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The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-06-27

There appears to be no abatement in the
emigration to the northern mining regions
from California, as we'll as from east of the
Rocky Mountains. A late number of the
San Francisco Bulletin says: There can
be no doubt, we think, of the richness of the
Salmon River and Cariboo districts. 1t is
stated that the arrivals at Portland for
some time past have averaged quarter of
a million OF dollars per month, and recently
100000 within five days; and this, not
withstanding the season for active opera.
lions is very short and has hardly opened
as yet. In this respect the Salmon River
region is more desirable than the Cariboo.
1t would seem from recent explorations. that
the extent of country in which gold deposits
are found on our northern frontiers, is
greater than was at first supposed; the
great drawback is the comparatively brief
period in which they can be worked, and
the immense amount of suffering incident to
the rigors of the climate"
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-06-27
Feelings of j. Buchanan.

What must be the feelings of Mr.. Buchanan,
who cannot conceal from himself the knowl.
edge that this rebellion was cherished and fOs.
ter ed and matured by his Cabinet, under his
eyes d? that three months Roadway it obtained
und er his auspices made it formidable; that
he could with particle of General Jackson's
patriotism, have snuffed it out.-Albany Even-
ing Journal.
To this the Cincinnati Cmmercial adds !:
" And as to the feelings of Mr.. Buchanan,
be is cool as cucumber, and has certain
complacency in regarding himselfas the
last one of the American Presidents. The
Journal seems to pity the old man, he must
feel so bad. Nonsence. He sucks bis un,
lighted cigar, drinks his ale and old rye,
and masticates and digests his beef, with the
usual relish, and leering at his visitors,
solemn as Pecksniff, talks of the yellow fe-
yer, which he thinks will use up our armies
and secure the independence of the South.
His favorite remark for same years, to the
fire eaters, who, in his presence were talking
Of and threatening the destruction of the
Union, was, that if the South did really
dissolve the Union. it was, in bis judgment,
very doubtful which section Pennsylvania
would 60 with"
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-06-27
The Reciprocity Treaty.

1t appears from an official report of the
Secretary of the Treasury, showing the
quantity and value of the different articles
Of merchandise imported into the United
States from British North American Pro-
vinces under the Reciprocity Treaty, that
the total value in 1859 was over $l5,OOO-
600; in 1860, more than 100000, and
in 1861, $2l, 100000. The table shows iu
the last year falling off in fish, furs, fruits,
hides and woods, and an increase in animals,
ashes, bark, butter, cheese, coal, eggs, fax,
-four, grain, meats, oats, TENDER, &c. An
finals of all kinds 81, 100000; fish of all
kinds $1,362,00O; -four and breadstuffs,
over 100000; grain, $6,500,O00; tim
Der of all kinds, $,2s9,0OO. The respec-
tive amounts of other imports are not emu
merated.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-06-27
The Siege of Richmend.

All eyes are now turned towards Rich
mond, but the news this morning only
speaks of sharp skirmish and the iavora-
bic weather for the operations there going
on. The fact has already been published,
and can, therefore, be scarcely regarded as
O secret that Gen. MCCLELLAN is at work
with the spade and pick once more in the
erection of parallels and intrenchments
around the doomed city, which will doubt"
less result in the surrender of the place, as
no defence will avail against the power of
our heavy siege guns. 1t was by bis par.
alleIs that the rebels were forced to evacu,
ate Yorktown. 1t was by the twelve miles
of intrenchments around Corinth, approach.
ing by parallels, that the rebels were forced
to evacuate. MCCLELLAN is again practic.
ing the same tactics before Richmond, and
be must succeed. No force can withstand
the power he brings to bear. 1t will take
time to accomplish this, but the end is Ger.
tain.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-06-27
Another Ericsson Monitor,

The keel of another Monitor was laid in
New York last week. She is to be 200
feet extreme length over armor and the
vessel is to be an iron-clad, hot.proof,
steam floating battery, to be constructed
With steam machinery and turret complete,
ready for service.
The turret is to be twenty one feet inter-
nal diameter, nine feet high, and composed
of eleven plates in thickness, which are to
measure together eleven inches through.
The turret is intended for two l5-inch Dahl.
gren guns. The slides on which the gun
carriages travel are of iron four inches
thick and seven inches deep. A floor made
of oak planks with several grated matches
formed in the same, is laid on the outside
of the gun slides. The turret will revolve
round a fixed center column Of wrought
iron, twelve inches in diameter, resting on
keelsons placed at the bottom. The iron
to be used in the construction of the vessel
is to be exclusively American, the govern
ment strictly prohibiting any foreign iron
being used. The price received from the
government for building the vessel is $780,
900, and five months is the time specified
10 which it is to be completed. Between
four and FIVE hundred men will be employed
day and night, under the supervision of Mr..
George Birbeck, Jr., who will superintend
the entire work.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-06-27
The Telegraph News.

We have accounts from rebel sources of
q severe battle on James Island, near
Charleston, on Monday last. The first &C.
count by way of Augusta, Georgia, claims
a victory for the rebels, but the account in
the Richmond paper, leaves the matter in
doubt, and the rebels Respondent. Some
thing is said about the retreat of the rebels
being cut of, which is very probable.
James Island lies opposite and South of
Charles ton, and is bounded by Charleston
Harbor, the Ashley river, Wappoo Greek,
Stono river and the Morris Island river,
which separates Morris Island from James
Island-the Wappoo Greek connects the
Stone river with Ashley river and Charles.
ton Harbor. All these water communica.
tions, are probably navigable for light
draft gunboats. When Charleston is taken,
as it certainly will be, we hope the big guns
will be brought out and the bells rung.
General BEN. BUTLER has made good
Union speech in New Orleans, and issued a
ferocious order for the punishment of guer-
illas. They are to be tried by drumhead
court martial and shot, and their houses
and property destroyed.
A rumor comes from Washington that
Secretary STANTON is to retire, and that
General BANKS will take his place in the
War Department: 1t may be- mere ru-
NOR without any foundation, but we hope it
may prove we'll founded.
A dispatch from Montgomery to Mis-
sissippi paper, announces that General
BEAUREaARD has gone to Richmond.
Colonel CHARLES BILLET, the commander
of the Ram Fleet, at the capture of Menu
pnis, died at Cairo on Saturday morning.
At the engagement before the city he res
ceived wound, that was not regarded DAM
gerous, but which has resulted fatally.
The reported capture of Fort Morgan
turns out to have been premature. The
mortar boats, however, are preparing for
the work.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-06-27
Mr., Mercier and jeff. Davis.

A French paper states that, at the time
of his visit to Richmond, Mr.. Mercier had
an interview with JEFF. Davis, and that, in
the course of conversation, he asked from
the rebel President if there was not in his
mind any ground upon which the South
could make proposals of peace to the North.
"No, sir" said JEFF. Davis, "the Confeder-
ate States are not so high nor so low as to
entertain any thought of that kind. The
time for peace will doubtless come; but it
has not yet, and we must wait awhile be-
fore we can avail ourselves of your good
Offices
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-06-27

Slavery Prohibited In the Territories
Last Friday the President signed the bill
forever prohibiting slavery in the Territo'
ries belonging to the United States. The
law is as follows:
ITO the end that Freedom may be and re-
main forever the fundamental law of the land
in all places whatsoever, so far as it lies within
the power or depends upon the action of the
Government of the United States to make it so,
therefore,
'sBe it enacted, &c., That from and after the
passage of this act THERE SHALL BE
NEITHER SLAVERY NOR INVOLUNTARY
SERyITUDE IN ANY OF THE TERRIFIC.
RIES OF THE UNITkD STATES now existing,
or which may at any time hereafter be formed
or acquired by the United States, otherwise
than in punishment of crimes whereof the party
shall have been duly convicted"
The Chicago Tribune observes: Now
indeed is agitation ended, for here is the
whole question settled" We are fearful
that this settlement will not cover the whole
question.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-06-27
Gen. Mcclellan Described by Hawthorne

The author of the "Scarlet Letter" con-
tributes to the June number of the atlantic
Monthly a paper "Chiefy about War Mat.
tiers :" an account of recent visit to
Washington, Fortress Monroe and Har-
per's Ferry, in which General Mcclellan is
thus described, as be appeared at review
of division of the army:
The General was dressed in a simple,
dark blue uniform, without epaulets, booted
to the knee, and with a cloth cap upon his
head and at first sight you might have ta.-
ken him for corporal of dragons, of par.
ticularly neat and soldier like aspect, and in
the prime of bis age and strength. He is
only of middling stature, but his build is
very compact and sturdy, with broad shoul-
dgs and look of great physical vigor,
which, in fact, he is said to possess-he and
Beauregard having been rivals in that pare
ticular, and both distinguished above other
men. His complexion is dark and sanguine,
with dark hair. He has strong, bold, sol.
dierly face, full of decision Roman nose,
by no means thin prominence, but very
thick and firm and if be follows it, (which
I should think likely,) it may be pretty
confidently trusted to guide him Alright. His
profile would make more effective likeness
than the full face, which, however, is much
better in the real man than in any photo.
graph that have seen. His forehead is
not remarkably large, but comes forward at
the eyebrows +; it is not the brow nor the
countenance Of a prominently intellectual
man, mot natural student, l mean, or ab.
stract thinker0 but one whose Office it is
to handle things practically and to bring
about tangible results. His face looked ca
pable OF being very stern, but wore, in its
repose, when I saw it, an aspect pleasant
and digni6ed it is not, in its character, an
American face, nor an English one. The
man on whom he fixes bis eye is conscious
of him. In his natural disposition be seems
calm and self.possessed, sustaining his great
responsibilities cheerfully, without shrink
ing, or WEAKNESS, or spasmodic effort, or
damage to his health, hut all with quiet,
deep-drawn breaths-just as his broad
shoulders would bear up heavy burden
without aching beneath it.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-06-27
Death Of q Member of the First Mime
sofa.

Death Of a Member Of the First Minne-
sofa.
The following is the dispatch Of Chaplain
NELL to the Governor, announcing the
death of q member of the First Minnesota
BATTLE FIELD, FAIR OAKS, NEAR RICHMOND,
Friday Morning, June ID, 1862. !
His Excellency Alexander Ramsey, Governor
of the State of Minnesota:
DEAR SIR: 1t is painful duty to report
that Augustus Ellison of Company 1, was in.
simultaneously killed by cannon shot of the
enemy, few hours ago. He has received a
Christian burial and is inferred by the side of
Nicholas Hammer of company T, and Henry
Arlusdorf of company G, whose deaths l have
already reported.
Yours truly, EDWARD D. NELL,
Chaplain LIST MINI. Vols.
An account of the shelling of General
GoRxAN's camp, which resulted in the death
of Mr.. ELLISON, will be found in another
column.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-06-27
Illinois Constitution.

1t appears almost certain after all, that
the new Constitution is rejected by hand-
some majority. Its friends mourn the de.
generacy of Egypt in not appreciating the
excellencies of the new fundamental law.
There are forty-fve counties to be heard
from, but the Times gives up the question,
while the Tribune is confident of 10000
majority against it.
A telegram in our dispatches confirms the
above, but announces that the negro propo.
sitions are adopted.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-06-27
THE WEEKLY PIONEER AND. DEMOCRAT.
" Let the War Tax be Paid up Promptly"
The st. Anthony News of last Saturday,
under the above head, says:

uuucC tuo oOOVe 0oaO, Says
| Occasionally we read an article in some pa.
per, which seems to emanate from some one
| insympathy with secession, speaking in gloomy
National War Tax, and the heavy burdens that
our young State of Minnesota will have to
bear in proportion to the more wealthy States
of the East.
The News then goes on to condemn these
over drawn pictures Of hardship, as exceed.
ingly i'll. timed, and partakipg of luminosity
to the general government, and questions
whether thespirit which dictates the assaults
is not prompted more by desire for the
triumph of the rebels than the success of
our arms.
When we read this article in the News
the general tone of which is entirely COM
mendabIe, we were unable to recollect where
such complaints against the war tax origin.
ated-what influential press had given them
currency-w who had authoritatively started
them-and at last, were able to trace them
to the original source in this State.
In the Annual Message of Governor
ALEXANDER RAMSEY, to the Legislature of
Minnesota, delivered January 9th, 1862, we
found the following
While Minnesota will cheerfully and gladly
accept her full share of the sacrifices which
the obligations of patriotism impose upon the
nation, it is nevertheless much to be regretted
that the Federal Constitution provides no way
of appOrtiOning The direct tax which it author.
ICES, except upon the basis of the population
of the different States--.a principle which,
since the tax is levied upon population, distrib-
utes the burden very unequally among the DIFF.
a serious injustice to the new and sparsely
settled, and comparatively poor States of the
West.
The Governor Tor bis statlstician) to
make this unequivocally clear, compares
the rate of taxation of Minnesota with that
of Rhode Island, and shows that the tax of
the last named State on her quota would be
only nine.tenths of one mill, while the tax
of Minnesota on her quota would be two
mills and eight.tenths. He then adds
But the injustice of system which oper.
ates so unequally is sufficiently manifest from
sible for Congress under the terms of the Con-
stitution to cOncede US any abatement of the
present tax, equity demands, and there can be
no technical objection to their making, such
modification of the collection laws in our ia.
vor as would serve to obviate to some extent
the practical inequalities of the present sys.
tenn, Our claims to the consideration of the
Government in this matter are enhanced by
the fact, that while the burdens of the war
fall three fold upon US, our remote frontier pc.
sition excludes US from any of the compersa.
tory benefits arising from the disbursements of
the Government for the materials of war.
With such an example of complaint from
the Governor of the State, of the inequal-
ity of the tax, our friend of the News will
see the injustice Of aiming at lesser mark
than the source and prime mover of all the
dissatisfaction that may exist.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-06-27

1t is reported that two hundred able.
bodied slaves in Maryland, owned by mas.
ters in the West River district of Anne
Arundel county, have laid down their hoes
and rsfuse to be held in bondageaDy longer.
They offer violence to no one, but they re.
fuse to be compelled to work for others
without compensation. This spirit is be-
lieved to be spreading among the whole
slave population in the state. Slavery may
thus abolish itself in Maryland-saving
trouble and expense.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-06-27
Louis Napoleon and the War In
America:

A private letter written from Paris, by q
person attached to the Ministry Of Foreign
Affsirs, says that Louis Napoleon's opinion
is that the prosecution of any war on 80
gigantic and expensive scale as the Amer"
lean war must necessarily be of short du-
ration, and stop one day or other, crushed
under its own weight. Louis Nspoleons
idea is that any Intervention on the part of
q European power would, in the present
circumstances, delay rather than hasten the
suspension of hostilities, and hence that
Europe ought, for the sake Of peace, to for.
bear to interpose at present in the Ameri-
can conflict. Parisians acquainted with
our politics look upon the formation of q
peace party in the North as one of the even
Qualities of the summer campaign, and trust
that for the next fall election that party will
have strong supporters among the newly
elected candidates to Congress. The general
feeling in Europe is that the coming summer
will not prove favorable to the northern
arms, and that the climatic influences inhe
rent to that season will try our power of
endurance more than dozen battles. The
letter concludes by stating that nothing will
be done by European cabinets in reference
to American affairs before summer is over,
and the next fall elections known.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-06-27

Intelligence comes to us from Europe
Of the unexpected death at Damascus, on
3lst ult., of Henry Thomas Buckle, the
well known author of the "History Of Civil
zation," and man whose reputation as
philosophical writer was second to none.
Baltimore Wecker. [volume] (Baltimore [Md.]) 1851-1867, 1862-08-02
Un1t Der 0albiniel.

Sin Correspondent oes yNal0tn0tou Star4
lAretbt II 6arrilcn 9~anOung pom So, pa6
pte GcnfGDertrten tire &ranfen uno 8erpun
Detfn tbeiIIpetie In ben Srtlhaften an Der
Sabn BON NtGmonp naA Stauntpn unteraez
bra4t baben. Die 8abn ltlblt miro BON
Stuart's uuO NlbtY's @aoalerie bepa6t, Die
inter Sol. Tubinlpn ltsbn, Col. Jlpblulun
bat Iein 5aupiauartter IN 6arrilpnburg.
Die Iupl, 9tesierung Dat ale DtsppnibIen
Gruppen naA Slrginien ge3ogen. Sen. 6Ol-
mes nit 10000 Wiann Fam aus WelDbcrc.
Sen. canton nit 1000 aus Sapannab. Mber
Orn 8eauregarp's Qymee tparen nur Die in
@tattanUga ~fatiOnirten 2 3egimenter, OaS
AT. unp AZ. Nlabama, na1 Jtt1mCnp aea
tommen, welGe beipe Der StonepaasBriaao
5atbeilt purDen.
Der pWlerrimac $50. 2" Ioa Bis isbt nod
ntdt poultdnOi9 9epanSert iein unO aud nod
feline Gelbibe an 8Oro baben. Die Gsbels
len SerlpreGen lta WunperOinee BON Oemlsfs
ben. Der Sameefu B 1T 2 biz 3 Wtetlen srett
Our4 p~erientte S6tfe perlperrt, bob 70, rab
etn lGlan9enarti9er Canal fir Den @ebrau&
BET ei9enen 6lptte UT.n 1T. Man mill milieu.
oaB bic Nebelen, lpbalO ibre S9tfe tn Ber
reitidaft itnp, etnen An9riff 3u 8aIer nnO aus
9anD auf uniere Wrutee MAIDEN lperpen.
Baltimore Wecker. [volume] (Baltimore [Md.]) 1851-1867, 1862-08-02

ems barlteuenb Mlte Deutlde In B1renleuen
~ Yferbe, Boaenl8aBsn, ArmbrultlHngstt,
S~untenIbiben mnp ptele 3urnsrlbubsn ais
bic mOpernlten. Gs mar etn slan3etper nno
aualet6 ernter 6ef3us, wIrDts oes 6eltss, oa6
mir fetern, murpte oeS oeutlAen gplfes. Ote
MenIAenmenee, welhe berbetseetlt, mar etns
culUfale; lAon Der Bug beltano aus l2,ooo
Mann ltott 5000 mte eemelpet waren (auS
Sdnaeroeretnen &C. unO bic 3abl Der tn Den
straben tppsenben Mense tetrus itber 100
600 GSpfe. Nuf benz 8obmarft iberretGte
DER 6er,oa BON @pburg I'm glamsn pes Sdpu5
,en>8 unOpprltanpeS Die Snnoeetapne, wel@e
ole @etalt elmer Srtfamme bat ur1o an 3pe'
Stan9en eetra9en tptrp.
Die Q1noe pes 3ueeS unp bic ettpas lAtper
fGaiee 8unpesfabne, peren Srdser b%eltanotl
pedIeln unp auSruben miifen, pebnte Den
;3uq bis 4 ubr aus. Die Gurner bielten ptt
Or0uun9 In m~eilterbofter Wstle aufredt uni
matten li6 aberbaupt lsbr perolent INN pae
5slt. untertatt BON benz snten gStlen Dee
Rubltfums TAM es, DAP 70 Der 3ug In lG6n'
ter Sroaung burhseIubrt puroe uro atHt Die
mtnbefe StGruna Sprfam. @8 tpar eth ad'
tes @~pltsfef! = Das mar Sebern tlar.
86brenb Der tsbten !5dlfte Der Daner Dee
.3uaes, Der lt& nett iber Die Witta9stunoe
la5pebnte, aetste li9 bte Sbetlnabme Der ge-
o0lferuna I'm lhGnlten 9t6te. @an3e 9abmn-
zen @ein, 8ter unb Brooe purben aus ben
6GuIern sei9idt. SGtntenbrObe fosen nun,
TAFT 8lumen, aus ben 8enltern unp seflltt
6umpen tretsten BET ieoem 9alt.
8et Dem 9 antett berrl9te 9lei4 Der I'M
6eerenstefe Subel. @pn Der Necnerbiibnt
pmrDe niGt Belpro9en, aber an ieOem Slid
tanp Elm &eoner, uberaQ erlapQen 2ebebUd
unO Qieoer. Gin SHwei3er ertldrte, paB fl
Oen elGusenben @mpfans Der tbnen gu S9etI
Iutrp, ntGt oerbtenen, paB tie itb aber bentlbeu
polten i'm 31 Serptenen; etn anoerer ia8tt,
OaB Die S9wei3 fOrtan su OeutlalanD ltebs,
unD tpenn Dieles Sulfe bramAe CUR Grrtns,tne
iietner Ginbett, 70 let er Der erIfe, Der tn's Selc
,ieben piutroe. Sin EYruler bemerfte, oaB er
don anf pielen SGaeenfeten unb aud tn
Bten sewelen 1et, alleiu 10 etpas babe er nod
ntdt ee1eben. Sp ercB mar abrigens Die
8eeetlterune, baB, als eth lAweiser Sbmann
i'm Offer pes 3uses fetnen 5trldfauser 3iebenn
I'M gu %cpmmanDiren, etnem Der Sabnentrager
Oen Baden aufi9libte, Dteler raid letn Sa@
I9entu9 pprbielt unp ienem 5urtef tpeiter gu
marlatren, pamit Der Bug ntdt setSrt tpsrOe.
Das Self III ssipOroei, a mir 9ebpHt tInr
8epinlHt baben aud ancers @eltnnts, pts
Der beutlben Sadie nod niGt angebDren, pers
peu nit Ssranpertem Sinn betmtebret.