Star of Empire from Topeka, Kansas • 4

1 THE STAR OF EMPIR A. Cramer, at Solomon anil 3 a-re; jiart smooth and part rolling prairie, trood and vome slock water. The Star of Empire. SALINE COUNTY. I i 1 3,800 acres; part rolling LO prairie, with some timber; good place, City, Agent.

tions of brine. At Walnut, creek, the supply of is suficient to make 150 bushels per day. Saline county contains numerous OLD FACTS, BUT TRUE ONES. We now publish an issue of 80,000 of the Star, four times the number we com acres; on divide be 10 tween Turkey and Carry Creek. springs, some of which are now worked.

But the larirest and most important denos- QLEAJNxNGS FROM THE LAST HARVEST. sou pari very ncn nocmn wnn running water and timber. Icy 2,400 m-res; bottom land in valley of Solomon river and rolling prairie; some fine sand-stone quarries. ft 2 2140 acres; fine prairie land, sloping into Ivottoui, with some timber; fair soil. 4 A S4E 1,440 acres; lolling I gravelly soil.

84 2.400 acre some lair bot-1 torn land, balance rotting prairie DAVIS COUNTY. or more of age, or shall have performed service in the army of the United States, and that he has never borne arms against the government of the United States, or given aid and comfort to its enemies, and that such application is made for his or her exclusive use or taggfc efit, and that said entry is made tor the purpose of act ual settlement and cultivation, and not either directly or indirectly for the use or benefit of any other person or persons whomsoever; ami upon tiling the said affidavit with the register or receiver, and on payment of ten dollars, he or she shall thereupon be permitted to enter the quantity of land specified Provided, hoioever, That no certificate shall be given or patent issued therefor, until the expiration of five yean from the date of such entry aud if, at the expiration of such time, or at 4 1,100 acres; rolling prairie 12 good soil some itottom on Smoky 2 120 acres; some very fine bottom, in vallev of Hill 16 its of salt, are in the Big Bend of the Arkansas, and the salt works of Republic county. The works cover an area of about ten thousand acres, which in dry weather are covererd with a white incrustation of salt. A man may scrape up fifty bushels of this salt in a day. The largest deposits known in the world of that most useful fertilizer, gypsum or plaster of Paris, are found in the western and southwestern portions of the State.

Iron and lead have also been found, but the extent and value of these deposits have not yet been tested. WOOL. Hill river. I 5 acres some bottom on Republican river, balance rolling prairie, fair soil. river, with water and timber; balance of township roiling prairie.

fa 3 1,120 acres; some bottom land mostly high, rolling menced with. As our readers have so greatly increased, we republish for the benefit of the later ones, some of the facts given in the first copies. We are confident that those who have once read them, will be glad to do so again, and for those who have not, it will be important and interesting. The excitement in all of our sister States, seems to be at fever heat in regard to proposed emigration here, and we can only answer the multitude of their questions, by presenting again, these FACTS ABOUT KANSAS. Travelers pronounce our bottom lands superior to those of the Nile, Amazon and Shenandoah.

Kansas is well watered four large rivers, which are fed by numerous tributa BSE 220 acres: part very flue At the State Fair, one sample of white tr inter wheat had anunusual plump ber-rj, and weighed sixty-iiyht pounds to the Tinted States standard bushel. The yield was forty-jive bushels per acre. Several other samples were fine. This sample did not seem any better than the average, though the others had not beon so carefully tested. The samples of spring wheat were equal, if not superior, to the best amber Iowa.

One sample represented a yield of forty-three bushels to the acre, and weighed xuty-two pound to the bushel. The samples of corn were very fine, even to one who has been accustomed to look upon the hitherto unrivalled corn sections of Illinois. Ears of sod corn measured eleveu inches in length, and eight in cir- 13 bottom land, balance bluffs. 8 320 acres; fine bottom land Lincoln County. Through tins, rnns the Saline river, Spillman's Creek, Bull Pen Creek, Elkhorn Creek, Leotu Creek, and Indian Creek.

The Saline valley, andalso the country skirting the different in this county, is very rich, and a good quality of timber exists. The district can be reached from either or Ellsworth stations. Ellsworth Counny. This is water- ed bv the Smokv Hill River, and the following creeks Wilson, Cow, Buffa-lo Oak, Rock, and others. The bottoms are goods, and soil rich, and the uplands give" excellent grazing.

This district will undoubtedly be thickly settled. Ellsworth is the principal town, and the county -seat. Judge Jas. Miller, at Ellsworth, and Crittenden McFarren, Brookville, are agents. CLIPPINGS.

The following is from the Bingkampton, New York, Republican. Manhattan, Dec. 12, '09. Seeing in your valuable paper accounts of storms, of snow, and of cold, sour weather, in New York State, suggests to mo the idea of giving your readers a statement of the behavior of the weather in Kansas. During the month of November the record, as kept by Prof.

Mudge, of the 14 in valle? Of Mulberry; some high any time within two years thereafter, the person making such entry, or if he be dead, his widow, or in case of her death, his heirs or devisee, or in case of i a widow makinsr such entry, her heirs rolling prairie. 4 S3W 320 acres; partgood bot-l torn land, part rolling prairie. 4 6,440 acres; part high bot i-3 tom land; part roiling prairie; rich soil, with some timber ami water. 1 164 3,140 acres most of this 1 -tt fine bottom on Spring and Mulberry creeks, with some timber balance rolling prairie. The United States imported, of wool, during the years 1862, 1S63, 1S64 and to the value of currency.

We have in Kansas alone, upwards of 40.000,000 acres of choice pasture lands, covered with a rank and luxuriant growth of prairie grass, a climate, soil, and limitless pasturage, admirably adapted to the growth of wooL If we had in Kansas a like proportion of a cy 5 2,640 acres bluflf land and 1 stony, good for pasturage. A 6 1,100 acres; some good bot-1 ,4) torn land, some high prairie with timber, balance bluff. Icy 6 3,840 acres part bottom with water and timber: some good, smooth prairie, balance rolling. 14 8 7 2,940 acres part good bot-1 torn with water ana timber, balance rolling prairie. 7 acres some valley 1 land, balance upland prairie.

14 8 7,500 acres some fair bot-1 torn land with timber and water balance broken and stony, (5 8 3,840 acres most of this Xi gently rolling upland prairie, balance high and broken. MORRIS COUNTY. or devisee, in case of her death, shall prove by two credible witnesses, that he she or they have resided upon or cultivated the same for five years immediately succeeding the time of filing the affidavit aforesaid and shall make affidavit that no part of said land has been alienated, and that he has borne true allegiance to the United States; then in such case, he, she or they, if at that time a citizen of the United States, shall be entitled to a patent, as in other cases ries, taking their rise within her limits. Each county has several creeks. Coal, which exists in inexhaustible quantities, will supply all demands for fuel.

Fruits reach a delicious maturity, to which they do not attain in more Eastern States, and on account of the purity and riheep to England and France, we should be growing, annually, 200,008,000 pounds Ir 4 3,200 acres; part bottom, withsometimber, on Spring creek, balance fine rolling prairie. a 4 Wr 4,640 acres much of this I rich bottom land with some timber and water: part rolling and broken prairie. 5 9,440 acres some bottom lJ in Mulberry valley, with water; mostly high prairie good stone. are never al- dryness oi the atmosphere of wool, which, at fifty cents per pound, i feeted with the rot So 720 acres high broken prairie, gravelly soil. (4 8 5 8,640 acres small portion (4 good bottom land, balance hign provided by law: And jrrovided further, That in case of the death of both father and mother, leaving an infant child or children under twenty-one years of ago, the right and fee shall inure to the benefit of said infant child or children, and the executor, administrator or guardian, may at any time within two years after the death of the surviving parent, and in accordance with the laws of the State in which such children for the time have their domicile, sell said lands for the benefit of said infants, but for no ether purpose, and the purchaser shall acquire the absolute title by the pur chase, and be entitled to a patent from the United States on payment of the office fees and sum of money herein Agricultural College in this place, indicated 20 degrees as the coldest weather for that month.

Thus far, December has been quite warm, with some really hot days. The coldest, so far, has been about 40 degrees and last week it was from 40 to 05 degrees, and sometimes reported at 00 degrees. We certainly have warm weather, often requiring a fire only at night. I is. therefore, needless to say that we have had no snow yet, and no mud.

The roads are dry and occasional showers prevent its being dusty." We expect, before winter is over, to see cold and wind, but so far there prairie 2d quality oi soil. tt 5 1,600 acres; most of this fine rich bottom land, with good water and some timber. WABAUNSEE COUNTY, i i 900 acres little bottom, bal-I I 9 ance high pasture lands. 14 8 1,800 acres; some fine bot-X torn land with timber and water RILEY COUNTY. balance upland a (5 8 640 acres some valley land 1 .4 with water and timber, balance 8S 5 acres nne rolling prairie rich soil.

upland. S5E 180 acres; mostly gently roll- rien soil, witli timber 7 mg prairie would pay nearly two-thirds of the annual interest on the public debt of the United States. ROCK. All over the State are inexhaustible supplies of rock, principally sandstone and limestone. A stone fence can here be constructed very cheaply, and when built, forms the most permanent and enduring fence known.

In the western portion of the State there exists inexhaustible quarries of the '-beautiful whit 3 magnesia limestone." The Kansas Pacific llailway passes through and contiguous to ledges, extending for miles, of this splendid rock, which will ere long be largely exported, and for fine buildings will be generally used throughout the State. The magnesia liinest.ne is sawed into blocks of any desired dimensions. ROADS. No country in the world can have better natural roads. The surface of the country being, for the most part.

rolling prairie, the roads are drained by nature, not costing the settler a dollar KC. 3. Ana oc it jurtier enacted mat X. ifisL A- n. tt-I ri 1 rlflVC and water.

eumfurence. the kernels being deep and well ripened. Of cultivated samples, an ear, selected at random from a bushel, measured twelve and a half inches in circumference. A cluster of stalks measured fourteen feet in length, and bore huge ears at the height of eight feet. On one stalk were four immense and fully perfected ears.

The same excellence was noticed in wheat and oats, and applied with equal truth to buckwheat, barley, millet, clover and grasses. Of vegetables, there were twenty-eight pounder cabbages, pumpkins measuring five feet in circumference and weighing nearly one hundred pounds each, and beets measuring twenty-five inches in length and nineteen in circumference. One, a little shorter, measured twenty-seven inches in circumference. A melon from Kllsworth, on the 'barren weighed forty pounds, and measured twenty-six by thirty inches. The exhibition of potatoes included the best varieties, and all of an excellent quality.

One sample was marked 'fourteen hills to the One man exhibited twenty -seven varieties, all exceedingly large and fine. A red Weathersfield onion measured twelve and three-fourths inches in circumference. It looked like a small head of cabbage, and it was only, one of a bushel all nearly as large. The show of tomatoes was larger than that of any other vegetable. They grow here without stint, of any desirable size, and are rf excellent flavor.

Of fruits, the specimens excelled the mammoth productions of California. Of apples, specimens of Qa Mammoth Pippins, measured fourteen and three quarters inches in circumference. A limb three-fourths of an inch in diameter, contained, with it branches, one hundred and fifty apples. 'G olden fl usually a very moderate sized apple, measured from ten to fourteen inches Rhode Island nas oeen our one oi lwu nf th noto i S9 760 acres fair upland prai-tU rie. 1j S9 600 acres; some choice bot-1 torn land, balance high and bro Wood is cheaper than in Ohio and Indiana, and so is native lumber.

The State has the temperature of Delaware, Maryland. Virginia, Kentucky and Missouri. Kansas has one of the finest climates known. In the agricultural reports of the Patent Offie. regarding the production of wheat to the acre, Kansas ranks first.

Its superiority in the production of corn, is even more marked. It is pronounced by the French to be almost, if not quite, equal to France for the cultivation of the grape. The last year has shown it to be unsurpassed for fruit raising, rot and mildew being almost unknown. Potatoes and all vegetables are raised in profusion. In such a country, with ranges for stock unrestricted, and pasturage limitless, the production of butter and cheese must be profitable.

Putter is worth, the year round, from twenty-five to fifty cents per pound. Regular manufactories for cheese are being established with success the cheeses weigh all the way from 50 to 125 Taking a ride into the country 1 teund on the tract books 5 1,400 acres; mostly rolling prairie good land; apart 10 potatoes, plowinsc and and at of his ofiiee, and keep a regis bottom. farmers digging gathering corn. ken prairie. Corn is not, as in tho iy 86 acres; part good bottom i land in vallev of Blue river; part 4 A 10 1, 530 acres high prairie I a litle timber, and water.

5) 10 2,000 acres some valley 1 land, balance high prairie with East, cut up in the fall, but remains as it grew until the farmer wishes to gather it. As a general thing the ears of corn were about as high as we could reach, and the good upland prairie. A portion hilly and broken. building stone. 8S 6 1,200 acres; part good bottom land; rich, with plenty of timber Icy 10 1,040 acres; mostly high broken prairie, some fair vallejL and water.

Part rolling prairie; good soil, with timber and water. land with timber. ter of, all such entries, and make a return thereof to the general land office, together with the proof upon which they have been founded. Sec. 4.

And be it further enacted, That no lands acquired under the provisions of this act shall in any event become liable for the satifaction of any debt or debts contracted prior to the issuing of the patent therefor. Sec. 5. Andbeit further enacted, That if at any time after' the filing of the affidavit sis required in the second section of this act, before the expiration of five years aforesaid, it shall lie proven, after due notice to the settler, to the satisfaction of the register of the land office, that the person having filed such affidavit shall nave actually changed his or her residence or abandoned the said 6 3,240 acres; mostly high rolling prairie; rich soil, with some 9 a (ft 11 2,120 acres high and bro-l ken, with stony bluffs. Icy 11 5,360 acres; high broken and atony pasture lands, with timber and water.

A part good bottom land. some timber and water. GOOD COUNTIES. stalks twelve and fourteen feet high. Passing Eureka Lake we found it covered with thousands of wild ducks and geese.

Near the Laka we found a splendid oak tree, more than six leet in diameter. Nearly all the wheat crop yet remains stacked np in the field, for the farmers decline selling at 75 cents, the present price. Corn brings from 30 to 40 cents in the ear. Sweet potatoes arc abundant, and so also is game of every kind prairie chickens, wild turkeys, ducks, geese, etc. Peer come within sight of town.

Buffalo beef is quite plenty, and selling at four cents in quarter. Fine perch, sturgeon and cat jnSC 2,640 acres mostly upland It? prairie; fair soil; some good stone quarries some bottom, with water. 14 6 GO acre3 part bottom, with some timber, and part rolling upland prairie. 8S 7 1,620 acres; high prairie, with some bluff. pounds each.

As yet, in this line, comparatively little has been done. The abundance of pure cold water, the frequency of springs, and the facilities for cool cellars everywhere existj and the cheapness with which cattle can be raised and fed, leaves this branch of labor without any drawbacks, and insures handsome returns and We select a few good counties, from our large land district, to let our readers form fair idea of the general character of our lands. Most of the counties haVe either the Kansas river, or good sized streams, within their borders. i(5S12E 640 acres; high, broken I prairie, with a little timber. 1G 12 3.200 cres high, broken prairie, some water and timber balance good pasture land.

Icy 13 1,480 acres mostly gently rolling upland prairie, part high and broken. OTTAWA COUNTY. Af 1 6,720 acres; fine rolling I II prairie and bottom land, with plenty of stockwater. Branches of Chapman's and Hard Ciossing creeks, run 9S 7 5,080 acres some good valley land with good water and timber Shawnee County. This is watered fish are caught in the rivers close to town.

land for more than six months at any time, then, ami in that event the lands entered shall revert to the Government. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted. That no individual shall he permitted to acquire more than 160 acres, under the provisions of this act, and that the Commissioner of the General Land Office is hereby required to prepare and issue such rules and regulations, consistent with this act.

as shall be necessary mostly handsome rolling prairie 4 7 1,400 acres; fair, rolling lU prairie some water and a little timber. by the Kansas and Wakarusa rivers, and thefollowingereeks Mill, Shnnganun-ga, Six Mile, Deep, French, Stinson's, and Teeumseh. The soil is divided into rolling prairie, aud bottom, both producing large crops. Topeka is the principal town, and the Capital of the State. Tho General Western Office of the Na Greenings, eleven and one-half Lowells, the same Ladies' Sweets, eleven and three-quarters Mother Apples, eleven and common Fall Pippins, twelve and a half inches in circumference.

Mr. Kin-near, displayed sixty-one varieties, and could have increased it to one hundred. liberal proms to all who may engage in tho dairying business. Kansas yields the palm to no State in respect to sheep raising. Its advantages are so great, in comparison with more northern States, that they attract the attention of the wool growing interest all over the North.

The mildness of the climate. 'ihe, early, sunny sptintr, the littls jS8 720 acres high prairie BiS5- We prophesy that Kansas will soon be the leading agricultural State of the Union, in respect to quality and productiveness of soil, if the half were told, many people in the East would look incredulous and call it an exaggeration, and through this township. 1 1 land. rolline prai to carry its provisions into effect and I 81 6,400 acres; that registers and receivers of the sever- rie; some bottom land, goor11!" 1 i POTTA AT AM IE COUNTY. ahull he entitled to reeieve Iter.

H7 V. 7 MCr re pari bottom, with A. mjacb. and irhen assferifc that the so: was trom two tnmft compensation tor any lands good water and 'some timber bal- Ail from stTven acres of orchard. Of pears, tiiere were" countless varieties, and all of I rie and bottom land with water.

ance rolling prairie. 8S 7 6.000 acres some fine bottom lands, with water and timber balance fair upland prairie. winter feed necessary, gives Kansas an advantage that Minnesota, Iowa. Wisconsin and Michigan do not possess. We republish the following from Prof.

Swallows' Geological report ''Situated between the thirty-seventh and fortieth decrees of north latitude, and 8 500 acres part valley, with timber balance bluff water and tional Land Company is located here. Wabaunsee County. This is directly South of Pottawattamie. The Kansas River, and Pacific R. R.

skirt the northern line of the county. It is watered by the Kansas river, Mill and Mission creeks. There is considerable upland prairie in this district, but the bottoms are very productive, and the average crops, per acre, of the county, fine. Phil.D. Fisher, at Wamego.

E. Walker, at St. C4eorge, and X. H. Whittemore at Alma, are agents.

Pottawattamie County. This is skirted on the South by the Kansas, and to ten feet IWp, and produced, per acre, from 50 to 140 bushels of corn, from 20 to 45 bushels of wheat, and from 40 to 100 bushels of oats, they would laugh at us, and yet any Kansas man can truthfully tell of jnst such soil, with crops as indicated. We have only to say that our soil is equal to any, and our climate as healthy as that of the most favorable localities either east or west. As a fruit growing State, Kansas has the first position, as shown by the exhibitions of fruits at our State fairs, and more entered under the provisions of this act that they are entitled to receive when the same quantity of land is entered with money, one-half to be paid by the person making application at the time of so doing, and the other half on the issue of the certificates to the person to whom it may be issued but this shall not be construed to enlarge the maximum compensation now prescribed by law for any register and receiver Provided, That nothing contained in this act be so construed as to impair or interfere in any manner whatever with existing pre-emption rights: Andprovided further, That all persons who may have filed their application for pre-emption right prior to the passage of this act, are i fl 8 2 W' 7,300 acres; rolling prai-1 1 1 rie good stock water. 82 10,400 acres; gently roll-1 ing prairie, plenty of stock water.

Antelope creek runs through west half of township. A 8 2 1,600 acres rolling pral-I rie, and some fine bottom land on Solomon River. 3 1,280 acres; broken prai- 4i S3 WT 1,120 acres; rolling prai-X rie, and fine bottom land. i(5) S3 3,840 acres; mostly gent-Xi ly rolling prairie some bottom hind, and a little timber. 14 8 4 6,800 acres; some bottom land, mostly high rolling prairie.

the largest size. Mr. K. also showed twelve varieties of pears, twelve of peaches, two of crab-apples, and one of plums. One of his trees, 18 inches high, set the 2Sth of April 1809, bore 41 large pears'.

A small plum tree of the Lombard variety, eight years from the pit, bore eight bushels of fruit. The Russets are beautifully smooth. All the specimens possess that blight, clean, healthy look, which is the first thing observed of the trees growing here. The bark is smooth and cleau as that of a young willow, and a tree of ten years' growth lo ks as young and thrifty as the first years' growth of any fast growing tree is wont to do. Trees also bear very young, some no larger than ones' wrist breaking down with fruit.

Peach trees bear the second and third years from the pit. Some pasture land. 7S 8 1 1,000 acres; mostly fine valley land, with water and timber part upland prairie, and some bluff. 8S 8 9,000 acres part good bottom with timber and water; balance good prairie. 9S 8 6,600 acres some bottom land with timber some upland prairie some high pasture land, and fine tquar-ries of magnesian limestone.

78 9 6,300 acres valley land, with water and timber some fine rolling prairie, and a part high land. 8R 9 2,360 acres; mostly fine, smooth prairie; some water and timber a part valley land. 9S 9 WO acres gently rolling prairie good soil. half way up the slope of the eastern Cordilleras, the climate of Kansas is temperate and healthful. As indicated by our posi-sion; and clearly prved by a long series of meteorological observations at our military posts, the summers arc lon and temperate, and the winters are short, mild, and dry, variegated by a few cold day.

But few countries have climates better adapted to health, and the luxuriant growth of the staple products of the temperate zone." STOCK Kansas is destined to become one of the greatest stock growing States of the West. Her rich soil, broad prairies, covered with on the West by the Big Blue rivers. The Pacific R. R. runs through the southern portion of the county.

The creeks are the McEntire, Cedar, Mill, Camp. Black Jack, Wilson, Vermillion and Rock. The bottoms and 8 4 2,800 acres rolling prairie 12 part bottom, good stoct water. 8 5 1,280 acres rolling prairie: A A entitled to all the privileges oi tins act; Provided further, That no person who has served or may hereafter serve for a period of not less than fourteen days in the army of the United States, either regular "or volunteer, under the laws thereof during the existence of actual war, domestic or foreign, shall be deprived of the benefit of this act on account of not having attained the age of twenty-one years. "Sec.

7. And be it further enacted, That the 5th section of an act entitled "An I I stock water. Salt creek run recently at tne 1'omological Congress, in Philadelphia. JgST- A late writer, dating his letter at Ellsworth, says weather the present winter has been of a character such as to delight all who have enjoyed it. No feeding of stock necessary, with the thermometer from 60 to 05 in February no frost in the ground plowing -being done for the coming crops at this time.

Parties now seeking for new homes are beginning to come among us. and the present prospect is. that our desirable lands, by midsummer, will all be taken for actual settlement to all of which we respond, mote it be." specimens measured ten and a half inches 1' Even the monstrous fine, heavy grass, which, during the fall in circumference. 6S 10 2,145 acres fair upland prairie, with some bottom, water and months, is cured by the sun into hay, the Malacatoons of Maryland and Delaware, inferior timber uplands are both rich soils, and the county destined to be very thickly settled. The agents are, Philip D.

Fisher, Waumego, and E. Walker, St. George. Riley County. Through this runs the Republican and Big Blue Rivers, Batchelder, Wild Cat, Madison, Turkey, Otter and Mill Creeks.

This county is very fertile. The bottoms and most of the prairies, are of the first quality. Manhattan and Ogden are the principal towns. The Railroad runs through the southern portion of the county. Messrs.

Adams and Elliott, at Manhattan, and Capt. A. C. Pierce, at Junction City, are agents. Davis County.

The Kansas Pacific vf 10 6.400 acres some valley land. with timber and water; mostly were not equal to the samples shown. One of them would fill a pint bowl. They were seedlings. The specimens of grapes were not excelled by their kind on the Continent.

good upland prairie, and some timber; 10 600 acres some valley land mostly good rolling prairie; some timber and water. 6S 11 1,200 acres fine valley land, on Vermillion Creek, with timber and water. abundant supply ot pure water, the easy and cheap facilities for procuring hay and other forage, the dry, mild, short winter seasons, and the gentle, refreshing showers of summer, are only a few of the advantages afforded those engaged in this important enterprise. The plague and other contagious diseases, so prevalent among stock in other States, are never known in Kansas, except when occasionally brought with herds from abroad. TIMBKR- Kansas, altough a prairie State, is well supplied with almost every variety of timber.

Along the entire valleys of the rivers and smaller streams, may be found 11 1,220 acres good prairie land, with considerable timber and water. act in addition to an act more effectually to provide for the punishment of certain crimes against the United States and for other purposes," approved the third of March, in the year eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, shall extend to all oaths, affirmations and affidavits required or authorized by this act. SEC. 8. Andbeit further enacted, That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to prevent any person who has availed him or herself of the benefits of the first section of this act, from paying the minimum price, or the price to which the same may be graduated, for the quantity of land so entered, at any time before the expiration of five years, and obtaining a patent therefor from the government, as in other cases provided by law, on making proof of settlement and cultivation provided by existing laws granting pre-emption rights.

7 HOMESTEAD LA W. In previous issues we published a carefully prepared epitome of all the laws relating to the obtaining of government land. We now give the homestead act in full, which enables every man, no matter of what country he comes, to obtain a farm, from some of the richest lands in the world, free. Let every business man in all our large through the north east corner of township. 4 8 5 3,520 acres; mostly fine X) bottom: on Saline river and its tributaries, balance rolling prairie.

McPHERSON COUNTY. 4 ff 8 1 1,760 acres. Gently roll-X ing prairie and fine bottom land, with good water. a ry 8 2 5,120 acres. Rolling prai-Ipf rie and valley, with water and timber.

in 83 1,600 acres. Fine prairie I and bottom land, good water and some timber. trY 4 1,000 acres. Mostly fine bottom land, with timberand water, balance gently rolling prairie. jq 84 4.400 acres.

Mostly fine lO bottom land, with timberand water, balance good prairie. a 8 5 Wr 5,120 acres. Mostly roll-1 ing prairie, some bottom land. 5 W- 8,960 acres. Mostly bot-1 torn and valley land, with timber and water, balance fine prairie; an abundance of coal and gypsum, JACKSON COUNTY.

7S 13 690 acres; npland prairie, with a little timber and water. Corn. The immense corn crop, gathered from the the harvest of 1869, in Kansas, is known throughout the length and breadth of the land. The only other Status that gave a fair crop, were Nebraska, Kansas, Florida, Louisiana, Texas and Arkansas. Excessive rains retarded planting, and necessitated replanting in the Spring throughout the West and South.

Y.ld wet weather, prevented a hcalthv. 1,600 acres; fair prairie land, 12 5,700 acres fine prairie land rich soil well timbered. 7 CLAY COUNTY. in Jud -pk StntA and i the best quality of timber, in sufficient Mi 1 5,400 acres part fane roll R. R.

runs almost through the center of this county. It is watered by the Kansas and Republican rivers, and Lyons, Clark and Humboldt creeks. The soil of the county is rich, consisting of bottoms and uplands, with bluffs of the famous Junction City Limestone. Davis couaty has an area of 540 square miles. The streams are all supported by-springs, which discharge an abundance of cool, clear, pure water.

Capt. A. C. Pierce, at Junction City, Messrs. Adams Plliott, at Manhattan, and S.

J. McFarren at Detroit, are the agents. Dickinson County. This adjoins Davis county on the west, and has an area of 483,840 acres, of which some 408,000 acres are rolling or upland prairie, and 10 ing prairie, watered by Chap The forests contained in these abundance in tlie season oi eanng arm maturing a furious drouth affected it on the Atlantic valleys is from one to tnree nunorea mues in leiitrth, and consist of oak. walnut, luck iujurious heat in the Soutl with miurious heat in the south coast, man's Creek balance prairie and upland.

rfS2 2.8S0 acres; part very fine 1U bottom landj on Chapman's Creek balance rolling prairie. 4 560 acres; rolling prairie, with TV orv. ash, gum, elm, Cottonwood, hackberry, sycamore, and every other variety that is usually found in the Western States. The Osage Orange is used extensively for fencing purposes. Its growth is so OF THE small creek running tlirougn.

Kansas Pacific 9 4 5,320 acres some fine bottom land with living water and some cities, cut out the act and post it above his desk. Then, when men come, ns they do everywhere, begging for satiations, make them read the homestead krw. The dianees are, that the applicant, if worth helping, will gird himself for the journey, and seek indepen-dmee in our rich 'west. Many among the richeSfmen of Illinois, are those ho went to it penniless and pre-empted farms. Sec.

I. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That any person who is the head of a family, or who has arrived at the age of twenty-one years, and is a'citizen of the United States, or who shall have filed his declaration of intention to become such as required by tins naturalization laws of the United States, and who has never borne arms against the United States Government, or given aid or comfort to its enemies, shall, from and after the first of Januarv. eighteen -is river rapid during the third year it makes the residue about 70,000 acres and creek bottoms timber, balanee high broken prairie. a fence of the most permanent and sub LINCOLN COUNTY. SOW 9604acres; rolling prairie, some bottom land.

8 4 760 acres part fine bottom, mostly rolling prairie. RAILWAY COMPANY, For Sale by the to 11 and unavoidable reduction of temperature in the North. In deep soils, naturally drained, the extreme moisture of the West did no injury. In heavy or flat lands with clay subsoil the damage was great, in some cases resulting in total failure. Suppose a man to have 1G0 acres of growing corn in New York, and the same number of acres, of similar quality, of growing corn in Kansas.

Taking the average corn-yield of New York, his crop there would be bushels; while in Kansas it would be 6.400 bushels. So that the same labor in Kansas would produce 1.634 more bushels than in New York. Let an Ohio farmer plant 160 Dickinson county is well watered by the Smoky Hill river, Chapman's, Mud, Wolf, Lyons, Holland, and Turkey Creeks. "Large deposits of pure gypsum and salt are also found. J.

A. Cramer, Solomon City; J. H. Mahan, Abilene, and S. J.

McFarren, I C) 6 acres; uentiy roiling lJ prairie, some bottom, water ana DICKINSON COUNTY. 8 1 8,800 acres mostly good XATHftAL LAID COMPAQ timber. 11 stantial character, at a very light expense to the farmer. SCHOOLS" Besides the public schools, Kansas has a State University, an Agricultural College, a State Normal School, a Blind Asylum, and a Deaf and Dumb Asylum. The Methodist Church have the Baker University; the Congregationalists have rolling prairie.

A 11 Snfi iAMw fitii mlnna Detroit, are agent Clav County. This is watered by a ey 1 1,920 acres high broken! prairie, with some bottom. WXi prairie, gravelly soil a 7 acres; gentlv rolling a 3 SI 200 acres; mostly high prai- prairie, with some bottom land, I rie, with gravelly soil. water and timber. TERMS OF PAYMENT.

The lands are sold for cash or on credit. Sales are made on credit as follows One-fifth cash down at time of purchase. To payment, except interest due, at end the Republican river, and the principal creek is Chapman's. The soil is good, the bottoms rich. Capt.

A. C. Pierce, at .,,,,1 T-T Ar-iVinn All- Washburne College: the United Brethern a-r. in wheat, and. also, sow the same A cy 7 10,200 acres rolling prairie 1 and bottom land, with water and of nere in Kansas have.

U.ane University; the number and quality iiene, are agents some timber. have a female seminary -New icnooi Ottawa County. This is traversed S.240 Presbyterians have Wetmore Institute the acres; good, smooth bottom land, with 12 14 2 9,600 acres; part rolling; 1 prairie, with branch of Chapman's creek flowing through; balance smooth i prairie. (5) 2 500 acres; good rolling prai- 4cy 2 120, acres part good hot- El torn with timber and water, on Smoky Hill River, balance fine prairie. prairie and interest due, at interest due, at interest due, at interest due, at otrirst lear.

One-fifth cash with end of Second Year. One-fifth canh with end of Third Year. One-fifth cash with end of Fourth Year. One-fifth cash with end of Fifth Year. timber and water.

with wheat. Taking the average yield per acre of Ohio for the six years, his crop there would be 1,728 bushels so that an acre in Kansas averages fifty-eight per cent greater yield. If ten per cent, is a good interest for money, is not a farm in Kansas that will bring nearly sixty per cent, more than one in Ohio, a good investment 4 cy 8 11,520 acres; fine prairie. A some timber and water. 2 10 acres: gentlv rolling: prai 11 14 rie.

9 1,800 acres rolling prairie. 9 11,520 acres gently rolling prairie, with some bottom, inter 12 2 640 acres part smooth fair Interest on deferred payments at 6 per cent, per annum. A deduction of 10 per cent, on credit price will be made for cash payment in full. EXAMPLE. 16 hundred and sixty-three, be entitled to enter one quarter section, or a less quantity, of unappropriated public lands upon which said person may have filed a pre-emption claim, or which may, at the time the application is made, be subject to pre-emption at one dollar and twenty-five cents, or less, per acre or eighty acres or less of such unappropriated lands, at two dollars and fifty cents per acre, to be located in a body, in conformity' to the legal subdivisions of the public lands, and after the same shall be surveyed.

Provided, That any person owning and residing on land, may enter other land lying contiguous to his or her said land, which shall not, with land so already owned and occupied, exceed in the aggregate one hundred and sixty acres. Sec. 2. Andbeit further enacted, That the person applying for the benefit of this act, shall, upon application to the Register of the land office in the district in which he or, she is about to make such entry, make affidavit before the said register or receiver, that he or she is the head of a family, or is twenty-one years prairie, near Turkey Creek, with sected by Saline river and tributaries. 4 cy 9 11,520 acres; rolling up-1 land prairie.

Her fruits are all splendid speci- by the Solomon and Saline rivers, Salt Creek, Pipe Creek, Lindsay Creek, Antelope Creek, Hard Crossing Creek and Coal Creek. The lands in this county are very rich, consisting of one-third tine bottom, and balance rolling prairie, with some bluff. There is sufficient timber for farming purposes. Lindsay is the county -seat, and one of our agents' Hon. W.

W. Lambert, may be found there. The other agent are, R. H. Bishop, at Splina, and J.

A. Cramer, Solomon City. Saline County. This is tiaversed by the Smoky Hill, Solomon and Saline rivers, Gypsum, Buckeye, Mulberry, Dry, and othercreeks, and is one of the finest bodies of land in the State. The county has an area of 460,800, of which fully three-eighths or 165 000 acres is the most fertile bottom land.

R. H. Bishop, Agent at Salina, J. H. Johnson, Scandinavian Agent, same Baptists have Ottawa University the Old School Presbyterians have Highland Uni.

versity. and the Geneva Institute. The Christian denomination is establishing a college at Ottumwa. The Catholics have two colleges, male and female, at Leavenworth, both large institutisns; they also have schools at St. Mary's Mission, at St.

Bridget, and at the Osage Mission." The University and Agricultural College have large endowments frfm the general Government, in lands, and are generously supported and sustained by the State. At these, and the Normal School, tuition is free. SALT. The report of Prof. Madge, says, of the saline deposits of Kaisas "Nearly every county has some indica- w.na nf their kinds, and show in an ex 10 160 acres; rolling praine.

10 io 9,660 acres; high rolling will cost Interest. $19 20 19 20 14 40 9 60 4 i 160 acres at S2.50 per acre, $400, to be paid as follows Principal. Cash payment $80 00 End of first year, second year 80 00 third year 80 00 fourth year 80 00 fifth vear 80 00 stock water, balance broken prairie, gravelly soil. 14 3 1,520 acres; part fine bot-M torn on Chapman Creek, timber and water, balance broken prairie. jG 3 1 ,050 acres rolling prairie.

Icy 3 1,400 acres; part valuable 9J bottom land on Smoky Hill River, balance rolling prairie. MS3E 6,000 acres; some rolling and some smooth prairie, good eofi. treme degree, the brilBant colors peculiar to the West and Northwest. The collection consists of about two hundred varieties of apples, including ali the valuable well known varieties, and several entirely new to Eastern pomologists, and are of great promise twenty-five varieties of pears, the best orchard grown fruit on exhibition grapes, ten of the leading varieties, with a sprinkling of plums, crabs, 4. praine.

i(5)S10 11,500 acres; gently roll-Z ing prairie, with some bottom, Icy io 11,500 acres high rolling prairie, watered by streams living water. 4 80 The same farm may be purchased for $360, cash..