The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-04-02
For he Herald er Freedom.
The Gold Advenmrer.
CAMP ON BIG TURKEY
March 18th 1549 {

For ae Herad er Freedom.
The Gold Advenmrer.
CAMP ON BIG TURKEY(
March, 10th, 1549
Mr.. BRowN-SIR We, the hand cart
train, consisting Of one. .hand-cart and two
white men. arrived at this place lastnight
We are now $50 miles from lawrence,
which place we left on the 1st inst
This will make ths sixth day that we,
have lost, so that We have made the trip
here in ten working days. We have hal
two snow storms, and have had the luck
to b. caught on the prairie both times.
The grass begins to look little green
in some places. We have met several
mule trains coming in from Santa Fe, and
the trading posts on the Arkansas. but !
think that it viii not be safe for any one
to start for Pixies Peak with cattle, for a
month yet, unless they intend to feed
corn.
The country is becoming more level as
We go West, and is assuming the charac-
ter Of "plains;;" the soil apparently is full
as good as the average of Kansas land,
and resembles the high prairie soil in the
neighborhood of Lawrence, very much,
and it is capable of sustaining dense
population, whenever the difficulties of
the want Of wood and water can be over
come ; the one by raising timber and
mining coal, (of which, if the testimony
of the rocks" is to be believed, there are
several thousand tons beneath every acre
of land between here and Burlingame,) J
and the other by boring artesian wells.
The strata rises somewhat as We ap-
proach the Arkansas, So that we are,
here at Turkey creek, several hundred
feet Observation-Disclosures you are
at Lawrence.
The roads arc in very fair order after
leaving Council Grove, but they were
somewhat muddy from Lawrence to this
place. The worst piece Of road that we
have come over, is the two miles from
Yates crossing to Bloomington. Yours
truly, EDWARD C. ROPES.
For he Herald of Freedom.
HUMBoLDT, K. T., March 14th, '59.
ED. HERALD OF FREEDoM-SIR AT a
meeting held in this place for the purpose
of organizing a. Free State Democratic
Club, ]. G. Rickard was called to the
chair, and Hoa. S. Stewart appointed Sec
retary. g srasTafs
Col. R. T. Thompson explained the OBJ
ject of the meeting in neat and appro-
pirate speech. E
On motion, the Chair appointed Col.
Thompson, DR.. Phillips and J. NJ. Beck
a committee to- draw up resolutions ex-
pressive of their sense of the meeting.
In the absence of the committee, T.
Meason Williams, Orlin Thurston and
others, addressed the meeting on the po.
litical topics of the day. 1 &
The committee reported the following
resolutions, which were unanimously
adopted: @
RESOLVED, That this Club be known as
the Free State Douglas Democratic Club, '
and in order to secure, protect and defend
the blessings of liberty, fraternity and
equality of the political rights of every
citizen, without regard to the place Of hi:
birth, or of his religious views, and to aid
in the triumph of Free State principles
maintain the Constitution and Union as i,
is-promote the genera! welfare and pros.
perity of our common country, without
reference to geographical lines, and by oul
united efforts to resist and indignantly
frown upon the first dawning of every at.
tempt to ALLEVIATE any portion of our coun.
try from the rest, or weaken the ties tha
bind US together,
Resolved, That We, tire Douglas Demo
Gratis Of Allen county, do ordain aud es.
rablish Constitution to be made by thi,
meeting, and, added to the foregoing res
olution, and in subscribing to that consti
tuition, we viii mutually pledge ourselves
to each other 10 maintain and support al
the great principles maintained by tn,
father Of Democracy in the administration
of our Government, and especially as de
fined by Washington, Jefferson, jackson
and Douglas, as fundamental principles o
our political creed, and that we will, il
good faith, zealously support the nomi
nees of such party, and aid in carrying in
to successful operation the great principle
Of self-government.
A committee was then appointed t.
draft bylaws for the government of tn
Club, which were adopted.
On motion of Col. Thompson, the fol
lowing resolutions were added:
Resolued, That the Free State Democ
racy of Allen county are unanimonsl,
united, and that it is our determination u
maintain and support Democratic princi
Piles and Democratic candidates for al
Offices of trust, and by our united efforts
to select none others.
RESOLVED, That we most heartily en-
dorse Hon. Marcus j. Parrott in his un
thing efforts to open the New York In
dian lands for settlement also, his politi
cal course, and recommend bin as ou
choice for Delegate to the next Congress.
| Also,
| Resolred, That the proceedings of thi
meeting be published in the Herald 0
Fheedom, Leavenworth Herald and th
Fort Scott Democrat.
After which, the meeting adjourned +
meet on the following Friday.
]. G. RICHARD, Pres't.
] s. STEWART, Sec. a,1ss
Meeting In Moneka.
MoNEKA, March 10Th, 1859.