New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-12-12

in connection with the making OF treaties with the
several Indian tribes TO promote the tskiug up Of
claims and the settlement Of the country, especially
of all the timbered portions Of it, by Pro-Slavery
mep before the fact OF the conclusion Of the treaties
was made public, for the purpose Of embarrassing,
and fer possible Of preventing lis settlement by
freemen Of the North or Anti Slavery men Of his own
State and thus Of securing the prepondersnce Of the
slave power hereI say, il is perhaps needless to in
form ,uch, that all the possessed by our neigh
bors, the Missouri shareholders, was employed to Sc
cure such result as 10 their opinion would best pro-
mote their Interests in this territory II your readers
have any doubts Of the fact, perhaps their doubts
may be resolved by the perusal Of the follow wing from
The Rietfeid Mo- EHterprise, Of the 18th, ult.;
we present during the closing remarks Of the Hon
d Atehson in speech delivered Ia Liberty last Monday
nois He ssid Since the death Of webster Clay Cal
'houn be, (Dousasl had supenorr The Hon senator
that many Of the citizens o. Car Comfy
bo.e Of ,os Who are Old 10 undergo hard p. send yosr
sens; slths required make Kansas slave state for
So. 20 aS sss s.y By the Vii
her be returned 10 the senate or be bsse ny object TO-
day talk about the Institutions that should be
sisen to Kansas, The Court House was crowded and the
speech we'll received"
In accordance with the above instructions for the
establishment of the institutions that should be
"given t, Kansas, msltitudes poured over the lines
and extended themselves the different routes over
the Territory TO the various election precincts az
least to those in which they would be allowed to vote
None came here; but in the district about SIX miles
above here, in which there but 81 legal voters,
there were 300 votee cast In the district south of
us, am informed by Clergyman who left there
during the voting, there 500 from Missouri de-
posting their votes for the principle Of popular
eregnty"-the right Of any community or State
Territory TO decide for Itself to the institutions
which it shall establish and by which it shall be gov
erned "Oh, consistency, thou art jewel" In the
district south west of us, saw by letter received to-
day, there were 600. These districts inconve-
ME Mt to the Missouri line, account of their dis
lance and if such is the influx here, what may
not expect in those districts Immediately along the
lnel 1t appears to me that the result cannot but be
disastrous TO the very interests which they expected
to promote, in similar manner was the repeal Of
the Missouri Compromise. The reaction must be
overwhelming to them. 1t is not yet known what
action Gov Reeder may take in the matter-xhetber
he will set aside the returns from those districts where
illegal votes polled, the whole election. 1t
does not appear possible that he refuse to do
or the other.
The returns, so far heard from, are as follows:
District No. l. including this city:
For John A. Wakefield Abotio6st. ................1@
Robert Flennken, Administration Free Soier...... 81
J. w. Whitfield Pro Slavery -
Chapman, on both sides '
Scattsrns
Total ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Aggregate Anti slavery vote, cay ...........25o
Ass,s;,ss rS. Is;d1it, Owe.
District No II, including Douglas SIX miles above here
which Distriet contains 81 legal voter:
Seattle ug............. 10
acknowledgements
District No III including Tecum.eh twenty miles above
Wakefield. Whitfield
flenniken.. Of
Total. ........'..'.' %
Crime with ts hdeous front, has stslked in among
us with bold tread within few days past. few
DAYS since the remains Of partially devoured by
wolves or dogs was found upon the Waukarusa about
five miles from this place This is ell that is as yet
known of the case. On the day Of election the 29th
ult., DIR. John boy of this City, shot man by the
name Of John Lowry with revolver, the ball pass
ing through the calf of his leg. II appears, in evil
dence on the examination, which was held today
that both parties claimed the same claim"-that Dr.
boy had been ia possession since the fore part OF
October, by occupying tent on the premises-that
Lowry had attempted, by making improvements, IN
constructing log house, at various times at the time
and since the DR.. claimed to obtain possesson-that
the DR.. had frequently threatened to shoot Lowry if
he did not dess, from his attempts-hat on Tuesday
last Lowry with the help of another man, laid up the
body OF log house on tue clam, ana on the cams
day the DIR. threw il downfall Wednesday
Lowry again presented himself on the disputed claim
with his az to cut logs for another attempt atthe
construction of house, when an alteration took
place between the parties in the vicinity of Dogs
tent in which boy repeated his threats TO shoot Lowry
il he should attempt to cut any timber on the cln'
at the same time presenting gun at Lowry Lowry
then started for ravne some or 9 rods distant to
cut some timber the Dr. having exchanged his gun
for revolver from his tent following him-and that
in few minutes the report OF gun was heard in the
direction of the ravine. Lowry swears that he was
shot partly from behind while clearing away the brush
preparstory 10 cutting small tree the ball entering
on the back side Of the calf of the left leg and pass
ing out on the ef side and that no one was present
lint they two. The DR. son testies that he was
nresept and that Lowry was attempting to strike his
father with the ak around the tree, when he shot
him in aelf-dsfense. The Dr. wa held to bal III the
sum of $4,000.
On the same day Wednesday, man by the name
of Henry Davis was shot in the breast with charge
Of buck shot, from horse pistol while on bis return
home from the election in this place, when about
three miles from this city. While At the polls he was
somewhat under the influence of liquor, and because
his vote WAS challenged being Missouriau and I'M
known to any of the Judges he was very angry, ana
threatened to sheet in his place, one OF the judges oil
Election; to break into the room they occupied, ~c
&c He also endeavOred TO excited his fnenis 10 an
attack upon the id Y ankees - and the poll box
but was not able TO succeed. On his way home, on
foot he recognized in wagon which passed him.
seated in the hind end of il, man by the name OF
r-o;,s K;hbea one of the hated " ankecs, aud,