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The Fugitive Slave Anderson.

The Court of Queens Bench, at London,
on the 18th ult., issued writ of habeas
corpus for ANDERSON, the slave who killed
his pursuer, and who is now in Toronto
Jail and claimed by the United States Gov
eminent under the Ashburton extradition
treaty. The writ is issued on the grounds
that the Jurisdiction of the Queens Bench is
limited only by the boundaries of the Brit
ish Empire, and that it has yet to be made
clear that the homicide committed by An
DERsoN was not entirely justi6able, and that
therefore the decision of the Colonial Court,
which was for bis extradition, must be SUBJ
jected to revision by the court of highest
authority. The writ merely removes the
proceedings, preliminary to the prisoners
extradition or liberation, from Canada to
England. The following is the judgment of
the Court, delivered by the Lord Chief Jus.
tice, Mr.. Justice HILL:
We have carefully considered this matter.
and the result of our anxious elaboration is
that we think The writ ought to issue. We
feel sensible at the same time of the incOnve-
nience that may result from the exercise of such
an authority. We feel sensible that it may be
thought inconsistent with that higher degree of
colonial independence. both legislative and ju.
dicial, which has been happily brought into eff.
feet in modern times. At the same time, in es-
tablishing LEGAL legislation and local judicial
authority, the Legislature of England has not
gone SO far as expressly to abrOgate any jurs-
diction which the Court of Westminster Hall
might possess with reference to the issue OF the
writ of hdbeas corpus. And we find that the
existence of the jur .sdctiOn in these Courts has
been asserted from earliest times, and exer-
cisei down to the latest. We lid it asserted
not only as matter of agreement, but carried
into effect as matter Of practice, that even
when there is an independent local judicature.
no. hing short of legislative enactment would
suffice to deprive US Of the authority which
was conferred upon US for protection of the
liberty Of the subject. We feel. therefore, we
should not be dong right under the authority
of the precedents cited, it We refused to issue
the writ.
In Canada, this proceeding is regarded as
an encroachment upon colonial rights, and
is opposed by the Bar and Bench.
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Minnesota Legislature
SATURDAY, Feb. 2. 1861.
SEN ATE.


SENAT
Prayer by the Rev. W. j. Erdman.
RESOLUTIONS AND BILLS INTRODUCED.
Mr.. McLAREN introduced Joint Resolutions
relating tosthe free navigation Of the MISSISSIPPI
pi river, which were read q first time.
By Mr.. FAKE, to amend IAN Act to change
the time of holding the Terms of the District
Court of the Fifth Judicial District"
By Mr.. Mel AREN, to amend IAN Act regu-
lating the duties of the Reporter Of the Su-
preme Court"
By Mr.. HOLLEY, to amend "An Act to
prevent abuses in the use Of Intoxicating
drinks"
By Mr.. NORTON, providing for the appoint
ment, and defining the duties of auctioneers.
BILLS PASSED.
The following Senate bills were read third
time and passed:
An Act to provide for the encouragement OF
emmigration-yeas IL, nays 8.
An Act to repeal section 20 Of chapter ia OF
abe Revised Statues, being section 20 OF chap
ter lO3 of the Public Statues, relating to Wit
nesses in criminal cases-yeas Is, nays 0.
An Act relating to the County Of Ramsey,
and providing for the support Of the poor
therein-yeas Is, nays0.
An Act to amend An Act regulating pro.
ceedings before Justices of the Peace in civil
cases and to repeal portions of said Act-yeas
IA, nays 2.
THE ELECTION BILL.
The Senate had under consideration, in Com.
mittee of the Whole, the bill relating to the
Election Laws of this State and reducing to the
same to one act.
After some time passed therein, the Com.
to sit again.
The Senate then went into Executive Sess-
ion on communication from the Governor. and
thereafter adjourned.
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Minnesota Railways.

The american Railway Reuiew of the
18th, copies from the PIONEER AND DEMO.
oRAT an article on this subject, calling at
tention to the want of coal 10 this State fol-
manufacturing purposes.
Coal at Cleveland, Ohio, bituminous, is
worth 81 Is, and anthracite 81 so, per ton.
The iron vessels ballast up with Goals,
from Cleveland to Lake superior at from
Is to 70 cents per ton-so that with a rail-
road from Lake Superior to the Mississippi
Goals will cost, 81 so for bituminous, and
Sc per ton Tor anthracite.
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Nor Exactly INDICTED has
not been indicted fOr malieasance in tffice.
he was simply presented" Grand Juries
in the District OF Columbia do not indict,
but make presentment, whereupon it be-
comes the duty OF the District Attorney to,
prepare Indictment, if be thinks the facts
warrant prosecution. 1t rests therefore
with RosEsT OULD, the District Attorney,
an old political aud personal friend Of FLOYD
to determine whether be shall be prosecuted.
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A GUN has just been cast at Fort Pitt
works, Pittsburg, in the "run" of which
1900 pounds Of metal were used. 1t has
twelve inch bore, is fifty-nine inches in
diameter at the breach, and will weigh when
finished twenty-five tons. The gun has
been christened "The Union," and will
throw ball six miles.
We see it stated that the suit for $40, 900
instituted bya man named Ellington against
Capt. Willard of the steamer r. j. Lack
land. for causing the death of child fun
born,) by running into and sinking fat.
boat in June last, at Cairo, on board of
which was the mother, has been decided in
the United States Court at Jackson, Missis.
sippi, against the defendant.
The man most likely, at the present
writing, 10 wear the mantle Of Mr.. Seward,
as United States Senator from New York,
is Horace Greeley of the Tribune. He is
supposed to be able, alraady, to count up
nearly the requisite number Of the Legisla- !.
tore to secure the Seuatorship. His election
is, in fact, thought by some of the State
Senators to be foregone conclusion. His
competitors are Everts, Noyes, Raymond
ana one or two less known names.
Mr.. RAREY intends to visit all of the
leading cities in this country and explain
his system. He will also revisit Europe
within a year. He cannot obtain here
horses bad enough for his exhibitions. All
yield too easily. Wehave no vicious blood
horses, and it is only they who have spirit
enough to make really interesting fight.
The Washington Constitution secession;
organ-has stopped. 1t will be succeeded
by the Contederation--a Union paper
ACCORDING to the late census, there are
in Missouri, l,4O7,5 white inhabitants
1888 slaves and 1902 free negroes.
Nh. BowLBY, OF the London Times, who
was killed by the Chinese, will live 10 the
history Of journalism, as be is the Erst COR
Of daily paper tortured to |
death while engaged in his professional |
duties in distant land. Tess |
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THE WEEKLY PIONEER AND DEMOCRAT

CHAMBL1N, and that they be invited to ex>
anime it and report upon its fitness for the
purpose intended. Mr.. SANBoRN stated
that unless some proper bill was passed, in
sixty days there would probably be no COM
panies Of disciplined soldiers in the State
for defence against mobs and for the en-
forcement of the laws.
STATE COMMISSIONERS TO WAsH1NaroN.-
The resolutions offered by Mr.. SANBoRN,
for the appointment of Commissioners to
the Convention called by the State of Vir-
ginia, were called up in the Senate yester-
day. The day having passed for the as
sembling Of the Convention, the expediency
of the resolution was doubted, and it was
laid on the table by a vote of seven to
nine. The resolutions of Mr.. M'LAREN,
conveying futile menace to Louisiana.
were referred to the Committee on Federal
Relations. There seems to be no disposi>
tlOO W mCUUlC luIUuOt Will JUL AOl0SAVoo
to the several States and the General Gov.
eminent, unless in case of emergency.
The RAILROAD QUESTION. our House
report it will be seen that the railroad
question was up again in sort of way yes
terday. There has been disposition on
the part Of some of the members to delay
and defer definite action on it, and in the
meantime personalities and BY gone matters
are raked up, instead Of sober legislation.
Mr.. BANNING is urging the early considera.
ton of the question, pertinacously, but
there is so much suspicion entertained by q
few of every scheme brought up, no matter
by whom, or for what, that one half the
session is now gone, and the question has
not been touched in any definite shape.
What aOin be done, it is of course impossible
to say. Therefore we cannot satisfy the
curiosity of our readers in regard to the
ISOLATION of the problem.
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Prayer by the Chaplain, A. s. FISK.

CORRECTING THE JOURNAL.
A long debate ensued on motion to amend
the Journal SO as to show that calls for ayes
and nays had been made during the fillibuster.
ing of yesterday, unrecognized by the chair.
man, however. The motion to amend was
defeated, yeas Is, nays %.
Of Attorney General, in reference to suits
commenced against six parties in Rice county,
for fraudently settling on school sections.
By Mr.. ACKER: Two geological papers. Re-
ferred to Committee on Printing, recommend
ing 500 copies to be printed. Adopted.
The House then went into
COMMITTEE OF WHOLE.
Mr.. MORRISON in the chair.
The Game Law was taken up, and amended.
Recommended to be passed.
The Lager Beer Bill. Recommended to be
tabled.
County Surveyor bill. To be further con-
sidered.
The committee rose at one o'clock, and re-
ported.
By Mr.. SMITH, of Frederick Oberle, asking
for compensation for removing Indians from
Carver county in 1858, by order of Governor
Sibley-$535. Referred to Committee on
Claims.
By Mr.. GREGORY, to amend the Town and
County Law.
By Mr.. MUNICH, to regulate the sluicing Of
Dams for logs and lumber.
A number of House and Senate bills were
passed through preliminary and intermediate
stages. ready for engrossment and passage.
COMMUNICATION FROM THE TENNESSEE LEGIsLA
TURE.
A message Was received from the Governor
accompanied by resolutions passed by the
Legislature of Tennessee. relative to the border
State Convention, to be held on Monday in
Washington City. Laid on the table.
JOINT CONVENTION.
Mr.. BUTLER offered a resolution providing
for joint convention on Monday next, ia
elect Log and Lumber Surveyors, and State
Printer.
MORE FILLIBUSTERING.
The resolution finally paSsed-yeas 10, nays
ID, and after further guerilla warfare, the
House adjourned.
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HOWELL COBB, ROBERT TooMBs and
ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS are among the
delegates from Georgia to the Convention
of the seeding States, which is to meet at
Montgomery, Alabama, on the 4h OF Feb
ruary, the same day upon which the Vir-
gina Conference meets at Washington.
The object OF the Convention is to form a
government for the Southern Confederacy
of the secediLg States.
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MONDAY, Feb,
SENATE.
JOINT CONVENTION


JOINT CONVENTION.
The Clerk of the House announced the pas
sage of the Joint Resolution, asking the Senate
to meet the House for the purpose of electlng
Surveyors of Logs and Lumber in the several
districts. and State Printer.
Mr.. GALBR AIrH moved that the Senate
concur.
Mr.. BARNEY asked that the time be extend
ed. at least until the Democratic party in the
Senate would have an opportunity 70 make
nominations. Naughter.)
Mr.. BALDWIN read the proceedings of a
meeting of the lumbermen had at st. anthony
on Saturday evening, dissenting from the eau
Gus nomination of Mr.. Camp.
Mr.. GA; BRAIrH spoke of the danger of
breaking up caucus nominations, and hoped
the senate would 60 into Convention.
Mr.. HE ATOM advocated deferring the Con-
ventl0n until tomorrow at IL o'clock, because
proceedings. He thought it was only proper
proceeding, in view OF what had taken place at
st. Anthony.
Mr. SMITH advocated concurrence in the
House resolution. He thought it very re-
markable proceeding. after nomination had
fairly been made in caucus, for the people of
St. anthony to attempt to break up the nOmi-
nation. He thought there was as much pro-
prety in the people of st. Paul holding pub
lie meeting to defeat the nomination of Mr..
Marshall tor printer, aud substitute DR.. Foster.
he wanted to know whether, as Republican
party, we were to encourage boiling from reg
ular nominations. 1t we postpone it for one
day, We are absolved from the nominations.
H. spoke strongly in favor of maintaining
Mr.. McLAREN said men were charging that
if The Surveyor of Logs nominated was thrown
overheard the nominee for State Printer would
be. He moved that the resolution be amended
that the Senate would meet the House on Wed
nesday next at ii O'Clock.
Mr.. HEAlON did not consider the putting off
the election until Wednesday would be on ill.,
reference in caucus nominations. He could
see no danger to Republicanism, the cause of
Union generally, iu postpOnement for q day or
two. The petition should be listened to, at any
rate.
Mr.. CLEVELAND moved the previous cues.
ton.
MI. McLAREN hoped there would be no gag
about this maIler.
Previous question not sustained.
Mr.. HEAT N moved to amend, so as to meet
Tuesday at IL o'clock. .
Mr.. BARNEY (Dem.) had no intention to
bolt caucus nomination. (Laughter.)
Mr.. GALBRAllH said our nominations had
been made serious y, and this was fun for lit.
tie faction. He again moved the previous ques-
ton. which was lost.
MT. MCHOoC34O \DcWsl nOpeQ the Otner
side would treat us with courtesy. He gave
notice of y caucus this afternoon at the Inter.
national. We may hit on some one the Repub.
licans would support, as we should put up good
and true men.
The question being on postponement, and it
was lost yeas 9, nays 7. h 80
Mr. BALDWIN moved that the resolution be
amended to postpone until Wednesday at II
o'clock. Lost-tie vote, and the President
voted no.
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SEN ATE.

TUESDAY, Feb. s..
Prayer by Rev. w. j. ERDMAN.
Mr.. WATSON was elected President pro tom.
BILLS INTRODUCED. e
BY Mr.. HOLLEY; To amend section GA of
chapter % of tBe Public Statutes.
By Mr.. GIBBS: Fur the protection of fur
bearing animals.
By Mr. HEATON: To amend. &C., an act to
incorporate the city OF St. Anthony.
BY Mr.. BENNETT, to amend an act to pro-
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1861-08-03
Notice to Donation claimants
OF WASHINGTON TERRITORY.

MORE than Fourteen Hundred Donation Pa.
lyI pers, Notifications and Final Proofs,) are
now lying in the pigeon-holes Of the Registers Of
fee, upon which certificates can DO issued a. soon
as FULL and COMPLETE COPIES ARE MADE.
To do the whole of that work would require the
constant labor Of the Register from two TO three
years, provided that he had other duties topper
form. But when it is known that two-thirds Of
his time is occupied with conflicting donationsahd
presumption cases, persons having donation papers
in the Office may well look to the future for
their certificates and Patents. Believing that mass
would prefer having their donations completed
now, rater than wait for the indefinite course os
human events, and being well acquainted With sds
business, l I'm prepared to make out pspers sAd
procure Certificates for claimants in oil parts fths
Territory. will also attend to the preparation and
filing Of declaratoa statements and 6nal proofs for
prescriptions, all u Ping mnps ofclaims and Town
Ships from the original snrveys, for those de- irns
them. For preparing the papers and procuring
certificate for donation elsim, where there 10 no
conflict, my charge is Eve dollsrs. For preparing
andf ling' declsrstory statcnlents and paying The
governmentfee, three dollars. for Township msps,
FIVE dollars, and claim maps oassadollaz each In
all cases the fee must come in adv6nce.s7
Persons having bong land, acquired skser tho
Donation Law, cannot DO too careful 70 see Csria-
Gates are issued. A. n, POE, aYs
Nov. -. 1850. [s;tf1 Olympia, W..
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T. S. G. LOWE.

WONDERFUL CALCULATION. "A wri-
ter thus undertakes to convey some idea
OF the greatness Of the population OF
China:
"The mind cannot grasp the real i'm
port Of So vast Il number. -Four hum
dred millions! What does it mean
Count it. ight and day, without any
rest, or food, or sleep, you continue the
weary work; yet eleven days have
passed before You have counted the first
million, and more than as many years
before the end OF the tedious task can
be reached.
He also supposcs this multitude to
take up its line Of march, in grand
procession, placed in single file at six
feet apart, and marching at the rate Of
thirty miles per day, except on the Sab.
bath, which is given to rest:
EBAY after day the moving column
advances, the head pushing on towards
the rising sun, now bridges the Pacific,
now bridges the Atlantic. And now
the Pacific is crossed, but still the long
procession marches on, stretching across
high mountains, and sunny plains, and
broad rivers. through China, India, and
the European Kingdoms, and on again
over the stormy bosom of the Atlantic.
But the circuit of the world itself af-
fords not standing room. The endless
column will double upon itself, and
double again and again, and shall girdlc
the earth eighteen times before the
great reservoir which furnishes these
numbcrless multitudes is exhausted.
Weeks, months and years roll away,
and still they come-mcn, women and
children. Since the march began the
little child hos become man, aud yet
on they come, in untailimg numbers.
Not till the end Of torty-one years will
the last Of the long procession have
passed"
Such is China in its population; and
Homer could preach cloquently on the
vanity of man as mortal, with equal
el.nluence, had he seen or contemplated
the millions of China, could he have
preached TN the vanity of man US all
Individual?
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The CHURCH SOUTH ARE TRAITORS.
The Baptists of Georgia. at their
convention, recently held at Athens,
passed the following:
Resolred, BY the members Of the
Baptist Convention, of the State Of
Georgia, that we consider it to be at
once pleasure aud a duty to avow
that. both in feeling aud principle, We
approve, endorse, and support the Gov
ernment Of the Confederate States Of
America.
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The Aerial Telegraph.

The aerial Geographic experiment is
a decided success. Louis Napoleon
used balloon to reconn"iter the posi-
ton of the enemy at So!ierino just be-
fore that famous battle but he had
not the advantage OF u magnetic tele-
graph arrangement to communicate the
result of the reconnaissance thus made.
The New York HtralTs correspondent,
writing from Washington June 90,
says:
To-day Professor Lowe assembled
from the Armory lot. The capacity of
the balloon was 10000 cubic feet. It
was provided with signal flags and a
powerful telescope; but as the ascent
was made late in the afternoon, and
chiefly for the purpose Of testing the
practicability Of maintaininga magnetic
circuit and operating in the balloon, no
reconnaissance was attempted. A cir
cult was established by looping one end
of the adjacent telegraph wircs-the
one between Alexandria and the War
Dcpartment-with helix wires several
hundred feet in length, wound upon a
reel at the spot from which the ascent
was made. The helix wires are very
fine aud flexible. They communicated
with delicate pocket Morse apparatus
carried by the operator in the balloon.
The hclixcs were paid out from the
reel as rapidly as the ropes attached to
the balloon. An ascent Ut five or SIX
hundred feet was made, and the telc-
graphic arrangement worked charming
IL. When at the utmost elevation at
tanned, dispatches were sent to the Pres
ident of the United States through the
War Department,
After demonstrating the success of
the experiment, Professor Lowe was
tugged through the streets in his balloon
a distance of over half Il mile, to the
open lawn south Of the White House,
when the balloon was safely anchored
for the night, with view to repeat the
experiment tomorrow, liz the presence
of the President and the Cabinet. With
this Geographic apparatus, and the
means of making @rie! reconnaissance,
a General may be accurately Informed
of every thing that may be going on
within a long days march OF bis position
III any direction.
BALLOON ENTERPRISE, June IS, 1861.
To the President of the United States ::
From this point of observation, the city,
with its girdlc ofencampments, presents
a superb scene. l have pleasure in send
ing yon the first dispatch cvertelegrarl-
cd from an aerial station, and in ackn0wl-
cdging Indebtedness to yonr encourage
ment for the opportunity of @ronautic
experiments in the military service of
the country.
q I o,,r,,
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MEDICAL TESTIMONY.

The following recommendation is from ono Of the
Oldest physicions in New London, Conn:
Messrs. a. b. l. D. SANDs:--Gentlemen:-You
Sarsaparilia has been very extensively used in this
city and the neighboring towns, and SO far as my
knowledge extends, uniformly with success. In a
great variety Of diseases Of long standing. and OF
very distressing and dangerous character, which
have resisted long list of remedial agents, it has
been used-in many of them with complete sue
cess and in all with decided benefit. 1t is regard
cd by the medical profession as medicine of grca
efficacy in class Of diseases, such rs in
veterate constitutional complaints, when the sys-
tenn has been long diseased in cases Of long stand
ng in obstinate diseases of the skim in enfecbled
conditions Of the SYSTEM in chronic Assesses at
tended with profusc discharges; diseases of the
bones; obstinate ulcers; chronic pulmonary aflec-
tions, enlarged glands and various other maladcs
connected with depravcd state of the system.
Its is usually followed with Improvement Of ap-
petite and Digestion increase of strength and esh
better rests at night, the production of more
healthy state of mind, and complete restoration to
health. Truly yours,
WIN. STERNE. NJ. D.
Prepared and sold by A. B. l. D. SANDS, whole
sale druggists, 100 Fulton street, corner Of William
New York.
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gsts gcnererally.
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