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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-03-04
THE PROPOSED BRANCH MINT IN NEW
YORK


Annexedis Mr.. Letchers report IN favor Of mint at
New York 1t failed to meet the approval of the Com
mtee on Ways and Means-receivng but two votes-and
has not been reached by the House. ia nevertheless
very interesting document, and well worth perusal-
THE REPORT.
The undersigned, minority Of the Committee Of Ways
and Means, 10 whom was referred House bill No. SO,
being "a bill to establish branch Of the mint Of the
United States at the city Of New York" submit the fol-
lowing report
The committee have given to this subject the careful
consideration which Its importance to the metallic
rency and to the domcsc and foreign OF this
growing country demands To promote and facilitate the
coinage and general distribution of the precious metals
with the greatest and the smallest cost or
are desirable and important both TO the nation
ana 70 naivduas mint located at the place of receipt
ana distribution Of the gold and silver produced at homo
seems 70 be best calculated 70 effect 30 vaua
ne an OBJECT In proof Of tho correctness of tho posi-
t that New York s the place receipt Of the gold and
silver produced al nome and abroad tho committee pre-
sent hne following table showing the deposits Of gold and
her 10, 1854, TO December 81, 1851 ~ $500 WV
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-09-09
Letter from MIR. HOllinshead,

To the Editors of the Pioneer and Democrat.
GENTLEMEN have just been informed,
by an intimate friend, member of the Re-
publican party, that the advocates of that
party in this canvass charge me with stating
that which was false in regard to the expen-
diture of the $25O,OOO borrowed upon the
credit of the State, and the limit of the
State Indebtedness, as originally established
by the Constitution of the State govern
ment.
That statement was made without any
personal knowledge of the facts, and upon
the written authority of the Treasurer of
the State, given courteously in compliance
with my request.
With Mr.. ARMSTRONG; permission,
annex, for publication in your columns, his
letter to me, which claim to be in strict
accordance with that part Of my speech re-
lating to this matter.
Very respectfully,
WIN. HoLL1NsHEAD.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-09-09
Wisconsin,.

The Republican State Convention of
Wisconsin, which met OF Madison on the
3lst of August, nominated for Governor,
ALEXANDER w. RANDALL, the present in
cumbent for Lieutenant Governor, CARL
SCAURz, who, the Milwaukee Sentinel says,
(" made speech very properly declining the
nomination.; !" for Secretary Of State, L. p.
HARVEY for State Treasurer, S. D. Hast
INGs, who now holds that Office. '-oa40
We think the chances in Wisconsin are
largely in favor Of the election of HOBART,
the Democratic nominee. A very large
fraction Of the Republican party, distrust
honesty the both and Republicanism Of
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-09-09

Sibley's majority, AL
The Board OF. canvassers did not do Mr..
Sibley justice. His majority, instead of 24O
8 AL, and an examination or canvass of
the returns, by any other rule than that laid
down by Mr. Galbraith, would have given
him this majority.
Of the rejected votes, discarding the 399
for Ramsey, admitted now by the Republican
leaders, to have been forged. Sbley has
1920 and Ramsey 1,729, giving Mr.. Sibley
a majority of the rejected votes, of which any
doubt exists as to their being valid or frau
dulent of l9l.
The Minnesotian of yesterday, in an,
nouncing the footings-up OF the canvassers,
takes occasion to bestow upon Mr.. j. r.
Brown and Gov. Medary, the tender epithets
of scoundrels, perjurers, forgers, &c. All
this is provoked, because these gentlemen
united with Thomas j. Galbraith in declaring
Mr.. Sibley elected Governor of Minnesota.
The Mnnesotian says, in speaking of the
Governor and Mr.. Brown, that aaf
They found at length, by adding up all the
precinct returns received, that the aggregate
vote in the State was shown to be greater than
the aggregate of the canvass made by the Re.
gisters of Deeds in the several counties.
Having ascertained these facts, they of course
proceeded at once to take the last named basis
for their canvass as the surest mode to elect
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-09-09

was supported by Gov. Medary, we believe,
on the ground that, if the members of the
Board attempted to canvass by Precincts
or in other words to 60 behind the canvass
made by the various County Registers, they
would be unable to complete their labors in
six months.
In making up the result, in the manner
indicated by Mr.. Galbraith's resolution,
four distinct classes of returns were rejected,
comprising, in the aggregate, 4,O58 votes !;
of which l,930 purported to be cast for Mr..
Sibley, and 2,l28 for Gov Ramsey.
The first class comprised returns which
the Board considered to exhibit votes legal
ly cast, but which were rejected owing to
their coming in conflict with the resolution
proposed by Mr.. Galbraith, and adopted by
the Board. This class consisted ofprecincts
in organized counties, not canvassed or re-
turned by Registers of Deeds, but which
the Registers in their returns name as reg.
ularly established precincts. To illustrate
this class we will refer to the First Ward
ofSt. Paul, the returns of which were for
warded to the Secretary, but not to the
Register of Ramsey county, and not being
returned by the latter officer to the canvas
sers were consequently, as deposited with
the Secretary, rejected by the Board. OF
this class of votes, in the counties of Winona,
Wabashaw, Ramsey, Olmsted, Scott and
Stearns,
The whole number cast was.... 2,406
II. H. Sibley received. ,259
Alex. Ramsey ...........l,l lat
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-09-09

Mr.. Sibley, and they have accordingly declared
him elected by 24O majority.
Now, as Mr.. Brown introduced resolu-
tion to canvass by precincts, and as Mr..
Galbraith opposed it, and offered as SUBJ
stitute that the canvass be made by counties,
the Minnesotian's epithets fall to TIE ground
or Mr.. GaIbraith comes in for an equal
share. The project of canvassing by coun-
ties was Republican movement, opposed
by one Democratic member of the Board,
and supported by the other for-to him
good and sufficient reasons"
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-09-09
[COPY.J
STATE TREAsURER's OFFICE.

ST. PAUL, MIMI, August %, 1859.
VIM. HOLLINsHEAD, Esq.-Dear Sir enclose
you copy of my exhibit for 1858, made in
February last, which will furnish you the infor-
nation desired. sent to the PIONEER for a
printed copy, but have been unable to get it as
yet. Will you please return me the enclosed
when through with it?
You ,cN observe that about Ninety Thousand
Dollars OF the Disbursements icere for old Terri.
torial indebtedness, and Ten Thousand for in.
trest due the LIST Of January last, paid out of the
$3.50, 900 loan. See last page of the exhibit.
Yours, &c. GEO. w. ARMSTRONG.
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THE WEEKLY PIONEER AND DEMOCRAT.

RANDALL, and it is certain that he will not
receive an enthusiastic support. The re-
fusal, too, of CARL ScHURz, to run on the
ticket with RANDALL, bodies evil to Re
publican success this fall. esT
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-09-09

A LETTER writer thinks witnessing BLoN-
DIN walk bis tight rope is almost as good as
seeing man hung.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-09-09

SPEECHES BY MEssRs. BECKER, BRIsBIN AND
CAVANAUGH.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-09-09

ing OF Lake, st. Louis and ItaSca,
The whole number of votes cast
H. H. Sibley received. ...........l63
Alex. Ramsey I" .............3O7
Ramsey's majority. ............ 139
five make recapitulation including all
the votes cast, even the four hundred in
forged poll books, Mr.. Sioley still has ma
jority.
The whole number of votes from which
the official result was declared, was 35,34O,
as follows:
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-09-09

1t will thus be seen that, in counties about
which our Republican friends have raised
their loudest and most vehement cries of
fraud, Ramsey gets "a more votes than Sib-
ley. Of the 43O votes received by Ramsey
in these counties, evidence of an unimpeacha-
BILE character exists, that 800 WERE PRO.
CURED BY FORGING POLL BOOKS. We may
aid that the evidence connecting Ramsey or
his friends with these forgeries, is of the
strongest character. The forged names, ap-
pended to the forged poll lists, are pro
nounced .forgeries, in affidavits signed by the
men whose names are forged.
The fourth class of votes rejected consists
of returns from precincts in organized coun-
ties, made by precinct officers, but from
which counties the Registers of Deeds have
made no returns. In these counties, consist
L + Il o. I
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-09-09


The second class consisted of precincts in
organized counties, not recognized as exist
ing by the county Registers, in the returns
made by them. These precincts were re-
turned by the precinct officers, and were au-
thenticated by their afidavits of this class,
in the counties of Mower, Dodge, Steele and
Ramsey
The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1859-10-24
A WzAlrHY MAs.-The New York cor.

A Wealthy MAE.--The New York cor
respondent of the New Orleans Crescen t
gives the following account of George Law:
If anything don't pay, George Law re-
spectiully drops it. He no. owns nine
renths of the Eighth Avenue Railroad, which
alone is-aa income for prince, and growing
more valuable every day. He also owns
nearly all the stock of the Ninth Avenue,
which. whsn completed, will run from the
Battery through Greenwich street to the
Ninth Avenues and thence to Harlem river
a nine mile concern. Half the ferries belong
to Law. He owns the Dry Dock Bank, and
the bank owns about forty acres of docks,
houses, and land, almost in the heart of the
city. Law owns the Staten Island ferry
boats, and two miles Of water front, nearest
New York, that in few years will be worth
for docks ten millions. He really owns the
Flushing Railroad, and Heaven knows how
much more he owns. That immense think
Ing brain keeps accommodating. don't think
ne goes into large operations now for the
purpose of making money. think he works
to keep from stagnating. Though not q
politician, be wields very powerful int1u-
snce upon politics, especially upon local af-
fairs Most persons have an idea that he is
an old man. No such thing. He is only
itty-oue years old, and possesses one of those
vigorous constitutions that will last hin for
ty-niae years longer.
The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1859-10-24
special Notice.


H p EVEN THOSE who are in the en-.
Us ioyment of perfect health frequently
naye need to have reee urse to tonics as preysn-
tAtives OF disease. We are never too wen a, m ed
against the assaults OF 1.-The ills that flesh is
heir to-" Such an invigorator they may find ia
Hostetter's Bit.ers-a medicine that cannot be
taken regularly without giving vitality and
elasticity to the system. AT this season partic-
nla' ly the strongest man is not proof against
In all cases of fever and ague the Bitiers Is
more potent than any amount OF gu mime, while
the most dangerous cases of bilious fever yield
to Its wonderful properties. Those who have
tried the medicine will never use another, for
any OF the ailments which the Hostetter Bit.
tiers processes to subdue. To those who have
not IN Ide the experiment we cordially recon-.
mend an early applics tion to the Bitters when
ever they are stricken by disease of the diges-
tive organs.
For sale by BURRUSS BRO, Wholesals
Agents, and Importers of BraIdies, Wines and
Ems Havana Segars, Norfolk, Va, and by Drug.
sisfs and dealers generally. everywhere.
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bread. Lend your capital, your aid, and
your Influence, to build up Southern manu-
facturers, if you'd draw the sting from the
serpent, you now nourish but to strike you
when opportunity offers.
Every article needed can be manufactured
at the South as good and as cheap as it is at
the North, and with proper encouragement
cheaper after few years trial; for the DIFF
ference OF transportation would soon enable
Southern factors to drive oat competition
These things can be done easily. Most slave
owners are capitalists; many of them have
their capital invested North-let them
draw that capital hone-laborers ara abun-
dant, but are powerless without combina.
ton With capitalists. Let the capitalist and
laborer combine, and 1t will be for their EAU
tual beneft-the capitalist, By getting lar
ger dividend than Northern stocks paid him,
and also keeping around him men whose in
terest it is to protect the Institution of sla-
very, because that institution affords them
capital to operate on, and customers to con-
sumo their wares; whilst the laborer or mai
ufactu er, by means of that capital, can thas
make his labor more remuneratiYe.
We may be wrong, but We don't believe
we are. We believe that Southern capital
affords the means used against the institution
Of slavery, and we believe that that capital
is mostly supplied by slave owners them
selves. We believe that old Ossawattamie
Brown would never have shrieked in Kansas
or Virginia either, if the Shareholders of the.
South had encouraged Southern or home
manufactures.
But we of the South are so welded to our
follies that an ordinary "shriek" will not
arouse US. We can only be awakened to a
true sense of our danger By a genuine, ter.
rife "howl."
The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1859-10-24

The Aurora Borealis Explained "A scien
tidc gentleman in Illinois, thus gives the
origin Of this celestial visitor:
"When tae melofygistic temperature of
the horizon is such as to calorizs the impuri-
ens naturalization of the hemisphere analo-
gy, the cohension of the borax curtistus be-
comes SAT charged with iRfnitessimals which
are thereby deprived Of their fssural disc vi
sitions. This effected, rapid change is pro-
duced in the thorambumpter of the gyasti-
CUTS palerium, which causes convaloular
in the rectangular antipathies of the terrest-
rum acqua versuie. The clouds then be-
comes a mass Of deordorumized specu'e of
carmocular light, which can only be seen
wheuit is visible"
The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1859-10-24

The london Times on General SCOTS Ms,
s'o".-The London Times, commenting on
the mission of General Scott to San Juan
says: At @
Mr. uchanan, we are glad to saw. has
given a satisfactory assurance that the cues
ton has and will be temporarily considered
at Washington BY the selection of General
Wlnneld Scots for mission, the duties of
which require great calmness, temper and
discretion. Gen. Scott has lorg held the Of
nee OF Commander in, Chief OF the American
Army. At the time when sympa thisers for
the United States invaded Canada, and 9th
erwlse aided and assisted the Canadian
rebels, Gen. Scott endeavored to enforce
with all the means in his power the neutral
ity OF his country. He is man of tried
honesty and of high honor, and his sele c on
we regard as measure not only creditable
to the President, but likely to briag to a
already been too long and 100 angrily agita
ted.
The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1859-10-24

FrighJM Accident.-One day last week
while Mr.. Franklin Lewis, of John sonbury
Wyoming county, N. Y, was engaged
about threshing machine, he was caught
by his frock in the machinery, which com
menced the operation of winding him up
DE was whirled half way round and succeed
ed in grasping hold of the feeders stand and
hung fast until the rope wound his trock
and jacket over his head, and the pin struck
him just below the right eye, and inficting
a frighttul wound. bis frock was torn off,
but the wristbands, and the binding was so
strong about the neck that it skinned and
bruised bis neck badly.
Revolutionary Pensions.-The following
Revolutionary soldiers are pensioners on the
roll of the State of Kentucky
Thomas Becknell, Madison county, aged
50 years; Henry Bird, Morgan county aged
96 years; Elijah Denny, Rockcastle county,
aged 81 years; Jacob Goodman, Monroe CO.,
aged 81 years; Robert Jones, Mer Ger county.
aged 80 years; John heeton, Owen county.
aged 96 years; William Long, Shelby co -,
age unknown; Anthony Phelps, La Rue g
aged 81 years; George Rogers, WAYNE co :.
aged 95 years; James Sheriff., Green CO -,
aged 81 years.
More Theatrical Troubles. Much troubIe
says the New York Daily News. an.
pears to exist among our theatrical mana
gers and some of the lambs of their flock
We hear astounding rumors about Bourci.
cault and Mrs. Wood, and Miss Keene, Ada
Clifton, Mr.. Sothsrn, etc. We certainly
shall be obliged shortly, to ventilate these
matters "Look to it,"
Dro~ned 6ya Jug.-At Lysander, Oman
daga county, N. Y, few days since, John
G. Forbes tied jug of whiskey about his
iAck, and attempted to swim the river. The
jug proved too heavy for him, and he was
Ioand at the bottom next morning-baying
mixed altogether too much water with lis
liquor.
DIVIDED DECLARED The Bank of Cane
Fear has declared semi-anaual dividend of
four per cent.
"A Monomaniac. are told that Mr..
Mono Of st. Louis has just married his sew.
enth wife. That can be justly described as q
Mono-maniac.
DEATH from Yellow Fsrer.-Durinu the
past week fifteen deaths FROM yellow few Z
have occurred at the charity Hospital, New
Orleans.
The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1859-10-24

lib SPooNs.-Some time since a Catha lie
servant girl stole lot of silver spoons from
a Protestant preacher ia whose family she
was servant. A correspondent says som :
thing like the following ensued:
10 the Protestant Preachsr-I send YOUR
spoons back. II your servant had been a
Protestant, you never would have got them
again. Tours, CATHOLIC PRIEST.
10 the Catholic Priest-I thank YOU for
the spoons. If the servant had been Pro-
testant, shenever could hare stolen them.
Yours, PROTESTANT PREACHER.
The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1859-10-24

Death Of a Faithful Old Servant.-The
Washington IN. G. Dispatch learns that
laithlul oId Servant named Jacob, belonging
to Mrs. Laughinghouss, of Pitt, died on
Friday last, at the advanced age of los years,
Some are Of opinion that he was III. he
was highly esteemed by the large family
circle in which he has been owned for MANY
years, as was shown by the large number Of
white persons who attended his funeral,
the decent manner in which he was inferred
Jacob had been member of the M ethodist
Church for years and died in peace. We are
told that it is not known if he ever suffered
from loss OF sight, and that he re aimed it
until his death.
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From the Nashville Gazette of Wednesday !
Forgery-Escape of the Guilty
Party Innocent Man Arrested.

From the Nashville Gazette of W ednesday i
Forgery Escape of the Guilty
Party-Innocent Man Arrested
Several nights since man named Louis
Frayser, and representing himself to be a
Lieutenant In the army, and pensioner, in
company with number of par,ons at Han
mer'S stable,expr essed desire to get check
for S75 cashed, drawn by Joel M. Smith,
pension agent 1t appears that he had b cen
in the city for about week, during which
time he had talked largely, related his expe-
rlence In the army, gave a full history OF
the manner in which he was wounded, and
concluded by informing everybody that he
had come to the city for the purpos, of pro-
curing bis pension.
BY this way he made himself generally
conspicuous, and in the meantime formed
the acquaintance ofa number of persons. il.
ciuHng several menbers of tho Legislature,
ana otner prominent gentlemen in the CITY.
Inc manner IN which he commented on bis
sortunes and misfortunes, seemed to be per-
tecuy plausible, and no one who had been in
his company seemed to have anv douhfl
whatever as to his case.
on the occasion referred to above. he sta
Iea tnat he was very anxious to 90 home,
ana desired to have the check cashed. No
one present having a sufficient amount OF
money, ne was referred to John Casey a few
doors above. On presenting the check to
Mr Casey, he refused to cash it at first. be-
cause be was not sufficiently we'll acquainted
with the holder, but Mr. VIM. Bridges, who
was In the house, told Mr.. G. that he had
formed his acquaintance, and was satisfied
tnat II was all right, whereupon Mr.. Casey
paio frayser the money, and took the check.
on the next day Mr.. Casey presented the
cneck, and learned that it was a forgery
M. smith states that Frayser called at his
once, and entered into conversation, but he
oid not receive the check
Frayser having left on the night he re-
ceived the money, and his whereabouts not
being known, Mr.. Casey got out war; ant
1or Mr.. Bridges, as an accessory, and he was
arralgned for trial before Esquire Robertson,
Yesterday evening. T. T. Smiley, Esq, ap-
peared for the defendant, and S. Finley, ESQ,
Tor the prosecution. A large number Of wit
nesses appeared on behalf of Mr.. Bridges,
all OF whom testified to his high moral
character and gentlemanly bearing, and
upon hearing of the case in full, he was dis
A 6eo 145 5.E l. ....f.- ass ga 44-s
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