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The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-11-23

How TO PRESERVE THE UNIoN.-The
New York Times has discovered a method
to calm the political excitement of the day,
and make the Southerners happy. 1t is
simply to provide by law for paying to the
shareholders the value of their fugitive slaves,
instead of restoring them. This proposition
was made in the Senate of the United States,
in 1850, by Mr.. Badger Of North Carolina,
but it found no favor at that time. The
Times adds: I" If any such law should be
enacted, it should be so framed as not to
encourage the running away of slaves by
relaxing the vigilance of the slave owners.
The compensation should net be so ample
as to make them Indifferent whether the
slaves run off or not. Such state of
things might be attended with rather more
expense than the Federal Government would
be willing to incur; while law which
should give the owner such indemnity as
would be equivalent to the value Of the
slave, less the expense of his recovery under
the Fugitive Slave law, would involve no
great addition to the public burthens.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-11-23
Charles Dickens.

DR.. Mckenzie, Of the Philadelphia Press
who Is about the best literary editor in
this country-is induced to give some remi.
niscences of Dickens, apropos to that au-
thor's new work, called "Great Expecta.
tions." As we write, says the Doctor, one
shelf opposite us is entirely filled with the
collective edition of Dickens, some thirty
volumes, published by Peterson. He has
also written poetry, which is iuedited as
yet, and an opera, called "The Village Co
quette," (which was unsuccessful in repre-
sentation on the London boards) Pictures
OF Italy, American Notes for General Cir
culation, The Child's History of England,
and Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi, not in
this edition, and some of which have not
yet been republished in this country. Alto
gether, he has written about thirty.eight
volumes. All this has been done in twenty
five years! How much innocent enjoyment,
how much genial feeling, how much social
happiness, this writer has made no one can
tell. But be has done much to make ali
classes well pleased with themselves and
each other. You read few chapters of
Dickens, and the result is better opinion of
your fellow.men. Like most men of genius,
Dickens has been, and is, hard worker.
We need not 60 far back to illustrate this.
Even in our time, the best writer's have been
the most prolific. Look at Scott, whose
collected works in prose and verse, Ito say
nothing of those which he edited,) fill hun
dred volumes. Byron wrote all his numer.
Gus and wonderful poems in youth, dying at
the age of thirty six, the age at which Burns
was called away. Goodwin, Moore, Leigh
Hunt, Hazlitt, James, Sheridan Knowles,
Banim, Gerald Griffin, Letitia Landon, Fe-
licia Hemans, Mary Hewitt, Maria Edge
worth, and crowd OF others in d" the old
country" occur to US. Here, We cannot
help thinking of Cooper, Irving, Prescott,
Longfellow, and scores more who have not
only written yell, but also have written
much. In letters, there is no "Single-speech
Hamilton y many never write at all ; but
those who do, and write successfully, as
Dickens does, write perpetually. Yet, as
we know, they contrive, amid all their la
Dor, to eniOy life heartily, as Dickens does
also.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-11-23

NEW JERSEY ELECTION SINGULAR Re
sULr.--The official vote of New Jersey is
now in. The following persons are chosen
Electors: William Cook, Democrat; Joel
Parker, Democrat; Theodore Runyon,
Democrat Jas. G. Hornblower, Republi-
can Charles E. Elmer, Republican Ed
ward w. WINS, Republican Isaac R. Scud-
der, Republican. The three Douglas Dem~
ocrats are elected from three to four thou
sand majority. The straight Douglas tick
ct carried just enough vetes from Messrs.
Vrooms, Wurtz, Condict and Brewer,
Breckites, to defeat them. Messrs. Brewer
and Wurtz are defeated by some 800, while
the others lose it by from 100 to 300. In
some parts of the State people voted as
though news of the Fusion had never
reached them. Take all the vote together,
there is majority of from 5000 to 1000
against Lincoln.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-11-23
The Vote OF Minnesota.

We publish carefully prepared state
ment of the vote for President in many Of
the counties of the State, and reported
majorities in others. We do not think the
official returns will vary the majority Of
LINCOLN more than two hundred votes from
the result given in the annexed table,
which makes L1NooLN's majority over
DOUGLAS 9,459. The BREcK1NR1DaE vote
will not exceed 1900 in the State, if it
reaches that figure.
The aggregate vote of the State will not
equal that cast for Governor. For Con-
gress, Colonel ALDRIcH receives the largest
vote, and Mr.. GILMAN leads his associates
on the Democratic ticket.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-11-23
Republican majority on joint ballot,
Arrest of Fox, one Of the Murderers
of Col. Davenport.

The murder of Col. Davenport and the
circumstances attending it, are as things Of
yesterday, in the minds of many of our
readers. 1t took place in his own house,
on the island of Rock Island, on the 4th of
July, 1916, fourteen years ago. Three
men were hung for the crime and other was
sent to the penitentiary. On the Sd, a
man named Fox was arrested at Attica,
Iowa, for participating in the murder. Fox
was the leader of the gang, and he it was
who shot Col. D., and took from him his
watch. The murder of Col. Davenport was
cold blooded, and caused great excitement
at the time. Fox is likely, at last, to res
ceive the punishment which is bis due. He
has always been represented as a desperate
man.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-11-23
The News.

Mr.. George Brown, Mayor elect of Bal
timore, was inaugurated on the 18th. He
closed his inaugural address with strong
Unicn sentiments. He expressed the unan-
imous sentiment of the people of Baltimore,
the largest of all Southern cities, when he
said that the true policy of Maryland was
to adhere to the Union as long as it could
do so with honor and safety. The expedi-
ency of calling a mass meeting of citizens,
to sustain the Union, is much canvassed by
the business men of Baltimore.
AT the trial of the Republican Wigwam
rioters at Washington, on the 18th, it trans
pired that there was a concerted plan to
destroy the Republican Wigwam by the
Breckenridge Club, before the election of
Lincoln. The police are seriously implica.
ted in the outrage.
CHAs. CARROLL HICKS, of Columbus,
Ohio, Frank Nancy, Of Nashville, Tenn,
Henry N. Spencer, jr., of Pennsylvania, and
Alfred Van Benthuysen, of New Orleans,
Louisiana, are officers in the army of Carl,
baldi, belonging to the staff of Gen. Avez-
zana. They were all present at the battle
of Caserta, and conducted themselves gal.
lantly.
JUDGE LARRABEE, OF Wisconsin, fell from
the roof of his house few days since, while
experimenting some work upon it, and was
badly sprained. His physician thinks he
will be laid up for two Or three weeks. He
was insensible when taken up.
THE large stables owned by Charles Lent.
at the corner of Thirty-second street and
Tenth avenue, New York, were burned
down early on the 18th, and eighty of the
one hundred and twenty-one horses which
were in the building, were burned to death.
Mr.. Lent's loss is estimated at $4,000, and
none of it is met by insurance.
The following is the substance of bill
now before the Vermont Legislature
divorce from the bonds of matrimony may
ne BTduttu WueTc tlIuer VI Inc pdTteS Is an
habitual drunkard or shall have joined any
religious sect or society which processes to be-
lieve the relation of husband and wife to be
unlawful or refuses to cohabm ,cith each other
for the space of three years.
According to the above provision, a
wrapgling Or Indifferent couple have but to
agree to live apart for three years, and
they are divorced for the asking.
The New Orleans Delta of the 9th, says
that Capt j. S. West, devoted friend
and well-known companion-in-arms OF the
late and lamented Gen. W. Walker, sailed
to-day, in the schooner John A. Taylor, for
Truxillo. Capt. West goes down to OBJ
taiB, if possible, the remains of Gen. Walker
for his aged father in Nashville, and we
trust his worthy and melancholy mission
may be successful.
Two Germans of Detroit drank lager
beer on wager the other day. One drank
eighty four glasses, and the OF her ninety
three. sl.9 e.cl 95rfe .au4s
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-11-23
The Election i'm California.

From the returns received. it is extremely
probable that Judge DOUGLAS will secure
the electoral vote of California, although
the contest is very close in that State, be-
tween him and LINCOLN.
In the California Legislature, which
elects successor to Gw1N, at its ensuing
session, the friends of Judge DOUGLAS have
majority in both branches, thus securing
the return to the Senate, of non-interyen-
ton Democrat. LANE, Gw1N, BRIGHT,
BIaLER, GREEN, and the rest of the "Sen.
ate clique" are being withdrawn from
public service, just as fast as the people can
lay hands on them.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-11-23
The Result in Illinois.

The Chicago Times, of the 18th, thinks
that L1NcoLN's plurality in that State will
not exceed 5000, and may run as low as
5000, and further that the amount eff the
Bell and Breckenridge vote in the State, as
far as reported, would indicate that there
will be majority against Lincoln in the
popular vote of Illinois of at least 1000.
The Republicans secure the Senate of
Illinois by one majority. Their candidate
for Senator in the Sapgamon district was
elected by only seven votes. A change of
four votes in that district would have laid
Mr.. LYMAN TRUMBULL on the shelf
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-11-23

ERRirUM.-We regret that an ably writ
ten criticism on Hawthorne's Marble Faun,
printed on another page, should have gone to
the press marred by several provoking blum
ders. One, in the fourth line of the second
paragraph, where mature" should have been
printed motive" is, however, probably the
only one which would not be readily cor
rected by the intelligent reader. We beg
to express our regrets to the fair writer,
that her first, of what promises to be an
interesting series, of Prairie Papers"
should have been so badly mangled in our
hands.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-11-23

One of the most farcical scenes in the
mellow-drama of Disunion, now in course
of representation on the Southern stage, is
that wherein the Fire Eater, who, during
the preceding portions of the play has been
whipping his indignation up to coura-
geous point against the event of L1NcoLNs
election, suddenly whispers aside to his
editors and other hackers, imploring them
to induce the President elect to give some
public assurance which will relieve him from
the painful necessity of disrupting the gov
eminent. Nothing could exhibit more
faithfully the unadulterated bravado of the
Fire Eater. He has been lashing himself
and his section into paroxysms OF fury and
threatening vengeance against the Union
in case the people of the Union should pre-
sumo to choose an Executive to suit them
selves, and in opposition to his desires. The
people having given him an opportunity to
put his threats in execution, he is appalled,
at the danger involved in their perform
ance, and therefore employs this transpa-
rent trick to save his reputation. So We
see, all over the country, the journals who
asserted before election that L1NCoLN's sue
cess would in itself justify secession, now
join in a common prayer to LINCOLN to save
the country by speaking appeasing words
to the Union breakers.
Which is thing that Mr.. LINCOLN
won't do Mr.. LINCOLN don't propose to
give Presidential assurances until he has an
official right to do so. That right, in the
natural course of things, will not accrue for
some three or four months ahead. Mean
time, MIR. LINCOLN, as a private northern
citizen, will not be apt to trouble himself
about Southern theatricals, but will go
quietly to work, arranging his private
affairs, preparatory to his change of resi-
dence and business in the spring. During
that period, Mr.. LINCOLN will let the Fire
Eater severely alone. He has got the Fire
Eater just where he wants him-by the gills,
like white.fsh. He will leave him hang
ing there till spring, and the Fire Eater
NAV thank his stars if he has wind and bot
tom enough to stand out until the net is
hauled in. He may then further thank his
stars if the hanging isn't changed from his
gills to his neck.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-11-23
Governors of States for 1861.
The following are the Governors of the
several States of the Union

several States of the Union
Alabama, Andrew R. Moore. Democrat.
Arkansas, Henry NJ. Rector. Democrat.
California, Downey, Democrat
Connecticut, W. A. Buckingham, Republican
Delaware, William Burton, Democrat.
Florida, John Milton; Democrat.
Georgia, Joseph E. Brown, Democrat.
Illinois, Richard Yates, Republican.
Indiana, Henry S. Lane, Republican.
Iowa, S. J. Kirkwood, Republican.
Kentucky, Beriah Magoffin, Democrat.
Louisiana, Thos. o. Moore, Democrat.
Maine, L. Washburne, jr., Republican.
Maryland, Thos. H. Hicks, American.
Massachusetts,, John A. Andrew, Republican
Michigan, Austin Blair, Republican.
Mississippi, John ]. Pettus, Democrat.
Missouri, G. F. Jackson, Democrat.
Minnesota, Alexander Ramsey, Republican.
New Hampshire, Ichabod Goodwin, Repub.
New Jersey, Chas. s. Olden. Republican.
New York, Edwin D. Morgan, Republican.
North Carolina, John W. Ellis, Democrat.
Ohio, William Denison, jr., Republican.
Oregon, John Whiteaser, Democrat.
Pennsylvania, Andrew G. Curtin, Republican
Rhode Island, William Sprague, Democrat.
South Carolina, William Il. Gist, Democrat
Tennessee, lsham G. Harris, Democrat.
Texas, Sam Houston, Democrat.
Vermont, Erastus Fairbanks, Republican,
Virginia, John Letcher, Democrat.
Wisconsin, Alexander W. Randall, Repub.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-11-23
The Three Years Redemption Law.

In our local column, will be found very
important opinion, delivered by Justice
NELSON. of the United States District
Court, which, in effect, nulli6es the three
years redemption law, passed by the last
Legislature, in so far as the law referred to
contracts in existence at the time of its
passage. A case involving the same point,
is now pending before Judge Palmer.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-11-23

DEATH OF PRoF. OwEN.-David Dale
Owen, the celebrated Geologist, died at his
residence at New Harmonic, Indiana, on
the l4th. Prof. Owen was one of the first
biologists of the day. His geological sur
vey of portions of Minnesota renders his
name familiar to our citizens. a7
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-11-23

INDIANA.-The official vote of eighty
three counties in this State foots up as
follows: Lincoln, 07,03l; Douglas, a.
53l /; Breckenridge, 1926; Bell, 5000.
Lincoln's plurality in the State will probab-
ly reach 23,5OO. Majority over all, 5000.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-11-23
CELEBRATION AT SPR1Nap1ELp-The

CELEBRATION AT SPRINGrIELD.-TheR Re-
publicans ofSpring6eld, Illinois, are making
preparations for grand demonstration, in
honor of the election Of Lincoln, on the goth
inst. On this occasion, Lincoln may possibly
quiet the disunion movement, by a concilia-
tory speech.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-11-23
Financial.

Financial.
ILLINOIS BANKS THROWN OUT.-Tele-
graphic dispatches were received Tuesday
from Chicago, by several of our bankers, to
the effect that the following named banks
had been thrown out by the Chicago
bankers yesterday morning:
Corn Exchange Bank.
American Exchange Bank.
Bank of Aurora.
Back of Raleigh.
State Bank of Illinois.
National Bank,
Bank of the Commonwealth.
There is no intimation as to the cause of
this depreciation, but we presume it is a
repetition of the furry raised against these
same banks about six months ago when
they were called upon by the Bank Comp
troller to make up deficiency in the value
Of the stocks upon which their issues were
based.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-11-23

GEoRGIA.-The popular majority against
Breckenridge in Georgia, is nearly 1000.
The electors will be chosen by the Legisla-
ture.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-11-23

Breckenridge over Bell, 3, 1852; over Lincoln,
3,5lS; over Douglas, 6,343.
Fishers majority for Congress in the
State is 248.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-11-23

DELAWARE CoMPLETE.-The following
are the official returns of the election held
in the State of Delaware on the 9Th inst.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-11-23

The population of Ohio, as returned by
the United States Marshals for 1860, is as
follows:
Northern District. ...................l,0 81, 795
Southern District Except Hamilton
county. ............ ...:........l, 262, lS7
2,343,s72
Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1860-08-07
Glorious Times In MurfreesDoro.-
Three Thousand Men IN Coune'i.

MONDAY EVENING, Aug. 9th, 1860
Ngssss EDITORS THE Union men OF old
Rutherford are having a glorious time
here to-day. Hon. EDWIN H. EwlSG
has inst finished as able IA speech as has
been ,made during the canvass 1t had a
telling effect upon the vast multitude that
heard him. His speech was devoted to the
portraying of the inestimable blessings OF
the Union. and to giving the people cor
rect political history Of Hon. JoHS BELL
He showed to the satisfaction of every body
that Mr.. BELL was as sound upon the slavery
question rs any man in the South, that Is to
the satisfaction of every unprt iudiced mind.
Hundreds Of Democrats heard this speech,
and have no doubt many of them will go
away convinced that i, is their duty to vote
for BELL. and EVERETT and the Union.
While am writing this, Hon RoBERT HAT
TON, our distinguished member of Congress,
is making one of the ablest speeches he ever
delivered, and is eliciting the most enthusi
astic applause from the immense multitude.
There are at least three thousand persons
present This is most glorious day for the
BELL and EVERETT men of old Rutbrelord.
must stop, the mail is ready to start.
Yours, OBSERVER.
Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1860-08-07
Hen advertisements.
LAMBS AMI LOTS.

ME offer for sale ON easy terms to purchasers the
w following Real Estate viz:
Lots Nos II and Is on Pearl Street, 81 and IS on,
washington street, each in J.. H. Laniers Addition
Nashville,
Lots Nos. 6, ssi 335 and 10 feet OF $780, in Ewings
Addition TO Nashville-all unimproyed., a. ra--.s
Lets Nos D, and I, on High street, in the Plan of
~ wilson spring property. On each of these lots IS
neat Bres House, all new and occupied by good
road leading TO Paradise Ill., about four miles from
the city, adjoining the lands of Sam Cayce W. b..
living and others, and known the Maddox place.
II viii make a fnc market garden. Can at once and
get bargains H0BS0N & WHELESS,
have on the market the splendid residence OF Wes-
hey Nheess, with 81 acres OF Land which has been
heretofore advertised ard more defieiy described.
expect TO put on the market The ensuing Fall fcf
which due notice viii be gven) about 100 Lots IN n
new addition 70 Edgsnsld n, HoBSoS-
aug5-2n
Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1860-08-07

~ We give up all of our space Today
10 the speech made in Louisville last fhurS-
day night Ii is an able and eloquent pro
duetion. and must increase the devotion Oh
every true minded man for the glorious cause
he has espoused, and the zen chosen Tor ou'
10 ,derz We commend it to rhe careful
study OF all readers
Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1860-08-07
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