The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-12-05
NEWS AND OTHER ITEms.

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The publishers of the Chicago daily pa
pers, English and German, have been COM
PEELED to raise the price Of their papers.
In consequence of the advance in the cost
ofwhite paper, this step became impera-
tive.
BY order of the President, Surgeon
George Burr, United States Volunteers,
has been dismissed from the service for
drunkenness. This precious disciple of
Esculapius, the day~after-the battle of An
tietam, instead of attending to the wound
ed placed in his charge, was found lying on
the steps of one of the hospitals there ina
beastly state Of intoxication.
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, well
known, as an Independent minister, pop
ular lecturer and contribution to the At
Mntic donthly, and an uncompromising
anti-slavery man from the start, has been
offered by Gen. Saxton, Military Governor
of South Carolina, the Colonelcy of the lst
Regiment of South Carolina Volunteers.
The Richmond Dispatch, of Novem-
Der Is, in an editorial, says: owe feel it
our duty to caution the public against in
dulging in any extra hopes Of Immediate.
recognition. 1t closes thus: Z" 1t must
be recollected that we have often been de-
ceived in speculations upon this subject,
and that there is no better reason for ex-
pecting recognition now than there was a
year ago. 81. dos. Il M 1.sa a.
9 The Atlanta (Ga.) C0nfeleracy has
been informed that the citizens of Hunts
vile, Alabama, lately hung in efigy Mich
olas Davis, Jerry Clemens and George
Lane Of that place, on account of their
Unionism. Lane is openly for Lincoln,
and went off with the retiring Yankees.
Clemens and Davis remain at home, but
it seems that the people have no conf
dence in their fidelity 10 the South.
The Washington correspondent of the
Philadelphia Inquirer says, speaking of
the recent movements of the army under
Burnside: e# l.F -aI
This base was considered the best one for
operations upon the heart of Virginia. and
adopted at the Cabinet council we sent you
word of last Wednesday. The rebels in Rich
mond are aware of the new programme, hence
there can be no improperly in publishing it in
the North. a| ,1
At meeting of the Board of Police,
held on the 18th inst, charges were or
dered to be preferred against Superintend-
ent Kennedy for Improper conduct" the
specifications to be the allegations con-
tanned in the correspondence between S.
L. M. Barlow and S. Draper, Provost Mar
shall General, in relation to the case of
Mrs. Brinsmade, already published. Char
ges have been preferred accordingly, and
the trial has been set down for Thursday,
Goth inst, at II A. Mn Y. Tribune.
The New York papers comment with
appropriate sorrow upon the death of the
well known banker Mr. Matthew Morgan
His virtues were great and so were his
fortune. .l.t.
The Cincinnati Republicans, an adj
ministration paper says: .a et..
We are not fully convinced that the situa-
ton has been improved by the. removal of
Gen. Mcclellan from the command of the ar
my of the Potomac, though we sincerely hope
events will demonstrate the wisdom of the
change. t5.
Again it admits that the natural pres
sure upon the President has been applied
with more than hydraulic power.
Lieut.. U. S. johnson, brother of
Col. Adam J. johnson, of the rebel army,
who has lately become famous by commit
ting depredations in and around Hender-
son, it appears, has become so much in
fated with his brothers success as guer-
lila that he rendered his resignation in such
a way as to induce Gen. Rosecrans to dis
miss him from the service. Tho order is
as follows: .aa
Lieut.. U. s. johnson, 18th Kentucky, for
mutinous language and insubOrdinate action.
is dismissed the service of the United States.
He will be sent under guard to Louisville and
ordered to leave this department. Ii found
within it he will be summarily dealt with.
The order will be read, and the officers
badge of Office will be stripped from his shout
ders at the head of his regiment.
. The order was promptly carried out.
-COntrabands from the interior part of
the State of South Carolina are arriving at
Port Royal every day. They state that
the town of Savannah and Charleston, es-
pecially the latter, are strongly fortified,
both by land and water, yet the people
dread an encounter with our soldiers and
Monitors, and will burn to the ground both
cities before they will surrender them.
Jii- A COMMON ALTERNATIVE. ai
''say, what's to be done with thewindow, dear
Hob Jack? - f.a.t ID ,..a ~. .ff...5
The cold rushes through it at every crack"
Quoth Jack-'T know little of carpenter craft,
But think, my dear wife, you will have to go
The very same process the rest of us do,
f. That isTyou must list, or submit to the
-.faT draft.r'l ai.- h5'
Vauity Fair
-. The World says new and gorgeous
Major Generals uniform is making for