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The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1865-09-29
The Negro Issue.

The Press, in long article favoring
the negro-voting amendment to the Con-
stitutiOn, says: .asfeae sa
Let it be understood, once for al, that the
adoption ofthis amendment which Is to cleanse
Minnesota of this last foul vestige Of the pro-
slavery regime, is the mann issue before the
people of Minnesota, IN the pending campaign
Ian issue which is not to be shirked or AVOID
ed, or lost sight Of, but fairly and squareay
met. ~ -
Allowing negroes the right to vote, and
to be equal with our white citizens, is ce-
tainly novel scheme to "cleanse Min
nesota." The negro-worshippers may be
assured that the issue thus presented viii
be met " fairly and squarely." We have
NO idea that a majority of the voters at
the next election will sanction negro
equality. ..c so ss L.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1865-09-29

AT the Massachusetts, Republican Con-
vention, Senator SUMNER made furious
assault upon the President and his policy.
He advises the adoption Of the most ex-
treme course. He marks out the course
for the radical faction to pursue, and de-
clares "we must follow Congress in the
present exclusion of an rebels from politi-
cal power" To Congress he urges them
to look, "which," he adds, ''has plenary
power over the whole subject" Having
thus marked out the dangers which he
imagines threaten the negroes, and the
course to be pursued to protect them, be
turns and lectures the President, directing
him, with great gusto, to "tollow Con-
gress." In conclusion he declares that
his course is fixed. Others may hesitate,
but he will not. He is determined to
fight it out if it takes the remainder of his
life. In reference to these declarations of
SUMNER and his annoument of radical poll
cy, the Herald says:
The President can also understand the ma.
ture of the opposition which he is to have ar
rayed against him in the next Congress. He
can foresee the effort which will be made by
the radicals in that body to delay the work Of
reconstruction, as well as retain the country In
an unsettled and uncertain state for some time
to come. All this may be very pleasant to the
radicals; bit we imagine 1t will not be very
palatable to the taxpayers, when they come to
see, as they will. that the success OF the radi-
cal Jacobin policy will necessarily swell our
taxes largely.
1t is high time the business men of the
country were arousiRg to the work of sus-
tanning the President against the mad de-
signs of SUMNER and the radical crew.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1865-09-29
THE MINNESOTA GOLD MINES.
Great Exeitenlent Yesterday...The
IS People lAave Quartz Mines on
the Brain.

The excitement Tuesday in regard to the
newly discovered gold mines near Vermillion
Lake, was intense. It was the staple of con-
versation on the street, in the counting rooms
and everywhere. We were besieged with in.
quiries on all hands as to whether any more
intelligence had been received from the re-
gion.
The fact that such rich mineral deposit lies
so near rs, on the border of such splendid
agricultural region, and where transportation
can be co. Sa1ily obtained, is sufficient, Of
course, to BET the people in'a furor about It.
Supplies can be 80 easily obtained there,
that mining operations and prospecting can be
easily carried on. 1t must be recollected that
quartz mines are not like placer mines, that
can be worked with . pick, shovel and pan.
Quartz mines require capital to work them,
and expensive mills to crush the quartz. Al
though grand rash to the new mines may be
expected, 1t VIII not be for the purpose Of i'm
mediately working in them, but to make
claims and secure good "lodes."
These mines are more easily accessible per-
haps than any othergoa mines in the United
States. They are not more than $50 miles
from st. Paul, almost due north, and most of
the way there Is good road, and through set
Elements One can come from Chicago to this
point by car and steamer, in two days. It is
about two days travel by stage from this city
to Du Luth, at the head Of Lake Superior, and
the emigrant is within eighty miles Of the
mines, and having less hardship and wilder
ness to go through than on q journey toany
other gold mines in the country. 80. -
We can confidently look therefore, for
heavy emigration through this city to the Yer
million Lake Mines. tt Is probable too, that
this viii bea chief outftting point for emf
grants, thus proving Of great benefit to the
city directly, while the setting up Of the re.
tgion in which the mines are situated, win ben
eft Us indirectly, by bringing to US its trade
and commerce. This is new reason for the
early completion Of the Lake Superior Rail-
road, which viii run almost into the mining
region. -
The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1865-09-29

An ex-army sutler who resides in 1ndianap.
oils made $200, 900 in fourteen months, which
he invested in United States bonds, thus es-
Gaping taxation. Good loyal man. He's aw.
fully severe on "Copperheads you may be
sure.-EzchGnge. e,~ ~ f a-sfa
It would not be difficult to name many
of the same class as this sutler in almost
every city, who have enrich them
selves by plundering the govern
ment and cheating the soldiers. They are
now the pinks of loyalty, and are terribly
bitter on "Copperheads."
The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1865-09-29

We understand that intelligence has
been received of q serious mutiny at Fort
Rice. A large number of soldiers seized
provisions, transportation, horses, arms,
sc and started for home. 1t was sup.
posed they were moving towards Mime
sota.. Dissatisfaction at being retained in
the service after the conclusion of the war,
is the reason assigned for their mutinoas
conduct. --
The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1865-09-29
south Caroline.

[ A dispatch from Gov. PERRY, OF South
Carolina, to President JOHNSON says the
Convention has abrogated the secession
ordinance, abolished slavery, provided fos
the election Of Presidential electors by the
people, and initiated other. reforms. This
is doing prettyl well for set of delegates,
who were elected, it fiws'Lmay believe the
Radical press, as out-and.out "rebels.
Il is q great pity these "rebels" won't do
something TO afford the Radicals littie
political -capitshst pgs aossoE s,-,av ri -
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The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1865-09-29
Prospect of a Decline Of Prices I'm the
Dry Goods Market.


A few weeks since the public were duly
notified that there was sudden and con-
siderable adva:r- in the prices of dry
goods. No cause was assigned for this
rise except the demand for the goods and
their comparative scarcity. This activity
of trade has met, it appears, something of
a reaction, and prices have fallen in con-
sequence. The New York World says of
the condition of the market: .c,,s,.. - -.-l
The largest months business of dry goods
ever transacted In the metropolis was during
the thirty days ending September 10, 1865.
The city was swept clear of cotton goods, and
so importunate and incessant were the orders,
that the manufactures have been asking and
getting from sixty to one hundred per cent.
upon the cost value Of their goods. But this
was too good to last, and the trade has come
to q sudden and unexpected pause. Retailers
have discovered that consumers won't stand
the enormous advance in cotton goods, as com
pared with the early summer prices. and 90
they refuse to buy. Prices have feceded al
ready, and there may be, and ought to be, q
tumble. With an abundance of raw cotton at
moderate price, and the mills all over the
country in full blast, there win soon be goods
enough and at fair rates, If consumers win
hold upa little. e -
Manufacturefs cannot expect to ge. thirty
five cents per yard for prints which cost them
only sixteen cents, for more than o month ct .
time. Consumers do right id striking
against go enormous profit -St
The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1865-09-29
MEXICAN NEWS.

NEW YORK, Sept. 22.-The steamer Repub.
lie from New Orleans 18th and the;Bar1 14tfl has
arrived. The Times city of Mexico correspon-
dent says. there is no change in the political
aspect Of things, but one thing is Certain
the most zealons advocates of Maximillian are
most discouraged. This has been occasioned
by the tremendous increase of liberal forces in
every direction. The organization Of confed-
crates in the Imperial armies. They have
1900 men and expect to raise the number to
10000 Gmynnee is at the head of this move
nent = 1 ~ 10 1T7'F 1''t =
The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1865-09-29

On Friday writ Of habeas corpus was is
sued in the cases of Samuel Buzch and his two
cons. confined in the old Capitol prison. On
Saturday the document was returned with an
Endorsement by the President that the writ of
habeas corpus WAS suspended In these cases.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1865-09-29
The War Debt.

The Chairman of the House Committee
of Ways and Means, the Hon. THADDEus
STEVENS, the Black Republican leader in
the last Congress, said in bis speech st
Lancaster on the 9th
Our war debt is estimated at from three to
four billions of dollars. In my. Judgment,
when all is funded and the pensions capital.
lied, it will reach more than four billions.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1865-09-29
The Gubernatoriai Canvass.


Hon. HENRY N. RICE has placed in our
hands for publication, the following letter
addressed by him to Gen. MARSHALL,
that his friends may be advised OF the
reasons which led to the abrogation of q
mutual arrangement for .canEassng the
State with his opponent: sl."
# na,o 81. PAUL, Sept. %, 1865.
General WSllsom e. NarskaR:
DEAR S1R-After q mutual arrangement had
been made for canuassing the State together,
cannot bat express my surprise and regret at
the position taken in your letter Of day be.
fore yesterday. You win recollect that you
suggested we should, this week, visit the peo.
pie of the st. Croix Valley, which suggestion
met my approval / had accordingly notified
some of my friends Of my contemplated ao-
sence.
on the rnorning of Tuesday last. you called
upen me, and expressed your desire to be here
on the arrival of the Fifth Regiment. Ireaaily
acquiesced in postpouing our trip another
week Ito suit your convenience, and so noti-
fed myEcorrespondena In our last conver-
sation u proposed that it would be more cob
genial with my feelings and perhaps more re-
apectful to the voters of the State, if We
plainly defined orr positions upon the ques-
tions involved, and that we submit our views
to their, intelligenoe-we, in the mean time,
remaining at home. To this you replied
that you would consult your friends. In your
letter you say you ."feel under obligations TO
my friends in the southern counties--from
whom / received my chief support IN the
late animated contest for the nomination-to
comply with their wishes as fully as practic-
able" &C., and that you are quite sure it will
not be convenient to me to conform to such a
programme as your friends win lay down for
6Hew you could come to such aconclusion, |
cannot conceive, after I had written you on
the 18th instant, that "tae making Of appoint.
ments and all other details, leape eat;'ely u
your hands, and cesbaly informed you. that in
all matters pertaining to our going together,
to suit your own convenience.
Now, to the proposition contained in youl
letter before alluded to, you write: !" would
therefore propose in view of what you said tt
me yesterday, that we cause it to be announced
that ''for mutual convenience, we find it best Il
forego canvass of the State in. company"
cannot understand why you use the words " 1,
caeao Of arhat yoQ said to me yesterday."G /.
made no allusion to our foregoing canvass o
the State in company. I only suggested tha
we both should remain at home and leave tn
issue to the voters of the state-but if this al,
not meet the approval Of your friends to whom
you proposed to refer the proposition-w
wereto leave here on Monday next in com
pany for the purpose of commencing the can
..of course after the proposition on your pa,
to abandon the engagement, cannot insi
upon its fulfllnent. nYou are therefore g
leased from any and all real OF implied oblig
tons heretofore existing between rs.
Your friend truly,
HENRY NJ. RICE.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1865-09-29
TROTTlNG RACE.

NEW YORK, Sept 22.-Tbe great trotting
match yesterday On the Fashion course be.
tween Dexter. George Wilkes and General
Butler. for q 600, resulted in favor Of Dexter
in three straight heath George Wilkes was
Withdrawn after the second beat. Time 2:25H,
z:26 and 2:25. - -, q
The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1865-09-29

Saint Pa0l, Friday, Sept. -, l06S.
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS.
STATE TICKET.
FOR eovzRNoR.
Hon. HENWR M.RICE,
OF Ramsey County.
FOR LIr0fsxAier oovsaNoR.
Capt CQA1LBe W. NASH, g
0Dakets County, as
~ ., FOE sRc1EEARy OF STATE.
gsg Matoro JOHN r. JONES,
"-Gch8 sudOf Fillmore County. ,; ~.
FOR TRRAsuRER or STATE.
FRANCIS ". llEKDERSTAEDTs
sd4 10 noi;sofI Scott County. f:sa'
gSe!T ron ATTORNEY GENERAL. AI
tDo0e VVILAIAM L0CHREN.I5 e't
sssnAThJaOf Heunepm County. 40 20 N''
iGqs or 1---...
roI.sn COUNTY TICKET.
0bte,wv Tkeosursv- A. SMITH. =
rc3erk a Disvist tCosr-ALBERTAR ARMSTRONG;.
SAeeN-D, A. ROBERTSON .. mugyya
.S0ier@ Dssss--JAOoB MANNER. ?. cial
iD6tsS@ Aerass-s. n. FLINT. e., 5.i sscs,
iCopnsr-OsCAR ?. FORD. el3 g.s5a $50
,cos,nty Commsssions-Ds. JoHN STEELE, sTs III
o5 LEGISLATIVE TICKET. =
"a as 3.s FIRST DISTRICT. -'
Senatos-WIILIAM r. MURRAY
epreeensat;re-PARKER PAINE
lG3Gc G9r,.G II. q. MATHEWS
egi 3TG5r TwsasTY.r1Rsr OfsTslct. -'N
Sena5er-GEOR6E L OTIS. iii3 6
Repsess,uattse- HERMAN TR0TT. 70 80 a
'.r.,.r .'...- s,.y -.f ~ ,..,..
The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1865-09-29
RAFTING,

NUMBER OF rALL1Es MADE IN EACH nslxG.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1865-09-29


the fear out OF which. it grows seems to US
| cutie unwarranted. heo7 ,srg
Now, the question comes home to the
common sense and common interest of
our people-f not to their sense of justice,
magnanimity, patriotism and christian
charity q: Shall we longer palter with
such blood d-thirsty demagogues as THAD.
SrRyRNs, or such sentimental fanatics as
Gen. MARSHALL, to give them chance to
make new war'out OF the negro suffrage
and confscation question soon to be fol.
lowed By another war for miscegenation
and social equality: Is not this paying too
dear for, their sort of loyalty and states
nnaneh;n p . ~ .aNcdt "y@'t 30 ef -'0eE
Every citizen who, lives by industry OF
any Legitimate pursuit. is directly Interest,"
ed in promoting fraternal relations and
intercourse between the North and the
South, and id putting down these pesti-
lent radicals, who from ambition, educa-
ton and instinct, prefer the surging break.
ers of civil discord, to the calm and sooth-
ing amenities Of peaceful and prosperous
times. !.aE'fto yft 5sas
| We of Minnesota are vitality interested
IN the peace and prosperity of the South
ern people, who will be our best custom
ers for agricultural products, and who viii.
expend with liberal hand large portion
OF their gains in our beautiful and health
giving State, which, if rescued from the
dominion OF bloodthirsty and fanatical
radicals will soon become their favorite
] leoOrt- -=tqS3 e-ys s.a. ~, rsS..r 4 -. s,
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ELECTION.

Notice is hereby given that an election will
be held in the several>w wards Of the city on
Tuesday, the 18th day Of March, 1865 for
Mayor, and four persons to represent each
ward in the City Council, for the ensuing year,
viz:
In First Ward Polls on the northeast cor
nar of Prince and Water sts Samuel Baker,
Thomas Dayy, and William R. Howard, Com
missioners.
In Second Ward: Polls at Council Cham
ber Jesse r. Sherwood, Edward Burcheii,
and Jno T. Taylor, Commissi, ners
In Third Ward: Polls at Court House: JAS.
NJ Stewart Jno. Moore, and Jefferson lacey
Commissioners
In Fourth Ward Polls at northwest corner
of Prince and Alfred streets VIM. Arnold,
Henry S. M2rtin, and 0. G. Whittlesey, Com"
missioners
The boundary between the Second and
Third Wards is the middle of st. Asaph street;
instead OF Pitt street. as heretofore. In ali
other respects the ward lines remain uh'
changed. + JOHNSTON, =. =.
feb d. did
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u. CONGRESS In the Senate ves,ey

u. 5 CONGRESS in the Senate, yestep~
day, the bill granting q pension OF $500 to the
five survivors OF the revolution Try War Was
passed. The bill to provide for the acceptance
ofbail in certain cases ot military arrests was
discussed but not acted on. The Iortihcatou
bill was passed after the adoption OF Al amend
ment largely reducing the appropriations. The
bill to provide for the survey Of certain pro.
p.,sed ship canals was passed.
II the House, the joint resolution authorla-
ing committee Of three persons, to be appon
ted by the President, TO examine INFO the
condition OF the Indian tribes and their treat
ment, was passed. The enrolment bill was
considered and section adopted that thu
mastering in of substitute shall be conclusive
IN favor of the principal, and exempt aim irom
tutnre service for the term drafted.
The Wheeling Register, referring to the
raid on Cumberland, Nd, and the capture OK
Gems Kelley and Crook, says:
wv hen the raiders entered General Crooks
room they awoke him, when he asked What
was wanted. He was told that they had i'm.
portant dispatches for him. and that be Was
wanted at New Greek Immediately. The
General arose and opened the door, when
pistol was presented at bis head, aod he was
informed that he was prisoner. They told
Gen. Kelly that there Was grand bail to he
held in Richmond 10 day or two, and that
they we're sent to extend all invitation 10 him.
While the General was dressing, one Of the
men in gray opened the door Of Tbayer Mel
vim, KelIey's Adju'ant General, awoke him
and took him prisoner The General and
his Adiutant Geneia al were taken to the street,
placed upon horses and driven off. y
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1nAlexandrla Gazstte
SATURDAY EVENING, FEB. 25.
NEWS BY TO-DAY'S MAIL.

Hughes and Gen Singleton, to Richmond, IS
Of strictly private nature, and that It bears
10 political significance whatever. The state
ment that they 60 to urge submission to tue
governments of tue q. S. is therefore incorrect.
It is proposed aud advocated by influential
men and journals in England to transfer all the
railways in the kingdom to the government.
Bv the government, of course, they wonsd Dc
leased to working companies, and not at,
tempted to be worked by govern '4s:ilt Ill ,a's
The wines left by the late Danle We sfer
were sold at auction in Boston Oh Taesiay,
for the beneit of his son, Ashburt, n y >osteS.
There were upwards Of 80 hotties: which
were sold in packages by the b'tlle At HI h
rates The wines were packo a. Mr. 30,
ster's home in Washington, Is ye2rs ago.
Asscoutiag party, under Capt. y 0o]', OF
the 8th New Hampshire re,I.ncnt, which
left Vdalia in the early pat # che month TO
patrol along the Black river, have retu' med in
q terrible state Of dapd4tion, having su'slst.
ed six days on horse AMI IN 2e neat alba IN
swamps, surrounded By the Coasel"Tatas'
At a recent fancy dress ball in Philadelphia
among the most conspicuous personages were
certain we'll known brokers, their Lode encased
il barrels, with holes in the sides for their
arms. decorated with the names Ut prominent
petroleum companies.
The Richmond Enquirer has an extract from
Gen. Lee to Porcher Miles, urging the ann
!, @bo Nth hoe oil
ready large superiority in men and they will
continue to overrun their territory and overhear
their armies, unless this measure is adopted.
The guerrias are becoming troublesome
again on the Arkansas river, firing into pass
ing boats, &C. 1t is reported they have burn
ed the steamer Dane, and captured the 56th
Indiana regiment.
Gen Roberts, commanding the district Of
West Tennessee, has ordered that no person
coming into or passing out Of the lines, will be
allowed to return during the war, except those
trading in cotton.
The Keatucky House of Representatives
yesterday rejected the amendment to the D. s.
Constitution prohibiting slavery by majority
of eight votes.
A dispatch from New York, in the Wash
ington Chronicle, says that Capt. B eall, lately
respited for few days, was hung in New
York harbor yesterday
Gen. Palmer, commanding in Kentucky,
announces that his policy will in no material
degree, differ from that pursued by Gen Bur
bridge.
The New York papers express the satisfac.
ton with which the report has BEEN received
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MARRIED.

In Washington, on Tuesday, 2lst inst, by
the Rev. Mr. Cox, Mr.. EDWARD ".
CRUMP to Miss MARY V. CLARK, both
of Fairfax co., Va.
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The Richmond Dispatch spanking Of Gen.
Sherman's PROGRESS in the South, says
Sherman can only be checked by an immense
concentration in bis trout Of all our troops.
both in North and South Carolina. Ii this be
done, be may be defeated and his present
expedition broken up III lie is not defeated, he
will march straight up theralroad 60 Charlotte,
thence to Salisbury, Greensboro and Daoville,
and SC on to Richmond Many different
estimates have been made Of Sherman army.
Some think he has $4,000 men. We know
he has four full army corps, and strong force
of cavalry Each corps will not number less
than twelve thousand men.
In the U. S. Senate yesterday. tbs Vice
President submitted communication from the
Secretary Of the Interior, asking for bill to au-
thorize the President of the United States to
exchange with the authorities Of Western Nr-
snia the bonds of the old State which are now
held by the Secretaly in trust for various Indian
tribes, for bonds of the State of Western Vir
GINA. The amount in question Of the State
bonds and obligations guaranteed by the State
is S796,SO of which the city Of Wheeling owes
1858 900. The Constitution 18th clause 9Th
article) Of the State of Western Virginia
provides for assuming An equitable share Of
the old State debt.
The Chicago Times says The Illinois
Legislature, which adjourned on Thursday,
was bad legislature. 1t was open to bribe-
ry. It resorted to fraud in the passage Of
bills. It was controlled by lobby. 1t made
appropriations hich was unconditional, and
were uncalled for had there been no question
of their constitutionality. It defed justice
and the interests Of the people in the division
of judicial district to crafty partisan ma
lovence against an honest and able Judge. Its
corruption was hold and unblushing'
President Juarez has issued an address to
the Mexcans exhortiDg them to continue their
resistance to the invaders of their country,
and declaring that the throne of Macmillan is
supported alone by foreign arms.
In Baltimore, yesterday, the supply OF beef
cattle was in excess of the demand Prices,
from ST to sl2 per hundred pounds gross.
A northern newspaper proposes to require
stamp on tickets of admission to theatres
and places Of public amusement!
The oldest man in the D. S. Senate is Mr..
Collamer of Vermont, who was born in Troy.
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The oldest man in the =. S. Senate is Mr..
Collamer of Vermont, who was born in Troy.
N. Y, in 1892, and is therefore in the I'D
year of his age. Heis regarded as one Of the
best lawyers in Congress, and, old as he is,
can make an extemporaoeous speech to day
that would puzzle bis more youthful fellow
members to equal.
The Houston Telegraph publishes a CORES
pondence between Lopez, the Mexican Com
mandcr on the Rio Grande, and the Confeder.
ate COL Person. The former expresses the
sympathy of the Mexican Government for the
Confederates, and assures them that no raid
will be permitted from Mexican soil.
The Pope has proclaimed universal jubilee
which IS to he observed 10 the United States
during the year 1865 One Of its objects is to
iptercede for peaee,