New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-10-15
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O., cha regular F,se-siste ticket, sI for the regu-
is. D,mocratic' ticket and one (our "evaugeti-
cal" friend Christian, the ProSavery lawyer Of this
Mace. J voted mixed ticket, having taken one or
iy Free. State nominees unf err bis patronage.
AT LecomptOn there were 400 votes p0lled, when
the polls were adjourned until o'clock this morn
ing. Oftbese, 100 were for the Free-S.ate tickle.
and 100 for the Pro-Slsyery or Democratic"
ticket .r .... tIsr -..f.r o...
] he only precinct have yet heard from as closed
was that Of Lexington, the voting point dearest this
Uay On the Shawnee Re serve; the vc.e stood there
b Pro-Savery and 20 Free-Sta.e. beard from
Shawnee, the precinct ont from WestpOrt, up to ~
O'Clock. A strong force was there of Free State
DFn TO challenge, and they We're challenging the
Missowians in sharp style, and had prevented sew
ersl fIOm voting; but the Judges had rul-d against
them, and their efforts would be at an end unless 1t
was deemed expedlent 10 insist on the point at the
h,zard Of row. At WyaudOt, yesterday morning,
there every prospect of an excited contest OF an
electioneerIg KIND at least L. raioed or drzzIed
yesterday I'LL Moons then it partially cleared up; but
the evening closed dull cloudy and muddy; and this
morning cl0sed cloudy ever head and muddy below.
Nothing could be more disagreeable than the task of
getting to the polls for thDse who lived some dis
lance away, or who were sick.
The lion was bearded in bis den. and Leeompten
made Free-State town, after the most orthodox
manner. will explain. The election township of
Lee. mptOn ia very large, including large tract Of
uDiry-several Congressional t0wnships-settled,
outside of LecomptOn, with Free men. Early
yesterday morning, q crowd of Free-Stats men in
wagons, very peaceful but very determined, drove
into Ii CON ptOn. The LecomptOnites, who are not
very carly people, had either not got out Of bed,
or had not fully undergone the process Of waking
up, when this horde of Prostate Vandsls poured
in on them. Precisely as the hour when the polls
were to be opened, the Free State men were there
Tie datory judges appoiated by the bogus county
Judges were not there. The claw authorizes the
people to elect judges in case OF their absence and
this the Free-Stats men promptly proceeded to DO;
Two radical Free Sellers were at once elected, and
one conservative man. Our old friend Cramer,
e1.offcio tereeantatsrms, Territorial treasurer,
inspt ctoreeneral and who seemed to have aided to
his many dgnities that of deputy sheriff. scared
up, and came rubbing his eyes. Tue law required
him to announce the election of the Judges of cleo.
ton. This he reluctantly did, like the Knight OF
the Rueful C0untenance," and, forthwith, the
judges elect took their seats, the polls were opened
and under the auspices Of ian Abolition " board
of Judges, the voting began. As will be seen by
reference 10 the vote pOled yesterday, the Free
State men strong enough to take care of them
selves. The grOg- shops were closed in LecOmptOn,
which well-Digh amounted to total abolition Of the
business of the place for the time being. The polls
were closely scrutinized and voters challenged on
both sides. 1t is not likely that to-day's work will
materially change the result in LecOmptOn.
Along in the afternoon of yesterday, rumor
reached Ltcompton that Sykes one Of the Pro-Slav-
cry Candidates, had been killed ut Lawrence while
challenging voters. Herewith the " Democracy"
very properly concluded that the legitimate time for
row had arrived. They threatened TO pitch into
the Free-State men in any case, and, as there was
no force of troops there, the fight might have arsen
but Capt. Walker was dispatched to Lawrence to
bring 81 kes safe and sound, or direfu would be
the COM QueDces. The Free-State men at LecOmp-
ton bad declared their disbelief in the killing of
Sykes. Accordingly, Capt Walker rode down to
Lawrence last night ascertained that ykes was un
harmed, and had gone home, and rode back to Le-
compton in the night to report.
AtLaWrence yesterday matters passed of with
out any great disturbance Two of the Judges ap-
pointed by the bogus County Court were present.,
and they appointed third. Sheriff Butcher was
preseIt. The law required him to be present to
receive taxes; but so far as am aware, he did not
receive one dime yesterday. Thepols were opened
in the Office of the Express Company. plant was
stretched across the door. Inside of the plank and
in the breach stood the heroic Butcher, who
was there to see bogus law reyerenced in his person,
and 10 take care that the interests of the great Pro
Slavery, Law and Order, democratic" party
were cared for
By some hitherto unexplained feature of bogus
law, Sheriff Butcher claimed the right of receiring
the ticket from the hand Of each roter and reading 1t
10 the iudges of election In this way, all the votes
were received in Lawrence yesterday. As might
be expected, this considerably hndered operations:
During the whole day, 8 jamming crowd thronged
the doorway. Quite number Of officers had to be
voted for. Whatever the elegant Butcher may be
as Sheriff, Butcher as q scholar is $3.50. His
readings" were neither "Shakespearian nor
prompt. He had evidently "been larn't to read"
and could do so, but no little dissatisfaction was
h;a Tad nllshm N that
way. / suppose this feature of getting the Sheriff
to read the tickets is purely Southern device, and
originates in the fact that few of the "unterrl-
fed" can read. Here in Lawrence it was worse
than superhuOus. There was not aman in town who
could not read better than the accomplished Butchers
vet thee was something 10 admire In the co0lless
o. that Border Rufi4n. He was tae representative
of his cass and also the representative II the system
which, by fraud, placed him in power. He stood,
in the most insulting attitude he could assume, be-
fore the eOple be had helped to wrong. lie stood
there. bogus Sheriff. as the sieve or mill through
Which all the votes poled must pass-a dragon at
the gateway Of political power-a Saveocrat
guarding the portals Of Freedom. That the people
should have resented his presence was natural; that
they did not do So exhibited their determination to
preserve the peace and to submit even to this deeper
degradation, in order, if possible TO wrest from the
usurpers the fcepter Of power IN peace.
But there was an incident Of the warlike kind,
that might have been more important IN It's results.
The heroic Sy kes, who had evidently boosted among
bis eempatIots that he would maintain his position
in Lawrence, was at the polls. / do not think he
challenged any voters, but he very freely expressed
his opinion 70 those who would listen to him. He
said that all of these votes would be thrown out on
the ground OF non payment Of tax-that he and his
Ct mpe.rs would gel their seats, no matter how the
vote went, Along 10 the afternoon, bully who hap
pened TO be in Lawrence, and who Was a little too
much Ike Sykes himself clustered up t, the latter
individual, and, after some ilLnatured words be-
,hnn, <ha hnll in IN ramark