The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1859-02-05
Ioomn,unicated.
A Letter from kansas.
QUINDARo, X. T., Jan. 28, 1855

nave SulillI space II you ueem what nave
to say worthy of being communicated to
my old friends and neighbors
On the 4th of April, 1851, one year and
Ten months ego, landed here, and found
not a single house in the town Completed
The large hotel was the only building 50 far
finished as to be Remarkable, even in warm
weather. As the only shelter we took up
our quarters in it, till we could do better
Before the succeeding autumn wewere
thrifty village And now, in a period Of
less than two years, we have town con-
tanning over 200 good and commodious
dwellings, and a populationE of over 1000
souls We have two of the finest churches
in the Territory city and
Lawrence not excepted-aud we support
literally, two good preachers, while our
boastful neighbors, Wyandott, has but one,
and he breaches in a ware house on Sunday,
and makes sharp trades during the week to
get the means to boil his pot.
Kansas City, that great commercial mart
of the Plains-the gate to Santa Fe and
New Mexico-as she calls herself-a place
now sixteen years old-has but one. church,
and that is Catholic The Protestants of
the place have not got religion enough to
sustain even q Jealous methodist itinerant,
who can be suFported-you know-on
little prairie air, sack of corn meal and
side of bacon for year, where there-is any
reason to indulge faith'of doing good
But Kansasians have turned out. in less
than six months, an ardent Methodist, the
only missionary ever sent among them, and
who could have fed for twelve months on
hope alone, if the sinners of that commercial
capitol had given him but glimmer Of
hope Of saving them. But he tainted, and
was withdrawn by his friends from his
hopeless labors.
The Kansas City Journal Of Commerce
daily parades in its columns letter from
Pixies Peak, giving each day new details of
the discovery of gold. As we have but
one or two mails a month from that region,
and occasionally n returning miner comes
in, this parade Of daily correspondence is
the most impuient sham ! ever saw at
tempted. These letters are, see, copied
into Eastern papers. assure you they are
all manufactured in the printing Office
where they are printed
The politics Of the place is not much bet
ter than its religion, Ii has paper called
the Journal Of Commerce, which is the great
est circulator Of tasehoods that ever came
from eyiInderofa printing press, e,sesgt
the Evansville Enquirer.
Their contents are not ali false, for
they do pick up a good many facts from one
source or another which are woven into
them. give this caution for The benefit of
the readers of your Journal who may be
looking to the glittering peaks of the noun
tains to the West of us for brilliant for
tunes.
There is no doubt of the existence of gold
at Pixies Peak, and that in paying abund-
ance have seen men fron the mines
and reliable men too--ono of whom was al
schoofnate, aud ono know to BE- truthful,
and they tell me that there has not been
much gold gathered in the diggings as yet,
though there has been great deal of pros
pecting. An old acquaintance went ont in
August aud returned in November fully
satisfied that gold abounded in Tho region
Of Pixies Peak, and could be gathered in
quantities to pay well. He is now preparing
to 60 back early in the spring. There are
hundreds and thousands preparing for the
tramp as soon rs the season viii permit
The emigration from the States VIA be
enormous, i; we may iud,se from she letters
of enquiry received here about ;ie roate AMI
the chance Of getting outfits at toe towas on
the Missouri River We reply TO all that
there will he plenty Of goods and provisions
here and at other places o fl out any num-
Der Of enigrants. To-day made arrange
ments to fl out II company OF sixty, who
are to leave Pittsfed, Mass early in the
spring. would say, to such readers of the
journal as may contemplate a journey to
the Peak, the first of April is the best time
to start. The great Santa Fe route is by
far the nearest and most practicable road
This important trace passes only twelve
miles 10 the South Of Quindaro; we have q
good road from this place with an excellent
bridge across Kansas River, which connects
with the trace. and which we have con-
structed this winter at 4 cost Of 100000
heavy undertaking for town Of 1000 in
habitants
But we are rich and strong in prospects.
a stranger to see Qnindaro with her mills
her well filled Stores-her workshops for
the manufacture of ell kinds of agricultural
implements, and her steam ferry, would
find itdfficult to believe that the place is
only two years old A branch of the Ham
nibal and St. Joseph Railroad is to be ex-
tended to this place. | have been a direc-
tor for year in this company, and know
its condition. The distance by the route
surveyed is 42i miles. We have good re-
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