Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 3, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 September 1859 — From Kansas. [ARTICLE]

From Kansas.

Leavenworth. September 5. A collision occurred here between the Democrats and Republicans on Saturday night, both parties having m -de demonstrations prior to the muncipal election to-day. The republicans were holding a meeting at the intersection of two streets. The Democrats, with a torch-light procession, attempted to pass through, and being resisted, a genexal melee ensued, severs I hundreds on both sides participati ig, using stones, bludgeons, pistols and knives. One person was shot and live or six severely cut, but nwie fatally. The Republicans maintained theirground, and proceeded with their meeting. The affray is believed to have been purely accidental, and is universally regretted. There is some apprehension of renewed disturbance to-day, but effective preventive measures have been taken. The Denver City Express, of the 27th ult-, arrived yesterday with a small quantity of dust. In some of Gregory’s diggings some miners penetrated three feet through a strata of uulphuret of iron, finding rich dirt below. The discoveries in the Colorado prove remunerative. Indian depredations continue. Isolated parties of miners are frequently cut off’.