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The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-08-04

The Eoening Post prints considerable
number of extracts from the leading jour-
mails lately in rebellion, and concludes that
the present tone and spirit Of the South
ern press is extremely gratifying. They
show us that the journals are in the hands
of Southern men, who are speaking their
sentiments, with more moderation, per-
haps, than they have been accustomed to,
bat frankly and honestly. They make no
hypocritical pretences Of love for the
Union; they do not rejoice over the down.
fall of slavery; but they accept the situa-
ton, and urge their readers to keep the
peace, obey the laws, submit to what is
inevitable, and by industry and patience to
win back prosperity to their States. This
is the judgment Of one of the ablest ad.
ministration papers of the North, and it
utterly refutes the satanic attempts Of .
certain class among Us to keep up the
strife between the North and the South
long after the clash of arms has subsidized.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-08-04
status OF Paroled Prisoners.

The New York Tribune, having been
taken to task by one of its correspondents
for declaring that the Confederate soldiers
paroled by Gen. GRANT and other Federal
commanders are still amenable to the civil
authorities, thus replies:
Now, then, we defy you to bring forward
one single Major General now in the Union ser
vice-barely one-who will back the opinion
that the paroled rebels msy be arraigned, tried
and punished for treason without breach of
faith on the part Of the government. And We
back this challenge by confident averment
that. if our government ever does 20 treat
them, Generals Grant. Sherman, Candy. and
others of our most illustrious commanders,
will Immediately resign their commissions.
And this, we believe, some Of them have al
ready decidedly intimated. Would you g pro-
icients wish prosecution pressed in defiance
of such intimation?
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-08-04
Diuneer 4 @fn1oerat.
s,,u, Paul, Friday, Aug. A. 1861
Late southern Elections

In nearly all the elections that have been
b.1a o, the South recently, the telegraph
has announced the success OF the "Seces'
siopists.'' Every election at the South will
result in the same way. 1t means simply
that some camp-tollower, or discharged
employee of the Quartermaster's Depart
ment, or enterprising Yankee trader VINO
mad the impotence to set himself up as a
candidate, has been defeated, and an old
and respected citizen, in whom the people
had confidence, elected. This is the whole
story. No man has been elected whose
rights have not been restored by the am r.
nesty Of the President, on taking the oath
of allegiance, and who has not sworn to
regard as binding "all proclamations re-
lating to slavery"
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-08-04
The Writ of Habeas Comm.

The Milwaukee Sentinel, the ablest and
most widely circulated Republican psner
~ Wisconsin, has noble article in ron.
domination of the recent suspensions oftbe
writ of ha6eas corpus. It is in strikinc
contrast to the slavish acquiescepce the
great mass of administration journals in
acts that strike at the very life of liberty
anu law. The article begins with the as.
sertlon that it is becoming serions mes
ton whether the writ of Aa5eas cornu. ia
ever again. in this country, to serve it's an
Gent purpose of protecting the citizens
from arbitrary and illegal arrests: or if Il
is yet allowed to, whether the INSTANCES
Will not be exceptional, and the conrts ho
generally deferred from issuing the writ
because OF disability to enforce It. Afte,
citing the return of Gen. THOMAS n To-
writ issued on behalf of EMERSON ETurp
IDGE, the Sentinel says:
is manifest that the answer made by Gen
force and legality, if the arrest had been mads
IN Wisconsin instead of Tennessee that can
didate for Office here who should sharniv cr;t; ritz
clse Gov. Lewis or President johnson. ia liable
10 arrest by squad of soldiery. and to he held
IN JaA while it suits the military power to resist
the execution OF process issuing out of civil
courts This is military despotism. lust that
and nothing less. 1t has no sanction ia law or
precedent, is not warranted 'by any necessity
real or imagined, and rests for its justification
solely upon the bayonet, which alone renders
it possible.
1t was only the other day that President
johnson suspended the writ of habeas corpus
issued in the case of Mrs. Surratt. few DAYS
afterward the War Department seized Ford's
theatre forcibly against the will of its proprie-
tor. The telegraph recently brings Us news
that the military and civil authorities in Viz
glnla are in condict over the right of party to
call colored person as witness in courts.
There is no organized rebellion in any of these
localities, and in view of the theo.
~ of the administration, the civil DOW
er has been reinstated in them all.
Yet, in violation of every principle of
law, striking down every buiwark Of liberty
and property which the civil courts are consti-
tuted to guard and maintain, in defiance of ev.
cry maxim by which personal rights and per-
sonal freedom are defended, the military inter
feres by its strong arm, makes its deepotic will
the law, and grinds to powder under its iron
heel every monument by which the law sur
rounds the liberty of the subject 1t is time
this was ended, and the currents of jurispru-
dence were again permitted to flow unre.
strained and unvexed in their ancient channels.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-08-04

GuT1xMKN who have travelled through
tho State in various directions cay that the
crops are magnificent, exceeding even
those of 1860, when the average yield per
acre for the whole State was over twenty
two bushels. Gen. THOMAS informs MS
that ride through Cottage Grove to the
81. Croix, and up to Saltwater, will convey
to the mind an idea of our cereal wealth
beyond the conception of anybody that has
been deprived Of the ocular demonstration.
A friend who went to Cannon Falls yester-
day, ria WnLoueHBYs, with party
from Missouri, is even more enthusiastic.
He says his friends were no less aston.
ished than delighted, and averred that if
t hey should report faithfully what they
had seen in this "hypobarean region I"
they would scarcely be believed.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-08-04
Investigation OF Indian Affairs.

Hon. WILLIAM WINDOW, Chairman of the
House Committee to investigate the trans
tons of government officials, civil and
military, with the Indian tribes, has an
nounced to the public that he will enter
upon that duty at St. PH-l on the 9TH of
August next. He ca ,.ly requests all
having knowledge of fir; llent. or corrupt
acts or dealings to CONS ncate informa-
ton of the same by lettes or otherwise to
him at st. Paul.
We presume the Hon IGNATlus DON
NELLY will avail himself OF ,h'- oppo. unity
to substantiate the serious charges he
made, in the fall of 1854, against the In
dian officials, and that the "pressnt Exec
utive" will also be prepared to show the
foundation for the following extract from
his message of 1865:
The deplorable scenes of outrage through
which our Western settlements have passed
since August, 1862, are more or less directly
traceable. to the dissatisfaction occasioned
among the Sioux by the nOn-fulfillment of
treaty stipulations on the part of the govern
ment, and the non-payment of the money
claimed as their due. As it is desirable that
the truth of history should be indicated in
everything connected with that mournful cpl
sode, suggest the propriety of your making
an official request to Congress, for the ap-
pointment OF committee to investigate
the affairs Of the Indian Department in this
State, and the Territory of Dakotah, with a
view to place on record all the facts which
have tended to produce that outburst of brutal
violence which involved SO many of our citi.
zens in destruction. The investigation should
also include o thorough examination into the
expenditure of the vast sums of money dis
bursed in the removal of the Sioux and Winnie
bago Indians, to Fort Thompson in 1868, and
of their maintenance and government since
their arrival at that rendezvous, as many of
these marauders have been suffered to return
to their old haunts to the great annoyance and
detriment of the settlers.
We hope the investigation will be rigid
and thorough, and that the commissioner
viii not confne himself to volunta-
~ testimony ''by letters or other
wise, " but will compel the attendance of
all who have been connected with Indian
affairs during the last four years.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-08-04

NEGRO Acknowledgements Kelly of
Philadelphia threatens the country with the
vengeance of negro soldiers, unless we violate
the constitution, compel the President to per-
jure himself and recommance the irrepressible
conflict. As he Is reported, Republican Con-
gresham Kelly
Gave notice that the black troops would con-
sent to no such terms than that they, their
wives and children, should be on an equality
with the whites, and would not lay down their
arms and Let the country violate every doctrine
OF the declaration Of independence, and every
principle that underlies American institutions.
He declared that there shall be no political
peace until it can be made on such terms az win
place the negro on an equality with the white
man.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-08-04
The Fillibustering Business.

The following is a copy of huge post
ers that are stuck up in various parts OF
this city:
Ho FOR MExICO.-The undersigned is
authorized to offer to parties wishing to emf.
crate to Mexico, full transportation together
with $3.50 in money, and grant OF 800 acres
of land. For particulars cal! at the ONCE II
Concert TIA, Hall Block Setxeb VIII. aSS SAINT
General Agent for Minnesota.
c. H. HAwLEY, Acting Agent for st. Paul.
Several gentlemen who have called at
the Office above named, inform rs that the
agent has already enlisted number of re-
turned soldiers. He requires them to pay
him two dollars for registering their names,
and then allows them to visit their friends
until they are notified that full company
is enrolled, when transportation will be
nroyided to New York, and thence to
Mexico. He says the government Z" winks -
at this fillibustering movement, and is to
furnish the vessels to transport the emf
grants to Mexico, which will leave New
York on the let and 18th of each month.
The agent alleges that be has commission
from Gen ORTEGA. The above are the
principal points that were elicited from the
agent by our informants. If We had not
been assured that several persons. lured
bv the inducements held out, had enrolled
their names tor this unlawful enterprise, we
shonld not have deemed it necessary to
yarn the people against it. Not the slight
est evidence can be produced to show that
onr Government sanctions it, directly or in
S;rectly. or will protect its citizens who en-
900 in It from the inevitable consequences
eeSfheir folly. 1t is surprising that any per-
s y, Of sound mind should allow himself t.
h sou eOotrapped by a scheme that can end in
Oe Int disappointment and disaster.
P po The victim can enter upon bis three
hnndred acres of land, he has got TO fight
s nu !. and be will not get his $3.50 unless
he helps his employers to steal it.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-08-04
Letter from Dillon O,Rrfen.

A private letter from DILLON OBRIEN,
Esq. dated New York, 21st July, says:
A deputation, representing some sixty fami-
lies, with capitals from $500 to $4,000, waited
upon me to-day to hear my report of Mime
sofa. and to consult with me on the wisdom
of their immigrating there. After about an
hours conversation the deputation left well
pleased. assuring me that they themselves and
the families they represent would leave for
Minnesota this coming fall, or early in spring.
time. to wait until spring.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-08-04

From the Hastings Independent
One Of the most startling scenes occurred in
this city on Sunday night Last that it has ever
become our painful duty to record. Two
brothers named Halden, Charles and John, en-
gagged in strife, by which the latter dies by
the hand of the former. The facts seem to
be that, returning home in state Of
intoxication, Charles. who is q married
man, and with whom the other boarded, began
to quarrel with his wife, when the other inter-
fered in behalf Of the wife, which transferred
the quarrel, and the two brothers clinched, and
during the scufhe reached bedroom in which
was q stand, in the drawer of which was q pis-
tol, and which was the instrument of Johns
death. 1t does not appear in the examination
in whose hands the pistol was at the time of
the fatal shot, but the probability is that It
was In Charles. The ball entered the mouth
near the left corner, passed up Just beneath the
left eye and entered the brain. where It was
found. The wound was inflicted about eleven
o'clock on Sunday night, and at five o'clock
the next morning the sufferer breathed his
last. The coroner's jury who investigated the
case on Monday last, brought in verdict Of
murder caused by pistol shot from the hands
of Charles Ralden.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-08-04
The Wheat Trade.

The Winons Republican of Wednesday
states that the receipts of wheat at that
place by railroad for ten days ending with
July %, amounted to 104,360 bushels.
The total shipments during the same pc
Rod were 1s2,eo4. For upwards of q
week past the receipts by wagons have
averaged from 5000 to 1000 bushels
daily. The receipts of wheat.at Winona,
by railroad and by wagon, during the past
ten days, were quite one hundred and sew
enty-fve thousand bushels.
Tie large receipts at Winona, Lake
City, Red Wing, Hastings, and down the
Minnesota river, show that the amount on
hand in the State, of last years. crop fully
comes up to the estimates that have been
published. The crop this year promises
to be the largest ever raised.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-08-04
Immigration.

We are informed that. over fifty immi-
grants have arrived here within few days
from New York, and that they were in
duced to come here by DILLON O'BRHN,
ESQ.,, the agent of the Irish immigration
Society of this city. Through the same
influence it is expected that several hum
dreds, during the present season, will Sc
lect homes in this State. Mr.. O'BRlEN has
encountered many difficulties and discour-
.gements, but we are glad to learn that
his efforts to encourage immigration are
likely to be quite successful.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-08-04

Rev. NOSES MKRCHEM, of Garfield,
MINI, on the 10th inst, was publicly re-
cognized as . Baptist minister, he having
been formerly Methodist.
A Baptist church recently organized at
Beaver, Fillmore county, was recognized
by an ecclesiastical council convened for
the purpose, Rev. Aessrs. GALE, BUNNE11,
STuRaEoN and AoCLA1Rn taking part in
the services.
The Baptist Church of Pine Island
dedicated theft new church sdifce on the
23d inst, Rev. Messrs. SfDew1oK, Oh
GRoAT, GALE, GRAVES and CKzssY partici-
patipg in the services.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-08-04

The press universally, as far - we have OBJ
served, condemns the verdict OF the jury &C
quitting Miss Harris of the murder OF Bur.
roughs All that was proved against Bur-
roughs was that ct one time, IN all probability,
he was engaged to be married TO Miss Harris,
but that he subsequently married another wo-
nous letter asking her TO meet him after his
marriage at house of assignation, was by no
means Clearly sustained. The utmost extent
OF his offence Is e IVES saauceo .;
marriage with her.
The verdict shows that the radical the
DRY of Woman's Rights is gaining ground.
That t6elve men can be found who prac-
ticaly justify shooting for breach of pro-
mise, is an encouraging sign that "the
world moves" Some Of the SUPERFICIAL
papers argue that q military commission
would have rendered q different verdict.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-08-04

A HERALD CouRT MART1AL-The New
York Herald is about to begin through its
columns grand court martial of our Gem
erals. The evidence is produced from va
rious sources, but principally through the
correspondents of that journal, more than
half OF whose letters were suppressed dur
ing the war, for the good Of the cause. "
The true record of each General is now to
be given; who were the workers and who
the drones; who played the warrior and
who was the marplot; who advanced and
who retarded the great end aimed at; who
deserves to be rewarded by further promo
ton, and who punished by prompt and
effectual shelving.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-08-04
Four More Minnesota Generals

Four More Minnesota Generals.
Governor MILLER received on yesterday
commissions for the following Minnesota
officers as Brevet Brigadier Generals for
gallant and meritorious services, all to date
from March 13, 1865:
Col. JOIN E. ToURTRIoT1E, Fourth
Regiment.
Col. WILLIAM r. MARSHALL, Seventh
Regiment.
Ool. JAMES d. BAKER, Tenth Regiment.
Lieut.. Col. s. P. JENE1soN, Tenth kegi
ment.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-08-04
Taxation of Government Bonds.

A0X0tlOn Oh SUOVef00Qcnt 6OQOSs
Both houses of the New Hampshire
Legislature have passed bill taxing the
income on United States Bonds twenty-five
per cent, and the lower branch of the
State Of Connecticut have passed an act
to tax the income on United States Gov
eminent securities to the amount of Is per
cent, to pay interest amounting to $780,
600 on her own bonds. It Is supposed that
the bill will be defeated in the senate, but
its introduction marks the commencement
OF an agitation which cannot fail to in
crease as the people realize more fully the
magnitude of their indebtedness. Re-
marking upon this a Hartford journal says
truly that the people all over the country
are going to demand that capitalists who
invest in United States bonds shall bear
their just proportion of taxes. Another
journal, the Rochester Union, reoites a case
which shows in strong light the injustice
and inequality of the present system:
A gentleman of that city, some time since,
invested for q widow 90, 900, at per cent-a
safe investment as was thought at the time of
making it. This year the assessors taxed this
81, 900 as personal property, which 1t Is pre-
sumed they had right to do. The woman is
required to pay eight per cent. on this capital,
while she receives but six per cent. interest.
She 10 compelled to pay into the public trea-
sury $3.50 year more than her money earns
At this rate, her money would soon eat itself
up. Now, perhaps her neighbor has q, 900 in
vested in government bonds, bearing six per
cent interest, and payable semi-annually in
gold. The latter realizes, therefore, about
nine per cent in currency on the investment,
and through the favoritism of the law, the
principal Is exempt from all taxation. Is q
system Of taxation thus discriminating. right
and equitable? We say No! the people say
No and will demand reformation.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-08-04

SUNDAY SCHOOL Ic-NIC.-The Sunday
Schools connected with the jackson Street and
Market Street Methodist Churces, held Union
Picnic on Thursday, in the grove on St. An
thony Hill 1t was a pleasant and merry occa-
sion. and greatly enjoyed by each and every
one Of the three hundred persons present.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-08-04

IT will be seen by reference to the Chi
csgo markets that Wheat is rapidly adj
vancing in consequence of damage to the
growing crop by the recent heavy rains.
No. ] closed at $1.S1. Last Saturday it
was 1922.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-08-04

One of the best speeches made recently
is that of Gov. JOHNSON, recently appoint
ed Provisional Governor of Georgia. The
speech was made at Augusta, on the 7th
Of July. Having explained, in plain
business-ike way, the exact state Of affairs;
under what circumstances he had been sp-
pointed, what was expected Of him, and
what he expected of the people, the Gov
ernor closed bis remarks as follows:
The south has made gigantic and gallant
effort for independence, and has failed
She must live in the Union or not live at all.
And why, said Governor j., should we not
support and cherish the Union! Were we
not born and reared in it 4? Have we not
prospered under it When God in ancient
times would divide the people He did it not
with sword and spear, but BY the confusion
and of one origin. We have the same moun-
tain chains and mighty rivers, and the came
broad lakes. We are one In all respects, and
think win be one In destiny. appeal to you
Is Georgians, said the Governor, In conclusion,
to assist me in this good work of reconstruc-
ton. Do not despair of the fortunes Of your
State. True, your sufierings have been fearful,
bat nations, like individuals, are perfected
through much tribulation. Although our ter.
ritory has been wasted by fire and sword, and
our fairest and most fourishing cities have
been destroyed. yet with proper thrift and
manful energy we can rebuild these waste
places, and repair the desolation OF war. Let
us DO instructed by the past, that war ID .
dreadful evil, and, when undertaken without
Just cause, q crime against God and humanity.
Let Ms cultivate kindly feelings towards all
men, and cherish the spirit of an enlarged phil
anthropy in our intercourse with other nations.
Happy, he exclaimed, is the people who pro-
fees such spirit, and thrice happy is the peo-
pie whose God is the Lord.
These are the sentiments, and this 10 the
spirit, which is to give Us once more COM
pact, enduring, and fraternal Union.
Would that something of the good sense,
the forbearance, the heightened patriotism
exhibited by Gov. JOHNSON and many other
leading Southern men, could be Infused
into the leaders Of the Republican party Of
the North. In the name Of reason and
humanity, has there not been enough Of
denunciation, rancor and hate?
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-08-04

THR PIONEER BNDRRY.-The LIE Sueur
Statesman has the following reference to
the style of work turned out by our bindery:
There appears to be disposition on the part
of the st. Paul Press to claim credit for its
foreman on the binding of q Tax book in the
County auditors office here, printed in the
Pioneer Office. of which we spoke in terms of
praise few weeks ago. We can only add that
since that time we have examined several of
the books last received in the Auditors Office.
and are fully satisfied that the one ordered and
received last, in beauty and regularity of rul.
ing, is superior to any of the preceding ones,
although the binding may not excel others
coming from the Pioneer Office. Ofsuch work
the Pioneer ought TO have the patronage of the
entire State.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-08-04
TIE Chicago Republican Of Tuesday

TIE Ou10060
says:
The theory that we are in danger of a per-
manent de6cieny of moisture in this Western
has rained every day for an indefinite period,
and rained yesterday harder than ever. 1t is
food that we shall have at this rate, and not
droupht. Unless the rain soon gives place to
fair Weather. the crops win be seriously dam
aped. -