The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1857-11-10
Atchison county we thought suficiently

Atchison county We thought sufficiently
we'll protected, bat they crowded in at . lit
tie place called Port William, and beat us
there. Leavcnworth was carried under the
iAfuence of Gov. Walker. johnson county |
we had well protected, bat they were too sharp
for us there too, for they had prepared the
poll books come wseks prsrioss to tie slse-
fioa.
The election was pretended to have been
held at Oxford. an imaginary place, or, more
properly speaking, Q ''paper town." lying
just over the line from New Santa Fe, Mis-
souri,. This important city, which, strange
to say, had never been heard of before, cast
sirteen hundred and trenfy-eigAs rotes. More
than both Leavenworth and Lawrence to-
gethcr. When we heard Of it, the people
waited on Gov. Walker in Q body and told
him that if he did not reject the Oxford vote,
evil war would commence Immediately. Wal
ker and Stanton went down there, and found
the citizens Of Oxford ~ much sstonished a.
the rest of us, ut the rapid growth Of the
city. And stranger still it was impossible to
find out where the Judges who had ofdciated,
lived.
Returns also came in from MCGEE coun-
ty, giving the democratic candidates, over
twelve hundred votes, when there was not o
legal rotsr in the county. Walker has also
thrown these out.
There was general cleaning mp Of rusty
- oxI .rafa
posed that Walker would admit tie johnson
county members, and the prospect for q
muss looked fair, but happily it has all dis
appeared. The fre-eaters here are down on
Walker and stanton. Jones the immortal
Sheriff, } called on Stanton for bis certificate
Stanton politely told him he was not entitled
to one. Jones then politely informed Stan.
on that he was liar, and the epthess, har
scoundrel, swindler, forgcr &C., passed quit
freely; but no blood was split. Rumors Of
duel were rife. Judge Cato has issued
mandamus to compel Walker to issue tn
, certificates to the Nationals, but Walker pait
no attention to it.
2 Walker is in precisely the same fix Gear.
i was in. He must have Cato removed, AM
r Buchanan will, We hope, remove him.
The citizens of Lawrence sent Walker
q paper, numerously signed, and Aeaded b,
: Jim Lane, offering him tho Inequalities Q
e the city, and pledging him protection fror
O the insults of the rufiians.
g The Bogus Constitutional Convention
5 in session at Lecompton; they had har
o work to get o quorum. After sending a.
r over the country, and waiting four day,
d they finally got enough to organize. Nj
q Hand, one Of the clerks Of the frauduler
= Oxford election, was elected first clerk, whic
: was done to spite Gov. Walker. A larg
% free-State mass meeting was held ct Lecomp
,. ton, on the day they organized. Denuncia
tory resolutions, of the strongest kind, wei
passed. But no violence was offered then
n Gen. Lane made one of his best speeches
% there.
!. There is to be Walker meeting, at Ia
, compton, on nexi Saturday, which will
largely attended, and it is feared there wi
i be trouble, as it viii be difficult to prever
n the boys from hanging the members Of Il
It convention. 1t 10 the general imprsssio
ts that they intend to form constitution |,
). suit themselves, appoint the State ofiicere
send it on to Congress, and let Democrat
Congress fight ont the battle.
i One thing you can depend upon, they wi
70 not submit it to the people, for they kno
n too well that any constitution, coming frol
d them, would be voted down. Even wei
d they to submit to the Topeka Constitution,
:, much as we love it, we would vote it dow
!. They have got one pretty good Know Notl
;. ing clause in their Constitution, making
~ necessary for foreigner to be in the countl
le twenty years before he can hold office, or
a. five years before he can vote.
,e PARROT was in town yesterday, his major
- ty will be about 5000, % number of the mo
populous free-State counties were thrown o
" on account Of Irregularities, and becsu
8 they did not vote at tho county seats.) II
y, majority, had all tina legal votes been couu
OF cd, would have reached twice that.
er We are having beautiful weather, GRO
were better than usual, money tight, but n
as bad as it might be. Uncle Sans none
Indian payments, soldiers wages, &C., hel
towards keeping up the supply Of none
nd The land in this district will be in mari
for soon, many ofus have pre-emptcd. Claim
We lots, &c, are much lower than they were
ug the opening. No news from the plains.
er- Yours &C.. G. A. C.
et.
mt eB The following are the authors who &
he ure in the first number Of the Allan