The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-05-19

Judge ShALLKY, OF vermont, Chairman,
and the Hon. CLEMENT L. VALLAxDIGHAx,
Secretary Of the Democratic National Ex.
ecutive Committee, have had . conference
at Washington, and concluded TO call Q
meeting Of that Committee, about the 7th
ofDecember next, formal notice of which
will Be published in October. This Com.
mittee will fx the time Tor the assembling
Of the Democratic National Convention at
Charleston, which will probably be toward
the close Of April, or early in May. 1860.
The members Of the Executive Committee
are the same as those appointed by the Gin.
cinnati Conventions member for each
State. 1t will be recommended to the De.
mocracy Of the States admitted into the
Union since 1856, TO appoint members Of
the Executive Committee. This is the first
official movement Of the Executive Commit.
tee since the adjournment Of the Cincinnati
Convention.
The Detroit Free Press gives the follow.
ing synopsis Of the charges made and proved
against o 'FLYxx, the Detroit Postmaster
That he procured blank receipts from
SEINE OF his clerks and filed them up with high.
Or sums than were paid such clerks, putting
the difference into his own pocket;
2. That he obtained an allowance for more
clerks than were actually employed In the
ONCE;
3. That he paid some Of his clerks, and
also route agents, 10 bank bills, instead Of gold
and silver, In direct violation Of law,-he reali.
zing profit on the gold by the sale Of of IL;
:. That he sssessed ten per cent on the
salaries Of some Of his clerks for the support
OF the Detroit He' aid, weekly sheet published
by him, and attempted TO assess the route
agents Of the State Of Michigan the same per
cent Of their salaries, for bis own uses, on the
pretencs that he was authorized by the Post.
ofhcc Department 10 make such assessments.
5. That he did not make returns Of surplus
box rents, but retained such rents, amounting
TO considerable sums, in direct violation Of
law.
TnE New York Express, in speaking Of
Senator Stewards departure for Europe,
says:
II Ia well known among the admirers and
devotees Of Mr.. \. that he leaves the country
In order TO avoid a. mach a. possible it, poti.
cal complications. He Ia . candidate for the
Presidency, anc expecta II at the hands OF bis
republican friends, and Of course from no other
quarter, for from no otherquarter will II be ten.
dsred, even II II should be by them. Mr..
Seward, we are told, spoke very freely OF per.
s0nal and political victory in 1860, before leav.
ing. His friends alluded TO IL also. at his vel.
come Of the Republican City Committee, on
Friday evening, and Ex-Governor King seem.
ee TO be foremost to the wish.
JOSHUA X. GrpDISGs has addressed let.
ter to the Oberin rscuers, in which be tells
them that they did right in resisting the
Fugitive Slave Law, and that their only
error consisted in sparing the lives Of the
slave catchers. He also counsels them not
to recede from the position which they have
assumed How well his advice has been
followed has already been seen, as four of
the prisoaers have pleaded guilty to their
indictments, paid their fines and gone home
The Republican press is Boosting that
New England is "a unit in opposition to
the Democracy, and that not one Demo
cratic representative is elected from that
region to Congress. True but not 80 nov.
ell as true. New England was unit 10
1901, when JEFFERSON was elected Presi-
dent, New England then voting in body
against him; and again in 1923, when
Gen JACKSON was elected President, New
England then voting unanimously against
the Democracy. Now she is - unit in
support OF Abolitionism, and the very men
who boast OF this unity, profane the names
Of JACKSON and JErFERsoS with the mocke-
~ OF their praise.
A SELECT party Of the Hard Shell Dem
ocrats met at the Aston House, New York,
on the 18th INST, to devise some plan to re-
unite the Democracy Of that State. A
communicst ion was addressed to the State
Central Committee, couched 10 becoming
terms, proposing basis Of union, by which
the eiict of prescription issued by the last
State Convention, be recalled, the Offices
divided next TALL, and the delegates to the
Charleston Convention apportioned between
Sotts and Hards. according to their relative
strength in the State.
Ar the recent twenty. sixth anniversary
Of the American Anti Slavery Society. the
following resolution, offered by LLOYD GAR
sIsoS. was adopted:
Rs'olrss, That Il is the rightful business and
imperative duty 81 the people Of the North.
without delay, TO withdraw themselves from
their present alliance with the southern traf
fekers in human hesh-to proclaim the unnAi.
ursl and guilty compact between the free
states and the slave States at an end, and 20
take such measures for the formation OF Q
northern Cnios as shall be IN accordance with
the ptinciples OF justice, humanity, and impair.
tal liberty.
THs SrArE CENTRAL COMMITTEE In
response TO various enquiries, We would