The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1856-04-05
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The State Convention of the Know NothA
ings of Ohio met at Columbus, March Both,
when some one hundred and sixty delegates
appeared, There are one thousand two hum
dred and sixty Councils in that State, and
each Council was entitled to delegate
Thus only about one tenth of the Order was
represented.
Lieut.. Gov. Ford opened the discussion by
reporting the action of the Philadelphia Con-
vention-a Convention, he said, which had
lost sight of Principle, and made everything
subservient to Slavery. The question arose
then, what was to be done? To determine
this, a committee on the State of the Order
was appointed That brought forth two re-
ports; the majority report repudiated Fill
more and Donelson-the minority report sus-
tanned them A stormy debate ensued. But
the Convention, by vote of 1875 to 46,
adopted the majority report, which caused
the Hamilton county delegation to with
draw.
Col. George A. Mix, citizen of Dubuque,
we'll known in st. Paul as one of the most
enterprising men of the Northwest, died on
the 25th ult.
NAvIGArIoN-The Dubuque Republican
of the Goth says: The ice is hourly growing
more rotten, and we may expect to see it
leave us at any minute. The river rose sew
eral inches yesterday, and the upper streams
are all said to be rising. Turkey river is said
to be high. We will have the river clear
very soon. 3-
Mr.. Greeley telegraphs from Washington
that he has information from reliable source
that the Administration has ordered the ar
rest Of all the members of the Free State
government Of Kansas, and that President
Pierce believes they are all in prison before
this.
Lieut.. Gov. Macarthur has sent in a mes
sage to the Legislature, stating that in con-
sequence of the resignation of Governor Bar
stow, he will act as Governor of Wisconsin
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A letter has been received from Mr. Bu-
chanan, announcing his intention of leaving
Havre, April 9th, in the steamship Arago.
CoNGREss.-The Speaker of the House
appointed Mr.. Campbell, of Ohio, as Chair
man of the committee to proceed to Kansas
to take testimony in the Reeder case. The
appointment was made on the Oath. The
next day Mr.. G. remarked that when the
House was organized, Che was, very unsx.
pectedly to himself appointed to the distin-
guished position of chairman of the commit
tee on Ways and Means, and yesterday a
distinction was conferred on him by the chair,
equally as unexpected as the former the lat
ter involving very arduous and important
services entirely incompatible with the du-
ties originally assigned him. a-
Gle asked to be excused from serving as
head commissioner to proceed to Kansas to
taketestimony. He expressed his gratitude for
these two high honors conferred on him, es-
pecially the latter, because of peculiar cir
cumstances at this time surrounding him. -
Mr.. Campbell was excused, and Mr. Sher-
man, a colleague of his, was appointed to fill
| the vacancy.
Mr.. Phelps introduced bill authorizing
the President to cause the southern bounda-
ry of Kansas to be defined and Marked
Referred to committee on Territories.
In the Court of Appeals of New York, on
the 25th, five of the eight Judges decided
the Maine Liquor Law unconstitutional.
The Washington correspondent of the
Philadelphia U. S. Gazette writes, that the
impression there is, that Mr.. Fillmore will
decline his nomination for the Presidency,
in view of the limited response given to it.