The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-02-23

Lawrence from becoming heap Of ashes and the border
counties Of Missouri from seahy ncurs,ons OF repne
and murder secured life and property got some tall
In ALI not one drop Of blood has been she'd Neither
have heard of private mlscouduct except the sin
gle in which sour Special Correspondent" Of the
Tribune charged them with stealing free State haos and
pigs but bis character for truth and veracity we'll
known to require comment Corporal Trim would
probably have LETT him the feathers II he could
have secured him eligible situation 1.-THE troous
unwecome or wrongly here let gentlemen ascribe il
to the true causeno the enforcement OF slavery which
Ii simply and wholly untrue-but TO the trckery of un
scrupuioas demagogues At home and abroad
the troops have e g yet are fortunately too clean for
partisan a,S defamation 70 touch They have had nothing
plain duty ~ faufuly as any other body could have
done Render unto CGsar this things tina. are Cssar's
entitled 70 sympathy and consideration the gentlemen
nom Africa Al present the troops all at Fort Lea
ss1y :ss ss Of The Fourth
ing the public money and records Of squaters claims .,
In former letter am made TO say the uskst Is wild
at forty yards The PRIMER will please do the justice
to add CIPHER it's nothing TO him but something 70
n least the difference between forty and four hundred
LAWRENCE, x. T., Feb. Is, 1868.
Tie Sldpes in the 7errory-7heir Condition, Number and
Locdtiow-7he Climate Of Ka~sas- 7hemomefyIoal To-
Die, dc.
The number OF slaves Kansas three hundred
have been unable to ascertain what properties or them
males, females, children They chiefly 10.
Gated In the border counties along the Missouri rver
there few however, At Lecompton and Fort Scott
The interior and western counties almost entirely
devoid of slaves The prosavery menfrom Missouri and
the Southern States generally settled along the Missouri
river, on the central and northern longitudinal lines Of
Kansas and is there the slaves chiefly located The
town Of Doniphau probably contains larger number of
them than any other in the Territory Judge Gilmore Of
Lecomptou, owns twelve slaves and a. p. Johnson who
resides on the Stranger Leavenworth county six
teen-the largest number held by any man the Terri
tory. Besides the slaves there about hundred
colored persons in Kansas who are Free
We have had little or no cold weather this winter The
slaves thrive in such climate they fat healthy
and stronger am told than in warmer Southe lat.
tudss Shareholders tell their "help" like Kansas
better than they do Virginia Missouri This climate is
not quite warm in winter that of Virginia. but 1t a
much more pleasant is not changeable fog .gy
rainy and stormy We do not have such severely sdde
changes in temperature ',aey 10 in Virginia, dor
is it so oppressvc,iy hot hen in summer
The slaves are very anxious remain here they look
upon misfortune TO hsve orecuto the old slave
States. This climate agrees with them and they are real
Kansas 'pro slavery men" Nearly all the slaves in the
Territory family slaves that is slaves who been
brought up and always lived in the family holding
them, slaves who have their families with them and
slaves who have been bought and sold dozen times
They have abundant opportunities for absconding, but
they stick TO their owners, and q whole would
be very sorry compelled to accept their freedom and
leave their masters. They have every facility for
obtaining their freedom, all that is lacking the will
The Territory has made slaveholdng CRIMINAL offence
and there slave who II he should express desire
leave his master would not ind armed friends aid and
defend him The free State have troubled them
selves much about melting the slaves 10 away, but
the latter should express desire to do the former
would, doubtless furnish them with free, open track
devoid of danger Notwithstanding the facilities for slaves
become free great and have during the
greater part Of Territorial history yet probably
OF them have left their masters the first
pro slavery man with his ''chattes" entered Kansas
But does slavery here payY will not presume 20
swer that question but will give few figures which
every who is interested in the question may dispose
Of for himself Iaborers in the Territory receive ~
Day artisans from 81 70 81 day. Young, able bodied
slaves sell from $500 70 81 200 each slaves labor will
bring, besides the expense Of keeping him $3.50 year
endeavor 70 retain his usefulness long possible II
he slave is taken al the age OF twenty twenty he
will at least calculation labor till he Is forty forty
years old, which, at the rate per year gwen above will
give 50 000 and pay in the meantime ali bis expenses
This does not include his increase his labor before
wenty or after forty years Of age. The amount Of
money per year made by the slaves may considered
arger than will be in future years, but reducing the
igures half they stand - 500 Investments slave
property however, at present veryt hazardous the
consequence is slaves have been introduced into the
Territory during the past year but the contrary many
have been removed from IT, Much has been said about
nature having prohibited slavery in Kansas that Is all
folly, Kansas much adapted 10 slavery than Mis-
souri,.
herewith attach a thermometrica daily table OF the
temperature here during the ave months preceding this
At sunrise, noon and sunset