The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-12-28

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KANSAS AND wEsrERN HIss0URl
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FoRf LxAvxnwoRTH, Dec. 81, 1863.
Editors Gak CITY: We have recently
encountered and passed through ! stspell
Of weather. such - Kansas would hard
| " Drag Of away from home, when speak
ing Of their "mild and genial climate, =
but which would add renown TO Labrador
or Liberia. 1t is not 90 much the degree
Of cold as the terrible and protractsd
winds which, sweeping across the level
prairies, render them almost usinhsbita-
bic. Our good, however,, resulting from
the "three days storm, is . considerable
fall of snow and fine sleighing for ill the
fast men and ladies of Leavsnworth who
can afford FIVE dollars an hour for styliah
turn out. ll8 sa
Kansas and "the border are now, in q
military sense, call quiet" The bush
whicker, being uncovered TO the broad
gaze of the world BY the falling leaves,
betook themselves to the south for > mora
healthy aud saiubrious cline. -''
The Kansas 9th and portion of the
18th hold the border counties of Missouri
without opposition, and the order Of de-
population for Jackson. Cas- and Bates
counties, willmake it hard for the guer-
rillas to regain foothold in the spring
on their old and kvorite stamping ground.
The only trading" l have lately heard
of was BY set Of graceless (not N Irish
mans graseiess) scamps who have been
jaybawking the hsgs left on thevscant
plantations, and which had become fat
and valuable tyA free range in tue open
cornfelds. Some Of these adventures
cent il pretty fat" At 6rss, from ! high
market on stock that cost nothing but the
driving. But presently the military au-
thorities were encountered, which proved
very. ugly obstacle to these porcins
Spectators, and not few brought up in
| the guard house, and found not THAR
droves, but themselves, completely sold.
The neglected and abused buildings.
the long miles Of fence burned BY prairie
6res, the tenan.less farms and deserted
villages in this wealthy and fertile farm
ing country, is a severe but just retribu-
tion upon community that defed the
supreme authority. and had been gully
Of every species Of crime and outrage
which slavery seems. naturally, TO en-
gender. When peace and order are once
more restored to our land, no 6neF coun-
try could attract the emigrants from east
ern and northern States than this sane
Western Missouri. Rolling lands, nu-
merous streams, groves and prairies NICE
" interpreted, fruits of all kinds which
grow to rare perfection, warm climate,
and rich and inexhaustible soil are the
attracsives. Bat if the former population
should return, no Union mans life would
for TINA be secure, and all these natural
charms would be like the tormeuts Of
Tantaus--snatched from The participation
and enjoyment when thought to be just
within the grasp. 49,
The last crime upon Lawrence is fast
! being obliisrated. The sound Of the han,
mer and the trowel is heard in all direc-
tions, and hundreds Of beautiful and sub
stantial houses, business and private, are
rising Phenix-like from ashes and ruins.
to be the mart of busy trade and the
homes Of m industrious and intelligent
people. The grading of the Pacific Rail-
road along the valley of the Kaw river,
from Kansas City to Lawrence, "a dis
lance Of forty miles, has been completed,
and the ties and iron will be laid ~ soon
as the weather will permit. A branch Of
the road from Leavenworth to Lawrence
is also under way and soon Lawrence will
suffer the concentrated ERE Of two lines
of "snorting" locomotives.
The question Of election of U. s. Sena-
tor in place of Senator Lane, whose term
expires March 4, 1865. is agilating the
papers if not the people of this State
Next winter, it is said, is the proper or
regular time for such election, but certain
politicians who wish to run the .sgrim
cbiefsain" of the track would preoipitate
an eieetioa By the present Legislature.
which, i is supposed. would favor Carney.
This latteraspinnt 10 the present Cover
nor OF Kansas, who has 6iled the ,Execu.