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The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-09-29
THE NEGROES.
How they Make Use Of their Free
dom,
0utrages in a City Governed by
Black Guards.
From The Memphis Ledger, Sept. II.

From The Memphis Ledger, Sept II.
We are coming upon evil times, and it be-
hooves the powers that be, either to have
regiment of white troops stationed at this
point, or to reorganize the militia for the pro-
lection of life. We believe the negro man has
certain rights which should be sacredly re-
spected, but when that race uses the freedom
which a good country has vouchsafed them,
for the purpose of partisan warfare on the
whites, it is high time they should be taught
.Iat the government which protects also pun
lshes them.
There were no less than three negro dis
curuances Yesterday. but the most outrageous
Il ucSurted on Jefferson street last evening.
~ = aeslo man while passing in the vicinity of
~ w fs smmoIas.e ulpped white boy, causing him
10 1aii heavily to the side walk. and as he did
80 80 caneo nun q white liyered son of bib"
Lne a..acA a, was unprovoked, and the boy rising
struck AZ the negro. white man who was
stanoing Dy, observing the UNEQUAL contest.
sleA s p,SA anu sLruck the negro on the
no sooner done than about ion neo,oa 1o estb1
cred around the spot, and the coloreS onards
made their appearance. s1"1ue
The white man made his escane ona ~.r &,
livery stable close at hand: The stot lou ~, :.
soon ssurrounded, and the negroes clamo va
tor his life. They were very excited. and e1i
kinds of threats were freely made. Had the
pOOI Wult6 A10u OCCu Coukut dt LUIS Cmn fho
guards would not have been able to prcASo S
him, and he would have surely been mnrdsr
ed. The white man finding that there was No
chance of escaping from the stable unnoticed.
boldly came through the crowd, and was max.
ing away from them, when he was recognized
by one of the party. There he goesl there
he goes!" was fshouted from hundred lips.
and now commenced race down Jefferson
street for life and death. ''Shoot him downs
"Kil him!" Fire on him!" "The DR.
white son Of BIB win escaped" Bang, bang
went the gums, and az we saw the red blaz.
emitted from the weapons we felt chill o
horror to think that probably the poor fellow
had lost his life. The firing took place on JET
fers0n street, between Third and Fourth Will
the street was crowded with people, and it an
peared miracle to us that no one was hit, If,
white man entered another stable, and wa
lost. The crowd watched the SPOT for soml
time, and then gradually dispersed, mutterins
vengeance on tho whites. One negro made
the remark that the colored people would ne
rule Memphis, or they would kill every white
man in the place. The white man was arrest
ed by the guards last evening, after dark, and
placed in the Irving block. IF the white mar
was wrong in what he did, the law win Settle
with him, but this gathering of negroes be
cause one Of their race has BEEN 'punished fo]
audacity, and clamoring for the life of q white
man. Is something that bodies no good to the
peace Of the community, and should not b
permitted. :
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Cut Down the Army.
From the n. z. Tribune

From the n. 7. Tribune.
We see no reason why the War Department
sheuh not continue mastering Generals cut of
the service. Secretary McCulloch wants mo-
uey-the taxes are heavy-Congress scarcely
wishes to add an extra hundred millions to the
new loan, and so we should cut down expenses
all around, and particularly in the War De.
partment. What is the use of having militia
ry establishment as large as that arranged in
recent general orders? According to those or.
ders, the whole country is first divided into
military divisions, and then into military de-
partments, and finally into military districts,
so that every part of the Republic is command
ed by three separate Generals. Here in New
York we are commanded, first, by Gen. Meade,
then by Gen. Hooker, and finally by Gen.
Parke; then we have Gen. Barnum, but We
scarcely know where he commands. Gen.
Meade's command is called the Military Divi.
sion of the Atlantic States; Gen. Hooker's the
Department of the East; Gen. Parkes the
District of Southern New York. One hundred
and ten Generals are thus provided for, every
General, of course having stats, and said stats
having horses, rations, quarters, and all the
little comfortable extras that Government 80
generously allows and officers 80 surely count.
Add to this the officers we have on special
duty, officers in charge of bureaus, officers in
trying Wirz), and we shall probably foot up
two hundred Generals and stats in full array.
Our readers will remember the estimate we
published recently showing the cost of the
Doubleday court martial, and from this they
can easily cipher up the expense of this vast
establishment. That court was about as large
as Major Generals ordinary staff and three
months service cost twenty thousand dollars
say eighty thousand dollars a year. Calcu-
lating each General and staff to cost only fifty
thousand dollars year, which is low esti-
mate, our two hundred generals alone cost ten
million dollars year, or one-fourteenth the
interest on the whole national debt.
And for what! Why should Gen. Hooker,
with seven other Generals, be sent to COM
mand the New England States, New York and
New Jersey? Or what is going on in West
Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and Pennsylva-
MIA, that Maj. Gen. Hancock and seven add.
tional Generals should be placed in command
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Michigan, find Maj.
Gen. Ord and six Generals necessary for their
command. Five Western States and three
Territories are under the charge of John Pope
and eleven other Generals. What are they to
do? Shoot Indians, perhaps. We can see no
other purpose under the sun. 1t is unneces-
sary to continue this subject. 1t suggests its
own arguments. There is no possible use for
more than twenty-five Generals all told, and
the rest should be mustered cut of the service
honorably. When we want them they surely
will come.
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Mr.. Rice and g The Saint Paul
Preas.s,
To the Editor of the Pioneer:
The following remarks were taken from
the Press of Tuesday:

To the Editor of the Pioneer:
The following remarks we're taken from
the Press of Tuesday: '
We trust Mr.. Rice will now favor the public
with another letter or two or three upon this
subject. The more of them the better Tor
they are likely to have very wholesome effect
upon the public mind. If anybody has ever
labored under the delusion that Mr. Rice has
any of the qualities of a statesman-any of the
dignity and large. mindedness which belong to
that character-the puerile and small
pettiness of prevarication which he has dis
played in this correspondence, will serve very
eftectually to correct that notion; and if any
body fancies that Mr.. Rice has improved any
in morals, or grown in the Christian graces of
candor and honesty, since his last appearance
in public life, the INSCRIPTIONS thickness, the
little pettifoggiHg .fnesse and chicane, with
which he attempts to snatch mean advantage
from the generous frankness of his opponent,
and insinuate, through perverted half-truths, q
falsehood he dare not utter in positive terms,
will show up the radical defects of this mans
character, almost as well as the record of his
public career. We trust, therefore, that he
will continue to furnish the public with these
Illustrations of his constitutional dishonesty.
and thus save us the necessity of exhuming
the mass of interesting historical material in
our possession, bearing upon that subject
The writer of this article is stranger
and looker-on in Minnesota; he has
read carefully the correspondence that has
passed between the two gentlemen, and
he cannot see where the necessity arose
for such abusive and irrelevant remarks.
Mr.. Rice's letters seem to the writer, like
productions of great man and gentle
man; desire to be courteous and fair is
apparent in every line, which the charac-
ter of General Marshalls replies clearly
proves.
The writer has known of Mr.. Rice for a
number of years, and Of extensive travel
and acquaintance throughout the United
States enables man to judge he is re-
garded as one of the ablest men in our
country. His high social position in
Washington as well as at home, together
with bis appointments on the most impor-
tant committees of the Senate, such as
those of War and Finance, fully confirm
that opinion. His generosity and kind
ness continued for many years to the needy,
plumbers of them have come under the
writer's notice in various parts of the
State) show mind almost incapable of
any narrowness. He is now candidate
for Governor, the highest Office that the
people can give; if he was criminal and
convicted, the Press could not have utter
ed stronger language. Such publications
make politics dirty work.
STRANGER.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-09-29
MOCCASIN IMPRlNTS.
NUMBER n.
From Our special Correspondent.

City OF DU LUTH,
HEAD OF LAKE SUPERIOR,
September, 1866. }
To the Editor Of the Pioneer:
Returning to Du Luth from French River,
nv the same route first adopted-for the best
of reasons-there being no other, we
make the distance. fourteen miles, with six
oars and "dead head wind, in about three
hours. By the way, this ''white oak breeze -
mode of locomotion, is decided feature in the
way of living on the " North Shore" No one
las a carriage, but every man has a little row
boat ON which he can rig q sail when the wind
is favorable. No one has horse but none
are so poor as to be without pair of cedar
or white oak oars that for grace and beauty
are equal to the best while the men are as
skillful in this gymnastic exercise as the famous
fishermen of Cape Ann.
We suggest to the lot owners OF some OF the
the paper cities on this shore that they ougn.
to make strong point in their circulars VI
the importance of rowing exercise-ior H.
valids;. for "a the towns offered no other
modes of conveyance, settlers ana Visi'ofS
were Obliged to row or walk, or remain at
heme. speaking OF invalids aphysician would
starve IN death for want of practice in this part
of the State. We believe there is not one to
he fopnd in the entire county of st. Louis. In
case of accident or old age people are expected
to- die without any assistance.
When among the French River copper mines
we one day asked Superintendent Salisbury i
there was physician whose services he could
secure in case of sickness or accident.
He informed me there was none nearer than
superior Cty-twenty- Lone miles distant.
"But you certainly have now and then case
of sickness among 90 many men!" he re-
marked.
80 yes." he replied" accidents will occa-
sionally happen, and men will sometimes be
int emperate in their living. and then we need
quick and powerful medicine!"
"Ah!" we exclaimed, with sigh-"until
You keep physician here,-as they do in the
mines on the South Shore, it will be difficult
for you to retain the best class Of workers"
"There you are in error" laughed the Su-
perintendent, "we have the best miners on
the Lake. and other mines have tried in vain
to secure their services. Intelligent men like
to work where they lose the fewest days by
idleness; and we keep substitute for doc
tor, that has won ON extensive and brilliant ne.
putation throughout this part of the State"
"a substitute for a doctor" weexclaimed
with establishment, 'please favor US with an
introduction"
"By all means" he replied-"step this
way!"
We passed into the house, and then into the
Superintendent private Office. where our at
tention was called to a small mahogany box
labelled
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-09-29
FROM RICHMOND.


BALrMoRE, Sept. 22.-Richmond nans,. -
to-day contain Bishop Meade's address to the ~
Episcopal Convention of Virginia. strnnoiv v
urging reunion with the Northern vino -
the church. Rev. Dr.. Andrews. Chairman of
the special committee appointed TO consider IN
much OF the Bishops interesting addsess ss
refers 70 the future relations of the diocase
with the general convention of the Pnotcstsns
Episcopal Church of the United Statss' r..
spectfully reports that, having had the
document referred to therein under Their
most deliberate consideration, they recon-
mend the adoption of the following yieWs.
That the Christian and conciliatory course Of
our respected diocesan, with the presidfno
bishop and other members Of the Protesta5t
Epiecopal church Of the United Gtsfes'
touching union with the general couvenfirs,
OF said church, meets our cordial appro6ation.
that the council appreciates and afiecfionstsi5,
responds to every sentiment of ftaternai -
gard which has BEEN manifested IN the 60
pondence referred 70. and Is of the on;rse.
that the object which al parties intereatei M.
be presumed to desire win be beet accorn-,;. NY
ed BY referring the subject to the nert os.s.,
council. The report was adopted slmoH nrs.,;
mously. The council then proceedsd ~ .,...
clergy and lay delegates to TIE ersnd ce ~ 80
which meets in Mobile, Alabama. sbout tSe i.s
Of November. 80 ''. -
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-09-29

NEW YORK SURRRNDRRRD.-AW Wash
ington correspondent of republican pa
per, writes under date of the 10Th inst:
1t is believed by many wise and sagacious
men, in view of the course taken by the democ-
racy of New York. that we have not an even
chance Of carrying that State this fall at least
and THAD. STEVENS speech materially lessons
those chances and renders defeat almost Ger.
tain.
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Rev. Edward Thompson. I

Rev. Edward Thompson, D. D.,
Bishop of the n. E. Church, who has been
presiding at the session Of the Methodist Con-
ference held in Faribault last week, arrived in
the city via the Minnesota Central Railroad last
night and win leave for Minneapolis this
morning. he was for many years editor of
the Ladies Repository, and also President of the
Ohio Wesleyan University, at Delaware, Ohio.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-09-29

PRoMoTIoN.-A very gallant private
sends US the following:
EDITOR PIoNEER-AllOw me to inform you
of the following promotion: Ursa Major
for faithful and merit0rious service during the
late war is brevetted Lieutenant Colonel.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-09-29

The following States vote On negro suffrage
this year: Connecticut special election, Mon
day, October 2; Wisconsin, Minnesota and
Iowa, at their regular election. The question
was separately voted upon in Colorado. but
the result is not known.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-09-29

Bennett G. Burley, the Lake Erie pirate,
has escaped from jail at Port Clinton, Ohio. A
reward of one hundred dollars is offered for his
capture.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-09-29

M. Agernon g. Roberts, an old and hon-
ored citizen Of Philadelphia, died On Thnndsv
Of - weeks q MS country seat in Monfeom-
cry county. =
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1865-02-16
Tele9rapl1ie Deus.
FROM THE A.SOCI1 TED PRESS.
TRI.L o. TIE LIKE ERIE gAInEa3.

MONTREAL, February l6.-Canoon, the
confederate Messenger from Richmond, was
examined before the Court to day, in the Lake
E,ie case. The counsel Tor the prisoners pro-
duced the muster rolls of the Confederates.
among which the names Of the prisoners ap-
pear He also produced two copies Of tbs
June 18th, 1854 signed by Secretary Seldom,
all of which are certified to BY Mr.. BENJAMIN,
under the Confederate seal The witness sta
ted he received this paper from the Ccnfele.
rate Secretary Of State, on the fourth instant
who affixed his signature to it in bis presence.
The witness also stated that President Davis
expressed surprise at the result Of the Burnley
case.
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~ go Julius DIENELT, Dentist,
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IMPORTANT from CAIRO.

CAIRO, Feb. 15-The steamers Argyle and
Forsythe colded opposite this city, last night.
The former Was sunk and the latter consldeIa.
bly, damaged. Nearly $4,000 bales Of cotton
have arrived here during the past two days.
Memphis advices to the 18th say that Ii por
ton of the expedition sent from that city On
the 2eth ultimo, under COL Osborne, has re-
turned with fifty prisoners and quantity OF
live stock. The expedition penetrated into
Louisiana far up the Nashville River, meeting
with but little resistance, the only organized
force Of the Confederates being Harrison's bri-
gade, which was beyond the Washita. Sever
al steamers and an immense quantity Of Con,
federate stores were destroyed. About 200
prisoners were captured, the most OF whom
were paroled. Scarcely man was lost, and
only a few wounded on the Federal side.
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FIRE IN ST. LOUIS.

Sr. LOUIS, February l5.-The main build
ing and east wing Of the House of Refuge were
burned last evening The west and south
wings were saved The building contained
1873 boys and girls, all Of whom were
safely removed. The loss on the building is
one hundred thousand dollars, and furnl ture
twenty five thousand dollars.
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LOCAL N & W S.
- I: o.

q,gG1sIAIIvE.- In the Senate, on Tues lay,
.ha hill to Incorporate the Norfolk and n. York
pai!roai Co, was passed; also, to iucprl,vr.
ate the Norf,lE Steam Navigation Company
The bill relating to processionlng lands was
rejected. liz the House, Mr. BROMLEY pre-
sented the petition of one hundred and fifty
citizens Of the city Of Alexandria, praying
that the Legislature would amend the Charter
Of the City Of Alexandra, lately PASSED, so as
70 give the people the privilege to ratify or
reject the same The petition was received
and referred to select committee Of five
Nessrs. Brownley, Johnston, Hawxhurst,
Henshaw and Gibbons.
TIE WEATHER has moderated, and the ice
il tie river is much softened, and Is beginning
10 break up. The citizens are clearing off the
ice and snow from the side walks and cutters.
Government steamers are arriving and de-
parting.
PooRs' House. The number Of inmates
on the lst instant was 30-Whites, 2l-Ne-
groes g. One death md one marriage occur
red during the last quarter. Expenses for the
quarter 81, 66l,96 inclasiipg salary Of keeper.
~@zsr~<a&~~ss----
MEETING OF REFUGEES. The meeting of
loyal refugees from Virginia. proposed to
have been held in this place on the 22d inst,
has been postponed to Weaaesdag.the 10th Of
alay,
POLICE IrEM.-Yesterday, James Kelly,
(colored) was up, charged with disorderly con-
duct and beating his wife. Justice Cotton
fined him SIS and costs.
WOOD. The wagons brought in day,
considerable quantity Of wood for fuel-the
price of which was, from So to $40 per cord.
Tor
RAILROAD. While the ice blockade con-
tinues on the river, the trains on the y. 5.
Military Railroad will leave as follows -
Leave Alexandria, 8, 1910, a. m., l, sos, and
g. 80, p. m. Leave Washington 10 a. NJ, II
M, 2, 4, 80, and s. 30 p. m.
nR. PAUL BERGER,
Practising Physician,
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NEW YORK, Feb. 10 Gold, 2O35.
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RAILROAD. the ice blockade con
tnues on the river, the trains on the .. s.
Military Railroad will leave as follows
Leave Alexandria, 8, 1910, a. M, |, sos, and
6. 80, .. m. Leave Washington 10 a. NJ, II
M, 9, 4, 80, and s. 80 p. m.
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AT BiAB's.

AT BEiA rs.
.D UsT AMmIV ED
soAp-~-z0 boxss Cincinnati 1eFman.
LAHDz-iS Kegs Bsat
goRREEas5 bsgs Mo and HayAum
FLOUHu~4D barrels pupefans.
BAGnN*~ustas. HhonIdsKa and 5idss
p0HR,-~1b barrsls full Mess.
C0RNA-lDO bags White,
HAY-2B taieb Western.
TEA-~t chest Imperial.
Which vii be sold by The paskass Or AZ retail II
reasonable priosu for tbs timss.
jniy2s JOSHUA DEAL.
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The Gazgtte& Qnilkt
GENERA NEWS.

The Alabama State S1nysDsiOn,
has dgoFesd Tho totalabolition Of slav.
cry In that Stats by vote of slightly
nins 10 three. This looks like being
In earnest, Tho radicals will please
make note Of II. 1a Hi a
The English Mechanics Magazins
says that a specification 'fhas recently
beou fled at ahe Patent Office for i'm
proysmsnts in boiling eggs. This was
shortly after following by patent for
machine for removing Tho tops from
eggs previous 10 sating them. We
hope next week to be able 10 announce
that d patent has been secured by
somebody's grandmother for sucking
The above delioaciss."
The 0pelousag Courier, Of The 3Oth
nit, announces tho death Of lion, 7.
D. Hardy, for many years lhe Seere.
tary Of State Of Louisiana.
Colonel Charles @. Greene, of Tho
Boston Post, celebrated bis eighly.aso-
ood birthday on The 3D., ultimo,
The venerable editor still seems 10
be an youthful ~ man Of aixty.aye.
James Cakes, Esq, and an other
friend gave che editor = golaheadsd
cane.
The Emperor Of France haa been
showing his confidence Ia the s.abli.
ty Of bis Government, by abssntipg
| himself from Paris uearly oil this sum.
mer. Ho spent forty days In Algisrs,
aud since his rsturus has been as SOW
eral wateripgplaees, and travelling 10
| Switzerland.
The whole number OF negro troops
mustered into serviGs during The war
WAS $50, 900, OF whom ovor 10000
have died ratio Of mortality gfsst.
| ly exceeding that Of the whita troops.
| Ii IL said TINT 10000 aro about TO be
mustered out, which will lsavs about
10000 IN service. as
Gen. Howard hos decided TINT
abandoned lands, held by the freed
mans Bureau, may be restored 10 tho
owners by tho Assistant Commissioners.
James Steele, the Oldest resident of
Livingston county, New York, died .
few days since, aged about ono hnnd'
rcd He was Revolutionary soldier,
voted for George Washington for the
dsst President of the United States,
and voted at every Presidential ainos.
Hon. w. II. Seward, Secretary OF
State, visited Richmond Recently.
The Rsppblic says he Expressed him
sslf highly pleased with ltichmend,
and promised to return In October,
when he will visit other parts Of Vir-
ginia.
The Pope proposes 30 sslebrate
next year, at Rome, tho eightsen.hund.
tadth anniversary of the inartyrdom
Of Ne. Peter, who was cruoiGsd June
20, A. d. II. II ID anticipated that
unheard Of numbers will flock 10 the
Eternal City.
| DR.. J. q. Mott, Of Mobile, has boon
summoned by Government 10 Wash
legion City m wilnoss In tho Wersz
trial, Of which. ha says, he knows
nothing. ls
An ORpnAa. On Louis Napols-
cn's birth day tho imperial behed-
cience was manifested by releasing
from imprisonment forsy.eight old
aonvicta of the citadel al nells LsIs.
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Cheap Eight.

IuaT rtTrCETvEgs--Af invoice Of ayst at1si.
" ity COAL OH which viii ha saIa ss shs lev
price ~ 81 M pr 0siIan, retail,
Aagg7 J0sRUA aNAL.