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Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1860-08-17

IMPROVED FOR 1861
WITH LITTLE OR NO NIGHT TRAVEL COMPARED WITH
OTHER LINks.
THIS WELL-KN0WN ROUTE,
VIA
RICHMOND AND STAUNTQN
TO THE
VIRGINIA SPRIN GS.
Offers this Year Improved Comfort by Redu-
cling the Night Tr.svci In Stages; which,
added 20 toe gre alter Safety Of the
Rail ms well the stag part
This Line, co4nm, nds t
10 nI pIeaaure-seeaers rs wei rs tnvalids.
THIRTY MILES OF STAG NG OVER FINE TURNPIKEs TO
THE WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS
AGAINST
Sixty FOUR Mills STAGING OVER ROUGH ROADS BY
ANY OTHER ROUTE
MORE COMFORT AND QUICKER TIME!
kssENGERs leave Richmond So A. w., dne at Stanton
the terminus Of the Railroad by o reach Gal
Celebrated Stand by and leaving after Breakfast
White Sulphur Sweet SPRING. by IL NJ
day, teIng asst Eve hours in advance o. any other line
should party unite In requesting H. they viii have the PRIVILEGE
ofleayng 10 time to arrive at the springs 70 DR.
Those going Roobdge Alum, cath Alum Warm SPRINGS
take Stages Mborourh Depot where they arrive at $50 r
Springs respectively supper the same dat
Those gslng Hot Healing Springs stay all night at the
prnRs leave there next morning are 1t the
Hot Healing for ShlngE Springs
saunton Those Rockbddge Bath Goshen
arriving at each place respectively to supper.
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AEenh wanted.

FINE LIQUORS.
WE store Imported direct nom France. BY the alone
w STAR"
100 fine Cla-et Wlne
50 baskets On -mpagine Wine
casks zoe French Brandy
besides large Dot Of superior old Wines and Bandies
qleonahle % aud purity having been bought In bond
Aio London Porter scotch Ale Irish and Scotch Whky, Old
jamaica Ram &C. Oar stock Of Virgins Rye whisky comprises
most Of The best brands part Of which old and SUPERIOR
~ Of which Si sell Il snail advance, In lots suit pur
shas-rL JOHNSON, YOUNGER OTkY,
ieia No ~ Pearl Street Richmond. Va
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TEE Planters SAVINGS BANK,
OF the CITY OF RICHMOND
TVIHE PLANTERS SAVINGS BANK having ample Cash Oal
Sl and Chartered by the Legislature Of Virginia. will receive
Oepostes OF Five Dollars and upwards which
viii be paid at the rate Of s per per II remaining
SIX months or five ceotun anuumh less than six monhs
: Interest payable Scmi-Annually, II desired.
Depostes received their ONCE at the OF hess Duke
auteheson, No. 20 Main Street.
j. WILSON, President
A. A. HufcHnsaH. TreAaurex mA11-1y
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Dysentery, DIarrh9a, Relax, Worms.

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LADIES' FRENCU TRUNKS.

LARGE number Of those convenient Trunks with Bonnet
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Constipation, COstiveness, Suppression.
Rhrumntlsm, GOut, Neuralgia, DroPsy,
Paralysis, Fits, etc.

Constipation. NOsAiNenessf HappEsssiOa'
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A MGNG THE LARGE AND BEAUTIFUL a.
N sortment Of the various styles OF Forfeiture by
W MINIS at his Photograph and Pine Art Gallery 2iI Main
Street. Rchm nd, Va found Licensees following
well known and distinguished gentlemen all Of which bear tes
the experience skill Artsts
and the veil earned rupuistlon OF his Gallery:
kxGov. Wise, Hon. Mr.. Orr, s. O.,
D" Lieut. Gov. Jackson, Jno. r. Thompson, ESQ.,,
Lieut. Gov Montague, Rev. Mr. kied
Hon. Jas LYONS, Rev Mr.. PeerkIn
" Casxe, Rev. Mr. Duncan,
Judge Lomax, Rev Mr. MinegerOde,
Tyler, Rev. Mr.. Baker,
Hopkins. Rev J. l. Burrows,
ChAS. Bruce, ESQ.,, Rev. J. Z. Edwards,
Gen. WIN. Walker, Rev Mr. seeley,
Capt Jos. Myers, Rev. Mr. Peterson,
Rev. Mr. letter. Rev Mr. Kepler,
Rev. W. A. Smith, Rev Mr. Wilmer
The late Rev. Mr.. Dbrel, The late Judge Butler s. O.,
The late Judge olopton, The late Edgar Poe,
Rev. Mr. BcEgs, Rev Mr.. schrigiey,
duplicate copies OF all the above for sale and style
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HECTOR DAVIS, Auctioneer,

FRAkkL!N SfREET, RICHMOND, VA,
SELs sLAvEs both publicly and privately Persons entrustn
- their Slaves TO him. assured OF obtaining the hghe
market prices fr9
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-12-21
THE POLITICAL and COMMERCIAL CRISIS

What have the people lost by the cleo.
ton of LINCOLN, and the consequent pros
tration Of business, in hard dollars? The
New York Herald thinks 5000, 900, 900 will
not cover the depreciation in the value of
wheat, flour, cotton, wool, corn, State secu'
rites, Railroad and bank stocks, real estate,
and other property. Let us take one item
in Minnesota for instance. Prior to the
Pennsylvania election, which rendered LIN.
COINS election certain, wheat was worth
seventy.fve cents per bushel. 1t is now dull
at fifty cents. Here is decline of twenty
five cents and if we estimate the wheat
crop of the State at 100000 bushels, it
gives US, as one item of Minnesotas loss
$1,500,000! This loss does not include that
on otherproducts, which have equally felt the
effects Of the panic. Yet it fall much lighter
upon us than the people Of the east and
south. Cotton has declined three cents per
pound. Thousands of mechanics are with
out employment, and millions of capital
lying idle in mills and factories. This all
arises from the dread people feel, that every
investment is insecure; and the demand for
everything is limited to the absolute necessi-
ties of the individual. Nothing shows better,
the general prostration of the country, than
the state of the New York stock market.
Here is a comparison of the sales on the 10th
of October, and those which ruled on the 9th
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-12-21
Hon. VIM. Window.

The other day, in noticing the appoint
ment of Hon. WIN. WINDOW as a member
of the committee of Thirty Three, we laid
to bis door, the enuncation during the late
canvass, of certain extreme opinions. These
sentiments were probably uttered in the
heat and acerbity of political debate, and
were not the result of mature political re.
Election. We are strengthened in this be.
lief by information that Mr.. WINDOW, since
his arrival at Washington, has learned to
fully appreciate the dangers which threaten
the country, and is prepared to unite with
conservative men ia efecting permanent
and equitable settlement of the difficulties
between the North and the South. If Mr..
WINDOWS coul Sc in the future shall confirm
this statement, his official actiou will meet
the hearty endorsement of an overwhelming
majority of the people of Minnesota. We
hope, in the present alarming crisis, our del
egation in Congress will rise above party
considerations, and labor with patriotic en-
ergy to restore relations of friendship be-
tween every portion of the confederacy.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-12-21
country against the wishes and protests of

country against the wishes and protests of
tie other and weaker section, he thinks no
Southern State would be justified in leaving
the Union. He scouts the idea that seces.
sion has any warrant in the Constitution,
or in the reserved rights of the States, and
illustrates bis position in very forcible
manner. Secession he regards as nothing
more or less than revolution. He favors a
consultation among the Southern States,
and believes no State should take so grave
step as to attempt to secede without con.
sultation with those other States more i'm.
mediately to be affected by her conduct. As
to whether, in any event, be would counsel
secession, be says:
will not say that in no possible contingency
would consent to separation of the States,
But would exhaust every constitutional means
for the redress OF our grievances, before l
would think of dissolving the Union. I am
not willing that one State should be withdrawn
from the Union-that one star should be
stricken from the bright cluster which now
emblazons the National flag.
Mr.. BELL thinks the South should not 90
to extremes, for the reason that it has itself
contributed to the anti-slavery sentiment at
the North. On that point be says:
As to the indignation, not to say insult
offered to the South, of nominating and electinG
the candidates for the two highest offices of
the Government by a sectional party, on
principles which practically excluded the
Southern States from voice in the election,
contrary to established usage, and in violation
of the spirit of the ConstitutiOn-they may be
pardoned for the sake of peace and harmony,
and in consideration that the South has not
been guiltless of having contributed, and that
IN no small degree, to increase the violence
and asperites of the slavery controversy be-
tween the two sections.
The letter of Attorney General BLACK
to the President, on the right of secession,
has been published. Mr.. BLACK sees no
legal way in which the territory of State
can be entered by armed Federal forces
except in aid of the regular Federal officers
in the State. And where these have ceased
to exist, and their places cannot be filled,
Federal troops can have no mission or place
therein except by invitation of the State
authorities. The authority to enforce the
collection of the revenue be asserts to be
the unquestionable prerogative of the Gen.
eral Government, after secession as we'll as
before, and until Congress shall remit its
control over the established ports of entry
in the seeding State.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-12-21

The APPoRT1oNMENT OF MEMBERS OF
CONGRESS is made in the following manner:
When the complete returns of the census
shall have been returned to the Department
of the Interior, it will be the duty of the
chief of that bureau to divide the whole
number of free persons and three fifths of
all other persons (slaves) by 223-the high.
est number of members allowed under the
act of Congress of May, 1860. The quo.
tient will be the ratio of population to one
member. This ratio is employed in fixing
the representation of each State of the Con.
federacy.
Of course there will be some loss by the
fractions remaining in the several States.
To remedy this deficiency, and raise the rep
resentation of the country to its maximum
-233-those States having the largest
fractions will be assigned an additional
member.
"A despatch from Washington states
that the population of the United States, in
round numbers is 3l,O0O,OOO, and that the
ratio ofrepresentation will be about l33, 900.
Minnesota will have but one member in
the popular branch for the next ten years;
and yet we have so many incipieut states
men. What pity!
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-12-21
A Serious Question.

Under the new regime, which now con-
trolls affairs in Minnesota, according to the
standard of st. Sambo, the questions are
about to arise-have the people the right
to elect Democrat to Office and, if 80,
should he be permitted to perform the du-
ties thereof? Obviously not The voters
of the Third Senatorial District, compris-
ing about thirty counties, 10000 square
miles, and extending from Pigeon river at
the far end of Lake Superior, to the Red
River of the North, in their wisdom have
deemed it expedient to elect to the next
Legislature, two Democrats and two Re-
publicans. The Minnesotian is certain the
two Democrats were elected by fraud, and
so calls on the Legislature to eject them
from their seats. That's right: they have
no business there. Neither has K1DDER, of
Ramsey; M'RoBERrs and LIE BLOND, of
Houston; BARNEY, of Blue Earth; or PET.
TIT, of Steele. They were all elected by
fraud. No Democrat ever cast legal vote.
No Democrat was ever honestly elected to
Office. In fact, all Democrats are pitiful
scoundrels, and came into this breathing
world wearing breech-clouts and moccasins;
they took to Indian trading in early in
fancy affected ballot box stuffing in ma.
ture manhood; and make their exit, la DR.,
FAUsTus, in blaze of blue lights and sui
phurous odors. The best way to reach this
question is to amend the Constitution, and
disfranchise all protesting Democrats de-
clare them ineligible to Office; and con6scate
their property. That would be the manly
way to do the thing. We submit the whole
matter to the next Legislature-after hey
settle the Railroad question M ..-...~o,
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-12-21
Reclamation of Gen. Cass.

The telegraph brings us intelligence Of
the resignation of Gen. CAss as Secretary
of State. This will probably close the Of.
fetal and political life Of the old veteran,
which commenced as early as 1906, when
be was elected member ofthe first legisla-
ture of Ohio. Gen. CAss resigns, according
to the Government organ, because the Pres
ident will not take the necessary measures
to prevent the capture of Forts Moultrie,
Pinckney, and Sumpter, in Charleston har-
Dor, by the secessionists. There is but a
small force now stationed at these posts,
and the President refuses to order reinforce.
ments..the Gen. CAss particularly insists
that the army and naval forces shall be
used to insure the safety of the public prop
erty.
Attorney General BLACK takes General
CAss' place. No statesman in the Union
possesses less of the public confidence than
Mr.. BLACK. REvERDY JOHNSTON of Nd,
and EDWIN NJ. STANTON, formerly of Pitts
burgh, but now OF Washington, are spoken
of as BLACKS successor. JOHNSTON is well
known as politician and jurist, and STAN
TON has also high reputation as lawyer.
He figured in the SIcKLEs' case as one Of
the chief counsel for the defence, and has
recently been prominent in the management
of Government land cases in California.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-12-21

AMENDING THE CoNsTITUTIoN.-The Pre-
sident in bis Message recommends an
Amendment to the Constitution. The modes
of doing this, as prescribed by the Consti-
tuition itself, are two:
LIST. Congress. by two-third vote, may pro.
pose an amendment. 1t must be ratified by
three. fourths of the States, either through their
Legislature or State Convention as Congress
may prescribe.
I'd. Two.thirds of the Legislatures of the
States may require Congress to call National
Convention to propose amendments. The
amendments proposed by the convention must
then be ratified by threefourths of the States
as in the other case.
To initiate an amendment, therefore, it is
virtually necessary to have the assent Of
twenty-five States, and to perfect, requires
the assent of twenty-five.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-12-21
THE WEEKLY PIONEER AND DEMOCRAT
The President Performing Pecksnihr:

The President Performing PecksniR.
The President, according to the tele-
graph, has appointed the 4th of January
as day of humiliation and prayer, to be
observed by the people of the United States.
This recommendation is made by the Presi-
dent in view of the critical condition of the
Republic. The President states that hope
has departed from the minds of men, and
that Gods arm alone can save US from the
effects of our folies and crimes.
Proceeding from any other source, this
might be endurable, and, perhaps, proper,
ifnot necessary. to our future welfare. But,
coming from JAMES BUCHANAN, we look
upon it as the baldest piece of pecksnifian
hypocrisy ever perpetrated, even by an old
public functionary. Responsible, in his
own person, more than all other men in the
country combined, for the ruin which seems
impending over the land, it seems right and
proper that be should clothe himself in sack
cloth and ashes, and abase himself before
both God and man but if he wishes to be
credited with sincerity, let him do it on his
own account, and by way of repentance for
his own follies; and not, by including the
whole people, seek to induce them, through
participation 10 the ceremonies he recon-
mends, to tacitly acknowledge themselves
sharers in his guilt.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-12-21
Financial Matters.

In New York, on Monday, the stok mar
ket was more lively, and prices generally
higher. Money continues easy and is freely
offered at to per cent. on call, and IL to
l8 per annum for first class paper. Sterling
exchange quiet, and no sales of Importance
reported.
Very little first class paper was Offering
in Milwaukee at the banks, but they would
gladly take more, as deposits accumulate,
could it be obtained.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-12-21
A Few Facts Cleaned from Govern
ment Reports.

The permanent public debt of the United
States, on the 30th of June, 1860, was
$45,079,2C3, exclusive of outstanding
Treasury notes amounting to $l9,69O,O0O.
The U. S. MINIS coined during the last
fiscal year, $23,447,2S3 35 in gold; &c.,
25O,636 26 in silver; and $4,000 in
cents.
The total land surface of the United
States and Territories is 3,OlO,37O square
miles, or $685. 800 acres. If to this is
added water surface, lakes, rivers, &C., we
will have total surface of three and a
quarter millions of square miles. Minneso-
ia, with 1851 square miles, is the fourth
State in point of size in the Union. Texas
is first, California next, and Oregon third.
Last year, there were 1896 patents is
sued and % extended for period of seven
years. The whole number of patents ap-
piled for was 5,639.
The whole number of post offices in the
United States is 26,498-a decrease from
1859 of Al.
The number of postmasters subject to
appointment by the President (whose salary
exceeds $1,000 per annum) is but 433.
Minnesota has but 4. New York has 62.
During the last fiscal year, and the quar-
ter ending September 30, 1860, $685. ,36l
acres of public lands have been proclaimed
for sale. During the same period, 9,649, All
acres have been surveyed and prepared for
market, and l2,O5O,O53.72 acres have been
disposed of in the following manner: 3,977,-
$3.50 acres have been sold for cash, yield.
ing the sum Of $2,O2l,425 81; 3,379,O4O
acres have been absorbed by the location of
bounty land warrants; 2,O37,77O.92 acres
approved to States under the swamp grants;
and 2,665,623 acres under the railroad
grants. The number of military bounty
land warrants outstanding on the 3Oth of
September last was 74,468; and they will
require S,l96,560 acres of the public domain
to satisfy them.
The whole number of pensioners of all
classes now remaining on the rolls is IL ,284
and the sum required to pay their pensions
is 81 DOL ,018 95. During the past year the
amount thus expended was $1,lO3,562 O3.
During the year ending June 80, 1860, it
cost, to "ruu" the Federal government, the
snug sum of $77,462,lO2 Y. The receipts
from public lands, customs, and miscellane-
GUS sources during the same time, amounted
to but $59,476,lO9 49, But $2l ,615, 200
was received from loans and Treasury notes.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-12-21

LEGISLATIVE CoURTEsY.-Gov. Brown,
of Georgia, seems to be about the most un-
popular man in his state. He had the firm
ness to withstand the passage of general
bankrupt law, against which be gave suffi-
Gent reasons, in message of unusual force
and ability, and which we read with plea
sure and appreciation. The legislature,
however, Immediately passed them over his
head, with the following spicy resolution:
Be 1t resolved, That his excellency, Governor
Brown, has not only abused the privileges of
this house, but has failed to maintain, in his of.
d Department which becomes The chief msgi $.
trate of Georgia.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-12-21

Texas AND ARKANsAs.-The vote oil
Texas is, for Breckenridge ticket Al SAT,
for the Bell-Douglas ticket 5,438. Breck.
inridge's majority 32,1O9.
The official vote of Arkansas is as fol-
lows Breckenridge, %, 1872 Bell, 2O,094;
Douglas, 1927. Breckenridge over Bell
1898; Breckenridge over all, 3,4l1.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-12-21

The skin of the White Deer, that was
shot near the Rice Lakes, has been neatly
stuffed, and may be seen at the Washington
Meat Market, nearly opposite the Winslow
House. 1Gs ia3lTo s. 11
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-12-21

GOVERNOR OF SOUTH OAROLINA.-The
Governor elect, of South Carolina, is Hon.
F. w. PIcKENs, late Minister to Russia.
He is statesman of conceded ability, and
his selection at this time, indicates that the
Secessionists will employ the best timber
obtainable. 5g1a.