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The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-05-17

Such is the euphonious name of one who,
in the New York papers, styles himself
GEORGE Conway. Like the steam-wagon
of our friend, Major BROWN, which we did
the putting for, inasmuch as it could not do
it for itself, Conway, in the jargon known
only to few, is "gubmuh taerg," or in
plain Yankee, a great humbug. The son
OF a Canadian sub-chief, educated in a
Methodist mission-school, then an exhorter,
and subsequently, candidate for orders in
the Episcopal Church, bis training has been
sadly perverted. According to the old
Specification of the word, he is vagabond.
When JENNY LIND embarked for Amer.
lea, to charm our people with voice as
mellow as lutte, Conway, who was then in
Liverpool, taking blanket from his bed,
or some place else, martially wrapped him.
self therein, and personatng the silent ma
jesty of the Indian warrior, stood on the
dock and drew the admiring gaze of dirty
faced urchins, and what are vulgarly called
wharf-rats," from the modest maid of
Sweden to himself. Then he sips his coffee
with Lord BRoUGHAM and, crossing the
channel, walks the Continent, and appears
at the great Peace Convention of Frank
fort, and, with unblushing efrontery, pre-
sents peace-pipe, which he tells the anna
BILE members of that venerable body he was
deputed by the savages of the Northwest
to present. Returning from Europe, like
other notabilities he penned a book OF
travels, 10 which all these, and many other
marvellous facts are related. In the year
1849 he visited Minnesota cheated Gov.
SlBLEY by drawing draft on some one
who had never seen any OF GEORGES money !;
addressed the Legislature on grand Indian
civilization scheme went back to Boston
and ingratiated himself with AMOS LAW
RENEE, to whom be dedicated History
of the Ojibway Nation" on the title page
of which he calls himself the head chief of
that people.
TO follow him in all his migrations would
be tedious. His role is extensive. He has
figured as Indian reformer, temperance lee.
turer, Republican stump.speaker, and now
caps the climax by the following character.
istic note, which appears in the New York
papers OF the 9th instant:
New YORK, 1861.
GEN. JOHN A. DIx-Sr have come to aid
| the Government, and am going to Washington
this P. NJ l have ESQ Indians of my Native
Chppeways, who have requested me to pro.
coed to Washington and get authority.
Sir, want $50 to get there. have already
spent $62 of my own money. l go this P. NJ
| Please answer. G. CONWAY,
Chief Chppeway.
These two hundred and fifty Chippeways
if they are there, must hail from Gull Lake
the seat of St. COLUMBIA mission and, should
they be accepted, if not zouaviter in modo
will surely be tortiter in re.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-05-17

GooD-THosE SEVEN MILES OF DEMO-
oRATs.-The New Orleans Picayune, in al.
luding to the great New York anti. Repub.
lican torchlight procession of last fall, with
its seven miles of Democrats, asks, "Where
now are those seven miles of Democrats a"
We answer, that in the procession they
marched under the Stars and Stripes, and
that they are still marching under the same
Aag-the flag of the Union-and on their
way to Washington, in columns of thou
sand each. Forward, march! Never be-
fore has the world witnessed such specta-
Gle of patriotism.--New York Herald, 9Th
instant.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-05-17
Financial Affairs.

In Chicago, exchange still continues high
on New York it brings ten per cent.
premium. In New York, on the 9th, the
feeling in monetary circles was very uneasy.
More failures were talked of; and it was
supposed that all the jobbers in the South.
ern trade would go by the board. The
Herald says: "A general con6scation of
Northern property in the Southern States
is expected. Western collections promise
rather better. The West is shipping about
$4,000 day of produce East"
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-05-17
The Programme OF the War.

A gentleman direct from Washington,
whose opportunities for obtaining informa-
tion are said to be ample, and who is deemed
to be reliable authority, furnishes the Gin
cinnati Enquirer with the programme
which the Government will pursue in the
conduct of the war. While we do not be-
lieve the Administration design to reveal
their policy any faster than it develops it..
self, the programme, as published by the
Enquirer, seems to have the warrant thus
far of probability from current events. Ac.
cording to the programme, Virginia will
first be made to feel the weight of the Fed.
eral arm. To retake Norfolk and occupy
Richmond, with view to the establish
ment Of base of future operations, will be
about all that will be attempted in that
quarter for the present. The hot weather
will suspend further operations there until
next November, when the Federal forces
will be pushed forward into the heart of
the enemys country. In the meantime, the
Union men of Western Virginia will be
strengthened and assisted, and all the lines
of communication, by land and water, will
be possessed as far as possible, and kept
open and under control of the Government,
so as to render its own operations effective
and cripple the movements of the rebels.
Maryland will be held as firmly and securely
to her duty as possible.
The operations in the West will be de.
layed somewhat, for want of water material
to operate with. The design of the Gov
eminent is to have gun-boats on the Missis.
sippi, and occupy its west bank as they
progress southwardly, building forts or block
houses as they progress. The gun-boats
will be used to clear the coast of the ene-
mics batteries, and protect the steamboats,
that shall follow with troops, provisions and
stores. In that way the whole country west
of the Mississippi will be overrun and SUBJ
dued by the Federal troops. The means
necessary for this can not be procured
Immediately, but orders will be soon given
which will insure everything for as early
start from Cairo as the weather and stage
of the Mississippi will permit.
Northwestern Texas is to be invaded from
Kansas, and the Union element said to exist
in that portion of the State, brought into
and cooperation with the Federal
Government. Arkansas may also be trou.
bled by the southwestern army and by the
fire in the rear thus kept up, the secessionists
will be harrassed and weakened. The lead.
ers in these operations, it is said, will be
Jim Lane and Montgomery, of Kansas no.
toriety.
All this while while a strict blockade,
from the Chesapeake to the Rio Grande.
will be kept up, and all privateers under the
government will be summarily
dealt with.
Thus threatened in front, their centre
broken, surrounded, fanked and harrassed
in their rear, the rebels, the government
hopes, will be soon brought to terms. This
is the programme furnished to their Enqui-
rer. From present appearances, its relia.
ability will soon be tested
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-05-17

1t will be seen that shipments of -four
have gained three hundred per cent, while
those of wheat and corn show gain of fit,
teen hundred per cent, an increase almost
without parallel in the trade. While the
graneries at tide water have thus been de-
pleted, receipts, though large as compared
with those of former years, have been of
course small as compared with the exports
of this spring.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-05-17
The Military Resources of the Nor,h,

AT the ratio of one soldier to fifty inhab-
itants, the military force of the slave States
is $4,000 men, and deducting the quotas
of Maryland, Missouri and Kentucky
which States may not take part IN the war
on the side OF the South, we have $4,000
as the number of troops the rebel States
can bring into the field. The following
table, which we cut from the Tribune, shows
the military strength Of the free States, on
the same basis
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-05-17

0'''"'' = . -.
The available force of the Free States is
nearly double that of the slave States. and
there ought not to be the slightest question
abOgt the ultimate success of the Govern
ment in the coming contest
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-05-17

MIME RIFLES FROM CANADA.-The New
York Tribune says :"Twenty-ive thousand
Mimic rifles have been purchased in Canada
for the United States Government, and
more can be obtained, it is said" Of course,
the United States can obtrin, for cash, every
spare MIME rifle in Canada. About 49,
600 can be spared in all, we are informed.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-05-17
The Produce Movement and Export.

The New York Journal of Commerce
publishes tables of receipts and exports at
New York which are full of interest. The
following is a statement of exports of
breadstuffs for the first four months of the
years 1859-6O and '6l
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-05-17

DAILY MAIL TO ST. CLoUD.-We are
glad to announce to the people of the Upper
Mississippi, that daily mail service has been
ordered from this city to st. Cloud.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-05-17

The grand total thus amounts to 7O7 900
stand OF arms, besides 100000 revolvers,
which are said to be on hand at various
points. The Memphis Appeal is of the opin-
ion that the other Southern States will in
crease the number to 100000, and that,
in addition, there are 100000 private
arms among citizens in the slave States.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-05-17
How the South is Armed.

The question is often asked as to the
number of the arms seized by the Secs
sionists from the United States Forts and
Arsenals. The following table approx
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-05-17

10 FARMERs.-Now is the time for the
farmers to make money. The country is at
war. A half million of men instead of being
producers will become consumers. Flour,
beef, pork, beans-the substantials-will be
wanted in large quantity. Europe is con-
vulsed, and the indications are that there
will be general outbreak across the water;
if so, America must supply the armies of
France, Italy and England with food. Let
the farmers prepare for great demand
let every cultivator put in an extra acre of
corn or wheat, and carry his filth to the best
possible perfection let every calf be saved
from the butcher hands, for there will be
great demand for beef. Farmers, every
where, now is your time
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1861-02-09
very centre
SCHUYLKILL, Chester CO., Pa,
Jan. 20th. 1851

To THE EDITOR: We have just inaugurated
another in the list of what might be termed the
small fry Governors of Pennsylvania. Mr.. Curtin,
Seward, echoes the declaration that "eyerythinp
else ought to be subordinate to, and disappear, in
the great question of Union" lie has evidently
experienced great delight in seeing Seward
Wheel about and turn about"
And in that generous spirit of admiration which
is excited by witnessing q thing we'll done, has
evidently resolved in his own mind to 20 and
"Do just So"
But tho most amusing feature in the whole affair
carry GU. the thing to the very letter:
"And avery time they wheel about
They jump Jim Crow"
for it is clearly that famous parsonage who has set
them at hard labour, and keeps them at il.
Mr.. Curtain is undoubtedly distressed by the
interruption of confidence in business and COM
mercial circles" under which euphemism he plain
~ refers to the Market street peddlers, who do
keep their principles as well as their goods for
sale; and expresses the hope that the Legislature
will ''meet the necessities Of the crisis in a gener.
Gus and patriotic spirit" He says he regards the
people OF the Southern States, (meaning OF course
the Shareholders, and not the slaves,) as friends
aud fellOw-cOuntrymen," and recognizes, "in tho
brGadest extent, all bis constitutional obligations
to them" Sin their letter and spirit" lie makes
haste to declare himself ready to enter upon the
dirty work of slave-catcbing, even before he is
called upon TO do SO. lie does, to be sure, refer to
what he seems to regard rather as a contingency
than a probability, that the State may SO act, in
the present crisis, as not to involve any sacrifice
Of right or selfrespeCt," but those portions of his
message in which he cOuuSels concession and
bringing are 0ut Of all proportion in regard OF
volume and emphasis. The best that can be said
Of him lie, that like nearly all Northern States
men," he blows bet and cold 10 the same breath.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1861-02-09

ernHneht money and meu to enforce the laws.-
Virginia and Kentucky, instead of responding to
'his movement by the passage Of similar Fesolu-
tons, dehantly took the side Of rebellious South
Carolina, and Of the mobs that ribbed the Federal
Government of its property in the States that had
not pretended to withdraw from the Union. This
We fear is decisive. We must, therefore, permit
che establishment Of q Cotton Empire, and If the
Border slave States prefer the dominion Of the pc
oular politicians who possess authority under
King Cotton, to the old fashioned American Re-
public, they must be permitted to 60 their way,
and in peace il peace is possible. II madmen
will make war it must be met, but we must make
pence If we can. Let all who will, 60 with South
Carolina. New York and Ohio, and other great
Northern States, have rendered money and militia.
~ force to sustain the Government-nnd the only
efec. has been to assist Nj. Yancey 10 firing the
Southern heart. Now Commissioners are sent to
o Conference called by Virginia, and every lover
Of his country will pray that q good understanding
may be reached, and q fair and honorable basis OF
q settlement Of sectional difficulties wrought out,
END shat the border States may be brought to con
slider their interest and rights in the Union. II
the event should be otherwise, let New York and
Ohio see whether Virginia and Kentucky will join
in the call for q Convention of ala the States, with
tho view Of preventing the armed conflict of an
tagonisms that are irreco0ciable, by the peacea-
BILE separation Of discordant aud belligerent sec.
lions.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1861-02-09
From the Ohio Statesman.
W0MAN's RIGHTS ADDRESSES.

The Senate Chamber, las. evening, was crowded
with a large audience Of both ladies and gentle
men, who had assembled to listen to the address
es Of Mrs. JONES. Mrs. CUTLER and Mrs. GAGE,
before the WomOn's Rights Committees of the two
branches of the Legislature, on an amolioration Of
the laws III favor Of women. So great was the
concourse, that many gentlemen, and even ladies
we're compelled to stand during the delivery Of the
speeches. Mr.. PARISH, Of Erie, Chairman Of the
Senate Committee on Woman's Rights, presided,
and introduced the lady speakers to the audience.
Mrs. JONES made the first address. 1t was read
from manuscript, and was a production of which
any man might we'll be proud. The object was to
show that men and women, in regard to property
rights, should be placed as nearly as possible upon
an equality
The next address was made by Mrs. CUTLER.
She spoke extemporaneously, and in q clear and
distinct voice, which could be easily heard 10 ep
cry part of the large Hall. The first part Of her
address was taken up with a discussion on the
p~ropriety Of extending the right of suffrage 10 wo;
men, out this point she did not think il judicious
to press at the present time. But she contended
earnestly that married women, In the guardian
ship Of children and in the property acquired by
the joint earnings Of themselves and husbands,
should have equal rights. Many Of her anecdotes
and illustrations were pointed, and ELECTED hearty
applause.
Owing to the ~lateneso Of the hour and the crow.
ed state Of the Hall, Mrs. GAGE, when it came hei
turn to speak, closed u d exercises Of the evening
in a few very brief Jus most appropriate remarks
Professor MONROE Of the Senate :hen proposed
to return tie thanks of the audience TO the ladie'
who hoi SO ably and judiclOusly advocated thu
rights Of their sex, which met with a unanimous
aye from the assembled throng. The crowd ther
dispersed with expressions of very general satis
faction.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1861-02-09

N O NJ B Z R 8.

Mr. JONES: The acknowledged ability of the
Editor of the Princeton Reriec, might seem
to discourage an unlearned individual, like
your humble correspondent, from calling in
question any of his positions, moral, reli-
gious, or political. From my experience,
however, in the study of those whom the
world calls great men," l have found as large an
amount Of error among them as among those in
the humber spheres of huma life. This fact
may be the result of our following blindly the lead
of self-constituted moral, religious and political
BELL Wethers."
1t is not my purpose to review at length the OBJ
liquity of this learned Editors vision Of what coz.
stitutes right and Orong. It is, however, nocessa-
~ to point ont some of his absurd positions on
ethics.
The Review emphatically declares tia. "slaye.
holding is not a crime" 1t this be true, then I
do not know what constitutes crime; and even
Webster has failed to describe crime. This is,
however, o reckless and unproven assertion, and
though coming from this pious Editor, is a bold
attempt to obliterate from the public mind all rev.
erence for tho divine law, so far as human rights
are at stake. 1t is no wonder that G. NJ. Clay
could, with vociferous applause, boldly take the
ground that might makes right" when the Prince
ton ReUietO boasts Of, and glories in, the sad fact
that out "of three thousand old-school Presbyterian
clergymen, there are not twelve, who deserve to
be designated" Abolitionists; and mot one among
the Roman Catholics, Episcopalians, or Dutch Re.
formed" And even these twelve" apostles of
liberty may be greater stumbling blocks" to tue
spread Of the true gospel, Of christian liberty, than
their "Ihree thousand" pro-slavery- co-workers in
iniquity, who aim to overthrow the selfevident
truths of the Declaration OF American Indeper-
denoc, and the divine law Of mans absolute right
10 himself. happen to be we'll acquainted with
one Of these "twelve old-school rtsbyierian cler-
gymen," who last year headed a petition for the
repeal Of the Fugitive slave law. and yet he has
Professionally refused. or neglected. upon earnest
solicitation, to preach a sermon, in behalf Of the
fugitive, from the 18th and 10Th verses of The 23rd
chapter Of Deuteronomy. Perhaps the fact that
but two of this clergyman'S Pensioners, out Of
two Congregations, could be induced to sign this
petition, opened his eyes aud closed his mouth.
One thing is certain, namely, that one Of the Re-
views ~"tCelre" Abolitionists, if he did not betray
bis master with a kiss, passes by that masters
brethren, robbed Of their rights, without denoun-
cling the crime, or warning tbe criminals Of the
denunciaton contained in the 25th chapter Of
Mathew.
The p~reachiog Of Psul made Felix trenbls,"
but now alas With q few hsnorable exceptions,
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1861-02-09
For the Anti-slavsry Bugle.
AFFAIRS IN BOSTON.
BosToS, Jan. %, 1861

To THE EDITOR OF THE ANTI-SLAVERY BUoLE
Outrageous as have been the attacks throughout
the country, on the fearless laborers in the cause
of impartial freedom, Boston has developed o
maliguity of spirit that must win for her a pre-
eminen,ly conspicuous place among the shameless
prosecutors Of unpopular righteousness.
You cannot have forgotten the ''gentlemanIy"
mob, led on by Beacon Street, in the persons Of
Richard S. Fay. and James Murray Howe, and
hacked by the roughs and shouldor-hitters Of the
North end, which. lass month. crushed out the
John Brown meeting at fremont Temple. The
spirit Of violence thus c%opjured up, has grown in
intensity; and, after two Intellectual attempts 10
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1861-02-09
From tbs Manchester Guardian, January Is.
THE CANADIAN FUGITIVE SLAVE CAST
WRIT OF nAsEAs coRPUA ISSUED IN ENGLAND.

WRIT OF uAsEAs coRPUA ISSUED IN ENGLAND.
In the Court Of Queens Bench, yesterday, Mr..
Edwin James applied for a writ of ka6eds corpus
60 briug up Anderson, who was formerly a siave
10 America, ia order that he might be discharged.
The asdavit on which he moved was sworn by
Mr.. Lewis Alexis ChamerOuLOw. the Secretary to
.be British and Foreig0 Anti Slavery Society. in
its fret paragraph. Mr.. ChanerOuaow swOre that
John Anderson, a British subject, domiciled in
'the city of Toronto, was now illegally detained in
che 5aa of the city as a prisoner, without even
hssisx beea legally accused of any crime, or le-
ally tried or s~eutenesd for the commission Of sny
ertsas knoxn to the Law Of the Province OlCanada'
ct asy other part Of Her M.j'sty's dOmlni0ns;
and Ia the seesed paragraph it was sworn that the
case was Of the greatest argency. and that uoiess
rsjress was speedily effected, John Anderson''
life was exposed to the greatest danger The
tsssued counsel quoted a great number Of author
stiss, extsudisg as far back as iS47, TO show that
tbe prsroSatiVs Of the Crown had from time TO-
tune been ezerted 10 the manner 10 which he now
and c,ntsDdcd that the fact OF cosr's al