, 1859-08-23
N1lnnesosa DeAaocratic State Convcn-
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minnesota Hseaaocfat1c state convcn-
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Correspondents Of T. P1s:. =. nd I1tb$nal ,..
rh. nsnoc,,,,o Stat. Convcntio, s.ssnnh,sd
q, n. c.nit,t IN thf. cftx &o d.v md " s.rd.rn
lootiu9. eSath..sfnte ,s,,e1do,1 seeh. Ths Indian
aren,s arc nj here: the land af;cera arc nit
here. the federal ofBee holders or u;an ne.ota
seekers, thiet as tie frogs Of Eeypt. hare come
up to St, Paul TO deyi.e aways and mnans" by
which the Democracy Gao re,asu their "ststed
places Of power" for another TN vpars' term,
Jim Caranaueh, pojsr and cassv "a usua]. i.
here, md Phelps, II ussTerrlv ' down IN fiemonth4
looking sad and detected. j. On t,,e crouns The
railroad barpies and shystesa Of Wisconsia and
Minnesota are here too, hanging upon the coat
skirts aud dogging the footatepz of the dele
gatcs, begging them 10 hare the party take
grounds in favor Of tax bill to meet the in
tesest upop the Etate railroad bonds voted bv
the people.
It is impossible to describe tho character Of
the Convention as between Douglas and Dn-
chanan. "0ld Joe Brown" :" Duchnnan's Indian
Agent, seens to hare the Couyentiou entirely iu
his own hands. while the Douplas men ussert
upon the. tal1est kind Of osths, That they can
carry the aay over The President. The truth is,
there is nor will be, no contest over principles.
It is mere scramble after Office. md the Con-
yention will, without doubt, endorse both Doug
las and Buchanan.
The rnnin contest Today, was over the report
<F %tn H. I'm
Ind brought in delegations from some fifteen or
twenty "uew countless" So ::.ncw," indeed,
that no one but tie old tndian Agent himself
knew anything Of their existence. Mr.. caruth-
ers, and other delegates, objected to the admis-
sion Of delegates from counties whose names,
/ location md boundaries existed only in The
Imagination Of the preaident's Indian Agent
Ar. caruthers told the Convention thatn they
would give him the chance. be would prove
that those counties had no existence IN facf'
that thers were neither Democratic or Aepoon~
cnn yntera in AuEh cnuutieE. that no white men
| had hao. IN ,hs ,oc,,;tv of ,bo.a rnatenaed
~" e'et pee" az 'u1 'o~""'' ~
count1ee' on!y 10 camp .oog enouea ~ sun 1ne's
poekcts "aIa sfeaenu1s, ae. nc a's' ,o.a lus
eon'e''''oo' 'oA1 'ae July oe'es' IL LUIS ne"
eounts aoee1nsa' e.s ~ W. ~ @ ". w.. 1A -s
sss'em o. tauu', 81 .ue n,eeen e.ou' ,n,, W..
a'ssass'a ~, ssa'np' III e>''s 1us e'eea' Wv
soe oia "ot A''en'P' ~ aen' 'na au.n .: A1'
ealatnsss sea1sn'enls' oas 'e', p'aan'S u'1'e'
!" a"e conseoaoa tna' - n's oe'ebasee "e'e 1e-
''oo '.' "1N 49, ~
| settled counties, where nobody lives, but whero
Il preat many votes are cast, would neres answer,
and 80 the report was adopted By an orerwhelm.
ing majority, when the Convention adjourned
[ until tomorrow morning, when the first bust
ra.. in nra.r ia 4be odont;on of . n1ot}a,rn
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The eaadiaaAes 1or congress WILL De Jim
[ Cavanaugh, and 4. H. Fridley; Geo. L. Becker,
of g psn1 v; be ro,,;na ataa far fsora,,or
y. 49, e' "' Ao1
Further than this, the State is not Jet made
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x;11 -;ta 70, +o.n,ox,or ,,d nara IN, r.,
/ W. "I"e .oa 'o.loo1'oH' aaa eA's >"a LIT
result Of that day's proceedings. ORsEnvER-
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A Remarkable Achievement In En:l'
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modern engineering is Tue construction Of the