The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-03-29


eighteen, stood as follows
Sherman ..........20 Delano.
Schenck. IT, Stanton. ...........2
Dennison.. IA Gurley... ..........l
Hofton.. ..........l6
After the eighteenth ballot, SCHENcK
and DENNIsoN stock began to rise and
SHERMAN to fall, DELANo, ASHLEY, STAN.
TON and GuRLEy having been withdrawn
On the twenty-sixth ballot the name OF
SHERMAN was withdrawn. The thirtieth
ballot stood: DENN1soN, 80; SOHEKcK, ID;
Horror, 30. The ffty-third ballot, on
Friday last, resulted, SCHENcK, %; DEN-
NEON, %; SHERMAN (having been renom-
inated) "a, HARLAN 3, HORTON l. The
18th ballot stood, SHERMAN 43, DENN1soN
%, ScnsNcK 10. The Democrats made
their nomination-Judge KENNoN-with-
out any difficulty, and also, without any
hope OF electing him.
WILLIAM IRVING has been nominated
for Governor of Dakota, who be is, where he
come from, or what he amounts to, the TEL
egraph don't inform us.
One of the prominent ideas at present
in Republican quarters, is the calling of an
extra session of Congress. One important
objection to an extra session, is not much
taken into account, although of great weight.
With the 4th of March, expired the terms
of 81 members of Congress, none OF whose
successors will be elected before the latter
part of May, and very many of them not
before September. Thirty.three members
were lost by the seeding States. This
makes eightyfour members who will be
wanting or fourteen States which would
not be represented in the extra session Of
Congress which our Republican friends are
clamoring to have called. None of the Sc
cession States, of course, and only three OF
the Border States-Maryland, Delaware
and Missouri-would be represented. Vir-
ginia, Kentucky, Tennessee and North
Carolina would be excluded. The measures
which are demanded at the hands of the ex-
traordinary Congress, would be such as would
affect, more materially than any others, the
States just named. And yet they would
have no voice in it.
The announcement in Charleston, on
Tuesday last, that Fort Sumter was to be
evacuated, produced the most intense excite
ment. Work was for time suspended.
Then came intelligence that this report was
mere ruse on the part of the Republicans
and that attempts would be made to secretly
throw reinforcements into Fort Sumpter.
Then again was heard the busy hum OF
preparation to prevent the attempt. They
Immediately doubled their harbor police
force, and the strictest watch was at once
instituted.
General SCorr is not exempted from
the opportunities of Office seekers. He dis
poses of them in the following card:
General Scott Ito his correspondents) begs
to say that, of their innumerable letters he does
not find it practicable (being quite infrm) to
read one in five, nor to answer one in thirty.
Applications for autographs and offices are
most burdens0me. The former increase with
his inability to use the pen. and of the latter
places Uong well illed), and he recommends
no one whatever other than an old soldier, nor
for ary Office whatever, out of the army.
We cannot too strongly commend what
appears to be the present policy of the adj
ministration. 1t is even more pacific than
that characterizing the close of the b.
cHANAN administration and il it continues,
we believe that to Mr.. LINCOLN and bis ad-
visers, we may be able to award the credit
of avoiding civil war, and preserving, may
be, of reconstructing the Union. If blood-
shed can be postponed until the people are
heard, in National Convention, and the
sober second thought reacts in the seeding
States, we have no doubt of the peaceful
adjustment of all our present troubles.
Saturday next is fixed upon for the evacua-
ton of Fort Sumpter. There appears to
be good understanding between Mr.. LIN
COLIN and the Southern Commissioners (who
are not yet "hung as high as Hannah
v,de the Press, and an armistice has been
agree upon, which will prevent any collision
at Fort Pickens. BUCHANAN, it will be re-
collected, refused to treat with the South
Carolina Commissioners.
We have intelligence Of the appoint
ment of CORNELIUS F. BUCK, of Winona,
as United States Marshal for this State,
vice WIN. B. GERE, and GEO. A. NoURsE,
United States District Attorney, vice EU-
GENE M. WILSON. This would seem to
confirm the 'slate" as published few days
since.
--THexAs CoRwIN, Of Ohio, has with.
drawn his declination of the Mexican mis-
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