New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-07
KANSAS.
SOIL, CROPS, PRICES, &c.
C,nespor oencs of IT, Y. Y. T-hr1s.
ST. GEoRGF, Po,aT s.amie, h. T.


ST. GEoRGF, P0,aT ssamie, h. iuf
JAY I5 1ojs.
Our ix. ye.s's crops have been con-
,umed without altogether reheTiog he people from
.btir embarrysu4p.s occ.sioned by the sscki1g Ell
the country. No country 1as ever sstIied 50 '@s'
and with Is industrious population IS tns, aud tae
improvements alno.. bsgg.r fiction 70 describe
them. ] have lived in prairie couairies before; ol'
Of all the countries have ever seen, this rewards
the tolls Of the hu,bsndmsn the best, and WITH the
ies.. toll. have it from the authority oi The Her
old Of Ir,edom by tie by, good paper taa'
fifty seven bushels of wheat have been naryes'ed ~
the acre this Summer and such crops OF corn, ipoa-
toes and other vegetables / think cannot be beat
even in the American bottoms on the Mississippi;
and farmers have spread Themselves this season, and
have planted generally from twenty 10 one hundred
acres of cOrp which il now slkiDg, and the appear
ance is DOW there VIII b. great surplus; but II can
not be put in market in time 70 meet the land saes
There are thorlssnd. of claims worth from 500 10
81 eco aud $1,000, many with large improvements,
AID the owners not able 10 raise the means TO secure
them. There are, however, spectators IN some
places in the Territory with warrants, loaning them
al various rates, taking mortgages for them-some
of which have seen binding the mortgagee 70 pay
$500 at the end OF the year with costs OF recording
interest &C. or they must lose their lands, and
chance for the holders 10 BE- out of reach at time o
pay ments, thereby making il impossible 70 have
Them redeemed Now If this system j. left in the
hands of these sharks, our enemies may Yet steal
march Oh us. The remedy am about 10 propose
is tLis-that our Eastern friends who have the means
would send their sgents here to every county with
warrants 10 let out on mortgage securities at >2OU
for lG0-acre warrants, at say from ~ to ~ per
cent per 8nnum, and have the arrangements 80 msde
that pay ments shall Ice made in the same county
where the lands are situated. And by this system
of operation we will be befrended indeed, and those
philanthropists will be amply pad for their benevo-
lent actions. We would like TO see men OF means
coming in a. there is much valuable land vet un-
occupied and splendid openings for those wishing 10
oo into milling business Steam mills vi dr. present
laws get one fourth for toll; water mills, one-eghth
Grain is high, lumber $40 per thousand, mechan-
les wages - 80 to = per day and the people are
preparing 10 SOW wheat extensively this season. j,
with others have experimental with il, and l can
say / never saw il excelled IN Eastern Ohio.
have also tried fruit trees and the Usage orange aud
many other useful things which have answered my
highest expectations. The Kansas River has been
nayssblc for small boats al this season, and large
ones could navigate il part of the time, and at this
time it would float the largest ship in the Atlantic
Ocean; it can be Davigated with boats (any season.
built expressly for il. The Kansas Valley is one of
the iLest richest and most beautiful valleys on the
globe and healthy also, ana is destined to be prn
cipal avenue for the tide of the floating millions
westward bound on their mission, peOplIDg the
eastern slopes of the Rock Mountains, where the
antelope, elk AID buffalo now quietly feed in count
less numbers, TO give place to beating sheep aud
lowing cattle, and the wilderness be made to blos-
som Ike the rose. ~.