The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-01-20

THE bill abolishing slavery in Nebraska,
passed the Territorial legislature on the 3rd
inst. 1t is expected that Gov. BLACK would
veto it. The bill providing for a constitu.
tional convention passed the House on the
same day.
In the Missouri legislature on the l1th,
bill banishing free negroes under the alter
native of becoming slaves which had already
passed the Senate, was passed by the House
THE opposition members of the Tennessee
Legislature have nominated JOHN BELL as
the Union candidate for the Presidency.
The Charleston Cour,er's special CORES
pendent in New Orleans, learns oy advices
from Austin, Texas, that REALF, of the JOHN
Brown provisional government, left that
place for Washington, on the 4tb in charge
of the officers of the Senate.
OLD JoKE.
IT'S very ancient saying,
Time till now has proved it true
DO unto all YOU ueighbOrs,
As you would nave them do to you"
But another saying now prevails,
Of an entirely different hue:
Be sure and do your neighbors,
Or they'll certainly do YOU
Boston Post
LIEUT.. MARIN and wife, of Boston, 10 the
matter of allowing the will of A. THORN
Dixie, withdrew further litigation, with the
understanding that they shall receive $780,
900 from the estate.
A WASHINGTON correspondent writes
that not only will there be introduced a bill
establishing retired list of the army, but
members of the House are in favor of abol.
ishing the brevet rank in the army, as it
confers no actual benefit to en- officer, and is
a source of constant contention and jealousy.
Officers having brevets are constantly seek
ing to hold command over their equals in
actual commission. Many officers of the
army urge the measure.
WILLIS, reading that young lady of
Edgefeld, having large circulation, (of
crinoline,) went to a fancy ball as The
Evening News" her dress being entirely
made of newspapers, says, we wonld like
to subscribe to her!"
PATRICK MAUDE was executed at New
ark: N. j., on Thursday last, for the murder
of his sister. He died utteriDg horrid
blasphemy, and calling himself the victim
of priests, witchcraft, &c.
Mr. LANGwoRTHY, of Cincinnati, has
sent to Mr.. SHERMAN, the Republican can.
didate for Speaker, a present of 200 bottles
of his famous Catawba wine.
They talk of starting one and perhaps
two religious daily papers in New York.
The Day Book thinks if they could contrive
to infuse little religion into some already
started, it would be the best undertaking.
MADAME LEMo1NE, the Frenchwoman
who, to preserve her daughters name un-
sullied, destroyed an illegitimate child, is
said to maintain an immOvable calm since
the terrible sentence passed upon her of
twenty years hard labor" She remark
ed Il have neither regret nor remorse :.
l fulfilled my duty as a mother, and 1 am
content" ANGELINA, the daughter, will
not be allowed to marry, though offers in
plenty have been made her, but her family
will force her to enter a convent-which
seems hard to her, as she is very pretty and
fond of male society, taking a coacbman
when nobody else was about.
THERE is much talent and political ex-
perience in the Ohio delegation to the
Charleston Convention. DAVID TODD and
HENRY B. PAYNE, have been Democratic
candidates for Governor; THOMAS w.
hartley has been Chief Justice of the
State, and GEO W. McCooK, its Attorney
General; Mr.. SrEEDMAN, WAYNE Girls.
VOID and A. P. MILLER are ex.members
of the Public Works, and HENRY j. JEW.
EFT was formerly United States District
Attorney; GEORGE E. PueH is a Senator
of national reputation. Others have honor
ably represented the State in Congress and
in the State Judiciary.
The Boston Post says: Now that
hoops are going out, what is to come in by
way of substitute OF course it will be
something - perhaps the old fashioned
bustle-who knows? Whatever it may be
it be mere matter of form that is
certain but form is everything with the
ladies, and, besides, next to her fathers
figure" (fnancial,) gentlemen have an
eye to the figure of a young lady. We
will wager the price of the saw dust that
the hustle " will come again-the same
invention of which some poet-not CRABBE
once wrote:
'Artful device whose initiative PAD
Into good figures roundeth of the bad;
Whether of simple saw-dust thou art seen,
Or takst the guise of costlier crinoline,
How oft to thee the female form doth owe