The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-03-20


pioneer. Now we found two large stores
well supplied with every variety of goods,
and TIVE otherssiu process of building
Mechanics' shops were there; anda hotel.
which for eomfort and convenience ptoba-
bly, far excels any other in the Territory
south snd away from the Kansss river.
On the elevstion to the right, and ad-
Joining the town weAsawsour own cabin,
which we caused to be erected year ago.
1t is of hewed logs, with shakes. as they
are termed in Pennsylvania, for -roe,
and good floors of oak. Mrs. B. had
occupied It a portion Of last season, to
prevent some inBerEepeF from '.jumPing"
it, hence we found it furnished With
a stove and cooking utensils, chairs, bed
ding &C. Lighting FIRE, we soon found
ourseif at home, and enjoying the luxu-
ry of setting down underaur Own quiet
roof, away from the din of the city, and
the pressure of business Insteadofthink
ing of politics, how to secure freedom to a
great State, and the thousand annoyances
of semi-public life, all were forgotten
for the time, and plans were laid for i'm
When Kansas shall be
moored in the Union. and every rood of
her soil, and every breath of her air is
laden with freedom, and no man can call
another his slave, then we have resolved
to bid adieu to the press, which we have
only employed as aweapon in the cause
of Liberty, and our humble claim, which
we are now occupying, we have resolved
to spend the balance Of our days, not in
schemiDg for Office, its honors, or its emol-
uments, but In making q model home
which Others shall emulate se
We havepor disposition to follow the
routine of pioneer life forthe week which
preceded our trip to Lecompton to prove
up our presumption. Suffice it to say
that it was time well spent in making
in visiting old friends, and
in gathering up facts for future use.
On Tuesday, the I'd inst, in company
with hir. EsKRIDGE, the gentlemanly
agent of the Emporia Town Company,
we rode to Amerieus, anewtown recently
located on the south side of the Neosho,
aud eight miles from Emporia. The
town site is q very beautiful one, gently
inelining to the south towards the river.
A hotel and store are nowo on the town
site, and preparations are making for other
Improvements. among which is steam
saw mill, the first want Of new town.
This point was selected by the late Legis-
lature as the county seat of Breckenridge
county, but unfortunately for that place
the bill was defeated for want Of time
We found that Messrs. GODDARD, BAKER,
CoLUMBIA, .YEAKLEY and Others were
interested ip the town. a more active or
energetic town company does not exist in
Kansas. The point, on many accounts,
is desirable ore, and we have no doubt
will make good business place.
A county convention was in session at
Americus to nominate three delegates to
represent that County in the Constitutional
About one hundred and
fifty persons were in attendance, mostly
from the vicinity of Emporia. The ex-
citement attending the proceedings were
of such assemblages every
where. There were two wings to the
party, each of which thought their re-
spective partisan friends would best adj
vance the interests of the. Territory if
they could be represented in the conven-
ton. At first the contest seemed nearly
eq ual, but gradually the victors grew
stronger, and finally showed considerable
strength. The defeated party claimed
that the Others had secured the county
and brought out all their forces, while the
other wing, not participating in the inter-
est had remained at home, hence their
defeat. They talked of boiling" but
better counsels prevailed, and the pro-
ceedings closed in harmony.
The country between Emporia and
Americus seemed completely filed up
We should Judge that every claim was
occupied. .s.f
In company with Mr.. STo- RS, the gen
tlemanly proprietor of the hotel at Empo-
ria, TO whose kindness and chat of his
excellent lady we are under the deepest
obligations for their attention to us and
Mrs. B., we travelled down the beautiful
peninsula lying between the Cottonwood
and Neosho. to the confluence of those
streams. Ii justice to the country We
must say that our eyes never before
looked upon more lovely region. It
does indeed seem as if heaven had been
in the distribution Of her
bounties around this spot. As we have
before remarked: II Kansas is indeed
the garden of the soOrld, then the upper
Neosho is the garden. Tor, as friend very
forcibly remarked, is the flower garden,
of KANSAS"
An impression has very generally pre-
vailed that this region was unhealthy,
owing to the sickness experienced here
in the autumn of 1855. a year ago we
stated the cause of that sickness, and
assured all who settled here how TO avoid
It, by settling out on the open prairie,
where pure air could be obtained, and not
By erecting dwellings down in the timber.
and On the bottom lands: where the
earlier pioneers had settled. Our advice