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The Kansas Evidence.


10 give detached portions of the testin o.
ny before the Committee sent by the u
s. House Of Representatives,, charged
withthe investigation of the Ksnsas cleo.
ton frauds. until the official report is
submitted and published. But knowing
the general anxiety Of our readers, and as
many of our exchanges are giving inter
esting extracts-whe ther garbled or not.
we are unable to say--we are unwilling
10 be entirely behind he times.
Below we append the evidence or four
witnesses--two citizens of Kansas, and
two from Missouri-whith rather sus-
tsins the fears we have heretofore enter
tanned of the truth of egregious wrongs
having been perpetrated upon the bona
fde settlers of the Territory:
Hammond Muzzy. sworn-Wss al
Douglass on Both of March, at election;
saw large crowd there. and many wsg-
ons; got there just as MIR. Mace did; he
tried to vote. and when the Pro Slavery
Party saw that his vote was Free State
vote they said he should not vote il; Sc
vefal men took hold of him by the collar
and pulled him away; he took hold OF me
and we were both pulled away together
from the poll; they cried out "Cut his
throat" 'steer his id heart out of him; "a
saw one man draw knife upon him.
without doing any injury; saw a man
with n lever. trying to pry up corner Of
the cabin; others cried cut, Don't do it
until you have orders;" sa Ellison come
out the cabin with the ballot box in his
hand, and cry out, "Hurrah for Missouri"
Ellison was one of the judges; heard jones
(now Sheriff. say he would give the judge,
Eve minutes to resign or die; Jones gave
ore more minute. and they then left,
these judges were Ramsay and Burson.
both Free-Siate men: was there when the
other Judges were appointed; the crowd
then commenced voting; saw no Free.
State man vote; don't know whether
Jones voted that day.
Marcus II. Rose. of Seventh District.
books. Of Seventh District. of Both March;
there are So voters on the census. Ia oil
them on the poll-bo0ks; there are 234
names on the poll:list; 8 legal voters on
the poll-list are not en- the census roll;
{ Of the had been there and built cabin:
and were away when the census was tax
en-; 2 are new Corners; there were COZ
votes cast in our District on Nov. %
1854; in my judgment there could not a
that time have been more than % or 81
resident voters in that District. -
Thomas D. Hopkins. called and sworr
Game into the Territory. June 1854
from Carroll Co., Missouri; settled min,
miles south Of Lawrence. and have resi-
ded there sincesI was here at the electioi
the 30lh March: met here a good many o
my scquaintances from Carroll County
saw them in camp aud about the polls
(Witness here gave the ames of ma a,
with whom he was acquainted from Mis-
souri.) They told me there were abou
twenty of my acquaintances Their
from that settlement; it is about IL
miles think from here: they said the
came to vote and intended 90 to do; the
said they wanted to make il a slave State
Il it wasn't they would lose their proper
~. and il il was necessary they woul
come again, they told me there were fror
700 to 600 in this place, and tina: ther
would be- from 5. 600 to 10. 900 here in tn
Territory from Missouri 10 vote.
Mr. Davidson was called before th
Commissioned, end examined.
Said be came to Ksnsss from Missour
: 20 vote. There is a secret society 10 IL
epd slavery into Kansas: society Gale
BY various names - Social Band.
.;Erisncs' Society," blue Lodge" '.Son
of the South" by others; don't know q
know what it is properly called; hsv
been al meeting or two: have never bee
at any meeting in this Territory; hav
seen no Lodge ia this Territory; it wa
formed in the latter part of 1854. pro
baby; have not copy Of lis conslitu
tion-have 400 copies of its ritual; don
know as there is . constitutions; thin
written minutes are kept Of proceeding
they are commanded 10 be governed b.
law; we have signs and pass words b.
which We know each other; there is n
eomplIsion in il beyond law, We are /