The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-07-11
OUR NEWS SUMMARY.

million oil men, some say $50, 900, while
we, as we compute, have not 100000 eff.
fective me in arms. The conse uuence of
their system of conscriptioD, end of our
self-volunteerng system, is, that at most
points they outnumber US, and concentrate
men in greater masses, and though our he
roes generally fight like tigers, they are
borne down, run down, broken down, by
bone and sinew, rather than by mettle,
spirit, or valor.
As inducements to enlist in the army,
the Department of War has issued the fol.
lowing orders:
WAR DEPARTMENT., WASHINGTON, d. C.,1
July 81, 1862.
Pursuant to joint resolution of Congress
to encourage enlistments in the regular army
and volunteer forces, it is
Ordered, That a premium of two dollars
shall be paid for each accepted recruit that
volunteers for three years or during the war;
and every soldier who hereafter enlsts either
in the regular army or the volunteers for three
years or during the war, may receive his first
months pay in advance upon the mastering
OF his company into the service of the United
States, or after he shall have been mustered
into and Joined regiment already in the ser.
vice. This order will be transmitted to Gov
errors of States and recruiting officers.
(Signed) EDWIN M. STANTON,
Secretary of War.
WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, D. C.,l
July 2, 1862.
Ordered, That out of the appropriation for
collecting, organizing and drilling volunteers,
there shall be paid in advance to each recruit
for three years, or during the war, the sum of
twenty-five dollars: being one-fourth of the
amount of bounty allowed by law, such pay.
ment to be made upon the mastering of the
regiment to which such recruits belong into
the service of the United States.
(Signed) EDWIN NJ. STANTON.
Secretary of War.
Maryland has the credit of being the
first to pay into the Treasury of the United
States her quota of the direct tax, and the
receipt of it is acknowledged in the follow
ing letter from the Hon. S. P. Chase, Sec
rotary of the United States Treasury, to R.
Fowler, ESQ.,, Treasurer of Maryland:
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
June rs, 1862.
Hon. R. FOWLER, Treasurer of the State of
Maryland:
SIR-Your letter of the 18th inst authorizing
my draft as Secretary of the Treasury on you,
as Treasurer of the State of Maryland, for the
full amount OF direct tax apporti0ned to that
State by the act of Congress of August 5, 1861,
less the fifteen per centum allowed for assump.
ton and payment of the State, was duly re.
ceived. have made the proper draft, which
will be prepared for payment as proposed by
you.
Permit me to express my sincere gratifica.
ton that Maryland has been the first State to
make full cash payment of her quota of the
direct tax. The payment of Pennsylvania,
which preceded that Of Maryland by a few
days, was by credit for advances earlier made,
as well as partly by cash. The other States
are promptly following; and all, am sure,
partake of the satisfaction cannot but express
on seeing Maryland now, like Maryland in the
days of the Old Line. coming forward with
purse and sword to the defence and support of
the American Union.
With great respect,
S.P. CHASE,
Secretary of the Treasury.
The following resolution was introduc.
ed at the late conservative ;" meeting in
New York, by Hon. VIM. Duer, and adopt
ed with laundering applause:
Resolved, That while we deprecate war
with any of the nations of Europe, and desire
peace with all, yet that our national self re.
spect impels us to the expression OF our in.
tense disgust at the frequent manifestations of
late by certain European Powers, especially
of Great Britain, through her press and her
Parliament, of persistent meddiesomeness, a
"fussy interference in affairs not interna.
ti0nal, but strictly local and domestic, to the
endaDgering of our national unity, and that we
should view with satisfaction any rebuke
which our authorities may deem proper to ap.
ply to abate this nuisance, and we pledge our.
selves to sustain the Government in any meas
ure to that end.
The Vermont Democratic State Con-
vention, held at Bellows Falls on the End
instant, nominated Benjamin Fl. Smalley of
Swanton, for Governor; E. A. Chaplin of
Rutland, for Lieutenant Governor, and
George WashburDe of Springfield, for Trea-
surer. The resolutions assert that the pre-
servation of the democratic organization is
necessary to the safety of the country; urge
that it is the duty of citizens to support the
government; regret the existence of slavery;
assert that the abolition opinions of por.
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produce the present war and condemn the
abolitionists both 10 and out of Congress.
The Prince de Joinyille, Compile de
Paris and the Due de Charters left the head.
quarters of General McClelIan's army on
Monday afternoon last, and came down the
James river to Fortress Monroe, 10 the gun.
boat Jacob Bell. General Mcclellan &C,
companied them on board, and remained for
some period, no doubt for tie purpose of
bidding them adieu, as the two Princes, it
is understood, have detached themselves
from the arduous duties of the field. The
Philadelphia Inquirer thus speaks of these
young Frenchmen:
Their gentlemanly department has made
them hosts of friends both in and out of the
army. and it is to be hoped that the experience
they have acquired during this war may be
productive of good results. During the late
battle they rendered as effective service as if
the salvation of the country depended on them,
and were apparently as devoted to their as.
signed positions as if each was q born Ameri.
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