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Prcae O..* 9p».i*i«,.,.,Qf ivpaho. k. r. Ojt. ii i- .7.
What lb* uttering . f tfte O'^ti C o-se e* s i*
the anei»nt rvatb»-n I i.wroor«' Pr elijutiiM* are
t» tie P» op'e of Ki'irt«. Tb>«n»i«irTi . »i c in du i:-
ri1»- r - have ftwttjfjj <1 Story i»re»e This t ihm Wheierciie of rx.Ottttva MtBOtatJ tut tu r» p >int a-idis kws objectbaaole tbao in o her case*. Taere it
a single act ie tait, and it is an act of juatiee.It might appear ungenerous to carp at Wmt &
really gtwd act <f the C »vernor. Whe'h>rat he tbe »flVpr t>g of ei ret instances or awake-.edoajcaevr.ee i« perhaps, not material, »<» that we
have it. That be should Lave been the chief InSti-gator of tte »windle that carried l^vcawtrrthfjoarity la, an et all, no acrleoa reason why heshould have bean tbe avenging jsjstiw *f JtrnttMn.If he baa not plucked out " the mote" thar. preventshtm from seeing anjthing improper in the votes rs>tarned froni JlcCw and Marshall and Kick ip >o,he has at least seen with tol-rtble cleaner toremove " tb«- Irtan" from the eye of Johnson. Letkirn have ooBbk credit for ü
Hut while I vai«h tbe Governor and 8sOgatary towear their blushing honor*, it mty not be suiisa tethrow what ficht I can su this rather remarkables>fair. To suppose that either of these functionariesdid it purely for the good that was in it, would beto reader very little respect to their sagacity as pol¬itician*.Th© Terntorial Executive, in its rebectivc ci
aacity, had two principal reasons for this step. Inthe first place, tbe fraud was not ouly a very brtzerifraud, but a miserably botched one. Instead ofmakng a poll-book and having it certified, the bogusevmapirators b- on.lit in a li«t of names longer th IBtbe jx-fl!,.!.<¦ of nil the patriarch* put together. Thateverybody must know that it was a fraud was badeuonth; but the mutter was worse. It had themoat damning evidence of the fraud oil its face. Itwas a tupre scarecrow ml uo election return. Hut,if received, it must be kept ou tile. It would be¬an enduring monument of one of tbe most barefired pieces of vil'ainy ever p rpetrated on our Kepublican institu ions. To a-k Gov, Walker andSecretary Staut«>n to shoulder this iniquity, in theface of pretests', wts asking too much. This isfrankly stated in the proclamations. Tbey say:"We cannot consent in any manner to give the
sanction of oar official [tot itksas to sack a tran-a Üoa."It is a gratifying arid consoling refleeti »n th it
there is a point beyond which official perversion can-Bot be carried. That point is when the mist ex¬treme fraud is coupled with e<pnl irregularity. Atthat point, Qc*. Walker has halted.
It will be clear to every one tbat, by giving thecertificate in such a case, both Governor and Sei re>tary would have bceu Inl y implicated: but, aj Lothof them are implicated a ready to a tearful extent,it was not to be exported that their downward ca¬reer would be .irr» sied by that consideration: alone,doing half way and theo stopping in the dirtv workof Slavery would imtprtv: lor the last step, if back¬ward, would forfeit all tli<- fruits of the former, with¬out fully restoring the confidence that had been de-striked on the other side. And this bring« me tothe vthr riaton. Gov. Walker by this step wouldhave placed himself completely in the power of tlx-*Pro -Slavery party. Whatever be imy think of "ourown party," to which he so ingenuously Maars in hisproclamation, be think* at least as much of " bisown "sell. Tbe fate of Wilson Shannon k betör© him.He will not relinquish tbe rod of empire. Let BS see.Had the Governor and the Seeretarysw allowed this
monster fraud mid given certificates to tbe Pro-Slavery men, the latter would have constituted theLegislature to suit themselves, and would have beenindependent of Walker. Hu would have disgracedhimself so indelibly that be would have DO refugeelsewhere and would be at their mercy. The Con¬stitutional Convention, before it adjourned, set hiswif bes at defiance. All be bad done for them wasnot sufficient to make them trust him. Hy rulingcmt the fraudulent return from Johnson County,Messrs. Walker and Stanton luve not only saveiltheir reputation but kept their power. Again: theHouse as now constituted, will have a Pro-Sin cryminority of more, tbsii one-third. The Governor'sVeto power will, therefore, be a potent clement. Itwill be seen, therefore, tint tbe perpetration of allthe other frauds is juet as necessary as tbe preven¬tion of this. Without those fruuds, the Pro-Slaverytuen would not have that minority fior. WnlUorkss succeeded 111 placing his foot on the first substan-t.al pouer.
I have said the language ami general tenor of thisproclamation was free from oojeot.on. Iuhia attempteddenial that Missouriaus really voted, which is theJoint ¦oat Ofjeil to objection, he admits to one hun¬ted fraudulent votes directly and a larger number
of those who " have cabins 00 tbe reserve iu John-son County, and claiming residence therein, though
*. gaVsaayJtj absent," who voted. These latter are
the Weatport membera of the Shawnee Association,whose absence has been very general.In thiB offisial document, the Governor admits
tome wholesome truths which the u National De-mecracy " will do well H ponder. In the first place,that the bogus 'lernt« rial offieerB have established a
¦art of their government in a part of the Territorynot open legally to settlement Secondly, that more
than sue-half of the vote really polled there w as
fraudulent Thirdly, that the Pro Slavery ofticiilsconstituting the Uigus Territorial authorities sent infraudulent returns four times greater than the w holevote of the county, and sufficient, if allowed, tocarry one of the heaviest districts in Kansts; andfourthly, tint these frauds were in gro<s violation ofbet us law itself.Here I would merely suggest what the Governor
and Secretary have omitted. That tbe frauds in
lleGhee County are not a whit behind those ofJohiimm, and that the frauds that carried Leaven-worth and MarsbtU, if more regular, are not los«villainous. Tbe whole of that. Pro-Slavery effortforms a complete aud symmetrml die turn, of w hichJohnson County is but a part. Study the part tbeGovernor rete. -. Had others told you, you might.ot have believed it.The Governor and Secretary do not heaittite to
snake a clean breast about Johu*on County. Tbeywell knew that, if they rejected the Ox lord list at all,the oligarchs would accept of uo softening dowo as
a compound. With these men, therefore, theyknew they could have uo crinlit for the transaction,and they determined that tbey would have it whereit could be got. It ia a document that will bringthem some credit in the States. It may even blot.at their complicity iu the other election frauds,t'pon the whole, it is a very clever proclamation.Indeed, it ia a gtxid proclamation. Gov. Walker islooking up.
THE KESl l.T.Proai Oi.r S|>e< .«' ('<>tT,-.fK>ndetl.
Qt iso.tRo, k. T., (h*. 29, l"v>7.For the firat tine, it becomes evident that the
I m«>-State party S) ill aurely have a majority of theLegislature. Not that the certificates are yet given,or that the returns, even, are all in, but whoa theanoustroos fraud at Uiford Precinct has been re-
yecteeL enough is known to make the election of a
Disjority of both Houses secure. Marc-is J. Par-rott's majority will eiceed R,oXKi, and the Legislaturewill bkely stand, in the Council 4 to 9% and in theHouse IS ^' v't.For the past ten daya, public opinion baa vibrated
between hope and fear. The know n villainy of thePro Slavery leaders and duplicity of the Federal offi¬cials enveloped the result in a harassing doubt, sndsrvea the tusgnitude of the Free-State tTtajohtieswas act sufficient to relieve the uncertainty. Thereassy, ittdeed, be still cause for doubt; but I thinkIke lejeetk« of the pretended Oxford vote provesthat it is not the design of the officiala, at least, to.secure the victory even now, by auch frauds, with¬out which it will be iiupoeatble to obtain it.
ruder circumstanees the most embarrassing anddisegreeeble, the Free-State men bava gone) in tothis contest, so much bo that it did not seem a ques-tsoa that majorities could settle. The result hasaot, indeed, keen a decision of majorities, for had ittruly been so tbe result w ould have been unanimous,where it has been partial. The People staked theirbage auajorities in a game where fraud was not leastrage, and have, it would seem, come off victors.It may bo that tbe victory will have no more soliJresslt than its moral eftVet; but that wiQ kfl no lessstnkiitg outside of the Territory than it will he ad-
im i-!?>.!¦imide »fit. Tbe Fr.-SJewery p»e»v in
tie Tenifoiy did iw>t need to ie-urn thatÜb* Fr«e-Rtaf* ir«ii lad . na;, r 'v, im» ;h»y .hi ii od tu aa
tM»tbt Hat the gitne«i fraud wm c ot omnipotent.H al tbe rmiilt er«>u'd tiave agoeeably firprl**!
pi- y Irl» nde of Freedom, i« n<r p-BiarkaMe. To«*Ffn-Sliivi rj pHr'y bid & plot, from Waich vletufjlioghf well ha.e wen hat-led. It wv |V.,,,V toihr »ni^rf<-oei; but it appearsthatthesewhoBSnVr-Use to catIi it aari aasta awat. i bei w< r-« westeh.¦.Ily e-osree and vuli»»r in tb*> exe utiori of details,
..) were rut*«r indolent, withal, and did n»t
ipefad money « imugb, or h.i«i it nut to sporn). Thetmiid in tfce Johnson Count) returis ought to harebeenextoaeedaid divtdtd with at leatt ose otherprecinct, and tie haets to m*ke of)av b>iat Ii» ofvoters ihotilil not h ive prevented r--iter ar tttrsC inratifying to them. Ait*r all, the true teerel of theI'm -Slavery overthrow Uy in their under-Mtiaatcof wbat Iheht appearnts could do, sod the activityof the latter. 1 hey runnled pn-try well BpOfl theirown strength, hut they niis .al 'ula'ed tint of the
OJWtSjr. They knew that those in tbe Free-Stat*pain' WOO had opposed the voting policy, were a
toiimdahle p .wer iü lt. and th. y IMÜCOJ*tC<J ti nt theeWi'ion arrived at»giin-t the judgment of tbe la.terw old nfit the party. IVy hive been tmghf. mmtint tbit was a great mistake. Tne \otc of Law-Mice alone was a sufiicieut commentary on th»t.But hfler all, nothing bot the rejection of tne .John¬son County (or rather, the Lut'e Salti Fo) totesaved the l 'r*'o-S*atc party. It was tbe bunglingbitch-w«»ik of U«ew reluns, not their frainl, whichcaufed their rejection. The Frte-Sta'e men bad
sjpi Iy b*«n able to rave I'omphan County from fraudby tbe skin of their teeth. Lynn County, which tbePro-Slavery men thought th**y had, it now appearsthat tbey have lost. Tbe 1,300 votea from McGheeCounty (which are jii»t so much bogus) has carriedthe tbi«e lepreseiitutiv I il tl.. district to which itwhs attached; but Sh-iwnee County, which was
included in it as a Council Distlict, threw ?>-- Free-S'ate msjority, which proved a niscadculttaOfl o
tbe Pro-Slavery men, and saved the t wo Council-bm n.
Nothing could appear more contrndict«iry and ab¬surd than tbe forced return from tbe Oxford Pre¬cinct. Only a small portion.less than a tenth.vote f«>r the county officers. Tbit the people of anyeoaoty would hav e made su*b an omission is not verylk« ly . Then in tbe vote for Congressman there wa« an
incoitgruity. Doubtleijs, the labricatora of these returns bad their own reasons for desiring to kexp an
investigation of such vote out of any tribunal savethe Legislature itself, thus elected, but tbey did notc<.nut enough OB appearances. Men of ..nationalreptrtatkiB Hkc Walker and Btanton have no par¬ticular objection to fraud and political villainy in it¬self, but then they like to have seme little cover un¬der which to take cbelter. The Border Rutti ins
were not suftieb ntly oom>iderate on them. Theyw anted tbem to do work so dirty that its tilth wouldinevitably choke tin m. (,ov. Walker and SecretaryBtantOB have both nroved pretty conclusively thatIks v were w illing to do a large amount of dirty workin tbe cause. They have done so rrry much thattheir rejection even of this Oxford farce gives groundfor main ebrewd sjieculitions as to what COttl 1 betheir prohibit- motive. True, it was much more ir-r-gular and bare-faced: but why eonJd he whocheated Peter so unbluehingly and Kickapoo makeso many sanctimonious grituaces to Paul for the at¬tempted swindle at Little Santa IV-The jilan of the Pro-Slavery battle was this: To
carry Leavenw« rtb, A. h son and Doniphan byfraudulent voting, and the be ivy districts south ofKaw Kiver by fraudulent r«'ttirns. IbLeaveOWOftk,by the active exertions of Qot. Walker iu theirlaror, tbey succeeded. In AtcLison, ditto; but inAtebisou the task was easier. It reuuired no super¬human or Gubernatorial effort. The Free-Statemen bad, indeed a legitimate majority, but so smallthat it could be overcome by ordinary electionswindling, and without the intervention of a fraudso high banded atal braMB faced as to threaten itsown overthrow. In Doniphan County, tbe activeexertions of the Free-State men and lien. Lane w ere
just sufficient to save it. Mar-ball County came
nobly to tbe viudicati >n of Border RamSaliSB,for Marysville, wi'h not more than sixteen legiti¬mate votes, polled 110. Marshall could do little.A paltry representative was all thit could be won
by such devotion. Iu Douglas County, the Pro-Slavery men w«-re astonished. Their own precinctat Ltceuipton tell into tbe bands of the enemy, andthey felt a " Law and Order" influence about themthat ought to have done their professions g >od TheVrre «tut« men u»nt into JeexuODB County with1,majority. What did the Ruffians oarc 1 Itmight as well have been tift«-pn or 10,000. On tbemorning of the second day. Sheriff .Tones and othersofthat ilk, together with a high Federal official con¬
nected with the Courts, made their hurried way to
Westpjrt, Mo. There tbe giant eleition ret trn of1,000 rotes from Oxford was concocted and hatched. ut, as was tbe return fiom M McGee" County,and tbe c nspirators returned to Leeomptoa, feel¬ing that "National Democracy" was vindicated.Luckily for tbe cause of truth and justice, and un¬
luckily for tbem, a list of names covering some tiltyfeet of paper is not so easily made. It reijuirertime and circumspection. Oalbe have to be tixedto it, and while it is not at all e*sential that tbeyshould not be perjuries, in order to w in the favor ofStuutonand Co., it is essential that tbey should havea certain form. It is essential that there should oe
two copies of tbe poll-book kept at each election, or,at all events, it is essential that there shoulsi-be twolists purporting to hurt bnu EAbs kept. That was
too bad.to e.xpect uiort; 1 BafB to get up two suchlists! Put on iiiveatisntion it plrTrcd that therewas no duplicate of the. iiinnnn theoueern e^ut to
Lecompttn. This was a bluud»<r. Il WU a fatalone. It was a glaring detect that coi a be ; ro od ina moment at any BJBC To OXBOOt the IvOvoinoiand tbe Secretary to swallow i', therefore, in theface of ¦ujBtTooa protect*, ami still Bat re nomerotasthreats, was too nincb, The ])e«>plo of DouglasCounty are accused ed' U*i i. radi-.-al; perhaps theHcciisation is just At bD eveats, the reception ofthe Little Santa I Y vote under such circutustaiiceswas not very safe. It would bo surely disgracefulfan the end, and might be werse. that is, it might bedang« rous, in tbe htgmning. The vote 01" Oxfordwas, therefore, thrown out. This righteous officialstep was taken under cover of an«>ther proclama¬tion, in which the Governor and Secretary Joined.Having concluded to do it, tbey did it in a mannerin which they would be likely to make some capital«lutside of the Territory, for they were shrewdenough to know that, if tbey did it at all, in anyshape, it would not bring them much capital withtheir own party in it.Tbe list of 1,900 votes afiB adorns the offi-ial
records. There was not a syl'able applied to the" Oaford" vote that dies n«>t apply to this. It wasnever voted. There is no duplicate in IfcGkaaCounty or elsewhere. It has been protested against.There are not fitly voters iu the county : prob&olynot more than I'i to repres«'iit the 1,200. "Ho-pee Couuty" is somewhere between this andTexas, bat sufficiently far removed from civilizationto make it as certain that it has no great number ofhonajidt voters, as it is from Horder RufJiindom tohave such a number «d* Missouri votes. It is allbogus. It is aa badly hypothecated as St»uth 8eabonds. It " McGee County ia to be allowed toreturn 1,200 votes, what will Arapahoe do /
_ Fans N»iK>D»j Repre- OaaasaVawaasaw gut«. Dem. senutixs. u..a
Leavrawortb.1,030 \jSjt) hSAtohirea. 3li 3,4 3 1Iloaiphan.. Ö74 4t»7 5ür0»D. 46 3 ....
Marshall..... 1 lf,2 atotewataiiiie. 30 10
. M 100Jsfferaon.. 6tki 173J;.Jb0,B,,. 31 a 1IsCDglas. .j «3*3 1*7Johnaon.,. »7 035 j_ 3Shawaee. 749 "tilKtiahardaon. PJ70 ..
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Pavis. I'Jti 30"
Wise and Breck. 2Co 7 M ".^11 aditon and Butler... t>9 7Borboa. 96 17j 3Dom. 18Coffee. 184 '2 ..
'
McGee. 24 |,£HAnderson. |HFrsnkha. 143 10 .. 1Lvkens. W8 K) %
Linn. _|78 I ..
Total.7,001 4.86T~ 7.
fa: rott ahead, 1,740.Beside the above, there are several other coantiea
to bear from. Ia setae of the couoliee above re-
r. rlrr), ill** fu I Wife M> IHtt ye', given.lOtBe* SSee
4,1 >i «.*#> «r Ivo« pm-iih'te Mug rvtnnvd. Tl»* re-
ia]t.Ashvstc/,eaaaal] bechanced by-' I ». ¦«¦.'
at fk. /e »ftt mated h» pr.K t < ed wirh the tHaaawrelnrra, n,«), t' 'be .). i> r, .(,%. h an irxl-i.tbe result i| »sie. I rue, die "Mc'jee County ''
Ti to hat not been reje eted, and Artpanoa is yf to
bear ffTJB. I think, BOWOvcT, the b!o.r is dvisive.An matters trta'i«), the Tr»e "*!tte ineB hue a t«J
tbirdi ¦.Jaajf4| in tbe Co'iueJ, but Ml In (he HouseSein« m<'bthi> vwill vet . lai-» before BOW Tern'oric1» gisMit.n urd ita ffl t- ru bat* any result; and inthe treat) time, we hare the C< rp-'i'uti'nal m >v.<-
rxrit r., It nviy !-¦ r psiblethat a StateGovernment will a/on superiede a Territorial form.By proper effort, a Free fltatfJ Goveruineot may besecured before Sprilf, BWiaWd a EfcftvBUIt» Ca*>»titutH>n. «.r something »bat will answer Uitt pur¬pose, is net thrust upon thrn. The effect e>f thisiltetym on the Pro-Slavery Constitutional ConrenHob. will he aa great as any outside pressure eouldbe. Tbey b^ve tried fraud, and been defeated.Al'er inch a result, would Congress dare to admitKanfas as a. <lave State, if the Constitution w^a notm'-mitted to tbe People ' These Ruffians bale hada l»see>n or a warning. We will soon see how itaffects tbem.
TBE CfINSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.MEETING AT LECJOMPFOS.JONESAM' STANTON.
from Oar Special C rnp.; .. 11.
V IMi.tRO, K T., Oet 23, 1857.Up to tbe latest (fates, the Constitutional Conten¬
tion assembled at T.eeompton has made snail pro¬gress ha business. The firstthree dsys saw them wait¬ing for a qutrum, and wrangling and so'ding abouteh ctirn returne. I expect to be with that augaa
body ere it makes material progress in the some
wbat difficult task before it. Tbe resentment feltagainst fior. Walker for bis late proclamation ba«not yet been softened sufficiently t" admit of anyGubernatorial maneu\erings with that body. Th*
question is, what will they do ? To make a Consti-tion snd send it up without submitting it to
tbe People, would, perhaps, be the best and safeseourse, as tbe present powers that be are sufficiently wedded to Slavery to adopt even su?a a
Constitution. But then tbore must be elections ofK nie kind for State Officers. Il the«e are to becarried by (Jerrymandering and swindling, why notGerrjmander and swindle tbe Constitution throughtoo I It would place both the Con»litut,<.>n and Na¬tional Democracy in a atronger attitude. But hi re
fKTurs another question: Can they.' This listelection was to have been carried bv sueb means.
The oligarchy hüd almoit done it, luit at the verylaet tbe fruit turns to ashes on their lips. There mustbe »I me hotter guaranty »f success, or the game isnot worth playing. Ag iin: their enemies multiply.Tbe six mouths' qualification cut off many who willsoon be \ottrs, un ess they limit the matter to theold registry. Even that would not be raits s.tfe, as
tbe United States army now oopoeatrttodia Kansasmight not be able to keep the election just in tbehhspe tbty wsuted. Such tire a few of tbe difficul¬ties that bci-et this Constitutional body. Never didBorder Ruffianism need more brains than now . Inthis strait, conies Walker's overtures to them Trustto my dictation, and I will show you how to getthrough. But they are not very sure whether ihtyshould trust bim. A lew days will atetOTaulno.
'Ibe Free-St ite Convention held last MoodajilLeeempteii .vus e good thing and significant of thetimes, Havirg proved their majority, their right to
dictate, it w.is proper that the Fl00Btale men
ehou!<l tin re convene, and tell that Convention toadjourn, and that tbey mutt not presume to make a
Constitution ti r Komas.Judge Schilyler was tbe President*of tbe Cjn-
vpntion and Messrs. Realf and Learned, Secret «.
ries. G< n. Lane was the principal speaker. He isallowed to Lave nude oue of hi* very beet apeochea.In tbe close of hi* remarks, he urged the Freo-Statomen to maintain their volunteer military wrgani/a-tion. and not to allow it to be destroyed untU success
bad crowned their labors in the Free State cause.
Gen. McLean «od Cid. Young, two Pro Slaverymen, spoke. A Mr. Stewart, member of the Con¬stitutional Convention, attempted to demonstratethat be was not a citizen of Missouri. These sp»>ik-i ra larfcsl that they would make a State Constitutionand tbut the Convention would not abate of its labors. The Convention passed resolutions, which Isubjoin. A ratification meeting was held in Law¬rence in the evening. Tbe Committee that framedtbe resolutions passed at Locompton, ami reportedthem, was Messrs. Wni. Hutchinson, E. B. Whit¬man, G. S. Warren, (i. W. Diet/ler, J. B. Abbot,C. E. Learned and Dr. J. 1*. Root. Tbe vsolu-tions wore adopted, as follows :
II hertat Tbe ngbt of lbs IVi pla to uiat. tb> brews lair; iiiiilto r'tvt 1 beir o"d ruler* bat SPOOK a fiitiilameiital :ii»xi:n withill Daataeiatia (oiv^jnineDti, tb*t but aaaaaabatad the aaa*atvaBowai \j v bii 1. ihey kava bceu held iu eauteuce Staea ta« d«v<of the iff iiiao Confederation .tod wbereti. »11 alHaaeaa ai'iassssas tt. ...d *n »1 ..}.".tv ketarasatsa people *... 'h< r ml<are curat« ry i od iuoperatlve »h»never and wherever tiers i> *
violation ol tliii at pone Inherent right: and wbereu. CoagnEMMdaiav. -.1, astaMtalawaalas . free Oo\ernuivDt iu thisTenitoty, »ltj a U iai' pruvidon that the People be left baaii.nie their o«c lawa «od o (ulate their iuatitutior.» iu tBeir o*aw»v And »cei'*.., ..r ' til**, mt thii r»r!i! r? h«t h* en p te
pjr'il »i:h an m para l< V i rmjaldKy by a pjrnlatiun bighly fetii-naeto their civil rlahti Aul w»,: .»,»: tr e fii.t election undertti* law efCsaoMaa t-r u Tu mortal w.. ¦'. '..* ««.<.».
.bsna leu and biih'arJ'rt fraudi v e-e eoaaarittsd u>aa invadirg fence Iraaa ilir-ouri. «Mb a-m« aid ai
¦Maas sf war, tbeielj dtafraseMsiac th* true ctttaaosaid kupplsnliug freeuoni by an stbltjtry lanrpatioc thatwould nave disgraced the DiacaLtso -je And wbuaa«, erne
(Lat ken th. -e bai been no recnguued aj'üor.tativ» govarnmeit li> Kan»a«, but bloody tjranni.-ers linvn beeo foiated bvthe ticn.l Oovui.uiant to tl^l. places iu powar, to trau.[..ör,\ a oar l gbti while tie priteiidtd (joveroBient, the fosdliagof a ii --able nm oilty. ballten strugglii:] agaitit a tide r.fi.ui let »iU> )«iely a tickly exi»tence And wlteraaf, one oftbi- i tt t i>i c of thir uaurpad (?oTeri.iiii-nt ba< beeL koo« u at a
l ,..r.;i j .;/ (\ t.xciit'vn. purport ng to act fjr thaJ'eopla ofKansas iu ll'at tL<» t .aited liuty ol tiaaiirig a CouatRuti jo furtl.-ir n* ataal pea-e uid »oourity, wbieh mult reflect tbe will ofa ¦ajmjllj. 01 elte it bean up< u tta aurtio th' eri-t< nee of Itsowa linnet asaaal Aud lit a it la aatatvtd and foil] provdthat n i tc ti.an aeven-cightii« of the bona fide «ettlers in Katia«are zeat -ly opposed to both Uie u.ku and tte measuru cjcu
binrd in that Convcutlr u.By the people row at Leeompton attembleJ, be itiii«. ltd, That we utterly anil forever pr«tci agtuii'. the at-
¦casM : g <f any body Of natu at Lecou,ptoa, on this day or her«.-altar, rlamiitf the nght to art kesnr aatatainaaaaias s Caasti-tut« n for aaS i orr.mi u obeervaace; that »e ueb gate to no BBttarwwtr the h'gh it.ponaibility of BasaaaaiSalfiaa.aal M tue
Psi pis are Btat t£s fres instiiiments of th^ir alaittne and thatit U Ihe duty of " the whole Peopls" to fervectly repadiate ar.d? puin ary attni.pt to force upoi. th»ui to eoL'.eiupt'blc au iui-poii'tcn aa tte pit feaaed work af that miananied (ÄiiiveEtioo,and to n t at nought whatever may emanate from Uleui.
Fc.-.'itd. That taid f?«nati'.uti"cal Conrei.t.oD. -eprea^nticgin no in.it the o| iulom of the People of the Ttmtorr, as ahovt uby the recent popular vote, will, if tbey have any 'retpec; furthsD.it > e» any regard to the will of the P*ople of tail Tsrritory,or aii) cenrsin for the paac-of the enure <¦-wintry iftfaeT valuethe opiaicna of the civilized world, or the impartial Cat iaiot-a ofpotterity, imu.ediately, on the aaacublirf af a quorum adj urntt'ae dit.
Hetvlrtd That the late frauds in the e.ecti n at üxfud.Kickapoo, and otbi r plac^a, for the purpose of aassouilaa t:.e
pottm y of a seven ign people at the bailotbu, are unaaralleledu. ei rmity ar.0 uopudeucc. and that all who are implicated inth« m d< serve tbe lasting execration af <.\«ry friend afoa Saa>bod i tmtttn.
h, i Ssaat "rtat w, rs. ommend the appou.!meut &f aC m-
¦ilttes to inxi.tigate and txpote tie re'-snt frauds tpou th»elective fiaui late, ami to provide for tne lumx.ary punishmentol tU wl o are implicated t lerelu. j
Ex-Sher.ff Jones, who was a candidate in therecent election for Councilman, endeavored to emu-late the action of Strirgfellow toGo*, Reeder at tbelir-t election. lie demanded bia certiticate of elec¬tion from the District comprising the Counties ofDouglas and Johnson. This in virtue of the IjftUnamta sent from Oitord. Secretary Stanton, ofcourte, refused. Joues. remembering the only argu¬ment be ever knew, drew bis bowie-kmli«. Then itwae that Stahtcn might have realized tbe doctrinebe once promulgated ol " war to the knile. and thekuüe to the hilt;" but at that moment some persons.utesfered.Jones did not get hi« certificate, aMStaaten escaped ntartyrotan. Since then, the lattergoes armed tor protection.
«TAs t tmcimnati Times has a letter from Kansas,|irfng the toUowio« iaterestiag item i" On (Jov. Walker's return from the precinct of Ox¬
ford, be halted at Lawrence, and taking out of hisportfolio a lerne roll of paper, said to the crowd thathe weald show them a curiosity, if they promised notto dcatroy it. He theo ucreded the returns of theprecinct of Oxford, which oitaiaed sixteen hundredand ore ramts, ail written in the saate band-wntuig.and which measured fifty four feet in i«ngth All thenames, except on* hundred and twenty, were copiedfrom "W lbam's Cincinnati Directory," those com-mtaeicr wi'h the same letter following each other asrsgularly as they do upea the pages of that book I
NATIONAL DEMOCKAT1C MELTING ATLBCOMFTOaf.
.--r ace of Th» St. Lrcis R. ?
LwvnEt'cr, K. T., Ot .i. IR.,7.At a r-tt < of " Nativnai Dsuov.-au,' held a Li-
<«a>ptt>e, <».;. -0, the fol»*f«iit|r reeolnseas were mm
:D X.t'-y afloffed:H kennt Tbe Prmczask a'r»«|-b n til* Le«i».e>ure
f»«L i»ou-«d:o a kar.- ma» i*ly, to c nseaueaxe of the in*
llletal «V« east M St'- B'»* » B pobli. ai i ia th.- sirij a . mm.tea of this Terttto»t at tt« let* esaotto*). icSae-d, t > . StaaS 'i
leas, by Law eaVaaiao*** *m letjagj ml aba aaaaeieelaw pan.' ...r<l b) Oaaataoa Walkes*e tee*eeat 1 aSsetiae.eemktrmu, nrWarv by a1*1* svcclaaeatiesj^ 'tiiina'1-.a rVnaad .
'. r WINsad Ii r- ta-v Ptanfnn, aunowm iru "< -ir >¦. .»
rj« u to'»ft/i»- c»rtit*<«*t . i»l*> two to fh*> Danaei. Mbr Lrfailafaaw, awvaaaal ftaea the Oeantiraof Jo6u*i»o andDtn'.aa uJ t graut tli-m te :h. u f|>uu.ii:i. I < .
eeati tnaj toe Peaaaeistle veto*a taw Legislature: tbarrf >n-,Rrfl*t4 Tbs' w«, as members of tha Damo rari. pHrtf.
.r<-feVEt*l!y axecibUd in Ln<inp"ii (men va-W'ie j-'-\- a« .>< the Ten !"iy dean it due to tae> cnantry tad mtt putyto iipccu our i.i aaaibf ad condemnation. oI'iIm. hU u*o<W and;<.». laoifaiiaa f fj'tf on tfce part cf the Oor.rnoranl
I -.'.ry f '.lit T>rr.toryaVa IrtJ, That the r;»it of tbe OiTemor and reiary to Ol
ictd ti aBfw '.t DM ra'i'-traada. !. an iropudiTi' ».¦. .uipi n
of power, there be*nf no law rranirtnj or auth-rinca waai a
;t ti¦'. uliatea totoe pgrty throughout tha L'nion Be
re f, r tbe Vrnv-nu oartT-part e-Jaily as they bare ina-i*c» r*»iltr alten pt a' detecting frauds at BUvk R»pu*>licaa pre
l .¦ .: :b tb« fa« t f there b Ina many goal «t ootorion.Pn ,ed That the Gaveraor aad nVrevary bare been |a<:'y
ot a r'«i violation of law in roini b*hind tn« Oifi rd rrtar .
and ¦ !' an SBprece/'LteJ inrolt to the honeity of the L*aruiat&reta rt feting then the power of Je'tdiaa th» oü.-stion aa to fraudalent Totea. tu intu.t openly expreesed n th* pro- lamatioa.
Rtt'iltrd, That the petaoce omponiig aaid ConTentlon be re-
qneated to B-"t a* a r< ctentlon of th Democratic party. Inretioa witi aa b other D*n,ocra4« aa may aiaemV* fr**>
all rarta of the Tettltory. and einraaa th. lr fiewa regarding the
fx.ittivai iaanet at present affecting the Tenitory.FrnUttv, That we bare »neu an abiciug euoiideuce and faith
in tbe inUgiili of the P aidtnt af tbe t'mtrd tita: . and h i
Cabinet a* to bei Ute firmly that tbey wilt n < countci.ance or
.aa ain the !*te action ,,| («,v. Walaer in h!a nn,u»ti!.aMe aa-
.ttn.pt!*« ef p*.*mr, kirn diar^aard off* law, and aia eioN-ior, 01
¦.jittive ititructiona reeeleed from tbem.
FROM UTAH.
RUMOISD >t"VMKMENT OF THE MOBMOINAHMY.
toaupmdence ci The H. Y Time*.Omaha Citt, N. T., <>ct. i», IKir.
Xcwa baa jmtt reached here from our frontier Mor¬mon lettJement upon the Lx>npe Fork of tbe FlutteItiver. near the mouth of lieaver, and k r. >wr. a» theHearer Settlement of Mormona about H)U milea from'..>'¦ that aome r-i jad>- Mi>rmont>, or eecedera fromtbe Moimon Church, tleeing from the Danitea of MaltI^ake{ had leached that tettk-ment a few d«ya aince,(.in wit if tbe newar that a large force of the Mor¬mon militia, under lirightjn Young and Heber C.Kimball. were pr>/«inn? to lent Stilt l.ak. (' 'y,tntk provifiom auJ ammunition for a tue trtxkt' earn-
pai/rn in the moiin/oint to the tmitmmwd, m.1 tht» to
»top, ij p >.-tib/c, the patiafte of the United Sta'* s
trcopt. Although the poMtive destination was
a n cret known only to the leadera of the( burtb, yet it waa generali* suppceedth at atthe pass in the mouataina near Bear River Cut-off, or
at Steenle Socks, tbe stand would be made by tbeSalt lake forces, with an almoet certainty of" wipingon: tbe entire force sent againat them. In bait LakcCity, and through tbe Territory, for some months priorto this movement, the militia or volunteer force Laveuccergone more than ordinary drill, and a number ofr» gimtnts would compare favorably, in point of drill,with the independent corps of tbe S'ates. Tha Mor¬mona feel confident ci' deatroyin^ the force -<ent againsttbem this Fall, and, with th< ir next Spring's alliestr< m the States, expect to stand a regular l^'htagainstthe whole l iited States available force, and not onlyconquer, but ettahlish the nisei \ es aa an independentGovernment.Ik tween Fort Kearney and tho Valley these three
or four men traveled almost entirely at night, and un¬
der tho guidance of one of the party.a thoroughmountain man.evaded the regular traveled route,seeing no troops or Indian?, and waking- tbe travel inabout nineteen days. Tbey, and all tho mountainor.cn with whom I have conversed, state that in tbcevtnt of a etand being taken in some of the mountaingorges this side of Salt Lake, ten men can easily andsuccessfully cope with ISO Cmted States soldi us.At d who knows these mountain ranges and gorgeswith all tbeir advantages and disadvantages betterthan the Mormons ? Tbu report also bring-« tbe nome-wbat expected news that many of the Indian tribesfrom Southern Oregon and Ctah were secretly pre-laring to join the Mormon Orce.
THE M KILMX AND CRAIG AFFAIR.
('< :«| ic e l Tbe N. V. Trlban*.
CHAMBKBSBUKG, October '.t', 18Ö7.Our usually quiet village wus aioused on Tuesduy
n»t by the report that the Hon. Joseph C McKibbin,M. Ci elect from Califorria, and Uubert P, McKibbin,younger brother, and law s.ndent of this place, had
attackid their brother-in-law, Mr. Isaac Craig of'itteburgb, with revolvers, with the evident determi¬
nation to take bis life at a'l hazard. Tbu facts of theo-e aie eubstantially as folliws:Some years ago Mr. Isaac Craig of Pittsburgh, son of
Neville 11. Craig, and editcrof ThePittthurgk Gazette,married a dangbter . f Chambers McKibbin, os«j theroprietor ol lb* Fxcbasge Hotel of that place. Both
tun i lea (cccpicd promiLSLt aocial positions, and were
taltbyatd highly respected. Chambers McKibbin,fq subsequently removed to Thiludelphia, where hei l reeides as one of the proprietors of the Merchants'otel, i.nd Naval Officer under Mr. Buchanan. Twoears ego be purchased a beau'iful farm a little dik¬
tat ce fiom out town, where he stiends a i>ortion of hisirre, aid where part of bit family remain all the time.One of Mr. MtKibbin s daughters, Mary, is both
deaf ard dtmb. Every effort U>at wealth and kindLieLtal are could give wiut iaviehtd to atone for these of Ike facnl'.ies litrded her by nature. She wa«iicattu thorougb'y, and her naturally sprightlv,.(tjfu! ard affectionate disponition made ber the lovede of the family. As might be expected, she badtie Of to tritt j-curse with any one outside of borwn ferr ily < lit e. ard the had reached perhaps twenty
Surr rotte &* a>« innocent, and a- confiding as1, d. About three yearsago aha went to 1'ittsburgnvi-" I r ei t- r, the "wife of Mr. Isaac Craig. and re-
tra red si n.e v.et k.- her guest. During that vb-tt, it isg il, ard the allegation is -upportcd \ the ut^dav .tthe victim BSiaagf ("be even passed the oreeau nation of Oavid Paul Browne, that her own
rother-in-law, Mr. Isaac Craig, gedaced her. Sheumed hi me to I'LileuJcljibia, and formontht seemedbe tatitely igreraxt that any wrong bad been done
ri but in cue time she gave unmistakable maicationsbatthewcuhl soon become a mother, aid not untilten did her family su-pect anything of the kind, nor
did t-be seem, even when the truth had forced it-elfon ber heart broken friends, to realize that she hadtiered any wrong. Not until she understood thate bad thrown a Bad shadow over her parents andothers and si-ters, did the appreciate the villainy ofr seducer. \\ hen questioned in relation to tbe
ulhcr of her misfortune, she promptly charged itton ber brother-in-law, Mr. Craig, and followed it
With an affidavit detailing thecircuiottances attendingber seduction. Mr. McKibbin and his family, not
doubtisg the guilt of Mr. Craig, ortx otded to prosecutebim, aid took Mrs. Craig and ber children four in
numberi home again. Sbe baa remained with herehQdrea separated from her husband ever tines, andhas resided in the family mansion near ti. j t fortwo years past, with ker blighted sister as tier com-
narieu. Tee suit is eti.l pending in the AlleghenyCourt, havirg gons over from term to te*m untifnow.Scon after tbe seduction of Mary .lane McKibbin, one
of ber brothers tired once or twioe at Craig in Hfe>burgb, but without effect. Since then n> violence hasbetn attempted upon Mr. Craig until Tue.-day last,though I do not know that any of the young McKib-bir shave met him in the mean time.Some time laat bummer, two of Mrs. Craig s children
(the oldest boy and gill; were playing in one of therooms of the uoute, where a loaded can was atandiug.ar. 1 the v by some accident tired thegunand lodgedtbe ot tent* in the brain of bis sister. Stte was ofcourse killed inrtactly. Sae was a beautiful and intel¬ligent girl often Summers, and it was a terrible blowto the already worse than widowed mother. Mr.i ra g .. «" sdvised of the death of his child, and came
on to C'bairberaburg with bia father to take the bodyto lltubcrgh for interment. He a-ked, through htafathtr. for |ermiaiion to see his wife and children, butbe war ferbicdea by Mr. McKibbin and hte sons to come
to tbe house at tbe perilof his life, though tbey allowedbis three remainirg children to be taken ta> a neigh¬bor s bouse to spend an honr with him. It was trulya sad tune, for bis youngest two had never beard bisnan e tinco thev were old enough to know what it isto love atd be love 4, and they parted with hits with¬out knowing that they had been with their father.As great fears were entertained that tha sons of Mr.M Kibbis would take Mr. Ciaig s life, aboeldthey m*etat tbe depot wrere the body of the child was put upon.be cars, Mr. Craig tooa: a orivaps conveyance to
Sfcippensbnrsh the evening before, and there took theetat and met bis father, who had the body ia charge.Tbe little boy who had accidentally killed Lta siater
waa permitted to accompany his grandfather and fatherwith tbe body of his akter to Pittsburgh, under tbesolemn promise of tbe grandfather that he should not
be dt tamed beyond a given time. According lapremise, the boy was brought back to this placs bybis father on Iueaday last The boy went out to bnmitber, and tbe other children were sent into Mr.( a :. s hotel, and permittsd to stay wi'h bim until hashould leave in the return train for Ilarrieburg. Inthe mean tisne.the Hon. Joe. MeKibbia, from Califor¬nia, who bappered to be on a visit to bis aisters here,and Hobt. P. McKibbin, eeq.,a yeungman of-23years,who reeidts a: tha maaaion csar the town, asa is a
arucett at law, learned cT Mr. Craia's arrival in town.
They resolved that the wroags of Iheir blighted ais¬
ters aioüd be avetged, and armed themselves with a
revo'ver eaxh. They wtre, however, dissuaded from
betr purpose ry tNir bafter, and oVvncd a- tb-yrlMM antil»aetf*iehaJWttowa. Mi-takm*IM wbislsa ol Ii« lee>mr4ivYs wh*I lh» er^->eer w w'.rirviiu it eot offne eh«pf ,at Aeh to tba train f-rth*
s-arsl ol departure, th-y walked into tewrajaot over »
auertVrrt » mile) end tneir rwite pa«-e1the DM19vd Valb-v depot When t>y ewne to fbe d -;> >f
-bey fourd'tbe MH -tili there, and in th- last f.-r«
were bnt two paseerfsre, Mr Crwjg und the lV-*«ii^rri :be M;J.lVo*n Bank. As soon as tßey sew t rvg
tbey ei.-n-.rd onl\ tr» reniemb-r tie ir widowed v. J
dishorored loved ötei at bein« and the aat hör of theirnnminiiied sorrow, ard, bavin: their piste's with them,the. at or.ee ePacked him. Joseph who is a verylarge map, r-t-pped into the ear through the fron: doorawl tired at Mr. Crs.ig. R' k«ai stepj»ed to the side ofthe car on a platform almoet level with the oir. andfiredtbroagh the window. Oaig returned the tire ofb«th nlmo»t-imnlleneously, with a revolver in eachbane1, ar d tboe *ome twenty shots were fired in almostis many eeeccds. l"ho passengen» about the cars, andthe gentleman who wax in the ear with C'raig, ruihedinto the depot at the tint hostile demonstration, andall tans escaped danger. Mr. Oaig received ere ballfrem Jrseth in the H^ht groin, and one from Robert v%
the back over the right hip. Robert escaped entirely;Jrreph was very slightly wounded in the right arm.
Fach party fired uttil their ?ho's were exbau<ted.'Ine M< Kill ins then walked away, and the train left,wi'b Mr. Oaig as one of the paseergers. He went to
Shippersburgb. where he stopped to receive medicalaid One of the balls has been extracted, but the ouein the back has not been found. Neither of thewound* is daigerous. and Mr. (Jraig is much betterto-dav. Mrs. Cra'g, on bearing of the tragedy, and not
knowing the extent of Mr. Craigs wounds, took thetrain on Wednesday, in company with her father, tosee her husband for the first time since the separation.While utwillir-gto reproach her brothers for attemptingto avcrge the wrorgs of herself and her deaf and dumt)lister, -he felt it to be- her duty to attend bitn in thehour of danger and soften hie pillow, even when suffer-irg under the terrible retaibution of a crime which,when v iewed in all its revolting aspects, has scarcelya parallel in the criminal annals of our State. Whenhe recovers sutru ieetiy to ge on to Pittaburgh she willsgain return to her home near this place to drink, withIi. r «i-ter; the cup of sorrow, and wai: for the daywhen it shall be full.The M.Kibbins reluctantly ettered into hoods for
their appcaraice at the next Court, to answer to anycharge that may be preferred against them. At theirstarce cf the 1 "resident of the Cleveland and Viohs-burg Railroad Company, they have also been le-ld in*¦: '-""each to keep the peace. Fr. omin.
THE PILLOW CASE.
A IECOND CARD FROM OEsT. SCOTT.Fr >m T>u Aatasawl Intel.ujfactr, Sor. 2.
In a recent political address (>en. Finow chargedthat Mr. Tris*. with my assistance, bad, in Mexico,admini-'ered a bribe to President or General Santa
Ania, Ac. By a card in The National Imießigvtutr1 promptly replied that I was morally certain Mr. T.had not paid a cent, in the way of a bribe, to anybodywhatever in Meiieo, and 1 solemnly added that I watt
p* lconally totally ignorant of any bribe of auy s >rr.
whatever, great or small, beiag paid to that highfunct.onary Santa Anuuj, or to any other, directly or
indirectly, for his uro and benefit, by or on account ofany American cfiiceror agent, civil or military. M^denial Gen. I'illow calls 'in a rejoinder) "evasive.'" a mere ((nibble, and he affects to support his firstassertion by extracts from " the sworn etatements of" Generals On t:. at. and Shields, which he says, hehas " procured from the record of the War Depart-M went.''Entertaining for those Generals (Q. and B>] high ad-
miratitnaud respect, I was in haute.not that therewas anything u ate rial in the extra; ts to learn fremthe W ar Department the character of the (to me) un¬known " PSCSSd quoted by Geo. Pillow. I have butnow received a copy of the document, ami in eoino ofits other aspects it shall, presently, receive a pasaingnotice. Suflice it to say, in this counect-on, thatneither of the statements produced by Gen. Pillow,with so much gravity, contradicts me in the least on
the only point in question, viz., the *IU00O bribe; lorneither ot tbo.je ilecc-tals pretend to know to wkotathe biibe waa paid, nor did any other American ever
bear me whisper the name or names of the receivers,un'il confidentially fbelated 08 the final scHlement, atthe War Office, of my secret disbursements. Gen.Pillow, however." moat ignorant of what he's mostaseuied". firet at-sames that he baa bad confided tohim a great secret, and next betrays it by way of lettirg ti.e world know that he bad tbe honor of beingtrusti d1 The Mexican newspapers, I learn, have re¬
cently been filled with notices of Gen. Pillow's denun¬ciation of Gen. Santa Anna, mixed up with theirnuiry: Who is tit SWS SSj/asseaii I He vh* rtec'ueta t'Tilic, or thefunctionary uho, in violation of hi* ownar.d kt$ countr*'* houcr, aSsrtsass the name of thetraitor '
Bnt this case, bad as it is, does not stand alone in ourrecent antaN and, of course, nothing so base could haveoccurred in our earlier history /; for, January '10, 18Ö7,a j liar t Executive was made, by tbe plastic band of amalignant Secretary, to communicate to the Sanatefor pvhlicatiuh.without any conceivable purpose but,at the expense of national faith and honor, to give meannoy ante.the entire account I had confidentiallyrendered to the War Department of ray secret dis-bureeaente in the Mexican War! It is true thatnasirs bad teen eupra-eeacd by me in the writtenitems; but many entries were rendered, and nowetned so published in this manner: " Paid meesengsrM of the Consul, $50;" " Paid an Englishman tj re-"pert violations of the armistice, t90Oj" "Paid a"member of tbe municipality. $ln;» 00," An.,Sec, &.c.Already, in consequence of this publication, livehighly respectable residents of .Mexico.utterly guilt¬less of bribery, but liable to suspicion under thosedcsignaticne--bave, through a distinguished channel,made application to nie for exoneration.Gen. Pillow speaks feelingly of " the great and pa-
" triotic statesman who was in IM6J Chief Magistrate"of the nation,'' bis some time law partier, who hidmade him a Mejor-General; the same who, early in thewar, xent for me and in the kindest and moat beseech-ixg n acner solicited my personal sympathy a* well as
professional aid in conquering a peace, promising mehis entire cothdenoe and support the same who, be¬fore 1 bad reached Mexico, endeavored, first, to uo-
point a Lieutenant General to supersede ne: and,fuilicg in that, next mought of placing me ucde(.tbesnn.e ]arfy, appointed a Major-General 'and of course;myjunior i the same who, it turns out. appointed Gen.Pillow a spy on the conduct of .Mr. Trist and mys. ltand the ssmo " great and patriotic Htateeman who,having failed in nearly every promire bo had made me,fine hr, wh« a the war had been ended, released froma:ree't three r riict ra who bad beeu engaged in a con¬spiracy sga'net me, reetored them, withbonor,todn'y;superseded n <. in tbe command of the arm v iu Mexico;and ei de red three conspirators and myself equally be¬fore nComtof Inquiry ' It so happened that onlyGtn. Pillow's conduct was directly inveetigate.d byttat Oi.it. but it- eame three members were confiden¬tially irsirur ted from Waebington. no doubt at the m-s#orce of the spy.to organize themselves into a newCourt of Inquiry to inventigate eecretlv that part ofny conduct relating to tbe c< uccii of war hild July17, 1847, at Puebla, for tbe purpowe, as alleged, ofpurcbar.rg a pta-. , and wbi-h council figutee solnr^tly in Gen. Pulow s recent publications.
1 Lis Court had every characteristic of a secrst is-<|U!.<:tion; it met under confidential instructions; itwas recrgamztd in my ahence and without mykit avtsdga I whereas, in Gen. Pi low's case (as ai-wayaj, be was tot only present, but had the privilegeof objecting to members, and I should have challengedthe entire panel; and the Court proceeded to take ev¬
idence, beginning with that of Gen. Pillow I aleo mmy absence, whereas the law "Jlst article of war) ex¬
pressly dtclares that the accrued shall " be permittedto cioss-examixe and interrogate the witoe-^ee."
Final y when called before tbe bastard tribunal, Itrade my protest, and had nothing more to do with itand bad ruppe>ed, until Gen. Pillow recently pub-lieOed the statementa of two honorable generai- 'tyult-man aid Shield*, that all the parties connected withiLu investigation bad become ashamed of their con¬duct and had i.no report, as there was no publi¬cation of their peooeodiegs. Nevertheless, the mquost.'ot i d no allegation against me aupported.Tbe next article of war tbe Ktimt the same »tatut>)
declares, "aa Courts of Inquiry may be perverted to" dieht>norab!e purposes, and may be i.-idered as" engines ot destruction to military ment in tbe bands'. of weak and envious commandants, they are hereby" prohibited, unless directed by the President of the" I'nited S»aUs or demanded by the accused." Littledid the law-maker imagine that even a Präsident mightprove himaelf one of tbat class of comojaaders tA word more. Two members of that famous Court
were brevtted.one a Major Oeueral, without othercorncction with the Mexican war: and the other a
Brigadier, profeeeedly for some »light service at Baens\ isla; a ¦: both aft* r the ir attempts to whitewash Gen.Pi low and browbeat me aa the prosecutor in that case,¦tea ot su, ia«. wiNriitLO s< on.1'. S .In my foimer Card I abstained, except inci¬
dentally and cnavoidably. from criminating GeneralPillow or defendiig myeelf, althoagh overwhelmingmeaea for either purport- lay before me, and I am en¬
deavoring to be equally -elf-der % ing on the presentoccasion, leavirg the due distribution of blame andpraise air org all ccncerncd in the Mexican war to thelutme hiatoriaa. Nag do I consider it any viulatioa oftrat self-imposed restriction to tinisb here one of den.Puk.wV qaotefions iin his receit reply to mei from tbestatement of G«n. t^oitnaan. The extract mace byhim I' waslinUnded t. implicate me m the projsot«f pcichasixg, under eertaia cironiustaoces, a pease,
to wbicb 1« tow says he *h more, or Lm, 7"Crem t> e first, ard with tbaf .(.nta'tcii be P JS?^step* beirg 10 dooht appall with to. wLZSf- i'. !.¦,. m th. «acr.e .ft! . -t, ,a w: h t;«??»n>*i .-.riiiutt " After srtme p»n«* n th* /
errlealtfCen FW*», »nd sips*,*! ,0 jTjtaes.< nnvr. t w.h the >»,. of the (.-a'a ,-^>< OS the prvpret, of rasing *n<1 .^Vfas proposed, pledriat? hi, irt,w,-a J
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bition :t probably wil! not be thomrht m Jil* ***anybody whether O.,. Pillow^.t^t?".rata I. or a contrariety of opmioas, on ^**>-ubtect whatever. ,^~i*»a
ry/fi BROOKLYS t'£RR/EsTv the BaVasv .V V. TV*,,,.Sen: In order to elucidate vba fpooj reapam, k.
f-rrin ia-vedvedat tbi* election, » ttAij Jr n,',*.,
prepositiora which will be iiitelhgibU to vvaaT^!**?I It ij claimed that the fetries c-agfct toba rot
the losreat rate of fare that will yield auftrat raunjjto insure sueh axxvtnmodelioo* at pub u. eoo»*«***.requiree. To this the Uui<»n Kerry Caatperij toooathat tbey agree t > the principle, and that ad thsj*,^is a dividend of 8 p<-r rent oa their eeptal aftw v*.
ing expenses. This seems pUu/ihle, but will k. jjto be a mere deception v» hen wa I.Nik at the tar.,of capital and t jjx-iiift. Three- fourth* of i|,jj ~
calkd oopital is made up of speculative p- 0^ alaanfto bave been pa. i for certain ferries brought issstsaoi teem by «omi arrangement with certain swan*wbo bsd acquired the proprietorship of them Xean,praissment aas ever made of tbe property by aar «4.interested party, and no man, not evea a masnaareftbe lorry Company, will seriously pretend thalil wmworth any such som as is allegtd to have beaa aB jThe Cnmn Ferry Company hddiug at tbe tun* a* |three ..-t .'.¦.:.« between Nea N rk and »viz: the Fulton. South, anet 11 am.Iton street Fern**the capital inveeted in wbicb wae eatiaetsd Vythem at a little lees than $^"0.000. spos teapurchase of the adoitioral ferries iWal »»Met,Catbarice, Kooeevelt, and (»overnear street ra>ric»), deteimined their eaoi al to be $SOO,SOO. Tktriwas thus a nominal addition to their capita] af|CO0,COO, and yet, according to the eeawaaj* oftha Company, not one of the ferries thee beegitm baa paid ita own expeuee*, but baa been a easaaas)drain upon tbe receipt* of the other ferne* prenootitheld. This Urge sum then has been tipcueed farwhat doe* net yield a doPer of revenue, accordiaglsthe publi'hed atatemeat* f the Company, sad oa Ikecontrary has aheorbed largely the income tbey arareaheadv in receipt of. I 'save-t l.> aay intelligent maato say wither it is withis tbe kwajfeOa of «adibuitftbat Ibis waa a bona Ji.le purchase. tVe knew sosso
thing of the Directors of the Ui k»n Karvy Coatpaoa,and do not need to be informed that ameag thea taanare some of our shrewdest aid beat calculating aiaa .
such at all events Iber have abewa themselves u> b*in their private bosirese. Is it suppesabie, than, thattbey so mi«iudged the value of the property tseyasetDsrcbaslng'ss to pay *.(.«>.""" for what waa up sthstown »howmg utterly wortbltsatUut.aa 1 am charitably oispesed, I will relieve
them a far a« I can from this unpleasant .iilemma,Wher. we examine tbe matter more closely, ws fissjthat these feiriea Arrte paid their cipeoees, and vaala*kai t doi.r >¦ at thi t> ri.> ,. rate, but theywonidss}pav tbe ei^b' jiercent oivii'emd on the estimated vitasat wl ich they were put in. The result then ia, thatan aibitrHry fudi has been fixed as tbe valae uf theaferries, which every one knowing anythirg ataUsj |the nature and productive capacity of the ptopertt,knew t..i.e euliiely extravagant. This hasbceu rnaotpart 1 f the capital, and becau«? the ferries thus addedwould not yield a revenue proportionate to tbeasarrated value, the other farrles which did styeight per cent opon tin i npital iaveatsd w*>r* ¦make op the debcienjy. Hat uot »a'i ti.-.j with tasaurplus which the latter would yield at the rate of fej»riaga then exietmg, an increased rate is imposed, sadcommutation m abrogated Thiecbangehas prndaceia large accumulation alt. r payment of expeaaes sadthe 8 per cert on the whole uo'minal capital. I karsaot the statistics of I .:. but toe fact ia aulGcientl]shown by the receipts and expenditures of tbe prerfons year. And haw is tbat txoees disposed off {know no aolution snort *f ascertainisg the parrhaeajof property made by them, wbioii they will bs entiJafto be paid for at tbo expiration of the lease, or afwhich they will remain owners. So tbat the pre*sa(revenue of the fen if s is uow acrually contributing scapital to these gentlemen in addition to th»tf ysorydividend upon a capital a great part of which *vratexisted.
It is for such a purpose that the citizens of Brost«lya are paying a rate of fare entirely beyond wastenecessary for tt e support of the terries aad rasest atime when the resources of moat familtea are curtailedloan extent making the atricteet economy iediaaaaa-able.
II. It Isc'aimed tbat comniutatton sho aid be restored,I'ntil this gigantic spet-ulatioo waa got up by the UakaFerry Company, it nas been the practice oe all of theFast Kiver Ferries, from tha time that statu ferry-boats bave been used, to grant to all the croaeara attbe ferries commutation at tbe rate ef $10 aaeanlly.with a considerable deauction in favor of females sadboys. Cnder the present rate, if we suppose a manto crcis twice in the day to New- York.which is thaease with large numbers.it would make, eiciudisgSundays, |".'5 a yeur. And even if he dues not crossas often as tbat daily, yet the calls of bjsiseasat particular fimea make It ueceasary to go oven rose
frequently. Tbe present reguatioals especially sajaatto females and lada wbo are employed in New-York,and whcee scanty earning* can illaffjrdto bear this tax.None are exempt from the two cents ferriago exceptboya and girls under the ag* of Vi rears. (Joe wouldbave suppt sed that the etgtrness of tha Company laspeculate upon public necessities would at least navebeen mitigated fn favor of this large and belpleaa . ;«ajof the community, and that they would voluntarilyhave al'owed to females and to apprentices aod otflofboys a commutation at a leas rate. The utter abaeaoeof any provieicn such as would bave been dictated bycommon humanity is a decisive proof what reason wshave to expect from the Company any action beneficialto the public interest of their own mere montan.The present course is als*» the more aggravatiag
because it ia uot tbe exercise of an aneispated. legaltight, but is a direct open violation of one of the eove*nanta in tbe leases frot-.i the Coiporatioa of New Yeikunder wbicb they hold. I will not arg.is the qaeatJoa,for I have never heard an iMimatiuo from any one thatit ia not an evasion of tbe spirit and intent of theleases. And as to the legal right it might, as has bosspublicly charged, have neon settled long since by asWieioa of the Courts, but for the dilatory expedientsof tbo Company.III. It is li-isted that under tbe circurjrwtaaeesIhave biatiy adverted to tbe Company ought not to beleft in possession of any arbitrary power. Whatevermay be said as to tha present rale of ferriage, it U as*eiL.al. that some discrimination ia called for. Thepcor and industriousclaee are t-ritiiledto riineideretioa,and all classes of tbe community have the righ' to ds-rxsrC eommutatioo. Indeed, it bas been hitherto us-
heaxd of on railroads and ferries that it should be re¬futed.
V\ by is it that tlia Company havs so etreauoaal* re¬sisted tbe paksage of a law for the regalatioo of far-rise.' Why ia it tbey axe bow in the belt oppAtatae;with all their Lr fluence the election of those candi-datt- to the Legislature who have beea known to bein favor of such a law ? If they are reaHy eafi-ned,as Ihey profsrs to be, with euch probte aa the |*io/-'P<estateo in tbe first proposition would allow, and if U»e
whole argument privately used by Ürain »od tbeirfriotds is not'hollow pretense, a mere subterfuge, whynot agree to a law embracing what tawy *sy tbey are
wüiirg to oraoeaa t but no, it is aot for a trittaag nil-ference between them and oor citizens that they eoajstmake auch an array of farce a last Wint.. at .vJbaay ia
oppo sitioa to any action of tlie I^egialaturs, aad thatwe find so oiaxy now busy to defeat certain candidatesat this election.
IV. If tbe Company ore willing 10 make this thesols issue at the pieaent electiou, onrcitiseue wbo havefskca an interest in the metier are ealled apea to dotbe same thug. We shall be relieved of all doebt asto the cendidatee we can moot rely upoa by obaarviagwbo nie iiic-1 opposed by the < ' u>V»y-Among these candioatea tbero are three aeraieet
whom tiers appeera to be a paitiealerfy activo move¬
ment, from what quarter criKtnarinf it -1 not diftkotto conjeclaro.Aa all three are members of the Fxeeative CaaaaSkV
tee appointed at the nieeiing of citiaoas vast Wiater,we might, of coarse, expect the opposition *f theCompany, axd the ooateet oetwoaa the rirht-raiadedcititena of lirooklyn aad this ovt rabadowing woaop-oly will be mainly upon these < andidatea.
rellow citizeaa of Brooklyn, you bare it ia yearowe powe r to redreas the grievaaeee of which yeahave so loully complained. It can be dene by tawelectioo of reliable snea to tbe Legislature, who wiVbe bey ond the reach of private and peeaaiaxy *.*¦*ence. If you throw away the opportunity new^ayforded, your complaints wit) hereafter be naheedoa,and you may ss well sobait with a good grseesswhatever exactiona may be levied upon yoa.
A tlTI/lCN OS" BaWoKU*
BiaiT 15 M m.- A FrorideBoa man, kavlaf oce«-aioa to receive a small aom from a o*>tre*reioaecl J*another city, save tbe folkrwing very laroproo««'tier: .'Aa a'l property ia unsafe, aad tbe .*C,***T"are so shockingly Oererged, yoa may raenit lb* mw" toee m ram." [Vroviaeaee Joaysjat.