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The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-07-14
FROM WASHINGTON.
The StoneWall to be Given Up-The
Presidents Health-.Marshall for
Alabama-IdleG Generals TO be Mus.
tered Out. stlg aE

RIeS1d0nC9 INSTRUMENTATION Tor
Alabama-Idle Generals 20 be Mus.
tered Out. taG gao
New YORK, July 8.-The HeralGs Wash
ington special says the Department of State
has been officially informed that the Spanish
Government proposes issuing orders to the
Capt. General of Cuba to deliver to the United
States Government the insurgent ram Stone
wall, now at Havana.
The health of the President continues to i'm
prove, and Cabinet meeting was held to-day
for the first time in two weeks. He expects
to be able to resume his receptions to a limited
extent next week. rs l9.
3 The President has appointed John Hardy,
Esq, late editor of the Selma (Ala.) Sentinel
q. 8. Marshal for the Southern District of that
State. Mr.. Hardy Is one of the faithful who
adhered to the Union, and is now indicted in
no less than five counties in Alabama by the
late VIM. L. Yancey, for denouncing his trea-
son in attempting to precipitate the cotton
States into q revolution.
Gen. Pope, having completed his arrange
ments in reference to Indian affairs in the
Northwest, left to-day for st. Louis, on his
way to resume his command. as55 fsfr,9f =
WASHINGTON, July I'll Special to Tribune.
Gen. Howard has issued circular saying he
has received official information that large
number of destitute refugees taking advantage
Of Circular No. from his bureau, have been
transported south against their interests to
places where it is extremely difficult to procure
food, and in most instances impossible to do
50 except when provided by military authori-
ties. Hereafter no transportation will be
granted to this class except where charity de-
mands it, and then only by special order from
the Commissioners Bureau
Orders will shortly be issued mastering out
of military service over fifteen Major Gene.
rails and Brigadiers who have been in eompari-
lively pleasant positions in Northern cities, on
courts martial, &c. 1t is the intention of Gen.
Grant to substitute in their places officers dis.
tinguished for gallantry and meritorious con-
duct in active service during the war.
The Posts Washington special says Secretary
Seward was also present st the session of the
cabinet last evening. Gen. Slough has been
relieved of duty as military at Alexandria and
Is ordered to Colorada 60. ~ -
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One of the letters to the rebel President
from the Southwest speaks with more in-
dignation than elegance Of ''the dunghill
policy Of fighting at every States thres-
hold" as urged by shallow. politicians
too, weak to see beyond the door, and too
oramped in patriotism to 60 beyond it. "'R
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-07-14

United States of Anserica.-I,
of the county of -, State of -, do SOL
EMMY swear, in presence of Almighty God,
that will henceforth faithfully support, pro-
tect and defend the constitution of the United
States, and the union of the States Hereunder;
and that will, in like manner, abide by and
faithfully support all laws and proclamations
which have been made during the existing re-
bellion with reference to the emancipation Of
slaves. So help me God I l
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this -
day of -, A. d. 1856. f fs-s5-e
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DEATH wARRANTs.

HARRIsBuRGH, Pa, July 7.-.5ov. Curtin
mas signed the death warrants of David Gregor
ana william Hopkins, for murder. They are
70 De executed on the 11th day of August in
Philadelphia. ~
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The New York Tribune, noticing the
pardoning of G. ]. FAULKNER, OF Virginia,
says: ~
We are glad of it. No good can come of
hanging the chiefs of an utterly defeated,
broken down rebellion. But If dsy Of them
are to be hung, it is wrong to pardon this one,
because it would be most unjust to hang any
traitor and not hang Charles James Faulkner.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-07-14
The oath OF Allegiance.

The following is the proper form of all oath
of allegiance under existing laws and proela-
nations: ta stt4r@l =
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REBELLION AND CIVIL WAR,
Authorities Cited by "Historious. /"

"Historicus," the celebrated writer in the
London Times, has taken up the question of
rebellion and civil war, with the intention Of
showing that the insurgents were not properly
rebels. As his authorities poasess some inter.
est for those who are discussing the question.
we extract SO much of his article as may be re-.
garded as pertinent and valuable:
: Rebellion and civil war are mt tha ..n,a
things, but different. They are diverse in their
moral complexion, and the penalties Justly at
tacned to each are, like their own character.
distinct. This difficult and important cues.
tioE, which rests upon distinctions which eve.
ry man feels, but which are not easy of precise
definition, and yet upon which the lives of
thousands OF human beings and the welfare of
States depend, has been discussed in very full
and satisfactory manner in the well known
work OF Vattel. appeal with satisfaction to
an authority which has been stamped for more
than century by the approval Of civilized ma
tons. Whatever may be the defects of that
work ~ other parts, chapter Is, book 3, "Of
civil War;" presents profound and exhaust
i've discussion of these difficult questions.
which places the writer in the first rank Of
those great jurists who. to the advantage of
ty the doctrines of political morality which are
the true foundations of public law.
So far as my humble voice can reach them
through your columns, entreat the attention
of the American government and the Ameri.
can people to language which they may rest
well assured conveys the sentence Of the civil
lied world. Vattel commences the discussion
with the following salutary warning: al
( ut Is a-question very much debated wheth-
er sovereign Is bound to observe the COM
mon laws of war towards rebellious subjects
who have openly taken up arms against him.
"A fatterer or . prince of cruel and arbitrary
disposition win Immediately pronounce that
the laws Of war were not made for rebels, for
whom no punishment can be too severe"
WemaY be sure that q sovereign people are
no more removed from the banefu1 influence
of stdatterersn than despotic princes; nor is a
triumphant democracy less exposed to the
temptations of Q .'cruel and arbitrary DISPOSE
ton" than any other depositary Of absolute
power. Let them, too, then listen to the
warnings of the great publicist. ~ huf
tiLet Us proceed. says Yatteb I" more sober
ly, and reason from the incontestable principles
above laid down. In order CLEARLY to discover
what conduct the sovereign ought to pursue
towards revolted subjects, we must, in the first
place, recollect that all the sovereign's rights
are derived from those of the stete or of civil
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European NeaCs.

Advices from Paris to the 26, May, state
that the panic created by the news of the
Mexican emigration scheme has subsided
The Constitutional publishes a ministerial
note declaring that the American Govern
ment has given ample assurances to the
French Government of its pacific designs
toward Maximillian.
Prince Napoleon in speech delivered at
the ceremony of uncovering the monument
of Napoleon |, at Ajaccio eulogised the De
mocracy and Constitution of America, spoke
approyingly of the Monroe doctrine and
gave utterance to such liberal sentiments
generally that he has since deemed it prudent
to resign his Senatorship.
The friends of jeff Davis in France and
throughout Europe generally, have been
sorely grieved that price should have been
set upon the head of the Arch Traitor. and
speak piteously of our want of civilization.
They have, however, been quite taken aback
by the news Of the Grand old Roman be-
ing taken in petticoats
News from London of the same date rep
resents the Times as having upheld the re-
bellion until the news of jeff Davis capture.
1t is now hopeful that the government viii
not deal harshly with the Stern Statesman.
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GREAT FIRE AT NASHVILLE, TENN.
Destruction Of Government Property
Loss of gS, 600, 600 to $IO, 900, 600.
NASHVILLE. juno 8


NASHVILLE, june 3.
AT about o. clock this afternoon, the ex-
tensIye building used for Quartermaster and
CommlssaTy stores, at the corner OF Sum
mer and Broad streets, known as Taylor
Depot, was discovered to be on fire. The
flames are supposed to have been caused by
sparks from locomotive. About half of
the building was destroyed The other half,
comprising the Commissary stores was
saved The loss is estimated at between
four and five millions. Several dwellings
near the scene OF conhagration were destroy
ed, with their contents. So great was the
heat that all approaches to the scene were
impossible. Two or three employees are
supposed to have perished in the flames.
LATER.
The destruction of Government property
at the great fire to-day, it is believed, will
cause loss of between eight and ten mil
hons OF dollars. Within its walls were stores
sufficient to supply an army Of $4,000 men
for two years. The quantity of rope alone
consumed was valued at one million dollars.
The building was the largest of the kind in
the country, being 800 feet front by 200 feet
deep.
Fortunately the buildings were separated
by fre-wall, and the largest part Of the
front was, by this precaution saved from
destruction. Various rumors are aloat as
to the origin of the fire; some maintaining
that it was the work Of an incendiary, and
others of accident. A Court ofinquiry win
investigate the matter. The combustion
was so rapid that the building was one sheet
of flame before the fire department could
work on it.
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geaforil guqnirer.
EDFORD Pa, FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 1886.
RECORD OF UNPARALLELED
CRIME.

That three hundred and twenty five thou
sand brave and loyal men have suffered an
died, because of the treason Of few ba,
men, is a fact awful TO contemplate; but th
fact, that sixty-four thousand or one fiffl
Of these have been Systematically starvet
and murdered BY these same traitors, betray
an amount Of wickedness and depravity.
parallel for which cannot be found in tn.
annals OF crime. From the refined crueltiei
o. the nquisition to the fortunes of savage
Indians we search in vain for anything tc
compare with this most awful record. II ha:
revealed to the world class Of men, who,
while arogating for themselves SUPERIOR.
ty, which they claimed should elevate them
above the level of ordinary mortals, have
shown themselves capable not only of
the cool and deliberate murder of those,
who, by the vieissitudes of war were thrown
in their power, but of inaugurating plan
of systematic torture, to which, martyrdom
at the stake bears no comparison. Wen
might we hope that the men who we're ca
pable Of such deeds had reached the lowest
depth of human wickedness and crime. But
in the perusal Of the testimony, in the as
sassinatioa trials, We find that the blackness
Of this infamy pales before the more awful
crimes they had In contemplation and which
they we're diligently prosecuting. After
calm and mature deliberation they set their
mercenary crew to work, to assassinate, to
poison, to burn, and to destroy By the in
PRODUCTION Of loathsome disease, not soldiers
only, not men alone, but helpless women
and innocent children. The tottering foot
steps of feeble age and fprattling childhood
were TO be hurried toa common grave. No
thought of mercy for the innocent and helm
less could find place in their hard hearts.
Hends incarnate, nothing but indiscriminate
slaughter by fire, by sword, by the assassins'
dagger, By dire disease, and by cold blooded
murder could satiate their thirst for blood
And yet, for such IS these, apologists are to
be found in our own midst. Men, profes-
sing to be christians and gentlemen, who,
though they had no word of sympathy for
the widow and the orphan, who could lend
no helping hand to the manned and suffer
ing heroes, whose faces were lighted by no
smile of JOY at the country's triumph, who
could show no sign Of sorrow when a nation
wept It's chief, can still trace in such harden
ed criminals similarity to our own loved
Washington and immortal Jefferson, and
now plead for mercy for these worst of
criminals. o tempora 0 moresl What
arecord for the Chiyalry. Whata comment
on the Divine Institution and the exalted
virtues it engenders. How consoling it must
be to the admirers Of this school of stern
statesmen to peruse these incontrovertible |
records Of the gallant deeds, the unsuIlied |
honor, the delicate feeling and tender mercy
Of these high-toned gentlemen.
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NOTES OF THIRD SERIES OF 7.3O,s
NOW READY.

The demand for the Second Series of the
7-S0 Notes was so great that the Treasury
Department was unable to print them with
sufficient rapidity to fill the orders. 1t will
be remembered that hundred millions were
subscribed and paid for in single week.
The printing presses have finally ysurmounted
the difficulty, and on Wednesday, June 7th,
the deliveries of the Third Series eommen-
ced, and viii be continued with the same
promptness that marked the supply of the
notes of the first and second series. 1t has
been this interruption of delivery at the
time of subscription which has given an APP
pearance of falling offin tbepopular taking
Of the loan-the great body of small takers
being unwilling to pay their money unless
they receive their notes right in hand to car
ry them home. 1t is expected that after
this week the daily subscriptions to the Sew
en-Thirties viii run up into millions as they
will undoubtedly be stimulated by the open
ing of the farmers wool markets East and
West. tits not at all likely that the Gov
ernment will ever again offer so desirable a
security as these notes, and about two hun
dred millions only remain to be taken.
With the close of the war the national ex-
penses viii be vastly reduced, and investors
must look for sharp reduction in the rate
Of interest as soon as the present loans be-
come due, and can be paid off There is no
reason why the United States credit for
money should ever again fall below its credit
fog courage. The same spirit that preserved
the geographical integrity of the country
viii place its pecsaaiary integrity on a par
with that of the most favored nations and
that win represent a rate of interest under
rather than over four per cent.
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Gov. Curtin to the People of Pennsyl-
vania
EXECUTIVE CHAMBER.
Harrisburg, June 10. IS65.


70 the People Of Pennsylvania:
The bloody struggle of four years is ended.
The fires of Rebellion are quenched. The
supremacy Of law and right is re-establisbed
The foulest treason recorded In history has
been beaten to the earth. Our country is
saved.
These blessings we owe, under God. to
the unequalled heroism, civic and military.
of tie people. In the darkest hours. under
the heaviest discouragements, falter who
would, THEY never faltered.
They have been inspired with the deter
mination to maintain the free Government
of our Fathers, the continued union of our
whole country, and the grand republican
principles which it is their pride and duty
to defend for the sake, not only Of them
selves, but of the human race.
| glory in saying that the people of Penn
sylyanla have been among the foremost in
the career of honor Their hearts haue been
in the contest; their means and their blood
have been poured out ike water to maintain
it.
The remnants of the heroic bands that
left her soil to rescue their country are now
returning, having honorably fulfilled their
service. They have left tens of thousands
OF their brothers on many bloody field.
Their memories viii be preserved on our
rolls of honor. For their widows and fami,
lies grateful country viii suitably provide.
Let the survivors who are now returning
to us have such welcome as BELTS brave
and patriotic people to give to the gallant
men who have saved the country and she'd
new mstre on Pennsylvania.
| recommend that in every part of the
State, on the approaching Anniversary of
Independence, special obseryances be had of
welcome to our returned defenders, and of
commemoration of the heroic deeds of them
selves and their comrades who have fallen.
ANDREW g. CURTIN,
Governor of Pennsylvania.
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TIE State election in Kentucky, which
takes place on the first Monday in August,
bids fair to be one Of more than ordinary
Interest The leading question win be the
ratification of the Constitutional amendment
aboishing slavery. The Louisville Journal
though not able to see the moral wrong of
slavery, is strongly advocating the rati6ca-
ton on the ground of the unpro6tableness of
slavery, and enforces its argument with an
array Of statistics that forcibly reminds one
the efforts Of Fl. r. Helper, of Impending
Crisisn notoriety, in the same good cause.
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ALABAMA and Georgia, according to the
latest advices, are in deplorable state of
social and industrial disorganization. The
people white and black are starving. The
whites are too proud to work and there is
nobody from whom they can beg. The col
ored people are bitterly persecuted and NAL.
treated by their former masters. Five men
came into Montgomery in one day day with
their ears cut of and in an almost nude
state. Cases of the ears, noses and lips Of
the negroes being cut off by these fiends are
Of almost daily occurrence,
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From Texas.

WASHINGTON, Friday June 9.
A letter from on board the United States
steamer Penguin, off Sabine Pass, dated
May 27, says:
The forts at Sabine Pass, Texas, surren-
dered to the United States steamer Owasco
The American flag was hoisted over the
works at o'clock p. m.
We expect Galveston to surrender to-mor-
row.
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WASHINGTON. June IA

Before the conclusion of the trial of the
assassination conspirators, the Government
will show that the explosion of the ordnance
boat at City Point, last year, by which so
many lives were lost, was an operation eff
fected by one of the officers placed on de-
-ached service by Davis and Beniaman. 1t
IS understood that among other Rebel doc
nents secured since the occupation of Rich
nond, is the report of the agent employed
IN this diaboiical operation.
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Destructive Fire and Explosion al
Chattanooga.
GINrrNNArI Il

CINCINNATI, June 10.
The Gazette'S Chattanooga despatch says
that the ordnance building had exploded,
setting fire to and consuming two warehouses
filed with Government stores The loss
to the government is $I50,000. Ten or fif-
teen persons were killed and wounded. The
explosion was caused by sparks from loco
motive.
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From New Orleans.

New ORLEANS, June 9.
Brownsville, Texas, was entered by the
forces of Brig. Gen. Brown, May 81. The
Rebels before leaving, sold their artillery TO
the Imperialists. Cortinas is still lowering
about Matamoras,
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The Freedmens 5 schools have all been
closed in Biehmond on account of the coored
children being maltreated by the white peo-
pie. This persecution has become system
attic and it is impossible for the schools to
proceed; The persecution is not confined
to the children, but extents. to all the freed
men who are Systematically prosecuted by
the officers of the city police, who seem to
be all rebels.
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CONGRESSMAN Harris, of Maryland, tried
for persuading rebel soldiers not to take the
oath of allegiance, was sentenced to three
years imprisonment and the forfeiture of all
political rights. The President approved
the finding, but remitted the sentence, it is
said, on the ground that Congress should
take care of his case.
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The INTERNAL REyFNTTE FpArnS
In the case of a Boston dist;ller VIII, who -
moved hquor from his distillery without
pa paying excise duty, Government has found
se me amount nno OF fraud to be $I7, 200, making
SoU,uoo 10 all; In Dubuque case, the
AMOUNT o. fraud has been fixed at half a
nlie milaon OF dollars, and penalty of another
naII;. ndri million OF dollars has been imposed,
Jalmlng Tor the payment ofa million of
aaoiiafS In Peoria case, the frauds will
&c some hundreds of thousands, and an
equal penalty affixed.
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The War in south -Asnerica

BY an arrival from Buenos Ayres we have
the important news that the Argentine Re
public has become involved in the war be-
tween Paraguay, and Brazil and Uruguay.
The Argentine Republic has been compen-
ed to take sides with Brazil and Uruguay
because of the invasion of Corrientes one of
the States of the Republic by the forces of
Paraguay, and the capture of two armed
vessels, the crew of the one of them having
been murdered in cold blood.
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MAXnnLIAN's tenure in Mexico grows
every day more precarious A party Of
guerTillas recently attempted to kidnap she
Empress from the city of Mexico.
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THE TRIAL.

EUjdcnce Forthcoming ShOaCilag the
Completely Of JET. DdCis ia stiV
Other. atrocities.
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Central Ane1'ic0- -RebeLJiO7s iR Sal
cdcior.--1He Republic iR state of
siege--RebeLs jlI possession of iSn5.
Mi0HeE--Ibe ASSASSINATION ae,cs
IA jS0IcddOF.
New YORK, June 9. 9.-Advices from Sal
vador state that President Duernas has is
sued decree declaring the entire republic
in a state of siege, and establishing martial
law. Soldiers and citizens, though counte-
nancing the rebellion, and not taking up
arms, will be pardoned
He also declares the rebellion unimport-
ant IN itself but as an example may be pref
judicial An army had been sent toqueil the
revolt Of the rebels ledby General Carnabas,
previously high in favor of Duernas' Gov
ernment.
A rebellion broke ont at San Miguel on
May Is, the rebels taking possession of pub
lie property without resistance. An army
Of five thousand loyal citizens was raised In
three days, and, if the papers state the
truth, there is a general manifestation of
confidence in Duernas' Government.
The announcement of the assassination of
Dir. Lincoln caused profound sensation of
horror in San Salvador
The latest dates from Guatemala announce
the election of Senor Mariscal Cerua Presi-
dent of that Republic
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A scheme to Cut the CrotOn Dam.
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Very Important Supposed testimony,
The Murder OF Our Principal Men Arran-
ged I'm Canada.
The Mursaerers to Receive Commissions
from Richmond.

Booth speoialy Authorized.