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The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-04-20
Don't Like 1t.

Even the New York Tribune denounces
the action of the CovoDE Investigating
Committee, in attempting to constrain Mr..
AUGUSTUS SCHELL to deliver to the commit
tee the names of contributors to the CAM
paign fund Of 1856. The Tribune makes
the point, that at that time Mr.. ScHELL and
those who contributed to the fund were pri-
vate citizens. 1t says:
"Mr. Schell and his contributors are political
adversaries the committee who are pressing
them to the wall are our political friends. But
right is right, and this procedure seems to us
quite another thing. 1t is an attempt to make
party capital by an abuse of power-a danger
GUS stretch of doubtful prerogative."
The Minnesotian, because the action of
the Committee was labeled Republican,
commended it, and hoped it would continue
its inquisition, seven though the whole of
the remainder of the session should be used
up, and the Treasury exhausted in pursuit
of the facts" The editors of that sheet had
better settle the st. Anthony Ne.os' bribery
charge, before they again air their preten.
sions of immaculate virtue.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-04-20

The M,nnesotian is just now Engaged,
Tribune style, in the congenial labor of pub
fishing accounts of slave burnings at the
South, for the purpose Of falsely indi eating
to the public that such cruel outrages are
the rule in that section Of the Union, and not
the exceptional case, occurring at rare inter-
walls, and only when community becomes
crazed by the commission of some terrible
crime against the laws OF God and man. The
labor is patriotic one. It is a favorite
occupation of the British abolitionists.
But year ago, in the strongest Republi-
can county of Minnesota, young man full
of life and hope, was torn by an infuriated
assemblage of men from the presence of his
wife ard infant children, and after mock
trial, murdered, for the commission of an
offence which the legal tribunals of the
State had declared him innocent.
of the two acts, of these two mobs of
northern and southern men, we think the slave
burning, inhuman and monstrous as it was,
decidedly the most justi6able. Yet no south
ern paper that we have seen, has advertised
the hanging Of JACKSON as Indicative of the
brutal character of the people of Minnesota.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-04-20
Will Tell all He Knows.

Mr.. BANNING, who was reported to have
been summoned to attend before the Con-
gressional Investigating Committee, has ar
rived at home, but if subpenaed, the Court
Journal informs US, ho will :: mako a cloon
breast of all he knows touching the expen>
diture of money by Democrats or Republi-
cans to bride either votes or officials p
This is kind of Mr.. B. But it is a great
pity he was not equally communicative when
summoned before the Senate Committee on
Railroad Frauds, last winter. During the
fall canvass, he promised, if the Legislature
would grant him committee of investiga.
ton, he would make certain damaging rev.
Citations. A committee was appointed, and
the first witness examined, who was unwil.
ling to answer pertinent questions, was Mr..
w. L. BANNING. The committee com.
PEELED him to answer, and then the fact
leaked out, that Mr.. BANNING knew
nothing of the frauds and bribery about
which he was so indignant on the stump
and in the press. We would like to have
Mr.. BIS testimony before that committee.
What backing down it would show, when
compared with his violent speeches and
denunciations Of the forty" The history of
the attempted Railroad legislation of last
winter, has yet to be written.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-04-20
Our Eloq uent Congres sm N Again

The Republican papers from the rural
districts, are pretty much filled up with
WINDOWS speech. They all describe it as
eloquent, and thrilling, and heart stirring,
and that the slave power stand in awe of
our WINDOW, and relate, with many inter-
esting details, the excitement speech that
was never delivered created in Washington.
The Lake City Tribune says it is the
" gerry best speech" delivered in Congress
this session, on the free homestead bill.
Considering that HUNTER, WADE, JOHNSON,
of Tennessee, NICHOLSON, PUGH, DooL1rTLE,
Brown, and other Senators, besides many
able men in the House, have made speeches
on the bill, we think the Tribune draws its
praise mite too strong. Bat probably
Mr.. WINDOW is going to blossom out into a
full blown WEBSTER or CLAY. Who
knows? But the Tribune caps off its glo-
ri6cation with the following, which is cruel :
When he (Ar. Windom) comes up for re-
election, let US remember the man who stood
up SO nobly in the face of the purse proud
aristocrats Of the South, and taught them that
the hardy pioneer of the West had God. given
right to a home-without money and without
price.
Here is what WINDOW told the purse
proud aristocrats of the South" at the
tale-end of session, when there were not
twenty members present:
"Mr. Chairman: 1 hold in my hand a few
remarks on the Homestead bill, which, with
the leave of the House, desire to print"
The parse-proud aristocrats must have
felt extremely bad, when WINDOW delivered
himself.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-04-20
The Result Of the Italian War..Po
pular Sovereignty In Italy.

The territorial gains made by Sardinia,
since the breaking out of the italian war,
more than double the original population.
From Austria, she obtains Lombardy, 1881
square miles; from the Pope, the legations Of
Bologna, Ferrara and Forli, 3,O36 square
miles; and from the people of Tuscany, Mo-
dena and Parma, in defiance of the efforts of
their hereditary rulers, she obtains those
states, with an area Of $3.50 square miles,
making in all an acquisition of "a, 4l2square
miles. Taking the whole territory now FORM
ing the Kingdom of Sardinia, it stretches
from Switzerland on the north to the original
States OF the Church on the south, dis
lance of three hundred and fifty miles; and
from France on the west to Venitia and the
Adriatic sea on the east, about the same
distance. Besides there is alarge and fruit
full island of Sardinia in the Mediterranean.
So that the war has resulted in the creation
of one immense kingdom, containing large
population, bold and warlike, and the great
er portion of it including the most intelli
gent, wealthy and enterprising people of
Italy. With strong government and
standing army of more than 100000 men,
this kingdom is well prepared to defend itself
against all corners.
We give the population before and after
the war, and the vote on annexation
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-04-20

On Saturday morning, the 7th inst, the
Land Office building at Cambridge was en-.
tirely destroyed by fire. The Register, Mr.
SETTER, who sleeps in the Office, had made a
fire in the stove, early in the morning, when
he discovered the building to be in flames
Owing to the extreme dry weather the fire
made such rapid progress that he was only
able to save the Plats, Tractbooks, Field
notes and records of the office, the furniture,
blanks, ete)f seing entirely consumed. The
books and official documents of the Receiv-
ers Office were saved, but all the office fur.
niture, stationery, etc., was destroyed. Some
Land Warrants and other papers in the safe
were saved in damaged condition. The
safe which was an old one and had been in
the Office since it was first established at the
Falls of St. Croix, had several holes burned
through its outside shell, and though it pre-
served its contents, in tolerable condition,
was rendered worthless for future use.
A field compass, surveying and drafting
instruments, clothing and other private pro.
perty to considerable amount belonging
to the Register and Receiver was destroyed.
1t is supposed that the fire was communica-
ted to the building by spark from the
chimney. A new Office was in progress, at
the time Of the fire, and is now occupied by
the officers.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-04-20

For court Commissioner the vote stood
BRYANT, Dem.,) 400; MURDOCH, (Rep.)
400. Well done, Wabashaw.
A son of Mr.. JOSEPH CALDWELL, Post
master at Bear Valley, Wabashaw county,
was burned to death on the 10th, while en-.
gagged in burning off wheat stubble. The
lad was about four years of age.
AS Mr.. Levi Clark, of this town, was
crossing Lake Pepin on Wednesday, in
company with son of Thomas Brown, he
suddenly came upon large deer off the
Point, in the middle of the lake. He made
for the animal, battered it over the head
with the boat paddles, and hauled it in
a prize for the captors.-Lake City Tribune.
We have found Mrs. Sw1ssHELM at last.
Since she took tea in this city with Mrs. A,
rode in carriage with Mr.. and Mrs. B,
went to church with G, and was compli-
mented and feted and Toasted by the remain
der of the alphabet, we had lost sight of her;
until, looking into her paper of last week,
we find that she has been rambling all
over southern Minnesota. When we first
made an editorial acquaintance with Mrs.
s., ten years ago, in the Visitor, " NErr1E"
would not have submitted to so long an alb.
sence from the maternal-well, Mr.. M1cAw-
Der hits the idea exactly, somewhere.
Capt. SAN WHITING is lecturing in the
southern part of the state on Arctic Expe-
ditions, of which he has personal know
ledge
Judge WILSON, of the Winona District,
in the case of YouNaLovE Us. SoULE, ct al,
has decided the act comforting the powers of
Court Commissioners on Judges Of Probate,
to be unconstitutional.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-04-20
Manufacturing a Reputation for
Window, M. G.

A few weeks since, Mr.. WILLIAM WIN.
DON, representative in Congress, obtained
leave to print a speech. This was sensible
in Mr.. W., for his speech is much more
stupid than the average of Congressional
speeches, it being simply rehash of what
other men have said, and the newspapers
have printed, during the past year and
therefore, be wisely saved the House the
infection of its delivery. Knowing these
facts, We were rather taken aback, the other
day, by the State Nesos' Washington cores
pondent, stating that WINDOWS speech
created great excitement on the floor OF the
House-that it was listened to with rapt
attention-that heswas warmly congratu-
lated upon its delivery-that $4,000 copies
of it had been subscribed for instanter-and
that the Republican Executive Committee
purposed givingithe document an extensive
circulation in the North! The same cor
respondent says, under later date, that
there is not ",even q scintillation of truth !"
in the statement that WINDOW did not de-
liver bis speech. was in the hall at the
time, and tn erefore know the statement to
be wholly false" the writer adds. The
Washington correspondent of the Minneso-
tian, {" MINES otus,'0 in letter published
on Sunday, says Mr.. WINDOW asked and
obtained permission to print his remarks. y
The question of veracity, therefore, has
been settled by Republican authority, and
we need not quote the Globe.
Mr.. WINDOW is good looking young
man, not overburdened with brains. His
exact counterpart, mentally and physically,
can be pickediup in any well regulated dry
goods store, where nice young men abound.
A handsomely adjusted neck tie would ex-
haust him. His nomination was mere
accident-the result of treachery on bis
own part and of jealousy of an ADLER man,
on the part of certains Winona politicians.
But we hope the Republican press will per.
severe in building him reputation.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-04-20
BACK RoNE. WE SupPosE.-The Ahol

BACK BONE, WE SUPPosE.-The Adolf
tionists of Concord, Mass, have held a meet
ing, in which they resolved that the rescue
of SANBoRN, the contumacious witness, from
the United States authorities. was glori-
GUS achievement, only second to the battle
of Lexington, which was fought in that
town at the commencement of the War of
Independence. RALPH WALDO EMERSON
was present and addressed the meeting.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-04-20

The MOUNTAIN MEADOW MAssACRE.--A
writer in the Valley Tan, of Great Salt Lake
City, says that the bleached remains Of the
emigrant party massacred at the Mountain
Meadow have all been collected into single
grave, and adds: "a stone monument,
conical in form, fifty feet in hight, now
marks the spot where they rest, their wan.
behring's DER. This is surmounted by cross
Of red cedar, twelve feet in height, on which
is carved the following inscription, visible
to travellers: Vengeance is mine; will
repay saith the Lord On the base of the
monument stands granite slab, into which
are cut the following words: Here 12O
men, women and children were massacred
in cold blood early in September, 1857.
They were from Arkansas ="
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-04-20
Wisconsin Election.

We are not certain, after all, about the
election Of Judge DIXON. The returns look
much as if "Ephraim was Joined to his
idols" A despatch from Madison, dated
last Saturday, at P. M, says:
The majorities on Chief Justice are so
nearly balanced that it will require the full
official vote to determine who is elected.
Grant county came in last night 1895
majority for Sloan-this and some other
returns look more favorable for Sloan.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-04-20

The trustees have been appointed for a
new Great Exhibition in London in 1860.
They are EARL GRANVILLE, the Marquis of
Chandos, the Right Hon. THOMAS Barring,
and G. W. Dixie, Esq. Of course Prince
ALBERT is the active head and manager of
the undertaking, and his name will bring
together the guarantee fund and the sinews
Of war. 1t is said that this will be very
different affair from the Exhibition OF 1851,
and aim at much wider and more practical
results.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-04-20

Lead has been found near Caledonia,
Houston county. Mineral is said to ex-
lst in considerable quantities in Houston
County.
EDWIN THOMAS, JOHN DoRsH, JOHN
PHILIPS, PPHn1P SHALER, and F. N. Coop
RICH, Republicans, have been elected Com.
missioners Of Houston county, by a small
majority.
The following is the vote in Dakota
county, for County Commissioners, as an.
pears from the official canvass
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-04-20
8 Amt PAUL.


On Wednesday, 18th, the bill reported by
the Committee on Territories, for the ad-
mission of Kansas into the Union, passed
the House of Representatives by vote of
ayes 1872, nays 70. This bill declares that
the State of Kansas shall be admitted into
the Union under the Wyandotte constitution
on an equal footing with the original states
in all respects whatever. The boundaries
begin at the point on the western boundary
of Missouri where the 57th parallel of north
latitude crosses the same thence west on
the said parallel to the 18th meridian of
longitude west of Washington; thence north
on that meridian to the 40th parallel of lat,
itude; thence east on said parallel to the
western boundary of Missouri thence south,
with the western boundary of that State, to
the place of beginning. A proviso is in
serted in the bill to correct an obnoxious
provision in the Constitution of Kansas,
which provides that nothing in said Consti-
tuition shall be construed to impair the
rights OF persons or property now pertain
ing to the Indians in the territory, according
to existing treaties. Until the next general
apportionment Kansas shall be entitled to
one member in the House of Representa-
tives. The remainder of the bill contains
the usual provisions in reference to school
lands, salt springs, the five per cent. on all
government sales of lands, etc.
An effort will be made to defeat this
bill in the Senate, by those who voted for
the English bill, but we hope it will not
succeed. Let Kansas enter the Union, since
she desires to do so, and assume the respon.
sibilities and burthens of State sovereignty.
With her present population and taxable
property, they will be found sufficiently
onerous to induce her citizens in very short
time, to regret that they have listened to
the advice of politicians, ambitious of seats
in Congress. The population of Kansas is
less than 10000, and her taxable property
does not reach $20,0OO,O00.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-04-20

The new county board will consist, there
fore, of three Democrats, and two Republi-
cans.
Almost every boat that comes up this
spring leaves more or less emigrants at our
levee. From the indications at present, we
incline to the opinion that large accession
to our population will will be made this
season. Let them conceive bid them well
come to the land of lakes and rivers
Hastings Democrat.
Heavy shipments of wheat have been
made from Shakopee this season, for the
East and the Fort Ridgley country. A
fine steam grist mill is to be erected there
this summer.
The following is the vote of Wabashaw
county for County Commissioners
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-04-20

ONLY three Southern men in the House
voted for the admission of Kansas into the
Union, and but three Northern men agains
it. The Northern men were, ENGLISH, of
Ia; DAN SIcKLEs, of N. Y, and ScoTr, of
Cal. The Southerners were BARRETT, WEB
srER and ErHERIDaR.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-04-20
The Pony Express from San Fran.
cisco,

Thu 1UAy N1pfesB 1xOm sun TT30~
cisco.
The first "pony express from California
arrived at st. Joseph, Missouri, on the 18th
at 4, P. M. The express came through
from San Francisco to st. Joseph in ten
days to minute, having left the former
city on the Sd of April, at 4P. M. The
State Capital Of California has been per-
manently located at Sacramento City, and
an appropriation of $4,000 made for the
commencement of a capitol building, which
is to cost, when completed, 100000. This
is the only item of news. :.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-04-20

BYa fire at Whitehall, N. Y, on the 18th,
there were twenty buildings destroyed, in-
Guiding two banks, the post Office, telegraph
Office, and express Office.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-04-20

1Uto1' T10,oI0
The above shows that twenty-five per
cent. of the population have pronounced in
favor Of annexation, being, with the excep-
ton of about $4,000, the whole of the per-
sons entitled to exercise vote.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-04-20
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
WASHINGTON, D. G. April 7, 1860.

WASHINGTON, D. c. April 7, 1860.
Editors Of the Pioneer and Democrat.
GENTLEKEN-In your paper of the 9th ult.,
you put me down as having voted, in the I" Sc
lect Pacific Railroad Committee" in favor of
one road. This is a mistake. voted against
one road in the Committee every time, believ-
ing that the aiding in the construction of one
road only, was or would be unjust and unfair to
both the North and the South, and because
am assured by those who profess to know,
that no bill for one road only, can become q
law at present, If ever.
Ny proposition in the Committee was to
charter three companies, give to each. or pro-
pose to give to each, the same amount of aid
per mile, as the work progressed-th throw
ing open to fair competition the three routes,
Northern, Southern, and Central.
If we have the best and cheapest route,
through better country, and can enlist suffi-
cient capital to construct it, with the aid which
government proposes to extend, we will get q
road.
Please make this correction, and very much
oblge Very Respectfully,
Your Obd't Servant,
CYRUS ALDRICH.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-04-20
The Racine Railroad...Lettsr from
Col. Aldrichs

We published few weeks, since brief
article condemnatory of the course pursued
by Col. ALDR1cH, as member Of the House
Committee on the Pacific Railroad, in sup.
porting proposition in favor of but one
road-and that necessarily central road
to the Pacific. Our authority for the state
ment was the New York Tribune, a paper,
we judged, which would not wilfully mis-.
represent the Colonel's position upon any
question. The following letter from Col.
ALDR1cH, corrects the misrepresentation into
which we were led by the Tribune article /;
and, if the Colonel will refer to our paper of
the 18th instant, he will find that, upon the
authority of Washington despatch, we
had anticipated his letter, and placed him
right before the people of the State.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-04-20

Rev. Dr.. DYER, of New York city, has
been elected Episcopal Bishop of Kansas.
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