Mariposa Democrat., 1858-02-04
THE EASTERN NEWS.

The news by the steamer which arrived last
week is of little interest In political matters,
no change worthy of note has occurred, the
Administration and its opponents remaining
in about the same position towards each other
as at last advices We have every confidence
however, from the tenor of the political news,
that unless the present differences are agitated
by Douglas and his adherents from selfish
motives, an adjustment will speedily take
place, by which the Administration and its OPP
ponents on the Kansas question, will again be
united.
In Kansas troubles seem to increase, and
the factions are hard at work. Gen. Lane is
encamped in strong position near Lecomp-
ton, and defies the Government; rumor has it
that he was attacked by the U. S. troops, and
that the troops were repulsed. Great outcries
are being made against the frauds perpetrated
by the Missourans in the late Kansas Lecomp-
ton constitutional election. The accounts
Of some correspondents of Eastern papers,
speaking of the way voting was done, would
be amusing, if it were not dsgraceful viola
tion Of the laws. One correspondent says
that on the Missouri shore of the dividing riv-
er, he saw horses and wagons as thick in the
woods as at camp meeting, while the owners
were on the Kansas side working and voting
for slavery. Another writer gives an account
Of heavy vote reported from several places,
where it is alleged the Cincinnati Directory
was used TO fil up their official returns An
othor says that certain industrious Missouri
ans voted half dozen times during the day
But with every allowance for these alleged
frauds, the New York Herald thinks that sla.
very was still successful in the election, from
the Free Slate party refusing to vote.
Considerable excitement prevails, particu-
larly in the Southern States, with regard to
the capture and return of Walker, and his fll-
turc prospects. On his arrival in New York,
he presented himself to the U. S. Marshal at
that city, who accompanied him to Washing.
ton Gen. Cass, when spoken to concerning
Walker, stated that the judiciary alone had ju-
risdiction in the affair." and that he had no or
ders TO give concerning him. The General
is now at liberty. Congress- after a recess of
ten days, reassembed, and in both Houses
resolutions were adopted calling upon the
President for information respecting the cap
ture of Gen. Walker, and embracing the en-
tire range Of subjects and circumstances bear
ing upon our relations with Nicaragua. A
bill was offered by Senator Pugh, of Ohio,
as compromise. 1t provides for the admis-
sion of Kansas under the Lecompton Constitu-
ton, and requires that the clause relative to
slavery shall be submitted to direct vote of
the people on the 7th Of April next also, that
the constitution shall not be construed so as to
impair the right of the people to alter or
amend it at any time. The Committee on
Territories, of the House, was instructed to re-
port as to the propriety of repeating the Utah
organic law, and attaching that Territory to
contiguous Territories.
In the Virginia Legislature, resolutions were
introduced denouncing in very emphatic terms
Commodore Paulding's arrest of Gen. Walker.