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The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-03-10
Minnesota Promotions.

The Senate has confirmed the following
appointments and promotions of Mime
sofa soldiers: ... ~. r.,
Lieut. Colonel s. P. JENNlsoN, Tenth
Minnesota Volunteers, to be Colonel Of
volunteers by brevet, February %. This
promotion is eminently deserved. Col.
BAKER being on detached service in Saint
Louis, Lieut.. Colonel JENNsoN has con
manded the regiment for nearly two years,
has been in several battles, and in the
fight at Nashville was severely wounded.
He ought to have the full Colonelcy Of
the regiment. t.gs.rsana as.e -J
Capt. NJ. J. DANIELS, Of the Ninth
Minnesota Volunteers, Commissary Of
Subsistence with the rank of Captain. 81
Capt. ]. q. WHITNEY, Sixth Minnesota
Volunteers, to be Assistant Quartermas-
ter with rank of Captain. M
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. The radicals, under the lead Of Senator
SuxnKR, are endeavoring to effect the
passage Of resolution in Congress that
the provision in the Constitution requiring
the assent of three-fourths of all the States
to ratify an amendment, means three
fourths of the loyal States only. In late
debate in the Senate, Mr.. Doo111rLE, Of
Wisconsin, said the assent of twenty-seven
States was required to rstify the amend
ment abolishing slavery. Mr.. SUMNER
"protested, in the name of liberty and the
Constitution" against such a statement /:
only nineteen States, he said, would be re-
quired. He hoped Mr.. DooLIr11E would
not thus array himself against the cause
Of freedom. The New York Times ven
lures gentle protest against the attempt
Of SUMNER to make the Constitution sub
servient to his own purposes, against the
plain meaning of its language. The Times
says: " -. - D.
1t used to be supposed that the meaning of
the Constitution was to be drawn from its Ian.
guage-and that all public and private interests
or wishes must be conformed thereto. That.
to be sure, was in the days when the Constitu-
ton was the supreme law of the land: and
when neither States, parties nor individuals
their own convenience. We trust that day has
not yet gone by, though symptoms are not
wanting of an effort to substitute other influ-
ences and views. 5.,!,i...it .,r
The disposition to subordinate the Constitu-
ton to party purposes, and to construe it so az
to serve some special ends, is very dangerous
one. 1t was that which led the South into
rebellion. It was precisely that inclination
which gave basis and strength to the fatal doc.
thing which any loyal man should do is to i'm
port this habit into other sections of the coun-
try: The Constitution, in Its plain intent, must
still be recognized everywhere, and by all par
ties and sections, as the supreme law; and any
attempt to wrest 1t from its evident meaning,
In order to promote some cherished principle
or advance some favorite scheme, no matter
how just that scheme may be, should be dis
trusted and resisted wherever made.
The above is downright copperheadism,
and according to some of the radical
journals, is savoring of treason and sym
patty with the rebellion. If RAYMOND ut
tiers such statements on the floor of the
next Congress, of which he is member
elect, he will be met by the patriotic DON
NELLY, and compelled to eat his words.
DoHNEILY says the "Oonstitution is
played out,"-that it ''obstructs the free
will of the people" and that " q majority
should have the right to amend lts provis-
ions at will" DoNnR1LY, like CHARLES
SUMNER, considers the Constitution dead
and the Union gone, and proposes to re-
construct new government on the red
Republican idea.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-03-10
The New Territory Of wyoming.

Mr.. AsHLEYs bill for the organization
Of the new territory of Wyoming,
defines the boundaries Of the proposed
territory as follows: Beginning at the in
tersection of the twenty-fifth degree of
longitude west from Washington with the
forty-frst degree Of north latitude, thence
west to the thirty-third degree Of longi-
tude and north to the crest of the Rocky
Mountains, and running northwesterly
along this crest to the intersection of the
the thirty-third degree of longitude with
forty-four degrees thirty minutes north
latitude; thence due west to the thirty
fourth degree Of longitude, running south
to the place of beginning. In other
words, Wyoming is bounded on the north
by Idaho and Dacotah; on the south by
Colorado and Utah; on the east by Ne
braska; on the west by Utah and Idaho.
1t is carved out Of Idaho, Dacotah and
Nebraska; Idaho losing q part eff its
southeasterly territory, Dacotah losing its
southwesterly portion, and Nebraska 9
slice Of its western half g..
Nevada having become State, Wyo-
ming viii form the tenth territory; the
others being Arizona, Colorado, Daootah,
Idaho Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico,
Utah and Washington. Here are ten
new States in process Of formation, all of
which will in few year ke their place
in the Union. -.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-03-10

Arrest Of the Supposed Murderer

lf4
On Sunday the body Of man named John
Mckay was found in the river near the old loo
warehouse at Mendoza. Upon examination +
was found that his skull was fractured on the
left side behind the ear, apparently by . bull
let although the body was in such state of
decomposition that the fact could not be fullv
determined. An inquest was held on the bodv
and the jury returned verdict that
the deceased was killed by some person or per.
sons unknown. There were circumstances
which excited suspicious that a man named
Watson Cornelia was the murderer, and he was
arrested and placed in confinement at the Fort
The last time Mckay was seen alive by the peo-
pie of Mendoza, he was in q saloon with Cor.
ella, and they left the saloon together. Cor
ella will have an examination TO-DAY. 49,,
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Retaliation.

The New York Nsws, which is over
flowing with sympathy for the rebels, has
the following on the execution of BKALL:
Captain Beall's mournful fate is but one
among the many appeals to humanity that this
unnatural strife shall end. Read the cad his.
tory of his last honrs, We that have human
hearts, and say If such things should be in q
Christian land. The calm intrepidity of the
man. his quiet resignation. his gentle but dig
nifed demeanor In the face Of death. do but
add to the cruel features of the scene. And
the horror of this case we may shudder under
still more painfully when we reflect that an.
other brave man, one who belopgs-the light
and hope-of northern household, shall 90
doa0n to q d;akonored graue done to death in re-
prisal for Capt. Bean, BY tie hasds Of a horrible
retaliation. -tf a' a.e
Capt. BEALLs acts were in contraven-
ton of the rules of civilized warfare, and
no one knows this better than JEFF. DA-
Wis. He will hardly dare retaliate in the
manner indicated by the Neus.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-03-10
Emigration.

The number of passengers arriving in
the United States from foreign countries,
in 1854, was 221,535, as appeared by a
communication from the Secretary of
State. Of these, 10000 landed at New
York. Massachusetts, received 1855
Pennsylvania, 4,467; California, s,1s5;
Maryland, 2,seS; Maine, 1898; New
Jersey, s21; Oregon, sO7; Florida, 1919
Rhode Island, 81. New Hampshire, 1s.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-03-10
major Won ninden.

Major HESNrKe Won MINDEN, formerly
Of Brackets Battalion, has been assigned
to duty on Gen. PoPEs staff; as Topo-
graphical Engineer. BE was with Gen.
suLLYs Indian Expedition last year, and
after the death of Capt. FRIDne, who
was killed BY the Indians, he was the chief
engineer of the command. He Is an off,
Ger Of fine ability, particularly in the branch
Of Typographical Engineering. His maps,
drawings, &C., Of the country about Chat
tanooga, and Of the Indian country, are
excellent, and elected high compliments
from regular officers of the Typographical
CORPS.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-03-10
co,. n, ,s.,oners of the Orphan Asylum

Among the acts passed by the Legisla-
ture which has just closed its lsbors, and
which were approved by the Governor
was one entitled, can Act to establish an
Orphan Asylum for the orphan children OF
Minnesota officers and soldiers who have
been or may be killed during the present
war" The act makes liberal grant OF
swamp lands for that purpose, and also
provides for the appointment OF three
Commissioners for the same, in addition to
the Governor and Adjutant General, who
are er-odscio members of the Board. The
Governor yesterday appointed as such
Commissioners the following gentlemen
W, K. SMITH, Of Minneapolis; JOHN
MOODS, of St. Paul; and GEO. ". MOORE
Of St. Paul.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-03-10

TKNHEssKR A Free SfATR.-The Nash
vile Times of the 9th contains the pro-
clamation of Governor JOHNSON ANNOUNCE
ing that enough Is ascertained to place the
result of the vote on the free State consti-
tuition beyond all doubt, and to justify the
official announcement that the amend
ments are adopted BY the people. The
amendments now constitute part OF the
permanent constitution and supreme law Of
the State.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-03-10
military Promotions.

First Lieut.. Francis G. BRowE, to be
Captain company K, Fifth Regiment.
First Sergeant THOMAS MoReAN to be
First Lieut.. Company Z. Fifth Regiment.
Sergeant Major FRANK G.. HoFFsrArT,
to be Adjutant Second Regiment.
Sergeant CHAs. II. FRENCH, to be Sec
ond Lieutenant Company +. Second Regi-
ment. st -.-, rt-.
First Sergeant JONATHAN P. JACKSON to
be Second Lieutenant.
First Sergeant ISAAC W. STEWART, to be
Second Lieut., Company D, Second Regi-
ment. s. 81 a"- - J.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-03-10

The New SecfeSary OF tAe TToosoxys
The New York E1ening Post observes,
concerning Mr.. AoCu1ouaH, that no man
knows better than he that the great evil
OF our finances in their present condition
is the enormous expansion of our currency,
and that the great duty of the Secretary Of
the Treasury is not only to resist its fur
Their growth, but to put in train the neces-
sary measures for gradually bringing the
currency to sounder state, and putting it
on the road to specie payments. It was no
hard matter to get where we now are.
" It is easy going down to Avernus, {" says
VRGM- ..,i .,r.
Smooth the descent and easy is the way;"
but to return to sound currency, to gold
at par, and to the clear daylight of specie
payments, is quite another matter.
I'm this the task, the mighty labor lies"
and this is the task which Mr.. MoCuL-
LouaH is expected to perform for the
county. rrs ',r .at n. =.
The success Of our seven-thirty bonds in
the market, which. are now selling at the
rate Of three millions daily, shows by what
obvious expedients the issue Of more legal
tender notes can be avoided. Mr.. FEs.
sENDEN, who hesitated at first to use this
resource, now sees how little ground there
was for his scruples, and, in our judgment,
if something like this measure had been
boldly resorted to at an early period of the
war, and the government had trusted fol-
its loans to the patriotism of the people,
and its confidence in the final success of our
arms, the imagined necessity of the legal,
tender act would have been ehow9 to be
the phantom that it was. our currency
would never have been vitiated as it now
is, and the public debt would never have
reached the exaggerated dimensions which
it has now assumed,
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-03-10
THE STATE LAWS.

ieThl ssed at the last session OF
the legislature are published officially in
the Power AND DRMooRAr. They will
OCCUPY considerable space for few weeks
but' it will b several months before they
are printed in pamphlet form for distri-
butiou. and as many of them take effect
Immediately, it is for the interest of all
onr subscribers to become familiar with
their p,oyisions as soon as possible. ~
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-03-10
Eighth Regiment.

Mr.. WILLIAM KMKKAD, Clerk in the
War Department at Washington, has
transmitted to the Governor the names of
one Lieutenant and forty-four enlisted
men of the Eighth Regiment, who are now
sick in the Washington Hospitals. He
does not consider many of these men dan
gerously ID, though requiring shelter and
hospital treatment; . few Of them are
looking quite badly, but with care viii
come out all right. Private Ira r. Pr.
NAN died ct Annapolis, Nd, on the 10th
ult., after . brief illness. The regiment
was paid off at Camp Stoneman, after
which Mr.. SroRoK, the State Agent, pro-
cured q carriage and carried the Paymas.
ter to the men in hospital, and had them
paid, many of whom had not received pay
for eight or ten months. Out of the
amount paid these forty-four enlisted
men, they had over 81, 600 deposited in
bank, and transmitted the checks to their
families and friends in Minnesota. The fol.
lowing Is the list Of the sick in Washing
ton Hospitals: .ra Drr 2,I
DOUGLAS HOSPITAL.
Thomas Lee, VIM. Gungblot, c. e. Esta-
brooks, Henry Prior. 8: A. Cox, Page Bruch,
Prudent Lemay. n B. Roberts, John Payne,
James Amber, Dennis Jacobs, Johnathan
Williams, Xavier Kohler, W. b. Hays, Geo. E.
Patterson. ., 49,. f~.
JUDICIARY SQUARE HOSPITAL
Samuel B. Smith, Joseph Coplass, VIM. B.
Dow, joseph Doran, Henry Detmering, Peter
Plummer, l. g. Thompson, John Nulvihill,
Thomas j. Webster, Frank Roller, Louisville
Twitchell, Hospital Steward. ~
,...-g LINCOLN HOSPITAL.
Frederick Fog, Joseph Perkins, Peter Henry,
Michael Battebury, Henry Page, Charles Gen
nung, Nathan w. Curial, Daniel Luf kin, John
T. Hart, George Smith. ,.'
.Hs STANTON HOSPITAL.
James B. Glover, j. d. Thompson, N. B.
Flore, d. Hamilton, B. +. Pierce, Patrick
Mathews, H. Heineman, E. g. Clinch. John
Goodwin. f.a. 70 .a.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-03-10

Bribtne Servants NJ the White House.
EMERsoN ErHERDaE, of Tennessee, pub.
fishes card in q Washington paper, stat
ing that person came from Tennessee to
secure the release of FIVE rebel prisoners,
that he paid O. OLEARY, the doorkeeper
at the executive mansion, $50 for securing
the Presidents attention to the subject,
and that he saw several other persons
bride the same doorkeeper in the same way
for similar services. Mr.. ETHRR1peE states
that he himself went through the same per-
Torrance for the purpose of testing the
matter, and he closes his card thus:
make this matter public from motives of
humanity. During the last year have made
many applications for tie discharge of prison.
ers of war upon the terms mentioned In the
above order of the President but 10 no instance
have been successful have often written
to the friends and kindred of prisoners that
there was no end to their captivity but peace.
l rejoice, however, to be able at last to in
form those who feel an interest in the matter.
that cheap and expeditions remedy is within
their power. Commissioners of Exchange may
disagree, Butler may higgle about his nfggers,
but ten dollars enclosed to &C. OLeary, Ex-
ecutive Mansion, Washington. D. c." viii re.
store any repentant rebel to the blessings of
freedom and the society of friends.
EN-. ETHERIDGE.
The Chronicle gives the sequel. It
states that when this statement was shown
to Mr.. NIooLAY, the Presidents Private
Secretary, the servant, OLkARY, was
called and questioned on the subject. He
confessed having induced a member of
Congress to present the petition to the
President whose signature wasprompt-
ly givento the order for the release
of the prisoners, on condition that
they should take the oath; and he also
confesses to having received a present of
money for bis services. He was at once
dismissed from his place.
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Second Regiment.

Lieutenant Colonel @. 8. UL1SR will
leave Tomorrow with one hundred recruits
for the Second Regiment About one
third are volunteers and the balance draft
ed men. Col. UINR win take the men to
New York, and there await orders for their
destination.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-03-10
Charlottesville.

Charlottesville, captured by Gen. SHERl-
DAN, is a flourishing town about ten miles
southwest of Gordonsville. 1t is the capt.
tai of Albemarle county, and situated on
the right bank Of the Rivanna River, and
on the Central Railroad, eighty-one miles
northwest of Richmond, and 1913 miles
southwest of Washington. 1t is beauti.
fully situated in a fertile valley, and il
connected by railroad with Richmond and
other towns. One mile west of the town
is the University of Virginia, which was
founded in 1919, under the auspices Of
THOMAS JEFFERSON, and is endowed by the
State. Monticello, the residence of JKr.
rxRsoN, who was a native of Albemarle
county, is three miles distant. The popu.
lstion of Charlottesville is about 5000.
An study out Of school hourslis prohibited
n Boston. -..
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-03-10
Price Of Vaadsrbilt,s Present to the
$50 Government,

1t appears from an official document
that the amount received by Commodore
VANDERBILT for the charter of his steamer,
the Vanderbilt, for one hundred and fifty
days, at $4,000 per day, was $500, 900
before that vessel was presented to the
Government. -.t.s... r.-..
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-03-10
Congressional Railroad Bill.

A dispatch to the Press announces that
the bill extending the time for the COM
pletion of the Land Grant Railroads in
Minnesota, and for granting the roads
four additional sectionA to the mile, has
passed the Senate with certain amend
ments.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-03-10
Report Of Paroled Minnesota Soldiers
Recently Arrived at Annapolis,
Nd, &c. " - :. KIM. ..

Louis Fitzsimmons, 1st Lieut.. I'd Minnesota
Sharpshooters, captured August 25, 1864, at
Reams Station, severe cold and cough.
Henry c. Magoon. Corporal I'd Minnesota
Sharpshooters, captured August rs, 1854, at
Reams Station, in good health. si H
Morris F. Sheppard, Private I'd Minnesota
sharpshooters, captured August rs. 1864. at
Reams Station, in good health. III
John Marlett, Private Co. C, I'd Minnesota
Volunteers, captured November ~, 1864, at
Stone Mountain, Ga, cold and rheumatism.
George Sails, Co. A, LIST Minnesota Battalion,
captured October ~, 1854, at Petersburg,
transferred to Camp Chase, Feb. 10.
Norman Shook, Private Co. B, LIST Mime
sofa Battalion, cap tured October q, 1864, at
Petersburg, chronic rheumatism, transferred to
Baltimore February 8, 1866.
Percival 8. Barnes. Private I'd. Minnesota
Sharpshooters, captured August %, 1854, at
Reams Station, died December 2, 1864, at Sauls-
bury, N. c., of diptheria. "a.
- Clifford, Private LIST Minnesota Bat.
TALON, died October 20, 1864, at salisbury,
North Carolina.
Nork-Marlett informed me that soldier
of the Ninth Regiment, whose name he did
not rem ember, was shot at Florence, 8. G.,
January Is, for going too near the "dead
line, and died instantly. could learn moth
ing further from these men respecting other
Ainnesotians in the rebel military prisons, they
having been separated from those they were
captured with, at an early period Of their con.
fnement. ..---. -, 60. t...f
Respectfully submitted to the Governor of
Minnesota. WIN. KINKEAD.
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Making total revenue for the year

Making total revenue for the year
,y.f 1860. .......... 80. ....$ZIo, so 90
The assessed value of the real and per-
sonal property Of the State, subject to
taxation, is $4,000, 900, upon which is
levied A. mills for State purposes:
The following is q statement of the Or
binary expenditures of the State Govern
ment for several years past: 1861
$12s,24s.ss; 1s6a-$15o,059.sl; 1868
-$152, 6Os.s9; 1854 : $16e, o4o.7o /;
1866 appropriately -$190, 04S.25.
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Comment Is superhuous.

The MORAL OF OTBHLo.-When JOHN
QuNcY ADAMS was President be had an
interview with Chancellor KENT in the IL
brary of the latter, when the conversation
turned upon the tragedy of Othello and
Mr.. ADAMS asked:
"Do you know the moral of OthelloT
Certainly, every one knows the moral of
OtheIlo, said the Chancellor.
"What Il it2"
why to beware of jealousy, &c.
No cir, you are wrong"
What e it, thenT said the Chancellor
greatly surprised"
"The moral of Othello, said the President.
" Is that q white woman must not marry .
black man"
We commend the above to some of our
Theoretical miscsgsnationists in this quarter.
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The Finest Race OF Men.

In the course Of the recent debate in the
q. 8. Senate, upon the establishment of
civil government in the Indian Territory,
Mr.. Lane CKansas) said that amalgamation
between the Indians and the blacks produced
the finest race Of men on the face of tie EARTH
He had seen specimens, and the true anti-slav-
cry men of the country ought to throw open
this "a coo miles of territory to the Indians and
the negroes, and let them mix as much as they
please. s.
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Appropriations by the Legislature
= for 1865.

The aggregate Of all the appropriations
made by the last legislature was $780,
O43. 25. which are classified az follows:
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Coed NsWsfre xhe InAian Territory
The following ia IN extract Of private
letter from Brig. Gen. An. SulLY to Gov.
NUM- dated Davenport, Iowa, Feb. 20,
1866: ~. ~ .r, .-I.;.' ID. :
Icontinue to hear good news from
the Indian country. The latest news Is from
Fort Rice, the last of January. Nearly all the
Yanctonnais are now in. They report the
number they have lost, men, women and chill
dren, in the fights last year and my fight the
year before, as $50 in this band alone. There
Is still large force, some 600 lodges of santees
and others in the North, who hold out, backed
by the half.breeds in the British possessions.
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An study out of school hourssis prohibited
q Boston
American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1865-10-18
To ] Teachers and Friends Of Educatio

At meeting of teachers convened on
the 18th inst, to consider the propriety
of holding county Teachers Institute,
it was determined that convention be
called to meet on Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday, the 7th 9Th and 9th of
November, in the borough of Prospect
Committees were appointed to secure
speakers and to make the necessary ar.
rangements for the accommodation of all
in attendance,
Teachers and friends of education are
therefore requested to be present, and
aid, by their presence and Cooperation,
the establishmestefaa county Teachers
Institute. 1t is hoped that sufficient
interest will be felt.in this undertaking
to make it complete success. and thus
impart to the cause of education in oar
county an increased impetus.
A. H. WATERS, Co. Sup.