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The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-11-01

Once more on yonder laurelled height
The summer flowers have budded;
Once more with summers golden light
The wales of home are flooded
And once more, by the grace of Him
Of every good the giver,
We sing upon its wooden rim
The praises of our river:
It's pines above. its waves below
The west wind down it blowing,
AS fair as when the young Brissot
Beheld it seaward floating
And bore its memory Ger the deep
To sOothe a martyrs sadness,
And fresco, in his Il oubled sleep,
His prison walls with gladness.
We know the world is rich with streams
Renowned in song and story,
Whose music murmurs through our dreams
Of human love and glory;
We know that Amos banks are fair,
And Rhine has castled shadows,
And, poet tuned, the Doom and Ayr
Go singing down their meadows.
But while, unpictured and unsuug
By painter or by poet.
Our river waits the tuneiul tongue
And cunning hand 10 snow it,
We only know the fond skies lean
Aud the sweet soul of our Undine
AWakes 20 our caress!ng.
No fickle sSen-God holds the hocks
That craze its shores in keeping;
No icy kss Of Dian mocks
The youth beside it sleeping
Our Christina river loyeth most
The beaut;t. and human;
The heat95 streams Of Naiads Ooast,
But 0u-s Cf man and woman.
The miner in his cabin hears
The ripple we are hearing;
1t whispers soft to homesck ears
Around the settlers clearing.
In Sacramento's wales OF corn.
Or Santee's bloom of cotton.
Our river By its valley born
Was never yet forgotten.
The drum rolls loud-the bugle fills
the summer air with clangor;
The war-storm shakes the solid hills
Beneath its tread OF anger:
Young eyes that last year smiled in ours
Now point the rifles BARREL
And hands then stained with fruits and flow
erS
Bear redder stains of quarrel.
But 0l:e skies smife. and flowers bloom on
And rivers still keep flowing
The dear God still his rain and sun
On good and i'll bestowng.
His pine-trees whisper "Trust and wait !"
His flowers are prophesying
That all we dread of change or fate
His love is underlying.
And thou, O Mountain.born mo more
We ask the Wise Alotter
Than for the frmness of the shore,
The calmness of thy water,
The cheerful lights that overlay
Thy rugged slopes with beauty,
To match our sDirit' to our day
And make a joy OF duty.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-11-01

The Louisville Cou ie,, now published at
Bowling Green, Ky. under date OF the 25th
inst, publishes Breckenridge card resign
ing his United States Senatorship.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-11-01
VOL. XIII.-NO. 20
OUR RIVER.
BY JOHN G. WHITTIER.

(FOR 4 SUMNER FESTIVAL At THE LAURELS'
ON THE NERRTMACK)
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-11-12
From, Memphis
We extract the following paragraphs from th

We extract the following paragraphs from the
Memphis Appeal of Sunday
THE TELEGRAPH EMBARGo.-We are at a loss to
by the military authorities at Columbus upon the
line of telegraph between that place and Memphis.
Our community has been kept in painful suspense
for more than forty-eight hours without being al
lowed 10 have any satisfactory report OF the battle
which has taken place, other than what they can
gain through the toady medium of the mail or by
private express Is the red-tape policy injecting
the counsels of the men in command of our army
up the river that they should establish censorship
of this imbece and heartless character? What
possible objection can they have to allowing
statements of the killed and wounded in various
companies to come through to US, such as we have
repeatedly sought to obtain? The whole pro-
cedure is without precedent in this war, and is
ostensibly arbitrary and unnecessary in ita
nature that the public will never be content to let
it pass without explanation. @E+.t
SEVERAL THOUSAND NEGROES WANTED.-We are
requested to announce that three or four thousand
negroes are urgently needed by our authorities up
the river to expedite the work on our for thcatons
at Fort Pillow, Island No. 10 and other places.
Planters are relied on to supply this want, and we
trust that they will respond to it with patriotic
punctuaty. ' I="~. ~
Ali hands sent must be provided with blankets
and the necessary tools for throwing up earth
works A Government steamer will go down the
river to plantations, if necessary, for them.
We feel confident that when we assure planters
that this large force is speedily required as neces
sary for better defense, each nau will willingly
| furnish his quota. "
| The enemy is gathering in force upon our north
border, and let none, who are able fail to per-
| form their duty in the premises. The negroes
called for should be sent up Immediately.
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The Battle at Columbus.
rURrUER NEWS FRoM THE FIELD
tba cf

FURTHER NEWS FRoM THE FIELD
From the Memphis Appeal of sundayl
We give several letters in this mornings paper
written by eye-witnesses of the battle at Columbus
on the 7th inst A. -
Other interesting facts are related to us by Mr..
James Hatcher, of this city, who was present dur
ing the whole of the conflict.
We learn from him that Maj John G. Finnie re-
ceyed his wound in the face while rallying
broken regiment whose Colonel had been unhorsed
and was supposed at the time to be Killed.
Our artillery performed we'll, the Southern
Guards battery, stationed on the bluff above the
| town of Columbus, keeping the gunboats in check
all the time, striking them repeatedly, and ntiict-
| ing considerable damage.
During the progress of the fight parrot gun,
| belonging to Capt. Jacksons battery, exploded
on the second fire, killing two soldiers immediate
| ly, and wounding two more, one of whom has since
died. ..,.... -
Gems. Polk, Pillow and Cheatham all appeared
| on the field in the thickest of the fight, and de-
ported themselves with cool deliberation and in
| trepid valor. ...I.2 .y5' -,.....
| Il is thought that we captured over two hundred
| prisoners and about five hundred stand Of arms.
! The bearer of a flag of truce, who came down on
| the day after the battle from Cairo acknowledged
| a loss of between seven and eight hundred tede-
| rails -
| We lost twenty-six prisoners, twenty-one OF
| whom were sick in the hospital on the Missouri
| shore at the time of attack.
| General Netherlands portfolio, including his
| writing materials, number OF written orders &c
| various subordnates and an lnkstand inscribed
with his name, were taken by our men. hand
some iron-framed cot was also found in which il
| is thought McClernand designed reposing during
| the night after his victory was achieved.
Oar informant states that on day before yester
day boat came down from the enemys head
quarters, under the protection of flag Of truce
l offering to exchange prisoners. written com
munication came from one of the Federal com
manders but was regarded as somewhat insutin
in the character of the language used, and tn
proposition made was consequently declined b.
j n. Polk. Car loss is not yet known with accu
racy, bpt our originally expressed opinion that
was four or five hundred, is not yet shaker.
The prisoners captured state that it was the de
sign Of the Federals to take possession OF the Mi
souri, shore and erect Qualifications there--and ais
that an attack was projected on the Kcntuck
side, to be executed in case the other met wit
success The enemy's troops are said 10 hag
fought with bravery and desperation.
THE WOUFDED AT CQLUMBCS,-The Kentucky
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occupies the town of Beaufort, but it is doubtful.
The planters are destroying quantities of cotton,
to prevent its falling into the hands Of the Fed
erals. ,u...
Negotiations for Exchange Of Prisoners
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4.-On Friday last General
Stone sent flag of truce to Gen. Evans, at Lees
burg, to inquire what disposition had been made
of the prisoners taken at Balls Bluff Gen. Evans
| replied that they were confined at Richmond, and
that he would communicate with his Government
relative to the exchange of prisoners.
| Fears of the Blockade Being Broken.
| NEW YORK, Nov. 4.-The news received here by
the last steamer from Europe shows that the rebel
Commissioners at London and Paris are very con-
dent in the belief that the necessities of the manu-
facturers in England and France will lead to the
breaking of the blockade to procure supply Of
cotton.
Opinions of the English Press.
The London Post deprecates any interference
with the blockade, and shows that tie recognition
of the Southern Confederacy will not reopen the
cotton trade, but, on the contrary, a recognition
will only increase the rigor of the blockade, and
any interference on the part of England will be ar
act of war.
The Shipping Gazette continues to denounee tht
conduct of the blockade, also the wrongs done thu
British ships, and says some action on the part o
the British Government is indispensable.
The London Times thinks it not unlikely tina
the moment the drain of specie commences in the
United States, the financial community of Americs
will have its Bull Run.
Special to the st. Louis Republican
SPRINGFIELD, Oct. Sl.-A good deal of excite
ment has prevailed here for some days respecting
the report of Fremont's removal.
Washington advices received mention nothing oi
tne kind Fremont's removal would cause no little
trouble in the camp as number of officers declare
they would resign in that event, or insist Great
ing him dictator Of the Southwest, Independent of
the Administration. The latter is bitterly de-
nounced in camp for its vacillating and njudicouE
policy toward the Western Department.
Thurlow Weed and Archbishop Hughes Going te
Europe. @.<r-
| ALBANY, Nov. 4.-Thurlow Weed and Arehbsh
| op Hughes are about starting for Europe for the
purpose of endeayoring to counteraet the opera
tons of the Southern Commissioners, and preven
q recognition of the independence of the Confed
| eracy by France and England. - --~.
Judge Grier's Opinion in the Case Of dhe Pri
| vateers. ns,.
| PHILADELPHIA, Nov. An the Circuit Court to
day, Judge Grier said it seemed like farce to tr,
privaeers at this time also, that the dictates o
| humanity should counsel the Government to trea
the captives taken on the sea the same as thos
taken on the land, and he could not understan
the policy of hanging the first ard holding the la
| ter prisoners and afterwards releasing them.
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A Contest for Boundaries.
From the Richmond Examiner, of the Gth.l

from the Richmond Examiner, OF the 0h.I
Long before peace is dehnitively concluded be-
tween the North and the South there Will be
peace party in both. The peace party OF the North
will be willing to consent to any sort of peace,
even upon the principle of concedlng to us our so,
cal boundaries and allowing Kentucky, Maryland
and Missouri to be allied with the South The peace
party In the South will in their turn be dlsposedp
make any concessions that will secure the pro-
posed end. They will go in for any kind of
peace, no matter how disgracetul or injurious it
general principle upon which treaties are con-
cluded is the basis Of the at possidetis, and will
contend that both sides should keep what they
have. They will say that, as the Yankees hold all
of Maryland, and half of Missouri and Kentucky
under their infamous sway, we must surrender our
brethren in those States to the tender mercies of
the Yankees. And this base REIMBURSEMENT OF
Southern soil to crafty their cowardly propensi'
ties they will further defend by beling the 10y
atty of these States to the Southern cause. They
will affirm that Maryland and Missouri are moi
'sound, )" that they have but slender interest in
the institution of slavery, are not to be depended
on and that it would be wise to give them up.
The contest is no longer one for independence
The question of independence was practically set
tied when Virginia, North Carolina and Tennessee
espoused the cause of secession. The contedera-
ton became so strong by this act that it was clear
we could not be subdued. The North, it was true
might infict mischief on themselves and US by a
proftless war, but to all thoughtful men, whether
in the South or at the North, or in Europe, it was
apparent tHaL suDJuBdliOu was du IliiPoSSlolllty
| The real struggle now is for boundaries. The
question is whether we shall give up Northwes
Virginia, Maryland, Kentucky and Missouri to the
Yankees in making the treaty OF peace, or preserve
them to the South. We trust 1t Is not necessary
define our position on that question. Deeply as VT
| appreciate the calamites OF war, much as we re
| gret that it was forced upon us by wicked peo
| pie, and their yet more wicked ruler, Abraham
| lincoln we would be willing to this strife las
fifty years before we would consent to surrende
one foot of Southern soil to the Yankees. Wit
our consent, no Southern man shall be forced t
abandon forever the home of his childhood, or be
come serf of the Abolition tyrant. We prefe
death to such dshonor, and we hold that there
inetfnceable dshouOr i'll the very thought of giVin
| ND one atom of our soil. But we do not know tina
we shall have trouble on this point. We shall hav
a party to contend with who will struggle for
peace on any terms, and it may be that many me
now protesting to go heartily for the war Will the
be found among the first to camor for peace upo
such conditions as our Yankee foes may be please
TO grant US.
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The Old Rihenlan.

BY BEN.
Now bring me out my buckskin suit!
Ny pouch and powder, too! -..,.,
Well see if seyenty-six can shoot
AS sixteen used to do.
Old Bess we've kept our barrels bright!
Our trigger quick and true
As far, if not as fine sight,
As long ago we drew
And pick me out trusty flint
A real white and blue;
Perhaps twill win the other tint
Before the hunt is through!
Give boys your brass percussion caps!
Old /" shut PAM suits as well
There's something in the sparks; perhaps
There's something in the smell
We've seen the redcoat Briton bleed!
The redskin Indian, too!
We've never thought to draw bead
On Yankee doodle'doo!
But, Bessie, bless your dear old heart
Those days are mostly done;
And now we must revive the art
OF shooting on the run!
If Doodle must be meddlng, why,
There's only this to do:
Select the black spot in his eye
And let the daylight through!
And if he doesn't like the way
That Bess presents the view,
He'll maybe change his mind and stay
Where the good Doodles do!
Where Lincoln lives. The man, you know,
Who kissed the Testament,
To keep the Constitution No!
To keep the Government! r..
Well hunt for Lincoln, Bess old tool,
And take him half and half: .
Well aim to hit him if fool, ,.s
And miss him if calf!
Well teach these shotgun boys the tricks
By which war is won,
Especially how seventy-six
Took Tories on the run.
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-11-12
Right for Onees

The Philadelphia Ledger, a rampant Lincoln
war journal, closes recent article upoe the
strength and resources of the "rebels'' u with the
following very sensible words;
at is about time thatwe Qhe Yankees) had got
rid of the notion of the weakness of the South and
made up our minds to fight the rebels earnestly as
the only way to put down the rebellion"
Brave words, and well spoken! Fighting is the
very thing for hurrying through war. The "re-
bells y desire nothing more than to see the Vandals
come into the field Why, then, do the latter not
respond to the Ledgers advice, by boldly " show
ing fght?H Why does not Mcclellan advance up
on Beauregard and Johnston? Why sits he inglo-
riously behind bis entrenchments when the rebels
a.e right in front of him. prepared and anxious to
welcome him and his Vandal hordes with bloody
hands to hosptable graves" upon the soil they
have invaded? All it is monstrous easy thing
for the Rump journals to talk about 'tfghtng,n
| but it seems to be about the hardest Of mundane
| things to get Yankee column up to the Confeder-
ate guns. Two of the great battles that have
| come off were brought about only by stratagem
| on the part of the Confederate Generals. The
| Yankee Vandals were caught in the trap that was
| set for them at Manassas and Ieesburg The fall.
ing back of our Generals in each of the csaes was
| the bait. and the fish were hooked With what
glee did the Rnmp journals instantly constrae that
+ falling backn maneuver into o retreat, and how
they chuckled over the constructive fright to which
| hey ascribed it, .,1t-.g 8.
We agree fully with the Ledger that it is about
time for the Yankees to dismiss the notion OF Con-
| federate imbecity, and to come up like men to
| the :" lighting" point. They began the war, and
war means hghting' all the world over. 50 1t
is particularly incumbent upon those who COM
menoe war to fight - it out. But we fear that
the Yankees lay TOO much to heart the seriptnral
warning that !" those that draw the sword shall
perish by the sword.'
The best evidence that the Rump could give of a
proper understanding and appreciation of the re-
sponsibility they have so pompously assumed as
beJlic0se concern, would be forthwith to order
General Mcclellan 10 attack the rebel forces that
are before him. All Europe must be laughing at
the spectacle of the American Napoleon, with an
army superior in numbers to that opposed to him
shut up by the latter in his entFenehnents and not
making tile slightest efforts to put down the rebel
lion BY striking Il blow-he, too, the invadert
-yEpa -rsburg Express.
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BEES BOILED FOR THEIR SrGAR.-Certain retiners
on the banks of the Oder. being troubled by bees,
who sought their capital for honey, making in the
reineries, hit upon plan for rrdding themselves of
the nuisance, which proved quite profitable The
visitors were decoyed into one apartment, where
they were subjected to hot bath, by which means
thousands were killed at once, and their bodies
aferward being thrown into boiler, the stolen
property assHHractcd from them. Its estimated
that as mary as eleven millions were destroyed
within year, and about l2uOt, worth Of sugar eX-
tracted from them.
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spfRrp OF ,7e--pHg oID R1pGEarAw

We are indebted to gentleman of Columbus,
Ca, for the following lines, by Frank Ticknor, NJ.
D., of that city, which have the ring of the true
metal. Every Old Virginia Rfeman, and every
descendant Of Virginia Riheman Of '76, should
take down his old gun and talk to her as our
Georgia friend does to ''Old Bess.n ..
fRichmond Dispach.
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MILITARY GOoDS AT PlFFET's.- Mr.. B. Pitet,
No Canal stree Touro Bndirg las seek IN band
e Il which who ha hay should TAIL inspect
ing Il. l everything a IS shngtfrst no one
else has Go and zee him by al means VIZ know You Will
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ADJUSTMENTS.

The New Southern Drama by John Davis called the ROLL
Or THE DRUM New Scenery PropsFti s. Costumes @,G
Machinery will repeated night. Previous 10 the arAf
Sknkspeuge's comedy OF KATHARINE AND PEfRC'
CHIC
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GENERAL HUNTER TAKES ooMNANI
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R7-PRIcEs OF ADMIssIoN-5o cents; Coored gallery
Is -.,- |.
aB-The Box Office will open at AM wien seats may be
s Doors open at 6;1 and curtain rises at 2l o'clock nl2
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GEN. FREMONT POSITIVELY REMOVED
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Aeh ORLEANS Dailp Grestent,
g0tal SNteIIiaeNre.

TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER IL, 1861.
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Several Officers and Privates Killed.

GENERAL POLK NARROWLY ESCAPED
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MEMPHIS, Nov. ll.-A large Dahlgren gun burst
at Columbus to-day killing Capt. Keiter and Lieut..
Snowden Aid to Gen. Polk, and six privates also
several wounded Gen. Polk was stunned and his
olo nff
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LOUISIANA STATE BAEK }
New Orleans, Sept. 10, 1851.
No. This Bank, i'm conformity with the
Recommendation Goyernor hats suspended specie pay
nen all liabilities. Hereafter confederate Treasury
Parties tayI paUer on collection this Bank hereby mott
they receive Treasury Notes OF the
Confederate States bank OF said paper
withdraw the and shall hereafter be received
the require other ths treasury
Notes or local bank notes in pay meat OF the sefHe
BY order: - ,,.
TSrnedl Il. BERN AK ~, CaEhlef
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| LATEST TELEGRAPHlC INTELLIGENCE.

DISPATCHED TO 1.-THE NEW :oRLEhMs CRESCENT
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II kLLEEEG, j. "a, 5DAP N%NUt AIICFhL. s0rRe
n # AnArew nui Huwkrn eIGers. N"}r lrra,l,
Orders laf eyJHice BoX NJ 1896. will he pr ptly
dlled. i-TiU ly
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NUMBER 215.

occupies the town of Beaufort, but it is doubtful.
The planters are destroying quantities of cotton,
| to prevent its falling into the hands Of the Fed
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usADQuARrERS PANOLA GUARDS,
New Orleans, Nov. s, 1851 s
y, PHNOI,A GUARDS -MEMBERS OF THIS COM
N hereby ordered attend Company drills on every
WI Moday and Friday evenings, at o'clock Z. NJ, pune
LII lily.
Fines or non-aendance will be rgdly enforced and absen
tees olIed to Division Headquarters.
The monthly meetings of the Comrany take place usual
on the first Wednesday OF every month.
BY order Of
ny If j. yTESNE Captain.
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LATEST FROM COL UMBUs

THE BURSTING OF A DAHLGREN GUN
The Constitutional. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1860-1861, 1861-01-12
STATE.OF LOUISIANA,
PARISIt OF RArIpES.
s,,,...inn nr nnrih Mils. nrc,L.

Surrcs>iun ui David Mills. Decd
DTRSI ANT {" \ decree "i tn Hon. M hS-
trict Court. in and for the Parish ol Catahou-
4, and Stat, 1T r,said, bearing dat" I'll" lSt day 81
uprc,u,bcr, \. -. I-60, aud directed To the Sh'uf
,rf Ia. Parish of RapidrS. will sell at III Rl.lC
Auction at the Cu2ri House door ins,hr town
ID .tlcyandria. "n
.Sdtsrdag % iGM day IF F'Dr""'y' 1901
s,ctwccn tlr hesrs pre,cribcd by law all ia" right
title and irt,rcst - ibr Succession III ami I" tl'
following ecsc~;tM ProprIty. I" II:
4 certain tract as parcel Of land, situated iy'hS
snd b-n:. az III, lc:l - I.ittl" River. the north
east quarter of section NJ. /. III inwn>hip y" -
north Of range No. !. cast containing the quaint
" Of 30 acres more or less. Also snoihcr tract
.,r parcel of nud situated and lying Oh II Creek
being in south west quarter 81 n"r1h east quarter
nf .rctinn Ne. :. in township Ma. .. Eorh oi
Taugr No I. west, containing thr quaautf oi ~
-crr>, nor" ar 10.
Terms: Cash with benefit q sppr.'''hirnt; 81
II fails to bring two-thi,ds of fhr arpraiSrmrnt {"
BE- Offered an the s9Bi- dsv. nn twelV" IoHliSS
fine. to the hghrS; bsIi.Y Iirrhascrs I" s.esn,''
,hrir notes viii approved security in s.'lid". IA
t.yor o( the administrator 90 order. -lid not'S
hearing eight per cent ftom maturity until paid
sheriff. Ode. AlcZanlria. La, January 10th.
l~ti.
;Is-tds Mrs fee Sl2 ~. Sheriff.