The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-08-21
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Southern Kansas,

The principal counties of southern
Kansas that are now being rapidly settled
up by emigration from New England, the
North West Missouri, Kentucky, and
other States, are Johnson, Douglas and
Shawnee, in the valley of the Kansas
river; franklin, Lykins, Linn, Bourbon,
Anderson, and . portion of the Sac and
Fox Reservation, which counties are wa
tered by the Usage and its tributaries; and
Breckenridge, Madison, Woodson and
Allen, the lands of which are all valuable
and we'll watered by the Neosho and its
tributaries.
Every one of these counties have an
abundance of timber, in comparison with
other counties situated in the north and
northwest of the Territory. Lykins,
Linn and Anderson in particular. are well
watered, we'll timbered, and supplied with
stone for fencing or building, and withall
are situated in the richest valleys of the
Territory. There are forty-three streams
in these three counties, tributary to the
Osage-a stream that is as large as any
river in New England, save the Connecti-
cut, the Merrimac, and one or two streams
in Maine. Along the bottoms and high
lands of these streams, timber is plenty,
extending often as far back from the
streams as four miles, and in any one OF
these counties prairie lands can be had
that are not over three miles from timber
on some one of these streams.
The principal towns of these three coun-
ties are in Lykins county-Paola. Stanton,
Osawatomie and MEANWHILE. There is a
good trade done at all these towns, and
at most of them, settlers can find mills
and all kinds of crafts well represented.
Linn county has become notorious at
the expense of several marauding parties
that are now known in history alongside
of the early Kansas campaigns, under the
direction of some of her dauntless Gov
ernors.
The towns of this county doing most
of the trade of the Usage Valley, are
Brooklyn and Paris. There are other
small settlements in this county, but none
that deal largely with our wholesale mer-
chants. All the troubles" in this county
are adjusted-there are no more marau-
ders-no more running people off"-but
settlers are returning and every thing is
quiet, and we are now every day called
upon by emigrants passing through our
city for the direction either to Linn, Lykins
or Anderson counties.
The principal towns of Anderson eoun-
ty are Greeley, Garrett and Hyatt. All
of our merchants speak of these towns as
good business points. Large quantities
of goods are sold here every month to the
traders of Anderson county. We also
mention Bourbon and Breckenridge eoun-
ties as among the best agricultural coun-
ties in south Kansas.
Fort Scott in Bourbon county, is one OF
the most important towns of the Terri
tory. 1t is located upon the waters Of the
Marmaton river and is one of the princi-
pal points along the line of the Galveston
and Kansas City Railroad.
Emporia, in Breckenridge county, is
decidedly one of the best business points
in that region of country. One of the
best papers in the Territory, the Emporia
Ne,cs, is published ct this place, and is
well supported by the citizens of the coun-
ty, and literally patronized by the mer-
chants of this city.-Kansas City Jour
nat.