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


mens Of Gerdarmerie, containing 1898
men, nor the military police. Taking the
number Of men In military service, the 10
tai strength Of the Austrian army on the
new footing may be put at 100000 men,
and on q war footing at 100000. The
command. TO- CHIEF is IN the hands Of the
Emperor, and, 10 bis absence, ia those Of
Archduke WILLIAM, bis cousin, who is 81
years Of age.
Lately two hundred thousand men were
10 lOmbardy, on the left bank Of the Tici.
no, the boundary Of Sardinia, and might
cross ii any moment. Besides, eighty thou.
sand more were despatched from Austria
proper TO the scene Of conflict, ~ we learned
by the Niagsrss news last week
r,E WAR YEELixo ~ THE CsrED srArEs--
Our voEEIGs POPULATION.
The New York Herald, Of the 18th inst. q,
nays
There have been various funors 81 sIpsdL
tons being on foot, composed Of foreigners. ia
this country. aud even in this city, designing 70
proceed 70 Europe, and Jsio one OF the other
side In the coming contest. But We have been
unable 10 trace ths.e reports 70 any facts other
than the rumofsd departure " some thirty Ger.
mans from Cincinnati for the purpose Of joining
Austria.
The Italians Of this city, numbering several
tboasabds, are divided on the var question.
The largest party seem 10 be firmly IN favor Of
NazznL Who, will be remembered, stands
slO0f from the present contest, and 40 far from
following the example u Csribaldi and his com
patriots. who have notify gone 10 the defence
u sardinia, sTset 70 dis,rast the Emperor Of
the French a. the last man IN The world ~hO
has any care Tor their liberties. They -nany
u ihsm-s1y "ItAtbrF Austria than Sardinia or
France, and az Organizing their forces,
ready, When they shall deem u Dscss.afy, TO
lon Mar al, Ia favor Of grand radical feVo
luton 10 Italy. They have already formed q
nun per ~ sOoistiss shieh pass for bsnsyolsn nj
ordination and the like. bat ~hicA fs.ily
have The Object u helping liay. according to
their nolOn 4 they can. Tbs other Italian
party IN this city sympathise- With barlbaldi
ana sardinia. They sAy they are grateful 20
Ialsf Eihsaasl f0f the noble stand ~hich be
Ia. taken % bsLaf u Italian llbsfiy that be
30. afforded fsf4ss - he sea patriot. ~
ray even a. he u.s - .hi~Iing flsfsp4ta1I@
.Harartsf. thai -aflha has s'ihc"I every
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-05-19

We are informed by q gentleman just ar.
rived from Red River, that 20 far from
there being any fresbet 10 the Red River a.
had been anticipated the water is actually
lower by much than usual in the spring, be-
ing only sbou, two feet above its usual lev
ell. OF course there is no overflow, nor can
there be any even at the lowest points, as
the snow which was for the most part light,
has long since disappeared, and the surplus
waters have accordingly been carried of.
The fords can be crossed by animals without
difficulty.
The Sioux Wood river Is only about six
inches higher than it's usual autumn Level.
II ia Of course then not navigable by steam
boats, and what is Of as much Importance TO
the project Of carrying steamboat from
the Minnesota 20 the Red River-the port
age between lac Traverse and Big Stone
Lake 10 not under water, as has been repre-
sented. The humiliation il at oil. would
come from Lac Traverse, and in that lake
the water il low. We should be sorry to
disappoint the hopes Of tho-e who expect 70
make a continuous water trip from saint
Paul to Fort Edmonton by the inierlock.
ing overflow OF tie head~aters OF Minnesots
and Red Rivers, but We are Of opinion thy
must postpone the enterprise till more
suspicious season.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-05-19
Black Republican Prose ripiion.

The Black Republicans Of Massachusetts,,
on Monday last, voted on and adopted by o
majority Of from six to ten thousand, the
following amendment 70 the Constitution Of
that State:
No person Of foreign birth shsll be entitled
TO vote, or shall be eligible to ONCE, unless be
shall have residt within the jur addiction Of the
United States. for two years subsequent 70 his
naturalization. and shall be otherwise qualified,
according to the constitution and laws Of this
Commonwealth; P,ocidsd. That this amend.
mebt shall not Affect the rights which any per
son Of foreign birth possessed at the time Of the
adoption thereof; and, PROVIDED further, that
il shall not Affect the rights Of any child Of .
citizen OF the United States, born during the
temporary absence Of the parent tbsrefroD.
The Republican party are responsible for
the adoption Of this amendment. Two sue.
cessive Republican Legislatures passed ii at
the dictation Of Republican caucus and
in defiance Of the bitter opposition Of the
Democratic party Of the State. When it
came before the people Of The State, to be
voted on, and by this browning act Of ap
proval incorporated in the Constitution Of
the State, the proscrip,ive amendment was
supported by the entire Republican press OF
Massachusetts and opposed by the united
Democratic party. CUsHISs, HnLgTr,
WOODBURY., Butler and other leaders Of
the Massachusetts, Democracy Zen, the aid
Of their powerful Influence and great talent.
to defea, the amendment, bat their Efforts
were Of 10 avail against the overwhelming
odds opposed 10 them.
To show the spirit OF the Democratic op-
position 10 the degrading amendment ne
quote the following among other stirring sp-
pal. which appeared % The morning Of
election 10 the Boston Pot, the leading
Democratic papr d The STATE
patriotic eitysn. F1soriAie sl-h ms
srabie dstIncti0n a. ta.s amen iin.li pohry =
81 nA-guTAie. IL : TAI Ia 'hs grain. ~ a.
people NAssAchl..ti. people sh1..i be ihs
a. 20 srssr a. praCIs ard . she pine
pc Gffh'- props 'irn-.'se fte' 'hA' Us too
yrAr. amrHlmsHi .aCs. a ssrs.s taigs ~ 30
shoe fore 30 paPta loH = tls oa1fl 'la'
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-05-19

disposition 10 do the Italians justice, and that
whether Louis Napoleon In sincere or not, be
can be used ~ . means fer their ends. The
Maxzlni party believe that the war must fall
through: that Louis Napoleon must back
down, and Sardinia be compelled to disarm
When that happens, they believe there will be
popular movement Of ltalians for freedom,
which IL IL their purpose 10 join.
The Sardinia party here 10 In minority but
in Italy, they claim they ncmber 6sS,000 10
6,oo0 81 the red republicans, sad point to the
late almost universal exclamation of Victor
Emanuel as the salvation Of Italy. Count Ca.
YOUR 10 q particular fAvorits with them for his
known liberal sentiment. and they are willing
80 uphold him and his government, and believe
the major portion Of their coantryme Of homo
will do 50. They say that revolution, which
always throws up the dregs Of society. has
sent TO America great many men who are
Disgrace TO the Italian nation, aud not Ia fitting
rrpresentativcs-wi willing 70 cry hAssini or Aus
tria or nythtng else that their leaders may d.
rect: thai the sixteen thousand yeung men
from Lombardy, Tuscany and vicinAl states
| who have joined Garlbaldi, and the exodus of
NeapolitAn exiles from England 10 Piedmont,
are . sufficient indication Of the desires Of the
Italian people.
Among the Germans there 10 . strong Aus
TRAN feeling not that they love Italy less, but
that they love Germany more. They have no
|
signally defeated, rendering an insurrecu ton
and revolution In France inevitable, aud ~
they believe general European revolution and
the freedom OF Germany . certainty. Hut We
have heard Of no projects on foot for the con
certed emigration Of any number Of Foreigners
from this city 10 participate In the threatened
| struggle. The Germans are for the faderland,
| II fadcrland 10 for Austria. They remember
that It was French soldiers who helped 10 ex'
| unguish tho Roman empire Of lsls, and that
| the Napoleonic dynasty has never favored lib
crty. There are . number Of leading Ilunga.
| rians, however. who intend 90 20 over and Join
Sardinia against Austria. aud more would go
had they the means.
rHK WAR INCREAsiS0 EMIGRATION.
| The late advices from Europe give evidence
| Of increasing activity IN emigration TO this
countr,. There were over i've thousand smi'
grants collected at Liverpool alone. ready To
| embark. There can be no doubt that Euro
pean war would 80 dersnge oil departments Of
manufacturing industry - to neceasitAte avast
exodus OF the working population, whose
steps would naturally be directed towards this
| country.
THE WAR AND our wssrERS RAILROADS.
Tho necessary transporting Of grain, -four
and provisions from the West TO the Atlantic
coast, the necessary accompaniment Of passen.
gers, the return traffic, the carrying TO tho In.
terior Of our increased emigration, all the nat.
ural result ofa war, would naturally help our
Western railroads, and, perhaps. do away with
the necessity of their present ruinsus com
| petition.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-05-19

lyme which rests on the low bottoms un.
der the bluffs which is in the situation de-
scribcd, large proportion Of its surface
being covered with water. This is proba
bly, what is meant by ST. Paul being under
water, win the Press please correct ito
geography.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-05-19
A0RicoLA.

Query, what sort o. fish are there IN Red
RIVER Two OF three years ago q Mr., MeDoa
AID tnot your Ousftsil correspondent declared
by hsh but las .tofy~ sthOught inpfobable.
Il .. 10 bs hoped the whales DO not come up
from Labrador
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-05-19

await the assistance Of the French troops, who
are being rapidly transported TO Genoa. We
may presume that BY this time some 10000
SardiniAns are concentrates Alessandria, and
that the rest Of the army are retreatng before
the Austrians, endeayoring A. much ~ possible
TO avoid collision.
Their tthe freneh) present means Of trans
port are immense, and the distance from Tou
Ion TO Genoa Is hardly 400 miles. We cannot
doubt that in few days $4,000 rrench will
have joined the Sardinians at Aiessandria, and
then il Ia hardly likely that the Austrian com.
mAnders will risk q march on Turin. without
ventaring TO predict the course Of events, We
may say that unless there be news within ~
hours that the Austrians are before the Sardi.
MAN capital, We shall believe that they have
determined TO limit themselves TO that dcfeu.
siye warfare for which their position gives them
~ many advantages
rHg STRENGTH or rRE BriI.rGrRENr FORCES.
The following are the 8 ta,is,ics Of the
French army on peace footing for the
present year (ls59), taken from the most
recent authorities
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-05-19

National Guard. Is ,O67 Troops Of adm. 0,oss
Infantry A7 ,6tl Military justice. $3.50
Cavalry ..... 65, t01
Grand total on peace footing see, I09,0 G?
In lsa6, in the time Of Louis Philippe, il
consisted Of 100000 men, and 1869
horses.
On a war footing the French army would
probably number three quarters Of million,
or fully as much IA the army OF Austria
and there can be little doubt that II has
been quietly increased to n very large extent
during the last year. The standing army Of
Russia numbers, in peace, 1850. without
baggage trains or gendarmie. England's
army is 222,s74 men, with 800 1928 horses,
besides in India 92,739 men and 1854
horses. Prussia's army numbers lGl 900
The Sandman army, on peace footing
consists Of
stan. .......... 27t 1 ARTILLERY. ...... A.O53
Infantry. SO, ly9 Cavalry. .5.2ll
Engineer Corps. 1878 -
Total. ........,'.,......,,,N '9l5
The troops are Differed by 1852 supe.
rior and inferior officers Besides the fore
going. there are 1859 horses. These sta.
tistics Indicate the strength Of the Sandman
army last year on peace footing. The
army now numbers about 10000 men.
The armies of the Duchies, which are
now occupied by Austrian troops, are ms
follows
PARMA-3,CGs men on peace footing, and
5,G72 In war.
MoDEsA i 800 men, and II, $50 Of militia In
reserve.
TuscAsr--l7, 205 Of oil arms
The army of the Sovereign PontiiI, in
1858, numbered 1928 men, with ! 1850
horses. lie has no navy.
The general staff Of the Austrian army
comprises 4 Field Marshals, IL Cavalry
Generals and Field Zsugmsistres, ll2 Lieu.
tenant Field MArshals, 100 Major Generals
and 2GG Colonies. The Austrian army on
Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1859-08-25
Greatnes Of Little Things.

Scientific research iterates and reiter-
ates one moral-the greatness Of little
things, and the importance, not only of
the minute study of facts, but Of the study
of minute facts. One can imagine the
contempt with which the practical men"
of the last century listened to the news
that bitter controversy was raging be-
tween two Italian philosophers, as to the
reason why a frogs leg twitChes under
certain circumstances; and yet therein
lay the bud of the electric telegraph and
eleCtro-plating, and numerous other un.
dertakingS in which tie practical man of
the present day, though as averse as his
ancestors to every investigation whose
fruits are not Immediately visible, is very
happy to invest his money. The study
of snow-balls, pie-crust, and squeezed
wax, has led the physical philosopher to
comprehend two of the greatest natural
phenomena-the cleavage of rocks. and
the structure of glaciers. A century ago,
the collecting Of fossils was regarded as
an occupation Of about the same dignity
as the accumulation of old china. Now,
the coal miner risks his capital upon the
strength of the evidence they afford, and
the landed proprietors of some of our
eastern counties pocket many thousand
pounds every year, by selling the phos-
phatic fossils, whose nature was first
pointed out to them by country clergy
man who happened to be man of science.
And not only does the gradual wilening
and perfeCting Of our view of nature bring
with it a respect for the influence of the
study of minute facts, on the advance
ment of knowledge, and the lettering
mans estate, bat It tells us that, apart
from all consideration of man and his
wants, minute and seemingly most insig-
nifcant agents have played mighty part
In the history of our globe.
Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1859-08-25
Letter nom q BoardIng.sehool MIss

Dear .MdT.-I am now being teached
the Spanish langwaage! which my tutor
says | learn it with CRATE fasility; I're
improved amazingly in the english sinys
Pve been here speek and rite the real
new stile now! and my compositions are
being very much admired among the pu-
pills of the school. / come within one Of
Citing the meddle for being the bess eng
lish scolar at the close of the last quawter
and shood done it but 1 was being
sick abed, and couldn't attend to ny stu
dys for hole week! and so 1 got behind
hand. BY the by Mar that shoCkin bad
english-yew do right I'me ashamed 10
sho yewr letter to any Of the missesses
among my akwaintances; for Instenls Tew
say, "wile the wot,erw was billing the other
day." Sc, s., now yew shOod say, @wile
the wotter was being billed" Par TOO
rites jest as incorrectly, for instents he
says in his letter french goods are falliu
very fast" insted Of saying "french goods
are being fell" Tme reelly sHockt thai
yew and he don't keep pacs with The
march of modern improvement bot Tine
being called this mint to exCile my Spa
nish lessen, 50 ! must wined Of. I super
scribe myselve yewr afecshonate dawler
MIRANDA MAcKER1EL.
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hundred thousand, Arkansas had but
forty-seyen thousand seven hundred, In
Guiding blacks. In neither case was po-
pulation a criterion. They were all ad.
mitted as matter of right under the
Constitution and Treaty. Are both to be
violated by keeping Nebraska out of the
Union? Most certainly, if a different
rule is to obtain.
We say then to the people os Nebraska,
assert your rights, form and adopt your
Constitution, and knock at the door Of the
Uniep, apd it shall be opened unto you.
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Miscellaneous.
From the Peoples Press.
Is Nebraska Entitled to q State Gov
ernment with her Present POpu-
latiOn?
From the Peoples Press


The propriety of State Sovereignty
commends itself to the favorable consider
alton of every reflective citizen of Nebras-
ka, and so far as we have been able to
ascertain, there is but one sentiment en-
tertained, common to all, (which is that
Nebraska should, at the earliest possible
day seek admission into the Union as an
independent State. The reasons are OBJ
vious, the effect upon the prosperity of
the country too apparent for argument, or
even references to other Territories ad
mitted to the full enjoyment of all their
civil and political rights.
Our Territory has now reached in po-
pulaticn, wealth and commercial import
ance that eliminating point, which accor-
ding to all precedent in admitting States,
iustifies her in asserting as a right po-
Sition among the sisterhood in this great
republic. To obtain so important desi-
deratem, the next Legislature should pro-
vide for Constitutional Convention, for
the election of delegates. and for submit
ting the constitution to a popular vote Of
the people, and, if accepted, Congress
would not do less than add another star
to that banner which will ever promptly
wave
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In beginning the world, if you don't
wish TO be chafed at every turn, fold up
your pride carefully, putit under lock and
key, and only let it out to air on grand
occasions. Pride is garment, all stiff
brOcade outside, all grating sackcloth on
the side next to the skin. Even kings
don't wear the dalmaticum except at a
coronation.
Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1859-08-25

The illness of the body usually brings
out latent power and philosophy of the
soul which health never knows; and God
has mercifully ordained it as the custom
ary lot of nature, and in proportion aswe
decline into the grave, the sloping path is
made smooth and easy to our feet; and
every day as the films of clay are remov-
ed from our eyes. Death loses the false
aspect of the spectre, and we fall at last
into its arms as wearied child upon the
bosom Of its mother.
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An Indian complained to a rumseller
that the price of liquor was too high. The
latter in Justification SAID that it cost as
much TO keep hogshead of brandy as a
COW. MAY be he drink as much water, 4"
replied the Indian, but he no eat so much
hay."
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THE ADVERTISER,
- q ApvERFIsIrva.

one square 90 lines OF less) one insertion, 81 %
one 50 Quare, one month, Eay
Business Cards Of six lines less, ole yeag, btH
one Column one year. % %
One-kalf Column enc year, - -
One fourth Column one year - ~
One eighth Column one year, ld ~
one column six months. IS %
one half Column SIX months - %
One fourth Coiumn SIX months, --- CO ID
one eighth Column six months, U0
tine Column three months, 20 lt
one haif Column three months, 10
One fourth Column three months, - 90 %
one eighth Column three months, %
Announcing candidates FOR Office Qn advance j.. %
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-o~---
Idle BOYS.

A writer in the Northwestern Christian
Advocate, has the following sound advice
to boys, which all our young readers would
do we'll to consider:
He who is idle and vicious in school is
still more so when he leaves it. He who
fires squibs will in time fire pistols. He
who plays cards for sport, will, if he turns
not, play ere long for money He who
robs henroosts or orchards will prObobly
some day rob safes and pocket-books. He
may not do it in a way to expose himself
to the penitentiary; he may have his wits
so hardened as to rob legally, by setting
up wildcat bank, ar betraying the con-
fdence of his employer, or obtaining pos
session of property without the means of
paying for it, or by getting his hand upon
the public Golfers that he may fill his own
under the soft appellation Of "breach of
trust"
would that you could see with my
eyes for a little while; you would then
think with me, that he who when a boy
could not be trusted, cannot now that he
is a man. II would not be proper for me
to mention any names, for | could Illus
trate this by numerous painful examples.
But they are not necessary. Effect will
follow Cause-as a man sOws so shall he
reap; boyhood is the seed time, of which
manhood Is the harvest.
As, therefore, you love yourselves, form
the habit, while young, of employing all
your time usefully. Never be unempIoy-
ed. The land is full of idlers, striving to
live without labor. 1t is not to be suppo-
sed tha; a boy is to be a man. much less
an old man, but in the midst Of his mirth
and hilarily he may be innocent and
amiable.
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The party were all slowed away in the
wagon-John and the two boys on the
front seat, the three girls on the middle
seat, and old Mrs. Blackford and her
daughter on the back seat. The horse
started suddenly, and Mrs. Blackford,
who was not paying paying particular at
tention, suddenly found herself on the
ground.
'Ah. grandma'am,' said John, looking
round, l didn't see you fall p a..l
Pm very thankful you didn't, said the
dame as she took her seat in the wagon
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"Ah," said old Mrs. Doosenbury,
"larning is great thing. I've often felt
the want of it. Why, would you believe
it, I'm now sixty years old, and only know
the names of three months in the year,
and them's spring, fall and autumn, and
| larnt the names of them when l was a
leetle bit Of a gal"
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Last Sunday, in a Western village.
when the "Piate was being passed ia.
church, gentleman said to the collector
$50 on; I'm dead-head-I'ye got a
pass"