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The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-06-26
Questions Answered.

We desire to ask the PIONEER two questions
one is ours, the other is the President's:
l. Do you deny that the President, in time
of invasion or rebellion, has the right or lawful
power, . on his own responsibility to the con-
trolling powers of the Constitution" to author
ize the arrest and restraint of citizen, in dis
regard of the civil tribunals, when the same is
deemed by him indispensable to the public
safety?
II. Must the President shoot simple minded
boy who deserts, and may he not touch hair
of the willy agitator who induces him to desert?
Press, 23d.
To the first question we reply Out
side the lines Of the military forces in the
field, and within the limits of the loyal
States, where the processes and jurisdic-
ton of the civil tribunals are unimpeded
and unrestricted, on account of the rebel
lion, we deny such power in the President;
in the disloyal States, and where the mill
tary is the only authority capable of exc
cutting its DEGREES, we concede it, but only
as necessity of the time and place. In
other words, we deny the right of the
President to declare martial law over
States where no rebellion exists, and where
the courts are free and competent to ex-
pound and enforce the laws.
To the second question, our answer is
The President should do neither; the LaaO
should do both. The supplemented
boy who deserts" should, and, if the mill
tary law of the nation were properly adj
ministered, in all cases would, be shot, by
virtue of its requirements The "wily
agitator who induces him to desert" in
his turn should, and if the criminal law of
the nation were properly administered, in
all cases would, be punished, as such law
demands. But, where, as in all free, loyal
States, the Courts have both power and
disposition to administer the laws, civil
and criminal, neither the President, nor
any subordinate, has the right to abrogate
such laws, and substitute in their place
the Articles of War, making these every
where operative, and upon all classes,
civilians as we'll as soldiers. In every such
act of abrogation and substitution, the
President himself becomes law-breaker,
an usurper, and despot; and for every
such act, he will be hereafter, and right
fully, held to account before the tribunals
of the land
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-06-26
Willing to Take the Oath.

The Washington Chronicle says that an
average of ten in every one hundred of the
prisoners of war brought to that city are
very anxious to take the oath Of allegiance
to the Federal Government. Their denun-
citation of the rebel authorities is most
outspoken and vehement. In presence of
their fellow-prisoners they boldly declare
that they are sick and tired of service in
which they have lost all the rights which
they possessed before the war CONNIE need,
and that they had rather die than be ex-
changed This declaration is not made to
our officers alone, but to their comrades in
arms, their neighbors, and friends.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-06-26
NEWS AND OTHER ITEMS.

The New York correspondent of the
Boston Journal writeS-s Should Mr.. Lin
coin issue an order like this, Gen. Geo.
B Mcclellan Is commanded to muster all
the force that he can command and march
at once to Harrisburg and assume the
command of the forces for the repelling of
INVASION $4,000 men would be ready to
follow him in - hours. A call on the
return volunteers would be responded to
by thousands. The men gathered in
groups by dozens say they will go back at
once if Gen. Mcclellan will lead them"
An enthusiastic believer was relating
to skeptic certain spiritual performances
to which he could testify, and, among
other things, he said that, on one occasion,
the spirit of his wife, who had been dead
several years, returned to him, and, seat
ing herself upon his knee, put her arms
around him, and kissed him, much to his
qualification, as she used to do when liy-
ing. "You do not mean to say" remark
ed the slSeptic, ''that the spirit of your
wife really embraced you, and kissed you?"
"No, not exactly that" replied the believ-
er, "but her spirit took possession of the
female medium-the future Mrs. Il -
that is to be, you know-and, through her
embraced and kissed met"
Mrs. President Lincoln is sketched by
Mrs. Swisshelm thus: "Her complexion is
fair as that of young girl, her cheeks
soft, plum, and blooming, and her express
sion tenderly and kindly. 1t was one of
those faces I feel like stopping on the
street to kiss, because it recalls one that
was dearest of all in childhood's days. I
think the features are not classical, but l
forgot to look at them. 1t was pleasant
face to look upon" Perhaps it is need
less to say Mrs. Swisshelm is employed at
the public expense.
LIN view Of several cases Of resistance
to the enrolment in Newark, a notice was
read on Sunday in all the Roman Catholic
churches Of that city, by order Of Bishop
Bayley, advising the people of that demo-
mination, with whom most of the difficult
ty has arisen, not to make any resistance
whatever to the work; that it was the law
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-06-26
Immigration in 1868.

TIE Chicago Journal makes some i'm
portant statements in regard to immigra-
ton. It says, since the commencement
of the present year there have been added
to our population, by passengers arriving
at the port of New York, 3S,720 persons.
Although some of these are passengers ar
irving on visits of business or pleasure,
they are in the main immigrants seeking
fields for labor in all departments of in
dustry, and they may, therefore, be ac-
counted as so much added to the produ-
cling powers and to the wealth of the
country. The numbers already arrived
are nearly three times as great as those
for the corresponding term of last year.
So rapidly are they now coming that
nearly seven thousand (6,942) landed last
week, and as many as $500 arrived in
single day. 't
Taking the statistics of last year as q
guide, we may set down the total arrivals
from abroad, for the four months OF this
year, in all the ports Of the United States,
at not less than fifty thousand, as those
coming into New York city are usually
about seven-tenths of the whole. At the
same rate the arrivals for the year will
foot up an aggregate Of hundred and
fifty thousand, which compares favorably
with some years of profound peace.
Such phenomenon as is here present
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in which it was SO evidently the purpose of a
government to ruin political ENEMY and tn
terrify party, by showing that no personal
eminence and no caution in keeping within
constitutional bounds can avail any one Who
presumes to oppose the plans Of those in
power. /, 9T lat -
In short, any one who reads the trial must
admit that Mr.. Vallandigham, whether right
or wrong, only used such legitimate strong
language as has been used by Anglo-Saxon
politicians on both sides of the ocean at any
time tor century past. To call such speech
seditlous and comfort to the enemy, is to say
that under no circumstances is o national war
to be opposed at ALL The chiefs of the Wing
party, sixty years ago, and the Peace Society,
during the Russian War, might have been
seized and transported with lust as much ius-
tice as Mr.. vallandigham.
We do not think that, in the DAYS of Enc.
lands fiercest struggle with the French Repub.
lie, the Government of Pitt would have ven
tured on such an act as the trial by court-mar
tial of private person for making speech
against the war, and recommending his hear
ers to agitate constitutionally for the overthrow
of the ministry. Yet it was for an Offense pre-
cisely similar that Mr.. Vallandigham, one of
the most prominent politicians of the West.
has been sentenced to two years Punishment to
miserable islet a sentence graciously commu-
ted by the President into expulsion from his
home and from the limits of the Northern
States.
The Times closes with the remark that
"a Government with such power ought to
do something great, yet it appears every
day more plain that the Cabinet at WASH
ington is formidable only to its own help
less citizens
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-06-26
The News.
From the Daily Pioneer of Saturday.

From the Daily Pioneer of Saturday.
The rebels have not yet evacuated Penn
sylvania, but are in considerable force at
various points. It is reported that large
bodies have crossed the Potomac at Point
of Rocks A train of twenty-three cars
on the road from Harper's Ferry to Balti-
more has been captured. The rebel plans
have not become sufficiently developed for
correct understanding Of the meaning of
their recent movements. We hear moth
ing of the operations of HooKERs army,
save smart cavalry skirmish near Aide
Gap, about ten miles southwest of Lees
burg, in which our forces were victorious.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-06-26
Ahc Guns In Charleston A1arbOr,

The Manchester Guardian, of May 80,
publishes letter from a correspondent in
Charleston, who admits that the walls of
Fort Sumter were damaged by the shot of
the Monitors, but declares that no breach
was made. He adds:
In the batteries here, by very ingenious
piece of mechanism the invention of Lieuten-
ant Colonel Yates, talented artillery officer of
the G. 8. A.. single man is enabled, by turn
ing handle, to move the heaviest piece of
ordnance in any direction he may see fit; and
when the gun is once sighted on moving OBJ
ject, child, by the use of the handle, could
keep it covering the object as easily as with
rifle
The guns that appeared to do the greatest
execution are the Brooks guns, the invention of
Commodore Brooks of the Confederate States
navy, made at the Richmond arsenal
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-06-26

ed, of vast numbers of immigrants seek
ing country afflicted by rebellion, can
scarcely be paralleled in the worlds his
tory. It speaks with telling emphasis
the confidence of the European masses in
the future of our country, and of the sta
bility of the government whose blessings
they have come to enjoy. W
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-06-26

E00Ct ON the First OF july
The Postage Law as amended by the
last Congress, will take effect ON the first
of next month. The Post Master General
has furnished all postmasters in the several
States with copies thereof, accompanied by
instructions.
In many respects the new law is an i'm
provement on the old. In the registration
of money letters, the system practiced by
the United States Express Company is
adopted. e., each clerk handling regis
tered letter is required to sign his name to
the package, so that the letter may be
traced throughout its entire route after it
is deposited in the Post Office. The re-
ceipt given by the receiver of the letter is
to be returned to the sender The fee for
registration will hereafter be twenty cents,
instead Of five cents as heretofore.
Newspaper postage is reduced by the
new law to the following rates:
Semi-weekly, per quarter. 10 s.
Tri-weekly, per quarter. ...........15
Daily, per quarter. .................3O -
Magazines, not exceeding four ounces
in weight, are rated as follows:
Semi-monthly, per quarter. .....6 cents.
Monthly, per quarter. ...............3 .
Quarterly, per quarter. ...............1
Under the old law, newspapers were
circulated in the States where published,
at half the rates of other papers. This
distinction is abolished-an unfortunate
change for the local press, and we are
constrained to say, an unwise one for the
public. Weekly papers, however, are still
sent free to subscribers in the county
where printed.
At post offices where the gross receipts
amount to 81 900 or more per annum, let
tiers are to be advertised once a week-at
all others once month. All offices ad-
vertising weekly, will return their I'M
claimed letters to the Dead Letter Office
weekly, and about five weeks after their
receipt; smaller offices will return their
letters monthly.
AAO IL ohhihS PAAFuOS0 H0A 0COioic 81 auVOu
to postmasters at Offices where the gross
receipts amounted TO less than 5000 per
annum is abolished, and postmasters are
not allowed to frank any letters except
those upon official business, which must
be so endorsed with the name of the post
master.
There are some provisions Of the law
which REQUIRE additional labor by post
masters and their clerks. Among these
are sections Sd and 4th, by which the
postmaster is required to keep record of
each days transactions, showing the en-
tire amount of money received each day,
giving separately the amount received for
letter postage, for regular newspapers, for
box rents, &C., &c. The postmaster at
every post Office, large or small, must
keep list of all box holders, with the
number of the box assigned to each, and
to allow no one the use of a box till he
has paid for it in advance
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-06-26
THE WEEKLY PIONEER AND DEMOCRAT.

fFaaR IL arT 4 A. g sets "a rnrsF
The advance of Gen. KEYEs on the PEN
insula and the falling back of Gen. WISE
behind the Ohickahominy, may signify that
an attack on Richmondis to be made from
this direction.
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-02-24
Te every man who desires to bestow his iayurance
aEafr urTrAnr
WELL TRIED C0RPORATIoN.

In Ihe equitable adjustment, and prompt Cash re-
sponse to losses, the PH02NIX stands pre-eminetiy
the head OF its procession; wlle its erensire, prqcti
teal, aud rStcas business system OF local agencies,
is not erceed by any similar corporation the tCorld
Insurances solicited and policies issued and re-
newed in this leading Corporation, at fair rates by
:. ". NEXSEN, Resident Agent,
Office, Marble Hall Building, Main street.
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-02-24
Particular Notice.

There are many preparations sold ander IN name Of
Bitters, put up IN quart bottles, compounded of the
cheapest irhisky rum, costillg from ~ 10
cents per gallon, The taste disguised by nise or Coriaa-
der Seed,
This class Of BiHers has caused and SeiU continued
cause, as long as they con be sold hundreds to die the
death Of The drnkdrd. By their the systesa is Kent
continually tder the influence of alcoholic Sti,aulait
efthe ,corS Kind the desire for liquor is created and
krppp, aud the results all the horrors attendant upon
dIUnkdrd's life aud death.
For those irho desire and WILL HAVE Liguor
Bitters. publish the Jollotiag receipt: Get ONE
BOTTLE H0OFLAND'S GERMAN RTTTFRS
and mir With TIRE QUARTS OF GOOD BRANDY
OR WHISKY, ddd the result lriU be preparation
that igiH FAR EXCEL IN medicinal virfiies and ty7s
excellence any Of the LiqRor BitteTs in the
market and tciH COST MUCH LESS. You ,yU
hare all the virtues Of HOOFLANDS BITTERS in
connection NTH G0OT article of Liq-or at 4 much
iess price than ese inferior preparations .ri cost ron
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-02-24

GROCERIES.
C0DFIsH.-l,OO 900 LBS. GEORGIA BANK COD
u FISH
5 barrels No. Mackerel,
4 barrels No. DIackcrel,
10 half barrels No. l Mackerei,
No.2
10 No / Herring,
10 kits No l Mackerl,
10 kits No Mackerel
10 bbls Pickles,
. dozen one gallon jar Pickles,
. dozen half gallon jar Pickles,
6dozcn quarter gallon jar Pickles,
4. dozen gallon jars Caulifiower,
4 4, zen gallon jars Chow Chow,
dozen half gallon jars Caulifowsr,
dozen quarter gallon jars
4 dozen half gallon jars Chow Chow,
dozen quarter gallon jars g
4dozen One-eighth gallon jars Chow Chow
dozen q = Caulifower,
Jelles, so dozen, assorted,
Preserves, 30 dozen, assorted
SAUCES.
worchester Sauce, 10 dozen, pinte and quart,
10 Bull Sauce, dozen,
dozen English Club Sauce,
dozen London Club Sance. at
GOAL OIL LANTERNS FOR SALE At
Y ianI7 VICkERY BROS.
C,uoEs. sHoEs.-FoR WANT OF ROOM, WE
- will close out our took of shoes at old prices
Dealers will find job lots cheap. They all
SCHAPKER + BUSSING,
ianI2 No. 40 Main Sire l.
Hoods Hoods Hoods -!
En DOZEN CHILDS', MISSES AND LADIES
OU Hoods, just received and for sale cheapat
SCHAPKER 4 BUSSINGS.
nov25 No. 40 Main street.
R-Fostage stamps redeemed in money.
CLOAK DEPARTMENT.
WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED LARGE
w stock of Ladies' Cloaks and SaQues again
SCHAPKER & BUSsING,
pov4 No ~ Main street
CORN-MEAL.-50 bushels fresh-ground jus
~ received a.
janl7 VfCKERY BIOS.
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-02-24

To mollify Pats discomfort at his re-
storation, the women handed him the
whisky bottle, Though strictly enjoined
by the doctor to give him nothing but
milky, which he, Selling with despera-
ton, drained at single draught, and the
liquor, meeting the wind in his throat,
he struggled, gurgled, and fell back upon
the bed, beyond the skill Of DIR. Mulready
to revive again.
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-02-24
SOLDIERS!
And the Friends of Soldiers

We call the attention of all having friends or re-
lations in the army TO the fact that "HOOF-
LANDS German Bitters'' will cure nfne-tenths
of the diseases induced by exposures and privations
incident TO camp life. In the lists, published
almost daily in the newspapers, on the arrival of
the SICK it will be noticed that a very large propor-
tion suffering from debility Every case of that
kind be readily cured by HoofanG's German
Bittcrs Diseases resulting from disorders of the
digestive organs speedily removed We have no
hesitation iii stating that, if these Bitters were
freely used among soldiers, hundreds of lives
might lie saved that otherwise will he lost
We call particular attention to the followingre
markRblc and well authenticated cure Of one of ma.
tion's heroes. whose life, to his own language
has been saved by the Bitters :"
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-02-24
HoOFLAND's GERMAN BITTERs
Clergyman, Lawyers, Physicians,
and Citizens,

Testifying of their own personal knowledge to the
beneficial effects and medical virtues of thes.
Bitters.
Do you waht something TO Strengthen your
Do you want good appetite?
Do you want to build ap your constitution,
Do you want to feel we'll?
Do you want TO get rid of nervousness
Do you want energy?
Do you want TO sleep well?
Do you want brisk and vigorous feellirsP
TIERS.
From J. NEWTON BROWN, D. H., Editor of the
Encyclopedia OF Religious Knowledge
Although not disposed to favor or recommen
Patent Medicines in general, through distrust
their ingredients and effects yet know of no suf-
fcient reason why man may not testify to the
benefit he believes himself to have received (. ON
any simple preparation, in the hope that he may
thus contribute TO the banefit of others.
l do this the mors readily in regard TO Hoo
lands German Bitters, prepared by Dr. C. NJ JacJ
son, CT this city, because prejudiced againlt
them for many years, under the impIes sion that
they chiefly alcoholic mixture am in
debted to my friend Robert Shoemaker ESQ., fer
the removal of this prejudice by proper tests and
for encouragement to try them, when suffering
from great and long continued debility The use
of three bottles of these Bitters the beginning
of the present year, followed by evident relief
and restoration to degree of bodily and mental
vigor which had not felt for six months before
and had almost despaired of regaining 1 there
fore thank God and my friond for directing me to
the use of them. J. NEWTON BROWN.
Philadelphia, June 3D. Is ].
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-02-24
O6e 3airn annrttar.
/ / on E

orpheus c. Kerr, in a late characteristic letter
to the New York Sunday Mercury, contributes
the following exquisite poem:
Three stalwart sons old sweyn, the Saxon, had,
Brave, hardy lads for battle. or the chase;
And though, like peasant, barbarous clad,
Each wore the Nameless Noble in his face:
One Ger another rose the heads, in tiers,
Steps for their father honorable years.
One night in Autumn, sat they round the fire,
In the rude cabin bountiful of Home:
Mild By the rev 'rencs due from child TO sire,
Bold in the manhood unto mast'ry come:
Working their tasks DER huntsman's forest gear,
Loos'ning the bow and sharpening the spear.
Lost in his thoughts old Sweyn, the Saxon stood.
Leaning in silence 'gainst he chimney stone;
Staring, unconscious, at the blazing wood,
Staeped in the mood of mind he oft had known;
As an old tree. whose stoutest branches shake,
Scarce from their vigor sign of life will TAX.
Ethel. the bearded with his bow had done,
Alfred the nimbe, laid his spear aside:
Edric the fairest, firing of his fun,
Left the old hound TO slumber on his hide:
Yet was their sire like one whose features seem
Shaded by sleep, and all their light a dream.
Bold in the favor Of the eldest born,
Athol for both his Younger brothers spoke;
"Yather, the fox is providing in the corn,
And hear the night owl hooting from the OAK:
Les Us to COUCH But Sweyn had raised his head,
And TINS, unwilling what hid pass'd, he said:
'sSee, from my breast draw this chain of gold
Fir i'm the freight royalty it shone--
This for his honor that shall best unfold
Who of all creatures, is most alone:
Take him from palace. nIunast'ry, or cot,
Loving, unloved, forgetting, or forgot"
Then Athol spoke, with thong tful tone and look;
80 He Is the loneliest-mOst alone of all,
Who, in a skif, TO the md-seas forsook
Finds not echo. even TO his call:
II Echo lived, not all alone were he;
But there's no echo on the solemn Seal"
And Alfred next-'' But ionelier, brother, far,
The wretch that flies n just aveneiug rod
To him all scenes are wastes; a foe the star
All earth he's lost; yet knows heav'n, no
God:
Most lonely he, who, making man his foe,
Unto man Maker d3reth not to go
Thus sFoke the lads, with wit beyond their years;
And Yet the old man held his beard and sighed
As one who gains the form his wishing wears
But misses still a something most denied:
Upon his oungest eager looks he turned,
And Edric's cheek with grace ingenious burned.
al think, my father-and his tones were low,
THAT lOnelier yet. and most Alone. is he
Scarce taught, though crowds leading, where
togo,
And one face missing, can one see;
Though all the Normans court around him moves,
He is alone apart from her he loves
4 hush fell on them. Then, with loving air
And ali the touching romance of the old,
The hOary father kissed young Edric's hair
And DER his shoulders threw the chain of gold /;
Then fell upon his darling's neck and cried,
Il have been Lonely since thy Mother diedI"
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AUCTION AND COMMISSION.

II NELSON & CO., WOULD INFORM THE
II. public that they will attend to selling
Commission at Auction, or Private Sale, any and
Ill kinds of Merchandise. Particular attention
given to selling Real Estate. We will attend "a
telling Horses, Mules, Wagons, Carriages, and
Vehicles. Particular attention given to selling
Household Furniture, both old and second hand,
and will attend to auction sale in any part of the
sity or county.
Ii. NELSON will pay particular attention te
collecting debts claims; will act as agent for
renting houses and collecting rents, and any and
Ill business entrusted to
Office on Main Street, opposite Court House, one
door from Crescent City Bank, Evansville.
II NELSON A CO
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Principal Office and Manufactor
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fSuccessors to c. M. jackson l. Co.. Propr.etors
Q9ys-F0R SALE nv Drnrgists aud DelIeys s
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