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waTTT.Es sR q aRgn,s CBEEk AND
RaACK RIVEE BsA8GE-
FeseraT OocHpafi0's o. .7sei.''
of the baltimore American ]
,rur CAPTURE or JACKSON.


THE CAPTURE or JACKSON.
r.c4rsov Miss Nav l5.-Ws at length hOsd
a., ,s,;rsl of RFssissiupi, without havisg expe-
riapeed fithe Of the interruption that naturally
was expected Our troops entered here last
NIGHT tie rebels leaving without aft lrdtng as
greater opposition than tha' afforded BY small
advance parties acting as pickets.
Sherman's corps has possession Of the place
Cea. Grant is here 10 person. The inhabitants
have verv generally remained, apparently haV-
mo been nnder the impression thEt our troops
would not gain possession OF the place i AHs
,v,rl-s. sFlrrrunding the town are numerous ana
,,ou,a,fi1I t1t were desertsi by the enemy with
o5t firing gun In leaving they did not take
s,ith them but q small por1on Of their war ms
ts-ials. al Of which, including many cannon
railroad cars, provisions, etc., have fallen lu'o
cur hands.
We are now a. work tearing uD the railroad
track and nud ub.edly within vsry short tune
will uroceed upon tse naiu o. fJsct Of our mis-
sion-the capture OF VIcksburg A railroad
b,i lgs is now burning, and soverai storehouses
containing vast quantities Of c3ttoo, sugar ana
other materials.
I,stf.rs captured here. dated at Richmond on
the 9TH. say ihs, Federal csvai-y were men
vithin two miles Of the place, aud t,iaI tne
greatest possible CONSIDERATION existed 10 L,'e
city. surprising tAat the capture Of the town
would ersuo Immediately.
Our entire loss IN the capture of this position
will not exc ed 80 killed and wounded. The
ioss of the R be.s in The various skIrulshes IS
much grssier, particularly in persons, OF whom
We captured nearly athousaudr including several
oficeTs.
Our troops in making tha march hither have
been very arlerly-no houses have been burned,
and but lew plundsTel beyond such articles a'
served for food The inhabitants IN some cases
deserted their dwellings upon tina approach 2l
our forces With soyHs of those we remained
eanvers-d and hnd that very generally lhers
exists decided opposition 70 the continuation
of the war. with view 20 the Independence Of
the South They are willing, they say. u
slavery csu be retained. % return to he Oalon-
The divisions Of Cans Steele AMI Iusile oc-
cupv the town. and were ihs first 70 enter lt.
Having accomp panied the left wing did noi
reacn this place till a few moments, an5 hence
10 this cannot give you any particulars, as Gen
Grants convoy is ready 10 lsave
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THE EXCHaNGG BUSINESS cUsPEEDE-5
The Federal commssioner having refused % de-
liver regularly p.roled CouieieTsie prisoners
ace rdine 30 tbe agreement defined IN ths car
tel has been informed t5at no more Federal Ps's-
oua1s who may fall into our hands vail be eE-
changed until tho said C0nie3erafss are handel
over Our commissions has faithfully dsnv
cred over all F>deral prisoners demanded unllr
-tha terms of tie cartel until his oceurfet ca
Oar account with ths Uoiiea aics gives us
ga excess Of prisoners. captured by our il--
ces IN All parts of the ConlodeTacY OF about
Ia. 600 uon-o7mmissiousd ofdes7s and pfiVates-
The captures OF com nissioned q th sers about
balance NsaTly every one of ties former have
been duly parolsd and sent homs. We hsve
no infumatlon as to the ealss oE ths retention
of the Confederate prisoners, ailuded to- almost
sll of whom Shouts hsve been delivered three
months Ooe thing is certain, the United
States VIII make nothing by its breach OF honor
Richn0ad Euq'Hr1r
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MUvrTIoNs Of WAR we spy the follow
ing ra-agIapb from the Aagn (Gaorgia)
CoRsiiiHt.0aGlicts
Atthe polite fav-tstian af Cast T. j GraIdy
Dav-,astsr W.. ON vasfer5av listed the arsenal
OF satillary. lust Sc. on foot IL our city. IL Is
located On tie canal, and comprises che oid
Augusta machire works, aud is now turning
ont iiue n spoleon twslve-pouu1er deity. csc
guns are made Of the new Aas-1an metal.
ii Silly approved an EuroP.. sod which has been
found superior 20 any haratoiore used 20 .hl3
country. TO consists we believe. g eoppef'
eoual &c tie a b-sss pieces. Our own Siate
onafries furnish al ihs ora nseass arg, save tle
ne, which Is used In limited quantity ana ls
readly supplied.
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~ The loIl1wiug despatch comes To- us from
por- H-.laa-. with anlL--i-v % nub-L.L.

~ The following dsspatch comes u as lfom
Por. Hudson, with suthonty to publsh-
HEsDQUARTsRs I9rH ARMY CoRfs
bsi,re F0Rr HUUsoS, Nay g ls635
To tbe Bdilor Of he Era
a sevle battle was fought here yesterday BY
the forces under 81 j1r Gsnerai Baaks and the
rebel garrison In p ls- llson-
Ths loss was olnsidsrlbis on both SIDES but
viii tan far short Of ehrst estimate
Onr forces advanced tl She enemy s works,
and hold their position to-day. a. G d.
Since she above dispach was written, Fa
have obtained the most sadslaetory intoms ION
in regard 20 the progress Of The siege OF Port
Hudson, bat which, from pradsdiiai motives,
We refrain from pub. shing Oar friends may,
however, rest assured ihu oar icrces are grad
usly gaming on the enemy, and few days
win decide the fate Of That rebel stronghold-
Nei5 Orleans Era
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ONE-H ALI OF THE
JUSTO LEENDO TRACT !


yv,arS Tract or DEsiEABLB LANDS va -
/ I-c el for IS b ne site many yea s'nee ~ C1i
Il 4 Ne1ard, was an extensive lalla o' aei ih
.rss AID 0na Of The leading iotn1su oi ihe ei-yo
fIv-9 - TIE ur pertp a. never pa sd 1ai o. nls
fanisv si1ue rs ~ chase b. b a. 'ia On -'a-l OF h
s L noe usf red tor sais fsr change o. Investment
49, vii ha sslf a pa-ceis Of unsioura q iea8le OF
l-siias1sd ia slIaa c9an y, within the temPera'e
s,,g -hrrgerv bslt Of TeEss sb0ur te ~ dv7 mi ed
- .vr-~1 r. ~ ha oapttal Of be StEte, and ahouT
49, = .-Ies ia s,rvFardy from brennam ne
Dssseut term n1s q Isroaa coElnunieaioa "i-A Ca
,,- - +. 5viisd mo Two nearly eqnal psrts y
gu.shv creek tanp yag inte San 8sbriel Iiys'h ana
eetnpriss- adl ra1e. CON ie 2 OF anus ioi 80
80. flied with f-ueag ma'srialai
Rolling Pr TiFie,
win bsautiul uaains slsss. comma diag 9 view
ths enf tras4i
Rtch TtgnBereE 8OStO1at
s-sh sides II tae creek -sHg from tbsEs 70 are
rs g. c5V red With ne qlis grass tnoi Toe 1ea oeal
Unsurpassed fev Grazing Purposes,
Ana IN sr,snds pa uisrup' y e. the bar h Of
IS saa aabris frela tEsys q s-sn ai'es d-siaDi
F17s fsrou q oouE.fT la n1t su Paas7a p any ~
wrrularir, Of SEASONS,
Bsliahtfsi UIimste and
Hzealsh Of the aocaiity
And he n ct isef forus one o. the test 1vss.snt'
-. en- 4 r - future prod 10 bs found n Ie1aa
ne isud n uroui-e and - posse
n ~ - dry wear o. zee b. rsEls, Ar C'noly'
- "A Drrt p Il the traef, yielded an average oi
rsa o. ezra md dfte~g bushes % wheat 70 fhe
ec-s Tb ere are Iamafoas 29arlg % u 10 p Ian and
~ f8aning counties Of Bel a1d W lia1isen-
Az ne srasI < ans grew vel eet- yields one nali
4, 80 srre sand Horses Mues, 8eacp Hogs 8
go-nea C..tla. thfiVe Eifhout Winterlng and are
isrgoi- raired throughout rh- rex O.
Pb= ies ffhs lend haye sever been qlefiloBed
so4 Il. uuqu=sl7na5e aud thcfe n sgtatte-s nr
n TIE settled p-ri0o Of TIE sise eztsaos far be
-o7d eIian countF. in every dlrech a-
7lts NJ u.rtv uoH balongs to J : Ihrasheri S1par
"a ai nj a Zoe 2 ess A. 3cis0n, ahd one haf of T. 1
% "a ~ 81 oniv became the acc -Dts1ce Of the du
a.. of BIS asiic qDetfon inFo.vea hs necessity %
r,r-f al chauFs - hls f1sessusuis.
grf vgbea lf D. o sposel gg Do Esu beslid a. pasl
sa-li-, ~ sut rsss Sc, for cash. Coliedsrat
7.,.4u v uoles 10 the ely af A1anla
~ frr i. = Information anf plan o. tract apply :
X III PARKS Co,
Wrllehau sr-st,
-rq at-s-lrr yrka A'iau-a. Geo
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. A Coon BEGIENING We aia informed ihsi
the Aueusta poEder works. now g@ttirg i8iry
in operation, havs made and urrishe O. re
army during ne last year. one million pounds
Of powder Their operations lor the mex yeaF
viii reach a much higher hgugs.
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sBFl4Bvg HoTHiNG BIZ PAssEoGERs IT
with this injunction 10 rigid increini'Y The
speeisl correspondent OF the Mobile Tribune
At jackson Immediately thereupon teiegraphed
that paper IS follows;
"a gentleman who has hsen a PTisoneI-cap-
tured By the enemy near Vicksburg-and made
his escape. arrived here this morning. hs re-
ports thst Yaukevs ackuowifdge u az m toeiI
A-ss assault ihey lost in killed alons fifteen
thousand. One Of the surgeons told him taat
he could walk on the dead Tor ten acres win
blood over bis shoe tops.
Now. was ever such a story as that put IN
print before as sober truth We should bks
TO see the s' passenger who would undertake
to repeat il before any crowd. lie would ne
laughed out Of eouutsnance- Fifteen lh9u,
sand dead IN one battle-strewing the ground
for ten acres so thickly that fho distznee could
be walked on the dead bodies. snd the blood
was over shoe tops Ifthat be not romaucing
of the widest kind whore will yoo tnd q b.
lievo nothing by passengers indeed aaoOA
Telegraph
~ correspondent Of the Nashville Joion
vouches for the truth of the following coucqny
between a eornhsld negro women snd a Yankee
officer on duty near that city. i shows the
,vav the wheles sneak around after evidence CT
disIovalty;
N answer
/ Oaiesr.-NeRTo woman
/ Contraband -Sahi wha' you wauif Don
/ you see Is q 20 kingi
Ofiesr-Who lives in that big house up
therel
l Coutrabsnd.-Mista Pointa' Mr. Pointer is
meant.
Oaieer.-Whss kind OF man Is hef
Conirabaud.-Right smat aud cievah man
as evah lived in these dggiAs.
Ofiser--Is he Unionl
Coptraband. Dun know sab; dsts you bis
mis- "a is' out. He taken the oui 'legianee
when a man ines de ch'nch you must b'liev'
he's Christian, dough he may need Watchin.
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THE WAR P0PULAR Ar THE NoRTH.--A
NIL .1nsn Of Ga S ciry, ju-t re- ufrei iIon me
manufacturing districts OF be Noftl, SAYS le
people have n wi.h 10 see he war end 3D. All
are mskirg M 7nsy by cauirzc s, worE,ns -gn-
and dsy. on are wiling 90 psT th ee hunatd
dollars for substitutes ous % tn-ir p-oat'. Alau-
utrc urers make no comnialn OF thef taxes
They da NOS feel any of the ho-ro 8 Of wa and
care nothing ahoui g. Ssvrrl are ing aged
laryely IN msbinz cotton esids and hr ar
ticies ne.essary to- us. which they ship TO Mas
san and thence Sruf7
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~ FIaciionsl Confe5e-ste treasury notes OF
tFe decouis alton Of fltv cents wiz SON bo i5-
snsd bv the Treasury Department The PAPER
hears the medallion portrait ct the Pre- lent ri
the Coofedarste Safes in the center, and fae bE-
nres "dfty" a each end. TIE money vi be-
is.nsd at the rate Of twenty hvs t,7ussud or
more rer daT. until the amount limited oy law
Is Issued Ttis e the frst haeiional currency
issued By the Conielsra.e S a.es, sad thsr5 Is
no provision forany oiLer of fractional de-
nom nation.
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al DESIRABLE INVESTMENT
TEXAS LANDS J.
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JOB WORK
EXCHANGE NOTICE, No 5.

6 As.nt.. Ca. nv Montgomery. Ale.
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g" Cerraspondence respecting Instructions
given to Eava Officers Oi the United a'es in
regard to Neutral Vessels and Mails" slsn,
correspondence between Mr. Adams aud Earl
Russell, on the suijsel Of neutral rights aud
duties, srising from the incident of the seizure
of the British steamer Labuan, at MatamoTas,
the c,se Of which vessel IS still under discus
sion, hsve been issued.
Mr. Adams. IN the course Of this correspond
ence, asked the British Government 70 interfere
against the unlawful trade" carried on by
Bntish SUI iacts. representing that great embsT-
rassment hs1 arisen to the Federal Government
by reason Of il, and that The seizure Of the La
bnan was The result If that embarrassment On
IOsh Nay 1868. Earl Russell wrote;
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Our National Finances.

The New York Times says: In magnifi-
cent contrast to the bankruptcy and finan-
cial lunacy which rule and ruin in Rich
mond, Secretary Chase's administration OF
the Treasury will show to the world clean
balance sheet on the 1st of November. 1t
will show the filling of seventy five millions
of suspended acquisitions. 1t will show
the payment of every creditor of the Gov
eminent whose claim was on that day
audited and established! There is pay
due the brave men who, throug bout the
United States are battling for tbe Union
Secretary Chase has thirty millions piled
up ready for them. The Paymaster Gen.
erals acquisitions for September and Octo'
Der will be honored whenever presented.
The Treasury vaults contain gold enough
to meet all demands payable in coin for
nine months to come. From the Customs
alone the receipts are more than sufficient
to pay the specie interest on the public
debt as it accrues.
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THE WEEKLY PIONEER AND DEMOCRAT

tainly 80; NORTON was regarded the bust
ness-men's candidate, and was voted for
by that class almost without execution
This fact is in the highest degree compl-
mentary to him; and is, in itself, suffi-
cient TO disprove the charge of Copper
headism which the Republican press, in
the interest of WINDOW, are attempting to
fasten upon him. AS already said, the
contest was not between Mr.. NorroN and
Mr.. SIMPSON; it was in reality between
Mr.. NoEToN and Mr.. WINDOW. Mr.. Non-
TON was the winner, and gallantly so :;
Mr.. WINDOW came out second, a1d his
chances are thus disposed of for the Unit
ed States Senatorship next year. And
that's what's the matter.
Since writing the above the CHICAGO
Tribune, of the 10th, has come to hand
with the following correction:
CHICAGO, Ill, Nov. 9th.
Editors Chicago Iri5uae:
In your issue of this morning, after rejoicing
:,
sofa, you published, under authority of your
st. Paul exchanges, these words: 1.-THE only
event calculated to mar the grand result in
Minnesota is the election of D. S. Norton. a
copperhead Senator in Winona county," Allow
me. rs a friend of Mr.. Nortons. and one as
believe that knows him and his position full
WELL to correct this statement 1 believe it
false, base SANDER prompted by personal
jealousies. He is not only a firm adherent and
advocate of the Union but an admrer of ss Fo
Their Abraham's' administration, and withal a
Republican. Winona county gives q Republi
can majority ranging from 800 to GOO. 1t is
true, Mr.. Norton was not the regular nominee
of the Republican party, aud may have had at
the polls the benefit of the Copperhead votes
Gas these venOmOus creatures had no ticket i'm
the field, nor would they have had shadow of
chanre to elect one if they had) but run on an
independent :" Union ticket. l have not seen
sufficient returns to assure me of his election
but if it be true as reported in your paper, it
only is proof of the confidence the people have
in him. He has been our Representative in
the Senate for two or three terms and we think
we know him well. j. Il. WERST.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-11-20
Promotions.

Lieut. LEVI OBEAR has been appointed
Captain of Company A, Second Minneso-
ia, vice BARNES, resigned.
Second Lieutenant DANIEL G. TOwLK
has been appointed First Lieutenant Of
Company E, Fourth Regiment.
First Sergeant JUsrUs B. BELL, of Com
pany E, Sixth Regiment, has been ap-
pointed Second Lieutenant, vice MATTHIAS
HALL, promoted.
Lieutenant Colonel WILLIAM r. MAR
SHALL has been appointed Colonel of the
Seventh Regiment, rice MILLER, promoted.
Major GEORGE BRADLEY has been ap-
pointed Lieutenant Colonel of the Seventh,
oice MARSHALL, promoted.
Capt. VIM. H. BURT, of Company A.,
Seventh Regiment, has been appointed
Major, 0ice BRADLEY, promoted.
DIR. j. @. Dixon, of Winona, has been
appointed Assistant Surgeon of the Ninth
Regiment, vice DEWEY, resigned.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-11-20
The Rebel Currency.

The Confederacy is in very bad state
with its currency. From all parts of the
South come complaints of the great excess
of paper money and the high prices of all
kinds of necessaries. Various remedies
are proposed for these evils, and the rebel
papers TEEN with financial schemes of
every description. But as all the authors
of the proposed remedies differ as to their
opinions of the cause, their remedies are
anything but similar One contends
that the excess of currency has caused
the imitation of prices, another that the
opposite is the case one proposes
that the Government absorb one
fourth of the currency by direct taxa
ton on the money itself; while another
scouts such an idea, and implores DAVIS
"to. let no trade in gold or greenbacks be
tolerated, to cut the throat of commerce,
and knock gold in the head" One says
that the scarcity of food is owing to the
inability of the South to produce what is
necessary another denies this, and con-
tends that spectators are holding back
the requisite supplies. Such are the
able opinions advanced by the fnan-
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Party Experimentation.

1t is said that revolution is the hot-bed
of absurdities. And, of all the absurdites
ever generated, even in revolutionary
times, the most glaring is that of clinging
toparty names which have lost their sig
nificance, and to party organizations af
Ter the dogmas on which the parties were
founded have become obsolete under the
changing influence Of events. Aud yet
we hear every day on the streets, and read
every day in the papers, the demands Of
the old party hacks, on both sides, that
the party must be kept intact, and its
creed inviolate There is, Of course, no
practical sense in this; it is simply the re-
suit Of habit-machine talk and effort.
Does the Republican, who pirates so per-
sistently about adherence to the faith of
his party, ever stop to think what that
party's creed may be, and to what extent
it is applicable to the present. The last
Republican platform was framed and
adopted at Chicago, in 1860; and it will
surprise any Republican to look it over
and see how utterly irrelevant it's dogmas
are to these revolutionary times; and to
see, indeed, how the course of affairs has
forced the Republican President, Cabinet,
Congress, and People, to disregard and
even to oppose some Of its favorite theo-
rieS.
In the same way the Democrat would
be dumbfounded who should look into any
platform ever adopted by his party, with
the expectation of finding there the justi-
fication for the present attitude of the De-
mocracy. So far as relevancy is concerned,
Republicans and Democrats might as well
look to any platform adopted by the poll
ticians of any generation since parties
were formed, as to those put forth in 1860.
The truth is, and it is daily becoming
more apparent, that the old organizations
with their creeds have lived their day and
become obsolete. There is but one live
measure now, and that is to kill the rebel
lion. There is but one way to do this, and
that is by free. The men who are in
favor Of employing force for that object,
are, whatever their former affiliations, true
Onion men, and entitled to RECOGNITION
and voice as such those who are OBJ
posed to the policy Of force, are aiders am
abettors Of rebels, and should be classed
with and treated as such. DOUGLAS de-
acribed the condition of parties when he
SAID there were but two-those who were
for the government, and those who we're
against it,
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Another Book OH Minnesota.

Our late correspondent with Gen. SIB-
LEYs expedition, Mr.. @. II. SwEErsER, of
New York, has in press in that city VOL
ume of Western sketches, embracing the
fruit of his summer residence in this State
and trip to the Missouri river with the Ex-
petition. Mr.. SwEETsEE's book will not be
a history OF military operations connected
with the Indian war, but sketches of the
scenery and characteristics of tie people,
which he warmly admired. He is
an elegant and vigorous writer, and We
have no doubt he will make Il book that
will be very interesting.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-11-20
Dropping Down.

The managers of the Half Million swim
die are dropping down in their demands.
They say now that a Quarter Million from
the City will answer. If they cannot get
$250,ooO, they will take $25, 900; if they
fail on $4,000, they will accept 800 /;
if that can't be secured, they will not re-
fuse $3.50; if that.proves impossible, they
will be much obliged for $25; which, when
got, BANNING will appropriate as fees for
drafting the Memorial to the City Council
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-11-20
Ehc CcnfiscafioE Eavy-..En1porsan.
Decision.

Mr. Justice CATRON, Of the United States
Supreme Court, and presiding judge of the
judicial circuit composed of Tennessee and
Kentucky, has recently concurred in an
important decision rendered by Judge
TRIGG, Of the United States District Court
of Tennessee, affecting the legality and
constitutiOnality of the CoDfscaton
Law" The case was the United States
against the Republican Banner printing
Office and real estate, situated in the city
of Nashville, and libelled for confscation
under the Act of August 6, 1861. Tie
issue was Oh a motion to quash the libel,
on the ground that real estate was not La
BILE to "prize and seizure, within the legal
meaning of the terms occurring in the act,
and also that the act was unconstitutional.
The Court overruled the motion, Holding
that real estate, and property of every
other kind" according to the terms of the
lax, is expressly embraced within the mean
ing and intent of Congress.
Upon the constitutional point the Court
says:
The question raised by the claimants counsel
in the closing arguments, as to the cOnsttu-
tionality of the act, was not made upon the
original motion as the same was entered. and
was not argued on behalf the United States.
No authority, however, was produced, and it
hot ants nIn6 nv,f
sustain its unconstitutionality would be as ap-
rlicable to any other law of Congress- impos-
ing the penalty of forfeiture, as to the act we
are considering.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-11-20
The City Treasurer Omcially Sus.
tafns the Pioneer.

The City Treasurer in communication
to the Press, officially states that the city
has not repudiated all its Indebtedness,
but only part that it has not misappro-
priatel all the funds sacredly set apart
by law for the liquidation of specific in
debtedness, but only fraction thereof.
Its partial reputation has been in the TAX
ing up old bonds, drawing high rate Of
interest, and replacing them with new
bonds drawing lower rate-leaving the
difference between the interest rates the
measure of such reputation.
Much or little, the facts verify the state
ment we made, and justify the bringing
them forward which was done, as our
readers will recollect, solely for the pur-
pose of making this point: That, while the
City was behind hand in its current and
bonded Indebtedness, it was the utmost of
folly and bad faith, both to present and
prospective creditors, to talk Of saddling
the people with an additional debt of Half
Million of Dollars, to enable moneyless
and bankrupt Railway Company to get on
its legs, and make start in the world.
Our arguments, and the suggestion of
the fact of past and present failure on the
part of the city to meet its obligations,
were made in the interest of the tax
paying part of our population; and they
so appreciate it, in spite of the efforts of
the Press; and the managers of the Five
Hundred Thousand swindle, to stigmat.ze
The PIONEER as a libeller Of the financial
reputation of St. Paul.