The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1858-08-19
"Pro position "P-o19sc'iorI

Sumner Is a radical krac-Stato town In
A:chi-ou County, only year cid, and ex-
hibits good vote for tie strongest Pro
S,aycry county IT, tE1 Territory. Moni-
: :i.o and Lexington are in johnson Coun-
ty; part Of which Is still an appaldaga ot
jackson County, No. ! have not heard
fro- Shawnee or Oxford, but am going
down there to see what they h2vc done,
and how they did it. In the few pre-
cincis above, which are .lI yet heard fron.
the aggregate vote stands: "Pfopositiun
accepted" 220; "PropoSilion rejected. ="
j,577. The vote Of the remainder Oh
Jeavcnworth County wiH net iall mueu
short OF tie vota Of Leayenwoguh City; it
includes Quindaro, Nyaudot, Delaware
Easton, Alexandria, Kichapoa, AMI sew
era' country precincts, with the famous
Delaware Crossing. Douiphau CoUuty
has not been heard from; only one pre-
c'nct IN Atchis0n, ami none Of the cen
t:al, western, or southern cgurties-the
latter comprising half the Territory. Ii
the vote was the same all over ;hs Terri
tory as in those places heard from. il
would stand about 10000 ayqjass III
proposition aud 800 Tor it. We must
make some allowance, however, in the
rural districts for the stormy weather.
muddy roads, bridges washed away, &c :,
and where voters had TO 90 many miles
70 the polls this would be an obstacle 1t
IS certain, however, that the vote against
Lccompton will be much larger than was
ever thrown on any occasion j0y 0DWhjng.
1t Is most significant and overwhelming
rcbuke. 1t Is also q vindication of the
Fyoe-Stata party. Some fun has been
expended on the vote of , and 3 at sew
eral places, as these are understood to be
the post-otfice functionaries. Doubtless
their vote for Lecompton was the 3tipu-
!agion on which they were to hold their
posts. Many Of the Kansas p2st-mastcrs
Hiil have no such fear before their eyes.
The election everywhere, so far as /
learn, has passed off quietly. The re
moyal of the Surveyor-Geucral's otice
from this place to Nebraska reduced the
'NatiGual Democratic" vote OF this place
at least one-half. 1t is possible that this
untimeiy removal may be sufficient cause
for the dissolution Of the Union.
Everybody is remarkably quiet-dead
would be better word-in Lccompton.
Contested land cases at the laud-otHce
still bring squatters here, and with them
the requisite number OF sharks in the
shape Of couaSeilors, money brokers aud
"agents" Great creatures, these 'aoents."
The weather IS still mildly muddy
kaw River is a booming food, bat with
IN the banks. During the whole Of this
Summer, it could have been navigated to
Fort Riley by large boats. This Sum
mer has exploded the theory Of Kansas
being a dry country. Some little aguc
an1 fever prevail along the lower streams,
but health otherwise is good. Business
Is duiIer than | have ever seen it in Kan
sas. H,re in Lecompton it is never
brisk, the whisky trade excepted; but
where there has been brisk trade, stagna-
ton prevails, and tho holders of real es-
tate, and brokers and "agouts" in the
same, languish. 1t is hoped that the de-
feat of Lecompton and the settlement Of
the question 50 far will invite emigration,
and perhaps give additional security to
aapitai.