The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1861-03-21
E.etser from Kansas.
EURLINGAME, Kansas. Feb 7.1SG1

! 'Uhi'INuAM ME- N AESAS. ItD 1, lCOF.
T. S. CHASE, ESQ :--Leor Sir Pre-.
suming that few inditngs from "Pai.
ric Land " at this season Of year would
not be found nniuteresting, have seated
myself to be at your service
The weather god continues PLAYING Of
his fantastic tricks upon us. During the
past two or three weeks we have had aa
bad weather as could well be gotten US
in tic.e parts. Twenty inches Of snow
with all the ligors Of cold and dreary
winter are upon u>. 1t would have been
better appointed for Potter. but secG.s en-
tire Y ont If place here, as @e are three
degrees further South. We expect TO
hear Of much suffering so soon a. tie fall
accounts come in. Already We are IN,
turued hat two men have irnzcn to death
CT the prairie. The storm eame upon Us
pectrdiy. and must enhance the suf.
ferIny thron. hrut the State greatly We
had delightful weat Ter up to the l:5,h of
January. but >lnce then the people have
found it con, enicnt tn stay at hoa,c II pant
Of tie tine end keep company with the
i" blues" The rnrrcUry was fifteen Gc.
grees below zero Feb ID There il u
great iearth Of fodder for stock Hogs
are Iii starving to death. and cattle must
SOON follUy if this weather continues
In these days of GaiibIldian exploits
and South Ca'ulina antics, il w"uld seem
thai Kansas ought to lave been satisfied
with her wmld wide Gel, brity; but n.f So
Sac l. evidently bound on ,nlm"rialzifrg
II r>elf Nothing else VIII satisfy her
ambition. To have a place in the bvul.
Of history aloug with The events oi ,he
age. fer i.er children'> children Ia pcrusc,
~ The height of her aspirations. We have
received tie glorious news that aft r lay
been accepted, and Uuion formed for
weai or Woe, with the other States Kan
saS will always be found trRe 10 her Plight
cd faith --ioyoi to the CunsIituiion.-an
as de, oted lu the Union as u sonn4 bride
can he. Her nuptials were celebrated by
the booming "f cannon and shouts that
fde the Heavens ring for joy. Some
one has said tiiat "ihe romance Of lie
ends with marrlase.' This is he ped to
be the ease with regard to Kansas. She
has Lad romnnre To hcr $afiyuct.on.
Her alliance just now, with di>aercting
and brlligereni States is no trivial ufiaif
in oar cIeckercd history.
The times arc evidently ont of joint
Politics and starvation are the topics in
all quarters here. though The latter mon.
ster is Icing kept at bay by the timely
aid of Eastern friends. he political
horizon looks really threatening at least
there are no silver linings" to the da: k
cloud which hangs over Ire country. We
are all watching the shifting winds with
greatest anxiety. My pri,ste opinion
publicly expressed Is that the dege"e,ucy
of lie nge rrq"irrs a G"ptism an Ltood,
Tor surely NO rose, water applications can
heal the bleeding wrongs which are now
held up to 'he plying gaze of an excited
country. 1t is clear tl.at the Save Pow
er is bent on committing suicide. She
has made the plunge aud Is now taking
:apid reaches toward the pit in which
she is sure 10 fall You know it was a
saying among the Greeks that ''wholn ''
The gads would destroy they first made