Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-09-09
N.,s,ofnrrlp % Kansas.

LrlvrNwoRrH CRY, X. T., Sept ?, So
Eos. LsApER Perhaps your readers would
like to hear some account Of the trip Of Buck
eye to Kansas
On Thursday. August IS, I left q quietlittle
village near your city, Cyet not very quiet about
commencement time,) and proceeded on my
way, passing through Chicago. This city sP-
pears to ne, every time pass throughit to be
almost little world Of itself It is wonder
to see the activity manifested eveywhere.-
Nobody appears to be idle-everybOdy and
every thing is on the move.
Stopping over the Sabbath with some friends
a hundred miles west of Chicago, did not
reach Freepors till Monday afternoon. AT this
city the Illinois State Fair was to be held this
week Fine grounds had been selected and
fitted up for the occasion, and everything
promised well for this annual display of the
productions of industry and skill. One Of the
great, if not the greatest attractions, will be
the Steam Flowing Machine, made, believe,
10 Lancaster Pa. This machine was on the
ground several days before the opening of the
exhibition, and was kept in operation the
greater part of the time, TO the admiration Of
The crowds that gathered to witness its mar
velous powers. 1t requires three men to man
aye il, runs six plows, and is destined to work
wonders ou the broad prairies Of the West.
We travelled ell night at slow rate, down
the rough, uneven Illinois Central. The celeb
rity which this road has cannot certainly be
on account of any very superior qualities as
road or on account of it's fast travelling
In the morning we took the railroad packet
at Quincy and sailed down twenty miles to
Hannibal One cannot look upon the mighty
Mississippi, as its floods Of waters move steadi-
ly on in it's grand march TO the ocean, thou
sand miles away without being filled with
emotions The calm, unrufiied surface, added
to the oreat expanse Of these waters, conduce
much towards raising those feelings of gran
deur, and almost of sublimity which you in
vain attempt 10 experience, when looking on
the Missouri, with its snags and sand bars.
They have a singular way of doing thi' gs
out west, which would scarcely be thought Of
east. The packet that connects with the cars
from down the river had not arrived, SO the
train waited some four hours after its usual
time but the boat did not arrive then, so we
moved on rapidly over the rough road, 206
miles 10 st. Joseph. On the morning Of Wed
pesday we steamed down the Missouri to
Leayenworth City, 60 miles, in about hours.
1t seems very strange that river, Of so muth
water, and running so swiftly, should be almo
without channel. The water is quite low
now, and 10 some places the logs projected one
end out Of the water in such numbers and so
close together, that it was with difficulty that our
boat worked its way through them.
This city is the city of Kansas. Less than
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proprietors Of the Herald, set up his press un.
der tree near the waters edge, and commence
ed printing paper Soon after, he built him
shanty, about the first hahitation for whites
that was erected where now stands city Of
full twelve thousand inhabitlnts. Mr.. Adams,
in company with three OF four others, laid out
the grounds for a village, but behold, city
has grown up, and he is now worth email
fortune; yet his darling project has failed
Kansas could not be prevented from becoming
Free State, and Mr.. Adams can hardly bear
to stay here any logger; he talks seriously of
going back TO Missouri
Politics. of course, run high here. The
Democrats hold a meeting almost every night.
Large posters are put up, stand is erected at
the corner of some street. great bonfire is made
at dark, the candles lighted, and, after the band
Of music has called together the crowd the
candidates for various offices, aud the leading
politicians hold forth. The city election takes
place on Monday, and the Democrats are anxious
to carry the day, and almost every dishonest
means is used to accomplish this result. l
listened to four or five speakers last night. All
their thunder was expended in denounciDg the
Republicans for their great expenditure of city
money in carrying on the government. They
made some capital out of that part Of the new
Constitution, which provides for the election of
F,,f he Ind lirta md n
Legislature This is doubtless, valid objec-
tion, but the only one urged against Tie Consti-
tuition.
Government patronage works terrible evil in
the Territory, and tests the sincerity of our
nominal Republicans or Free State men. 1t is
amentsble to find that so many have fallen un-
der the temptation. | am informed that the
proprietor Of the Free State Hotel, which build
ing was destroyed during the bloody times of
the Territory, has pocketed $4,000 for his loss
and gone over to Democracy. Yet this Hotel
was built mostly by the contributions of Free
State men. The proprietor may have lost S4,
900 or SIS, 900 in furniture, etc. The Free State
paper. which was established at Topeka by sub.
scriptiOns of Free State men, other than the
publishers, believe, has Just gone over to the
Democratic ranks. 1t would be difficult to
enumerate all the cases of like nature.
Inc general opinion appears 10 Oe lDaJ 1ope-
ka will be the permanent seat of government of
the new State. 1t is yet a small town, contain
ing 500 or 1000 inhabitants, beautifully situ-
ated on the Kaw or Kansas river, about fifty
miles from its mouth. Great efforts are being
made to establish paper there that shall be
true exponent of the Free State party Of the
whole Territory.
The news of the Republican success in WV
andot county, struck the Democrats with amaze
ment, and sent them groaning about the streets
and muttering, at was local interests that con
trolled the election, Politics had little to do
with it. At the next election, the Democracy
will roll up majority of one ortwo hundreds"
Drinking is INDUCED in here by almost every
body and what il quite unusual, number of
the leading Republicans are little better in this
respect, than their opponents AS soon as the
Constitution and few other such questions are
disposed of, it seems TO me the issue must be,
at least for city officers, between temperance
men on one side and lovers of strong drink on
the other and may that day soon come, if it
will furnish any remedy for the great evil which
is desolating this fair and beautiful land
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