The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-07-19
FROM WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON. July 10.

| WASHINGTON. July 10.
In the Senate. to day, Mr.. Nesmit, of
Oregon got the bill amende so as to re-
quest the President to appoint Brigadier
and Major Generals from the regular army.
Messrs. Kennedy and Polk alone made Bit
ter speeches against the war policy of the
Government.
The House did a magnificent days work.
1t passed Mr.. Washburne's bill authorizing
the President to close insurrectionary ports
and collect revenues outside by force also
prohibiting all commercial intercourse with
rebel States. There we're but ten negative
votes, of whom the only Northerners were
Pendleton and Vallandigham of Ohio, Rob.
inson of Illinois, VOORHEES, of Indiana, and
Ben Wood OF New York. Mr.. Mallory of
| Kentucky electrified the House by his man.
| ly and outspoken pledge of Kentucky to
sustain the Government and Constitution
by all means.
The House also passed the two hundred
| and fifty million loan bill for one years
war expenditures, with only five negative
votes, three of whom were Southern seces-
sionsts and two (Vallandigham and Ben
Woody Northern traitors.
tack upan the Government to day, one hour
long, iull of falsehoods and malignant trea-
son, closing with hypocritical resolution
that it is the duty of the patriots to sustain
the Government in its constitutional acts
and defend the flag. The House heard the
whole, patiently, and its only reply was the
triumphant vote of one hundred and forty>
nine yeas to five nays. All the Kentucky
and Maryland members, except one, voted
for this war loan.
The feeling here is exuberant. The Rep
resentatives think they can go home next
week.
WASHINGTON, July IL.
Gen. Buckner, of Kentucky, left here for
New York to-day. His ostensible object
in coming here was to persuade the Gov
ernment to respect the so.called neutrality
of Kentucky, and leave the State guard,
quarters of the officers of which are seces-
sonists, to preserve that neutrality by adj
ditional force. The rebels are in their
power and SURPRISING the exhibition of
Union sentiments and feelings 10 Kentucky.
This part of the mission failed. No promise
could be exacted from the administration
that it would not 60 to any extent neces-
sary to protect the Union majority in Ken.
lucky at all hazards. This was not all of
Buckner's mission. The disunionists of
Kentucky are in desperate state. They
dare not, without pretext. throw off the
mask of neutrality they have assumed the
pretext is wanting. Gov. Magofin is
perhaps the most desperate of the whole
set; unless he can ind some reason to take
sides with the rebels within few weeks,
and call upon the people of Kentucky to
follow him, he will be completely gone un-
der. Gen Buckner in his interview with
the President, has not been able to worm
out of him any expression that can be
| twisted into declaration of coercion. We
| shall soon find it reiterated in prOclama-
tion from Gov. Magofin, calling the Ken
tuckians and rebels of Tennessee to unite
upon the soil of Kentucky and resist the
Government. Thanks to the Union men of
Kentucky, the rebels will find there SER
ried phalanx of armed Union Kentuckians,
to resist their reasonable purposes.
Commercials Despatch.1 Nineteen
Patent Office, thirty Land Office, and forty
Census Office clerks have been dismissed.
1t is ascertained that the bearer of the re.
cent flag of truce had number of letters
from Richmond, thus prostitutiDg the flag
of truce.
NEW YORK, July IL.
The most important information obtained
is that there has been severe quarrel be.
tween Lee, Letcher, Gov. Wise, Magruder
and Roger A. Pryor. jeff Davis was
called in to settle the matter, and laid Gen.
Lee on the shelf. This enraged Letcher,
who is still inactive and Indifferent as to the
success of the rebels. This information
con rms the dispatch that Lee had left the
rebels and was now in Western Virginia
raising men to sustain the Union.
JEFF. Davis not only srubbed Col. Lee,
but against the protest of Gov. Letcher,
Magruder was detailed to command the
rebel forces in Eastern Virginia, Gov. Wise
to command in Western Virginia, and
Beauregard was assigned the command of
the centre column at Manassas.
Worlds Despatch.] A large number OF
clerks were removed from the Land Office
to day. Many removals from departments
are expected, from the operations of the
special committee raised by the House !;
but this committee intend sitting during re-
cess, and will not be reudy to report before
December.
New YORK, July IL.
Orders were received at the headquarters
of the army on Monday, to send Immediate
| Iy to the seat of war the LIST artillery-part
of the Fort Sumter garrison, which is at
Fort Hamilton. The brave fellows were
uuder arms for the road in few minutes.
The old ensign of Sumter went along with
them as they believed there would be no
luck without it.