All the western states and territories . s and other atrocities being committed. On the 14th of Sept.,an army of 2,500 Missourians, arranged in three regiments, with five piecesof artillery, appeared before Lawrence, with threats of destruction to thetown. The people threw up breastworks, and made hasty preparations fordefense, but they must have been overwhelmed in case of attack. This wasaverted by the interference of Gov. Geary, with a body of U. S. dragoons,who threw himself between the conflicting parties, and prevailed upon theMissourians to retire to their homes. KANSAS. 451 Lecompton i
All the western states and territories . s and other atrocities being committed. On the 14th of Sept.,an army of 2,500 Missourians, arranged in three regiments, with five piecesof artillery, appeared before Lawrence, with threats of destruction to thetown. The people threw up breastworks, and made hasty preparations fordefense, but they must have been overwhelmed in case of attack. This wasaverted by the interference of Gov. Geary, with a body of U. S. dragoons,who threw himself between the conflicting parties, and prevailed upon theMissourians to retire to their homes. KANSAS. 451 Lecompton is a village of about 600 inhabitants: it has a Methodistchurch and several land offices, and is some twelve miles westward of Law-rence, and 35 from Leavenworth. The capital was located here in August,1855, by the territorial legislature. A fine capitol building has been com-menced, the foundations laid and part of the first story reared, but owing tothe ftvilure of obtaining the necessary appropriations, the building has Northern view at Lecompton. The long building seen in the central part of the view is the Masonic Hall, in thn upper story of whichthe noted Lecompton Constitution was formed. The lower story, and most of the oth r buildings repre-Bonted, are used for land offices. The site of this place was taken up by Thomas Simmons and his son Wil-liam, in the fall of 1854; in the spring of 1855, it was purchased of themby a company, consisting of Judge Lecompte, of Maryland, Daniel Wood-son, secretary, from Virginia, C. B. Donaldson, from Illinois, John A. Haider-man, from Kentucky, private secretary of Gov. Reeder, Samuel J. Jones,sheriff, from Virginia, and Dr. Aristedes Rodrique, from Pennsylvania. Thetown was then laid out, on the grounds rising from the river, covered withforest trees, many of which still remain. The first structure erected here was Simmons log cabin, still standingabout one fourth of a mile back from the river; the next was a log cabi
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