The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-12-12

CORRESPONDENCE OF THE NEW YORK
PAPERS.
From the Herald.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2, 1862.
THE NATIONAL FINANCES.

From the Herald
WAsHISGToN, Dec. ,, 1862.
THE NATIONAL FINANCES.
1t seems to be understood among the sub
stantial republican Senators that the lead
ing business of the session will be to put
the finances in such condition that the
administration will not be at the mercy of
democratic House at an extra session.
There is at the Treasury vast amount
of 500 bonds which are just ready for is
sue. Bankers that operate in the money
market for the government state that these
bonds will be taken with avidity in ex
change for Treasury notes.
TIE NIGER IN TIE SENATE.
The niger was introduced in the Senate
to-day, in the shape of resolution which
looked to the reclamation of contrabands
who have been taken prisoners by the reb-
read letter from European scholar,
which stated that such things were I'M
known in European wars. This is obvious,
because there are no negro slaves in Europe.
But President Lincoln has spoken ofslaves
as property, and the rebels will quote him
as authority for disposing ofwhat was their
own property and has again come into their
hands by conquest. Some free negroes,
who went out from here to the second Bull
run and were captured by the rebels while
aiding the wounded on the battle field,
were subsequently liberated.
TIE INDIAN OUTRAGEs IN MINNESOTA.
There was a typographical error in one
of the dispatches oflast evening 1t should
read, "The President is Unt;lvorable to a
wholesale hanging OF the SIOUX VINO have
surrendered themselves prisoners of war :"
1t is said to-day, in official circles, that he
consents to the punishment by death of
the principal ringleaders, in squads, at diff
ferent times.
Mr.. Whiting, Of the Interior Depart
ment, has just returned from the scene Of
the warfare of the savages. He says that
in respect to the numbers massacred and
the cruelties practiced, there has been no
precedent in our history. A wide strip of
country has been desolated, and it is be-
leved that million of dollars will not CO.
yer damages. The whole thing originated
in a drunken brawl of half dozen Indians
as to who could exhibit the most courage
by killing the whites. The internal work
once in motion, nearly all the warriors
Joined in. Those who did not were de-
nounceG as traitors. Many of the more
serviceable class of persons were carried off
as prisoners to the plains, together with
guns, munitions, provisions, horses, cattle,
&c. The Sioux of the Plains are numer-
Gus and powerful for border warfare, hav-
ing horses, guns, DC.
HOW LINCOLN'S PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO
THE CONSTITUTION is TO BE ADOPTED.
Considerable commotion has been Great
ed in political circles here by the discovery
of Mr. Lincoln's method by which he eX-
poets to be able to secure the three-fourths
vote of the States in favor of the amend
ments of the constitution which he pro-
posed in the last annual Message. With
the slave States in instruction, and the
number Of the States remaining the same,
the scheme is clearly impracticable, and
shrewd politicians were wondering why
Mr.. Lincoln should devote so much space
to it. The President, however, knew
what he was about. His plan is as follows
He feels confident that in addition to the
nineteen free States which are certain to
vote for the amendments he requires, he