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The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-07-21
The Truth Of History.

To the Editor oftAe Pioneer: - - -
In order to vindicate the truth of history
will give you an extract that may throw some
doubt as to the accuracy of the Fort Smelling
correspondent of the Press He says s.Mrs Van
Cleve was the first white child born in Mime.
sota." Our favorite Historian, Edward Duf.
field Neill pat the following on record ten
years ago: IA short distance from the walls
Of the g,rrison near the military gardens, is the
grave yard. The oldest grave stone is in frag-
ments. but has recently been fastened in q bed
OF mortar by the mother who buried her little
one there. nearly generation ago. It marks
the resting place of the infant of the late Col.
she ling who was born in the temporary bar.
racks. and was the first ,ohite child wAose plaos
Of aoti0ity scos Aiaaesosa, and the first over
whom grave stone was placed" 49,. :.
The Press correspondent is also at fault con.
Corning the arrival of the first steamboat. He
says It was In 1SN-Mr. Neill says in 1923.
The writer must ".hurry up" on dates.
'aA.#.-t g. vase > SMELLING.
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L,eas. Col. Joseph =. K,.x.

I! All who are acquainted With the Old
First regiment win recolleet the tall Or
derly Of company a. JOE B. Kmo, q true
soldier from head to foot. We lea, 4 that
ne is Lieutenant Colonel Of the Second
United States (e1-rebeD infantry, and is
in command of q sub-district gincluding
several posts, with headquarters at Fort
Larned, Kansas, and has about thirty
companies under him, besides a battery
At last accounts he was organizing a
column Of 600 cavalry, two com panies of
infantry, with battery of mountain how
tiers for raid against hostile Indians.
south Of the Arkansas river, about two
hundred miles distant. We will warrant
that our "tall orderly /" will ego in /" If
the opportunity presents itself. y 81, +. F.
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Round Table revived.

Measrs II. E. & o. II. ewxrrszn, Of
New York, the originators of the Round
Table, have Issued q prospectus for it's re-
appearance on the I'd of September. Those
Who have had the pleasure of reading this
journal before its temporary suspension
yin be grati6ed to learn Of its proposed re-
vival II was heightened Journal, the
best 10 all it's departments we ever had in
this country. 1t win be published every
Saturday at So a year. When it was tenn
iporarily suspended it's tors returned
all the money on unexl INSCRIPTIONS.
which 70 . sufficient gnaI othose who
now subscribe that moth n be lost by
Immediately subscribing the new issue.
Address Round Table, No. 1872 Nassau
street, New York. ~ l.-a.d
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PIoxEER Book BMDKRY.-We have seen .
bound Tax book IN the County Auditors ONCE
IN this place, printed and bound ct the St Paul
Pioneer Office. which Is - good specimen of
superior workmanship - We have seen any
where, and far excels much Of the Chicago
work.-L S1er 6tHesR@.
The above is confirmed BY the universal
testimony Of County Auditors, Bankers,
and all others who have had work from
the PIONEER Bindesy. There are no bet
ter workmsn in the country than those in
our employ.
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The Detroit Convention.

The full reports in the Chicago papers
show that nearly the whole of Wednesday
was taken up by wrangle over the subject
OF representation, which was finally set
tied BY allowing the various States to be
represented upon the basis of their votes
in the electoral college, after deducting
one vote for each association from such
State. Tie Committee on Agriculture
and Manufactures reported in favor of pro-
lection to bone industry. The Committee
on Transit and Transportation reported in
favor Of the Niagara Falls Canal, The deep.
ening of the Canadian canals, and the bind
ing Of transportation agents as to time
contracts. In the evening the Committee
on Reciprocity agreed upon report APP
proving the abrogation of the old treaty
and the formation of new one upon q
fairer basis, provided the Canadians shall
widen and deepen their canals so as to
allow Of the passage of large vessels from
the lakes to, the ocean. Mr.. JAMES W.
TAvL0R, Of Minnesota, annornced that he
had received communication from st.
Paul, which he desired to have referred to
the Committee on Transit and Transports
ton During the evening session the fol.
lowing letter from JOIN BRIanr was read:
.. H.. n aaf-g 5-a. LONDON, June 10.
DEAR SIR-I am much obliged to You for
the invitation to your approaching CONNER
cial Convention, to be held in the month of
July. If I were Oh your continent, should
avail myself of your friendly offer to be pres.
ent as your deliberations; but Detroit is long
way from England, and, unfortunately seem
never to be able to steal three months from nv
engagements here to enable me to ray q long
hoped for visit to the United States; and now
6nd It quite out of my power to avail myself
Of your tempting invitation. The prospects
of your Convention give me great plea
of commercial intercourse with the British
North American Provinces, for It will be
miserable thing if because they are In connec-
ton with the British Crown, and you acknowl.
edge as your Magistrate your President ct
Washington. there should not be commercial
intercourse between them aud you 40 FREQ - II
Won were one people and living under one gov
eminent. have felt that when your people,
so free. SO instructed. apply their minds TO any
deliberations OF commerte, they win soon dis.
cover what Is true, and adopt It,
and shall look with confidence for
the most beneficial results from the
What tends to promote tho harmony Of the |
commercial dealings between the United States
and the Canadas viii be favogsbly regarded By
every intelligent statesman In this. country.
Wishing you the happiest results for the con.
yention and thanking you for your most kind
letter, an, With great respect very sincerely
yours, ,a@U JOHN BRIGHT.
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From Montana.

y Captain AAxwEL, an old citizen of st.
Paul. who went to Montana in Captain
lFIsKs expedition OF 1862, has just re-
turned Ola the Mis- ouri river. Ee reports
that tho Indians in the vicinity of Forts
Benton and Unien were hostile and trouble
some to small parties. Ten men were
killed about the 9Th If May last at the
mouth of Narias river. Their names we're |:
NV. BuARova, taEoReE FRIEND, FRANK
FRlxND, JANBs H. LYON, HENRY MARTIN,
A. LORI, JoHs ALLEY, JOHN ANDREws,
FRANK ASoRvrEs, and "NIaaxR JIM |" ESQ
called } Ospt AAxwELL says there has
been no ezaggeration concerning the min
eral wealth of the country. g. E.
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Emo NOItnWeosefa DepoftIm0nts
The GRAFTON at La Crosse on the Fourth
was delivered by Major General WASH
BURN He advocated clemency to the
South, and opposed the hanging Of JzrgzR-
son DAVIS, as deed Of unnecessary bar
barism. In reference to the milirary De-
partment Of the Northwest, the General
asked: - .as- - ..ss
Can ron ten me Why military department
h kept up mere In the Northwest at an annual
coss of several millions7 Every citizen of
Minnesota Of ordinary intelligence knows that
the, whole thing u a fraud and farce, and
quietly laugh In their sleeves at the verdancy
Of Uncle Sam In scattering his money broad
cast over the State for them TO gather. They
are glad to have troops sent there because they
know where troops % patronage goes, con-
tracts 80, and Uncle sAms money goes.
In reference to the above the Milwaukee
Sentinel we'll observes that as long Is such
outrages a. the late one at Nankato con-
tinue to be oommitted-as long as we'll
concerted attacks upon al the posts of the
Hissour; are made at intervals long a.
ID, 900 hostile eissetons and Yauktons re-
main on the war-path, aided BY as many
other warriors In Dakota and elsewhere
Ia long ~ 81, 000, 900 q year in govern.
ment and other stores are DESTROYED by
these savsges-it hardly seemf good policy
to break up the war establishment on the
frontier, even though it be maintained at
. cost OF Several million dollars year. "
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therefore the occss6n was altogether en-
iovable. Alter dinner, some time was
nis..en tly sveA in social conversation,
willie the Min was being uhlad,n, and
/ then. aboH an hour before shutdown, we
started 6meward, at q moderate rate Of
Ispeedy 80 that all had an opportunity Of
catckng more than a lightning glance Of
tho beautiful country through which the
rad passes. We cannot describe the
hoveliness of the sunset scene on the prai.
rie, and many pleasing incidents OF the
occasion. The prospects for abundant
crops were never better, certainly not
since 1860. Wheat, harley, corn, pota-
toes, and grass, are growing luxuriantly.
The area under cultivation is larger than
ever before, and if no misfortune comes
before harvest, the value OF this years
crop will be greater than that of any 9TH
er since the settlement of the State. Any
one who doubts whether railroad like
the Cen raj will pay, should make trip.
over the line, and be win be satisfied. =
On arriving at Mendoza RussRzL BIAxE
LY, Esq, was called to preside over q
meeting of the excursionists; Gov. RAM
SLY Oucfcu q SCoOlutAVu, WutCu WdS S0tuue
siastically adopted expressive of the en-.
joyment experienced in the trip, and ten,
dering thanks to the Central Road and
the Chief Engineer, D. @. SHEPARD, Esq
1t is expected that the road will be in
running order between Minneapolis and
Faribault during the month of September.
The junction with the Winona and 81.
Peter at Owatonna, will not be made this
year, but the completion to Fa,ibault will
be saving OF staging next winter, that is
not to be lightly esteemed. 's 4.
In regard to the branch between Saint
Paul and Mendoza. we regret that We are
unable to state definitely the intentions of
those who have the matter in charge. but
hope to do 30 in few days. Negotia-
tions are now in progress that may result
favorably to the road. We are assured by
the officers OF the Centra. and the Valley
roads, that they have no disposition, be-
cause it would be suicidal to their own in
terests, to disregard or ignore st. Paul.
On the contrary, they are just as anxious
as we are tor the construction of tho road
at the earliest possible period. %o
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A NEW railroad company, styling itself
the Cedar Rapids and St. Paul Company,
has been organizedst Cedar Rapids. The
Directors are 8. O. Bever, John Weare,
J. F. Ely, and ". W! Walker of Cedar
Rapids; and J. W. Trae, O. 81. Osnklin,
J; 3. Watson, and E. Brown, of vinton.
Eight thousand dollars have been sub
scribed BY the citizens of Cedar Rapids,
to secure the terminus Of the road at tLat
place.
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Shall the Majority Rule.

In the Last number of the Winnebaeo
Homestead, edited BY Hon. II. " HoI-
LsY, there 10 an article favoring negro suf-
frage 10 the slave States, from which We
take the following: fsas 81.
Two-thirds Of the present population of the
Southern 6tatee have black skins, and are
known in the Constitution of the United States
- "osher persona" This class are now free
and citisens of the Union, and are intensely.
must, under its obligations to the people, see
70 It that all the States have Republican form
Of government, and 1t may well be questioned
whether State has Republican form of GOV.
eminent, that denies to two-tAirds of its free
population Of adult males, the right Of suffrage
According to our views, It would be strange
form Of Republicanism.
Mr.. HoIIEY has fallen into an error that
10 common with all the advocates of negro
suffrage in stating that two-thirds of the
population of the Southern States are me-
groes, or of the class known to the Con.
stitution ss "other persona" A refer
ence to the official returns of the census
of 1860, shows that the fifteen slave.hold.
ing States contained 1890, 900 inhabit.
ants of whom 6, 0s9, 900 were whites
251, 900 free colored persons, and 8, $780,
600 alaves-so that instead of two-thirds
OF black skin, 1t appears that two-thirds are
whites of our own race. It is singular
how anxions some people are to concili.
ate and pacify the freed negroes of the
South, and how little thought is given to
the good win and rights of the Southern
white people. The former are in q state
OF semi-barbarism. They belong to a
wholly different and far inferior race to
our own. To confer supposed benefits on
them there are those who are willing to
see the whites despoiled of their property
and negro masters put over them. The
returning loyalty Of the people of the
South, and their distressed condition fails
to awaken any sympathy compared With
that fe.t for the negro. Shame on this
bastard philanthropy.
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The Writ Of Habeas Corpus.

Mr.. Justice THOMPSON, of the Supreme
Court Of Pennsylvania, has inflicted fine
on A. Fl. FRIsK, Provost Marshal of Phil
adelphia, for contempt Of Court, in refus-
ing to obey the writ of habeas corpus,
and ordered the discharge Of the indivi-
dual on whose behalf the writ was issued.
In come remarks addressed to Faux be-
fore sentence, Judge THOMPSON said:
The writ of habeas corpus ID the angel Of safe.
ty in civil society. No man can now, as In
olden times, be carried off at the will Of any
authority and consicned to the cells Of Q dun-
geon, To linger out life In waiting for MN
without hope of justice. Authority ~
now be ready to disclose upon the writ Of "a.
beas corpus, why, and wherefore the citizen 10
high or low, the President of the United
States. or corporal of the guard. commits .
dangerous offence against society, unless there
be reason for Its suspension and actual sus.
pension of 1t. Indeed look upon an attack
Of the privilege of the writ 70 be moro danger.
ozs than an attack upon life itself. BY just the
difference between an irreparable injury to ono
and an irrepazable injury TO al. rg-j =
On ordering the discharge of the pris-
oner, the Judge, remarking upon the sct Of
Congress authorizing the President to
suspend the writ "during the present 70.
bellion," said there was abundant evidence
In the current history of the times that the
rebellion no longer continues, and there
fore the authority of the President is not
now sufficient authority for the arrest Of
q citizen. ss So. Of @ Erla 49,.
It IL one of the remarkable anomalies Of
the times that . party, based on extraor-
binary professions of regard for personal
liberty, should be 90 Indifferent to the fro
Quent reputation of the writ of habeas
corpus, that has from time immemorial
been regarded a. the palladium of Eng
lish liberty" With few rare and honor
able exceptions, the organs of the domi-
nant party exhibit no desire for the REIN
statement of this writ to its former sacred
ness, and not q few openly exult in the re-
fusal of military authorities to respect 1t.
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military Prounosiens.
The following promotions have r. Gently
been made, .-a...s q. $3.50 =
' FIRST REGINEHr MFAxrRY,

FIRST REGINEHT INFANTRY. .-.. j..
Capt Henry D. O'Brien to be Major.
LIST Lieut.. ]. Thos. Walker, Captain Co. z.
1st Lieut.. Vim. w. Holden, Captain Co H.
1st Lieut.. Jas. A. Wright, Captain Co. A.
I'd Lieut. WIN. B. Cornmau let Lieut.. Co. B,
% Lieut. VIM. A. Joy. 1st Lieut.. Co. d.
6ergt John 9. May. LIST Lieut. Co. A.
6ergt VIM. H. Churchill, 1st Lieut.. Co. C.
9 y. Sergt D l. Morgan. 1st Lieut.. Co. g.
Sergt Henry c. Page, % Lieut.. Go. A.
6ergt Archibald Curtis. I'd Lieut.. Co. B.
Servt 0 B. Cravath, ID Lieut. Co. 81, g.
Sergt III. w. Vanrenssellser, I'd Lieut. Co. C.
Sergt Henry 9. Warner, ID Lieut.. Co. r.
: Sergt Geo. G. Farrell. "a Lieut.. Co. G. ~
6ergt e. D. Cooper, I'd Lieut.. Co. ].
6ergt Vim. T. Schumacher, I'd Lieut.. Col e.
THIRD RBGIMEsr INFANTRY.
ID Lieut.. N. B. johnson, 1st Lieut.
SIXTH REGIMENT IxFAxTKY. =
Sesg't John Gum. I'd Lieut.. 60 -
co. H, FIRST REGIHKxr HEAVY ARr1IIxsY.
ID Lieut. z. B. Page, Junior LIST Lieut.
xISrH RKoIXENr or uFAxraY.
eesgt b. A. G. Thompson. 1st Lieut. Co. A.
Corp1 Warren Steteon, ID Lieut.. Co. A.
Sergt Geo. N. Herrick, LIST Lsut Co. B.
6srRt Ernest Hainlain, ID Lieut.. Go. b
Sergt BENZ. Vaughn, Let Lieut.. CO. C.
1st Lieut.. Francis Merchant Captain Co. G.,
6ergt Edgar P. spooner, I'd Lieut. Co. C.
LIST Lieut. John Sinclair, Captain Co. d.
6orgt Francis Clark LIST Lieut. Co. D.
Corp1 Daniel I. Terhune, ID Lieut.. 70. D.
Sergt Geo. A. Thompson, Captain ca. Z
Serg't I. G johnson. 1s Lent Co. Z.
Sergt Edwin 4 Buel, I'd Lieut. Co. <.
I'd Lent A. J. Mcmillan, Captain Co. 2.
Sergt John Dodge. LIST Lieut.. Co. 2.
LIST Lieut. Jules Capon, Captain Co g.
Serg't Alfred Fairbanks. LIST Lieut. Co. G.
6ergf James c. Mcdonald, ID Lieut. Co. G.
Sergt Erastus A. Eddy, 1st Lieut. Co. 81.
LIST Lieut. Moses Greenleaf, Captain Co. L
Sergt q. r. Mcdonald, ID Lieut.. Co. L
Serg't VIM. Weiser. Lat Lieut.. Co. L
Sergt Geo. Hays, LIST Lieut. 20. x.
Sergt Frenk Loor, I'd Lieut. Co. z
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In Chicago on Saturday last the United
Statee Circuit Court, Judges DAv1s and
TssAr, refused the Injunction prayed for
by . portion Of the stockholders in the Ga
lena and Chicago Railway Company, to
restrain the consolidation Of that road with
the Northwestern Railway Company and
for the appointment Of receiver, 10.
The court, in refusing, declined to decide
upon the merits of the case but, never
theless, tho decision is virtual refusal to
set aside the consolidation.
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SANITARY OoNNIssIoH Clam AesNoY.
We eall the attention Of soldiers, or soldiers
widows, having claims againss the government
for back pay. bounties, penions, &C.. to the
adversieenent Of Gen. Peller, who win attend
20 zach claims free Of cAArga
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Ii Baas Taste.

Gov. AnLxRs attempt, Saturday, to
make . little capital for negro suffrage out
of the soldiers .of the Second Regiment
wasnot only in excessive bad taste, but L
was insultineSte their intelligence. and .
wrong willfdli3 erpetrated upon many pa
triotic &tizens who contributed to the en-
tertaininsns Any, reference to purely
political question: On such, an occasion is
inexcusable. The soldiers received the re-
mark in silence, and in doing so gave evi-
dence of better breeding than the Cover
nor possesses, and of their condemnation
OF his discourteous conduct. His Excel
lency evidently expected that his senti-
ment would be'cheerad -he waited a mo-.
ment for The outbprst but it never came,
The incident. is. triAing in itself, but it
shows o'things; FIRST, that the soldiers,
who havesspent four years among the me-,
groes, deem themselves qualified to make
up Their own minds on the question Of ne
gro suffrage and second, that they have
q vivid appreciation of the motives Of a
man who would take such an occasion to
lecture them Furthermore, from the we'll
known capacity of the soldiers to "see it."
We believe they viii endorse what the st.
Peter Tribune, Republican paper, as well
as nearly every other journal Of the State,
says, viz. that the "present executive "
is. in the beautiful language of ARTEMAs
WARD, "a asst" -.
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A private letter from Superior of the
7th says,
Tho steamer Traveller arrived yesterday
morning with numerous passengers and large
amount Of freight from Cleveland aud Detroit
Most Of The passengers are ea route tn St. Paul
ga bur6ank's stages. Hon. h. n. RICE and
Major CulLzs are at Bayfield,. Judge McCar-
~ of st. Faults here.
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Tho In'6s~ss Washington special says:-
when aboot to rise from her cha,s for tho
purpose OF being pinioned, MrA Suratt IN
quired Of her spiritual advertiser what she
should sAy On thescafSold, and upon being IN.
swered, oh! nothing; what do you desire TO
sayT replied, i Am innocsnt' Mn. Douglas,
widow Of the late Senator, made two personal
attempts to obtain from the Presidenk 81 70.
Prieve for Ma earsast, but IN each cass ~
66nio6"
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In The Harris trial at Washington on Tues.
day, namber Of tender love letters from Bur-
roughs were read, IN which he speaks Of Get.
ting In LIE, saying he can be happy with q
certain black-haired, curly headed lady, mean.
Ing Ass H., and refers TO many stolen kisses
IN tho corner in . certain millinery establish.
ment given BY little girl with sparkling
black eyes, pretty curis, and sweet Lips. In one
letter he says: "In the secret chambers of NV
soul there ever bnrns an undying affection tor
little Aollie" The anonymous designation
letter., imputed to Burroughs, were also read.