New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-01-18
TERRITORIAL LEGISLATURE-THE MES
SAGE-THE ADJOURNMENT--THE
ELECTION.


SAGE-THE ADJOURNMENT--THE
ELECTION.
From Our SPeciAl Correspondent.
LECoMPToN, X, r., Morning, Jan. 6. 1853.
The Territorial Legislature got quorum yester-
day and recognized. An attempt in caucus had
been made to change some of the officers, but It
allied. and both branches, by resolution, accepted
all of the officers chosen at the special session @
the officers of the Legislature.
Gov. Danyers sent in his Message, OF which
send a copy. Published in THE TRIBUNE OF Sat-
urdsy.1 II singular and rather insolent docu-
ment. He takes the ground In the first place, that
this body ought TO do nothing bat wait the action
of Congress on the Lecompton Constitution. III
that Constitution be accepted by Congress, ali
action of this Legislature will BE- nullhed, as tho
schedule Incorporates the acts and powers of the
former legislature all of which would thus become
n part of the State Government. II, h0wevr, the
Legislature should disregard this advice he goes on
10 suggest what they should legislate on. Several
of the subjects are of the commonplace order, but
he makes the somewhat extraordinary, and, think,
uuwarrantable statement, that there Is IN Kansas q
secret bard of assassins, which he lkens to the
Mormon Dante band. He recommends egisla-
five action against them. As this is story evl-
IDENTITY for circulation in the States to nure Kansas,
hope he will be- pushed to the wall on II, and the
evidence demanded which led him to make such al
extraordinary statement under cover OF an offSh
paper. | learn that action will be taken IN refer
cnce 10 the matter, and that his authority VIII oe
demanded.
The Legislature takes recess until Friday, hsv-
ing adjourned To Lawrence. When the bill ADJOURN
ing to Lawrence was presented to Acting-t'oycrnOr
Denver, he hestated about ten minutes, tried to
read the document aud tinaRy approved OF 1t, but
in rather an awkward manner.
Many of those who have been in Lecompton aro
going up to Topeka, or have gone. Nothing will bo
done in the Territorial Legislature for several days.
The election returns do not come in, but have
heard from several more places. II is reported that
the Border Ruffaus have get up vote Of 800 in
johnson County, in spite Of all precautions At
Leayenworih, where the Free State men generally
went into the election, there was heavy vote
thrown. In Leayenwoith City the vote stood For
the LdcOmptOn Constitution with Slavery, d;
For the Constitution without Slavery, .; against
the Lecompton Constitution, 1894. For the
boiling Free State ticket the vote stood from
!, I6i TO 1859 The Pro-Slayery men pollcd 26O
votes for the Calhoun State officers. AT Kickapoo,
By voting two or three times over, aud getting Mis-
ouri votes they ran it up to 905. They would pay
noattention to free.Sate challengers and although
troops were present they merely served to protect
the Judges Of election in their rascality. At Dela-
Free-State men, who had been challenging voters,
were driven from the polls by the Border Rufians,
who were armed with bowie-kni Tho troops
were present but allowed tito be done. Tho Free
State men would have raised force gone back and
routed them, but it was Understood that tho
troops, in such rOuM int,rf.re When Theses
Judges were thus driven off, the Ruiians were roll
ing up bogus vote.
From Donphan County, learn that the vote
against the Lecompton Constitution, although large,
was not full. The people Of that region, AZ else
where, generally declined TO elect State officers
under the Lecompton Constitution.
At Tecumseh the vote stood I63 against the Con-
stitution, 10 80 for it. At Topeka there were 265
votes thrown against the LecomptOn Constitution.
Only 30 votes thrown for State officers, al
though for Representatives there were upward Of
200 votes AT Big Spring only 46 votes wers
thrown, and all against the Constitution At Bloom
ington l67 against the COnstitution-no vote for
State officers.
Isuppose the PrO-Slayery men will get up returns
enough to carry their State ticket. Some 1000 or
5000 votes will be pOled against the Lecompton
Constitution. Perhaps it may 20 as high a. IL, 900,
but scarcely think IL, as il is midwinter and tho
people were Disguised with elections generally, 0w-
ing TO the presence of the boiling ticket
The troops went down 10 Oxford, but found moth
ing 10 do. The two Johnson County Judges ar
rested for election frauds in Lawrence and have
been examined before Judge Miller The Pro-Slav-
cry men threatened to take them by writ Ofhabeas
corpus, issued by Cato, and then proceed sgains.
the parties arrestng them and get the United States
Narshal and troops to arrest them.
The election returns of the 2lst are not yet
opened. Calhoun has not yet returned from Lcay-
enworth.