Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-06-12
KANSAS.

was the center State for all political men
ton. To how many eloquent and TO how
many outrageous speeches has Kansas
been the caption and in fact the text
Bleeding Kansas was shouted both in
sorrow and in derision. as the represen-
tatives of Freedom or Slavery spoke from
the forum. And the real War for the
Union did commence in that Territory
and State. The great civil strife Of the
world, of course, Swallowed the recent
history of Kansas in temporary neglect of
memory. Now, when our young sister
is named we think of her, instinctively as
an ancient commonwealth for within her
borders the battle of ages did commence,
and prophetic victory for Liberty was
won there before the mighty drama
opened. Who would think of sitting
down to recount the story of this rebellion
to foreign friend or attentive child, with
out making the first chapter go back
least, as far as the attempt to plant tibet
infamous domestic institution" above
the Missouri Compromise Line, on the
free, virgin soil Of Kansas. 1t is interest
ing and important to us to note the pre-
sent condition of the westermost State of
the Atlantic sisterhood, on the pathway
of the Pacific Railroad. Kansas has suf-
fered greatly during the war; guerrillas
traversing it from either border through
its full extent, and threatening every and
burning many towns, and destroying the
railroad in many places at no less
than six different times with average in
tervals Of two months-enough for repairs
to fitfor repetition Of the destructive work.
Yet Kansas has grown, and steadily dur
ing war, and it Is now rapidly filling up
with the best class of immigration. As
the place Of railroad connection and
terminus for almost all western travel, it
is thriving from its passing custom alone
1t has now seven "cities," ranging in
population from 1000 to $4,000 souls;
the entire number OF inhabitants Of this
Apostolic series of cities amounting to
$4,000. A great contest is going on now
to see which Of two places-Wyandot or
Atchinson-shall secure the concentra-
tion Of the emigrant travel and trade By
virtue Of through railroad communica-
ton with St. Louis and the Iowa North
ern. tits already ascertained, however,
as mentioned in an item in the News Of
Saturday lsst-that at least three roads
will be required to transact (transpor)
the business now calling for locomotive
ways of dispatch. Recent observing
visitors to Kansas express disappointment
at not finding the relative extent of first
class wheat lands which they expected to
notice, taking their ideas from former cor
respondents. But no disparagement is
drawn from this discovery. The timber
lands are represented 10 be magnificent
black walnut, hickory and oak abound
ing. The climate is declared to be ex-
csllent; and it is stated upon sufficient
experiment that the finest grapes do not
rot there, while the yield from the vines
i. only excelled on the Continent BY the
California vineyard. Kansas and Ne
vada, the two youngest States of the I'm
ion, are thoroughly identified in the great
need and hope-through railroad conf
,nunication with the ocean world or large
navisable streams flowing to the sea.
The people of Kansas fought for and OBJ
tanned free government, in the complete
sense of freedom, before the war and
came into the Union almost simultaneous
with the breaking out of the shareholders
rebellion; Nevada in the midst of the
terrible closing scenes of the war, directly
illustrated the patriotism of her people
and indirectly, the strength of the Nation
itself by uniting with the sovereignties
of the Republic. Nevada exclaims: All
hail to Kansas!