The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1856-03-06


! ona second ballot. va prsame. fuLsoSr
was nominated.
Tho northern bolting ,lslsg~t@ asscmblci al
the Merchants Hotel. on tho assh. At sr. NJ
lieu. Gov. Foam, of Ohio. President A pro
test against the nomination al Frfi.xoxx, signesi
by the LAW and Horsros. men was presented
and declaration, drawn up BY COMMITTEES,
and addrcsscd to the people Of tho United
States, signed by Al delegates, II calls Con.
vention to meet In New York, on the 18th Of
June.
II Is said fniAosgs nomination created
great escitemeu, in Washington The n, Y,
Commercial advertiser cf the ?6,h, warmly On.
dorscs Mr. FuisoRS for tho Presidency. and
concludes that In spite Of the h. n, platform
upon which he was nominated, be will receive
the HEARTY sappor, Of tho old line Wings
In Congress, the members are debating the
Kansas question and the Central American
difficulty In the House, the General Appro
priation bills were reported, aud message ~
esivoi from the President, asking IN spprcpri.
alton Of sa0ooooo, for manufacturing add
tioual arms and providing ornaments and mu.
nitions Of war. was debated, hut not Opposed Of
The Ja,ea Of the 10th. statsx that Lord
Clarcndcns ASSERTIONS In the House Of Lords.
concerning culis,men, difficulties. Is substantial
" lnccrrSi no apology for the wrongs having
been made.
The Washington correspondent Of the NY.
Heniid rlegraphs as follows;
WAsniSaros. heb, 26.--rhe Cabinet had
quite protac,el session to-day. The subject
before them was, I understand, uur relations
with England u Ia understood, this evening.
that Cramp,on will be dismissed, In that case
intercourse between England aud tho Unitei
States will ba suspended AZ England will. ~
soon as she learm that her Minister has been
dismissed, also refuse 10 receive our Minister |;
thus there will be no diplomatic intercourse,
for some time at least. between the countries.
unless there ia Nh amicable settlement OF our
difficulties.
The SECRETARY of the Treasury has, ia.
dcrstand, decided 10 pay S7.5o0000 Texas
1.sy.s, .,-z: shxks%.NsFs ,Ss atas.sS .HtSassss
to the bill when II passed the Texas lcgisla-
tnrc.
Mr.. Judd. Of California. has been appointed
Consul 10 Havana.
Important dispatches by tho Atlantic have
been r,ceiyod this evening" aud the departure
of Mr.. Dallas for England depends ON their
character. II may he indefinitely postponed,
The dispatches will he before the Cabinet to
morrow.
Tho Commercial advertiser Of the 26th
says We orc exceedingly gratifci To b. able
To state On the authority 81 gentleman who
came passenger in tho Asia. who saw Mr. HI.
cuAs.s the very evening Of his departure. that
Mr.. u. assured him that Nil points Of difficulty
between the u. \. and Great Britain were IN
fair way Of adjustment. and would he adjust
cd In few days
We have the following news rom Mexico.
Nicaragua and California.
Nww OmlsAsa Feb. 20.
by the arrival Of the steamer Texas here we
have Vera Cruz dates 20 the nd
The troops IN the Castle of San Juan pro-
bounod for Tninarex on the night oi the 18th
inst, There was some firing on both sides. but
the loss was slight until the 10th when the Cas-
tic surrendered 10 the city.
Tho steamship Daniel Webster from San
Juan. Nicaragua, arrived here yesterday. All
the Central American States except Nicaragua
have formed an alliance, and Col. Kinney had
gone TO Granada. TO effect an alliance with
Walker from California.
The mining accounts are excellent, aud agri.
cultural prospects are good,
There was considerable rain.
The California Legislature had not elected q
Senator, and there was little probability Of a
choice. Mr. Foote Ia the American candi
date.
Sanders and Hammond, both formerly col.
lectors at Gan Franesco. have been indicted for
embezzling funds.
There had been no fighting In Oregon since
the last accounts.
Gov. snAssox Of Kansas. haa been confirm.
I'd by the Senate.