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Election Day at Gum Sprtag-War at Fort Scott
Jim Laass Lsgislaturs-StaHt0n and tEs A6OiitioH'
ists-Brova RstTsating-Old Buck.



wEsTPoar, No, Dec. p, 1857.
This has been great day in Kansas, as the peo
pie have decided at the balOt-box, SO viii Kansas
be-free or slave. The voting more spirited
judging from johnson county, than was expected
Having desire 10 see how things were going.
went 10 Shawnee, known heretofore in Kansas his
tory as Gum Spring" didn't vote There, up
to twelve o'clock the matter like the handle of
q iug-all on one side. CONSTITUTION with sla-
very" had a tremendous majority. In fact, ! did
not see a single ticket with Constitution Wi,hout
slavery" printed on il. All was quiet. A company
of United Ststss dragons were eucamped near by,
who had nothing to say and nothing to do.
There has BEEN and now is, serious trouble in the
ueighbOrhood Of Fort Scott A letter from Gen. G.
W. Clark in the land Office at that place, states the
particulars. Some cattle had been stolen, and the
officer was resisted in serving process the guilty
parties The AbolitiOnists de. ERIN ned that the
laws should not be enforced and at the latest dates
we're assembled in considerable force on the Little
Usage river. An express sent TO Secretary Stan
ton asking for soldiers to TO the relief Of the
civil officers. He refused the aid rgheOusly de-
sired and lherefusal Is another proof Of the Pres
dents wisdom in removing him. Since Governor
Denver's accession, he has sent troops down, and
probably by this time, things quieted. An
attack on Fort Scott was daily threatened and ex-
pected.
AbOlitionists of the Topeka stripe have made great
efforts to get up another civil war
The Jim Lane Legislature have repealed the law
under which the election Of delegates to the Le-
compton Convention was held; and that being the
case, it is hardly supposable that the party for
whom they acted have, to-day, voted under the act
their leaders have repealed and is most probable
that a" Constitution with slavery" has carried by
several thousand in the Territory. I am informed
that under the advice OF Lane, the Legislature was
made regular star chamber affair, that notrriOus
General being permitted not Only TO lobby in the
ordinary way, but TO address the House or Council,
pending any question of vital importance to the
interest of Jim's party. There is a great split
amongst tle FreesOilers, because the Legislature
violated all the pledges made to Stanton, in order
induce him to call an extra session; that those
pledges are violated, only proved Stanton to be
dupe and the depTavity of those who lei him astray
II vetoed their bills and they passed them over his
head Having used, they spit and laugh at him.
Brown, of the Lawrence Hsrgld Of Freedom, wants
to sell cut; the prospect Of a fight sCares him
Brown made many threats of what he and others
were going to do, expecting hereby to alarm the
President, bat now that he sees the President
IS not TO be alarmed at trihes, and be must back
out OF fight, he prefers leave the latter to some
fortunate successor; tor himself he will inglorious
ly retreat
The Presidents message is much admired in all
this country On all hands, one hears encomiums
passed on him. An expression peculiar TO these
pioneer parts s'Old Buck is horse tells the whole
story of his popularity in this region.
will sendyOu the returns as they are aseer-
tanned. Il. c. P.