The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-01-18
Washington News.
WARRINGTON. January "A.


Mr.. Bigler's bill, introduced in the Senate
yesterday, provides for taking the sense Of
the people of the country upon certain
proposed to the Constitution, as follows |:
That all territory held or hereafter &C.
quired, be divided by line on parallel of
36 deg. 30 min; that in all territory north
of said line involuntary servitude, except for
punishment of crime, is prohibited, and in
all territory south of said line involuntary
servitude, as now existing in states south Of
Mason and Dixon's line is recognized and
shall be sustained and protected by every
department of the territorial governments {;
any territory, north or south of the said
line, shall be admitted as a state, with such
boundaries as Congress may prescribe,
when it shall contain population requisite
for one member of Congress according to
the federal constitution; Congress shall not
have power to abolish slavery in places
under its exclusive jurisdiction, within the
limits Of the states holding slaves, nor the
power to abolish slavery in the District of
Columbia as long as it exists in Maryland
and Virginia, or either of them, without
just compensation to owners it shall be
the duty of Congress to provide that the
United States shall pay the owner the full
value of his fugitive slave in all cases
where the Marshal or other officer, whose
duty it was to arrest the fugitive, was pre-.
vented by violence, or intimidated, or when
after arrest, the fugitive is rescued by force,
and the owner prevented or obstIucted in
the recovery of the slave; the United
States are to have the right to sue the coun-
ty where the said violence, or intimidation,
or rescue was committed, and recover, with
interest, the amount paid /; the county to
have, the power to recover from wrong
doors or rescuers, by whom the owner was
prevented from recovering his fugitive; Con-
gress shall have no power to prohibit the
Interstate slave trade, but the African
slave trade shall never be revived except by
Congress; hereafter the President to hold
Office for six years, and be Ineligible for re-
election. The constitution shall not here
after be amended 80 as to authorize Con-
gress to interfere with or destroy any
domestic institutions of State, without the
consent of all the States.
Personal friends of the President say it is
absolutely decided not to reinforce Fort
Sumter, because sending more troops there
would tend to produce irritation, and re.
Inducements are unnecessary.
A telegram was received from Governor
Moore, of Alabama: by Senator Fitzpat-
rick, tonight, saying that the ordinance of
secession had passed.
Militia field officers for the District of
Columbia, recently appointed, were com.
municated to-day by the President.
It has been decided to send Mr.. Holt to
the Senate for Secretary of War tomorrow,
and A. B. Greenwood, now Commissioner of
Indian Affairs, for Secretary Of the Int.
rior. He is Union man.
The Charleston papers state that reso~
luton was adopted on Monday, in the Legis-
lature, requesting the Bank of South Caro-
lima to advance $4,000 for military con-
tingencies, and that the bank has signifed
its Willingness to comply. The above item,
SIS, 900, is merely for contingencies, while
the expenditures for military purposes
already incurred amounts to 100000.
WASHINGTON, Jan Is.
It is understood that the South Carolina
agents, now here, demand the unconditional
evacuation of Fort Sumter, with a view to
avoid the shedding of blood. The Admin.
istration has not yet considered the propo.
sitiOn.