New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-05-19
A VISIT TO LECOMPTON.
From Our Special Correspondent ,.-.


LEcoMPTON, K. T., Monday, May 5, 1856.
II was cold but clear May morning when left
the renowned City of Lawrence for that capital of
Keen capitalists, Lecompton. 1t rained very hard
last night and the roads had been washed and were
not 60 muddy as feared. AN the world was going
ND the California road. Some of the ox.team emf
grants were whipping, and cooking, and cursing
along the toilsome way. Then the Commissioners,
with their officers, and also Reeder and Whitfield,
were going up in their carriages to Tecumseh,
which is some miles beyond Lecompton Then
lot of Free. State prisoners, in different kinds Of
convey ances, were going up to Lecempton, to be
tried or examined, as the case might be; and
good many other persons, led by business or curl
osty were going up to attend Court at that place.
Then Gov Robinson was driving up in bis carriage,
with bis wife and the wife of Mr.. Sherman of the
Commission; and lastly, party of some forty U. s.
troops, from their camp near Franklin, were going
up that California road at the heels Of the Hon.
Sam. Salters, Deputy Border Rufan Sheriff, Of the
County Of Douglas and the Territory of Kansas
Aforesaid. -..o .I'rs
The District Court, Judge Lecompte presiding,
commenced its term to day. The military came
up-because the law and the military have got in
extricably mixed up in X insas-and, no doubt, the
mighty arm of the law felt itself still more power
ful with parcel Of Uncle Sans dragons behind
Ii. The officers elected by the bogus Legislature
from being merely c6icious became officials, and,
with the military their side, conld cock up their
chins at the "Aboitonists," and feel that Slavery
extension is approaching its millennium.
The Petit Jury and Grand Jury had assembled
at Lecomptop, and it was the duty of the Court to
give charge to the latter, so that they should be
inclined to indct all breakers Of the laws. That
Court, have said, was Judge Lecompte The
Judge was jealous. claw and order" man
himself, he felt that the "law " meant something
when it has Uncle Sans dragons behind ii, and,
inspired with the idea, he proceeded to give the
"order." In his charge to the Grand Jury he did
not confne himself to the kind of parties that
should be indicted; he gave direction to the per-
ctpons of the Grand Jury by pointing out the par
ties themselves; nay, MORE he even stated for ohat
they should be indicted. Here charge to the
jury ard charge" against certain men were
given to the world in the same economical breath.
He suggested that all the members of the new
State Legislature, and State officers, and all who
opposed, or refused to assist the officers of the
Territorial Legislature, he bogus one, of cOurse,)
should be indicted for "high treason" Judge
Lecompte told the Grand Jury that they must not
defer doing so because the parties might be Soon
scientious" in their opposition to claw and or
der" or the Territorial Legislature, and here his
Honor made happy and appropriate allusion to
the people of the ancient Commonwealth of Con-
necticut, who burned old women for witches, con-
scientifically. Having finished the historical and il
Illustrative part Of his GRAFTON, he alluded to the
shooting of Jones' but forgot to tell them rho they
were to indict for that. He also forgot to make
any allusiOn to the murders Of, and shooting at,
Free State men, who not belonging to the order"
did not deserve the benefit of "law."
Under these able instructions the Grand Jury
went to cork and came to Tecumsh.
TEcuMsEH, X. T., May 6, 1856-EvE'G.
After the Commission adjourned last night Git
was dark by the by, started up to Topeka, and,
n usual lost the way. found it again, however,
by the aid Of thin slip of moon, and the curses
Of an OK teamster, who was poking along the high
way to the Free State metropolis, and making
awful work of il through the water and mud that,
ut this season, line the strip of fiat bottom that
skirts the winding Shungermung. did not wait
10 see how the man. whose "voice had guided
me" got on, but, crossing the bridge again took
the wrong road by taking the fright" one, and in
wandering along the low bottom bordering on the
Kaw, at Topeka, might be said to come in BY the
canal. This road, also, led to the town, and there
was no danger of losing it, for the grass had been
beaten down in it, and. the water was knee deep
FOR some distance, the road was clear, unbroken
strip of water, in which the stars tEintled and
your correspondent FLASHED. ...
Topeka is improving rapidly / found that ost
next morning as drove backward, while the dew
wasyet on the grass, to Tecumseh. The Commits
sion have been very busy all day and the testimony
very conclusive. Tonight have obtained infor-
nation from reliable sources from Lecompton.
The prisoners who had been taken up from Law
renee for refusing 10 be Of the Sherifs posse had,
as have previously stated, never been examined;
but simply held to bail in the sum of $500 each.
They were only held to appear before Justice Of
the Peace; but it seems to have been the intention
70 examine them before the Court. The men had |
maze tneir appearance; heyremained all day but,
- tney were not subjected TO examination, they |
started for home late In tue afternoon. The Hon.
Court having learned the state Of the case, how
ever, sent sfter them. They were brought back
and bound over TO appear before the Court from |
day 10 day. The meaning Of all thi. ia verv ,,.;n
They are on expense and away from their busnes,
This will harsss them--that il all that In WANTED