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t i i -i mijliniHjB'luil'Kiinw . wrr! i r-n- 1f-.'! 'if ' 1 1 1 7$ r 7 O V J i "1 I 7 ft 4 Ml I 1 hi -I i ill -Ml Pi I: 1 3 a WM. J. OSBORN, WM. H.; ADAMS, s LEAYENTTORTII, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1854. Executive policy. ;'.4 We feel a peculiar pride in laying- before our readers the response of , Gov. Reeder, Containing1, as it does, a. confirmation of the principles and policy that we hare laid down for our conduct as journalists. The right of all men of every class of opinions to seek a home , in Kansas and to enjoy the protec tion of its laws is well stated and will com mand the admiration and applause of all actual residents of the Territory. No man must be proscribed for,xr hindered in the exercise of his , inalienable rights of free speech and free suffrage. 'The Kansas Bill must not be a dead letter, but its spirit must be a living principle in the administration of the affairs of this Territory. . The whole nation is looking with intense interest to our action. Already political parties have staked their success upon hos tility to the principle of popular sovereignty which was conceded in our organic act. With the whole Union regariing us with intense watchfulness and jealousy, it be hooves us to take heed to our steps. We rejoice that our able and accomplished Gov ernor is alive to the true nature of his deli cate and important trust. He is aware that upon his just and impartial administration of our affairs depends in no small measure the integrity of the Federal Union. It is not too much to say that no officer of the Federal Government is charged with a trust f more vital importance or more universal responsibility than the governor of Kansas. He can commit no error of judgement that will not be imputed to the fault of his heart by one or the other of the sectional parties ot the country. - His firmness, his impartiality, his resolu tion to respect the rights of others and to en force respect for ours, his determination to carry but the law to the letter and in its spirit, as indicated in his address, should cheer the heart of every union-loving citizen in our broad land. It is a new prom ise of peace to our whole country, an assu ranee that Kansas, when she comes to take her place in the sisterhood of States,' will verify her motto that she is the- legitimate offspring of the popular will. Sale ofjjots in JLcavenivorth. On Monday last at 11 o'clock A. M. the sale of lots in this town was commenced The re was a large assemblage of people on the ground, many of .whom had come from a distance for the purpose of attending this sale. ' The survey had been completed and charts of the town drawn. The streets had been cleared of rubbish and marked with their names. Those parallel with the riv er are numbered as far out as 7th street; the cross streets are named for Indian tribes and commencing on the South, are as fol lows : Chocktaw, Cherokee, Delaware, Shawnee, Seneca, Miami, Osage, Pota wctomie, .Ottawa, Kickapoo, Kiowa, Dah . cotah, Pawnee, and Cheyenne. The Streets parallel with the river are 60 feet in width and ; the cross streets are 61 feet wide, ex cent Delaware, which is 70 feet. The lots ar 21 feet front by 125 deep and there are 32 lots in each block. Through the centre of each block runs an alley 15 feet wide Seven blocks have been laid off next the river in Ware house lots, the fronts of which are about 150" feet from the water's edge. All the space between Main or First Street and the river except these sev en blocks has been donated for a Levee and Esplanade. .The terms-of the sale were one third cash and the balance payable when a title is secured. G. W. McLane of Weston and Wr S, Parmer of Platte city, were the iuctioneerrOa the first day 54 lots were sold at an average of $14.0. On the 2nd day 50 lots were sold at an average of $120, making the average for both days' sale about $130. Only four lots were sold ' out bf the thirtv-two in each block. ; The . . sales were distributed equally over the en- : tire site. The purchases were generally inade for immediate improvement, but " small number haying been sold to share - holders. Every lot that : was ;' offered was : sold, and many others could have been dis- posed of, if time had permitted. The" high st mice naid -for any was $390, the lowest I .; ..-'.. ' 50. r It must be recollected that no lot ex- C?edid24 feet front. .I?,,'). ' rli $2?" Lewis N. Rees has opened in this towr a good stock of Dry Goods,- Hats; " -Caps, Boots and shoeswith an assortment cd .iiroceries wnicn ne.wui i&eiJi at uu . , ces.f 'He will also keep on hand a supply Hpbvisidas-' for the" convenience of the . cit- f,) izew Oieriwbrdi ''ayicinitjr . There ' f is hardly any articl that settlers need; that - nnot be "purchased 'in-, this Hown on , fair deception of. Gov. Meeder. Orr Saturday last Gov, Ueederith ilr. C. Willianjsr, hii private Secretary ,an4 ABorewj. 1 sacks iisqw u. p. Attorneyjof nansas amvea as -. r un j-eavenworin, oy the. Polar Star, j His landing was greeted bythe ofiicers of the Fort with the 'National salute and he became the guest of the com mandant, Capt. F. E Hunt. , ' - At 3 o'clock in the evening the citizens of Kansas, from Leavenworth, Salt Creek, and the country forxnnes around gathered at the Fort to pay their respects to Gov. Ree der. The concourse was large and highly respectable and most enthusiastic ; in' their gratification at his axrivaL. ' Our citizens in. a body called' upon the ' Governor- at the quarters of Capt! .Hunt; andageneral intro duction took place during which many kind- y expressions of welcome were indulged on the part of the peopled and reciprocated by the Governor witn the republican trank ness and honest cordiality, so agreeable to western men. ' After a general interchange of courtesies', Dr. Charles Leib' addressed the Governor as follows : . . ' '.. " . '.. Gov. Rexdxb, -' - ' In behalf of my fellow citi zens permit me to welcome you to the west and to the young and beautiful Territory whose executive you are. . . . T It is but a few months since the passage of the Kansas and Nebraska bill, it is but a few months since the people of the west were told by one of their dtinguished sena tors, "the Indians have treated, go over and possess the goodly land," and to day Kan sas is teeming with hardy, industrious, en terprising, strong armed men with noble hearts and willing hands who have come here to till the soil and to enjoy the fruits of their industry, to pursue their different call ings, "and to assist in building up a state which will ere long be knocking at the door of Congress for admission into the Confed eracy, and which I trust will be recognized as the thirty second in the bright Constella tion which graces the flag of our Union. . Gov. Reeder, we are rejoiced at your coming, rejoiced that you are among us, be cause we believe it will be your pride and pleasure not only as the executive but also as a citizen, to assist in giving, Kansas a place in the front rank of territories. You will, sir, find men here from every section of tliis Union who have come to find homes, to assist in filling up our broad and beautiful prairies and our vallies rich as that of the Nile. In your own language they know that this is the "pathway of empire to the Pacifie," they know that the vast fron tier," New Mexico and California trade which now flows into the lap of Missouri, legitimately belongs to Kansas, -they know and feel that they have the energy to build up a state which will command the trade, and it will not be long until they will have accomplished their object. Ye doubt not that in coming here you have sacrificed much; that you have left be hind those to whom you are .bound by the ties of con sanguinity, affection, and love, that you have left - tried friends, personal and political in whose hearts you have a place, that you have left a community to which you were attached by a residence of long years among them, but when duty called, like Cincinnatus ,you obeyed. As a Pennsylvanianr one who loves the hills and vallies, the rivers and plains of the noble old Key Stone State,"but who in heart and interest is a Western man, I in corn mon with my fellow-citizens am rejoiced at your appointment, because we believe you will administer the . affairs of this govern ment upon strictly, republican principles, because we know your antecedents, because we know that Pennsylvania the home of Rittenhouse, of Fulton, of Franklin and of the able and accomplished Buchanan, "who has .graced our annals abroad and done us honor in King's Courts," and who is a states man of the school of the fathers, would not send us a son unworthy of herself, because we believe that under your administration Kansas will grow and flourish, that her rei sources, agricultural and mineral, will be developed, that her commercial importance will be acknowledged by the whole nation, that her hardy sons will prosper, will make this the garden spot of the Mississippi val ley. -.k :, ..-: : - -v We sir, meet here upon common ground The men of Maine arid of; Mississippi, of Massachusetts -and of Missouri, aye and those -who cross the blue waters of the broad Atlantic, who turn their backs upon the tyr rants of the old world and place themselves under the protection of the flag of our Uni on, may enjoy the blessed privileges of free speech, dare ' think, do. and act for them selves. This , is true repubJUcanism an cannot fail to meet the approval of all who are truely American at hearty ;: But a few months since the Ted men alone - occupied this Territory, they roamed undisputed mas ters of the soil, but to-day in all parts ; , of it the hum ot industry is neara,-ine. progress of the age demanded it, settlement and by the hearths and r firesides of our hardy pio . neers is to be joy, peace arid happiness arid a determination to maintain at all hazards the supremacy of he , law. . :..jZr I . In conclusion. Gov Reeder, let me' again welcome yoa'taKansasfa- to express the hope, nay the sincere wish that.our relation as Governor and governed riiay be of sucli a character that when 'it shall be severed , we can always revert .to it as peing, the" hap piest period of ,bur0ves,thcrgh it cprnmenc ed when ' trarhplirig dowt jthe nettles and To which Governor $tderk rtplied:. . : -. -I thank yoof -. 8irrand;those-vhaxtyoa represent on this occasion .. for- the. cordial manner in which you JHay e welcomed me J to your lemtoryana lor tne encomiums wxuen iyou .cave, so eiouuenuy TCsipwea- encpmiuins which ,1 must beaUowedtp say are attributable more to youra courtesy and partiality , thari to anymeritsof mine. looming, as i ao come, into a position oi high and solemn resrnsibility in i strange tana, to exercise most important .lunctions among "men rwho as yet. know me ; not, you.maywell. imagine that I am cheered and encouraged, by the; foreshadowing; of connaence ana Krnaness . exniDitea m inis our first ). interview. Jl aril' sensible of; the1 difficulties that may beset my official careery and I must rely on the friendship and kind- y fcelmg' which you have ptdfes3edi for in-' dulgence to my deficiencies. ""But whilst I snau now. ciaim in aavance youraemency for my inexperience . of -.your , country, and your people, for my shortcomings in wisdoni and ability, I daim no marginnd ask for no indulgence, in respect to .the 'earnestness and sincerity of my efforts, to make;; the great good of the Territory, and die ad vancenient of its substantial , prosperity and welfare, the chief end of my officialVactionT It shall be my pride and, pleasure, always to keep in view, that single end, despite all sinister considerations j or adverse circum stances.; Our Territory is indeed a land of great interest, and of glorious promise, arid although now a frontier country demanding at our hands strong continued effort and no small privation yet tve are cheered on by the conviction j that another frontier is approach ing us from the .Pacific, and that when. the inevitable destiny of this Union . shall have filled up its limits with .civilized population and thrifty enterprise, "Kansas will be terri torially the very heart of the;' Republic, and in the highway.-' of its trade. Much of its progress, its prosperity and its fu ture destiny, will depend upon the impress that we shall make upon its early clevelope ments That we shall have difficulties to meet and overcome, varied in their character,-and formidable in their number and ex tent, it were worse than folly to deny and conceal. VV hatever they may be, however, there is rib fear that they cannot all be "solv ed by prudent care -by tolerance and chaff ity- for . difference of opinion- among our selvesby calm but unquailing moral cour age, in asserting our own rights of action "or opinion and. by the most scrupulous care to avoid encroachment on the rights of oth ers. , First of all Kansas must,'- and with God's' help it shall be, a country of law and order; No man ; must be allowed t cast contempt upon the law,-to unsettle the foundations of 1 society, to mar . our future destinies, to cause us to-be shunned and avoided by good citizens,; and to' turn us upon the retrograde path toward barbarism by substituting his own unbridled passions for the administration of justice, arid by rer dressing his real and imaginary wrongs by the red and cowardly hand of assassination, or the ruffianism of the outlaw.' So far as it shall come within my province to deal with this spirit, I pledge" you that I'Svill crush it outi' or sacrificemyself in ,the ef fort... Every one of 0urmillious of fellow citizens who may choose to exercise his un questionable; right to plant himself, his fail ily and his property on bur soiI,to swell its strengtn, ana aeveiope its - resources, must feel that the broad a?gis of the law shelters him and his from outrage; and that its sword is keen and ready to punish him summarily and unfailingly, for outrage of the rights o others. . We must too do our t duty, in . ce menting and preserving-our glorious Union,' by the strictest adherence to ourConstitu tional and legal obligations, and a constant readiness to aid our fellow-citizens of other States, inJsecuring .to them all the which that . . Constitution and ; those .laws have sacredly guaranteed to . them for the management of their own affairs, whilst at the same time we . must Jwith-the most vig orous and determiried firmness, preserve unimpaired and unquestioned, torevery ci4 izen of our Territory,freedom of opinion in the regulation of . our own. V The ' principle of the Bill for erecting our Territory; I need scarcely tell you ias rny hearty approval. Fiercely as it' has been assailed, it has -its foundation deep in the doctrroe of lrue re; publicanism. ' Under'1 these ' doctrines the whole Unioii, North," Southi ist ;and West has ; irivited! "'us tocoirie here, and . jtopuld.,bujr own insUtutions, as to us it shall seem good. We have accepted the invitation and..' with prepared to give one more, proof, of the abil ity of our people s, for - elf-goverrimerit, ''i by going to.tEe ballot.bpx-r-there conceding' tp each other the right of-free 'di&clissiori and opinion whicli we clafor?orarselveS,:and sacrificing tp .the 1 ?w majority, all ourinterests, ari4 feelings, and prejudices, h whatever .question1 mayox be involved in' the' decision.- '- Thus arid-thti3 only can we discharge oiir duty o ourselves -r-show our appreciation of , the principle fof uisues oi jansas ana preparing- it iot ns high destiny tv j: iPlV:? our TemtoridBi3,-;aM its permanency as a means' of . easy solution, for all future rirae,of ?ji dangerous and ex- citmguesnon: in oinr aaonanjouncus v- iThui fcrilh layf alidrde xejgmng in our rnlidsU'rc-Jitualvleraiici sUe>hening'oux as acceieraiing ouy progress -iana- ticism djsarmed and the Union sustained by Sk cheerful and deteraained ote the Corisfitution Uiat "bindVit togethefby pres9rvicg'uriire the purity of the ballot boxafid deciding - ther caar freemen should thequestionsjwhich the Ration has properly "referred io it,'eacri f"rnari calmly, teeIy!'aridrl3issidhate His fopiniori arid casting his vbtein conform ty to the es his' conscience' arid ujri- derstanding andby ' bowinjgsubssively to the will bf the majbrity when" properly as certained, and we shaU have done our.whole duty. and -may expect to' reap itsJ pleasant ftits--.-:--.i:r ilm-'-:- est attention raridynkedapprpb applattsd , and when I the plaudits: had 'stuV sided, Dr. Leib proposed the health sj ' Gov, Reeder. which wai received vith-enthusi asm bythe company." - .' .'" Gov.1 Reeder thanked the coinpany for the sentiroent and , said that there was Jno man who on this occasion so well deserved to be ' remembered as the Host to whose courtesy,-' arid hospitality,; the .entertainer and. entertained were all alike indebted lor the . place of , their meeting, and the good cheer that- accompanied i it, and proposed; The health' of our Host, Capt; F.'E. Hunt. This ritiment was heartily concurred in by all present .and' responded to by Capt. Hunt in a brief arid appropriate acknowl edgement; V .7 :; , '-V- - : :. After half an hour's social intercourse, in which" courtesy and an absolute-' freedom. frbrn! restraint -were :' alike'1-combined the company withdrew, bearing with; them the impression that the first uovernor ot . ium- sas is one of-Nature a noblemen and just the man for the" post. ' . ; ; -v - - Every thing passed off pleasantly and the occasion was one, long to be remembered by r those who participated in it.'7,-. ., Correspondence othe Kansas Herald. ' Marysville (Big Blue River) K.T. ; . ; . :": October 3; 1854. -. ; $ r Mr. Editor ; -Previous to our departure from Leavenworth City,; I .promised :you intelligence of " our procedure westward. The Great Etniirrant: route leadins to : Or-' egon Salt Lake City, CaHfornia ! tind:. the" Territories approximating' the Pacific Ocean was selected; Receiving a. God speed and- hearty good bye from pur friends, we coiri-; menced our journey;' the first night 6uren: campment was on .Oregon Hill , ji fine heal thy and elevated region, within wee miles of the flourishing City of Kickapoo on , the Missouri river; continuing the second daj we passed through a firie rich- agricultural district already densely settled by ' the ; m dustrious arid liardy Pioneer evincing that industry and American energy which so quietly and rapiSly populates the . western wilds into cities, towns and villages, . and magnificent farms. The soil -being rich and well capable of producing in abundance all the various products jnow raised in ; the States, . such, c as Wheat, Rye, Oats, Corn, Hemp and Tobacco, having an -abundance of timber and good running water: -" 5 Passing-, alopg the r'oad abundance. , " of Grouse was shot . by. our . friend W., and relished exceedingly for supper, encamping, the sec ond nightlon Rock Creek one of the ; many tributaries of Grass Hopper. ? : This stream having ah abundance of good wood,' pure '. water,' and rich soil Js an excellent' camp- ing ground for immigrants, anc will become a rich farming' district. Continuing, our journey,' we crossed the little Grass . Hop per',' Great Grass Hopper, and r halted . for dinner on the Big Nerhaha1 River. This River .possesses- great Jnduce ments to . the agriculturalist, haying; a fine wide . bottom of rich-alluvial . soil, being' -well ', timbered wth a variety of TYOpd and good- evidence of Cahnel Coalon its east Bank.' '; Already Has the hardy .arid industrious . Pioneer in-j vaded the. primitive forest ? and fallen . the gigantic tree from which' cconfoftable hous-j es are erectea, ana wvupieu vy iue x;iitt ted families, a nucus on the Great Kern . '."'' ' ''slv : '-' :i-'F'i':'?'i lL!J aha around, wnicn nunareas oi.iamuie .are concentrating and chariging the forest into homes for.the "present and the future gen4 erations, a portion pfpountry- inferior to none in pur rjeautiful- Territory; . ; A fter din ner we journeyed forward tho road passing on, the ridge dividing the . waters of, the Great Nemaha river, running North; East by East frora the Muddy, which runs in ' a South East direcudn - and '- embouges into Kansas : nveifr - EricpmgVfpr the riighjt at Tenmfleoinior psgeekie, day we pursued our iourneVrr crossing the Verrnilliorl, Emx and Spring . creeksf ; ari arrived at Marysville'. situated prith&;B.ig 'Blue Rriverrorieuridred arid " fifty friilesj lrom.tne vuy. pi,,iayenworu ..ana; were .cprdiaUy .welcomed by the residents o( the frontier City of arisas. Receiving, an invJ ipnironii MrvFJilMarsftd - his kn arnia hos pitality, wjufst sojourning 'at Maryfville.ypu may -rest assured that it required, no sqi 4nvitotioabatiHth.de'gri.e?bf delight; ai$ pleasure availed ourselves Bf the1 faiagiiab iuiou3 mvitati5iiso proverbially aV?oundinfr among the western citizens'. Havmg par taken of an excellent supper, and refreshed ourrcivjwrcna'gopa ragna rcsawGe onfiorJlay morning towit&esa' Uiefraost sublfe-jand gorgeous sight the eye of tnan evee beheld,! tiia? great and glorious:' tu- riuriajy e-oii;;ttelng fof nis-enul-1 gent rays over the . bright green plain, of the west, with here ajnd there the earth studded by dense bodies"; of fine" timber, comprising Red Cedar, the various species oOak,?the Walnut j the Hickory Haekber ry, the Ash, Cotton Wood, the Ehn, the Linn and the.Sycamore, with innumerable herds of fine cattle lowing-their Jtocrriirig melodyjri whilst - the u various herds men were. cplleg--,them together,;, for their morning .feed, i . After ; breakfast , our parry .went forth and viewed the fine.) site of Marysville, , nteeting the. surveying par ty, who had just completed the southern ba sis of the city, and Mr.., Doniphan in com pany with Mr. Woodward ; and - Marshall accompanied and showed us the r Location. Marysville is situated on the 'East bank of the Big Blue -River, and upon neutral gTouridowried by the'TJnited Statis Gqv ermeritj'and by rid Indian tribes whitdi fa eilitates Ae Trustees' ; in securing: av. title thereto without any difficulty - The city is regularly surveyed,' comprising an area1 of 320 acres streets crowing' veach other at rightangles from Eastto West,' axidfrpm North to South, having; a width of99 feejt except Spring Street on theouthern boun dary being 53 feet widei.: The Blocks each comprise ten lots of seventy fee t front,' by a depfli of 132 feet to , Alleys ruining. JEast and West twenty feet rwide,v reserving a square for the. erection of Public - Buildings for county purposes; its elevation from the river front being five degrees to the ' mile and gradual, secure a sufficient declination so essential to the cleanliness pf . every well regulated . city.'- 'Already active demon strations are entered into by shareholders arid purchasers of lots, to cbirirriencd ih' ,th springUie erection of many large,, ani fine Brick,! Store, Ware and .. dwellings houses; And now, where the din of industry and energy may be witnessed,1 was . preceeded but a. few years ago by 7 the wild1 Indian and roving Herds of "Buffalo. The large trading Houseof Messrs. Marshall,Y"ood .vard & Co." in Marysville, has a fine assort ment of the" various Merchandises necessa ry to supply the settlers, arid the' irhmense bodies.of emigrants, concentratirigpt; this point, from ; Weston Leavenworth,. Inde pendencet. . Soseph," on their way to the far Wrest: The "various routes leading we st-. ward and travelled by the great, immigra tiori. fronx the Missouri;Rivert all conceiir trate at this particular point- from whence-1 can' safely say commences that; great' thor oughfare the Oregori, California, and Salt Lake City, Forts ; Kearney r arid" Laramie Road, tjver which annually pass thousands of persons. ,v ! : r Whilst examining the various strata of earths, we discovered in abundance on the North side of the river the Lamina of .Cop per, intermixed variously in quarts, which led us to a further research and found the metal in naices, veins and leads, varying from thirty to ninety per cent in purity ,and m large abundance, sufficient to justify the commencement ofjrny company to a suc- ful remuneration. ' in the manufactory : of this valuable metal for' market and will un questionably cause heavy outlay and expen diture of capital at this "point. Lead has been discovered in larcre quantities about five rriiles North. of Marysville, and said by miners that it will abundantly remunerate the vvorkers. " The country adjoining JVIa rysville possesses superior; advantages and will unquestionably become the finest agri cultural district ofKansasjJJbeing' well; and abundantly watered,' arid heavily tirnbered, are inducements to form a. large and speedy settlement, already have Messrs. Marshall Woodward & Co. a fine large Ifarm . under fence, and successfully cultivated, a large crop of corn, which was beirig gathered during our Sojourn. ,:. ;. . ' ; . . Tomorrow, we move forward, and I shall not forget you and the Kansas Herald,, the Pioneer of theiWest, the Elm Tree and the Black Bottle. . . I hope ere this, you are in the new house.-.; More, anori. -., 5:, i-.V I .Yours Truiy " : : v- ' ;-. -.- j. r. VERITAS ; Hie Bait Ialce JTIail. - The Salt Lake Mail arrived on the even- inc of the 18th bringing Us full file of the Desert News. ' That 'paper' contains little ot nothing to interest our readers; " '".'' . 'The following items of hews , we,: obtain from Mr. Magraw,' one bff the contractors who "carhe through with the mail party ' f On the 8th of Augirst'.last, two Mormon boys were killed y two utan Indians.-1- The Indianis have beeh tried in the - Vi ;S: court arid sentenced tobe'hurig on the 15th jf K Reports says that gold has been' discovr ered blithe Sweet Wateti ' ' ;-t :;'; j ! ' About 40- Mormon Alissionariesi under th e charge of Elder Taylor", af e on their way across the plains. : They are traveling in company wiui a numoer oi returning vaiiiorp riia: traders arid explorers the'" whoIe.party rirponritipg to abotuf liae' Hundred.---' ' r" :i f 'AThe Iridians are now very ;'troublescarie; days af Devil's Gate awaitiriar., other trav elers froirit the ? west ; to' Strengthen their jsariy v . J.ne. man. party iraveitju jiwui jutti amie to 'tluspliacehiuinp and t;half j dajrs ThPTastost tune out."-'', rrl"" ': r ; - CorresgoncUnetrof the Kansas Herald. Things at Wak 'arwkaTh Shawnee covn piryTravel'Mn -tEe Santa Fe road In- QiqiitjaTms-i ne-iuaKer jutsston c. liiMj 4t'.October 7th 1854. J 'Eoitok o thbHebald: Although my stay at Wakarusha , the emigrant settle ment , was: short, -f was there long-enough: to see that a &tlepub$ewa&, brejring.---! At seems that an opposiuon tovn nas 3pning up on a clahn legally inade by a fortunate settler, under theiproprietprship. of ( Himself. and three ot fouz, iiterpri sing .speculatora, Thf. emigrant party thought th.atjiis settler. a.djpining tHe laira" they ; cfffginally pur chased ought either to sell'out his ;titleE to them or -riot sell at alL- TKey therefore put up a teriton his land for the avriwed pur pose of acquiring a title tq the samp, i as agajrit all oher persons vbut , him. .HThe seiuer ano nis-partners tore it vdown alter gmngdmely notice ffbr its reriiovaLrf A- gain the Wakarushiaris set it upland carirp our j about lorty ot them,with guns.to defend it. ..The other party mustered about thirty. mostly. Missourians and equally armed met them face to face, in the. fields1 "Not ! a. drum was heard;" iaot aVgun was fired. But loudly ifae parties. talked, and y. fearless ly they discussed their rights, . and .wrongs till at last regarding discretion as the bet ter part of valor, they coriciuded to let their! case be settled by a trial at law, instead of a trial by battle." 4 '.So they respectively re'--treated from the field. 'They were certain ly sensible in 'r stopping where they did; and perhaps itwould have appeared - better it they had not made the warlike exhibition that they did. They ought to. know that force is but a poor arbiter, of -justice, , The emigrant party assume that these men who haye gone in partnership with the original squatter have no equitable 'rijght inasmuch as they may in some measure reap the ben efits of the flourishing city which; they, the emigrant party intend to build. The squat ter, and his coadjutors say they intend to build a town themselves and, have as much right to do so as their neighbors, . and it seems to me they have. "i ; But I must leave this topici arid ' tell : you a word or two about the Shawnee land. This picturesque and fertde section of Kansas extends from the vicinity of : West port, in a westerly direction along the val ley of thelCansas to the Wakarusha river, a distance of thirty miles and upwards, and is twenty-five riiiles in width. : I am not of those, who having eyes see not a sufficient supply of timber on the banks of the Kansas and its tributaries, to ,say ; nothing . of: the extended groyes through which the Sante " Fe road passes : In riding from - tlie emi grant settlement to the crossing of the Wa karusha I saw among the numerous houses recently erected a few logr ones built en- : tirely of black Walnut. That I judged de noted an abundance of timber. The land is more level than any I have yet travelled over in the territory. The big prairie as it is termed by the Indians,. is remarkable not only for its extent, but 'for the luxuri ance of its vegetation arid its majestic un dulations which broadly roll away, in- one vast expanse till it meets the horizon like the ocean. This land of promise, now re- served to the Shawnees, will in a year or. two it is thought come, into market; and there can be no doubt that it will then be most speedily filled up with white settlers. - The immense travel on the great road to New Mexico, provides an excellent market . ; . for whatever the red men are disposed ' to V raise from the soil both for man and beast. And well indeed the Indians avail them selves of this means of turning their grain ' into cashu. v A great many farms are to - be secri on the road side, - industriously, culti- vated and durably fenced. . I . met several of the Shawneje people with whbin I stop ped a few rniriutes to' converse. Theyjaro" friendly, and . accommodating. Through the philanthropic policy of our government their: children ;are - provided - with .good, rrieans of instruction. 'I refer to the"telig ious Missions which have been established under die patronage of the United; States laws; and the doors of which are . open; : ,a ; all the youth of the tribe for ; education; was rnuch gratified with the Quaker Mis- . siori, where I spent a night, both on account -of its pleasant location and the . exemplary system of its arrangament. - The-children are there adopted into the mission and fed, clothed', and ;: instructed gratuifously.; Be sides, the commop branches of . an j English education they are'taughl in a systematic manner the labor peculiar, to each ' sex. -The jperinlendent related to me a curious fact that when ari Indian left a son or daugh ter thus in their charge he geerned : to think he was confering.a great, favor on the mis sion, v. From this mansion, so much sought for fcythe fatigued and hungry' traveller; I started out fresh and early m the rriorhing to .! complpie. y'circuitpus jourey.VJf.Re-. tracing my .steps a milei Ithen . turriedTrup theVlndepVmdericeroad the "best, and fin fact the only direct route to ' Leavenworth, and after a ride of seven rriljes fpuri'4 thy self once more by jhe side of the fast flow ing waters of tlie' Kansas at the ; old J.Dela ware Terryi iiy:- V: "i r . VIATOR. ' The man hat qAVfor' ra! lodge in some vast wilderness," lias paid up; ?0 - f. ? 4 1 1; 1 . n v?3 r : I r i i t i I .t - J: 1E - - "j i P 1 t U ...i i 1! 'V: