New-York daily tribune., 1856-05-24

selves dissatisfied; complained OF the Emigrsnt Aid
Society not using them wed; these told him they
voted bas been On the liver for fifteen year. know
what State every man cssse from at fifty yards of,
has dobe nothing but read mems faces after the Lucy
had made two or three rP trips they got more pasen
gers on the down 'T,s; these back passengers were
very much put out with the Emigrant Aid Society;
they had msrepre-eaed things to them. To Oliver
! don't know that ever heard that these men were
furnished with means tc come heard that many were
going to come; the Emigsan. Aid Society had CAPT.
tai Of five millions Of dollars there ws,, average
about eighteen hundred eigrants of that descriptions
Easte'n Enigrant Aid Society went down the
river going home in April and May.
By Mr.. SlermGn-Where the New Lucy
the day Of election Witness did not know; not
there Q. Did the Lucy not 60 down from Weston 20
Leavenworth on the dav OF election aud return the
same dsyl A. I-ah-wel, don't know, hut be-
eve she came down to the Fort this plsce, or D-s
ware. O. Did she 20 back that evenin: a. Yes,
sur; at the election near Palermo, L., that dsy;
could not say that Missounans We're there. e. Are
YOU YOU YOU knew from Missouri
Well, yes; | saw gentleman | know from st.
JosIhs. O. Could you take the pol, books Of the
election held at Lawrence, and identify any OF them
az the Of your passengers, up or down. a. No.
could not remember tler Names Q Could you not
remember a few or any Of them if read over \. No.
do not think could; they had over three hundred
passengers that first trip; the in returning said
that the Engrant Aid Society had not their kept con-
tract with them.
This witsess ssemedt 10 have great faculty for know
inc matters which it would have been difficult foE him
to have learned at the distance from Lawrence lie
was equslly Obtuse the other hand, IN refusing TO
examine the poll books and Identifying the names.
The amount OF Ms testimony ia to prove that many
hurored Free State voters-nore than thousand
had zone up toward Lawrence TO vote while the poll
books show but few Free State polled at that
place The polls there were in the hands OF Tie men
from Missouri, who had kept even residents from
vorc In fact it appears that there were only some
three hundred Free State votes pOllcd at that cleo
ton so far as the examination hos progressed. In
many Of the preciuct--mo-t of them-the Free state
men gave up the idea Of holding an election, or were
driven from tie pos by the invaders ~ tar, by teS-
timo1y given to the Committee, 1t has been shown
that out of 1000 votes thrown that day, upward OF
1000 have been proved to be men from Missouri, who
cane over in the different companies, and went back
After the election number Of Free STATE voters,
equal to the vote thrown by Free State men many
times over have been proved to have been residents
Of the Territory. The objects of this testimony in
the defense of Whitfield, in which it Is produced,
can scarcely see, as, if true it ccud merely prove
that the el. cton was of fraud and an additional
reason for setting it aside
:. H. HEw, sworn-Has been practising physician
for FIVE year, but is not now candidate for practice
now resides close TO this city has been here since 1884
that is most of the time; called to examine the
body of Brown last Winter; it was severe weather
and be did not Ike to 90 out in it; they proposed to
bring the body past bis cabin where he would examine
IL this arrangement failed, and Brown was buried that
day; was afterward called on, IN company with DIS
Davis and Parks to posthumous examination, by the
brothers of Brown; the body exhumedi witness
examined the body first; found slight cut over the
eve: that would not have killed him; the left tenn
pie there was broad deep wound, cut, into which
he thrust his two fingers the wound was TO the base
of the brain; this wound would death most GER
tar ly; it had apparently been made with hatchet.
Relative to the first election (November, 1850 he
knew nothing but that he voted early and left knew of
but who voted. he a gentleman
from Virginia; his family in Missouri; he has II
claim. The Doctor has doabt but there was Pro-
Slavery majority in Leayenwoth az that time; did not
zee peOpe come from Missouri TO vote; saw them come
rom the island; he heard that the island belonged
10 Kansas
lat this point would state that the whole current
and III less when the high all the waters pass
between the island and the Kansas side To this
eand the ferry boats from LeayenwOrth to the
Missouri side, the teams and passengers crossing the
island and the slough behind it the road 'There Is
ore house at the ferry landing. II there are other
houses on it, have not them and in fact far as
settlements are concerned it resembles that which
O'Rourke found himself, 'dissolute island and
from the Gro sds of fellows troopng over i from
Missouri to the ferry last Fall, when the baot-box
was destroyed, and their appearance AMI conduct
would Justify the eppcllation lterally.l
To SIerplnn-Thcre were but few settlers here at
that time. | considered this my residence from the
time | came here; my family resided in lndePea
dencs, Mo till | could build house
Here there was discussion about tho residence OF
Flepiktn one q. the canddates and witness xas asked
if he knew the men who had carried about election
eering circulars were residents. THIS was ruled out
as Dcompe eten but admitted on the position taken by
Mr. Oliver that this might lead to testimony proving
that they voted or that their voting inference
The question being allowed, the Doctor replied
that he did not know about their residence, but
beng a.ked about DIR. Tlpe, whose name was on
the circular, said he had left at that time for Penn
s,lyanis, and has not been back since.
AFTERNOON May II.
Leavenworth is remarkably quiet for Leiyen-
worth. Most Of the bullies have gone, as good
.. Law and Order" men should, 10 swell the bands /
.Ls, bova, rour1 ayrepce acting under the leg