, 1869-07-09
!5ouTHWEsTWARD. :,
ku ~ =
$3.50: :-,= A.
Rains :and Flooda issou1i and
- - <ss:Kansaa; y
Losses In Life and Property.
.Cr6p Prospects in Grain, Beef and
g. Pork. ----
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Land ~Speculnti6iis.


santa Fc- I1eft Chicago On tie z:ya OF June, on
the Chicago Burlington Qulncy Railroad, which
by the Wav 10 Il most magnificent road, perhaps
The very best 10 the country, and runs through
9t5 miles OF the best agricultural region
In the West 1t had already ralned at least forty
days aud nights and the creeks, rivers and sloughs
were briu-luu OF water; corn-relds we're over
grown With Weeds, grain and grsss-telds weEc
hooded and lodged, and the prospect looked
gloomy in the extreme for ali the crops and es-
pecfaly for small gram the eut.rc distance from
Chicago 10 Quincy. How The weather h2s been
for lhs Iass Sc. en- days Know not; but, AZ has
ra}ned all the time In Missouri and Kansas, pre-
sutne haa In 1ltna!A l dropped down the
Mississippi River, swollen and muddy. Ike
The Missouri, TO Hannibal Mo, on
the steamer Dob Ror. Hannibal 1ssa town on the
bank Of the river Of about nre thousand inh1hl-
tantR, pleasantly situated, but lansutshlus, and
dull ln business po!ct Of view. It II the eastern
terminus ol the Hannibal St Joseph Rstlrptd,
hui Quincy, by the assistance OF the C., B. i q
T. r, stole march on It, md secorrd the trade
which would have gone there By nuilding tho Pal
mJIa BIaLch and The pT1dge aeross the riyer At
Quincy, thus making Quincy the real terminus Of
the Hannibal / St Jee Kuat. Quincy u also the
wcs,sln te1nlrus Of ,ae Toitdo, Wabash d West
esu Railroad. Thus reciprocity OF trade is secured
hJ these roads al TITS point md Quincy gets the
benent Of Ill, and think ought to have her clalu
conceded Of being the second city IN The State OF
lllnoE
Frun Hanibal took the Hannibal and St Joseph
CARS tor st. JoEeph. The fains had played zad
lavoo with the cu!verts and grating OF the roAi,
many places being OF eIaowed with water and DAN
gerout, tut We got through without accident,
reaching 81 Joseph sever11 housA behind time It
rained IN torrents ali day {the e9th> and tho mud
dy bsEeaus and czeeH werr swollen 70 mlgaty tor-
rcnts, oserrowIn2 fields and crops, earring Amy
fences, house. and farming tools, md destroying
The Lies Ut cattle, AID IN few Instances human
belpgt. Many families were surprised IN the
hight BY the GOODS and barely escaped with their
lives, In their nlRht-c{ofhta
Corn In Northern Missouri LOOKS we'll Small
grain Is = tne crop, II the weather will admit OF
ia being secured. The winter wheat harvest
pught to commence at once, but the ground Is too
. EoIt for the respcrA The grasshoppers have done
considerable damage to tho spring wheat aud oatA
In ST. Joe the roodsp!ay eh.the mischief with
streets, bridges, foundations acd railroads. Was
obliged 10 remain there several daya, as everT ra
road lrallpg out 81 81. Joe WIS disabled. Getting
tlttd OF waiting, i went into hansas With
team, and travelled through DoaiphAn
and DEoEn Counties, and made observations
conserving crops, DC. railroad, called the St
Joe 4 Denver Road, Is buIlt es far IS Troy, the
county seat OF Don!lh1n County, and Il being
graded as far "a HiaHatha, the county seat Of
liruHn County, some forty miles from St Joe.
The county Is rolling and the 6oil VET Iich. The
best com have seen found on the bottom lands
nlong the Missouri Riyet In Kansas It stood on
the I'd Of July as high d ulau's Shoulders The
bottom opposite 1t. Joe, IN Kansas, Is six u!Ies
Vide, and WIS originally covered With heavy
growth of timber, which has been cut into fnr-
wood and sold anu the i1nl cleared and pat Under
cultivation As far Wes, as went Iouud .ne
corn crop very proinlalng, hut the wheat has been
t1o-Ihl1tis destroyed by the grasshoppers- Oats
hare also suffered, and In some Instances corn has
been eaten up The rains hare prevented the haF-
rest OF the winte- wheat. aud the PrDpef cuu7a-
ton Of the corn, though corn ground a. compared
to Illinois, Ia clear OF weeds Last year, In Brown
and ponlpb2n Counties, the drought, aft9 the
middle OF June, dest1o, ed almost the entire crop
OF corn, and the g1asshoppers ate up wheat Hnd
oats. Farmers now have to 70 long distances to
boy corn 10 feed lheIr teams, and have sold on
every animal which required to be fed On grain.
The consequence Il, TINT no hogs or cofp-fed
beef will be shipped from ihia region Until nltet
another crop Of corn is uuatured, aud heretofore
these counties hare furnished more poEk and beef
than any other counties IL Kansas
| Land Is selling very high in Brown County. Tn
improved prairie Is worth 3io, and improved farms
from $40 to so per acre. Here, ~ esery1here In
| the new States. la1a-sha1ks nnd railroad coupa-
| nies have secured most OF the good lands, and
poor settlers md It hard work 70 get Ioothold.
| The producers Of the country are taxed to pay
subsidies sufficient to bnIld good railroads; nslf
the lauda Of the people for twenty miles along
/ the roads are thrown IN, the other ha!t
are raised to 10 per 3cre and sold to land mo-
nopolzers and then put up 10 Is and $40 per acre,
and the rni.rpah lands rntsed to the sane 14-
utes. THIS II the ru1nous policy pursued BY those
| Hho ouRht TO lie the guardians and protectors OF
! the people, The RAJ l,uad companies buy the leg
I is.atcrs With lands aud nrst mortgage bonds to
crente advantages, and monopolies, snd corporate
J wealth. Hh,co.h h0r5ee4rtme. -
! Ircturned 10 st. Joe to 1na the Missouri Valley
| Raroad In running order, aud took the traln for
Lcavenwo1'h, but can proceed no further at
present as the Kansas Pacific Roan-ouly
hall snilt, With the peoples money donated IN
sud1cient sumB to build d 6rst-class road, aud the
laude thrown IN as above tndEcatetl-has been
SWEPT AWAY BY the fains. The bridges over The
kepuhltcAn, uhapuan's Greek, smoky lsfll, Solo
mon, and other1, are destroyed, and several mtss
OF the road waahed away.
A gentleman who has just come ever the road
informs me that the rails arc spiked TO only about
every nth tie, except at aud near tho stations,
and that the culverts, bridges and grad
lug are all Of the cheapest anu most
urAuhstanuAt character, hut In this
1us'anca the noods are certainly unprecedented
The damage to crupa along the r4ser-bot,oms Is
very great aud many uYes have beep lost Will
gtsc Jon full particulars alter pAss over the ruad
4 through train to Sheridan Ia promised on Aou-
day. The Congressional Committee Is expected 10
90 over the road on Monday. Their opinion Of the
road will not probably be A1ec1ed By tho amount
Of bonds or lands which they hare or nopa to Ret,
They are all honorable anu Patriotic neu, and have
the welfare Of The dear people At heart Ii does
not raln to-day. Aid