The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-09-12
From Washington.
THE NEGRO CULTIVATION SCHEME.
Special Dispatch to the Clago Tribune.

Special Dispatch to the Chago Tribune
WASHINGTON, Ar. 3l-II:15 p. NJ
The Cabinet, last Salrday decided against
the present plan Of igro colonization at
Chiriqui, partly in c0sequeuce of the re.
monstraLce OF the Cta Rican minister.
and partly from other considerations Al.
though the President 's,lan OF sending out
negro colony this ta!ha5 been, therefore,
abandoned, its publicit has produced some
important results. 1t Is developed an ID
terest 10 the plan of donization, on the
part OF the cOlOred race in America, ua~
| known before. Within no days after the
| publication Of Senator PCmer0y's letter,
The applications Of famil' for the expedi.
| tion exceeded the nunberle was authorized
TO receive. At the pr@nt time enough
have applied TO load tW' vessels. Among
these are two sons of Fed, Douglas, who
has written Pomeroy liter, in which he
asks him TO receive theG as members OF biz
proposed colony. Althngh he denies thf
| justice Or expediency { the Governments
seeking to Danish the ccored race from tie
country, the appropriations made by Cen-
| gress Tor this purpose sre intended to en-
courage the colonization OF the negroes
emancipated in tbs District and the conis-
Gated slaves OF reoeIs cover halt the appi.
cations already made free from Maryland,
one Shareholder ii Virginia offers TO eman
clpate all his sia7es, Twenty-Five in number,
il the gOvernme1t will send them away
Mr.. Pomeroy relied that he must first con-
suit the negroes I'D ascertain whether they
were willing TO 20. The government de-
sired Mr.. P0me'oy to make voyage OF
exploration with company of male blacks,
OF his own s3lectnG, to select proper res
glon for colony and negotiate with the
government infested. Thoughts ale at
present directed ID the valley OF the ANA
ZOn.
Correspondence of Cineiunat Gazette.
HUNTING DOWN POPE.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27.-One avowed
purpose OF the rebel cavalry raids to cur
rear, is to capture General Pope in person.
Their most reckless and daring officers have
gone Systematically to work to accomplish
this purpose, and General Pope will need to
exercise more prudence than was bis custom
a couple OF weeks ago, or they will succeed.
1t is something that might make one Eerv-
GUS to have such fate hanging owe ones
head as JEFF. Davis has proclaimed hall be
General POpe's, and to have the bet caval~
~ Of the cuntinent on ones track following
like a sleuth hound and persitentiy en-
deavOring to hunt the man dow. vi late,
General Pope has shifted bis headquarters
every night, as a necessur precaution
against these attempts, ap when be is
passing over the field of opratlons where
bodies of troops are not within supporting
: distance, a considerable foce is kept out in
advance and on either sde OF his intended
route, scouting the copitry and narrowly
watching the approaches by which bril-
gade of rebel cavalr might again come
sweeping in.
PLANS OF THE CAIPAIGN NOT CAPTURED.
1t is not true, as recently stated in some
accounts of the affair, that in the recent
descent on Geeral Pope's baggage train,
bis charts, pans of the campaign, accounts
of forces, aid other papers Of that nature,
were captured by the rebels. The effect OF
such a capture would have been terrible;
but Gneral Pope's private secretary, who
was resent and taken prisoner, but subse-
que,tly escaped and came up to Alexandria
today, positively asserts that the rebels got
none of the important papers, and that
what they did get wilt prove no serious loss
to US or advantage to them.