New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-07-18

PRAfRIE--GAPTD AND SOLID GROWTH OF IN
STATE.
frsn Our Oss Ceuespcudsn,
TorEKA Kansas. JUGS 10 1874
The competion of the Pacific Railway, distance Of I'd
miles has opeued 10 settlement large portion Of the mos
beautiful lands In America. This road tayersng the v'
ley Of the Kansas the finest valley ID the mas give.
an impetus TO emgration that Is wonderful The amcsns
of travel which 10 has created ard the constant stream o.
people coming from other States Is sLbec. thal Pes
pexes the older inhabitants account for The pranes
OF Kansas divided into what commonly known .
the bottom valley OF the the slope, the igh prads
rio aud the divide Tho frst embraces the rcn sIavs
bottoms bordering the streams, nearly level but wo3
drained and from half to four miles in width Inc SON
black oan with less sand and from two TO sig
feet deep generally with clay sup-soi The SOL on e
stones mounds and bluffs is nearly all similar at the
brow of the bluffs The limestone so bontifuiT supplies
TO Kansas usually crops ont and for few rods IN wdm
renders the soil unfit for cultivation, while this Dtte s1
around every hin h. about all the land IN Kansas not sus-
ceptble of cultivation Beyond the limestone tns
long gently -rong nearly level praine divides e sou
yarJ ing from black reddish or yellow color, ana
from one 10 five Deep while the enormous and amoS
fabulous crops prove ccneuSyey that noIe 10 no o'ass
in the Union which eKces or SURPRISES hahS Ot Us s6-
routnral wealth and resources
With the broad rich pTairies ready for the pow pare.
cool Spring. clear vulets and brooks in abundance, an
nexhausibs supply of stone for building PURPOSES I'M
her enough supp ali of our wants. and coal 81 yong
door Tor fuel all this with favorable and beanni Gu
mate where there are but two months Of "ihteI-wl"
moro can an agriculturist demand
The settlement of Kansas by class Of men who repre-
sent every State in the Union and their comprehensive
of the great ideas Of education and that free SCHOOLS ss
the foundation of porous and harmonious hepuD-
leaD government while intelligence and morality are
Indispensable haze accomplished plan OF education ana
established system Of schools that are Trained rom -
working OF all other systems 10 all the Older Staes. ie
system l. that the property of the State shall echcae m
children. While there is not county, p"n VI
district in the State has not its school herc AZ us -
veal nroeress in religious the school SYSTEM
The novel settlement of Kansas by Free STATE men mas
had tendency 10 create puranica religious spirit In
this State. There has been an unusual aud exraordna
growth OF religious feeling and splnt IN hans'iS ~
There have been upward of l25OW ceres OF lana ds-
po~ed of To actual settlers this Spring while in OHIO col
ouv has been formed which has purchased 1000 acie 70
which they intend removing, and on which they VIA
Settle ~ MI.
The change Of the route of the Union Pacific Hallway
has given impetus to all business and advanced ing
prosperity of Kansas fabulous extent II opens .
country hitherto unknown, Astounding IN men mlheral
products and placing Kansas among the ioremos ases
In regard 10 her mineral wealth. The trade OF Colorade
rs well all the country in the region through "hc9 'na
road passes will TO Kansas, and while II auoss
mart 70 the West it also supplies thoronghaie 10 INC
peope of Kansas by which they can obtain lhe auFaht-
ages of the Eastn markets Tor their PRODUCTS Inc oou
slant and extraordinary growth OF tne ihnu .'
and the many beneficial changes constantly occurring az
tending TO the Advancement prosperity ana crea 10
wealth Of Kansas. are events when a'si.
attention OF traveller the tourist and the old
The weather has been unusually precarious Constans
rain-storns attended by severe thunder ana hgh'he.
nave had tendency 10 inure the crops Throughout inc
State; there has been too much rain thus iari whes
throu hout the state has been injured and small Grains
have 5oen thoroughly soaked There is an unusual nss
in the Missouri River which IN eonhc sW WIZ u'
annual June rise, will fill the stream bank full
An important and extensive maui OF counteeites WEE
lately made in this State through the skill ana strategy
of the United States Marshal Thomas A. Osborn and ms
valuable and efficient corps OF deputies Bates Armstrong
and Hanks. -
The large payments annually made 20 the Indians on
the various reservations Throughout the STATE, ~ inc
Government through its agents affords grand aLd e1-
tensvo field operations shovsag me Q@eer whlis
susceptibility and ignorance of the Indian as wen -
the eaeernees and greed displayed by HIM IN oueI 10 DO
come the fortunate aud wealthy proprietor OF Ohcfo
Sans Green Bax;" the modes op,raTd' oeine iof ne
sarper 10 by an Indians annuity taking power OF a'ot-
new nom the poor Indian collect bis money or exc arg
Ing worthless and spurious bills TOR that which the uoverh
mont NAYS ont The arrests made and the extensive sez.
ur are not only of importance here, but have deveoPso
one of the daring and extensive organizations ~
COUNTRY reaching from the st. Lawrence 10 the Rocky
Maintains Michigan. Ohio end Illinois being the primer
rl lepots The amount OF spurious ana conh,ee, cur
r,nov IN circulation is upward OF million OF coldrS II
bills of largo denominations while ot postal currency
there is inward OF quarter of million hoatIng through
tho yniOus States such small quantities mat theF arc
scarcely dsoerDble. Of this enormous quantity vi tfsA
fully wothirs is in circulation In the southeIh naies
where the scarcity Of money causes anything that NJ az
resembles our currency De seized upon and received
with avdity. The amounts seized IN halsS ny
Marshal Osborn and his deputies Is upward OF s'ouVV Ia
bills of the denomination oil t"enues ana uP"su' a
about of postal currency The seizure oil pLess
material and tools which secreed IN feather beds
between mattresses and buried III cellars,
nroves that there must have been large business uans-
acted in tho manufacture oi the queeI. I'M ui'co1ep,
made on tho Poawattamie Indian Reservation, among
An Ignorant and ndOcn portion Of the people al p~s
located almost on the confines OF CIVILIZATION efhccs yuf
little security for the manufacture Of such currency Ia he
hickly tiled localities OF the old settled states ne
constan discoveries made and the many arrests anu lts
of tie ators Of these ncfaTiOus tTansacuo mas Ne
cess TIE parties 10 emigrae 10 country beyond the
re.ch @. l., United States Marshals and detectives