Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-11-14

las) and johnson county are attached In an cleo
ton district for the purpose Of electing members
beTs Of the Council and eight members of the
House. Douglas coonty gave 1,lO0 Free State
minority, Johnson "saw that and went 100 bet.
ter" giving us 1'eoo majority, thus electing all
But so soon as the anti Black Republican ma
jority In johnson reached here, even by report,
Stanton commenced denouncing it as a fraud.
walker was then in Leavenworth: He reached
Lecompton last Wednesday night, and next
morning he, Stanton, Lieut.. Carr, and the Exec
utive generally set out to investig this alleged
fraud. They returned F Friday night, having gone
to Lawrence, the Free Soil headq tiers, and
took with them Babcock and two or three other
Lawrence guides to show them where to inquire
stanton, on being asked what he would do in
reference TO the certificates said be would see his
"right arm cut OFF, before he would sign the
certificates of a man elected by that Johnson
county vote.
Bear in mind that this Johnson county is the
one between Doug las and the Missouri river. 1t
lies on the river partly, and is bounded on the
east altogether by Missouri. Its lands are uni
versally conceded to be the best In the Territory
with better timber and water, on the river, and
as rich as soil can be. 1t is twsnty-three miles
square, so you may calculate the number Of quar-
ter sections i'm it. There cannot be found a va
cant claim. know that two months ago men
hunted the county for a claim and could not q nd
one, company of Mississippians. Besides this,
there are eight towns In the county. As cOrrobo-
rative proof, cite from an article written by G .
w. Brown in the Herald of Freedom last spring,
when he was dissuading the abolitionists from
voting at the election for delegates to the conven-
ton, because, he says, there was poured into
Johnson county 5000 men from Missouri, and
they will control the election Recollect also
as reason for its recent settlement, that il was
what was constituted the " Shawnee Reserve -
and was not open to settlement until January
last, when it was Immediately filed up, as the
Herald of Freedom says, with 1900 settlers
nearly all pro-slavery men. And vet, with these
facts staring them in the face, Walker and STAN
ton say the returns are fraud, and at the insti-
CATION Of Parrot, the Black Republican candidate
for Congress, and G w. Brown, who waited on
him from Lawrence, he went over to investig gate
the matter Several of the members elect have
met and resolved to go in the morning aud for
mally demand their certificates, and when he re-.
fuses immed lately serve upon him a mandamuS
Returns have come in from remote counties in
which everybody knows not fifty men live, show
ing vote a. follows 260 Free soilers to no Pro-
slavery; and $35 to- Pro-slavery; MANY such
returns have come in and yet Walker and Stanton
can see In this, no evidence of f.aud. Lawrence
sent over into Leavenworth $50 votes into Jeffer-
son 20, into Doniphan lou, and in those remote
counties, companies of from % to 30 to bring in
those 26O and 3}5 and 300 vote returns and vet
this town OF Lawrence polled 9l7 votes, 9O6 Free
sellers to ii Democratic. In all this they see no
fraud,
The result will be, If the Pro-slavery members
elect from Johnson and Douglas do not get their
seats the Legislature will stand-li Democra attic
and IS Free-soil, in the Council Democratic to
Free-soil, and besides this, IL thev thus get a
majority, it is their avovsd intention to rule GU,
the Leavenworth members, thus gaining mo e
members and counclmen. The Legislature
will then stand 35 Free-sOilers to Democratic in
the House, and IL Free.soilers to l Democrat
in the Council-a beautiful body 1t will be /!
FRACTIONAL RATES OF PosrAGE.-The Post
master at Hartford. Conn, has address sed the
Postmaster General, calling attention to the
anomalous condition Of the rate Of postage on
regular newspapers and periodicals the table
OF regulations showing nineteen fractional
rates, and erety rate being fractional on the
list of newspapers and periodicals not exceed
ing II OF. in weight circulated in the States
where published; thus presenting the singular
discrepancy of number of rates of postage re-
curing the paym ent of sums unknown to our
currency; Government at the same time de-
handing fractional postage and repudiating
fractional coins. 1t is found absolutely impos.
sible for the subscriber to pay, or the Post
master to receive, the exact sum required by
the Government; and it is suggested that a
tariff Of specific rates discarding all fractions
would be in correspondence with our currency
and would require no impossibilities on the
part Of those who have postage to pay.
We have no doubt the Postmaster General
will take early occasion to call the attention OF
the Post Office Committee to the subject.
NAVAL Courts OF INQUIRY.-In Court No.
/. the case Of Lieut.. Barney was taken up and
laid over until Monday.
The case of Passed Midshipman West, who
appears by his father, was taken up, and 1t.
hurry and Com. Perry were examined on the
point of the insanity Of Mr.. West. The insanity
is admitted, and the application is for him to
he placed on the retired list
Before Court No. 2, the case of Commander
Ringgold was continued. Surgeon W Whelan
was recalled and examined after which, docu-
mentary evidence was submitted by Comman-
der r.
Before Court No. g. documentary evidence
was being read in the case of ex- Captain Levy.
A SECOND CONCERT BY THE MAY TRoUPE.-
Yesterday, large number of our musical fell
citizens set to work to induce Miss May to
give another concert here. We understand
that their wishes will be complied with We
are satisfied that at its conclusion it will be
found necessary for her to give third, as on
"iSne D@Aoi0 Aoot 'iieio "eio PeTsons VI musical
taste eager to gain admittance into Carusi's
Saloon, who were prevented from so doing
by the fact that it was already overcrowded
enough to fill the hall twice over Quite as
many fingered for hours outside the building
to catch the echo of her notes as were within
the walls.
The ESCAPE OF THE FILIBUsTER WALKER
AND HIS FOLLOWERS has created no little ex.
element here. 1t is conceived that the T. S.
ship-of- Wharf.-The Saratoga-cruising around bis
contemplated landing place, will intercept him
and hold him and his followers as pirates. II
is matter of little importance whether they be
arrested on the sea or not, as the natives of the
land they seek TO snniI ara nrenared 20 ..aLo