The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1858-03-19
Correspondence of the Day Book.
LETTER FROM KANSAS.
LsAvEawoarH CRY, h. T. March 7.

Say Dedr r:
A copy of the brisk little Dog Boo.,i you are
again driving the quill for, has been received
with great JOY, and hardly think can bot
ter express my acknow Judgments Of your
courteous remembrance of me than By send
ing you q genuine ''haasns letter."
Though but month or 80 resident Of til is
country, have seen good deal Of it. To a
stranger its flinsy ard make shift appearance
suggests the haste with which it passed from
ar unmarried prairie On the shores Of the 'rasd
hiSsOurI to its present importance. Latter
iy, suostantia! stTucturee Of brick and stone
are euperseding the shaky shantiss Of siingie
and 5cant,ing that frat sprung UP. But these
yet largely predominant, and serve, with the
helterskelter disorder of the streets, still fol-
lowing the original tracks of the squatters,
regardless of the paper plan. and still with
the stumps protruding TO tell one that he is
in the city Of yesterday. The settlers did not
wait for plotting or grading before building.
The consequence is that now, since leveliipg
down Of the principal streets has been under
taken, many houses are left high and dry
upon inaccessible precipices, and others with
their chimneys near the level Of tho earth,
While in their prcmiacuous disposition it is
hard to detect, especially in the suburbs, that
rectangular regularity Of avenues and streets
that the surveyor designed.
The social sentiment in this section Of the
universe is very queer. The ''era of good
feeling hasn't got along yet At present
there exists the biggest and worst kind of
loggerheads That long Heries of hostilit;es
and civil dissensions that have made Kansas
an 0ceidun'a, have left blight upon those
amenities and social harmonies 80 indigenous
to new country. While those under vices
that were or fitted during those early periods
when the refining influences of women were
not, as vet, have not been sloughed away
Bad whiskey ID still staple, and gaming of
eyery style prevalent.
Now, like an unthaukfil artist, have Civ
en- all the shadows first. The brighter fea-
lures are found in the facts 81 "a better recent
accession TO population; the great wealth Of
the adjacent soil; the superior commercial 10
cation; the contiguity Of q military post, and
the advantages of the large enterprises of
which it is the depot; the subsistence of civil
disorder, and the ambition of the people. For
the future of this city no one can have appre-
hension. Its increase and Improvement are
inevitable and must be as rapid as sure
Sp .cuation as trade once ceasing to be
profitable. our political portion fixed, and the
appliances of enlightenment and industry
brought to bear, no point in the West has
more OF PROMISE.
/ have just returned from drive So the
Fort. John took rnc out with those sorrely
In the summer, with the sumachs and papaws
in leaf and tho banks Of the river luxuriant
With herbage, the ride of three miles and
more must be charming. Fort Lesvenworth
is beautifully located upon ali elevated bluff
overlooking the river and the plains. To-day
with its throngs of laborers and cattle at
work, it's numerous so!diery enjoying the
sun and the southerly breeze in the open
grounds, and its assembiagc of white build
ings, it has an animated appearance.
Yours, DOUBLE +,