New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-11-02
,u,n,, II stands on Ii. slope of small bol.

low from the face 9, which, and Immediately above
the limestone rocke which jut out, taere start two
or three clear and beautiful springs, within hun
bred yards of each other The water is soft and
contains totne mineral; there was no appearance
of o1yd, and had no Of testing il, but It 10
pleasant and have 10 doubt very wholesome.
There are three large brick buildings close TO each
other, two Of them Immediately connected with
the mi.siOn-the one containing the schcol-rooms
and church being a very large, long building some
twenty years old-the other the clearinghouse OF
the mission. which looks TO be of the same age;
both are very good buildings The third is the house
Of the person who now owns the farm Three
sections Of land here were originally donated by
the Shawnee indsns to the Methodist church
South for this mission. One section of il is still
in the hands Of the church; the other two have
been sold TO man who now farms the place, aud
q splendid farm it lie. The whole establishment
however, appears to work very tremendously to-
gether The farmhouse appears to be used by the
community, and every one about the place appears
TO board at the mission. The farmhouse, as they
call IT, is two story, and brick like the others, aad
in tie upper story the governor and secretary Of
State have their rooms Both of these function
aries As have said were gone up 10 the s'te of
tie lew capital, which is some fOrty-fye miles
distant f,om this place, on the Kansas or kaw
river as it is called here. Preparations are making
to BULL state-house. Fifty thousand dollars has
already been appropriated by Congress for this pur
pose, ard the design is that the building shall cost
eichtJ.fye thousand dollars believe there is no
houfe of any hind thereabouts at present.
did not see the Governor, Of cOurse. but saw
bis son who arrived some six weeks ago and acts as
bis private secretary. The Governors public room
was certainly not palace l have 10 wish TO be
critical: but had Mr. Dawson seen the location
and general conveniences Of the place the pr sent
incumbent occupies before he refused the offered
covernorship, there would la e been good reasons
for bis want Of ambition.
There was no preaching in the early part of
Yesterday at the Mission. The head Of the school,
who i, also preacher, was preaching at the church
Up the prairie, by interpreters, to the indians
chiefly Shawnees and Wyandots There are usually
about hundred children at the Mission receiving
education and training. Now, however the school
is not so large, but it is quite worthy of attention
At table they behave with the greatest order and
decorum and Just fancy how interesting to sit
down to eat with some sixty or seventy juvenile
Shawnee, WyanGots, and KickapOos, between
the ages Of four and eighteen. Their general be-
hayior was certainly very good. l was also
pleased to learn that there are several of the in
dams who have been educated here now employed
az able missionaries, while many of the indians
about here are intelligent AMI wealthy. saw
newly.married couple, young man white, and
very pretty Wyandot girl, the daughter of chief,
believe; at all events she was very pretty, and
evidently with some white blood in her veins She
was educated at the Mission, and was quite an in
telligent looking young person
In tie evening the bell summoned us to church
The preacher was young man, one of the teachers,
and it was his second sermon. The theme was
chiefly the destruction of Jerusalem, from which
he drew very good Lesson. Many the pupils
were present, and behaved with attention and
propriety. The strains of worship rose ia melody
through that old church, with fervent prayer from
the head of the institution. When the tones OF
that prayer had gone up to the God who guides
little children as he does empires could not help
remembering that in this very room sat the
Strppfellow legislature, and here was enacted that
singular piece of fraud which sought to usurp
power dangerous at once in its assumption aud ex-
ercise but my thoughts were recalled by the
solemn sound of the benediction which closed the
quiet Sabbath at Shawnee Mission.