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Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1861-05-16

There is a afoat that the President of the Con
tederae States intends to take command of the Armies
of the South in person. and will resign the Office of
President doing This it appears to u.s. is neither
desirable nor necessary. The Constitution expressly
provides that "the President shall be Commandern-
Chief of the Army and Navy of the Confederate States
and OF the Militia of the several States when called in
to the actual service of the Confederate States In
another clause it is provided "that in case of the in
ability of the President to discharge the powers and
duties of the said Office the same shall devolye on the
Vice-P President and in of the disability of both
that the Congress shall declare what officer shall act
President until the disability be removed"
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1861-05-16

Love Is a compound of honey and gall mixed in va
rious proportions for customers.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1861-05-16

few months ago the Indianapolis Journal, Inc
Republican organ of Indiana said
I" OF what value will an Union be that needs links of
bayonets and bullets to hold it together? IF any State
will go from u.s. let it 60"
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1861-05-16

WE ARE indebted to the courtesy of captain --,
of the schr. job" Il. Burgess for copy of the Bahama
Herald, of the goth ut. The captain left there on the
29th.
The British steam Sloop-ofWar Styx appeared off
the bar of Nassau, New Providence the 2Oth with
dispatches from England for the Admiral of the West
India fleet The Admiral had left for Bermuda and the
Styx proceeded Immediately to that point. Captain
Cave of the Syx brought information of the fact of Fort
Sumter and of the blockade of the barber of Charleston
by the Northern feet.
tits probable that large portion of the British West
India feet will be ordered to southern coast to pro-
ect the interests of British commerce in these disturbed
times
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1861-05-16

SG~ A man calling himself Brigham alias Gordon
was arrested last February in Charleston, s. c. as
Government spy, and sent out of the State He
believed to be his way South, and is probably in Pc
tersburg today employed at hissame old business He
is OF small statue-ght blue eyes-wears dark grey
Raglan cloak and blue business coat, slouched hat
pants Of grey mixed CLOTH He is dangerous charac
ter.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1861-05-16

WE call attention to the card of Mr.. Ashe and
the communication of Capt Fremont in regard to some
occurrences at Weldon the 9Th instant or rather to
FALSE exaggerated and sensational account thereof
which appeared in the Richmond Examiner of the 9Th
in the shape Of a communication to that paper. We
need hardly say that the statements of Mesrs Ashe and
Fremont are entitled to the most implicit confidence
and will be so received by all acquainted with the
character of these gentlemen than whom the southern
cause has more devoted reliable or active friends
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1861-05-16

AsAp We would call attention to the notice of the
proceedings of the Directors of the North Carolina Mu
tual Life Insurance Company, at their called meeting
held at the Office of the Company in Raleigh on the
goth April, 1861.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1861-05-16

AT HoME.-Lieut. Marshall Brown, late of the U.
S. Revenue service, has arrived home from Eastport
Maine, where be bad been stationed and where nothing
but his GOODNESS and determination saved him from in
suit and outrage However, he arrived here on the 9th
safe and sound bringing his wife along with him. He
had rendered his resignation to Lincons government
take effect the 1st May, but has not heard of its
being accepted. 1t Brown either has already rendered
his services to the Coneleracy to his native State
or will soon do so. He is a son of T. W. Brown, ESQ.,,
Wilmington.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1861-05-16

At the election for Commissioners of Navigation held
here on Monday last, the 9th ns 25 votes were cast
in all.
The Old Board consisting of 7. G. Worth, Geo
Harriss, J. H. Flanner, Daniel NJ. Foyles and VIM. NJ
Harris was reelected.
AS the small vote proves, there was comparatively
little excitement, and but little effort made
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-04-19
A National Convention OF States.

The National Intelngencer, of the 10th
inst, in long editorial on the "complica.
ted and Embarrassing" state Of political
affairs, thinks this is not the time for "mas-
terly inactivity" and enforces the necessity
Of the Presidents seeking, at the earliest
possible moment, an exit, both theoretical
and practical, from the anomalous situation
in which he is now placed resting, as he is,
under the obligation to perform impractica-
BILE duties" 1t ADVISES him, "by procla-
nation" to snake public exposition of
the facts" and recommends "a speedy
assemblage of National Convention of all
the States, or at least of all the States
adhering to the Constitution" and thinks
the President ought, by proclamation, to
empress upon his countrymen the necessity
Of taking into their own hands the settle
ment Of questions with which he has no
power to DEAL" The writer believes that
"if the people in all parts of the country
could have distinct assurance that the
present anomalous state of affairs would be
!. submitted to the award of National Com
vention, they would patiently await the
decisions of that body, and the arrangements
which the Government might make in the
interim, would be regarded as simply pro-
visional in their nature" =
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-04-19

Or a total of "a regiments, of 78O men
each, constituting total force of 1890
men. The telegraph stated each regiment
was to be composed of 1880 men, but this
was evidently an error, as full regiment in
the regular service does not number more
than 1000 men, and they rarely reach that
complement. af.n.a r e.
With a contemporary, we would sug-
gest to our "Wide Awake" friends that
here is a wide field for the illustration and
exemplifcation of their patriotism! 1t is
but fair to presume that they will insist on
their right to the exclusive championship of
their own Administration And we trust
that whenever Democrats shall be drafted,
they will respectively consent to accept
Wide Awake substitutes without charging
an exorbitant premium for their places
Let the Wide Awakes prepare for the fray.
They will soon be wanted.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-04-19

Lord LYONS has addressed q note to Hon.
WILLIAM b. SEWARD informing him of
the appointment, by her Majesty, the Queen,
of commissioner for the management of
an exhibition of the works of industry of
all nations, to be held in London in 1862.
he says the commissioners are anxious to
ascertain what foreign countries will be
disposed to take part in the exhibition, and
to be put into communication with such
persons or bodies in the United States as
will command the confidence of the govern.
ment, and best represent the interests of
those who may intend to become exhibitors.
The commissioners think that it would
be superauous to enter into any details at
present; but, so soon as proper channels
correspondence have been opened, they will
have many matters to which they will desire
to draw the attention of the foreign coun-
tries which are disposed to take an interest
in the undertaking.
In acknowledging the receipt of the note,
Mr.. SEWARD replied as follows:
/ The President, 8 in the case of the London
Exposition of 1851, is of the opinion that the
publication of the correspondence between
this Department and your Legation on the sub.
ject, will be the best means of making the
American public acquainted with the purpose
of the proposed exhibition, and with the desire
OF the commissioners to place themselves in
communication with such persons in the United
States as will command the confidence of the
Government and best represent the interests
of those who may intend to become exhibitors.
He has accordingly directed that the cores
pondence which may from time to time take
place between us on the subject, be published,
which was the course pursued in regard to that
which related to the Exhibition of 1851,
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-04-19

BEECHER's PRoPHEsY.-On the eve of
the late Presidential election, the Rev.
Henry Ward Beecher, in sermon delivered
at the Plymouth Church in Brooklyn, on
the Sunday before, and of which we find a
published report in the New York Times of
November 4, used the following character
istic language: ......
Thank God thank God! We are on
the eve of decisive election-of a struggle
which can not be stayed from victorious
termination. Some dear timid man will
say "Oh, my! what will happen 2" Well
I'll tell you, advancing to the edge Of the
platform, with projecting head, each hand
supported by a stalwart knee, and with a
mirthfnl expression in his eye,) well, I'll tell
you, nothing. Take my word
Tor it, all the barking will be done before
the election, and there will be no biting
after it. ,.s.. g
Wasn't that prophetic to the very letter
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-04-19

ARRIVAL OF SHERMAN's BATrERY.-The
Fanny Harris, Captain Faucette, arrived
from Fort Ridgley about eleven o'clock
on the 10th having on board Maj. Sherman,
Lieuts. Ransom and Hill, and seventy men
and seventy-four horses of Sbermans Light
Artillery. She left Fort Ridgley at eleven
o'clock on Sunday.
She stopped only long enough to get
provender for the horses, and then went on
to La Crosse. The Government Agent,
Mr.. @. W. Woolley, in this city, has used
the most strenuous exertions to hurry for
ward the troops ordered east, and has done
we'll considering the difficulties he has had
to contend with.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-04-19
Crop Prospects.

The city OF Chicago at the present time
contains within a fraction of 10000 900
bushels of grain, the largest amount ever
gathered together in one place on this con-
tinent. The warehouses of Milwaukee, La
Crosse, Dubuque, McGregor, Winona, ST.
Paul, and, indeed, all the grain depots of
the northwest were never Sc crowded as
they are to day; yet, Notwithstanding the
vast stores of grain, and the still vaster
quantities sent east and south since last
September, it is estimated that to day as
much grain is in the hands of the farmers
unsold as the combined product of the crops
of 1858 and '59. Thus it is rendered cer-
tain that, even should the crop of 1861 be
disastrous failure, there will be "corn
enough in Egypt to carry us through to
the fall of 1862.
But what of the future? Are there any
data by which we may judge of the crop
prospects of the present year?
Practical agricultursts say there are, and
their specuations are generally entitled to
some weight. From causes now in opera
ton, it is estimated that the coming crop of
grain will be the largest this country ever
saw. There will not be so many bushels to
the acre as in 1060-that is not at all pro-
bable--but an immensely larger area of
country will be put into grain, and it would
not surprise those who are conversant with
crop movements, if tn, yield of 1862 is
twenty-five per cent. heavier than that of
1861.
The following aD0ng other considera-
tions, have led to this very general belief:
l. The failure of the English harvest of
1860, the certainty of a short crop this
year by reason of the wet fall aud heavy
frosts, and the enormous capacity OF the
Liverpool markets to absorb our breadstuffs,
will naturally stimulate the production of
wheat and corn in this country, and farmers
will use more land this year, for that pur-
pose, than in 1861.
2. The troubles of the South and South.
west, which will seriously interfere with
the planting and growth of cotton, by rea-
son of the uncertainty that will attend it's
sale, will necessarily lead to heavy seeding
OF wheat and corn. All the Southern papers
agree in saying that the coming wheat crop,
which will be harvested early in June, will
be very large, while of corn there will be
an abundance without shipment from the
Northwest, if no disaster such as that of
last year occurs.
8. The disappearance of the weevil and
other insect pests from the great wheat
region east of the lakes is now generally
admitted, and as q consequence, in West.
ern and Northern New York and Pennsyl-
vania, farmers are again seeding their long
neglected wheat fields, and are expecting
large crops.
4. The withdrawal of very large
amount of labor from mechanical and other
Industrial operations, owing to our political
troubles, will add to the available force at
the disposal of the farmer, and help to swell
the products Of the farm.-Nes0 York
World. 4
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-04-19

RECRUrrINo BUSINESS IN NEW YORK.
Since the commencement Of the month
Of April, applications at the New York
Offices for enlistment have. been unusually
numerous recruits presenting themselves
by threes and TOURS but in the absence of
any special orders on the subject, none but
really good men are taken. oi lla 7F
~ At the principal recruiting Office in Chat
ham street, BIT men were enlisted during
the six months ending March 81, and !, 1876
rejected in the same period-showing q
monthly average of 81 enlisted and zig
rejected. -
Of the rejected candidates; many would
be eligible in case of war such, for exam
pie, as those foreigners who were refused in
consequence of not speaking much English.
The Chatham street book show that out of
every twelve men enlisted ten are foreigners
Irish and Germans predominating.
The following questions are put to each
applicant:
How old are your
Do you drink?
Are you acquainted with any trade?
Are you married or single?
Are you in the habit of getting drunk
The questions being answered satisfacto-
rily, be is passed over to the sergeant, who
examines him as to his physical abilities.
The surgeon then gives reexamination.
THE CHARTERED FLEETS.
The following is correct list of the
chartered feet which recently sailed from
New York, as regards the tunnage, and
nearly SO as regards the men in the vessels.
Of course, all hands usually on board are
included, merely to show the number of extra
persons whose services have been engaged
by the government. There are, altogether,
at least $500 men attached to the expedi-
ton:
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-04-19
Total. .15,3 05
IN AN EMBARRASSING SITUATION.

.->S~>~~e~>>~Se&sN
Lieut.. Colonel REEVE, of the Eighth In
fantry, writes home that he is in an embar-
RAISING condition. He recently evacuated
Fort Bliss, Texas, with his command, and
subsequently ordered to return to some fort
in that State. But the present condition
of affairs renders it impossible for him to
return, and there is not the slightest pros
pect of his hearing from Washington, as
the mails are confused. He is, therefore,
liable to be court martialed if be does the
only thing which it is in his power to do,
namely: repair to the seaboard and join
the soldiers who have been ordered home.
THE ARMY AND NAVY RESERVATIONS.
Of the eleven hundred and ten officers
whose names are on the army register, the
number of designations, to this date, since
the present rebellion commenced, is eighty
six.
Of eight hundred and six commissioned
officers, thirty three have resigned from all
causes since the LIST of January, to which
should be added four lieutenants, who re-
signed in December, from their sympathy
with secession.
Of the seventy six commissioned officers
Of the navy from the seeded states on the
LIST of January, fifty remain in the service.
National Republican, April 10.
OATH OF ALLEGIANCE.
The following is the oath of allegiance
administered to the volunteers called into
service in the District of Columbia
l do solemnly swear that will bear true al
legiance to the United States of America; that
/ will serve them honestly and faithfully
against all enemies and opposers whatever;
that will obey the orders of the President OF
the United States and of the officers appointed
over me. according to the rules of the army of
the United States. so help me God.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-04-19
Lord Palmerst0n--his Views of Amer
lean Affairs.

Lord PALMERsToN, having recently &C.
cepted the Wardenship of the Cirque Ports,
an Office of emolument held directly under
the crown, his seat in Parliament became
vacant, new election was ordered, and he
was again elected. In his speech to the
electors of Tiverton, Lord PALMERsroN al.
luded to the American difficulties as fol-
lows
There is but one spot in the political
horizon the contemplation of which must
inspire us with regret and uneasiness. l
mean those commissions which are now TAX
ing place among our cousins in North
America, leading to dissolution of the
Union of the former United States. It is
not for US to judge between the contending
parties. 1t is not for US to say what ought
to be; whether compromises ought to be
made by which the Union may be main.
tanned, or whether it is best for the happi.
ness of the sections that they should sepa-
rate and form respectively different associa.
tions and confederacies but of this am
sure, every man who hears me, every British
heart will feel that it is our cordial wish
that whatever may be the result of the diff.
ferences now prevailing, that result may be
brought about by amicable adjustments,
and that the world may be spared from the
affecting spectacle OF seeing brothers arming
against brothers, and parents against chill
dren, and OF seeing that state of social hap.
piness which has hitherto been the admira-
ton of mankind, deformed by disputes; and
q country which has been the scene of peace
and industry polluted by the effusion Of
blood !. - -. ~. n
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-04-19
"Restoring the Governments to the
Condition OF the EARLY Fathers y,

Only one purpose, we were told during
the last election, was entertained by the
Republican party-that was"to restore the
Government to the purity of the early ia
thers!" That was all. And there were
some people green enough to swallow that
sort of talk. There were those who really
believed that the Republican managers told
the truth when they declared that they were
animated with nothing but patriotism i"
The country is beginning to see what kind
OF patriotism it was that animated these
politicians. In one department alone of
the Government at Washington there are
already SIXTEEN THOUSAND LET
TIERS asking for Office! In another de-
partment there are THIRTY-TWO
BUSHELS of letters begging for Office
In one department there are A@~9OO letters
now coming in all asking for OFFICE !
Thirty-one clerks, paid by the peoples
money, are kept constantly busy all day
opening letters from applicants for Office |!
Letters from Republicans in Washington
state that the horde of Office seekers who
press their claims personally-instead of
by letter-is immensely beyond all prece,
dent, and battling all calculation. This
ravenous horde, numbering many thousand,
are all exclusive of the countless number
whose written applications tax the services
of thirty.one Government clerks. 1t is
said the new President is breaking down
in bodily health, under the pressure to
which he is subject by these Office greedy
cormorants. In the face of the fact that
the Union is threatened with disruption,
these early patriots are only eager for Of
fee! Thus early the country begins to get
a glimpse of the Republican process of ire
storing the Government to the purity and
simplicity of the early fathers II"
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-04-19
IT has been found that messengers receiy

IT has been found that messengers receiv-
ing their $1,000 year in the employment
of the United States Senate, are travelling
in Europe, placing substitutes at the dispo.
sal of the Senate doorkeeper, said substi-
tutes receiving about one-third Of the salary
allowed the principal. Another employee
is studying at some college for one Of the
professions, keeping q substitute in the
Senate at one-fourth his salary.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-04-19
The Wharf.-The Power OF the Presi.
dent to Prosecute it.

The act of Congress, granting the Presi-
dent the powers he is now exercising, in
calling out the militia for the enforcement
of the laws, was passed in 1895, and is
entitled " an act to provide for the calling
for the militia to execute the laws of the
Union, suppress insurrection and repel
invasion and to repeal the act now in force
for these purposes" .r
The part of the act comforting extraor-
binary power is the second section, and reads
as follows: tf.,
Section 2. That whenever the laws of the
United States shall be opposed, or the execu-
ton thereof obstructed. in any State by COM
b'nations too powerful to be suppressed by the
ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by
it shall be lawful for the President of the
United States to call forth the militia of such
State, or of any State or States, as may be
necessary to suppress such combinations, and
to cause the laws to be duly executed; and the
use of the militia so to be called forth may be
continued, if necessary, until the expiration oil
thirty days after the commencement of the
then next session of Congress.
The above possesses special interest, from
the fact that it is in direct conflict with the
prevailing opinion as to the power of the
President. Under this law his power is
ample to call out q hundred thousand, or
half a million of militia.
This act came under the notice of the
United States Supreme Court, in the case
of Merton vs.. Mott, and it's import was
considered in an opinion by Justice Story,
to which we have not space to refer. The
note to the case says: "The President of
the United States is the exclusive Judge
whether the exigencies have arisen in which
he is authorized to call forth the militia OF
the Union )" and that the act of l795 is
within the constitutional authority of Con-
gress over the militia"
The President, in his notification to
the Governors of the States, announces the
quota of each State to be as follows: