The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-07-29

C0uUS I'LL I0lSSTdtliS TcldtluS 10 IQ0 fremont
movement. When the great meeting was
he'd in st. Louis, it took two days for an
account of it to get through by telegraph,
and two kilograms sent arrived barely in
time to be read at the Fremont meeting in
this city. 1t may not be out of place to
mention the fact, though it may have no
connection with the subject, that when
the Fremont Convention met in Cleveland,
a telegraph operator in Buffalo shut up
the Office and went home, imagining that
he had heard "Good night said to him
over the wires from the West; and thus
the late Associated Press dispatches and a
dispatch OF over column to the World
from our special correspondent were de-
layed at Buffalo all night. The next night
another column and half dispatch was
delayed owing to some arrangement of the
wires.
Mrs. Fremont's private letters to friends
are also opened, and it is stated that on
one occasion it became so annoying that
she wrote to western postmaster that if
be would be kind enough to let her letters
pass through without delay she would
mail with them to him duplicate of each
for him to examine at bis leisure.
Several letters inclosing money in the
envelopes used by the Fremont men in
this city have lately been missed and the
money not yet found.
FRIEND OF MCCLELLAN A SUFFERER.
The letters of we'll known gentleman
of this city who is known to be Demo-
crat and fast friend of Gen. Mcclellan
have been regularly delayed and opened,
so much so that he made it subject Of
especial remonstrance with the govern
ment, and the fact was not denied that his
letters were watched. Letters of friends
of Mcclellan are regularly watched
WHAT WOULD BIZ DONE If THE LAWS COULD
BE ENFORCED.
If this administration had the slightest
respect for law-not to say destiny-there
would be remedy for these things. But
what law shall be opposed against the
Presidents will? The laws against rob-
bing the mail are of the severest charac-
ter, as they Should be; and every one of
these spies are liable under that law to
imprisonment for term of years; and if
ever we should he blessed with a Demo-
cratic administration they might p ,ssibly
get their desers.
The following extract from the act of
July Q, 1886, still in operation, gives the
penalty even for OBTAINING papers or let
ters for day or two, and applies to hun
dreds of cases, even where the opening
and robbiug cannot be proved:
And be it further esacted, That if any post
master shall unlawfully detain in his Office any
letter, package. pamphlet. or newspaper, with
intent to prevent the arrival and delivery of
the same, to the person or persons to whom
such lie ter, package, pamphlet or newspaper
may be addressed or directed, in the usual
course of the transportation of the mail,
along the route; or If any postmaster shall,
with intent as aforesaid, give preference
to any letter, package, pamphlet, or newspaper
over another which may pass through his
Office, by forwarding the one and retaining
the other, he shall, on conviction thereof be
fined in q sum not exceeding five hundred
dollars, and imprisoned fol term not exceed
ing six months and shall, moreover, be forever
thereafter incapable of holding the Office of
postmaster in the United States.