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The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1856-05-31
three miles from this place by party Of 60

three miles from this place by party Of TO
armed men, pretending to belong to Captain
Buford's company from Alabama, but really
ziuinq in Missouri There is now in our Vi
entity, as near as we can learn, 300 armed
men who are threatening us with death. We
have rumors, however, of much larger
number on their way. The prisoner taken
made them believe he was right on the goose,
and they let him go. Tie Investigating
Committee have taken his testimony to-day.
We arc daily, and might almost say hour
ly expecting an attack. What day may
bring forth, we cannot tell, but we are all
ready, and determined to die before we give
up the town.
Yours very respectfully.
NIB will write again tomorrow, II
allowed to live, as the mail will not leave
until the morning of the 18th.
18th, P. NJ.
Nothing new except the proclamation o
the Marshal, the manner in which it was
treated by the people, and also our applica
ton to Governor Shannon forprotection, ano
his reply, copies of which arc herewith in
closed.
FREE STATE.
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WASHINGTON, May z

The supporters of Mr. Buchanan are active
and sanguine. That stock may be quoted
as the most buoyant on the democratic list.
The principal arguments in favor of Mr.. b.
are, first, his availability second, his GER
tainty of carrying his own state third, his
moderate views concerning the reputation
of the Missouri Compact. AS to the last
point, Mr.. BPS position seems to be like that
of the bank teller on the counterfeit note.
He declined to decide whether it was forged
or genuine lie thought it was about mid
ding Mr.. Buchanan begs to be excused
from affirming that the violation of the COM
pact was treacherOus outrage. He is clear
that it was wrong when first prepared, but
now " it is about middlng." This will do
for that rancid responsibility, which, in the
stolen livery of conservatism is now playing
into the hand of the radical democracy, and
lending to its most destructive schemes an
effective support, but not for the section OF
ultra theorists who now control, and have
always controlled that party. In short, it
will not do for Douglas, Pierce, Wise CT
Qutman.
The Buchanan managers say that they
have already secured 1913 votes, and that the
Pierce and Douglas factions concede to Il EN-
! 1l2. | think they are mistaken. believe
as l stated six weeks ago, that General
Pierce will receive decided plurality over
any other candidate on the first effort to
nominate, and that indeed he is tie first
choice of greater number of members THAI
will support any other candidate. | adhere
for the present to the calculation that Mr.
Pierce will have al, Mr.. Douglas about -
and Mr.. Buchanan about SO. But number
of preliminary votes will he given for local
candidates, the presentation of whose names
will be first given to Governor Bright, thai
of Tennessee to Governor johnson, that O
New Jersey perhaps to Commodore Stockton
that Of Texas to General Rusk.
Atchison, and a small crowd Of sucl
characters may all receive complimentary
votes.
G neral RUsk is the most prominent re
vcrsoHary of the contingent remainder o
the Pierce and Douglas vote, after the posi-
blity of any favorable issue to those candi
dates, shall have become extinct. Governo
Seymour, of New York, is looked upon will
favor, as among the aspirants in reserve
The cl,icf recommendation, and tie capita
stock Of this gentleman is, that lie coult
unite tie fictious in his own state, and secur
to the party a chance for tie IS votes Of New
York, without which the contest will tax to-
severely tie energies of the party.
1t is the expectation of the antl-Pierce dc
egates, and particularly of the Buchanan
wing, that New York will be excluded alto
gether, on account Of the balanced claims G
the IIards and Solts to regularity as expo
ncnts # policy and organization. They vii
be disappointed. One or both the deleGa
ticnS will he admitted.
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THURSDAY, MAY 80, 1856.
Illinois.

The men of Illinois who are opposed to
the extension of slavery into Free Terrific
ries, are in fair way to thoroughly unite in
the great struggle which is to take place
next November. The signs of the ii nes are
propitious for this desirable event, and if
matters work through as smoothly as they
have commenced, the traitor Douglas will be
ingloriously consigned to oblivion in his own
state.
Last week the Anti-Nebraska party of
Cook county, composed of all former politi-
cal castles, met in convention to choose Dele
gates to the State Convention. The assem-
blage convened in South Market Hail. Chi
cago, and was one of the most del;bcrative
and intelligent bodies that has ever been
called together in the. great commercial me-
tropolis of the North West. Old line Wings
and old line Democrats Free-Soiiers and ex-
Know-Nothings, Foreign and Native born
citizens, mingled in the convention in frater-
nal union upon the one great question. The
following resolution, which was unanimous
ly adopted, will show the harmonious spirit
of the anti-Nebraska men of Cook county
Resoloca, That we the delegates to this
Convention are anti-Nebraska men, and arl
opposed to the extension of slavery into free
territory, and that we will act together upcI
that sole issue, and heartily support the nom
inees of the forthcoming Bloomington Con
vention and that whatever may be our pr
vate opinions upon all other political ques
tons, we will ignore them in the coming
campaign, and unite upon the one great issue
Of opposition, by all constitutional means, tt
the extension of slavery in the territories 0
the United States.
Among the Delegates appointed to thu
State Convention we notice the names 0
C. L. Wilson, Editor Of the "Chicag'
Journal" formerly the Wing organ of Chi
cago; Messrs. Bross & Scripps, Editors O
the {" Democratic Press - John Wentworth
of the "Chicago Democrat;" John c
Vaughan and DR.. Ray, Of the " Tribune,
and Geo. Snyder, of the Illinois State
Zeitung," (German.) This combination o
Chicago Editors, who are working for tn
same great end, bat have heretofore PARTIAL,
divided their influence by running afte
"side issues" looks remarkably Ike
fusion" That will win.
Col. Bissell will be the nominee for Gov
ernor against Richardson; and if the com
mcnccmcnt of the campaign throughout IL.
State be made in the spirit it has in Chicago
! he will be elected without doubt
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judge Mel. an on Slavery.

The followiug letter from Judge Mclean
was written to General Cass, for the reason
that Judge NJ. understood the General to
have quoted him as giving an opinion that
Congress has power over slavery IN the Ter
ritores. 1t explains itself:
WAsHINGToS, May Is.
NY Dear Sir: A friend stated to me yes
terday that he understood you to say that
did not consider that Congress had the
power, under the constitution, to prohibit
slavery in territory. l never doubted that
Congress had this power, and l could never
have expressed any doubt on the subject.
You may recollect that | have in CONVEX
saticn with you often said that Congress hav-
ing the power to establish territorial govern
ment, might, in the exercise of a police
pow Q ;, prohibit slavery, although they had
no constitutional power to institute it.
informed my friend that was sure he
Inexperienced you. l drop this note that
in the publication of your speech you may
correct any mistake of the stenographcr CT
this subject.
Very truly yours,
JOHN MCLEAN.
TION CAsS
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EMIGRATION FROM GERMANY-The New
York Herald learns from its Berlin CORES.
spondence that the emigration from Ger.
many to this country, which had fallen of
considerably for the last year or so, owing
to the exaggerated reports which had been
received Of the proceedings of the Know
Nothings, and the prosecutions which for
eigners had to suffer at their hands, is asair,
on the increase, and unless peace should lead
to great reduction in thh prices of proyi-
sions, and an improvement in the condition
of the working classes generally, it is proba-
bic that it will equal if not exceed, the pro-
portions Of former years. Upwards of a
thousand emigrants passed through Berlin a
few weeks since, chiefly agriculturists, bound
to Wisconsin. Altogether, the returns of
the last triennial census bear witness that
the continued emigrationis beginning to tell
on the population of Germany, and accounts
for the efortsof the various German powers
to put a stop to it..
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From the Galena Advertiser, Extra.
CIVIL WAR IN KANSAS!
Free State Blood Split.
We have received the following startling
intelligence from Kansas
Lawrence Destroyed.

We have received the following startling
intelligence from Kansas
1t is confrmatory of the news of Satur-
day, and will convu'se this country from t
centre to its circumference. Tie slave
power, fostered by the execrable dough-
faces of the North, has commenced the work
of driving out the Free State settlers from
Kansas with fire and sword. The blood of
the free citizens of the North has been shed
on the plains of Kansas for no other erin e
than that loving liberty. The avenging and
blasting i.dignation of a fee Poop now
only awaits the instruments of this unheard
of outrage. The sleeping lion of the North
will now be aroused and let the betrayers OF
public liberty, the fomentors OF civil war, the
murderers of innocent men now stand
aehast.
ST.. LOUIS, May &c.
The steamer Morning Star, from Missouri
River yesterday, brought an Extra from the
Lexington, Mo-, Express Office. which says
LAWRENCE WAS DESTROYED ON
WEDNESDAY LAST.-Thc L. 5. Marshal
with five to seven hundred men, entered the
town and made arrests for al lie had wits
for. He then turEed the posse over to
Sheriff Jones, who had arrests, when the
People resisted and fired on his men. Jones
t zen opened his artillery on the Free State
Hotel, after which his men charged and set
tie Hotel on fire. They destroyed tie
Printing Press and set fire to the office
There were only about two hundred men il
Lawrence When the messenger left the
scene, the artillery was still firing, and the
confa glaton still prevailing. But few Lives
were lost.
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Safely Arrived.

The transcript of the testimony taken be-
fore the Kansas Investigating Committee,
and despatched to Washington, by Mrs
Governor Robinson, has arrived safely and
been put into the hands of the Speaker Of
the House.
Another batch of the evidence, taken since
Mrs. Robinson left, has passed through Chi
cago, on it's way to the same destination. 1t
was in the keeping of a reliable man, though
it was perhaps lucky for him that it did not
become known on the river that he was the
bearer of " reasonable" documents.
1t may appear strange, says the Chicago
Tribune, that a committee from the House
of Representatives of the United States, on
national soil, should be obliged to despatch
messengers, one by one, and secretly, with
copies of their proceedings, to save them
from destruction but the majority of that
committee know full well the desperate ex.
pedients that are threatened on the border
to break up and put an end to the investiga
ton, and they act wisely to put copies o.
their journal where they will be beyond the
reach of rufian hands.
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PRo-SLAEERT NATIONAL: CONVENTION
The Hotel keepers of Cincinnati are making
great efforts to accommodate the crowd thai
will be drawn together by this body. 1t is
estimated that 10000 at least will visit
Cincinnati during the week, either as spec
tators or as outsiders, for the promotion of
special purposes.
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ST.. LOUIS, May %


The Republican to-day publishes dis
patch dated Westport the Goth, which says
as Mr. Crosgrove and DR.. Branden were
going <rom Lccompton to Franklin, they
were hailed by party Of Free State men,
who enquired who they we're and where
they were going; on being, answered, the
commander of the party turned to his men
and asked them their motto-they replied
"Sharp's rifles" and Immediately fred on
Cosgrove and Branden. Branden was badly
wounded, but Cosgrovc put ball through
the brain of the leader and the balance fed.
A Free State man was shot at Blanton's
bridge the 10Th, the wound was mortal.
There was a report in Kansas City that
people were preparing to evacuatc Lawrence,
and had called upon Col. Sumner to protect
their property.
Kickapoo, Leavenworth, Doniphan and
Atchison were almost deserted, men having
gone to aid the Marshal at Lawrence.
Tie Democrat learns from a gentleman
who arrived from Jefferson City yesterday
that dispatch had been received there
stating that battle Lad been fought at
Lawrence and number of persons killed On
both sides.
A mass meeting was held at Kickapoo,
which resolved upon sacking the Kansas
Hotel i'll Kansas City, understood to be
owned by Massachusetts, men, and so GER
tain was its destruction considered, its IA
miles had moved out.
The citizens Of Kickapoo offer a reward
of two hundred dollars for Gen. Pomeroy,
and parties had been sent out in search OF
him.
Mr.. F. Conway writes to the Democrat
saying himself and Gen. Schuyler, while on
their way from St. Louis to Leavenworth,
were arrested at Parksville, Mo-, on the 18th
inst, on charge of being fugitiyes, and de-
tailed until positive information could be OIL
tanned from Lecompton.
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MARLEY & KERN.-We happened into
the extensive Hardware establishment of
Messrs. Markley & Kern on Monday, and
were taken by surprise at witnessing the
amount of business there done. The country
trade, particularly from the settlements
north Of St. Paul, is largely distributed in
favor of this popular establishment, but the
stock is equal to all demands. Our adrer-
Using columns will further enlighten, those
who wish to purchase hardware in regard to
Markley & Kern's stock.
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The CASE OF RUFFIAN Brooks Con-
srDERED.-The House on the 23d passed
Mr.. Campbell's resolutions by vote of 81
to 60, and Messrs. Campbell, of Ohio, ALI
son, Cobb, of Georgia, Greenwood and
Spencer, were appointed Committee to in
vestigate the matter concerning the assault
upon Senator Sumner.
3 The ZEITUNG FOR FREMoNr.-The Stats
Zeitung-the German Free-soil paper Of
Chicago, has come out for Fremont, for Pre-
sident. The Zeitung is the most widely cir
culated and influential German paper pub
lished in the Northwest.
* The Presbyterian (Old School)
General Assembly have decided to meet At
the First Church, Lexington, KY, in 1851
The Presbyterian General Assembly On. 81
have voted to meet next year at Cleveland,
Ohio.
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BuTTEE.-A New York butter dealer, in
n communication to tie \. Y. Journal of
Commerce, says:
Every speculation in Tie article for tie
list twenty years has resulted t,isastrously
to its authors. and tic farmers lave rcapeti
the benefit. 1t is estimated by competent
authority, that over $4,000 Lave been
lost the past winter by operators here and
in the country. There is not a single il
stance to the writer of butter buyer in
the country ever having made q fortune at
the business there are numerous instances
Of fortune being lost s'Old' butter can
be bought to-day for II cents, which cost
% cents at the farmers door last October
and November.
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Arrests TO. Treason

The Washington Union, says the Boston
Atlas, bawls Justify for blood, and is in a
great fidget because Reeder and Robinson
are not at once executed. 1t is high time"
cries the Union, "that rebellion and trca-
son should be brought to the bar ofjustice y
and it further hopes that an exam
pie will be made of some of the ringleaders."
This is the true Jeffreys spirit revived in a
democratic newspaper. That old knave of
judge never roared more loudly at tho vic
tims of tyranny. never rated them more
bitterly than this organ of popular govern
ment does, when it mounts it's highest horse.
The evidence before tie Kansas Commission
has evidently made the stomach of the
Union very sour. We should think vastly
more of its sincerity if it had bestowed so
much as squeak of reproof upon Davie At
Gibson and his crew, when they invaded
Kansas, rioted around the polls, threatened
the lives of the Judges, and drove away the
bona tide settlers of the Territory. This was
done. If the Union did not know it then.
columns abou making an example" of
Jones & Co. Indeed, this law-abiding jour
nal even justi6es the detention of Governor
Robinson at Lexington, an act against all
law, and without shadow of defence. We
are much mistaken if the people do not
make an example of the party which
this Union represents.
The suggestions of the Union are to be
followed up, if we may rely upon the follow
ing which we cut from the Lafayette Tnd. J
Journal of the Goth:
We learn that the President, in his anx-
iety to conciliate the pro-slavery party, has
determined to have Col. j. H. Lane, of Kan
sas, who is now speaking in this state, ar
rested on a requisition of the Governor of
Kansas. Whether the requisition has reach
ed here yet we do not know, but tits certain
that if it does come, the tools of the propa-
gandists in this state will clamor for the
blood of General Lane, whose worst offence
is that he advocated the admission of Kan
sas as free state. He will be arrested, and
will, of course, demand release on a habeas
corpus, and then we shall see what Indiana
judges think of tho infamous maneuvre that
would condemn to death the man who has
offended only in free expression of his SEN
timents. Freemen of Indiana, the times are
full OF evil, and to you in part belongs the
task of bringing back the day when free
speech shall be no crime, and man can work
for the establishment Of free institutions
without fear of being arrested and hung for
treason.
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SANGERByND. = The North American
"Sangerbund Association" hold their annual
session in Cincinnati next month, commenc-
ing on the 9th and continuing for three days.
The festival will be characterized with mu-
steal and Terpsichorean exercises. Delega-
tons will be present from all the principal
cities in the United States.
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CHOOSES Nor TO DE STATE.-A vote
was taken in Oregon early last month, upon
the question of framing State Constitr-
ton. The result has but partially reached
us BY tic last steamer. A similar attemnt
has been made twice, but without obtaining
an affirmative vote. The indications are
that the third attempt has been in Ike
manner defeated.
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Ew YORK RADICAL DEMoCRAcY.-An
! address has appeared in the Evening Post.
New York, signed by large number of tic
leaders of the Democracy of tLat State, &c
nouncing the action Of the Democratic Con
vention to appoint Delegates to the Cincin-
natl Convention, dcnouncing the course OF
Presto en- Pierce, and denouncing the repeal
of the NJ ssouri Compact and the Slavery
Extension schemes Of the South, and de-
carinG that the JefIersonian policy, as enun-
cated by Silas Wright and other leaders Of
the Radical Democracy, has been departed
from, and that the Democratic party is now
in tie hands of office seeking politicians,
who are ever ready to perform the mental
Offices of Slavery for chance to hold tie
keys of tie treasury. They utterly repudi-
ate the present position Of Tie Pierce and
Douglas Democracy, as servile and degrad-
ing, and call upon all the lovers of Freedom
who have hitherto acted with the DeInoc-
racy, to come out from the followers Of tie
modern MolocA, Slavery, and take manly
position in the struggle for Freed om against
the Olisarchy.
We recognize in the list the names Of the
best and wisest men OF that State, whose
patriotic example must have wide intiu-
ence among the rank and file. 1t is move
in the right direction, and we hope it will
prove succcssful.-Galena Ade@siser. ii
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From ileXico.


Gen. GAds.!cn left this city yesterday
morning for the United States. The Gen
is IN very poor health, AMI his visit to the
states is in consequence Of his ply >ician' :
advice. | believe he carries VITA Ei:n /;
commercial treaty. The importance. of tits
treaty i, very great to the two countries.
A postal treaty has long been needed, and
tie Importance of a commercial treaty is toe
great for the United States to lose sight Of
at the present time. Gen. Ga,lsICn has OF
late been too closely confined by the annoy
ances heared upon him by tie issues be
tween this country and the United States
and these of late have been rapidly increas-
ing, until now it seems to me that there is
no alternative left but for tue United States
to enforce an honest respect to the rights of
her citizens trading with this country
Consuls have been discharged WHO have
been exercising their functions for years
quiet commercial men have been imprisoned,
and their business suspended, without a
trial one hundred and twenty American
citizens, who supposed they were enlistine
in tie cause Of liberty against tie tyranny
of Santa Anna, have been imprisoned, chain
ed, beaten through a wild country for dis
lance Of seven hundred and fifty miles,
naked, starving and sick, relying upon Tie
charity Of what few foreigners they could
meet for the little comforts they would get.
and have been branded as ''pirates" for the
last five months, without being able to get a
trial an American whale ship has been
seized as prize, because it was the vi tim
of fraud, Tor mistake of power,) practiced
by persons regularly authorized by General
Alvarez, and this ship although the captain
threw himself Oh the protection Of this
Government so soon as lie learned his posi-
ton, has been virtually confscated, without
as much as an investigation being made into
the merits of her case, and her captain and
officers held prisoners for I've months with
out trial. These, with many other cases,
have been heapcd upon Gen. Gadsien, until
he has worked himself down SO low that
nature could hold out no longer, and lie has
gone home to recruit himself He is eX-
pected back here again within two months.
Cor; ". l. 1ialts.