The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-10-25
THE GREAT REBELLION.
xILIrARr AND xArAL VIEWS.
Facts and OpiniOns...GIeane from
Various Sources.

Facts and Opinions--.GIeane from
Various Sources.
THE CAMPS ON THE VIRGINIA SIDE CLOSED TO
VISITORS.
For the information of many persons who
come, at great sacrifice of time, money,
and personal comfort to Washington for the
purpose of visiting their relatives in the ar.
my on the Virginia side of the Potomac, it
is proper to state, that as General McClels
Ian considers such visits inconsistent with
the good of the soldier, as we'll as prejudi-
cial to the success of the army generally, he
has, by positive orders, refused passes. On
the day the order was issued man applied
for pass to see his son, who was in the
Minnesota regiment. He had come all the
way down for that purpose, and when refus.
ed, he cried like a child. The constant
communication of families with their bro
theirs, husbands and sons, is prevented by
the refusal, which, in very many instances,
is the occasion of much painful embarrass-
ment to the officer in charge, as we'll as for
those who, after reaching Washington, are
without means of providing for their COM
fort. Many visit the city merely through
curiosity, but they incur needless expense,
as it cannot be gratiied. No passes are
granted, excepting in extreme cases, where
it is positively necessary.
THE LEGION OF HONOR.
The Government has adopted plan for
a Scroll of Honor, to be given to all the
soldiers Of the army, whether in the regular
service, volunteers, either for the war or the
three months. 1t is described as follows
A handsome Autograph of an eagle with out
stretched wings, over which is, in a circular
line, the sentence Legion of Honor" beneath
il, Z Pluribas Unum," and Washington. In
the centre of the Eagle is the Goddess of Lib
erty and the Goddess of Justice, with joined
hands, seated upon fiery dragon, with their
heels upon its head, and the Goddess of Liber-
ty waving an American flag by the side of the
Goddess OF Justice lies scimetar. and in her
left hand is a bundle of fagots, from the centre
of which one Is projecting, on the end of which
is a tOmahawk. In semi circle from one side
to the other OF the eagle, are the notices of
all the States. The right foot of the eagle
clasps an olive branch, and the left bundle of
arrows. Beneath the engraving it reads:
............. has been enrolled as a ......
in the ...... forces of the United States, for
the defence of the Constitution aud the main.
tenance of the Union.
By the President.
Secy of State. Sec'y of Navy.
Sec'y of Treasury. Sec'y of Interior.
Sec'y of War. POstmasterGen'l
Attorney Gen'l.
CONFEDERATE ACCOUNT OF THE PENSACOLA
AFFAIR.
Late Richmond and Nashville papers
contain accounts of the cutting out and
burning of the privateer Judah, from which
we copy the following:
On Friday night last, twelve or fifteen Fed
erals from Fort Pickens crossed over to the
navy yard in small gunboat, armed with a
howitzer. and set fire to a schooner. 1t is
thought they took three men, who were on
board, prisoners. The alarm was given in time
to prevent any further depredations.
The enemy had come up under range of the
Judah and the shore batteries before the alarm
was fairly given. This move of the enemy
made our guns perfectly useless. The men on
board OF the schooner Judah were all asleep.
When they awOke, they fought manfully and
desperately. 1t is believed that the four men
on board the schooner killed some seven or
eight of the enemy. We have one of our men
missing, and there are three slightly wounded.
1t is generally believed that their principal
object was the burning of the navy yard. After
setting fire to the schooner they fired grape
and canister, woundng one man.
There were at one time ten Federals on the
deck of the schooner against three of our men,
Those three will oil hor mir
spikes on the end. The lieutenant command.
ing had sword, The enemy were armed with
navy revOivers. yet our three brave men sue.
ceeded in repulsing them.
LABoRs OF GEN. MCCLELLAN,
Letters state that Gen. Mcclellan has
given himself few hours for rest during the
the past ten days. He returns to his head
quarters, In the city, at ten o'clock at night.
Several hours are then devoted to the tele.
graph correspondence with the army; to
instructions to his staff officers, and to cor.
respondence. He then snatches few hours
sleep, but s again in the saddle at an early
hour in the morning. He is ably assisted
by his staff, who have relieved him, to a
great extent, from per sonal inspection of
troops at the general reviews. John G..
Forney, in letter to his paper, says:
While the politicians are surrounding Gen.
Mcclellan, and demanding that he shall ad.
vance upon Manassas, he maintains his equa.
nimity and keeps his secrets. At last he is
left the unembarrassed master of his own
movements. This had become necessary in
consequence of his individual energy and
activity: He leaves nothing to others, and
although greatly absorbed in perusing reports,
examining maps. and directing details, is
more IN the saddle than any of his staff Con.
sulting with the President and the Cabinet
daily, and listening to the advice of the Lieu.
tenant General, whose advanced wears renders
confinement to his chamber unavoidable. the
duties of the field, and the whole scope of the
campaign, demand that he shall be left to take
his own course. He will not be hurried. nor
driven, nor dictated to. The responsibility
devolyng upon him is stupendous. The army
subject to his command is one of the largest
ever called together by any nation, and
although composed of splendid material and
completely armed and equipped, it is not as
thoroughly disciplined as troops that served
under leaders in military and monarchical
Governments. To see that these precious lives