The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-12-16

TO add injury to insult, killed u negro, lead
ing to war still prosecuted with vigor ;
aud in Texas with the Camanches and X 10.
ways, which promises to be, the Secretary
thinks, one Of terceness and Of considcra.
bic duration" In addition TO all this ac-
tual warfare, apprchcnsions are ielt from
tho savages Of the Northwest, on the con.
fines of Iowa and Minnesota. which, il is re.
GREETED, there are not spare troops enough
to quiet. Whether we are, however, %
consider ourselves al peace or not with
Utah, is not made perfectly clear. by the
appropriations " treason was TO he crushed
at u single blow" and when il was clear
that there was sufficient power put on foot
to put success beyond all doubt" then
Mormon bluster and bravado sank into
whispers of terror and submission which
being the case, the advance OF the Army
was an act Of mercy and humanity TO those
deluded people, for it prevented the eilusion
Of blood" All Of which would seem clear
and satisfactory enough, did not the Secre-
tary tell US Immediately atterward that the
Mormons still "evince spirit Of insubordi-
nation and moody discomfort" and keep
up strictly their organization. which has for
its object and end the complete exclusion OF
federal authority from all participation in
the governmental affairs Of the territory be
yond mere hollow show"
The expenditures OF the Quartermaster's
Bureau for the year have been nearly $l0,-
100000, but how much of it has been ex.
pended in reducing the people Of Utah to
whispers Of terror and submission" which
they show by spirit Of insubordination and
a strict adherence to deiiarcc of federal
authority, we are not told.
The Secretary limits his recommendation
for appropriations for national deIenses TO
Willett's Point aud Fort Richmond, as he
thinks the expenditure ON 30 large "a scale as
these deienses contemplate should be dstrib.
uted over series OF years, He, however,
recommends Congress to secure few plats
OF ground in Brooklyn, to be occupied, in
case OF INVASION by redoubts. On military
roads, explorations, and surveys, we gain no
new knowledge. Camcls, as method OF
conveying troops, are still in favor. tut
whether thoee that have run away have been
caught We did not learn. The asylum at
IIarrodsburg, Ky, it is recommended shall
be turned into cavalry school for mounted
service. An artillery school Of practise, has
been establised at Fort Monroe An add
tiOnal lnstructor-tieneral, the Secretary
thinks, il called for. The two corps Of en-
ginlcrs, known as the Engineers" aud "1o-
biographical Engineers" he suggests, should
be united into one corps, and that oil officers
from the heads Of bureaus TO the lowest lieu.
tenant, should be called upon periodically to
serve with troops in the field. lie recon
mends the appointment Of three additional
Brigader Generals. New buildings al the
Washington Arsenal are called for. The
claims against the government for services
rendered by volunteers in snpprcssing In
dian hostiltics, which amounts 10 very
large sum, the Secretary urges should be
examined and lquidated, And, finally, tbs
Secretary states that the estimates of the
Army proper, for the next fiscal year, ore
$is.0l 900 28, no addition to which unless
something Unexpectedly turns W, viii be
asked for In deficiency bill