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The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-03-02

The last overland mail from California,
with dates to January Both. brings news Of
new gold discoveries 10 Ell Dorado county.
The Walhac silver mines were attracting
great attention, and sales of claims had been
made at San Francisco, within a fortnight,
to the amount of 100000 The destruc-
ton ofcattle in the Carson Valley had been
immense, on account Of the scarcity Of fod-
der; and in the vicinity Of Warren Springs,
fifteen hundred carcases were in sight at
onetime.i "A telegraph has been completed
to Fresno, twenty miles from San Francis
co. Efforts are again in progress to pro
hibit Chinese immigration by law. ~ op'l
A New ORLEANS dispatch Of the 3Oth,
with dates from Tampico to the 18th states
that Generals GAIA and URAGA were march,
ing rapidly from Maaahueld and Tula; as
was also CARAvAJAL from Victoria to in
tercept MrRAMoS's expedition against Vera
Cruz. The Picayuae's Vera Cruz CORES
pondent says that 4,500m men under MoREL1A,
and 1000 under ALVAREZ, were marching
on the capital. The liberals were besieg,
ing Guadaljara. Gen. DEGoIADo had gone
to Pueblo 70 direct the movements Of the
Liberals, iand was confident of defeating
MiRAMoN. MIBAMoN's wife accompanies
the expedition against Vera Cruz, and it
is supposed. in the event Of defeat, it is
MlRAMos's intention e,apit the country
1THsstore offW.sHqHAwK1Ns, at 'MadiIa
con, Wis, was orcibly entered on Saturday
night the 18th BIZ burglars, and be-
tween $500 and, $500 worth of dry goods;
&cs stolen. 81 N O. cluelto theirobbefs. l9i1o'
Gro, AeKrs, Who WIZ sss convicted ths
Morris county. New Jersey, Courts of the
murder of ISAAC GORDON, at Winterville,
last fall, was sentenced on the 10th, to be
hung % Thursday March 49, nSao saf e 3,
.AF1hRioceurrediat,0 iney, illinois, On the
71st,iwhich destroyed dry goods store and
dwelling house. Property Insured s66readdo ffo 81!
$3,eooa.'a 's''SsS sn0''s '0a al '4a1 Son' ''SA
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-03-02

The State Auditor of Illinois has notified
the following banks TO deposit extra seeuri
ties to cover a decline in the value of the
State bonds on which their circulation has
been issued T. American Exchange Bank
at Raleigh Bank Of Aurora, Aurora !;
Bank of the Commonwealth, Robinson. {;
Bank Of Napieryille Gate Dupage County
Bank, Napieryille; Bank Of Raleigh, RAJ
leigh; Corn Exchange Bank, Fairfield !;
GRANVILLE Bank, GRANVILLE Morgan County
Bank, Jacksonville; Peoples Bank, Carmi;
Railroad Bank, Decatur Rushville Bank.
Rushyille; Southern Bank Of Illinois, Gray
vile; Stock Security Bank, Danville.
Ihompson's Reporter says it is thought these
banks will suffer the Auditor to wind them
up, rather than comply with his demand,
Their securities are mainly Missouri bonds.
The following banks in Wisconsin are
represented by the Comptroller Of that State
as being irresponsible: Bank Of Montello,
Frontier, Citizens, and echanics' Banks,
having no Office, and no business expect. to
issue notes for circulation; Bank of North
America, purporting to hail from Grand
Rapids, but whose President and Cashier
live in Cook county, III. The Bank O.,
Oconto, Arctic Bank, Bank of Appleton
Chippewa Bank, Clark county Bank, Corn
Planters Bank, Farmers Bank Of Two
Rivers, Green Bay. Stock Bank, ST. Croix
Valley Bank, Oconto Bank, and Trades
mems Bank likewise evade or violate the
banking law by having no place of business
or banking house. The banks thus men,
toned have an aggregate circulation of
ST. ,332,150. There is danger of loss to
holders Of these bills should there be con,
siderable decline in the market value of the
stocks deposited as securities, the owners Of
the banks having no capital invested in the
business and residing mostly out of the
State. ++.{ .-..r[ - .s.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-03-02
House and Senate Committees--Sec-
tiOnalism.

The Republican journals frequently point
to the Senate Committees, as being subser-
vent to the South, inasmuch as Southern
gentlemen happen to be chairmen of those
deemed the most important. We condemned
the manner in which those Committees were
constituted, at the time of their announce
ment, as unjust, and we have not changed
our sentiments on the subject. Look at the
construction Of eight Of the most important
Committees of the Senate, those which
control in great degree, the legislation of
the country 80 s.,l ara. s,sts-3se
Foreign Affairs Mason, of Va. :. South
Commercially, of Ala. -. s... ..South
Post OHce-Yulee, of Fla. South
Territ0ries-Green, of Mo. South
Naval Afiairs-Mallory, of Fla. ...,.-.Soqth
Acknowledgment, of Del. South
District Of ColumbiaA Brown, of Miss. Z. South:
Finance-Hunter, of Va. South
But, since our structures upon this subject
appeared, a Republican Speaker has been
chosen in the House, and what is the re-
suit? The very COMMITTEES which con-
troll the entire legislation of the country"
are given to the North I! There is no South J;
it is all North, NoRrH, NORTH! Sec:
tionalized the Committees stands thus :1se ~.
Foreign Affairs orwin, of Ohio. !. ...g. North
-Washburne, Of Ill. .....s... North
Post Offices and Roads-Colfax, of Ind. North
Territories-G Grow, of Pa. :. -. North
Naval Afairs-Morse, of Me. Z. ~. =. North
Observation-Disclosures, of Pa.i.... -. ~. North
Finance Sherman. Of Ohio. .......,.-. North
Indeed, with the exception of four Com
mittees, and those unimportant, the long
list of House Committees is in the hands Of
the North. GrumbIing at the action of the
Senate should cease, until the House does
justice to the Southern portion Of othe con- On
federacy.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-03-02
Greeley's Presidential Opinion.

= i. = EL.A
HORACE GREELEY, in late article on the
Presidency, gives his opinion as to the future
of the Republican party. The first question
that viii suggest itself to the Chicago Con-
vention will be, SCan we elect an out-and-.
out Republican, IF yes, then Which
shall we take, SEWARD or CHASE ?" ii the
Convention shall decide that there is doubt,
then-what?I GREEIEY says -" t'a .. VOC
,"If, then, our Convention shall decide that
it cannot safely nominate Seward or Chase,
we hold with due submission, that the man
for the hour is Edward Bates, Of Missouri.
IF the Chicago Convention shall see fit
to nominate one of our most pronounced
Republicans, we shall receive this as authenr
tic evidence that the Republican party is
stronger than we had supposed, it, and shall
60 to work with win to justify that conf
dence in its strength. II, on the, other hand,
it shall present the name Of Edward Bates,
we shall feel q double assurance that the
domination Of the slave powers in our Ma
tional Councils will finally cease and deter
mine on the 4th Of March, 1861. - ~. -
Now, with MI, BATES as the candidate Of
the Republican party without "A PLATFORM
aniour Southern 6releaters ofithe YANcEH
school tell US what figure the Democracy of
the free States would cut with their slave
code for q platform?, .,4lo tor era ,l~.,,,
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-03-02

,stfkHtUgFl SEifltf ---{i .W3i4.JlI ~ i6iE,
There are some quiet, sunobtrusive lives,
thai. without any assertion 81 public promi-
nence, seem to weave themselves in With the
common social life Of the community, and
we do not know how closely knit they are
in our social ssympathies, and what hold
they have upon the unconscious fellowships
Of the heart, until Death takes them away
from us, and life seems .unravelied of half it's
harmony and beauty because they are gone
sTHEoDcRE FRENCH was one Of these; a
modest, genial, high-hearted man, Of choice
and delicate afinities for what ia kind and
true and cordial in. the world, and who,
from being loved by an inner circle Of APP
preciative friends, attracted a wide range
Of secondary friendships, until from know
ing those that knew and praised him, he
grew into the universal esteem. He had a
marked and sterling character which, with
out ambition for public distinction, impaired
the favor of its sincere and kindly qualities
to the whole community in, which be lived.
He died last Saturday, on the evening
preceding his twenty ninth birthday, in the
confident hope of joyful resurrection. The
conscious chasm which his death has made
in the community, shows how large place
he filled in the general esteem, and how the
silent influence of his modest and sterling
worth had pervaded all classes of the com.
munity. He was born at Concord, New
Hampshire only and much loved son.
He graduated at Dartmouth College in 1852,
where he was a universal favorite with stu
dents and professors. In 1884 he was a
student at the Cambridge Law School, and
in December, 1854, be came to St. Paul
with JOHN B. SANBoRN, ESQ.,, as a partner
in the firm Of Sanborn & French-now San
born, French & Lund well known through
ont the State as one of the ablest and heav-
lest law firms in the city. But he died too
soon to be. appreciated at his value as a
citizen or a lawyer, ID If he had had the
ambition, he had the energy and tact to
win, and the talent to adorn, any position to
which he might have aspired. ~ ~.
"A ripe scholar, of rare literary taste, he
was never happier than in the society Of
few chosen friends, whom he was fond of
gathering round the hearth where all that is
beautiful and graceful in the amenities Of
home adorned and blessed his life. For this
chosen circle be reserved fund of brilliant
wit and of genial and kindly humor which
reminded one of HOOD or LAMB in its
spontaneity and its delicate, whimsical
sparkle-the outflow, as all such humor is,
of profound native benevolence.
From the sacred private sorrow that his
death has made-from the beautiful desolate
love that sits in its ashes and weeps--let us
turn our eyes reyerently, and, following afar
of, weep, too, that we cannot share the
burden of that fearful sorrow. ..[, -.-
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-03-02
Hazlet and Stevens Sentenced.

@HAzEEr and STEVENS, the two particle
pators in the madrderouiss foray Of old JOHN
BRoys at Harper's Ferry, recently tried and
convicted, were brought DIP on Tuesday the
18th inst. and sentenced to be hung upon
the 10th day of March. They were escort
ed to court BY the sheriff, jailor, and a mill.
tary guard Of twenty Each responded to
the question whether theyihad anything to
say why sentence of death should not be
passed. STEVENS said -. ''l@ ~. ~, '.' ~. -, ~
May it please the court, have a few words
to say. Some of the testimony given against
me was untrue. One Of the witnesses stated
burn the town. 70 those that know me it is
useless, to make q denial of this charge, but
deny here, before God and man, ever having
made such proposition. wish to say that
am entirely satisfied with my counsel Mr.. Sen.
not. Iithink he did all in his power in my be-
half, desire also to return my thanks to the
officers who have had charge of me, for their
universal kind treatment, and to my physician
for the services rendered me while suffering
from my wounds. When Think of my brothers
slaughtered and my sisters outraged, my con-
science does not reprove me for my actions. l
Sudu mSCG NY uduluLy.
This reference to "brothers'' and sisters
does not refer to- blood relations, but is
o repetition of the stereotyped charge Of
miscellaneous "slaughters' in Kansas, the
massacre of the DoYLEs and others by Old
Brown, we presume, excepted. Il i''' a..'
HAzLET spoke as follows: s'5ad: ''s-
5Ihave few.words to say. lam innocent of
the charge on which have been convicted.
deny ever having committed murder, or ever
having contemplated murder, or ever having
associated with any one with such intent ms.
Some of the witnesses have sworn to things
which deny, and which are positively false.
For instance, in reference to my beard; l had
never in my life, until my Imprisonment in jail,
allowed my beard to 60 more than three weeks
without shaving, and all testimony therefore as
to the length CT my beard is false. Again, Mr..
Copeland testified that was sitting on stool
when he entered the cell at Carlisle: this
deny ! was sitting on q blanket, back against
the wall. and another man was on the stool.
Copeland also said there were only two men in
white men in the cell with me, and we com
prised all the white prisoners in the Jail. Others
of the witnesses made false statements, but l
forgive them all. have been treated kindly
since my confinement much better than had
expected-and must say I think better of Vir-
ginia. wish also to return my thanks to the
counsel who have SO nobly defended me they
have done more in my behalf than northern
counsel could possibly have done. Irepeat
am innocent of murder, but 1 am prepared to
meet my fate. :ft.,75 b. s5iirlt. els
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-03-02

"A CoRREcr1oN.-Mr, cRurrEspRs, of
the Senate, has been appointed Register of
the Lend Office at St. Cloud, 10 place of
Col. CARUrHERs, resigned. We stated in
correctly yesterday, that it was to vacancy
in the Otter Tail Office he had been appoint
ed, o.. Mr.. G. will make competent and
obliging officer and werecord his appoint
mont with more that ordinary feelings of
qualification. "a - T., -. =. .'.-
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-03-02
Legislative Topics.

The TAX BILL.--This important measure
was finally passed yesterday in the Senate,
with some amendments which we deem great
Improvements, and in which there is not
much doubt of concurrence on the part of
the House. ifirlf14l.9 b ssHs3 2t-o s.. =
The most beneficial amendment was of
fered by Mr.. .MAcKuB1N, of Ramsey, who
has been innefatigable in his efforts for. a
wise retrenchment in all expenses, which
have hitherto been borne by the people.
We give the amendment below: ......
whenever at any sale hereafter to be made
of lands for delinquent taxes, any lot or tract
orland shall be struck off to the county in
which said sale is made, no certificate of pur.
chase shall be made out in favor Of the county,
until the Board of County Commissioners ex-
pressly order the same; and when SO ordered,
the fee for each certificate shall be ten cents.
So much of chapter 8. section "a Of the Public
Statutes as authorized the payment of rs cents
for such certificate, is hereby repealed. e.i c
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-03-02

The BIaLER-BR1aHT OLIQuE. The
Washington correspondent Of the New
York Eveniing Post says = cit is amusing
to see with what bitterness Mr.. DoyeLAs is
opposed by Northern Democrats in the Sen
ate. FTcH, BR1aHr,o B1GLrR, GwIs, and
others, assail him, incaueus, with greater
severity than Senators from the South. But
inspiteo of all their efforts, DoudLAs is daily
gaining groundawith the South These
Northern Senators are like certain snakes ::
the hotter the weather grows; the binder
they become, and, in their efforts 10 strike,
others, only injure themselves.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-03-02

/ THANKFuL, FOR SMALL, FAvoRs.--Inc the
appointment Of the Regents Of the Uniyerr,
sity Of the State, the Governor sent in the
name Of one Dem llG Viz Judge HAM
LINZ Of BENTON l county, a All of the other
apprentices, including the Governor and
Lieut., GoYefnor, aye rank, violent Republi,,
caps, u to be hoped the Judge viii save
the new board from sinking.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-03-02
S AINT PA u.
WHILE would make any ,sacri6ce, persf

WHILE would make any sacrifice, per1
- sEIoIN 9!f s23i od~ nsn , nIiT aiiua :
sonal to myself, to- preserve the unity and
harmony Of the Democratic Den, party 3iaai its
time-honored principles, never, never would
yield one iota, one jot or title Of those
- p9Sg - Rg53T! ul..i}A ,t-fe = m, l
principles to gain the Presidency: The
Democratic party has higher duty, q
nobler province and q more honorable aim
than merely to- carry an, election and get
possession Of the government The mission
of the Democratic party is to'maihtain those
principles of State Equality and Popular
Sovereignty and Local Self Government, on
which our entire political system rests
STEPHEN "A. DOUGLAS. j .s.5aaed = 1853
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-03-02
Loss Of the Steamer Hungarian.

Later telegraph reports confirm the loss
of this steamer. one of the finest and fastest
of the Montreal Mail Ocean Steamship
Company's vessels. The Hungarian left
Liverpool on the 9th ult., under the COM
mand of Capt. JONES, and touched at Queens
town, ireland, as is customary with vessels
of this line, :steaming away the next after
noon 10Th ult.) for Portland, Me. The
Hungarian went ashore on Cape Ledge, on
the west side of Cape Sable, u. s., on the
night Of the 10TH. liAIl on board must have
persisted, as the hull only was visible the
next day at low water mark. The number
Of passengers is reported to have been
seventy, and the crew numbered over one
hundred. This was the third voyage Of the
Hungarian from Liverpool to Portland, and
she had always heretofore made very fast
trips. She was screw propeller. The
Montreal Company also own six other yes
sells, which form weekly line between Liy-
erpool and Montreal in summer, and Liver
pool and Portland in winter. org 113l- i-f
The wreck of the Hungarian makes the
fourteenth steamer which has been lost since
the commencement of steam navigation be.
tween Europe and America. Subjoined we
give the names of those that have been lost :
The independent. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Kan.) 1860-1874, 1860-10-10
CABINET FURNITURE.
Fever and Ague,

from which mankind suffer over q large part Of
the globe, is the consequence Of diseased action
in the system, induced BY the poisonous miasm Of
vegetable decay. This cxhalation is evolved by
the action Of solar heat on wet SOIL and rises with
the watery vapor from it. While the sun is below
the horizon this vapor fingers the earth's sur
face and the virus is taken with it through the
lungs into the blood. There it acts an irritating
poison the internal yiscera and excrcting organs
Of the body. The liver becomes torpid and fails to
sccrete not only this virus, hut also the bile from
the blood Both the virus aud the bile accumulate
in the circulation. and produce violent constitu-
tional disorder The spiacn. the kidneys. and the
stomach sympaihize with the liver, and become
disordered also. Finally, the instinct Of our or
ganism, ss il in an attempt to expel the noxious
infusion, concentrates the whole blood Of the body
in the internal excreiores to force them to cast It
oa.. The blood leaves the surface, and rushes TO
the central organs with congest,e violence. This
ia the Chill Bat in this effort il fails. Then the
FEVER follows, in which the hood leaves the cen
trail organs and PUSHES 10 the surface, as If in
another effort to cxpcl the irrta: ling poison through
that other great excrefory the skin. In this
also it fills and the system abandons the a'teinp.
exhausted, and waits for the recovery OF strength
to repeat the hopeless effort another day. These
are the hts or paroxys:ns OF FEVER AND AGrE.
Such constitutional disorder win of course under
mine the health II it Is not removed.
We have labored to fad. and have found, an
The independent. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Kan.) 1860-1874, 1860-10-10

To Sell or Rent.

A house aad lot. house one and half story
n high three rooms below aud ons above, lo'
well fenced, and located in pleasant part o;
town. For particulars inquire at this Office.
0C7 WgT TaWaT s. 4FgET2
The independent. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Kan.) 1860-1874, 1860-10-10
WANTED.

A FARM Of two or three hundred acres, with
IA good water and timber upon Il, and to b
somewhat improved, asd situated within few
miles OF Oskaloosa. Any person desiring 10 sci
such a place for cash down, at a reasonable
price, viii please call upon NJ. r. button. at the
Duttos House, Oskaloosa. - 6-f
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Aeritaltaral.
Hints for tho Season.

l. Cut corn and such other crops as
were sown for soiling cattle. Feed beet
and turnip tops. cabbage leaves, DC,
especially 10 mich cows. Give an album
dance Of green feed TO fattening stock /;
now is the time to lay on flesh. not a
couple Of months hence. 1t is easier to
gain three pounds in weight now, than
one in December.
IL Select corn for seed, choosing the
earliest. most prolific. ami such as gives
promise Of superiority. Good selected
seed will produce better crops than that
which is taken at random. Cut aud
shock corn when ripe. or Immediately
after the FIRST frost. Leaving it in the
field until battered and bleached by the
wind and rain, makes the fodder worth
less and the grain inferior.
Ill. Attend to draining all wet or ten
aciOus soils. Ii there is cold or stag
nant water in the subsoil. any expecta-
ton of good crops will be disappointed.
1t is better policy to borrow money land
we hate borrowing.) than to leave the
land underlined !; it pays better. Many
kinds Of soil are worthless in state Of
nature, become the most valuable after
being drained. Tile can now be had in
nearly every town. AN make the best and
most durable Of all drains.
". Keep your fences in good order.
At no other time in the year are stock
more apt to be breachy. especially such
as are allowed to run in the road to pick
up precarious living by stealing feed,
or appropria,ing the pickings. One COW
on the road compels every farmer in the
vicinity to keep his fences up, and gates
shut. This expense exceeds by many
times the price of COW in a single
year.
V. Commence to fatten hogs early,
Supplying them with plenty of such bed
ding as viii make good manure when
mixed with their droppings. Hogs fat
tened now bring more in market than
those that come later, and fatten at a
much less cost.
VI. Plowing for wheat and rye. and
even sowing. should now be going on
rapidly; turn up the soil little deeper
than when pIowed last. Snb-soiling
will, il the land is suitable. be highly
profitable, and nearly all subsoils are the
better for being b. oxen up. Wheat. es-
pecially. needs good depth Of soil, for.
lis roofs penetrate deep. Shallow soils
are always unfayorable for this grain.as
it suffers during every dry spell Deep
~ rlowed and well drained land may al
ways be depended upon for full crop.
let the season be What it may.
VII. Make ali the manure you can.
Cart muck Cor this purpose. and place
it where the urine and droppings ofthe
stock can mix with it in winter. Weeds
that have no, ripened their seeds. will
also increase the pile. II. however. the
seed is ripe, ills better TO burn them.
for the seeds will not be destroyed, bui
sprout next SEASON. SO that while MA
nuling the soil, you viii also seed il
with weeds. Ohio Farmer
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s How TO KEEP SWEET POTATOES
Correspondent of the Oskaloosa Iowa
Herald, gives the fullowiag method OF
keeping swee. potatoes through the win
ter: 81 use dry sand and pu, them in;
it does not matter how.t sand is dried
lin kiln. liz a log heap. or in the sun.
SO that it is dry. that is all that is re-
qaired. Iprefer drying in a log heap.
as il costs four times less, and Is just as
good. Any family that has little room
with stove in it, may keep box or
two Of eight or ten bushels. without
much Inconvenience. The boxes must
be raised six or eight inches from the
floor. and they mus. not be nearer than
four inches from the wall. Fill the box
with potatoes, and then cover them
with sand. There is good deal said
in regard 10 kiln dried sand but it is
all fudge. In order to keep potatoes
with success. there must I've lhermom-
eter kept in Che room. The murcury
must not sink below 40 degrees it also
must not rise above 60 degrees, or they
will grow. 1 have never los. any of my
potatoes, excep. by letting the room
get ioscold. A Thermometer only costs
a dollar. and query man ought 10 have
oue.''