ac-
cording to his merits, as we have no doubt
is the case, he is doing good business.
We had not time to visit the site of the
bridge, which is to be constructed at that
point. We observed, however, immense
quantities of stone which had been quar-
ried and delivered on the bank of the riv-
er for that purpose, many blocks of which,
of very large size, were cut in form and
ready to lay into the structure.
We can only express surprise at the sub
stantial progress which Tecumseh has
made during the last two years. Estab-
lished under Pro-Slavery auspices, it has
moved forward until the present, when
she occupies proud position as a mod
crate, conservative Free State town, with
hardly pro-slavery voter in it. Its GEN.
trail location commendS the place to the
people of Kansas, as fine point for in
vestments, and desirable point for the To-
cation of the State capital, if it should be
placed east of Manhattan and on the Kan
sas river.