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The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-11-11
Was Senator Rice " Averse to a Re.
publican VictOry"3
FIRST ARTICLE.

The statement of the Washington cores
pondent of the New York Herald, which we
have transformed into query, as above, is
one which, if we do not feel at liberty to
answer, we shall at least take the liberty to
investigate. The whole sentence, from
which the quotation in the heading is taken,
reads as follows:
"The remark has even been repeated in po-
litical circles here Washington that Senator
Rice was not averse to Republican victory,
as in the event of Democratic delegation in
the House and Democratic colleague in the
Senate, he would be compelled to share the
patronage Of the STATE with them
1t is somewhat singular, that, while the
suspicion herein expressed, is just beginning
to be talked about in Washington, similar
suspicion pervaded the entire party in this
State for months prior to the assembling OF
the State Convention. 1t took its rise in
part from the feeling of jealousy and hostili.
ty which Senator RICE exhibited towards
his Democratic colleagues in the two Houses
of Congress in regard to the distribution o.
patronage and to measures in which thu
State was interested. The suspicion was
increased from the fact that, from the clost
of the last session of Congress, until the
Senator's retirement for the season upor
the shores of Lake Superior, he hat
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-11-11
A Douglas Irishman Beheaded.

At the Convention held in the Fifth
Congressional District of Massachusetts,
comprising Boston, &c.-for the purpose of
electing delegates to Charleston, the Collec-
tor of the Port of Boston undertook to Sc
cure the choice of anti Douglas men and
failing in his attempt, be bolted, and held a
sham Convention of few disorganizers in
another place. In the regular Convention
was an Inspector in the Custom House,
named THOMAS MOONEY, who refused to
vote for j. G. LovEJoY, clerk in the Gus
tom House, as one of the delegates, he
(MooNEY) being friendly to Mr.. DOUGLAS.
The next morning Mr.. Mooney received
the following note
"CUsToM HOUSE, BosToN,
COLLECTORS OFFICE, October 20, 1859.
s. SIR: Your services will not be required at
the Custom House after this date.
"ARTHUR w. AUSTIN,
Collector"
1t looks as if the Administration were
determined to see which is the stronger
the Democrats in Office under it, or those
not in Office. AS the latter are generally
for DOUGLAS, we rather think the Admins
tration will come out second best.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-11-11

The Democracy of the Eigth Congress.
siOnal District of Massachusetts have elected
BENJAMIN F. BUTLER and WALTER FEssEN-
DEN delegates to the Charleston Conven.
ton. Both are warm friends of Senator
DOUGLAS, ard will vote for his nomination
for President. Mr.. BUTLER is the Demo
cratic candidate for Governor of Massa
chusetts, and lately wrote an admirable let
ter in favor of Territorial Popular Soyer-
eighty. New England will be unit for
DOUGLAS.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-11-11
Douglas in Mississippi.

We find the following in late mum Der
ofthe Mobile (Ala.) Register:
ENTERPRISE, Miss, Oct. 20, 1859.
Dear Sir:-The Democratic meeting at Quit
man, in this county. has appointed five Doug
las men to attend the State Convention to ap
point delegates to the Charleston COnven.
ton. This is the best item of news can give
you.
This happens in State whereas the
Buchananites and Brownies tells US
there are no DOUGLAS men to be found
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-11-11
A SOutheners View Of the Recent Elec'
tiOns-- buchanan must be Laid aside
and Douglas taken up.

tiOns- buchanan must be Laid aside,
and Douglas taken up.
A Southener writes from New York to
the Mobile, (Alabama) Register, in the fol-
lowing strain regarding the late Northern
ele ctions and in reference to the policy
which must be pursued by the Democracy
at Charleston, in order to insure National
success
The recent elections have gone against the
Democracy in five States. So much for James
Buchanan. In the October elections the Democ-
racy have not only lost States but three United
States Senators-one in Ohio, Mr.. Pugh; one in
Pennsylvania, Mr.. Bigler, (their terms expire
March, 1867 also one in Minnesota, in place of
Gen. Shields, whose term has already expired.
Nothing will rally these States but new Chief
in place of Buchanan. He has brought the great
Democratic party lever than it ever was before.
It is in the mud and mire and will gravel there
next month. do not expect to witness single
Democratic victory this fall This State may
90 Democratic, but if so it will be owing to the
fact that the American or balance of power
darty prefer voting the Democratic ticket to
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-11-11

Tens on the Bank of Wisconsin, altered
from twos; twos on the Quebec Bank, pho
tographed, are among the latest counterfeits
put in circulation.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-11-11

Senator RICE "Able to Manage the Interests of
the Young and Gro,cing State of Minnesota to
Suit His O,cn Purposes
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-11-11

Hon. THos. F. MARSHALL is now lee
turing at Dubuque on the "Life and Times
of Henry Clay"
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-11-11

Senator RICE 'Has Shre,vdness Enough to Com
pas His Otcn Ends"
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-11-11

Senator RICE Threatened, by the Confidential
Organ of the President, "Ihat the Re,card of
Treason ,cM Orertake HIM.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-11-11
STARTLING Suspicious.

Senator RICE "Not Arerse to Republican
VictOry."
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-11-11

Senator RICE " Occupying Position similar II
that held by Senator GwIN.''
Daily national Democrat., 1859-04-20
Are the Planets Inha bited ?

Professor MITCHELL is of the opinion that the
planet Mars must be inha bited and by a race
of beings very similar to mankind. He bases
his conclusions upon the fact that telescope
observation and its coneomitants prove that
the physical characteristics, atmospheric phe.
nomena and changes of seasons of that orb
very nearly resemble tho same characters
tics, phenomena and changes of the earth
iii were possible he says, to transport an
inhabitant of our world to Mars, he would
breathe as freely as he does here, find equal
facility of locomoton, and feel perfectly at
home, as soon as he got over his astonish-
ment
With regard to the Moon, he says lie has
brought this orb to within distance of one
hundred and forty miles of his eye, through
the instrument which he is in the habit of
using. He "has watched the dawn of day
upon that lunar orb as it struck the topmost
peaks of its lofty mountains, and saw their
heightened shadows with such minute dis.
tinctness that he has felt, while Observing
them, as if with a ten foot pole he could strike
the orb itself"
lie has measured without difficulty the |
eraters of the extinct volcanoes in those liter
al Mountains of the Moon, and glanced all |
over the Scared und furrowed face of that
desolate satellite. The Moon, he thinks, can
not be inhabited. but Mars and few other |
planets in all probability are, although it |
may be very possible that animal life, both
of brutal and Intellectual character, exist
in spheres not adapted to our kind of animal
life, being of different nature altogether, so
that living beings may exist where it would
be impossible for man or the beasts of this
earth to live minute as fnny tribes are
found in boiling springs and streams which
would be instant death to fish in general.
The question of the possibility of the plane.
tary world being inhabited is one of surpass-
ing interest, aad at once engages the atten-
tion whenever it is treated. Col Baker, of
San Francisco, delivered a series of lectures
on the subject, recently, which we wonder
have not been published. If they are wor
thy of his reputation as an eloquent speaker,
they should certainly be given to the world.
Will no San Franciscan take the matter in
hand
Daily national Democrat., 1859-04-20
American Literature

II IA our nriyate opinion publicly expressed
that tbo MAGAZINES of the United Kingdom
such rs Blackwoods Magazine, the Athe-
nnum. ct id oB,nc genas-are becoming par
tieularlv dull. The genius and soul and fire
If tbe olden time have in n great measure
dcparted from them, and the most unirterest-
inc reading in the world is an English or
Scottish Magazine The style of their lead
ing articles is turgid and heavy, and it re-
qures patience to wade through them. They
ere not what they were in the days when
Sidney Smith and Chas. Lamb and Lord JEFF
frey and Mr. Wilson and their contemporaries
Illuminated the literary armament There
is not a review or periodical on the other
side of the waters, that can compare, in the
qualities which 90 to make up work of that
kind, with the Atlantic Monthly, published
at Boston. 1t is superior in thought, humor,
polish, refinement and every attribute of a
delicate as well as vigorous intellectually, to
any magazine now printed in the English
language, on any portion of the eastern hem
isphere.
The English and Scotch used to sneer at
our efforts in periodical literature. They
sneer no longer, or, if they do, it is with the
air of self convicted meanness 1t is with
the same shallow and contenpible arrogance
that the Atheneum declared Longfelow no
poet-a man whose works have as large
circulation at this moment in Englang as any
of the works of their own authors contem-
porary with himself
But we have no intention of writing an
essay. We simply meant to express our own
individual opinion that English and Scotch
magazines were at this time particularly dull
and, having done so, we are satisfied, believ-
ing that III readers of magazines generally
will agree with us.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-04-20
Mike Walsh's Strange Death.

Mike Walsh had been in company during
the evening previous to the catastrophe of
his strange DEATH with Tom Hycr, Billy
Mulligan, and other congenial spirits, at the
Hone House in Broadway, but other parties
appear to have accompanied him a part of
his journey home. The following portion of
the evidence before the Coroner is interest
ing:
Robert A. Knapp, No. 223 West Seven
teenth street, sworn: On the night of Mr.
Walsh's death, he heard the cry of Murder +"
three times, and loud, and was awakened by
it; he did not know from whom the cry
came; after that he saw two men going
down Seventeenth street from Eight Avenue,
walking quite fast; they stopped and looked
up the street. and then went off; this was
after one o'clock, and might have been be-
tween three and four o'clock one of the men
was dressed in black, and wore black coat
and black hat; the other had on a glazed
cap; the cry came from Eight Avenue, near
this street the men looked up Eight avenue,
ane then walked off faster than before he
(witness) laid awake for half an hour after
wards, and then slept TIL seven o'clock.
Geo Dunlap of No. 1856, Eighth avenue,
sworn: Between two and three o'clock he
heard noise, and at first thought it was
something falling from the top of the house /;
after that he heard some one say, Come out
of that, d-n your soul;" he lives in the
upper part of the house where Mr.. Walshs
remains were found he was between sleep
ing and waking when he heard the noise,
which was like a crash Immediately after it
came he heard the words, On your soul,
come out of that ;" he was in bed in the
front room over the store; he did not hear
any person running away from the place.
The verdict of the jury was:
That said Mike Walsh came to his death
by apoplexy, produced from being precipita
ted down the stone steps of the area of No.
1876 Eighth avenue on the morning of the
18th of March and from the absence Of his
watch and chain, which was in his possession
when last seen by his friends, and other cir
cumstances, we believe that violence was
resorted to by some person or persons un-
known.
The remains of the unlucky Mike were
yesterday inferred in Greenwood Cemetery
whittier they were followed a part of the
way by vast concourse of personal friends
and citizens generally A young man named
Bernard Mccartney was arrested last eve
ming on suspicion of knowing something
about the causes which led to the death Of
Walsh, but there appears, thus far to have
been but very little reason for the arrest
AZ. J. cor Bulletin.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-04-20

MARTIN r. CAsAD-B. f. Hollis reflects on
this able and efficient police officer in yester
days Express in a manner that arouses the
Just indignation of every honest man. What
does Mr. Hollis suppose policeman is for
if it is not to ferret out rascality, trace up
secret offenses and those who commit them
and arrest suspicious persons? Mr. Casad,
by carefully noting train of circumstances
and exercising his detective ingenuity, sue
ceeded in fastening the guilt of incendiarism
upon the man Bluxome, who implicated Hol-
lis in his crime, and it thus became the duty
Of that officer to arrest Hollis also or to cause
his arrest Mr. Casad and Capt King have
acted in this business as becomes their position
and they viii receive the thanks of the com
munity.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-04-20

MIR. SuMNER.-The Berlin correspondent of
Dwight's journal of Music, under the date of
Feb. 18th, writes that he had just received a
letter from Charles Sumner, from which he
makes the following extract:
''Since left you | had relapse, which
left me, for days, wreck, and made me for a
while despair; but have followed with the
greatest fidelity the prescribed medical treat
ment, and have led life of perfect tran
guilty. The morning begins with dry cup
ping for half an hour; not pleasant, but af-
ter the tire quite tolerable then moderate,
very careful exercise, avoiding fatigue; re-
pose on my sofa or bed IS hours out of a
pills of belladona and capsules of Tere-
benthine. | mention these details because
- wrote me that you had expressed an
interest in knowing them. The eminent
physicians in Paris and those here who have
made themselves familiar with my case.
preach caution" Speaking of Mr.. Parker's
illness, he says; Thinking of his calamity,
hesitate to turn to my own condition, which
IS now Frightening, SO that feel perfect as
surance of the future"
He concludes thus: Gas the session of
Congress will soon be over, there will be no
P16ie duties to claim me till next December
wheh hope to be ready for any labor
Meahwhlle, having given three solid months
W my treatment proT ose, in week, to go
70 70 Nlce' where shall be few davs perhaps
thence to Rome"
Daily national Democrat., 1859-04-20
Agricultural Fair.


EDIToR NATIONAL DEMOCRAT An editorl-
al appeared in the Express of the 7th lnst,'
and in the DEMOCRAT of Tuesday, stirring up
the people to the formation ofa County Agrl-
cultural Society, portraying the advantages
to grow out of such an institution. No one
will dispute the indispensable necessity OF
Agriculture and Horticulture and the great
stimulation well supported societies give TO
the cause but what can halfa dozen meh ac-
complish in such an undertaking If the l'ass
are counting upon the amount of money they
can make out of it, instead of how much oil a
helping hand they can offer? But few, II
any, who ever took an active part in these
exhibitions have found it other than a very
arduous and thanlless duty. The duties of
the officers of such an institution can be made
pleasant and the apparent labor very much
lightened but the mass must aid it, instead
of robbing it.
The editor of the Express says he has no
doubt but that the use of the Pavilion can be
obtained for such purposes That all the
! light may be thrown upon the subject posi-
ble will State that County Society now
exists, whose officers according to the Consti-
tuition hold until new Board shall be elected.
An Annual meeting was called by the Presi-
dent but there being no quorum, no election
took place J. S. kirkpatrick, of Long Bar,
is the President, Chas II. Hedges Treasurer,
and as Recording Secretary | hold the books
and papers of the Society, and about twenty
dollars in cash. 1t is incumbent upon the
President to call meeting when so desired
by the majority of the Board, and no doubt
he will Immediately act in the matter when
it appears his duty. And as to the probable
free use of the Pavilion, will state, that the
Ordinance drawn by the City Attorney or
some other person, did not yield such clear
and positive rights to County Agricultural
and Horticultural Societies as the Executive
Committee thought should be demanded. l
thereupon remodeled the Ordinance which
passed the Council, and that clause reads as
follows: "Under the control and supervision
of the Mayor and Common Council of the
City Of Marysville Proeidcd, That when
ever it shall be determined that the County
or State Agricultural or Horticultural Socie
ties may desire to hold periodical exhibitions,
or Annual Fairs in the city of Marysville, the
said building shall be free for the use there
Of" This privilege lasts as long as the build
ing stands. G. II. BEACH.
E8@We have received the Hesperian for
fl,is month IL - n banutiful numhnr
Daily national Democrat., 1859-04-20
THE srokLEs TaAGrDY.-Tho decpest @,

The SIcKLEs TRAGEDY.-The deepest ex-
citement, says the Washington correspondent
of the 5. F. Herald, still pervades the COM
munity with reference TO the Siekes tragedy,
and the rapers are filled with all sorts OF
particulars as to how Mr.. Sickles feels, how
he passes his time, what arc his prospects OF
escape from punishment, and when the trial
viii take place. The latter event, | under
stand, is set down for week from to-day.
and some of the most astounding develop
ments ever made on a criminal trial will, it
is said be made. There will be perfect ar
ray ofreporters in Washington on the occa-
81 on.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-04-20

THE New CHURCH The framework ofthi:
building has been put up by Messrs Ward
and Crowell. Judging from present appear.
aaees .rl 1t will be a very handsome building
Inc Inc caPola is now being rapidly covered
anu will add much to the general architec
eutol t beauty of the building. 1t is believed,
.Se. wheh we get good comfortable Church,
that the brothers and sweet faced sisters will
attend service regularly. Already large
number OF them, under the instruction of
rroi; Weston, are perfecting themselves in
the Genghtigl art of singing, with a view to
suppl lying the Church with good music
SHASTA Courier.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-04-20

lHE Urls OF l77s.-The following has
Deen rescued from newspaper published at
the time of the Revolution: The followin,
droll affair lately happened at Kinderbooits
New York; A young fellow, an enemy 10
the liberties of America. going to outline
frolie, where a number of young women were
collected, and the only man in the companv
began his aspersons on Congress- as usual
and held forth some time on the subject. tin
the girls, exasperated at his impudence, laid
hold of him, stripped him naked to the waist.
and, instead of tar covered him with molas'
ses, and for feathers took the downv tons Of
flags which grow in the meadow and coated
him well, and then let him 60. He has pros
ecuted every one of them, and the matter has
been tried before Justice Sehoonmaker We
have not, as yet, heard his worships iudg-
ment 1t is said that Parson Bueps DAUGHTER
is concerned in the affair"
Daily national Democrat., 1859-04-20

STABBING AFFAR.-About six o'clock Mon
day evening, says the Times, a stabbing af-
fray took place in the house of woman liv-
ing on Stouts Alley, near Jackson street
San Francisco. Two Mexicans-one of them
known as Jose Marin, an old State Prison
eonyict-were disputing about some fair one
when Jose drew knife and cut the other
man on the left side Of his face from his eve
downwMds, making a cash about three
inches in length. The wounded man ran
into grocery store at the corner of Jackson
and Clay, where it happened that officer
Rose and eX-policeman Pomeroy were sitting.
They started after jose who had taken to
his heels, and arrested him after a short, but
exciting chase. The man is now confined in
the city prison.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-04-20

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Daily national Democrat., 1859-04-20

eS- Mr.. Cyrus D. Holden, formerly of
Barre, Mass, and lately acting station agent
on the Butland and Washington (Vt) Rail
road, fell from the platform of the cars while
on his way to Rutland, recently, which was
the last seen of him. He was fonnd beside
the track soon after, with his neck broken,
his breast completely smashed in, and his
head badly crushed
Daily national Democrat., 1859-04-20

u A correspondent, writing from Lancha
Plana, under date of the 18th inst, says
Chinaman was caught robbing sluices in a
tunnel claim belonging to Cochran d Co
They had anticipated the robbery, and lay in
wait for the thief So cautiously did John"
proceed, that the first intimation the watcher
had of his presence was his running against
the muzzle of his gun. John Immediately
turned and fled, escaping with the loss of his
cap and dirk knife.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-04-20

Love AND SrRYcHNINE.-The wife of "a
young clergyman died at Andersontown,
Warren county, n. Y, recently. under sus-
there is suspicion that she was poisoned
with strychnine by her husband, who had
fallen in love with another woman, although
married only five months. The suspicion is
probably unfounded The papers have got
into great way of suspecting the clergy of
everything abomnable. 1t is the result of
magotty imaginations.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-04-20

eE-The "Passawotome Tomahawk," pub
lished at Koshonugee, Kansas. states as a
positive fact that James Gordon Bennett
wrote his celebrated poem, "The Angels
Smile" while looking in a mirror. The angel
that gave that smile was a cock-eyed one.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-04-20

PERsoNAL.-IIon. T. b. Shannon, of Plumas,
honored us with visit yesterday. He is on
his way home to Plumas, which county he has
ably and efficiently represented in the last
Legislature.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-04-20

ENDED IN SMoKE-The meeting of citizens
OfShasta, held at the Empire Hotel, on Sat
urday evening last for the purpose of adopt
ing some plan for the Improvement of roads
leading into Shasta, ended in smoke. So says
the Shasta Republican.
Daily national Democrat., 1859-04-20
WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 20
Democratic State Central Committee.

A MEETING of the DEMOCkAIiC Anu-Le-
the Union Hotel, Sacramento, on THURSDAY, ,
Anril sIst. A full attendance of members is re-
ouested. as important business connected with
the coming campaign will be transacted.
b. b. REDDING, Chm.
J. F. MoRsE, Secy