The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-04-01
LEcoMPToN CRY. March ION.

LrcoMproS CRY. March 10Th
take advantage of pen, ink and paper, ~ a.
ven an idea of Kansas Territory, rs ~ app,e 49,
Virginia eyes, and the situation OF things IN sen
erai In Reaching the point from whence my let
ter Is dated, / had 10 experience ses ,.i. ss
gng over Missouri road, and ,ne noxeIaes =,
new country and sights OF Boruer nunsns hau
no efFact In alIeyiating sore limbs ana much IA
,;r,. hr, ba;ng neither woman nor crockery-
thn,yh hronoht part Of the way in crockery
grate-I arrived at westport, safe and sound.
Here found little excitement, eliminating from
the assembling of the bogus Legislative body In
Toraka which place they have pitched upon as
the canito of the Territory, and organized militia
ry companies for the protection of its Legislative
wisdom. sentinels are regularly posted, which
gives the place the appearance of a beseiged town.
The people are getting rather impatient at Gov.
Shannon's listlessness In not dispensing the body
over which Robinson presides, as they are going
into legislative functions, eecting officers issuing
scrip, &c, the scrip Is said to be At par In Law
renee and the Eastern States from which sale the
members draw their per diem. Governor Shan
non excuses his delay on the plea of awaiting the
presence of the marshal whose business it is to ar
rest the body.
Upon leaving westport where had some let
tiers 10 deliver to the Governor and Secretary at
Shawnee Mission, passed through Lawrence, the
hot bed of abolitionism and the seat of last falls
war" as IL is called The warlike appearance
of the town Is nourished with great care and
redoubts stare the wayfarer in the face on every
side while large stronghold" with loop and port
holes stands boldly from the centre--a monument
of belligerant intentions. i stopped for the night
there, at the Cincinnati House. dnder the supervi-
sion of two spinsters, where beef was served up
sufficiently raw TO suit the tastes of cannibals-
While was there, news arrived that some one in
charge of one hundred Sharp's rifles and two brass
six Founders bad been robbed of his precious
charge by the Border boys; in moment all was
in q state of excitement. The abolitionists ad
journed to Lanes and had their runners on foot
Immediately. Some fellow had been sent by the
Northern Aid Society in charge of these arms 10
the people of Lawrence; he smuggied them on
board the steamboat Arabia in boxes, marked
Carpenters tools" while on the boat he dropped
letter, addressed TO his mother which was picked
up and read by passenger, the boxes opened ana
the arms secured and left in the hands of some cit
liens of Lexington, Mo, who gave The fellow
(HoyD bond for them. promising to give them
up on receipt of order from Gov. Shannon L
was present when Hoyt presented his credentials
TO the Governor, and l never saw a man more
severely rebuked, the Governor refusing positively
to give such an order. He did give one, however,
which was that the fellow should leave his office
The Governor is undoubtedly all right on the
slavery question, and true friend to Southern
institutions He reached the capital the 18th in
slant, from Shannon Mission, his temporary head
quarters.
Lecompton city, the capital of the Territory,
was named after Judge Lecompt, man of great
reputation in the Territory. 1t is on the Cav or
Kansas river about 20 miles from its confluence
with the Missouri located in a beautiful rolling
country with vast prairie lands the west, and
heavy timber in other quarters. 1t is laid out on
grand scale, and is the property of share hold
They are now engaged in erecting the Capt.
tol and other public buildings. have often thought
that the valley between the Blue Ridge and Allie
ghany Mountains was the garden spot of the Uni
ted States, but the rich, fertile and picturesque
country of Kansas surpasses it by far. The scar.
city of timber is complained of but if the Indians
could be prevented from firing the PRAIRIE in TWEEN
ty years timber would be plentiful as the young
acorn bushes spring up in every direction
Coal, too abounds some Virginia gentlemen
found several mines, which, on a survey, L can and
do truly recommend
Kansas is particularly the home of the mechanic
Public buildings and houses are springng up every
where; and wages from So to 50 per diem. have
never felt SO proud of old Virginia until came here
Its people stand so high, that to know that you
Virginian is passport to respect and confidence
Every man to whom you are introduced, tells i'm
mediately that either his grandfather, father, or
himself was born in Virginia land tries to impress
upon you the fact that he has Virginia blood. The
Governor, in appointing committee at the law and
order convention, appointed three-fourths of the
committee persons from our State it was re-
marked as invidious, and change made
Tell your professional men and your mechanics,
those who are kept in the back ground by old TO-
gles to come out here, where honest worth meets
Its reward IN purse and position. Tell your farm
ers, who toll year after year sowing guano on
their red clay lands, to come where grain and
hemp only needs a sowing to reap plentiful har-
vest. And tell those who are willing to battle in
quiet and modest manner for Southern institu-
tons to come to come to Kansas. p. j. w.