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The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-01-06
Memorial.
10 n, Senate and nov" II R'Pfteu'n'trss o.
The inIisd States II AmT,ca, m Coagy,
i,srab'sd

10 N, S,nete and Housf II Rsp,s,eu'n,,re. of
The inrted States II dmtrira, IN Coagytss
i,nmbed
The undersigned, c,izcns d Minnesota,
respectfully rerrtsrut 10 the Congress OF the
United States, tha, u semi we ky Mail Ser
vice 10 the navlgablc waters o! the Columbia
River. and 10 Puget Sound from some point
central to the western limits ul tie Great
Lakes, can be accomplished in eighteen days,
provided the same encouragement ls given
by The government to the enterprise, which
bss been extended to the Inc rom 81. Louis
and Memphis - San Francisco.
The object q this IA mortal Is to ask from
C9rgrsss that the req1lsts encouragement
Shall BE- extended 20 the Nor'b.esiern route
OF the vas, extent Of American territory,
between the Mississippi river and the Pscid"
O.csn, the principal portion ies nor'h Of The
ortIe'h parallel Of latitude. As proprietor
81 the public domain and the guardian q
immature states, therefore, the general gov
ernment il interested IN postal connection
which. while lndi'pnsa BE 10 The Tcople a
Oregon ard Washington, would encourage
spfdy settlements 10 the valleys 81 tA~
tIpT hi&OlIl Il'fls anu ~ TIC Ittths
Noun,ans aud 10 the trsnsuontaDe basfn
Of the Columbia We look in vain oyer
more southern areas, for geographical and
autographed relations 40 commanding RI
are presented by the Iltn's Of navigation %
the akes and Mississippi. aud by tie chan
nels ol the Missouri and t0,gmb rivera.
Regarded as question Of internal policy
alore, the overland transi, from the northern
Lakes TO Puget Sourd. challenges tie favor
abe CONSIDERATION Of the government
South oi latiin1e 40 deg. The fetiral gov
ernueu, now eape,'ds So go c9s annually
for the trans ofis,iOo Of tbs mails 10 toe
Pac fic coast, a. iO.i0xs
SEM mot, IL ocean service. via
Papsma. 70 Calf9fsa ana Oregon. t7ss ~
semi M n,h.y Overland mai from
san Antonio, Texas. 10 SAa Diego,
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semi weekly Overland rnsll rom
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20 san FrAEctsco. 90 co
Weekly overland mail from -aa,
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The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-01-06
THE RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED.

ELOQUENT SPEECHES BY GEO, L. BECKER AND
wM. r. MARSHALL, EsQs,, COWS. Hoi.-
CoAsE AND RAMSEY, JUDGE
GOODRICH, COL. ROBERT
son 4 J. ". TAYLOR.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-01-06
MEMORIAL TO CONGRESS

Enshu.ia.tic si.etirg!
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EPIrApas.-Horaee GeeeIy, Of th,

EPIrApHs.-Horaee Geeely, of the
New York Tribune, says of Brown and
bis associates in crime:
"Let their epitaphs remain unwrit!en
until the most distant day when no
slaves shall clank his chains in the
shades of Monticello or by the graves
of Mount Vernon"
For fear that day VIII never come,
the editor had better write that oil
now, or az sooh as he receives his de.
serts, so far as human law can give
them. Let the writing run: "Thi:
epitaph was written BY his friend and
admires and co-worksr in public duties
Horace Greedy, editor of the Tribune
who remaineth unhung."
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'tPETER FARLEY. THE New York
correspondent of the Charleston Cour-
Ter writes on the 9TH inst:
saw the venerable Peter Farley
Goodrich in Wall street, to day, lean
ing on the arm Of his son dick Tinto"
Goodrich. The old man is fading and
failing fast. He wore his spectacles
aud had a handkerchief. around his
throat. His step was unsteady, and
was satisfied that the uthor, VIII has
delighted so many hearts, and homes !;
given to the schools SO many pleasant
and useful books, cannot long remain
among US. 1t is very rarely, nova
days, that the old man leaves his quie'
home in Connecticut to make a visi
to New York.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1859-11-18

u A writer in the New York OBJ
server, who has been studying the
new Websters Unabridged Dictionary
regrets that the photographers defini-
ton of the word ''boil" had not met
the eyes of the new version people be-
fore they translated the book of Job, as
it would have been SO beautiful to say
instead of Boils, .And Satan smote
Job with .circumscribed subcutaneuus
inAamations, characterized by point
ed pustular tuners, and superating
with central cores"
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A CLEVER sQUIB.

=
contains an article from the London
Times ''in advance of the steamer on
the Harper's Ferry insanity affair,
which hits off the Thunderer's American
leaders capitally. We select some of
the paragraphs:
1.-THE account we give this morning
Of the reduction of Harper's Ferry, in
America, by the inconsiderable force Of
four white men and six negroes, en-
gagged in a servile instruction, must fill
our readers with astonishment. We
confess to feelings of chsgrin aud NOR
LITIGATION at this new and unexpected
evidence of the degeneracy and effem-
macy to which our transatlantic cousins
are reduced. It is but another instance
in proof oil the facilitating and demon
izing effects of republican institutions
upon a race which under a strong gov
ernment has always proved itself in
vincible.
'1n order to understand full the ma
ture of this transaction, it should be
promised that Harper's Ferry is one o.
the most strongly fortified positions in
the United States. 1t is aituated on
narrow point between two rivers, and
has an arsenal containing several thou
sand guns, and occupied by some $50
or 800 men. Gen. Brown, or "old
Brown" as he is contemporary called.
taking advantage Of Gen. SCOTS alb
sence on voyage to San Juan, assumed
the authority of commander-in-chief Of
the United States army, took possession
of this stronghold without firing gun,
made prisoners of all the men found
about, and of several planters, including
grandson Of the illustrious Washing
ton, and himself a distinguished officer
of the army, placed sentries at the rail-
road bridges and the corners of the
streets, and so held the town for two
days, until the States of Maryland and
Virginia had collected their forces
when, supported by all the available
federal troops, from the capital and the
Notifications around, determined as
sault was made upon the insurgents
and three of them were killed, and the
remainder. numbering three or four
| (the accounts not agreeing as to tht
precise numberO were taken prois
oners.
We certainly hope for peaceful SO
luton of the San Juan difficulty. sBat
, in consideration of this Harper's Ferr,
affair we trust her Majesty's govern
ment will show no disposition to yiel,
one iota for the sake of peace. And il
case war becomes necessary, the gov
eanment will only need to fit out
2
: steam tug capable Of landing fifty Q
sixty men on the coast Of the Unite
States, anywhere south of the Potomat
1t will require some eight or ten
take and hold Washington, and th
rest can divide and march through th
Southern States is different direction
collecting an army of negroes as the
proceed. In about six weeks the Soutl
n ern States wonld be cleared of viii
: men and organized as colonies und'
: Great Britain, with free negroes as Gil
. zen planters.n.
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PoLITIcs AND INTEMrERAxcE. -
Colonel B. E. Perry, writing for the
Greenville Patriot and Mountaineer
report Of his summer tour, says:
"The only drunken man | have seen
since leaving home / saw in the upper
part of Canada. He was in the cars
going to Toronto at night, and would
walk through the cars singing a wild,
passionate song, accompanied by a
friend, who seemed to be his guardian
angel. Hundreds of thousands of hu-
man beings have passed before me,
and only one the least intoxicated. ]
mention this for the encouragement Of
our friends of temperance. The PEG.
pie here are everywhere are too busy
and have too much enterprise TO spend
their time in drinking. They are build
ing railroads, erecting manufactures
cutting down the forests, raising cities
culuivating their farms, and engage il
commerce of all kinds. / have onl,
once heard politics mentioned in al
my travels, and saw only one drunkel
man /! In South Carolina I see a drunk
en- man every day, and hear polite
talked every day. Is there any afinit
between ihese vices2 And do the
not paralyze the energies of people
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sRRrous CosrlAoRArrox.--says de

SERIOUS CoSrLAGRATIoS.--Says tho
Daily Picayune of the 9th instant,
by an extra Of the yickburg Wing
dated Sd inst, We learn that the town
Of Richmond, La. has been almost en-
tirely destroyed by fire. We copy:
"'About 9 o'clock Gre was discov.
cred in the Office of the Gazette, which
soon enyeloped that establish nent ia
flames. The destroying element then
communicated to the adjoining build
ings, until the who o town was a scene
Of general confiagration. &C.,
"'The following houses were burned
The stores Of Messrs,, ". Fl. Bright, I.
M. Human, A. E. Adams, the residence
and store Of Mr.. Zepfal, the Office Of
DR.. Powell, residences Of John vanlan-
bingham and f. Ferry, the Journal and
Gazette printing Offices, Peale d Spar
rows billiard saloon, P. Whites ex-
change. w. II. Wright and A. E.
Adams were partially insured, but the
remainder, as far as we are able to
learn, had no insurance Oh anything.
Adams and Human saved part Of their
stocks. But very little was saved by
the others.
"sWe regret to learn that the loss Of
the material, &c, in the office of the
Gazette, falls so heavily on the propri-
etors, Messrs. Dawson 4 Couch, that
they will be unable to reissue their pa
per, and they request US SO to inform
their readers and patrons.
"'Mr. Ferry, the proprietor of the
Journal, has not only lost his office, but
also his private residence. We are not
advised whether be will make an effort
to re-establish his paper. We learn
that the only buildings left standing in
the town are the hotel and the court
house."
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1859-11-18

~ The weather for the past week
has been very windy indeed, With sew
eral dsshes Of very cold northerners,
Yesterday just before noon, slow,
steady rain commenced falling. which
was greatly welcomed By all-especi-
ally a. the woods have been on fire all
around US for the last week or ten days
We also hear Of some injuries sustain
ed by the ravages ofthe fire. The smoke
that pervaded our town from these
surrounding burning mas almost Insult
ferable on last Monday and Tuesdry.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1859-11-18

GLOVES In the early age Of Chris
tianty gloves were part Of mouastic
costume, and, 10 latter periods, formed
a part of the Episcopal habit. Tho
glove was employed BY princes rs q
token Of insestiture, and to deprive a
person of his bloves was a mark Of d.
vesting him of bis office. Throwing
down glove constituted challenge,
and the taking it up an acceptance.
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10 In Germany it is illegal for a
young man to marry before he is TWEEN
ty-four, or young woman before she
is eighteen; and young man. at what
ever age he wishes to marry, must
show to the legal authorities of the
district that he is able and has the pros
pect to provide for a wife and family
It is more particularly the case in Wur.
temburg. Such a law in this country,
would create revolution in twenty
hours.
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". Il. sCANLAND, Ep1roR.
TERMs:
The BossiER BANNER 10 issued every

TERMS:
The BossiER BANNER 10 issued every
FRIDAY morning; subscription, per
annun,, three dollars--iD. advance.
Advertisements inserted fer pne dollar
per saunro of ten limos Or less, for
the first insertion, and So cents for
each subsequent one Liberal de-
ductians made in favor OF yearly
advertisers, who will Ese required to
confine themselves strictly to their
legitimate business.
ProfesxionaI and business cards insert
ed by the year, for ten dollars; i've
dollars for six months
Announcements of candidates will be
inserted for ten dollars~-to be paid
III advance.
All articles inserted for the benefit C.
parties or individuals, at their own
solicitatation, will be charged for as
advertisements.
job work to be paid for on delivery.
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II W. c. Martin is elected Repre-
sentative Of Claiborne bva large ma
jority. We are glad of tnis, for MAJ
tin was accused of not being. a delne-
Graf, simply because he ran on his owu
hook. Blackburn now says Of Mar
tins democracy, nsus ssrross. And
you will see that he is as good demo-
crat as the defeated caucus-College-
nominee. It's q bad policy to pitch
ont so yehemently against man. as
you did Blackburn, forno other cause
than chat he had the nerve torun against
the regular nominee--ss It independ-
encs was a crime, and the man crimi-
mol who dares to assert it. This 10 9
free country and every man born IN il
il constituted freeman. 4 new de-
velopuent in this section--prehaps
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~ A contemporary, says the South
ern Sun, want to know what ought to
be done with old Brown and his fol-
lowers. We would suggest, hang them
first and try them afterwards" This is
a good idea. And in the event they
should be proved innocent on the trial,
a monument can be erected to their
memory by the negro-wershippers Of
the North, as martyrs who fell in the
cause of liberty; if not they have BY
their own action already erected to
themselves a monument of infamy,
which may prove as beacon light to
warn other fanatics to avoid the rock
upon VII ch others fouudered and
went down.
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EDITORIAL CONSISTENCY.

The Almighty Dollar" seems to be
grand fratArnal watchword of some of
the editors of North Louisiana-thus
keeping up the principle of action in
augarated by Judus Iscariot, when be
sold bis Master and Lord, Jesus Christ,
for thirty pieces of silver. DIR. Lacy,
of the Caddo Gazette, seemed to have
acted upon this principle towards US
in our difficulty,
for which we gave him sewers rebuke.
But, he "wired in and wired out" in
su, b sycophantic manner that we. in
disgust, let the matter drop. He said
that bis columns we open to us to re-
ply to the individuals alluded to, but
when we came to avail ourself of his
offer, with his sleek, oily tongue, he
prevailed upon our '' youth and inexpe-
rience" TO desist. Which we did, think
ing his friendship outweighcd, for the
nonce, TIE almighty dollar.
Butswe have another sin Of the
same sort to lay at DR.. Laey's door.
1t seems that last spring furniture
store was opened in Shreveport by two
men named Peers 4 Johnson, and had
some difficulty is their business trans
actions, for which johnson published
Peers as a swindler and thief, and also
offered reward for the apprehension o
Peers. This publication was done il
the columns of the Gazette. Peer
was apprehended in New Orleans and
brought back to Shreveport; tried ant
acquitted. Now, Peers comes to DR.
Lacy and asks for the amende honora
BILE. as he even more than endorsed th'
publication OF Johnson in his editoria
columns; this DR.. L. refuses to do
but also calls upon the Texas press no
to lend theifecolumns to Peers for retail
iation!
;. This is consistency with vengeance
The DR.. lent his Epress to SANDER u
; and attempted to justify himself in it
! but now the boot is on the other leg
, and he finds himself exactly where w
, stood, as Peers threatens to publish biz
in Texas. Thus he calls on Others M
: TO do what he himself has dom
r Tbe persons who slandered us acknow
edged that they owed us-while on tt
: other hand Peers has been tried an
t acquitted. We do not pretend to d
fend Peers or say that he is entire
: blameIess, but do say that he has
right to be heard, and the Texas pre-
has as much right to give him the
: columns against DIR. L. as DR.. L. BIZ
to lend his columns TO abuse us.
o Here is logic for the million. He
If is magnificent question for NOR
Of debating society upon the Forney-B
m chanan principle. Poor rule that wol
s. work both ways.
ID
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DHscoNTENT.
An exchange takes off the sore-head.

An exchange takes off the sore-head-
ed grumblers of the present day in a
most beautiful style. How universal
it is, for one to be continually fretting
and Tuning about the misfortunes and
vexations he meets during his pream-
bulations over this mundane sphere
as if his idle croakings woul ] remedy
the evils complained of. The discon-
tented man is one that generally makes
his own life miserable by his perpetual
varying against imaginary troubles
embittering the only congenial spark
of humanity of his soul rendering it
the abode of misery and disap-
pointment. The human heart was
never designed to be the out-poring of
gloom and disappointment, rending its
own existence for aught but poisoning
its life with strife and contention
instead, a harbinger of peace and
plenty, rendering peace and good
will towards man -
We never knew the. man who would
say Il am contented." Go,where you
will, among rich and poor, the man of
competence, or the mar. who earns his
bread by the daily sweat of his brow,
and you hear the sound of murmuring
and the voice of complaint. The
other day we stood by cooper who
was playing merry tune with his adze
around cask. "Ah - said he, s.mine
is hard lot-forever trotting around
like dog, driving away at hoop
!" Heigho p sighed our neighbor, the
blacksmith, in one of the hot days, as
he wiped the drops ofperspiration from
| his brow, while his red hot iron glow
on the anvil E" this is life with ven
geance, melting and frying ones self
over the fire." "Oh that | were a
a carpenter!" calculated a shoemaker,
as he bent over his lap-stone; "here
| am, day after day, working my soul
away, in making soulsfor others, coop.
edup in this little seven y-nine-room. ,
II am sick of of this outdoor work y
exclaimed the carpenter, /" broiling ant
; sweating under the sun, or exposed tt
the inclemency of the weather-if
, was only tailor" This is too bad. ;
/, perpetually cries the tailor, to be com
PEELED to sit perched up here, plying
my needle-would that mine was
more active life." Last day of grac
1.-The banks won't discount-custome
won't pay--what shall I do p grum
bles the merchant; 81 had rathe
! be a dray-horse-a dog anything !!
Happy fellows groans the lawyer, a
a he scratches his head over some pei
IS picking case or pores over some DIR
If record, "happy fellows had rattle
a hammer stone than cudgel my brain o
this tedious, yexatousquestion." An
= through all the ramifcations of sociC
:, ty, all are complaining of their cond
" ton. If I were only this, or that, I
!. the other, l should be content" Il
= universal cry-"anything but what
am" So wags the world, SO it hi
wagged, and so it will wag,
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HELD 10 BAIL.-We learn through
our exchanges that Judge Terry, the
slayer of Senator Broderick, of Gala
fornia, in a duel, has been arrested,
and held TO bail, by Judge Blake, in the
sum of $4,000. to answer any charge
the grand jury may bring against him.
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III Harpers's Magazine f;,s Novera-
Der has just GENE to thanksgiving 80
the had management Of the mails it
failed to reach US sooner, The princi-
pie articles are decidedly entertaining
and useful, The Editors Drawer "
itself is we'll worth the price Of sub
xcription.
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SOUTHERN PRIETING PREss.-At the
recent State fair at Atlanta (Ga.) there
was an ext ibition of a printing press,
invented by Mr.. Reynolds of Augusta,
which is described as the "equal if not
superior to Hoes best. The writer adds
that it is the first printing press ever
invented or built in the South.
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EY We were misinfrmea in our
last issue when we stated that Ford
fopp.J was elected Clerk Of Caddo
Parish. n. E. Wright the present
incumbent, and the democratic candi-
date, was elected by 10 majority.
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The GREAT CrrIEs.--The population
of Rome, at the highest period Of its
power has been estimated at 6,soc..
900. The present population Of Lon
don is about 100000. The entiref
population Of Paris, including that o
all It's metropolitan suburbs is about.
100000. That IF New York, est
mated in the same way is 10000.
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Coon FOR THE BRAKEsMAK.--A Ian
caster (Pa) paper tells a good story Of
the President on his travels:
Tt seems that MFR. Buchanan. on the
train which lately bore him from Ian.
caster to Columbia, on bis way to Wash
ington, became interested in a brakes,
man, who was something ofa wag, and
made up his mind to do something
for him. On the arrival Of the train
at Columbia, when the following dia-
loguetook place
Mr.. Buchanan" Young man, are
you employed on this train!"
Brakeman" Yes, sir"
Mi. Buchanan, (patronisinglyl -
How. would you Ike to.haxe a situss
ton at the White House n
Brakeman, (mischievously)
man, your time is too shortln
Mr.. Buchanan made tracks for the.
bridge.
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III The Brothers Harper, Of the
famous publishing firm are four in
number-James, John, Fletcher and
Wesley. Each has his separate and
distinct department to attend to. The
senior, James, is the general superyi-
sor-entertains customers both inside
andoutside of his establishment. The
next.John.is emphatically the business
man Of the firm and during business
hours is never beyond the walls of his
publishing house. The third, fetch
er, is travelling and talking member.
When not in Europe, he chats and en-
tertains the various authors and idlers
who Thong the establishments. The
youngest, Wesley, attends to the local
and mechanical departments. They
were born poor, and have struggled
through all sorts Of difficulties to their
present position. James, John and
Fletcher were raised to be printers.
They are ncwrewarded for theirindus-
try and perseverance by an enviabls
position, both as to fortune and fame.
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Gr We would calI particular atten-
ton to the nunerous, new, and Interests
ing advertisements in this issue.
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nsa- The Boston Post says that the
Massachusetts, Legislators are contem-
plotting erecting statue 10 honor 81
0ssawatiolnis Brown.
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ET' We call atttentioh to the card
of Mr.. P. F. l.. Frank, of Shreveport,
20 be- found in another cssumgs.