The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1852-07-01

Accounts from ali quarters show that the nom
NATION OF PIerce for the Presidency has been re-
, ceived with The most unprec, deuted satisfaction
by the democracy. Even in Cincinnati where
much feeling was evinced in behalf of the late
leading candidates Of the party, large ratification
meeting was held on Monday evening. in which
perfect unity of sentiment and the greatest en-
thu>lasni prevailed
Gen. Pierce left Boston on Saturday for Con-
cord He very judciousIy declines all public
cep,ons for the present, although the democracy
OF New England alive with excitement, and
gather in large numbers al the different railroad
dtpo's where he Is expected 10 pass.
During the morning hour on Monday the House
had und, r consideration the hnl proposing 10 give
each State hundred and fifty Thousand acres
Of land for every Senator and Representative in
COngre>s--,he amount Of land already granted
for railroad purposes 10 be deducted from the
portion 10 he given TO the State in which such
roads are 10 oe constructed. If Congressman are
positively determined TO lid the government Of
the public domain, this is the farest proposition
that has yet been brought forward, and should
receive the support Of every representative who
desires TO deal Justly By the great majority Of The
people.
After considerable discussion in the Senate, on
Tuesday, the joint resolution was passed, direct
ing the completion of war steamer for harhor
defences, in accordance with the plan of Mr.. Ste
vens No other business of importance was
Transacted prior 10 an adjournment I'LL Saturday
We are glad 10 perceive that the cabinet is ut
length aroused Us 10 The atroclous depredations
Of Mexicans and Others upon the inhabitants on
the RIO Grande. Messages were last Tuesday
sent 10 both Houses Of Congress-, detailing the ne
cessity ct adopting means to efficiently protect
The lives and property Of American citizens in that
quarter. ii is hoped that this matter will be
Il hn hax III.
bandits despite the military Stationed there have
murdered burned aud robbed long enough It is
hgh time they were dealt with they deserve
One Of our Albany correspondents gives the
particulars of another bloody attack by the anti
renters, IN Rensselaer, county, upon a stranger
" hom they n,stook for another person They
shot down IA Mr. Wait, who was on Il visit to the
house Of Mr. Nnng, and then, after ,nuta,ing
the horses in the stable, decamped, and up TO
Tuesday evening had not been arrested If there
Is law in the land, these villains should he made
TO feel the effects Of it. Their numerous atroci-
ties terrible nemen;oes Of the horrible effects
Of practical socialism, as advocated by one or
more Of The leading journals of tina, iik in this
city.
The Illinois arrived en- Saturday with ten DAVIS
later intelligence from California, the Sandwich
Islands, and New Granada. The news from Cal
lturnia was IL enty-seven days in coming through
and left immediately in the Arctic, for Liverpool
where it will arrive in ten days hence-or IN
thirty seven days from San Francisco. hits,
the modern Puck puts electric girdle around
the earth in forty minutes, the modern Fulton puts
Il traveller through ia forty days. The Illinois
brought nearlv two millions Of dollars in gold dust
and very favorable accounts from the mines.
Two boys, supposed 10 I've the onl, survivors
of the bark Falrmount, reached NorioN on iues-
day. The Paramount rnn into and sunk on
the BIS, uli. by the ship Tennessee, and lie cap
tain and six Of the crew, who attempted To save
themselves upon planks, doubtless sunk, as moth
ing has since been heard of them
We learn that nearly al the business portion of
Wetumpka, Ala, has been DESTROYED by fire. The
loss being between three and four husdred thou
sand dollars Savannah, Ga, was also The scene
of a large fire on Monday morning.
Three mail robbers nave been arrested in the
interior OF Peunsvlvahia, on whom were found
some siKty Thousand dollars IN money and checks
which, it is supposed, Were distracted from The
mails, going over the Central Railroad on The 9th
anu 9Th. INST.
We rather disappointed at the lecture Of
DR.. Brownson, fimsy and soph-licaI a reasoner
as he IL known 10 be. In lis subject it is novel
ard neutrality-suspicious. such proposition was
never started before; but, in ITS matter il is stale
and only re-hash of the same old arguments in
favor Of spiritual despotsm. On the whole, the
lecture was a failure, both as to attendance and
argument. The attendance was small, and the
argument is all assumption. The propositions of
one portion Of it are contradictory Of another.
DR.. Brownson beg. the question, or assumes the