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The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-11-16
Col. Bakers Position.

The election of Col. Baker to the u. 8.
Senate, from Oregon, has been commented
on very generally by the press, and in
Oregon it appears that the Democratic
papers (both Wings have generally de-
nounced the coalition by which one Repub-
lican Senator was elected. This has brought
out an address from the fifteen Douglas
members of the Legislature, who united
with the Republicans, in which they excuse
themselves as follows, in voting for Col.
Baker:
"We were Influenced to some extent by
ms position upon the slavery question in
the Territories-a position differing but
little from that of our own party. Although
acting with the Republicans, Col. Baker,
in the canvass of this State last Spri ,g,
openly declared himself in favor of practi-
Cal non-lntervention, and allowing the Terri
tories, as well as the States, to settle their
domestic affairs in their own way: His
often repeated declaration upon the stump
in California in the State canvass last year,
while his private professions, more recently
made, leave US no room to doubt his sim
cerity. In voting for him, therefore, our
sacrifice of principles seems to be more in
name than in substance. Aside from parti-
zan politics, we are satisfied that Col. Baker
will prove wise, able and prudent Sena-
tor, and will reflect credit upon the State
which has entrusted him with the position,
which is more than can be said, with truth,
of our Senators hitherto"
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-11-16
Fanny Ellsler I'm Chemise.
A Spanish paper tells the following pi-
quaint story of Fanny Ellsler, which is al
together too good to be lost:

A Spanish paper tells the following pi-
quaint story of Fanny Ellsler, which is al
together too good to be lost:
During voyage, the illustrious bullerina
recognized, in the disguise of sailor, gen.
tleman of fine appearance and address, who
during the engagement from which she was
just departing, had been one of her most
persevering admirers, who had trans6xed
her eyes, cannonaded her with boquets, and
bombarded her with signs. Thus discov-
cred, be threw himself at her feet, and begged
her in the name of Cupid, to pardon the
trick which love alone had suggested. He
was inspired, tender and impassioned and
Fanny in taking leave of him cursed, per.
haps, in her heart, that inexorable virtue to
which women in general, and dansueses in
particular, are proverbiaIly condemned.
Re-entering her cabin, she Was soon softly
sleeping to the undulatiocs of the vessel and
tie musical murmur of the wave, All at
once she was awakened by warm breath
upon her face. A few words even of ten
derness escaped, as if involuntary, from a
trembling mouth; while hand boldly gil
ded under the bolster, in search of little
bronze Golfer, in which the danseuse was in
the habit Of carrying her gold, diamonds
and bank notes. Satisfied thus of the inten-
tions of her visitor, the intrepid Fanny, by
an impulse of sublime audacity, threw off
the coverlid, thrust her leg out of bed, and
applied so vigorous kick to the stomach
of the thief that he measured his length up
on the floor and vomited lots of blood. The
alarm being given, the fellow was secured,
and subsequently recognised as one of the
most il!ustrious robbers OF Great Britain.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-11-16

BY CHARLES G. EASTMAN.

We loved her as our own, poor child,
And through the weary years
We nursed her life with constant care
And kissed her silent tears.
She strove to seem contented while
We cheered her through the day.
But when alone at night, poor child,
She wept her life away.
We strove by every art, poor child,
By every tender art
And every gentle means to win
Her sorrow from her heart.
But still she dropped beneath our care,
And sadder grew each day,
Her CHI elk was always wet, poor child,
She wept her life away.
Still while she wept and strove, poor child,
To pay our love with smiles,
And hide her sorrow from our hearts
With sweet and playful wiles,
Her lips grew whittier and her cheek
Grew paler day by day,
And struggling with her grief, poor child,
She wept her life away.
She died when summer came, poor child,
The child we could not save,
And hardly mourning that she slept
We laid her in the grave.
She never could forget the day
Her sainted mother died,
They could not live apart, poor child,
They slumber side by side.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-11-16

LORD MAYOR OF LONDON AND THE FISH,
MoNGERs.-It has been stated that the new
Mayor of London, Sir w. Cubitt, was q
fshmonger. A writer says:
He takes the designation of "fshmonger"
from being member of the 'Fishmonger
Company" one of the ancient guilds of the
city of London. According to its charter,
no person can carry on misunderstanding the
city limits without being freeman OF one
of the companies, nor can he hold any civic
dignity without being also. a Liveryman.
These privileges he may get by inheritance
from his father, by apprenticeship, or by
purchase, payment of pretty heavy fees being
also necessary. By the perpetuation of the
hereditary right through many generations,
mans business has, in majority of cases,
no affinity to the name OF his company. In
apprenticeship, the same will often occur.
In purchase, a man may make his choice
The "Fishmongers' is one of the Oldest,
and, if Sir w. Cubitt got bis privileges by
purchase, it would be very natural pro-
ceeding for him to select one of the best
companies.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-11-16
What Shall be done With South
Carolina.

Correspondence Of the Cincinnati Enquirer
WASHINGTON, Nov. s, 1860.
1t Is now confidently stated in circles that
profess to be well Informed about Mr.. Lin.
coins purposes, that if elected, he will offer
the Department of State to Mr.. Bell, of Ten
nessee, and in case the latter declines, then
to Mr.. Rives and that in no event will he
subject his Administration to the incum-
brance of Identifying Mr.. Seward, either in
the Cabinet or as foreign Minister or any
other capacity.
This is not regarded as mere rumor. I
learn, from a gentleman who has just re-
turned from tour in the Southwest, that
while much excitement and ill-feeling will
exist if Mr.. Lincoln shall be elected, there
is no indication among the people OF pur.
pose to dissolve the Union. 1t is believed
that South Carolina will secede, and that
the only danger is that an attempt to con-
strain her by force may awaken sympathy
and elicit the cooperation of other States.
My own opinion is that the harshest policy
which the Federal Government can pursue
toward South Carolina is to leave her to
herself, and that the most expeditions way
Va Va in6AoS ACA ooVn IL " lcI utr SO. DIG
will soon find that she has jumped out of
the frying pan into the fire. At every point
where her railroads penetrate into the ad.
joining States it will be necessary for the
Federal Government to establish Custom
houses, and the effect will be to strip
Charleston of half her trade Immediately.
She will lose the benefit of the United States
mails, for which her citizens pay back to
the department about one third the cost.
Her commerce is now almost exclusively
with her sister States. This would be at
once subjected to the burden of our tariff
duties, and the effect would be instant COM
mercial ruin.
Nine-tenths of the merchandise now in
PRODUCED into the port of Charleston arrives
free of duty from the North. AS an inde-
pendent State she would be compelled to
tax these goods in order to raise revenue
to support her army and navy. Her people
have been crying out against Federal taxes
these thirty years, and is it probable that
they would bear fourfold heavy taxes, i'm.
posed by the State, with patience.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-11-16
In chapter On doctors the New York
dIuorf;cor

In cnapter on doctors the new I Ork
Commercial advertiser says:
The fees of doctors have not advanced in
New York for twenty years, while all the
necessaries in life have doubled in price.
The stated minimum fee for each visit is 81
and it is said that during the first five years
after graduation young doctor cannot ex-
pect to live by his profession. As pro.
lection to the public the law provides that
only regular practitioners shall be able to
enforce the collection of their fees, but
quacks manage to obtain pay in advance.
The average amount of fees realized by each
member OF the medical profession is sup
posed to be about $1,000 year. Those
doctors who are said to have incomes of
from ten to forty thousand dollars, are Drs.
Carnochan, Mott, SEN, Delafeld, Barker,
Peaseley, Buck, Clark, Parker, Draper,
Doremus, Stephen Smith, Gescheite and Jas.
R. Wood of the Allepathists Drs. Grey,
Mercy, Peters and Wilson among the Ho.
mepathists, and DR.. Green, Specialist.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-11-16
A Young Lady Murdered by a Slave
Woman.

Reliable intelligence from Fulton, Gallo
way county, No., apprises US that q shock
ing tragedy occurred within eight miles of
that place on Saturday last, In the house
of Mr.. Barnes was q female slave of iras.
cable and dangerous temper, who had fire.
quently been enraged at Mr.. Barnea' daugh-
ter, Susanna j., q young lady of some
eighteen years Of age. Saturday morning
the slave Teney was sent to work in corn
field, and the family set off to attend q
meeting of some kind, leaving Miss Barnes
alone at home. On returning from the
meeting they were Mortified to find her
shockingly beaten to death, and the floor and
walls of the dwelling bespattered with blood.
The dinner table had been set, evidently, by
Miss Barnes, and her knitting work lay dis
arranged on the kitchen floor. The kitchen
showed blood and signs of q struggle.
Blood marks were visible along the walls to
the east room, on the floor and walls of
which was much more blood, and the room
exhibited plain traces of violent strife.
Next, the blood was traced to the west room
where the murder had been committed, and
where the corpse was found lying in gore.
The slave woman was called, and found
to have changed her dress since morning.
On search, the dress was found in the field,
hidden and bloody. A shovel was found
bloody and battered. When confronted
with her bloody dress, the woman confessed
that she had killed Miss Barnes. She was
placed in custody of Deputy Constable
Henry Willing, who rode off in haste for
the Jail, at Fulton.
When within three miles of Fulton, he
was overtaken by party on horses, who
took the prisoner from him, led her to tree
not far of, and there hanged her till she was
dead.-&. Louis Democrat.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-11-16
Rival Danseuses on the Stage...Extra.
ordinary Scene In an Australian
Theatre.

Rival Dansenses on the Stage...Extra-
ordinary Scene In an Australian
Theatre.
Miska Hauser, the violinist, thus describes
an exciting scene which he recently wit.
messed in Melbourne, Australia:
"The curtain rose. A French dancer, ar
elegant, supple young lady, of no great
beauty, but much expression, and apparently
on good terms with herself, appeared in the
scene in her short lace dress, received by an
outburst of applause and by the martial
trumpets Of the orchestra. But from the
other side came youthful blooming Span
ish creole, with beautiful eyes, large and
soft her complexion rosy, and her figure
tall in fact, the impersonation of Terpsi.
chore. She bowed modestly-it was her
first appearance at Melbourne and the en-
thusiasm of the public, surprised by her
beauty, manifested itself in vehement
cheers.
"The two dancers struggled for the palm
of victory in graceful Tarantula. Like
two gittering butterflies they whirled round,
accompanied by music and applause. The
mercurial Partisan made use of her most
seductive wiles, of her most refined pirou-
cites, of her most enchanting attitudes but
the creole seemed patronized by the Graces
themselves. laundering applause encour.
aged her; and as often as she came forward
with her graceful modesty, nosegays, and
rings, and bracelets were thrown at her fe t..
The French lady struggled with her last
strength against the triumph of her rival,
until, disheartened and exhausted, she fell to
the ground.
"Ihe creole approached her with com.
passion to raise her, when suddenly the
Partisan darted up, and, with looks full of
hate and fury, boxes the ears of her rival.
The audience Kissed and booted, while she
exclaimed, with much passion, 'The wretch
tripped me- The poor creole declared
with dignity that she was innocent of the
meanness; but vulgar word which slipped
out of the lips of the French dancer against
her suddenly aroused all the passions OF the
south in her bosom, and singular struggle
began. The two excited ladies rushed upon
each other, and wrestled and tore and pulled
one another's hair, while the thunders of
the gallery made the whole atmosphere
vibrate. l never saw more natural per.
Torrance. The better class of the public
did not interfere, but seemed rather to be
amused by these Olympic exercises, until
the creole, bleeding and fainting, was car
ried away from the scene. Some officers.
who, from box, had witnessed the specta
Gle, were revolted at the conduct of the
Partisan, and sent for the police to arrest
her, but her friends collected and re.
sisted the constables. A riot ensued; a
portion of the public rushed on the stage:
they jumped across the orchestra; the fiidles
and bass viols were broken; the ladies were
faintiDg, children crying; and took to my
heels with my fiddle and ran away, without
stopping until reached my hotel"
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-11-16

A New YORK boy superintends the man.
ufacture of orange wood toothpicks in Chill,
South America, which are whitfield out by
the children and the aged and decrepit, who
sells large numbers Of them at twenty cents
thousand. The Astor House buys eight
or ten barrels at time, and popular res
taurants consume about thousand per
week.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-11-16

late Major Eastman. we find one with the title
of "The Orphan" which We print below.
From the freshness of the ink in which it was
written, the inference is that it was one of the
last-perhaps the very last-of his poetical
productions. It is as sweet in conception az
Il II graceful in diction.-Verm0nt Fatriot.1
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1860-08-25
Oil and Water.

At the North Mr.. Breckenridge is de-
nounced as secessionist' and disun- !!
ionist," while at the South some Of his
enemies hold him up as far too northern
in his opinions. Al the North Mr.. Doug
las is presented as the champion of" pop
ular sovereignty" while at the South his
supporters are compelled to disavow his
Interpretation Of that doctrine. Mr.
Douglas and his northern supporters are
unsparing in their denunciations of those
they call interventionists, advocates Of
4" slave code," &C., while at the South
Gov. johnson, who is running on the same
ticket with Mr.. Douglas, has said -" I
believe that it is the right of the South
"to demand, and duty of Congress to ox-
"tend, protection to persons and property
4" of every kind (including slavery in the
I" Territories during their territorial state"
Mr.. johnson has never retracted this
opinion. On the contrary, he has rcitera-
ted it, in speech made by him in Mis-
souri, since his nomination for Vice Presi-
dent. In that speech he quoted the fol-
lowing extract from speech made by Mr..
Toombs at Lexington in September last :
"It may be that the power Of the Ex-
"ecutive may be inadequate to that purpose
" (the protection of slavery in the Terri
tories y but if all these safeguards fall
''s shall then be prepared to protect all the
rights of all the people in the Territories,
as we'll as elsewhere, by all the powers
Z" of the Government"
After quoting this extract from the
speech of Mr.. Toombs, Mr.. johnson
said -" subscribe 10 these sentiments" I"
Mark the fact, that this endorsement of
the DO sition of Senator Toombs was made
since the nomination of Mr.. johnson for
Vice President on the Douglas ticket. 1t
comes up fully to the Breckenridge plat
form. We wonder that the perpendicular
Douglas men do not repudiatc their can
didate for Vice President under such cir
cumstances. What! Union between an
interyentionist and a non .interventionist
You might as we'll attempt to mingle oil
and water. How can Mr.. Douglas con
sent to fuse with johnson?
There is not now a prominent man al
the South who advocates Douglas upon the
Douglas platform as declared in the
Freeport speech. Those who have es-
poused his cause are careful to repudiate
his doctrines.
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1860-08-25
Regular Nominations.

The.very strongest card of the Douglas
ties, and one which is most insisted on by
them, is their claim that their candidate
has the "regular nomination" In many
States their entire strength is derived from
this mistaken assumption; and yet in
those very States we see the Douglasites
repudiating regular nominations, and even
voting directly for the candidates of the
Opposition in preference to the regular
candidates of the Democracy. If Mr..
Douglas is entitled to any Democratic vote
on the plea of regularity,so was McClarty
in Kentucky, but the Douglasites voted
against him; so is the regularly nomina-
ted electoral ticket in Pennsylvania, but
the Douglasites declare their intention of
setting up another; and the same is the
case in Maryland, and all throughout the
South. Everywhere in those States the
Douglasites are in opposition to the rcgu-
lar Democratic organizations-arc, in fact
"bolters," ''sccessionists," "factionists, y
"disorganizers," and all that they impu-
IDENTIFY charge against the genuine Democ-
racy--Constitution.
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1860-08-25
Wont Stick!

Gen. RoUMFoRr's State Committee, it
is said, struck from the ticket the name Of
Gen. GEORGE M. KEIM, ,as elector at large
and substituted that OF Hon. JOHN CESSNA
Of Bedford. The Reading Times, howev-
er, learns that Mr. G. respectfully declines
the honor, in other words "won't stick, u
and that RICHARD j. HALDEMAN,-the
veritable SIR RICHARD himself-is to be
substituted By all means let this be
done. We 60 for DICK first, last, and all
the time. There should be a man at the
head of the ticket who has Travelled in for.
eign parts, and can talk French, Italian
Turkish and Choctaw We go for Dick
well, We do.
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1860-08-25
The Roumfort Committee.

1t will be recollected that the Fornoy,
IIaldeman Convention which met in Har-
risburg on the 26th of July, appointed an
Executive Committee of sixty seven gentle
men, with Gen. Roumfort as Chairman,
whose instructions were las expressed in
the resolution) to "address the Democracy
Of Pennsylva mia, correspond with the reg
ular organizations in the several counties,
distribute correct information, and guard
the vital interests of the Party"
This Committce-or rather, some tUen-
ty foe of the sixty>seven gentlemen COM
posing it--met in back room at Buchlers
Hotel, on Wednesday last, and proceeded
to take the high handed and unauthorized
step of mutilating the Reading electoral
ticket by striking thercfrom the names of
the electors who refused to pledge them
selves against the compromise adopted by
the Democratic State Committee, at Crcs-
son. Not only was this act unauthorized
by the honest supporters of Mr.. Douglas
in Pennsylvania, but it was in express vi.
olation of the programme marked out by
their Convention of the 26th ult., rs the
above extract from their resolution will
show. 1t was done without the shadow of
authority from any quarter, and can be
considered in no other light than an act
of reckless disorganizaton,perpetratod by
handful of men convened in private
room, where they were shut out from OBJ
servation and criticism all report ers be-
ing excluded except the reporter for For
ney's Press, who, as the special organ of
disorganization, was permitted to prepare
so much of the proceedings as the mana
gers wished to see the light of day.
The gross inconsistency OF these men
will be apparent, when it is recollccted
how loud they have been in their protcs-
tations against the power of the regular
State Committee to mutilatc the Reading
ticket, assuming that nothing less than a
State Convention could exercise = uch pow.
or. Then why did they not call such q
Convention of the friends of Mr.. Douglas
They were afraid to risk such a procedure
as they we'll knew that very large major
ity of the supporters of that distinguished
statesman are in favor of the Cresson COM
promise, as aifording the only rational
means by which the vote of the State car
be saved to the Democrats. We shall be
much mistaken, indeed, if the Democracy
of Pennsylvania will not scout at the far
cical idea of these twenty five men assum-
ing to undo what the regular Democratic
State Convention did on the first of Marcl
last, at the city of Reading. We do no
for moment believe that the honest friends
of Judge Douglas will consent to be trans
ferred TO Lincoln by any such silly contri
vance.
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1860-08-25
The Difficulty Settled.

The attention of onr Democratic friends
is respectfully called to the proceedings
of the State Executive Committee at their
meeting at Crcsson says the C2earReM
Republican. The action of the Committee
was prompt and to the point. After ma
ture delibcration the friends of Douglas
and Breckenridge agreed to support the
present electoral ticket, excepting one of
the Senatorial electors, who is to be omit
ted, and the name of Breckinridg or Doug.
las substituted, as the voters may prefer,
and the electoral vote of the State to be
cast for the one having the greatest num-
Der. This will enable the whole Demo.
cratic party of the State to vote as unit,
and it is precisely what every man who
did not prefer Lincoln as his second choice
desired. The result will also settle
much desired point, and that is, whether
Douglas or Breckenridge is strongest in
Pennsylvania.
This proposition was made by the friends
of Douglas, and excepted by the friends of
Brcckinridge, and was supported and op-
posed by about an equal proportion of
each, and so far as we have seen and
heard, it has not with the unanimous ap.
probation of the party.
And why should it not !? 1t is project
ly fair and equitable. Every real Demo
crat in the State must prefer the election
of either Breckenridge or Douglas to Lin
coin. This arrangement enables ALL
SUCH to unite and vote for the same elec-
tors, without sacrificing any feeling, pref.
udice or party obligation. They may all
regret the present unfortunate condition Of
our party--the failure of the National
Convention to make a nomination that
would have secured harmonious action
may be, as it no doubt is, regretted by
many true Democrats. But there is nc
help for that now. We must deal with
things as they are-not as they should be
or as we would wish them to be. Those
who repudiate this action of the Commit
tee, whether they are for Douglas oil
Breckenridge, are but aiding the Aboli
ton Republicans in the election of Lin.
coln-and rendering him more aid than
! if they were to support him openly.
They have the utmost confidence in thu
success of this arrangement. We believe
it will baing out a larger vote than woult
be polled under any other circumstances
and thus FOSTER will be triumphantly
elected Governor in October, and thu
State overwhelmingly carried either fol
Breckenridge or Douglas in November.