New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-01-08
ITEMS OF NEWS.


the Free-Stste prisoners held at Fort Scott have
been given up. A demand for them had been made,
and, apprehensiye Of an attack on the place, dra-
goons or TO dragons, the Border Rufhans deemed
it advisable 70 give them up. Gen. Lane 10 on bis
way back to Lswrence. The Free-State military
companies will disperse with the exception Of those
i'll the immediate vicinity, who will remain under
arms 80 long as there is q mustered force OF MIS-
sourians OIL the border.
Returns from the election come in very slowly and
they stand about seven.eghths for the Democratic
" ucket-COnstltutOn with Slavery. IN tins
county l6O votes were pOlled, OF when ~ were
"COnstitutiOn with no Slavery These were ponce
at Willow Springs and Lecompton In Johnson
County even, voting was done only AT three oil the
eight precincts and at these the vote was very
light but the Oxford returns are not YET developed
In Lykens County 40 votes were pOlled at one pre-
cinct. in Lynn, no voting. In Bourbon ana Mc,
Gee they voted only az the two places that had
Border-Rufian garrisons, Barnsvle ana ort Seoul
At this election there has been great falling on III
the number of voting places. in large humber OF
the counties 10 polls were opened. In many more
polls were opened but no votes thrown; but at Tue
few Border-R uffian points open to Missouri votes,
and subject to fraudulent returns, there has been
great effort TO swell the list. Owing to these causes
the vote will reach nearly QUO.
tIPf. calhoun has ldhtU ItiuBt OF IVuNtHNoiiui
30 as 10 be personally safe in receiving the returns.
Secretary Stanton had made the appointments of
commissioners 10 superintend the election for the
several counties before he was superseded. The men
appointed represent both parties, according to the
Recommendation of the Territorial Legislature. In
every county where a PrO.Slavery man could be
found there ia at least one on the list In some OF
them there two out ofthree. In Bourbon County,
Ransom and Hamilton are appOinted-the latter an
,,ton -onf Ruffiqn and the former dmrhtdcP.
Quite a number Of hunkerish dOughfaces adorn the
list Of commissioners with their names. That is all
we'll enough, RS there is chance TO watch Them
Much excitement and derisOn has been provoked
by the boiling ticket, as it is called. The boilers
from the late Convention, which determined not 10
vote, were few in number, but included few who
have formerly enjoyed some share of the public
confidence, but with whom the lust of position has
been stronger than devotion to one Of the most ga.
cred causes. The nominations were made In Pc.
culiar manner. The boilers left the Convention
and proceeded to Masonic Hall, being 20 out of l6O
delegates. There they were Reinforced by few
PrO-Slavery men, and such persons as briggs Of
The National Democrat. Here they passed reso-
luton to vote, which began, 1--WE the people OF
Kansas" At this stage of the proceedings several
other persons entered tho room, and insisted on
participating, or that the 1--WE the people" should
be stricken out So the outsiders began to increase,
the boilers made fresh bolt to a small room in the
basement of The Herald Of Fredom Office where
they ensconced themselves and locked the door.
They numbered OILY 90 or %, aud there they
proceeded TO make nominations. The candidates
for Governor gwere G. W. Smith and Secretary
Stanton. Other names were mentioned but it was
reduced TO these two when Smith got up and with
inimtable mOdesty made speech against Stanton
ureipp that the latter should not be trusted.
Whether il was owing to old Smiths eloquence, or
prior log.rolling among the favored % in the cellar
Smith got the nomination, which StantOn's friends
had not expected. A ticket had been got out
previously with Stanton for Governor, and the
editor of The Herald Of Freedom for Secretary OF
State but even the boilers Gid not deem it safe 10 ill.,
dorse the latter, so Philip c. Schuyler was nominated
for Secretary of State. Mr.. Schuyler has held that
place under the Topeka Constitution. He is in
some respects good man, but has an unfortunate
weakness for Office. This led him TO go with the
boilers Such an act under such circumstances
will probably determine his status in the Free.
State ranks. For MISUNDERSTANDING, w. Y.
Roberts d. DavisOf LeavenwOrth, and half-and-
half Free.Stste and PrO.Slavery Democrat OF
LeayenwOrth, named Ewing, were candidates be-
fore the calitus w. Y. Roberts got the nomination.
That he should 90 with the boilers is nothing new for
him. Mr. Mead of Manhattan was nominated for State
Treasurer. This gentleman is bunker Democrat,
but was not present, and he may or may not repu-
date these proceedings. j. X GOOdin got this Qel-
lar nomination for Auditor. He was candidate
for State Auditor two years ago, under the Topeka
Constitution, but being badly beaten he has fought
said Constitution ever since, and has struck hands
with any and all who have got up schisms III the
Free-State party. Mr. Ewing, who was evidently
determined to have something, got himself nOml-
mated for Attorney -Genera-an office, by the by,
for which there il no provision under the bogus Cop
stitution as the election Of oil judicial officers un-
der that instrument is subject TO the action OF the
Legislature. The caucus had several candidates Tor
Congress. but deemed it best 10 re-nOmlnate the
Hon. Marcus j. PARROT. 1t is expected that TINS
nomination viii be repudiated by that gentleman.
Several others who had tried to get recOnsdera-
ton of the vote which decided against eiecting OF.
fcers under the LecomptOn Constitution, and who
had raved and implored about the ruin " OF the
policy. we're anxious candidates before this petty
caucus. The secret proceedings Of this body, held
under lock and key, were heraldcd to the world
next morning as a MASS Meeting" through an
issue of The Hrad Of freedom, which paper re-
fused to publish the proceedings of'the Delegate
Convention.
am particular in abiding TO this insignificant
affair, because it is the beginning Of what has been
threatened for some tlme.-the creation Of DEM
ccratic party" in the Frce-State party. 1t is not
likely 70 have a very numerous or influential body
of supporters.
have since been Informed that ticket Of the
Democracy Pros lavery-that bolts the Lee
compton ConstitutiOn-has been brought out with
Stanton's name at the head of it.. II so, We will
have three tickets in the field; but predict that
the whole three tickets will not receive over one
third Of the votes in the Territory. They cer-
tsinly will not unless they succeed III duping some
body.
The parties nominated on the above ticket could
not, as general thing, have received nominations
from the regular Convention, if that body lad de-
termned 10 vote. IL is known that there would
have been some such bolt from the nominations,