New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-11-14
FROM KANSAS.
LAND SPECULATIONS.

From Our Special Correspondent
LECoMPToN, X. T., Wednesday, Oct. "a, $50.
Your readers may or may not be aware that the
body of men who attempted to make laws for Kan
sas Territory at Shawnee Mission, among their
other acts decreed that the capital Of the Territory
should be at the " city of Lecompton" that State
House, costing some eighty FIVE thousand dollars,
should be erected, and that other great dOngs OF
similar kind should be carried on. During my
stay at the Shawree Mission, which is the place of
government chosen by the present United States
officers in the Territory, as have already stated,
Gov Shannon and Secretary Woodson we're absent,
having gone up to superintend matters about the
interesting locality of Lecompton. also learned
that these two worthless had been up about week
before, and that moreover they would be present
at sale of lots to be held at that embryo city to-
day. Lecompton is distant from the Mission at
least forty.fve miles; and glance at the place
Zone very shabby apology for house, convinced
me that city convenience" and sights" could not
be enumerated among the inducements TO visit.
That Mr.. Secretary WOodson is pretty deeply in
volved in town-lot speculatiOns in the proposed
capital, learned beyond peradventure and that
care over the future capital there is pretty good
reason to believe.
have just seen very handsome lthogrsph Of
LecOmpton City. 1t is well got up and reflects
much more credit on the artist than on the IN
scrupulous company who have got it up. Ii is no
doubt intended for circulation in the South and
East. Above the map is a very nice design, in
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some young place Several blocks of fine build
ings are upon the eyee and stand for distance
back of it fine public buildings are scattered
about in all directions, with liberal show of
dwellings there is q suspension bridge immediate
y above the towr, over which a train of cars is
passing-there being railroad, OF course, through
the place. The prettiest thing of the whole, how
ever s another illustration above the picture of
the town in which, amid a fanciful conglomeration
of desrables, there is negro driving a wagon, in
which white family are comfortably seated. A
real genuine, bona fde niger and in Kansas it
is beautiful fgurstive touch and infinitely sug-
ge,tiye speaking volumes Of future" which l
trust will never be realized.
The proposed city, by map, contains some hun
dred and eleven blocks and nearly four thousand
lots and the eleven spectators no doubt intend to
coin these into some two or three hundred dollars
apiece The streets are numbered as they recede
from the river, and the other way they are named
after the principal owners of the plsce-these being
about dozen Of the Missouri gentry who figured
in the stringfellow Legislature. But prominent
an oDg the streets and squares note two broad
highways which rejoice under tie titles " Shannon
avenue and Woodscn avenue" All, governor,
governor beware Of Shannon avenue These
avenues" MAJ not az prove avenues to wealth
and distinction. 1t wonder that yOu lad Lot
before year eyes tie fear Of fsct lArd-sr6tO VI