New-York daily tribune., 1856-06-07

10 Tie Torro! from Missouri near St. Jc-eph.
Sir LJuoL, Ore OF tbo-e who participated With The
fr.ercs of Laughhn gave his tes.in-ny.-li did not
fer ftm tat above; be admitted TO have shot ai
Collins before hey lad the hsLd 10 hand nc)unier,
her he grns wee broken, but stated that de did
20 Iur!y in s@f-defen-e be siNiy feet from Col
rs vkep ie fred; it pss during the fr-t par, Of the
sfffsy b.,sten Colns ana Lsush.iR.
ARIHUR MCCOsstLL -.orn-To Mr. Scs.'-Csme
to ;.ls Territory in May, l7Ji, from New-York. set
tedL Les, PaWree. q M. u, Clue hItd hin = 20 TO
Ia"ree; Mr.. Mcclure ssid he eXpect4d TO bu.:d the
State House; wItIess discharged BY McClure aot
went tV For Riley; at the house whore siue.s stad
tiefe were several rn,r who had come from penn,yl-
,sha to the Tefntoy; tAeJ sald they Intended to re-
main til ter election they AID tina; Reeder had mis-
rprcsepttd the equity to them, they voted, ahd
tod wi'Le,s they had voied god Free Soil ticket IN
order 10 fulfill ther contract With those WHO had
brought them cut. 0Ld now they were gong back.
that tie count nO; what had been represented,
but they would hll their contract Rather too strong
testimony. To TOHCward-Canto give the name- Of auy
Of thee men. Mr.. HOwaTd-liow old they vote
They voted the Free Soil ticket. Have YOU seen
tier nance in the poll bO,ks or how do you know how
they voted 7" IA paus, They showed their
tlct eis in the nOIning these nen were s.nt cat by
tie Elm grant AID Syciety. Mr. Howsrd-H.~ do
you know They told Inc Ded any Que else ever
tell you about TIE Ptnnsy ana Euugrant AID So
ciety but thee mem" No; there twelve
OF fifteen of them.
P.P BLAIR, -worn-Res ies in Doniphan County.
X. T.; PRO Slavery candidate there for the Legs
lsure at that place witness .lectioneered over the
pr. ciLct al Satisfied that " We had the ms Or-
itv: was AT tie election 3Oh March lndlcs
tion Of bostiiy before the Free ate c1bd dates
wrldrawI; has ,,amntd the poll books OF tha. elec-
ton tins mOrrIg; bar examined them with view of
eng how many more there were than Mr. ksath Ia
witntss Of VII fields had previously given Mr.
Scott conmenct d reading let of NAMES the first,
witnees did not know GEN Richardson here told wit
ress that he somebody's brother in law to which
wiints. asseLts6; one or tSo names were read, hut
things not working smoothly the list wa droPpedi
te.;ifes Hat Rctard-on resident; has been at
the house on his claim in the Territory; witness saw
stock there.
There have been two sets Of witnesses examined
here to day. At end Of he room Mr.. Slermsn
was taking testmony-Ar IianscOm acting as re-
porier EA-Gov King of Missouri being present to
cross examine these Witnesses acting as Attorney for
the Pro-Slsvery party The testimony taken s mostly
from Free State men, or from Pro Slavery m.n who
te.fed to outrages at the polls by Mssourans and on
tie actual residents. The testimony taken there H.
learn very strong; but being only able TO report with
one set and the above witnesses, examined this
forenoon were Whitfeds witnesses, preferred get
ting his body of rebutting testimony.
RICHARD Tuck, sworn--CaIne from M-sour 10 D)ni-
phan in 1884, got to the polls early in the morn
ing; there was large number of persons at the polls,
tome two or three hundred; crowd named 1urLg
tie day; these were nearly all strangers to u;ess
wituess knows the most a the settlers thereabouts
there might be thirty or forty of the settlers there;
knew some of those present to live the ver; the
largest compsny that there he did not know they
had a caLlp, which witness visited. Witness here
CAV the names and de Of Ms,ourians who
were 1T the election THIS camp Sas at the crossing
Of Independence creek; told witness that they had
two hundred in camp; had tents and wagons; were
armed with double bsueed shot gum, rules,
revovers and bowie knives; had provisions w'th
them and liquor dinner was brought up W
the polls in three wagons; witness converssd Win
them freely they said they came to vote thcu OBJECT
WAS TO make Kansas Slave State; some OF them said
they cane from near Weston; some from Gay Coun-
ty and some from Buchanan County; whheS sup
p.sing they Rad claims in the Territory a0keu 'neui
Il ey replied that they had none except thai they h"u
the river; to question FROM witness, if they meant to
return to them. they replied " they might and they
ui,dt lot they did hot look Ike settlers; ah that
witness noticed about them wAs that they voted and
welt home witness thinks they had trunks and carpet
sacks in the wagons they went up TO the poll on
the morning of ele ,top in wagoos and on horse
back shouting to each other as they went; they
had music with them they immediately gathered
n and In
vote. appeared to be received without objection;
saw none sworp they stacked thei. guns under the
house where they yoted-vo.ed In Mr. fornans
house witness heard the settlers say 1t wasn't worth
Will, to vote" don know whether they went away
without voting; witness ssw several OF these M'ssou-
rians vote several times; they did 50 they would
charge their hats or coats every time they vsted;
wit, e.s saw some men vote as often as eight times;
there were some three four OF them at this work
wi,n,ss stood close by all day, and watched them
IN the evening some of them said they had voted up
All tier tickets, aud they'd go home; some OF them
crossed the ,iyer at Doniphan, on their way back
the, discussed the matter in the evening; some were
., cro.s at Atehiso.; then went off down along The
ryer if any of them Lad been settlers thinks he would
have known them; there was a protest got up by
the citizens of Doniphsn to the Governor; does
rot l,ov WHY il was not sent. To Gov. King
There were three or four persous carrying on
Ills double voting; they changed Their clothes
in the crowd; any one might have ser them witness
lust watched them; "ssd nothing to rooodyi DID
not see the judges elected that morning 1t might nave
been done while be was lying sroued; the orisinA'
nudge. who we're appointed be thinks were Me'SI'
SHAW. Dunnirg and Juddy; does not remember 20
lave seen them ona lbe to elect judges by teller.
lie did lot know how the judse7 were elected II Is
customary for pretty much all, to pack arms saw Dr.
s,ripgfelow fom Atchison, AID John Han,on /
think the-e were Others. Donphan was iae place oi
voting for the people at Ach-ou, and down as Tar a.
W, C.L tb,ra yS,re -prne seven or gl, houses