The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-06-14


that the United States steamer Brooklyn
captured the bark j. III. Shearing, from
Rio Janeiro to New Orleans, with $780,
600 worth of Coffee, and sent her to Key
West. The Powhattan captured the
Mary Clinton, from Charleston to New
Orleans, off the Pass, on the 31st, with
full cargo of rice, peas, sc. The steamer
Bremen and Everhard, from Bremen and
Gen. Miramon, from Havana, had been orr
dered away from the Pass Loutre by the
Brooklyn. The New Orleans authorities
are perplexed respecting the disposal of free
negroes captured on board prizes. General
Twiggs has been put in command of the
military department of Louisiana.
The Montgomery Post of the 3lst
says that portion of the Confederate
troops are ordered away from Pensacola.
There is little prospect of fight at Pick
ems and an Atlanta paper says that $500
troops have left Pensacola for Richmond.
The Louisville Journals editorial says
Col. Anderson will take no military CON-
mand here, but goes to the mountains Of
Pennsylvania, on account of his failing
health.
The Border State Convention at
Frankfort adjourned on the LIST inst, after
National and State addresses. Union flags
are constantly raising amidst great enthusi-
asn. Crittenden has been nominated and
consents to run in Lexington district. Im-
mense quantities of provisions are going day
and night by wagons, to Sheperd's Valley,
eighteen miles south of Louisville, on the
Louisville and Nashville Railroad.
Twelve well-attended Union meetings
were held privately at Nashville, Saturday,
Notwithstanding the suppression of Union
sentiment there by secessionists.
Col. Kelly, wounded 10 the Phillippa
action, is not dead, as reported. He was
severely wounded in the breast, but the ball
had been extracted, and hopes are enter
tanned of his recovery.
The Collector at Louisville has been
removed for refusing to enforce the prohib-
ition of shipments of provisions over the
Louisville and Nashville Railroad. y strong
Union man, who will carry out the embargo,
will be appointed in his place.
The suggestion that a man should be
appointed to Judge Douglas place in the
Senate who will reflect his views and carry
out his policy, meets the hearty endorse
ment of sagacious and patriotic men in Hi
nois.
An engineer officer started down the
Potomac, to survey the position of the re-
bells at and about Acquia Creek. On bis
report the operations of Federal troops for
the dislodgment of the rebels will! be based.
-Rumors continue to reach Cairo of
large bodies of traitors concentrating north
of Memphis. a friendly excursion is
planned to Paducah, Kentucky. The OBJ
iect is simply to examine how the land lies
and find what the feelings of the people are.
The Chicago Tribune OF Wednesday
has the following "exclusive information B"
We are able to announce on unquestona.
BILE authority that General Scott has SO far ma
tured the plans for the war as to inform the
President and Cabinet that the last secession
flag shall be torn down, the authority OF the
Federal Government reinstated on every foot
of American soil, and jeff. Davis hung or
Jriu Of no
MONTHS FROM THE DAY WHEN FORT SUMTER
| WAS SURRENDERED. About the 4th of March
| next he will hand over the Union, safe and
| sound, to its constituted and constitutional au-
thorties. Old Lundy's Lane takes his time to
| map out the campaign and put his forces in
the best fighting trim, and then he always wins
| at the time of day when he agrees to. He has
taken the contract to wind up the disunion bust
ness within eleven months from the 18th of
| April, and He WILL DO 1T.
We understand that it is part of General
SCOTS plan to occupy Virginia and Tennessee
| completely, on or before the goth of July.
Sixty.fve thousand Northwestern troops will
move down the Mississippi as far as Memphis,
under command of Generals Fremont and Nc
Clellan, and remain in camp until the sickly
season is past, when they will move on toward
the Balize, there meeting the conquerng army
of the East and celebrating Washington's
birthday in New Orleans.
Upwards of twenty thousand men are
enrolled for the war and organized into
companies in Massachusetts,. Six thousand
of the number compose regular regiments.
and such as have not already gone into SER
vice are now ready.
The government of the United States
will continue to afford the postal service to
the following counties in the State of Vir
gia: Hancock, Brooke, Ohio, Marshall,
Wetzel. Monougalia, Preston, Hampshire,
Morgan, Berkeley, Randolph, Upshur, Bar
bour, Taylor, Harrison, Doddridge, Tyler,
Peasants, Richie, Lewis, Braxtou, Gilmer,
Writ, Wood, jackson, Mason, Putnam,
Kanawha, Webster, Clay, Roane, Calhoun,
Cabel, Wayne and Marion.
When the astounding fact becomes
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