The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1867-06-13
LETTER FROM KANSAS.
[oOrresp0ndepce q lhe Regisler. .

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/ Correspondence ofthe Register.
JvEcrION Cry kansas, May 23d,
no ron r'blrEbIEe EANgAs.P ,7.II
Jumping aboard the Fleetwood, we
waved parting sdisu losffieuds on terra
f,ma. unlil we vanished frcmahsir sight.
ButafeR moments bOlOreiour hand bad
been wrang, witblhO parting Injunction
-i'Fare thee we'll, anil ifforever." as
We were off ,fof"Bleeding Kansos."
Not Sc. much with the iniestiQn Of inn
proving our condition spocpniarly, but
to fnd relief from The mOnotony of the
bumdrum SORT of lie We had been
leading in country town, Tor one Of
new aud exciting scenes, incident TO a
frontier Eie-id lpCt 10 see alinle more
Of the elephant Than was ras5 onisxs
hibiticu in our adopted. slste qf West
flrgleala yGs. ~ stS5, ir5Yt igi;ia ,.
We.IeR Cincinnati iTsJhea mcsRipss
and after gEride ovsE that best and
$pS9lhsst Of ifsadIssi1E6s NissiisiPPi. bra
Ohio --,Re stssd pjdpiglG for lAE fyst
limo fp our liS.s upon the banks Of lhs,
Is'JaHtsi ssilspr coatstf.
lbIaied its 81 gnili, NJ 8. \. we zni
across its Wide.ruhlad bosom 10 the lMnt-
" glimm6ring gas lights that lined the
opposite shore, We could just discern
the crowded city Of 81. LOuis-nOw
hushed in slumber,
Entering q hack, We were driven 70
tue Terry, conveyed across, and rafting
through tho now deserted streets of the
city, we're deposited ct the steps Of The
"PlanterB."s baagaa3oprbaz ~ Y
At four O'Clock p, NJ, wo entered q
car on the Union Pacifc Railroad, with
ticket in our bat for be then terminus
of the rosd-;Junclon City. Leaving
St. Louis "glimmering in thS distance, :
we whirlsd rapidly away toward the set.
ting sun, and before the "sablc curtain
Of night had fallen. struck the "mad
Missouri as It rushed Ond foamed past
us, clothed in holiday attire, for the re-
cent heavy rains and melting SHOWS
from The mountains had swollen lis
banks until it looked like one rushing,
heaVihg sea. -''.. e,
On through Jefferson City and other
minor points we whirl, until with droop-
ing lids and tired limbs we make q
virtue Of necessity Dy converting our scat
into q couch. Pitch, bump, lunge over
S6f pioce Of road we 60, but soon un.
mindful Of these petty anpoyspccs, sink
into slumber and dreom-weIl, we
sbSn't teI you what. "Kansas CityW
The brakesinan shOuLs-"2o minutes for
breakfast" and with o Start, which
gives US pitch forward, then lpngo
back, and G1ally brings us up standing,
We Ottaighten out our crampcd and sill
feued joints and follow the sound Of the
gong, We SEQ the breakfarb but mary
city--prSsnme it is moi on exhibition
from that ad.poia. "All aboard" ("
and in few minutes moro We are at
fWyandott where wo changelcars and
after short delay again move on, ''g
We are now i9,KansnS and with in
crcpscd interest more closely scan the
landscape. For miles We pass over tho
broad open prairo,d scarcely a tree or
shrub in'sight to break the monotony Of
tho scene Nature, still clothed in her
suit of brown, fails in producing tho
gorgeous Speclacio.thabgreetst tho vision
a month Inter, when those dad level
ploihs or distaai bluffs nro clothed in
living green, r,s Isres g....
i Occasionally we dash through o stretch
Of cottonwood.--lOw swampy ground,
strongly suggestive Of fever and aguO
HOru tho woodman's OK is al work and