The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1850-04-03

ficiated as chairman. Letters were re-
ceived from Thos.s III. Benton, Daniel
Webster, Lewis Cass, and others
Speeches were delivered by l.. B. Shep- (
ard and Horace Greedy, and set of !
resolutions adopted.
As the train Of cars from Philadelphia !
approached White Hills to-day, the boil
er exploded, killing two engineers, and
severely wounding several others. The |
fragments of the locomotive set fire to
barn and shed.
The locofoco meeting at Tammany
Hall on Saturday evening, In favor of
the Union, was largely attended and
passed off with much enthusiasm.
H" ea' Buffalo, March ID
The strong wind from the upper end
of the lake raised the water in our har-
Dor to an immense height, but the dam
age is trifling when compared with pre-
yious floods.
Washington, March LIST.
Mr.. Webster has been appointed by
the President, and confirmed by the Sen
ate as surveyor Of the port of Boston.
The Senate was engaged several
hours to-day in executive session on the
case of Lieut.. Steinbergher of the Uni
ted States Navy. 1t was decided by the
House in his favor by one majority, re-
storing his rank in the United States SER
, vice. The resolution carried with it
back pay amounting to perhaps $780,
900.
Milwaukee, March 5th.
A disgraceful riot occurred here last
evening. Two or three hundred Ger
mans attacked the House of senator J.
B. Smith, and after breaking ia the win
dows &C., with clubs and throwing brick
,, bats into room among the inmates,
= burst the doors which had been locke d
upon them by little girl, and destroyed
property of considerable value inside
I A servant girl and several small children
only were in the house when attacked
!. Mr.. and Mrs. Smith being absent at
tending lecture The offence Of Mr.
Smith was his voting for the present Ii.
cense law. The city marshal arrived af
:, ter the riot commenced. A neighbor o
MIR. Smith was considerably injured fol
$ demonstrating with the mob.
= New York, March 5th
= Another of the California steamer
. has arrived
Boston, March 4th
=. Returns again indicate no choice, tho
. . the vote is larger. Thompson leads Pal
. frey.
II Boston, March 4th
= Twenty-three towns heard frOm-n'
. choice. Great Union meeting at Balti
more.
), Baltimore, March 9th.
= An immense meeting was held las
!, evening, and it is estimated that 20, OO'
- persons were present. Col. Kriels of
r. fered series Of resolutions in which TIL
- maintenance of the Union at all hazard
- was advocated. Also the comprcmis
~ on the slavery question, and advocate
q measures regarding the same.
J. New York, March 5.
;, y The Herald of this morning publishe
l. Mr.. Calhoun's speech entire. 1t occu
e pies Ave and a half columns oe that jour
J. nal. The speech commences by statin
that there is danger to the Union, an
+ traces the cause to the discomfort Of tn
South, not of recent growth.
The first charge is, that the South ha
been excluded from all interest in tn
Territories, common to the whole Un
ion.
Second, that q system of revenue an
,e disbursements onerOus to the South, ha
fhn fol in
D. away an undue proportion of the pre-
ID portion of the proceeds Of the south, an
ID pressing upon her an unequal taxatio
IN for the benefit of the North.
E. Third, that system of political meas
S, ures has been cherished, that has viola
re ted the original character Of the FEEDER
,e al compact. He believes that, unde
Id the present state of things, the Sout
I'd cannot with honor, remain in the UnioI
He details the origin Of that belief
the loDg-continued aggressions of tn
North. He takes the census of 10
and that of 1910, and shows that tn
equilibrium betweenthe North and Sout
has been destroyed, not by time, but b
the interference of the Government.
He next proceeds to show by staff:
tics, that the equilibrium has been DE-
stroyed, and that the whole power ha
centralized in sectional majority.
m He refers, first, to the Ordinance
at 1887, and says that, by the result Of il
ul provisions, the country has acquired
IN since its constitution, 2,372, Oi6 squar
e. miles, and that the North seeks to 60,
c. ern three-fourths of this territory.
From this he passes to the Tariff syl
tenn, and concludes this division of h
charges by asserting, that instead of Ii,
ing in a Republic, we are ruled by n,
tional democracy.
Buffalo, March 10.
Our city has been visited by the mo
destructive fire that has occurred in
ok long time. About half past ten o'cloC
this morning, the basement Of Stewart
factory, above the American Hotel W;