Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-01-09
bloodshed stories are greatly exaggerated, and

that course, the non-slaveholding State men
turned out very generally at the election of the
4th instant That, indeed, with scarcely an
exception they voted in it as well as the pro-
slavery men; and that the entire vote cast on
on that occasion ranged between thirteen and
fourteen thousand.
We state these facts for the information of
our readers who have as much difficulty as our
self, Of course, in learning to discriminate be-
tween the true and the false in accounts of oc-
currences in the, 50 far, Inflated Territory:
WrANDoTT CITY, X. r, Dec. "a, 1857.
DEAR Sir Although personally an entire stran-
ger to you, am induced, by the alarming state
OF affairs in this Territory, to address you FEW
hasty lines. Troubles are again THO kening The
soil of Kansas Is again stained with blood-an-
archy and confusiOn-all manner of social disor-
ders are being reinaugurated.
At the voting on the Constitution on last Mon.
day at LeavenwOrth City, an armed body of
Black Republicans. paraded and marched I'D and
down the streets, Oss nsibly to protect the ballot
box, but really to aid their own party in lille sal
voting, and to bring on a conflict. They were
partially successful in the latter purpose The
finale OF which Was one man killed and several
wounded
At Fort Scott serious apprehensions are enter
tAined for the safety Of the citizens of that neigh
borhoOd from an armed baBditti, numbering
over one hundred. and constantly increasing in
numbers, making their headquarters on the Lit
tie Usage; who not only resist process and set the
laws at defiance, but perpetrate various outrages
upon the citizens. So alarming is the condition
Of affairs in that neighbOrhood that the citizens
have been compelled to call upon the Acting
Governor for the interposition of the military
The troops have marched, but I have not heard
the result.
On Tuesday last, a company of armed men
from Lawrence went to Lrcompton in martial
array, and demanded Of Acting Governor Denver
the arms taken from them last summer year
hrSf mt,
port has II, that upon threat Of taking them by
force, he yielded to their demand, to the great
modification Of his political friends.
These lawless men are emboldened and rem
dered more reckless and audacous from the alb
sence OF the military. In this connection, I wish
to state fact not generally known, and derive
my Information from reliable source that the
troops at Fort Leavenworth cannot be relied upon
In an extremity. They have been tempered with
and three-fourths sympathize with these danger
Gus men. They even aid the soldiers in deser-
ton, upon the same plan that they adopt In aid
ing fugitive slaves. These troops ought to be
removed TO other fields of duty. and Others and
more OF them, especially dragons, sent in their
place.
Ii is needless for me to say to YOU that the lead
ers here are acting in obedience to the in,truc-
tions furnished by Senator Wilson when out here
last summer 10 keep up the agitation. keep up
the shTieks, stave OF a State organization Till
1850 One OF their Pr ointment men declared du-
ling the session of the constitutional Conven.
ton that. II we Were to adopt even the Topeka
bantling, they would vote 1t down: Yes sir
Kansas must be tapped again-she must bleed
again.
AS far as can learn this party, or a majority.
refused to vote on the Constitution; and there is
strong probability the slavery clause is adopt
ed. Yours in haste.
The CASE OF JUDGE WArRoUs.-This case
being still before Congress, it may be as we'll
to observe that civil suit against parties Of
Texas and Louisiana, in which the reputation
OF this Judge is involved is proceeding pa,i
paSsn in the Courts of the State of New York
involving also some most interesting points in
regard to the respective jurisdiction of the Stale
and Federal Courts, and the rights of the
former in regard to any cause which includes
question in real property beyond the bounds
OF the State. The following taken from the
columns of the New York Evening Post Of the
9th instant, will exhibit the state of the case
as 1t there presents itself, and furnishes an ap-
parently ineligible summary of the matters
in issue:
Supreme Court, Special Te,m-B,fors DIARIES.
J-The C,ty Of Brownsville ia Litigation
Judicial FraHt -Jnjsdietion
Jacob Mussina and al ayr Stillman and ais -
Fhls case, involving claim to property la Texa,
10 the amount Of S5OO,OOO and the impeac hinent
OF the United States District Judge Of that State
view OF the important questions with reyald IN
Jurisdiction which IL Is likely to raise "A we'll AZ
the expected action OF Congress on the report of
the committee who examined the case of udp.
w al Gus, we briefly reCa pitulatr the fact rs sta
ted IN the complaint
IN the year Is46, the plaintiffs, conceivjp., that
Fort Brown. on the Rio Grand- then recently
occupied by the United States forces youlJ no
favorable site for great commercial city ,ssoci.
aied Themselves with the defendants StiIIman
beideI, for the purpose of buying and laying out
wbsl Is now the townof Brownsville in Texas
Messrs l'aSse and Hord, two of the defendants
IN This sult, were attorneys-at-law practising at
Brownsville, and the lawyers of the Joint a,sc.i
atoh. IL Is alleged that MessrS. Stllman, Bel
utn ana AliinS, defendants, fraudulently COM
blned with these attorneys 20 cheat h- plaintiff
ana fof this purpose conveyed To them for Il PIE
tended consideration the whole pro peliy aud
warranted the title. That Basse and IIord ~.
tanned tue muniinemts Of title and other imror,
ant papers c"nhded 10 them ~ attorneys by their
clients, the PLAINTIFF, and refused 10 ,tiv them
to the plaintiffs. That they rxciudrd the plain
nhs from all control over the property, and Sian
dered their title
The defendants next entered into a conspiracy
10 Induce one Cavazos to revive old claim to
the Possession of the land owned by the assO-
ciates. The suit WAS brought in the United
states District Court, in Texas, and Judge Wa
trous, OF that court, took part in the conspiracy
me plan OF the defendants was to allow judy
iiieht 10 be fraudulently recovered against the
defendants, and II was agreed that the piantitf
Cavazos should then convey the land recovered
10 the driendant's herein, thereby cheating the
plaintiffs out of their riuh hts
In pursuance Of this conspiracy the Judge af.
ter hearing the cause, publicly gave out that no
term OF the court would he held for the next
month, II being thereby intended to prevent the
plaintiffs herein from being in couit when the
decree-wbich Was in favor of CavaLos-was rem.
derrd, and from appeaiing frOG said decree
consequently the plaintiffs In this suit were not
In eourt when the decree was rendered, and /
thereoy lost the opportunity Of appealing, where
by, and by the collision Of their ATTORNEYS Basse
and Hord, they lost possession OF the land In
question The judge also falsely stated to an at
torney OF NJ ussina, who happened to be In court.
that he had conversed with the defendants and
that they were satisfied with the decree As the
crowning act Of this conspiracy, Cavazos and his
wife soon after conveyed the Brownsville lands,
including the town plot and its buildings and
improvements to Basse 4 Hord
Not satisfied with the decree, the defendants,
alleging that the plaintiffs had commenced a suit
against them In the Fourth District Court of the
City OF New Orleans In disobedience to said de-
cree, though said suit was VIGOROUSLY com
nehced before the decree was pronounced, pro-
cured writ of attac In he ixsuad Ia,