The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1857-01-15
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sfATE.--&m the lsi instant, i. yns APP
pointed, by an act 81 Assembly That the
Secretary Of Stale should open aoi eoun,
thu returns u the electoral vote Oh, that
day. however, returns IRON ni,s coanti,s
had not. officially. been received. Ii was
otherwise ascertain~i that the Official returns
from all the counties. thirty-thrs in num-
ber, excepting Plumas and Coiusi. showed
the following result
Total number Of ,ot.s 1919.
Vote lor Buchanan ... . sl,sas
Not. for Fillmore .......... ailts
Vote for Fremont .....-... go3sg
The vote from PhiHas aDI Coiasi counties
would increase the popular vote Ia upwards
Of il0000; and aGld. probably. fsw hun
drrd votes to Buchanan's plurality
The great topic among our politicians u
now NJ 10 who arr 10 be elected United
states senators for California The merits
of rival candidates are beginning Ia be hot
ly discussed by the newspaper press, preli.
mnary 10 the grand contest when the State
Legislature MEETS IN January next. The
composition Of that body will stand some
what ~ follows Ia the Assembly, there
are 81 Democrats. ~ Republicans and TO
Americans. In the Senate, Is Democrats.
. Republicans and IL Americans. In joint
session, therefore. the vote viii stand thus /:
Democrats, IG +; Republicans. Is Ameri.
cans. 22 majority Of Democrats. over both
Of the other parties, Al. In these eircunr
stances. the next {. :. senators win be
Democratic. unls~s guarrcls among the can.
ditIates themselves and their personal "fol.
lowers" prevent an election altogether
which may BE- the cas'. Gwin. Latham and
Br1lerick seem 10 be the parties most talk
cd Of IA having the present show. How.
ever. it Is likely enough that new man, or
men. may in the end enter the course. and
win the race
Rain has iaiIeu pretty generally over the
whole country. Not enough, however, has
yet come to enable the miner 10 profit ma
terialIy by the abundance Of water The in.
mediate effect has been Syeery. good Ia thr'
farmers. aud their stock are now having
fresh grass feed. The parclie,i condition Of
the earth soaked in nearly all the moisture
il received and the miners are waiting i'm
patiently for further rains to satisfy their
own immediate purposes. Ia the mountain
ons districts. heavy falls of SNOW have taken
place.
Great storms have pr, vailed along the
coast. extending from san Dingo To Ores
cent City A few houses have been unrooii1i
NEXT The sea. and some small boats driven
ASHORE; but no material damage has best,
suffered.
Accounts from the diil,rrn, mining dis-
tricis represent the prospects of the miners
for the coming winter ne being excellent.
Enormous amounts of labor AMI money arr
being eNpenlsi, in the firm faith OF adequate
returns being received before long.
New sources IL wealth are l1ng develop
tsi through the State. The farmers about
\apa, Sononia, Sacramento, Marysyillc.
Grass Valley, san Jose and other places.
VI feeding the slkworm. and thus producing
silk. l.. Provost. of san Jose. has already
10000 mulberry trps. The honey bee Is
likewise being carefully attended "a. a,sl nu
merous hives have ben collected at san
jose AMI other parts of the country. Till
recently, there was M honey-b's~ IN taliior-
mia. hut some hives wen' introduced from
the Fact, and gradually new swarm have
bctu thrown oti.
The ground for the new State Capitol mt
Sacramento is l.'iug laid out and the work
Is expected to be Immediately commence,i.
The contractor has given bonds in Si0000O
for the faithful performance Of the work.
The comet which appeared in i5jG. AMI
aaS calculated to appear again this year.
haS bten seen, "a il is said. hy few
watchful observers, on diffirent morn
ings about 1 O'Clock.
Several deaths have taken place IA couse-
queIicr Of exposure Ia severe ir,sts aud
SHOWS in the mountainous regions.
4 lew murders are chronic.el daring the
last fortnight Among thcsc may H. men
toned that Of capt George VI. Pratt. n
resident Of a small Place on the bay ca'It,l
New York. on the Pacific. The supposed
murderer named Clark Stevens. disas Grant.
has been caught and has attempted to com
nit suicide. II Is doubtful whether he will
recover frum the ciiecis Of stab with u
knife inflicted by him ,o himself
Puir.d sore throat has prevailed Ia an
alarming extent about Sonoala. anil has
proved fatal To children IN numerous hmi-
lies. The lsey. Dr. Yer Mehr has lost by
this disease four daughters. who were aged
from four 10 eleven years
Trial art,siau wells have been for somc
time being dug at stockton aud Sarramen
Ia. The well ut the former city has already
rahel 40 feet in depth and AT the latter
nearly halt that depth,
sfAccuun,s from persons who have deserted
from Walker in Nicaragua ard come here
represents the physical harishps AMI dan
gers endured by his army As bsing very gre
ylols The situation 81. Make Is .L.scsila-l
~ bcing hazardous in the cx,pIne The
stories OF his organ. the NRGragHeHN, are
said Ia w. altogether unreliable being writ
ten solely at Walkers dictatisu and TO fur
ther his policy, ~i,hou, any regard TO truth.
The repeated accounts of his GLORIOUS vic
toric> which have apps'rNi in that paper.
scrr garbed anal ialse staeusnts, The vie.
torirs have bcn IN rahty defeats Rem
frvmsn,s IL hup,lrci men al time. leave
here when the Nicaragua STEAMER salts.
which IS once a auath