The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1867-08-29
Correspondence of the Telegraph.
Matters and Things in Missouri.


Matters and Things in Missouri.
NEwToNIA, Mo- August 7th 1867,
EDITORS TEL. EGRAPH:
Presuming that few lines concerning this
Section of the: Country viii prove interesting
to some of your readers, and knowing that l
had promis ed many friends to send them
whatever Information might be able to gath
er, concern ing Mo. and her prospects l now
take pleas .ure in doing So
Free Missouri" is emphaticaly the State of
cheap lands. BY going into the unsettled
portion is of the State there are splendid lands
in the hands of the .. s, Government; and
mar y people availing themselves of the OPP
pc rtunity, secure good homes under the
q Homestead Law of Congress.
In Newton Co. there are no more Govern
-oent lands There is great amount Of good
land held by the S. W. P. r. R. Co. upon
which some persons are settling, but prudent
people have RETAINED from so doing, because
of the uncertainty Of getting good title.
By the law of Mo- said R. R. Co. cannot give
a deed of these R. R. lands until the road shall
have been completed to distance within ~
miles of said lands; and further, should the
R. r. Co, fail to comply with the stipulations
made in the contract with the State OF MO.
said R. R. and lands may be seized by the Gov
Of the State in behalf of the State OF Mo- AS
YOU are already aware the Gov. Thos. tIetch-
er, has seized the S. W. P, R. R. and lands, IN
the name of the State. Those people, that
have bought R. r. land are now in an unpleas-
ant situation, having paid one fourth Of the
money down, and have in return simply the
Bond of said r. r. Co. for deed. The people
of s. w. Mo. in conjunction with the Gov. are
endevoring to devise some plan whereby these
lands may be opened to settlers, without the
annoyances above mentioned. There is re-
markable diversity of soil in No. In 80 acres
of land man will sometimes haye4 or kinds
of soil, much of the timbered land is worth
less for tillage but is destined to be valuable
for pasturage since it is covered with an ex-
cellent grass.
This section of Mo. is well watered, being
bountifully supplied with Creeks and Springs
The soil is generally good. Fruit is abund-
ant. Apples may be bought for SOC per bush
ell and when they are generally ripe we expect
| to get them for 25c. New Potatoes are 40c at
CRANKY Wheat is 75c per bushel. The corn
25c per bushel. Thus you perceive that there
is no Immediate danger of starvation.
| This part Of Mo. has been settled for so years
yet there is much unimproved land. Deer is
abundant, and almost daily some of the neigh
bors are out "on drive" occasionally we are
serenaded, at midnight, with pack of wolves
which make the air reSound with their melo
dious howlings.
In the political world there is general quiet
yet occasionally we hear of difficulty.
There are few unrepentant and unsubdueC
rebels yet remaining, but knowing that the
Union element predominates they wisely con
clude to submit to the ''powers that ben
A few of them, went to Church, on the Sab
BATH, while ago with their Confederate badg
es floating around them, but the Union boys
politely took their badges from them and al
the same time informed them that such con.
duct could not be tolerated
The dispute was thus raised to high pitch
the rebel element declaring that they would
not go into the Church under the Stars and
Stripes which Flag had been floating over one
of the doors Of the Church.
The rebels declared they would haul then
down. The Federal boys threatened to shoot
any man or men attempting to pull down the
| flag they loved so we'll, suffice it to say, that
the old flag was not pulled down but remain
ed in mid air a fitting emblem of our beloved
country,
1t may be unnecessary for me to tell you
that those persons who would thus dshono
our Country's Flag, are bitterly opposed to
the Congressional Reconstruction Policy blu
they ardently lore the Democratic Porty an(
look to 1t to save them from political destruc
ton. We may thus see verified the old adag
which says, "Biras of q feather viii flock to
| gether &c.''
The more we see and talk with the leadin!
slave holders of this country the more full!
are we convinced that slavery was the Cause o
the war. They complain that the people o
the Northern States failed to execute the Flu
gitive Slave Law, and were actually trying t.
abolish slavery, which, to many of them, wa
dearer than life ITSELF They now regret that
the Southern States waged war with the Gov
eminent, not because of the error they com
mitted by so doing, but because of the fac
that they lost everything for which they con-
menced the war, and are now ruined PEG
pie.
Let the people of the United States see to it
4hats the good work of Reconstruction, whic
is so well begun, is completed; and since on
Government was shaken to its foundation
the civil war, through which we have passe
let them see to it that the foundation stone
are laid anew, and bedded firmly on the ''ete
nal principles of Freedom" and then shall tn
oppressed of all the earth look unto our Coun
try's Flag as the emblem of Liberty, and W
shall no longer need to tremble when we re
member that "God is JUST
| Humbly Yours
| JOHN w. NORTH
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