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The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1856-04-17
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~ ACCOUNT ~ riiE
TROl iIl.ES IN KANSAS TERRITORY
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II all knj. hem 1a1 pcs bet cutlery To h" rugged bteah
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cash aud To- SnapNy metshsn,s 81 hbsts discount,
aud IN very accommodating terms.
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= PCT cen, pssmium psij he sight br~ns m n, Nork,
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The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1856-04-17
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Upon HI. ,,a,srrsn, tina, 5000. O00 busI,els
II wheat. corn oats, harley and rye changed
l,snsL 10 Buffalo last year the sserc'ary claims
tia, tina, city u the greatest gram market IN
the world That II Is the greatest grain por,
n IL. snrh ,hs following table u receipts
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~ AxrHosy EinTfpV The el"''tiou IN
81. Anthony, ~ las alr7'dy been sn"onno''i'
r.-nl,e,l ~ ,he choiee 81 aLvAsES AIigs, a
sound peInprai f~ tn oa'es NJ Mayor. tn"
vote s.o-i
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hELANO 7. SMITH. ATTORNEY AT LAW
~ h.tsrY rublo s.i In ara - islt Er,rt onre
nest ds"' To y Land once, mssfAtolih, MINI"
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4 nj and Ffs caption Agency business.
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saiIiisi stages eat ~ this h.u lstlt g., IN Hort
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l. PLANTATION MILL Price reduced. The sub
sctieer has rsfehssed sxei1si," r'sh, of ,crio, a.
sas 10 the West, al the she,e s.tsbfst~t pts ND
prepared To hIa, thea. ~ all iimrs. - trf slursr
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UMPIRE STATE CLOTHING HAi.l.--TIiE
IA lsts.t styies ~ gALL md WINTER GOODS last
ssss,vsd
me ssasr.isa-d ss,. II. glsa.sr. :. .ss,rm III.
s,tlssss of ~ Paul sad srisry hat Asy are now
0ENTIEnENs WAR fpr The spproAshina sea.es.
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mes, 81 sOis uOfiiiSc, Oh u ws'eh they s,s pc
.gsS tn coll ct very loo pstss.
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ss tsi Lsfss ssthssisx eise~ksss
4 fsli supply u Gsas FURNISHING Geois sl~Hys
kssd. SULLER d MENDsLsOS,
Third sssest, oas dsas ssss u wshssAA~
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- OBERT y. CAVENpER WHOLESALE
IL DEALER IN WOODEN, Nitlnw ANiAaFnAR
wARt, Ne. ~ As'sA Sse-s D., up,.sss no,.i,,s iosw
" fs's.s, &issssFr hss ga hand AMI Is CONSTANTLY -
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-12

removal OF TRooPs FROM KANSAS
Official correspondence, which we find pub
lished in the Washington Union, CONVEYS the
intelligence that the United States regular
troops are about to be removed from the
territory of Kansas. The reason given for
this is, that peace prevails. A letter from
General Persifer F. Smith, dated Fort Leay-
enwOrth, November llih, says, that "the laws
have again been put in operation, and the
administration Of justice revived" He adds:
"Deserted farms are again occupied, fences
rebuilt, fields put under cultivation, and the
ruins OF houses destroyed by fire, replaced by
more durable habitations; the roads are COW
cred with travellers, unarmed and secure; and
the towns thronged with persons selling their
produce, and purchasing from the stores
All these evidences of restored order have
enabled me, with the concurrence of the
Governor of the Territory, to recall the
troops from the active duty on which thew
have been employed, ard to establish them
again at their proper posts, where they are TO
pass the winter. As there are no secure
prisons yet built for the territorial authorities
TO use In the administration Of Justice. at his
request there will remain at the disposition
OF the Governor few men to guard prison.
ers in the custody of the law, and for other
such contingencies"
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SAVANNAH, Dec. 8,

Dh'ANNAh, DcC. o.
The Convention re.assembled at 4 o'clock
the hour to which it had adjourned-and,
in acquicscenee with the report of the COM
mittee appointed to prepare list of officers,
James Lyons, Esq, of Virginia, was appointed
President. The usual number of Vice Presi.
dents and Secretaries were also appointed
fThe rules of the House of Representatives
were adopted as the basis of parliamentary
proceedings, and It was agreed that each
State should cast its vote according to the
apportionment in the United States Electoral
College.
The President, Mr.. Lyons, made lengthy
speech, expressing desire that the South
should maintain the principles of Consiitu-
tonal Union, but at the same time expressed
determination to prepare for future emer-
gencies and contingencies.
A committee Of two from each State was
appointed to prepare the business to be con-
sidered by the Convention. A. Dudley Mann,
was admitted as delegate, and joined to the
committee on business.
The Convention then adjourned--a strong
conservative sentiment being maintained
throughout.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-12

A HORRIBLE MURDER-The Chicago
Times says that James G. Sloo, free.soiler,
who edits the Shawneetown Illinois, made
slanderous attacks upon Mr.. John Hall, clerk
of the circuit court Of Galatin county, in
that State, in his paper, to which replies
were made in the Standard, paper publish.
ed at Benton, franklin county. The replies
having assumed tone which Soo did not
relish, his son, aged about tweenty-three
years, acting under the impression that some
of those replies were penned by Mr.. Hall,
entered that genteman's Office on the l tn
inst, and, having placed pistol at his back,
fired, the ball entering his body. Mr.. Hall,
who was sitting in chair, Immediately turn
ed round, when second shot was fired, the
ball passing through his heart. Mr.. Hall fell
dead at the feet of his assailant, who WINS
Immediately arrested and committed to
prison.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-12

RvALLYG THE YANKEEs.-The Canadian
farmers are learning Yankee tricks quite east.
Iva will be seen by the following item, rela.
tive to their notions of domestic economy and
private profit, versus international law and
public duties:
Smuggling Min in the "Original Pack
dges."-lt is said that Mr.. Secretary Guthrie,
in framing his reciprocity tariff with Canada,
made the "dutyp on milk so high, that the
farmers on the royal borders, instead Of milk.
ing their cows Mt home and sending the milk
in cans into the States, find II more economi
cal TO drive their cows over, milk them on the
American side, and then drive them back
again. They commute for the toll over the
bridges for very moderate consideration.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-12

IMPORTANT TO WILL MAKERs.-A short
time since, Surrogate Waldron, of Saratoga,
refused to admit the will of w. p. Com.
stock, Of that village, to probate, on account
of its not having been legally executed. 1t
appears that W. p. Comstock and his broth.
er agreed to make their wills, giving to each
other all their property upon their decease.
Desiring to keep the arrangement perfect
ly secret, w. P. Comstock drew his own
will and called upon Thomas Mcdonnell and
Lewis p. Close to witness it, without, how.
ever, informing them what the instrument
was that they were asked to Witness
Messrs. Mcdonald and Close, to make it per.
fectly certain that they were only signing as
witnesses, wrote the word witness after
their names.
When called upon to testify before the
Surrogate, they testified to having written
their names, but could not swear that they
signed n will, and therefore the will was
declared void. The law is express in regard
to the execution ola will, requiring the par.
ty making the will to tell the witness that it
is a last will and testament, and the witness
should sign in their presence of each other.
writing their residence at the end of their
name.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-12

The PUBLIC LANDs.-The Washington
correspondent of the New York Herald, under
date of Dec. 4th, says:
II is reported here that several Southern
and Western railroad companies have CON-
bined together and will soon attempt to get
through Congress bill the result of which
will give some one hundred and sixty mil
lions of acres of public lands to said COM
panies. This is Independent of the Pacific
railroad scheme. At this rate the public do.
main will soen be entirely absorbed by spec
niators, and the new settler be compelled to
pay prices for land three and four times that
established by the government. Sixteen mil.
Mons OF acres were given away TO railroad
spectators at the last session.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-12

The MEssAGE.-A large portion OF our
paper this week is occupied with the Presi-
dents Message. As the annual communica-
ton Of the Chief Executive Of the Nation,
it will command the attention of all who
feel any interest in public affairs. The Presi.
dent enters somewhat largely into the dis.
cussion of the Kansas Nebraska question and
its Incidents, Of which the late canvass. with
its peculiar character, was one. With that
exception, the message deals chiefly with the
legitimate affairs of government, and will be
regarded generally as a very respectable pa
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-12

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.-Congress has re
ceived the Treasury estimates of the appro.
priations required next year-the total
amount reached S7l,25O,OOO. The def
ciencies for the current year will be $780,
900.
The death of the Hon. J. II. Clayton was
announced in both houses to-day.
No vote has been taken on the application
of Gen. Whitfield for seat as the delegate
from Kansas. It is generally believed that
he will be admitted.
The Secretary of the Treasury reports the
total export for the fiscal year, Of foreign and
domestic merchandise, including specie, at
$326.964,9lS. The total imports are S3!4,-
639,942. The Secretary urges II reduction
in the revenue from customs, chiefly by adding
several raw materials to the free list, includ-
ing wool, silk and hides, and maintaining the
advantage of advalorem duties on foreign val.
uations.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-12

DANGEROUS CoUNTERFElT.-The Peters
burg express tins notices dangerous eOun'
terfeit now in circulation:
We were shown yesterday, 500 note
on the Farmers Bank of Virginia, which up
on presentation proved to be counterfeit
The note is badly executed, being upon
coarse paper, the vignette and all ornaments
appearing not as well developed as upon tho
genuine. The name of J. A. Smith, Cashier,
bears very poor, or no resemblance of the
bona fide signature, and il compared will be
readily detected. VIM. II. McFarland's sig.
nature, and is not so badly counterfeiled,
but nevertheless can be detected on examin-
alton by comparison. The number of the
note before us is 1881, dated March Gath,
1866. Bills of lower denominations on this
bank are also in circulation.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-12

IMPORTANT TO BETTING MEN.-The Su.
preme Courts Of Ohio and South Carolina
have lately declared that the losing party in a
wager may recover from the stakeholder,
the money he may have deposited with him,
although the latter, after the determination
of the wager had, BY the order of the depos.
itor paid the money over to the winner
This decision OF the Courts is destined to eff.
feet an entire revolution in the betting
uorld
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-12

New York SPoILs.-It is proposed to re.
lieve Mr.. Buchanan from the pressing appli-
cations for the COllectorship and Surveyor.
ship of N. York. 1t is suggested that both
of the present incumbents will resign time
enough to give Mr.. Pierce the opportunity to
ill the places by two Democrats of present
good standing, for whose removal Mr.. Blu.
chanan would have no excuse.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-12

New YoRK, Dec. 5.-Jacob little g. Co.,
Bankers, have again failed, and their liabil-
tiles, although not definitely known, are
believed to be about 100000.
Henshaw g. Son, Banker, in Boston, have
failed for large amount.
Some houses extensively engaged in the
Rice trade, in New York have also failed
Their liabilities will reach abut $4,000,
and the losses will mostly be felt by Charles
ton houses.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-12

PIERcE's ApMTNrsTRATIoS.-The Detroit
Free Press, Gen. Cass' organ, has a long ar
tele upon the outgoing administrations from
which we take the following paragraph:
"The President has been unfortu,ote with
respect to but few things, and so unfortunate
has he been with respect to them that his
Administration, as whole, will never, DER.
haps, have the credit that is really.due ID
Had Gen. Pierce, at the outset, and at every
succeeding step, discarded the idea of n sec.
ond term, we think he would have pursued
so different n policy touching New York
politics, the Kansas question, the improve.
ment of rivers and harbors, &c, that he
would go out Of office with an almost mi.
versa plaudit Of swell DONE" instead of hav.
ing to co out "unhonored, unwept and I'M.
sung" by tens of thousands who aided his
election. The orerUeening desire of a Sec
ond term has been fatal TO him; and It seem
ed at one time that his blunders-to employ
Il term not more offensive-might be fatal
to the Democratic Party. He must not
he will make a great mistake if he does
regard the election of Mr.. Buchanan an in
dorsement of that part of the conduct of his
Administration to which we more particu
larly refer. Had that been the issue, or
had Gen. Pierce been the candidate, neither
Pennsylvania, nor New Jersey, nor Indiana,
nor Illinois, nor Delaware. nor Kentucky,
nor Tennessee, nor Missouri, nor Louisiana,
could have been saved; and Mr. John Charles
Fremont would have walked into the Pres
idential mansion by an electoral majority
nearly as large as that given to Gen, Pierce
four years ago. 1t is an unpleasant truth to
tell, but it is truth of which everybody in
the North is aware, that the late peril of the
Democratic Party arose chiefly from the I'M
toward policy of the Administration regard.
ing affairs in Kansas. Had Mr. Fremont
been elected, the failure of Gen. Pierce to |
do his plain duty towards Kansas would
have been the canse of it,"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-12

THE USIoN.-'How," says Professor Reed,
"was the Union formed? Has the origin of
the Union date, a day, or year? Can we
find its epOch-as of independence or of the
confederation, or of the Constitution? Was
it done in convention? Did men come to-
gether by some delegate authority and de-
liberate in solem council and ordain Union?
Never. 1t was the work of time, the nat
ural consequences of events, growth from
circumstances, or what ever phrase may be
used MS a substitute for an express acknowl-
edgment of Providence in the destinies Of
mankind. 1t is not possible to track the
Union to any premeditated plan, the idea of
any one man, or The concert of any body Of
men. You can find no authority to pro-
nource it the direct product Of human fore
sight, of political wisdom and experience
You cannot point to any day in our history
and say that on such day the Union exist
ed, aud on the day before there was nothing
of the kind. In truth, the Union was not
made-ttgre,o 1t grew as the tree grows,
planting its roots deeper and deeper, and lift.
ing its branches stronger and stronger, up
ward and outward to itshighest leaf. The
Union grew as the forest grows, and the seed
was not sown by mans hand. This element
of government is ut the same time an element
of national character. IL is a part of the life
of Saxon liberty, and it came with the Sax
on race to be developed and expanded in n
land which seems to have been reserved to
be the Saxon's heritage"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-12

CT- A resolution has been introduced into
the Arkansas legislature abolishing the whole
of the Common Law in force in that State,
leaving only the courts and litigants the stat
ute laws by which to ascertain their rights
and remedies.
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r1sy The Richmond ENQUIRER saw,

eY The Richmond Enquirer SAYS
"Though Congress may do but ittel in the
way of legislation or debate, during the com
ing winter, Washington will be the focus of
intense excitement and interest. 1t is there
that all the ambitious and adventurous, all
the needy and inscriptions spirits of the
country will congregate, in quest of place and
plumber. tbs there that speculative schemes
against the Treasury and the public Lands,
will rally the eager and clamorous support
ers. 1t is there that factions cabinets will be
formed, and the patronage of government be
distributed according to the caprice or the
claims of expectant spoilsmen. The CON-
ing winter in Washington will be season
of infinite intrigue, desperate gambling vast
Irritation, and of intense excitement gen.
orally"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-12

W The New York Courier acknowledges
that it fully recognizes the importance of
placing further restrictions upon the exer-
else of suffrage by men of foreign BIRTH
This power of voting has been so misused,
that the public good imperatively demands n
remedy. 1t has been misued in two modes
namely by fraud, and through ignorance
by fraud in donble-voting, the colonial.
ton of spurious voters, and through igno-
rance in the casting of votes by those who
could not read one letter on the votes, and
are uniformed upon political questions.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-12

~ Mr.. Crittenden, of KY, since the
death of Mr.. Clayton, Is now the "father" Of
the U. s. Senate-having entered it in 1917.
He has not, however, exhibited any great
fondness Cor the public councils, having been
four times elected, and twice resigned his
seat, though to be returned again. James A.
Pierce, of Nd, entered the Senate in '43.-
Lewis Cass in AS None of the other present
Senators date back beyond AS.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-12

tsy- Another curious bet is stated in the
papers A Maine Fremonter this week walks
with an eight inch corn cob in his mouth,
from Shad Lake TO Bath. Another Fremont
or in Saratoga stands all day with horse
collar around his neck. Both these bets were
lost in consequences Of the failure Of the Qua
kers to vote in Pennsylvania.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-12

Posr OFFICE DEFIoIr.-A telegraphic des-
patch to- The Charleston press contains the
following intelligence: The report of Post.
master General Campbell shows deficiency
Of nearly s2,750,OOO, and recommends to-
tai abolition of franks; and the subsection Of
matter now free to half postage 1t also rec.
ommends reduction of compensation to the
Panama Railroad to $4,000 per annum, and
the establishment Of California mail by
way of Nicaragua or Tehuantepec, alterna-
ting with the present route, and not to ex-
coed 100000 yearly.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-12-12

Next week we are going to McMinn court,
partly for money, and partly to get the d.
mansions of WINS face, that man that said
there was "no chance for Buchanan
Cleveland Banner, 5h.
Our neighbor, according to promise, was
up. On comparing, we rather got him in
dimensions of face" but in length of ears
he beat us "about feet"