This was the first appearance by John Carter in the series. He would appear in later episodes on a semi-regular basis as Lt. John Biddle.
This is the only appearance of John Carter as someone other than Lt. John Biddle. Carter was in a total of 68 programs.
Whereas Betty Jones, Lee Meriwether, throughout the many seasons made a minimum of one appearance per show, she is not anywhere to be seen in this one (source CBS Distributed Season 1 DVD set).
This episode contains a racial slur that was bleeped out.
The controversial edit referring to a, slave clearly visible being hidden behind some wooden rails while a liar states they are not against ending slavery during 1860 presidential election. It means someone is clearly telling a lie.