New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-01-04
INTERESTING NEWS FROM KANSAS
RESULTS OF THE BOGUS ELECTION.
THE CONVENTION AT LAWRENCE.
SPIRIT OF THE PEOPLE.
THE BOGUS ELECTION.

people the Slavery clause Of the Lecompton Con-
s,itution. The day passed of very quietly in Law
wnce The people did not seem to be aware that
Il was election day. The polls were opened, but
not one vote was offered No Democrat was
found 80 pure so ultra, and 20 untenifed, IA to
ipdor.e the IecomptOn swinde. In Lecomp-
ton the polls were opened With little better sue
cess. One hundred and forty votes were pOlied
OF these, one hundred aud two were for the Con-
ytitution with Slavery, and ttr eight for the Con-
stitution without Slavery.
At Leavenworth 22r votes were cast for COnstl-
futon with Slavery and 20 for Constitution without
Slavery. Nine Free-State men voted this ticket:
ITO hell with the LecOmpton Constitution"
Az usual on election days, the Missourians were
seized with desire 10 go visiting aud see their
friends oil the other side of the river Early IN the
day large number of them came over TO Leaven-
worth. The Free-State men Immediately provided
the greater part of them with passage back again
others they arrested and placed in confinement,
aud the remainder so thoroughly frightened
that they did not show themselves AGAIN.
A Frce-Sta:e Delegate Convention has been
called and meets in Lawrence tomorrow. IL viii
b. composcd Of the same delegates attended the
Lst convention. The object il 70 consider the pro-
trrty Of participating III the State election to he
held on the 4th of January.
Leeompton exhibited to-day scene of consider
able excitement. A company OF about eighty
armed Free-State men went up from Lawrence to
obtain possession of some arms stored az LccOmp-
ton. The arms ia question, consisting OF some 30
United States muskets and Halls rifles, together
with several dozen sabers, were taken from all emf
grant train in September, 1856, by United States
dragons acting under orders Of Gov. Gcary
The train was under the command of :. w.
Eldridge, esq, and the arms private property,
for which he was responsible. Mr.. Eldrldge has
repeatedly requested Of the Executive Of the Ter
rtOry to be- allowed TO take possession OF these
arms. He has hitherto been unsuccessful. To-day
be went 10 LecOmpton prepared To- take the arms
peaceably if possible, but by force if necessary.
The arms were stored in the cellar of the building
i'll which the Governor had his office. The armed
force waited upon the outside while Mr.. EldrIdge
and several other gentlemen went in and had n con-
ference with the Governor. AIr. Denver at first
refused to give up the arms. He was fearful that
they would be used for unlawful purp0ses-for dis
turbiDg the peace, promoting Instructions, &c.
Mr.. Ehridge assured him of his own pacific in
tentiOns. He urged that the arms were private
property, and he was only DESTROYS OF recovering
what was his own.
Mr.. Denver then proposed that the arms should
be- placed in the care of person whom he would
name and who would De rerPvneis'o ~, th,is -"f"
deliver, 10 Mr.. Eldridge at the expiration ct two
weeks lie proposed several persons, to whom,
however, Mr.. Eldridge objected. 1t was finally
agreed that the arms should he gwen into the Gus.
tody Of Mr.. COllamOrc OF Lawrence, VINO should
deliver them to Mr.. Eldridge ut the end OF two
weeks.
A. wagons had been brought for the purpose,
the arms were forthwith removed and placed III
them, and the men from Lawrence started home
with their prize, rejoicing.
Ii was stipulated that the arms should remain
out Of Mr. Eldridges hands for two weeks, IN order
that they might not be used so as to influence III
any way the state election.
h.uver xnul1 GLADLY have Withheld them al
together if he had been able. The force of armed
men however and the determined spirit they man
tested were unanswerabe arguments. secretary
Denver expressed himself AZ having conceived no
very favorable opinion of the people OF Lawrence.
lie said he had intended 10 visit them the next day,
but after such an nsurrectonary and peace-dis-
turbng demonstration ~ they had made to-day he
did not know that he should do it, 1t s hoped that
be- will not punish the people vi Lawrence with SO
severe a slight as this. 1t would be cruel.
Mr.. Denver has issued an address, which in
close.
John Calhoun President Of the LecOmptOn Con-
venton and Regent of the Territory has left Le-
compton and now resides at Fort LesvenwOrth
lie was fearful of his life if he remained at LecOmp-
ton any longer. Jack Henderson, another member
of the LecOmptOn Convention, has just returned
from Washington. 1t is said that he brings Den.
yer's commission. His villany has been rewarded
by an appointment. He is II Superintendent OF the
mail route.
Prom or Special Correspondent.
LAWRENCE, X. T., Dec. -, 1867.
SO far j find that few election returns in.
In Lynn County there WIS no voting. In Lykins
County some 43 votes we're polled at Paoli. In
johnson County less than 100 votes were actually
thrown, but it is supposed that another long bogus
list will be sent from Oxford. At Kickapoo, the
Pro.Slayepites claim 500 votes In Lesvenworth
County, At the other points, some 800 or 400 votes
were thrown. AT Lawrence the polls were opened,
but no votes polled. The vote at Lecompton was
very light. So far think the actual vote will ex-
hibit the smallest affair in the shape OF al election
ever held in Kansas, but there has been system.
ATTIC bogus attempt in several places, it is quite
likely that larger vote will be declared as having
been received than poed for the delegates last
June One very noticeable feature l would re-
mark: Tickets Of certain Kind were secretly
sent tn every precinct; even where no polls were
opened they were sent iii expectation that they
would be. The ticket read thus:
DEMOCRATIC TICKET:
"CoSSTirUrIoS WITH SLAVERY"
Let their minons IN the States cover il up as
they will, such lie the true Democracy"
On election day there was some excitement IN
Leayenworth, about which YOU have probably
heard. The Free-State men took possession of the
Territorial arms in the hands OF the Border Ruffians
Of that place. They got only some 20 or ~ stand
Of Mississippi rifes however. Troops were brouyht
down from leavenworth, but they did not succeed
in preventing the people of that place from doing
what they wanted. Eli Moore, one of the murder
ers of Capt. Brown of Salt Greek was shot in the
beg. A Free-State was accidentally shot, and
has since died. AZ DoIphan. also, there has been
disturbance A party of Mssourians came over the
river and shot man down in the street. | have
Just heard of threatened attack on Free-State
town in johnson County. G. w. Clark, United