New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-10-08
KANSAS.
PROSPECT OF THE MycglOS.
esoso Ovu special CorrespoaSeI.

ssoso Cuu special Correspondent,
LAWRENCE, K. T., Sept % io57-A. ~.
UocertSn though TIE ehlHely OF the eiecso0
are End must BE-, the p,ospec. is NJ. qrta 81 dsrk
- it was. Great exertions have been made 70
unto The Free State men in the po'cy ef voting,
bat TIE thing that has the most p yer in imp.lics
Aem 10 il is the prospect Of Missouri vo.ias.
Ahesdy there 10 evidence tina several thou.sod
AAsouri voice will be thsown. Que. bat surely
are pre- psrations being made fcE tho result. Tao
mastering Of our ancient enemy is the signal for
more active effort on the part Of the Free State
nsr, and Throughout the districts where soyts.os
ME representation has been allosed the hum Of
preparation is heard.
30 for, there are no movements among the rego-
NJ t1oopG II Gov. Walker designs using the
army, be must intend to have them hurry to The
penis where they are 10 be stat,one at the eleventh
A0sY. Do not 10 surprised If not = single Dragon
II al The polls i understand hat tssro rW not
b, unless the Free State volunteer forces are or
1ered on duty. No general mastering order has
been issued 70 the latter, from the knowledge that
such step would merely be the signal for ordering
asquad Of regular troops to the points where they
might be used to Keep the volunteersin check. The
army has been concentrated bere, not TO proven,
Aissourians from voting but to prevent free-State
men from defending the ballototx from Missouri 10.
vsdeYs. This posture Of affairs Is tcklish, and
neither alternative satisfactory. At the risk OF IN
efficiency, it has been deemed best not 10 organize
and concentrate any force, even at the threatened
points, 20 as to deter Gov. Walker from poanciug
on the command thus In the field and taking them
prisoners, they do not desire 10 fight the FEEDER,
army. There Will, therefore, be no demonstration
Of Free-State volunteers against any point aud the
only force that may be summoned will be that i'm.
Dediately in the vicinity of an invaded part, and
called out at the moment Of invasion.
Strong In the superiority Of great numerical ms
S0yity many Of the Free State believe that they
viii be able to throw votes enough TO Ousvote the
Pro-Slavery men and all the voters that Missouri can
send. That they can overcome the apportiOnmens,
he fsqua6cations of voters Except the tax quail
6cation and to that they do not intend 10 pay any
attention, falling back the opinion Of Gov W1lter,
Buchanan and his Csbinet), and every other fraud
and invasion, and stll be victorious. The chances
IN oil this frigbtful disparity Of circumstances may
oe With The Free-Stats men, but the raaras-there
10 tte difficulty; but let US hope.
A new excitement has arisen about the Delaware
hbds. 1t Is rumOred that they are about TO be
open to settlement AS quietly and as suddenly IS
plague Of grasshoppers horde Of Missouriaus have
within the past few days been locating on the rich
pfaiYRs, and valleys, aud woodlands Of the Delaware
Reser1e. The rumOr reaches us that a commission,
authorized to treat with the Indians, has reached
the Territory from Washington. How much OF
truth there in the latter report is uncertain; but
q desire to obtain share Of these lands, if
they are thus to be thrown Open has Induced pc ope
from Leavenwortb and this place also to go on aud
make some hind of squatter claims question If
The aDd will be opened at this time and believe
that these squatter claims vii, again end in smoke.
But the elecloD--it will have its effect there.
\ kora Ia. II H. nc l.,n. 10 h,,,ko
west from Missouri to that part Of this representa-
tive district which, in the language Of the sppor-
Torment, includes "sll that part of Kansas Ter
risory lying west Of Wise, Butler and Hunter
Counties" Perhaps their votes may be like
those Of the band Of Missouri invaders at Mays
vile, numbering fifteen, who marched r,und
the house until they had poled upward of six hun
bred votes That was at the election of March,
1856, thst Buchanan calls legal. What will the
election Of 1867 bel