The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1859-02-24

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a day. 10 the I'erritoty- Az Gle weather i !
/ prolific subject Of introducing cauYersatt8u
Z u that let me say, that thu. ar We have
! Lad very disagreeahla wi1tee. 4 large
, quantity Of rain has fallen, and during tie
early pagt of winter the sun, fer a pesiod oj
near i've weeks, never shown whole day al
time. We have had one moderate fall of
snow. and, had We been prepared, mi mt, f9r
tour or ilys days, enjoyed the luxury OF
sleishing. but not being prepared for pleas
, ure, the farmers, generally, improved the
. time BY hauling logs to the saw mills.
learn that the greatest degree Of cold inii-
Gated By the thermometer th.s winter was
Two degrees below zero. This in your lat
itude. with your still air, would not be deem
cd cold; here. however, at that degree, with
q strong north western wind. witch almost
always prevails in cold weather, We feel the
cold much more than you would 1T tcE de-
grees, the cold weather here il usually Of
short duration, uat exeaeaag more than
three or four days. The wind here rarely
ever blows from any of the cardinal points
ot tie compass. Ia winter, the prevailing
direction is from northwest aud south vest.
and III summer, from the southwest and
southeast. The wind in the summer is
pleasant rendering the air pure. temperate.
and healthy, aud making the night especially
de!l4htfuii but the winter blasts, sweeping
over the prairie Is not 50 much 10 my liking.
As a whole | like this climate better than tie
one left.
The emigration to this part of The territory
last fall was quite limited, and, arriving to
the hard times, we do not anticipate much in
the spring. The small emigration has made
money very scarce with Us; and the cry Of
"hard times" so often Of late heard in your
midst Is uttered here by hundreds with far
deeper emphasis than with you. Almost all
the surplus money here goes into the Land
siiioe, into tho hAs.d..-i tl.e lad 4l4-L-
the way Of interest en- mortgages. Tie
country, considering all things, is rapidly
improving in cultiyaton-most OF the farms
of two and three years occupation have
from twenty 10 eighty acres broken up and
fenced. The corn crop OF the last season
was very good. | know ground here that
yielded. with no work after planting. At least
seveuty-ive bushels to the acre. Can the
White Water country beat this? Corn is
selling IN tbs region for about forty ceats
per bushel--the demand coming principally
from the Neosbu country. Flour. so cheap
with you, costs us at the rate Of so 90 per
barrel A. this price. the people generally
cannot afford to use it. aud il is only kept, if
kept at all like the prudent housewife with
her best table ware. for "partcuar occa.
sions" Beef is plenty, aud sells at and .
cents and pork a aud per pound A
considerable quantity Of wheat was sown last
fall This crop has yielded remarkably well
in this territarL. Ihe crop Qsg last year WELD
ed At feast - 6ua,ioIs per a5r5. spring "hedt
proved a failure.
There il considerable es ement with Us
about going to Pixies Peak. \ large num-
Der will go in the spring, The nearest re .
gion where gold has been Discovered Is
about four hundred miles from This place
That there IS gold there Is "a fXel t4ct, but
have no idea that any considerable number
will get rich by digging It.
The political ehalirou Of Kansas Is IT
present rather qu;et--the politicians IN the
Territory who have mainly kept 1t boiling
having gone under. Sailors hate a calm,
aud political calm is the especial dislike Of
politicians Whilst the rights of the people
Of Kansas have been outraged by the present
and preceding Administration, vet. the fact
cannot be disguised tina. no small part Of
our internal difficulties have resultel trom the
reckless and selfish policy Of some ot our
leading politicians; Kansas has suffered quite
enough from agitation; she wants quiet now
The rejection Of the Lecompton Constitution
under the infamous English biI closed all
necessity for agitation in Kansas, in regard
to her domestic Institutions" By that
vote tie people rehubeG alike the aliens to
our soil who originated the fraud, aai a cor
rupt Administration that used all lis power
TO force il upon us. We have ''oauqueroo q
peace" and can nov form our d nestle ia
sti,ltions" in cur oWa way.
The national Democrats have organized I
a 9 party in the Territory, aud from tAo
basstiug ot the 'orgaa.' oue would be led
to suppose that ii Kansas cannot 6e made
zF,,., >Sta4a par at least hin converted IQtp