New-York daily tribune., 1857-10-26

ATTEMPTED FRAUD IN JOHNSON COUNTY.
This, you will sey, is all very well. sc1eme h0S
Just been derdopcd for making a. Very III. we nan.
,as people have become somewhat Injured to election
Frauds but recent performance at precinct called
Oxford, On the Shawnee Indian Reserve, transcends
ali our conceptions Of lying with tho ballotbo1: The
facts are there: Oxford Is on the eastern oounday Of
the Shawnee Reserye-consequcntly next door to
jackson County Missouri. You will not find IL in any
map yet Published, but 1 am assured by persons who
pretend to have been there mat IT. 1t IS IN dnSa' anu
around loose A small party from Lawrence took out
warrant for Oxford few days since, and started to
find the place. They returned with the indorsemenf
Of aon est. But the voting freaks OF this phantom
precinct are Of the most astonishing and extraordinary
character. The election was held as you are aware,
on Monday the 9TH Inst.
On Tuesdsy the returns were made from Oxiord,
exhibiting SO majority for the Pfo-Slavery Candidates
all around Counting Oxford at IS, which was about
so more than the number of legal voters, the Repub
can majority in the District douglas and Johnson
wss atceItaned to be 20O. This was loss 70 the
Pro Slavery side of 3 members Of Council and OF
the House With judicious arrangement OF matters
in the balance OF the Territory this loss could have
been sustained withOut throwing the Legislature out
Of the hands Of the Ruffans. But, sipgularly, the
interior counties have almost unanimously returned
Repubican members. The case was getting despeI;
ate. Presto! up comes an error OF SIA !EhN
HUNDRED and fourteen votes IN the Preciact OF
Oxford Sixteen hundred and fourteen votss for the
Pro.Slavery tickct-nOt one Free-Stato vote on the
lst Now mark the effect Of this return. 1t g'res
both branches OF tho Legislature 10 the Rgfiam tY a
majority of one IN each 1t Overthrows the Repubh-
can vote Of Douglas County, in which Lawrence, Pal
inyra, Big Springs &C., are situated, aud subtracn
three C unclmen and eight Representatives frem the
Free-State column. These, added to the Slavery
column, exhibit:
CoUNCIL-Republicans 6; Pros Slavery.
HousE-Republicans, 10; Pro.Siavsry, ~:
There 10 10 reason assigned as yet for this marvel
Gus error" Some people pretend to think the Saaw'
nee tribe of Indians made gand rush at the polls on
the day succeeding the election, and all voted the
National Democratic ticket in spite OF the Judges OF
Election, who knew they had vote, but were unable
to prevent it Among other mysteries connected with
Ibis Oxford business is the singular fact that the ol
names on the polst and all three OF the signatures OF
the Judges ARE IN THE sAME HASDWRIIlNo: 90 gross
a fraud of course, finds few spologsts. Walker and
Stanton bo.h declare that it is too papsbe-that the
people shall not be thus cheated. They will throw
out the whole precinc. iirs the So and al. We have
leaned 10 place no reliance tho promises OF these
lars, but will take care, of our own action, that no
such swnole arrives TO rton in these parts at this
time. If our Federal funconaries throw out the Ok
ford vote they will undoubtedly open hole for like
fraud either in the place somewhere else Ia fs
yoyabe proximity Buttbey may make up their minds to
one result: MGt i,heTeas tie Free STATE meR 81 haHsas
hare acceptcder promises, and gone into ttis election
IN spite Of c oreTrhclaaing odds Of the rlain appor
torment, ard tchereas heg hare Jairly and honestly
ron Jock hcr lest rights, they '-H nOV claim Acm a,
wBATyvTR cost to The Usgro-breediay Democracy.