The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1857-07-02
FROM X KANSAS.
THE BOGUS ELEcTroN AMONG TIVE
RUFFrhNs--WAbKER DENouNcED. W


The Border Raft ms held their Constitution
al Convention election in Kinsls Oh M,nday,
! June 18th. The elit5r of the Laavenworth
Tunes, who arrived here on Saturday evening,
furE ishes US with som news in relation to it.
} The first and most important fact is, that
throughout the territory, the Free State men
refused to vote, whether registered or not,
with few scattering exceptions Only three
Free State men are knowa to have been un-
principled enough to vote, in Leavenworth
, City. ..H ..... ...ls# '.. ... ...Da-
The whole number of votes cast in Leave l.
worth county were only 6O). There ale up
wards of 1920 legal voters 10 that county,
1897 of whom were registered" In the pre-
; cnct of Leavenworth, out Of !, ZOO voters, but
2l5 attended the polls. All the reports receiv-
ed TO Wednesday morning, 18th inst, went to
show that very light vote had been cast, and
that the Free State men had ignored the whole
thing. strong effort was male to get Que
as large vote as possible, in order to make
show of strength. aa 0% .sa.. ....sa
1t is believed by those who have the f.cili-
ties for knowing that there have not been more
than fifteen hundred votes given in the whole
territory. The pro-savery residents are great.
ly discounted, and declare that the Free State
men are stubborn set of people,"
The Pro-slavery parry in many of the conn
ties was divided into two factions one head
ed by Gov. Walker, and the other by General
; Stringfelow. The former Is in favor of sub
hitting the Constitution to be framed 10
vote of the whole people for ratification; and
the latter insists upon sending it to Congress
without the people passing upon it, and, in
any event, that none but the "registered, voters
shall be allowed a voice, if it be submitted.
This faction generally prevailed over the
Walkerites by large majorities in proportion to
the vote cast. In Kickapoo, for instance, there
were only three votes cast out of Ill cast for
the Walker ticket. In Leavenworth only 80.
AT Wyandotte, however, the Walkertes were
ahead 20 majority out of 60 votes cast. This
was the only precinct where Walkers friends
outnumbered Stringfelow's ruffians. so far as
heard from. ...#..r 81" ~~.r# SSH
There were two polls ordered to be held in
Douglass county--one at Lawrence, the other
at Tecumseh. No votes were cast in Law
renee, and only about 100 in the other place
OF which the Walker ticket received but very
small part. ... w-Ef e. 80
Walker is in bad odor with the fre-eaters
!. committee of them waited upon him next
day after his Big Springs speech, where Gen.
Lane used him up, and demanded Of him TO
change his policy in regard to submitting the
constitution to a full vote of the people; bat
he insisted upon his position. They told him
that the convention would not sustain him, but
would repudiate the promises he had made in
his inaugural and speeches. Walker replied,
that II they did, they might count on the whole
weight OF his opposition and displeasure. The
, committee of National Democrats sneered at
his threats. in a scornf Il manner, and with
| drew When they got out of doors they Bit
terly denounced HIM, as traitor to the Democ-
racy. lie is fast losing caste with the Bor-
=, der Rdiiians; he has already been repadiatea
by the Free State side. Being neither hot nor
cold, both parties have spewed him out. -
Chicago Tribune. ...
The Election a Complete Fissle-.4noth.r HON.
'c'de-Destruction Of California Emigrant
Train.
LEAvENwoRTH. June Is.
The returns of Mondays election come in
very slowly, but enough are received here to
show that the whole affair has proved most
, complete izzle.
Ayoung man named Alexander Ware. a ma
tive of South Carolina or Georgia, while in
charge OF claim held by another man, on
the Shawnee lands, few miles South from
this city was ordered of on Tuesday by one
Coram, who professed that the claim belonged
TO him. lie referred Coram TO the man who
had employed him, and who was near by: bit
Coram insisted that he should loave He still
i. refused, when Coram drew his revolver and
commenced firing. Two shots missed, but the
third took effect in his heart, and he died i'm
mediatey. His remains were brought here
for interment. Coram is not yet sec lreI i,
, though the officers are after him.
P. ST. open this letter to give you infor-
nation of the horrible massacre and destruc
ton of an overland emigrant to California, of
which intelligence has just been received
here.
The train which consisted OF seventeen wag
ons, when about hundret-miles west of Fort
kfarney, was attacked by party Of Sioux or
Cheyenne Indians, who murdered every per-
son in linen, women and children-burnt
the wagons and drove off the cattle.
The number Of persons on the train is said
to have been about twenty. Missouri Dem
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