New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-06-20

dianola ri distance Of about sixty miles IRON
Leavenworth This town il at stand-still, OUT
they are looking for a railway 10 bring them up
II is situated in the middle Of bottom land adoln'
ing the north bank Of the Kaw. As far a. the eye
can reach il perfectly fiat prairie skirting the UNI
Der. Nature would seem 10 have designed II lor
rajIroad Ihis / am told is the character OF ui-
north bank Of the river from Manhattan to point
within ten miles ii ,s mouth distance oil over
leo miles. The contemplated Valley Railroad, As IL
is called Iuns along the south bank OF the rlser on
account of the important towns upon that side.
But the shores bold and the prairie rOihne IT,
curing heavy grading.
IndanOa is near the Potawatame reservation
There are the genuine Indians, living in wlg"alns,
sleeping IN blankets. The Deawares, N!and"ts ana
ShawEees are civilized and educated: many OF them
yOu can scarcely distinguish from whites The ha"s'
Sacs and Foxes and Potawatamies have al The
manners ard vices Of a savage life, without any vi
lis virtues, if it has any.
The Indians had quarrel lately with the people
Of Topeka, and cut the ferry rope, 50 that We were
obliged TO proceed five miles further up the river 10
the Baptist Mission before We could cross. L he
ferry boat was the original cOntriyance OF hat-oot
tom scOw, running on putcys upon rope stretched
frcm bank to bank The current alone lmpels tue
boat A ride Of fye miles brought us 70 Topeka,
famous in history az the headquarters Of the State
constitution.
Topeka is a thriving inland town. Since Law
renee has filled up 80 rapidly Topeka has received
the overflow the tide passing completely by Lee
compton and other PrO-Sayery towns Within two
months property has advanced at Topeka seyera
hundred per cent. Tie buildings are principally oil
stone or concrete, giving the town more substal'
tia and permanent look than that of most Western
towns Topeka is looked upon by the Free-State
party generally as the future capital OF the state
1t is central and beautifully situated on the banks o.
the Kaw
From Topeka TO Tecumsch is five miles, due east.
The PrO-Slayery party made mistake III not making
Tecumseh instead Of IecomptOn their capital. Inc
nntural advantages Of the former great dts
site the most beautiful in the Territory that, once
there. do not think the capital would have been
moved. LecomptOn however, Is doomed. Scarcely
an immigrant goes there; its inhabitants are dying
of whisky its population is nine tenths rutian to
one tenth respectable, and its site a poor one
Tecumseh, though laid put as Prc-Slavery town.
is rapidly becoming Free. majorityof ITS citizens
at this moment are FTee-State men. 1t is the
county town. The jail is there, and underneath one
Of the windows is "A large hole in the brick wall
through which the Frce-State prisoners escaped, by
means Of a sort of lip-cm-out-us, as they call
it, No effort was made to retakc them. No doubt
they were glad to get rid Of them.
From Tecumseh tO Lawrence We pass through
Washington and Big Spring: collections Of four or
FIVE houses each. But let Washington be famous i'll
TIE TRIBUNE for the best bread and butter in the
Territory; no ncOnsiderable matter, | can tell You,
when you have been living for week upon tired
pork and heavy bread. The charges III Kansas are
higher in proportion to the articles furnished than
was ever nv fortune to meet with in any part OF the
world You are fed on pork and bread and tea
no milk no butter-and YOU are charged 30 cents;
YOUR horse has a few ears OF cOrn--nO hay, they
are out: he sleeps on the dirty floor OF the stable,
and in the morning is brought up uncleaned; you
tsIa he and
clean him YOURSELF you sleep ten in a room and
three in bed, one sheet aud that not too clean,
and YOU pay 80 cents more. To let the name Of
Mrs. Allen Of the Washington House Washington,
descend to pOsterty as the mother of her country in
in the bread apd butter line. II.
Correspondence Of The N. Y. Tribune.
WEsTPORT, April II, 1857.
Lost on the prairie! Now don't let the cheeks
of your fair readers turn pale with fright, while
they conjure up pictures Of painted savages, with
tomahawks and warwhOOps, ferocious wolves and
charging bufTaloes. To be lost in Winter with the
thermometer at zero, in a drifting snow. storm,
must be rather serious matter, but in warn
weather it is rather pleasant than otherwise. 1t
breaks the everlasting monOtony OF the prairie;
and then it gives your correspondent an opportunity
for a paragraph, anu WHAT 'hoiOuSn-piCu '"iio
spondent would not be lost daily for such gOdsend!
The sun was obscured-we neglected TO observe
the pever-faDg wind-trusted to the trails, aud OF
course went astray. After riding about an hour out
of our course we spied white object in the dis
lance Rode up and found it the tent of family
from Boston. Two young men aud their brides had
left the City of Notions and came out to spend the
honeymoon and make their homes on this W estern
prairie. The husbands were absent, drawing logs
Al. tla .iVas tt1unu DpIF
tent sewing. II was quite domestic picture. But
that night it blew gae-the thermometer iell to
lG degrees. | thought of the poor women 10 the
tent. | wished them comfortably at home IN Boston.
fear they wished so too.
They set us right as to our path. We found we
had gone only ten miles out Of our way, aud while
making. as we supposed, for the GrasshOpper, had
been going i'll precisely the opposite drecuoh 10 Tue
Muddy (fit name for all these stIealnsl:
From OsaN kee we followed the Military road to
Iudianola another town laid cut by Pro.Slavery
men. and of course cursed by o-Slavery Incidence.
Ii lies on the north bank Of the kaw, nearly oppO-
site Topeka. but some two miles back from the
river. Here We were TO have crossed, out the
Topeka people had got into quarrei WIN lIniahs;
They had cut the rope and allowed no one 10 lana
On their side. Money of course, was at the bottom
Of the difficulty, for do not ma 'h"t Tue lhdian
loves il less than the white
We rode up and down the banks OF the river,
forcing our way through the woods in search OF a
boat, but in vain. The kaw Indians are the only
genuine savages YOU meet WITHIN HI! Hles vi
Lea,enwCrth. They dress in blankets I'VE ID wig,
vans, sneak their own tongue only "a bastard
French-the neighbors eau them - the FIench'),
and are altogether dirty enough and tricky enough,
drink enough and steal enough, 10 pass muster Tor
very respectable sayages with all the virtues OF
Indian character" am completely d's'lHstonne as
TO the " poor Indian" All The romance oi ohcas
L. nnne md the .nnner bis descendants go too The