Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 2, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 August 1858 — Kansas Election—indian Battle. [ARTICLE]

Kansas Election — indian Battle.

St. Louis, August, 5, 1858. | Leavenworth dispatches of the 2d, per United States Express, to Bonneville, the 4th, says the whole vote in that city,'on the proposition for the admission of Kansas as j a State, was seventeen hundred and fortynine (IT4IK) of which one hundred and thir-ty-nine (139) were for the proposition acj ceptjed,'and > ixteen hundred and ten (1610) ] for the proposition rejected. This is the largest vote ever pofletTin this citv. The election, with the exception of a slight-dis-turbane.; in the 2d Ward, passed otf with propriety, and without noticeable, accident. j At Kickapoo precinct there were thirty votes cast lor the proposition, and fifty-three against it. Leavenworth, -August -4. Per steamer Ben Leicts to Booneviile, August 5. Atchison county gives 137 majority against the English Proposition. Doniphan county 698 against it. Quindaro 76 for Proposition; 146 against it. ! Easton, whole vote 101. For Proposition 41 ; against it 60. Delaware, whole vote 165; accepted 65; rejected 100. The majority in Leavenworth county as fur us heard from is 1614 against the Propo—- ! sition. ~ . 'The.vote in Lawrence was 4 accepted; 7 18 rejected. i Franklin accepted 3; rejected 75. The roads are in very bad condition and turnslcome in slowly. A skirmish look place about the 20th of .nily in itheTinmcdiate vicinity of Fort Kearney. he j ween a small war party 5 o£~Chey- ; ernes add Ara pa hoes and the Pawnees.-V" ; The Assailants, succeeded in surprising a ' party ol Pawnees, killing three, among whom was their chief, and carrying off a large herd of horses. A considerable farce of Pawnees afteri wards .pursued the Cheyennes aud recaptured their.unimals, after wounding several of their j adversaries. There were over 1,000 Pawnees assembled near the.post for peaceful purposes.