New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-05-03
KANSAS.
EMIGRATION.
yrom O.I spe cisl Correspondent:

| LAWRENCE, X. T., April 70, 1856.
| The season Of emigration has begun the gen.
eral impression has been that the Fall emigration
will be the heaviest thi. year, although am not
aware that there is any particular reason for such
an opinion unless " 10 to be found in the demise OF
"Lecompton and the consequent escape from
| civil war There is always q large class every
where throughout the country, who are ready to
| move West and east their fortunes with new aud
rapidly growing State. The increase ii value OF
property consequent on the sudden settlement OF a
| wild and valueess country is one inducement.
Those who find it difficult to wade into the posses
| zion of a farm or business in the older States,
where matters have already resid,Iated, find less
difficulty among the rapidly gathered elements that
| constitute society in new countries. These new
aggregaiOns of men and capital, when directed by
proper energy and enterprise, are sure to succeed
1t requires of course, effort and sclf-denial
to make Il successful pioneer. The man who be-
means himself upon the infection of any discomfort
or change from the placidity of an even and event
less life had better stay where he is. He who can
not, or ,eH not adapt himself to any circumstances,
NAV not be successful. Ii, for instance, man
who has all his life been sharpening veneerng saws,
or "dOing the carved work on pianos comes to
new settlement and expects to get immediate occu-
patton in either of those branches of business he IL
likely to be disappointed. | knew man VINO
came here, having been always employed as teach
err Being unable to get employment in that way,
he was about to return in disgust when he was ad-
vised to 90 into the retail family grocery business,
and had sense enough to do 80. He is now dong
well, and does not think of going back. Two years
ago became acquainted with squatter, who had
been baker in New-YOrk. He had taken Il claim,
and his family then lived on it. lie had
a., ala nh, oh of no.
so common III Kansas as in other West
ern States, still gives emigrants an OCCASION
al accmating rub. When | first saw him
he was abusing the country very heartily, and would
have gone back if he only had the money. In
August, 1856, he went to work at hs old BUSINESS
to get money enough to 60 back with, keeping
small bakers shop, and selling bread PIES &c. lie
succeeded so well that he abandoned the gong ba;k
part Of the programme and Is already IN goOd cir
cumstances | have heard his gains Ill that time
estimated at $4,000. AN intelligent gentleman,
now land and commission agent In Leavenw0rth,
told me the experience OF himself and com
panion. Two years and half ago they came to the
Territory without means; they took claims on
high prairie, without TIMBER some five miles from
Leavenworth they stuck TO them, and got 80 poor
that only one of them could muster up dress
enough at one time to 90 into town 10 attend 70
business They worked for Others for enough TO
keep them When the Delaware Trust Lands, ON
which tncN WeTt NtTt SOU, iHtg VoiioNtu
$500 each on the security of their land. Shortly
after they sold their claims, and each OF them got
$1,000 for his claim i'll cash. That was nine
months ago. They then went into the city and
bought city property with their money, and set up
ss hind agents, and are doing very well. Let me
| give YOU another instance: 1T Is OF young man,
one of the Hickory Point prisoners, kept under
| Titus and his cutthrOats by permission OF Gov.
| Geary. 1t was in February of 1857 before ne got
out. He was then utterly destitute, poorly clad
covered with the prison vermn, and sick, from ms
incarceration Getting clothes enough from the
| Kansas Committee to replace the hlthy garb he
wore he was ready to begin the world or go
back" 1t is not wonderful that he inclined to the
latter alternative. He Was persuaded, however, TO
90 down to the NeOsha last Spring and take claim
| near news town that was being laid of. He did 50.
| The country where he went just settling then.
| He got claim one-half of which was timber. He
was there only three months, and as the settlement
had filled up considerably, and the place near which
| he was located was improving, later engrant gave
him $500 for his claim, and he took 1t and went
| back" | saw him on his way, and asked him why
he did not stay longer. "Oh the fact ID, SAID he,
- ! had means of carrying farming operations,
"aDd when | got the offer | did, thought that
| things had got about high enough, and had bet
"tpr take it," Six months afterward, the nan to
| whom he sold, sold again for 81, 600.
Perhaps there is too much speculation IN these
things Matters are certainly dull enough now, and
prices are down little. but Kansas suffers more
from stsgnaton than from sales at sacrifice. can
remember that the cry, Things must come down"
has been used at every stage of my experience. The
fact IT, 10 one felt more so than did or took
longer time to convert to the elastic enterprise OF
new Territory. When town property 10 Leaven-
worth and Lawrence Was one tenth oi VIVA: II i
now. believe there more scOfhuS at the prices,
and predictions that they must come down, than
| there is now.
There is a certain amount Of growth and expsn-
sion that may be- calculated on almost with certainty.
| Beyond that there may be mutations and fictitious
valuations as there are everywhere Those emlgrants
who seek Kansas will find that il is occupied by an
intelligent and educated class of settlers that II 10
IN this respect nadvance of all other countries.
mat such settlers should be enterprisng is natural.
Al not less than dozen places in Kansas, buildings
| are oeing erected, and provisions made for high
SCHOOLS ana colleges. Already the attention OF the
| people is beng turned to manufactures liz my next
will give an outline of all the parts of Kansas Vet
unoccnped, or partially occupied, with their rela-
| tive advantages.
Some little STIR has been created iu Leayeuworth
by letter sent by OF the pecuniarly ,terested
10 Calhoun. inviting him and his Office 70 tina; place
al il appears there is design Of removing IL from
Lecompton. His brother law il would appear ha,
made some o,ertures " certain parties in Ieayen.
worth, proposing Ia remove the Land Office there if
| ,,rsosoi security world be guaranteed This n few
| parties secretly agreed Ia give, bat the matter
raining I, no ana lDcur7lDr mucl OdiIm n tier
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