The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-04-13
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| Committee on Territories, which asserts tne
general principle that the acceptance OF
rejection of petition for the admission o.
state rests entirely in the discretion o.
Congress at the time of such application
Mr.. CLARKE, of Missouri, of the minority
will present the following points The Con
stitution of Kansas was not presented to
Congress in accordance with law, (meaning
the English billy but in derogation thereof
that it does not appear that there is within
her limits sufficient population as required
by law; and further, the proposed area EN-
braces the Cherokee Indian Territory, which
Congress, in 1854, formally decided should
constitute no part of the Territory of Kan-
ses, but be excluded from its boundaries
These reasons form the ground of the oppo
sition on the Democratic side, to the
admission of Kansas under the Wyandot
| Constitution.
Dispatches have been received from Capt.
JARVIS, at the Navy Department, enclosing
communications addressed to him by the
commanding officers of the French and
Spanish ships of war at Vera Cruz, inquir-
| ing under what law of nations he captured
the Mexican steamers. He declined giving
any reply, but referred them to the author>
tiles at Washington for an answer. This
question is likely to prove embarrassing.
1t appears that Mr.. BUCHANAN is turning
upon bis friends in Indiana. The following
despatch tells its own story
The appointment of English as Marshal of
Indiana has produced great fare>up in the
administration household. A MIR. VOORHEES,
called on the President, and earnestly pro-
tested against it in the name OF the Admin
istration Democrats in Indiana. After he
concluded his remarks, Mr.. Buchanan re-
piled, " Mr.. Voorhees,, the President, be-
lieve, sir, is vested with the appointing
power, and he has exercised it, have no
other answer for you, SIR" Mr. VOORHEES,,
learn avows his determination to support
Douglas, as the heaviest blow he can give
back, and Senator Fitch declares his pur-
pose not again to enter the White House.
The new appointee is father to Hon. VIM.
II. English, author of the famous English
bill
The n. Y. Herald's correspondence says
that the President was served with all the
testimony taken before the Covode 1nvesti-
eating Committee, having personal reference
TO himself before he prepared his protesting
message to the House.
The Harper's Ferry Committee decided
at their meeting on the 31st ult, not to
subpoena Gov. WISE, he having placed in
their possession all the facts connected with
that affair. The committee has not decided
what action they will take towards JOHN
Brown, Jr., who refuses to obey their
summons.
WASHINGTON, April, 3-The case of the
United States against Bolton on an appeal
from the Northern District Court of Calls
forna, involving the title to three square
leagues of San Francisco lands was taken
up in the Supreme Court to day, William
b. Reed making the opening argument for
the United States. The court, in view OF
the magnitude of the case granted the re-
quest OF Bottoms counsel that three hours be
allowed each for argument.
Col Brown writes to the War Depart
ment, from Brownsville, that reports the
most false and exaggerated are put in circu-
lation by persons interested in fOmenting
trouble on the Rio Grande border, imme-
diately before the leaving of the New Or
leans steamer, for the evident purpose of
exercising an influence on the public opin-
ion of the State, hence such reports should
be received with great caution. He adds
that the Cortlnas movement was mere
raid and the accounts largely magni6ed.
The State Department has written a
letter to our Consul at Havana, Mr.. Helm,
commendatory of his partial success in be
| half of Leon, native Spaniard, but nat
uraized citizen OF the United States, who
was summoned to military duty, in addition
to other friendly Offices.
! The Captain General will submit the
| question to his Government, with a recon-
! mendation that Leon be exempted from
military duty.
Secretary Cass has sent to Mr.. Helm for
the information Of the Captain General, a
| copy of the instructions to our Minister at
Berlin on the subject of interference with
the rights of American naturalized citizens
The majority of the House Committee on
the Postoffice are in favor of the Senate
bill for telegraph to the Pacific, but with
amendments reducing the price of messages
25 per cent. The committee are divided on
the amount Of subsidy the government
should pay. Mr.. Burck was appointed a
member Of that Committee, ia the place of
! Mr.. English, excused from service. This
supplies representative from the Pacific,
who has long been desired,
1t appears from the New Orleans Plea
yune's Vera Cruz correspondence of March
2lst, that Captain Oldham, wrote to Mira
mon protesting very strongly against the
wanton and inhuman destruction of Eng.
fish property and innocent life.
The Constitutional Union Committee
to night decided that the chairman should
convene the National Committee of three
hundred simultaneously with the convention
to be held at Baltimore, May 9th, to ratify
the nominations and take steps to further
the organization for prosecuting the canvass.