New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-16

and AZ least one b,iek. Lecompton stands upon,
should think, a. many hills as Rome. They are
closer together, smaller and more tum-jumbled,
however, or the town, Of necessity, would only have
been on one of them. The most striking feature in
the landscape is great ditch Of gully. This runs
through the middle of the town, as per map but the
town. az per buildings, is altogether the points TO
the west of il. There is very high promontory or
hill, to the east, ON the brow of which the Free
State army posted their cannon last August, when
they demanded the surrender of the FreeSate prls-
oners. On one Of the points nearest to the ravlne
stands or rather squats what there is of the capitol
As yet, its fair proportions are limited to bsected
basement and few projecting prongs some hVe OF
six feet above. At a distance of 200 yards, when
is as far as it can be seen from, in any direction IL
looks like sedgment of rum from some ancient
city, only minus the magnfcence and the moss. IL
will be finished as soon "a sufiiclency OF bogus
taxes are collected, or when some earnesy-hopelui
Levite is fool enough to cash territorial SCRIP
There are four stores in LecOmptOn, and an ihdeh,
mite number of grog shops. :" Pothecares ana
the immortal Union office are two oil the lnslitu-
tons; but must stop, or Will degenerate hi'o
puff.
In spite of what might be regarded as fearful
anxiety 10 preserve them, find but a beggirly list
of items under the head Of "NO. OF Coored Persons
One gentleman had got five, and few others had
one. some two, but the sum total is not over "ba-
hers dozeD." They are net plenty as blackbcr-
riesn The Land Office, the SurveyOr-GeneraTs
Office, the Executive Office, the offices OF the Clerks
of the Courts bogus and Federal these constitute
the pillars the props and the backbone OF LecOmp-
ton. On these and their salaries hang the law
and the profts' Take these away and LecomptOn
would wilt like a cabbage in Sahara. These, OF
course. rest on the "nieger." But for the "nig-
ger" they never would have been youchsafed to il.
But of the latter there are scarcely enough to make
Il decent certificate.
II ia very difficult to tell who lives in LecomptOn.
One half Of its population is like the circulating
medium, and, to some extent, Omnipresent. The
town was in the first place sort OF colonial de-
tendency of Westport, and it has never yet been
able to throw off altogether its connection with the
"nother country" In order to form an accurate
estimate of the statistics Of either place it would be
essential to make study Of both.
The tarring and featherng of " the Marshal"
spoken of by The Lecompton Union, has been in
definitely postponed 1t must not be supposed,
however that was able to get the census through,
or at least from, the parties themselves. full list
of all the male residents whOve or pretend to live
in LecomptOn had got before | entered it. was
thus able to make full list and the only thing was
deficiency in the exact amount OF the women and
children, who are by no means numerous. was
enabled to get many of these latter, and although
most of those addressed fell back on their dignity
and utterly refused TO give me their own name, or
ANYTHING pertaining to family statistics, still was
already in possession Of the facts and could complete
the list when left them. Some few were polite, and
complied, others haugbtiy eyaded the matter and
some swore as terribly as the army in Flanders"
One polite and conservative Pro- Slavery gentleman
WAS neryOusly sOlictOus to my individual welfare,
and beside some prudent advice as to who it would
be well to LET alone" considerably posted himself
in the street to see if should run into breakers"
l would enumerate but one instance Of the
mode Sheriff Jones, when called on, was polite,
hut his eye began to dilate and kndle when
| unfolded my mission and the "documents."
He examined the memorial for the Topeka
Constitution, and the signaterus to it from
from that quarter, and then haughtily handed it
back with the information that he was utterly OPP
posed to it. When l asked him for his family sta
tstics, for the census, he fixed on me an eye of
intenOgat'e sharpness, suggestive o.Grand Jurles,
and asked, "Are you a Marshall State Mar
shall"
''Yes, Sir"
His eve rolled for a minute or two, and then
grew mildcr; but he declined giving any information.
found several Free. State men in town. Most
of them were too timid or fearful to place their
names on the memorial. Some said they were in
favor of it, but deemed it better not to sign it. One
or two boldly and fearlessly subscribed tner names
A few who have been PIo.Slayery also did so.
Such was Lecompton today. week hence it
might not be so quiet