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The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-03-14
How Il Han Feels on the Battle Field.

Few persons are there who have not some
curiosity about battle fields, and who do not
desire to know how men feel when under
fire, especially before custom has made them
feel indifferent or secure. Most of those
who were at D0nelson must have had this
experience, as the field was such that few
could go to any part of it without mourning
more or less risk. Hardly any one could
see the emmy or their guns, and consequen.
tly the first iptimation of their presence
would be the falling of shell or the rattling
Of shot or balls in his immediate vicinity.
do not suppose have much physical or
moral courage, but the sensations under fire,
judging from my experience, are different
from what is expected.
A reasoning man at first feels alarmed,
and his impulse is to run away and if he
has no reason to stand, he probably does run;
but at each exposure, he grows less timid,
| and after hearing canister and grape about
bis ears dozen times, begins to think be is
not destined to be hurt.
He still feels rather uoeasy, perhaps ; bat
the danger becomes fascinating, and, though
be don't wish to be hit he !ikas to have mar
row escape, and so voluntarily places him
Sc in position where be can incur more
risk
After little while he begins to reason
the matter; reflects upon the doctrine OF
probabilities, and how much powder and
lead is necessarily wasted before man is
killed or wounded. Why should be be,
he thinks, so much more unlucky than
many other people; and he soon can hear
| the whizzing OF bullets With rolerabIe des
gree of equa0inity, though he involuntari
| ~ lodges, or tries to dodge, the c0unon
balls or shells that go hoWiing around his
Immediate ueighborhood. In the afternoon,
he is quite different creature from what
he was in the morning, and inyoiuntariy
smiles to see man betray the same trepi
dalton which be himself exhibited but few
days before.
The more be is exposed to fire, the better
he can bear it; and the timid being of to-
day is the hero of to morrow and he who
rups from danger On the first battle field
wiilrnn into it on the next, and court the
hazard he SO once dreaded.
Thus courage, as it is styled, is little
more with most men than custom and
they learn to despise what has often threat
ened without causing them harm. If
wounded, they learn wounds are less painful
to bear than they had supposed, and then
the doctrine of probabilities teaches them
once more they are less liable to be wound
ed again. So the mental process goes on
until the nerves become by degrees the SUBJ
jects of will; and he only fears who has
not the will to be brave.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-03-14
Public Laws of Minnesota.
Passed by the Legislature of 1862.

Passed by the Legislature of 1862
Be 1t enacted By the legislature Of the State Of
Minnesota.
Section l. Section two of chapter eighty
nine of the Public Statutes is amended to
read as follows
Such killing when perpetrated with a
premedltated design to affect the death of
the person killed, or any human being,
shall be murder in the first degree, and the
person who shall be convicted of the same,
shall suffer the penalty of death but any
person convicted of any capital crime shall
be kept in solitary confinement for a period
of not less than one month, nor more than
six months, in the discretion Of the judge
before whom the conviction is had at the
expiration of which time it shall be the duty
of the Governor to issue his warrant of exc
cution. Such killing when perperated by
any act imminently dangerous to one or
mind, regardless of the life of such person
or persons, although without any design to
effect death, shall be murder in the second
degree, and shall be punished by imprison-
ment in the State Prison for life when
perpetrated without any design to effect
death by person engaged in the commits
sion of any felony, shall be murder in the
third degree, and shall be punished by i'm
prisonment in the State Prison, not more
than thirty years nor less than seven years.
Sec. 2. Section fourteen of said chapter
is amended SO as to read as follows
The killing of a human being by anoth-
er, without design to effect death, but
with dangerous weapon, or in cruel or
unusual manner, in the heat of passion, up
on sudden provocation, or in sudden COM
bat, shall be deemed manslaughter in the
second degree.
Sec. 8. Section thirtyfour of said chapter
is amended so as to read as follows
If any person, being armed with danger
Gus weapon, shall assault another with in
tent to rob, or to murder, or to do great
bodily harm, he shall be punished by inn
prisonment in the State Prison not more
than five years nor less than one year.
Sec. A. No offense committed and no pen
atty incurred previous to the passage of this
act, shall be affected hereby but the provis-
ions amended by the foregoing sections, as
they existed before such amendments, shall
be in force and apply thereto, and control
any judgment to be pronounced thereon.
Sec. 5. This act shall take effect in thirty
days after its passage.
Approved February "a, 1852.
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The NATIONAL R.joleins.

: go
The thrilling events of this crisis-the
light breaking through the gloom Of civil
Wharf.-The sounds Of joy and victory nov
ringing through the land-seem almost
pre6gured BY the glowing language Of
scott: M m .a
30 who that shared them ever shall forget
The emotions OF that spirit.rousing time
When bresthless In the mart the couriers mat.
Early and late. ct evening and at prime
When the loud cannon and merry chime
HAu'D NEWS ON NEWS, As HIELD ON YIELD WAS
When Hope. long doubtful, soar'd at length
And our glad eyes, awake as day begun,
Watch'd joys broad banner rise, to meet the
rising sum-
O! those were hours when thrilling Joy repaid
A long, long course of darkness. doubts and
The heart.sick faintness of the hope delay'd-
The waste, the woe, the bloodshed, and the
tears
That wash'd with terror twenty rolling years.
All was forgot in that blithe jubilee!
Her downcast eye even pale Affection rears
To sigh thankful prayer amid the glee
That hail'd the despot's fall, and Peace and
Liberty"
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l(PUBLIcHNo. 23.1

s(PUBLIcNo. 80:
AN ACT making an appropriation for com.
pleting the defenses of Washington, and
for other purposes.
Be Il enacted BIZ tia Senate and House Of Repre-.
Congress assembled, That the sum of one hun
dred and fifty thousand dollars be and the
same is hereby appropriated, out Of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appro
priated, for completing the defenses Of
Washington Provided, That all arrearages
of debts already incurred for the objects Of
this act shall be first paid out of this sum
And provided, further, That no part of the
sum hereby appropriated shall be expended
in any work hereafter to be commenced.
Sec. 2. And be It further enacted, That the
fifth section of the act of the twenty-eighth
September, eighteen hundred and fifty,
providing for the discharge from the service
of minors enlisted without The consent OF
their parents or guardians, be and the same
hereby is repealed Provided, That hereaf-
ter no person under the age Of eighteen
shall be mustered into the Uunited States
service, and the oath of enlistment taken by
the recruit shall be conclusive as to his age.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted That no
volunteers or militia from any State or Terri
tory shall be musteaed into the service of
the United States on any terms or condi-
tions combining their service to the limits of
said State or Territory, or their vicinities,
beyond the number of ten thousand in the
State of Missouri, and four thousand five
hundred in the State of Maryland, hereto
fore authorized by the President of the Uni
ted States, or Secretary Of War, to be raised
in said States.
Sec. f. And be it further enacted, That the
second section of the act of the tenth OF
April, eighteen hundred and six, shall be
and the same is hereby so amended as to
read as follows
"Sec. 2. And be 1t further enacted, That, in
time of war or rebellion against the SUI.
"preme authority of the United States, all
persons who shall be found lurking as
"spies, or acting as such, in or about the
I" Notifications, encampments, posts, quar-
tiers or headquarters of the armies of the
:! United States, or any of them, within
" any part of the United States which has
90 been or may be declared to be in state
" OF instruction by proclamation of the
President of the United States, shall suf-
fer death by sentence of a cOurt-martial.
Sec. 5. And be 1t further enacted, That the
fifty-fifth article of the first section Of tenth
April, eighteen hundred and six, chapter
twenty, be and the same is hereby SO amen.
ded as to read as follows:
"Article Fifty-fve. Whoever, belonging
60 to the armies of the United States in for.
=" eign parts, or at any place within the
" United States or their Territories, during
" rebellion against the supreme authority
" of the United States. shall force a safe
GO guard, shall suffer death"
Approved, February l3, 1862
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General Lander died of congestion of
the brain and lungs at Paw Paw, Va, a,
4 o'clock Sunday afternoon, after an illness
of few hours. General Shields has been
ordered to take bis command.
Major General Hitchcock declines bis
appointment on the ground that ill-health
will not permit him to perform duties in
the field.
The reply of Secretary Seward to
Prince Gortachakof relative to the Trent
affair, is expressive generally OF the friend.
ship between our eountry-"a great repub-
lie in the West" and Russia, "a great
monarchy in the East" He repeats the
assurance that the war will end in the per
feet restoration of the Union on the old
and well tried constitution. go
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TPUBLIC-NO. 20.1

AN ACT making an appropriation for the
purchase OF cotton and tobacco seed for
general distribution
Be 1t enacted By the Senate and House Of Repre-
sentatives of the United States Of America, IN Con-
gress assembled, That there be and is hereby
appropriated, out of any money in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the
sum of three thousand dollars, for the pur
chase of cotton seed, and one thousand dol
lars for the purchase of tobacco seed, under
the superintendent of the Secretary of the
Interior, for general distribution Provided
That the said cotton seed shall be purchased
from places where cotton is grown as far
north as practicable.
Approved, February Is, 1861.
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Returning Prodigals.

The Frankfort lKys) correspondent Of
the 1t. Louis Republican, writing under
date Of Feb. 20, says:
6en. Desba; son Of Governor Desha, and
member of the House of Representatives,
from Harrison county, left Kentucky last
fall, and has ever since been in Virginia
and Tennessee, searching for his rights, re,i
turned to Frankfort yesterday, and made
bis appearance in the House in bis old seat.
He looked cast down and BUNDLED. After
remaining quietly in bis seat for some time,
he arose and asked leave to make an expla.
nation to the House concerning bis absence.
Leave being granted, he went on to say
that when the Union forces commenced ar.
resting suspected persons he got alarmed
and fed to Arlington, Virginia, where be
renamed for some time, after which be
went to Tennessee, where be has been ever
since, until the evacuation of Bowling
Green opened the way for his return homo.
He told the House that be had not aid
ed the rebellion in any way-that he
had not been connected with the rebel
army, or done any act Of treason against
the Government Of which he was aware.
SO his case stands. The House pitied
him. He was too proud to come out and
tell the whole story, and let it be known
that he wants to get back into the conf
dence of the loyal people of Kentucky but
all who heard him could readily see that he
considers the Southern Confederacy ex-
Observation-Disclosures Out-gone up. Oh!
how the riDg~leadsrs of this rebellion are
growing sick and tired of it, and how they
are trying to slip out OF it 10 all conceivable
ways. All who can do SO without danger
OF detection say that they have had nothing
at all to Go with it--that they were never
connected with the army, and never advised
any one to join it. Others, who are known
to have been giving aid and comfort to the
enemy, say that they were deceived by the
leaders, and they ask forgiveness On this
ground; but ali seem equally anxious to
get cut OF the thing at any cost, and in the
best mode possible.
Nearly all the leading rebels about
Frankfort say that the rebellion is crushed,
and the Southern COnfederacy is failure.
They shower the bitterest curses upon the
heads OF their army leaders, and charge
them with want of capacity, and almost
every conceivable crime, They admit that
they have been sold, and that the Union is
not yet dissolved. Some months since they
swore there was no Union, but since the
victories at Mill Spring, Roanoke, Fort
Henry and Fort Donaldson, and since the
fight OF Price from Missouri, they think
that the Union still remains.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-03-14

A PUFF--A BIG THING.-We copy the
following mode puff for new patent
shovel persuaded" from the Chalfeid Dem.
ocrGt:
PILLs.--We were handed a few days ago q
box of double back-action Wild Flower Su-
gar Coated Pills." with a request to notice
These pills are now a big hing-intrOduced to
the public quite recently. From the Almanac
accompanying the box, we learn that this
great medical discovery was purely accidental
the inventor having been shipwrecked on
the coast of lower California, while an infant,
was washed ashore in the basket in which ne
was sleeping, and taken prisoner by she
"grissley" and by her suckeled until he was
twenty one years of age. While with his bear
mother, being a close observer, he saw what
herbs and roots the ''grissley's" resorted to
when they felt unwell and thus the Eruka was
found. After the inventor became OF age he
took up his abode among the Flat Head In
dams, in which country he discovered an inn.
mense cave, in which he put up his labratory
and is now engaged in compounding these
great pills, in limited quantities, five miles un-
der ground by the light of diamond. The
Flat Head Indians have been using these Pills
for some time with great success--not more
than one in ten living twenty four hours after
taking dose. For sale by Druggists every
where-through by daylight-fsre as low as
by any other route.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-03-14

"A letter from GAINESVILLE, (Tenn.)
says, the rebels have robbed the whole
country here of every wagon aud horse.
This hotel is burning little sticks to cook
with, there not being pound of coal or a
stick OF wood in the city, and not team
or vehicle of any kind to draw any with,
and no matter how urgent the case, you
cannot get to a fire. There was not a
pound Of soap in the city until the army
arrived. One old man came down to the
boat when we landed, and offered one hund-
red and sixty dollars in gold for sack of
coffee that weighed one hundred and sixty
pounds. This gold be buried when Ten
nessee seeded, and never dug it up until
our army arrived.
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IPUBLIC-No. 22.]

AN ACT act to amend an act entitled IAN
act to regulate trade and intercourse with
the Indian tribes, and to preserve peace
on the frontiers, approved June thir-
tieth, eighteen hundred and thirty-four.
Be at enacted by The Senate and House Of Rep.
rese,atatsUes Of the United States of Aerica an Con-
gress assembled. That the twentieth section
of the .'Act to regulate trade and intercourse
with the Indian tribes, and to preserve
peace on the frontiers approved June
thirtieth, eighteen hundred and thirty -four,
be and the same is hereby amended so as to
read as follows, to wit
''Sec. 20. Andbe it further enacted, That if
any person shall sell, exchange, give, barter,
or dispose of any spirituous liquor or wine
to any Indian under the charge of any In
dian superintendent or Indian agent ap-
pointed by the United States, or shall intro.
duce OF attempt to introduce any spirituous
liquor or wine into the Indian country. such
person, on conviction thereof before the
proper district court of the United States,
shall be imprisoned for period not exceed
ing Two years, and shall be fined not more
than three hundred dollars Provided hou.
euer, That it shall be a sufficient defence to
any charge of introducing OF attempting to
introduce liquor into the Indian country, if
it be proved to be done by order of the War
Department, or of any officer duly authors
lied thereto by the War Department. And
if any superintendent of Indian affairs, In
dian agent or sub-sgent, or commanding
officer of a military post, has reason to sus-
pect or is informed that any white person OF
Indian is about to introduce or has intro
duced any spirituous liquor or wine into the
Indian country, in violation of the provi-
sions of this section, it shall be lawful for
such superintendent, agent, subagent, or
commanding officer, to cause the boats,
stores, packages, wagons, sleds, and places
of deposit of such person to be searched !;
and if any such liquor is found therein, the
same, together with the boats, teams, wag-
ons and sleds used in conveying the same,
and also the goods, packages, and peltries
of such person, shall be seized and deliver
ed to the proper officer, and shall be proceed
ed againt by libel in the proper court, and
forfeited, one half to the informer and the
other half to the use of the United States !;
and if such person be trader, his license
shall be revoked and his bond put in suit.
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PUBLIC.-No.l 10. L


AN ACT amending the provisions of the
second section of the act of January
twenty fourth, eighteen hundred and fif-
ty-seven, enforcing the attendance of wit
nesses before committees of either House
of Congress.
Be 1t enacted By the Senate and House of Rep
reseatatspes of the United States Of America in
Congress assembled, That the provisions of
the act entitled Gan an act effectually to
enforce the attendance of witnesses on the
summons of either House of Congress, and
to compel them to discover testimony" APP
proved January twenty-fourth, eighteen
hundred and fifty-seven, be amended, al
tered, and repealed so as to read as follows:
That the testimony of witness examined
and testifying before either House of Con-
gress, or any committee of either House of
Congress, shall not be used as evidence in
any criminal proceeding against such wit
ness in any court of justice: Provided, koao-
euer, That no official paper or record, pro-
duced by such witnesses on such eXamina-
ton, shall be held or taken to be included
within the privilege of said evidence so to
protect such witness from any criminal pro-
ceeding as aforesaid and no witness shall
hereafter be allowed to refuse to testify TO
any fact, or to produce any paper touching
which he shall be examined by either House
OF Congress, or any committee of either
House, for the reason that his testimony
touching such fact, or the production of
such paper, may tend to disgrace him or
otherwise render him infamous ProUsded
That nothing in this act shall be construed
to exempt any witness from prosecution and
punishment for perjury committed by him
in testifying as aforesaid.
Approved, January "a. 1868.
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(PUBLIC|N O. 81

AN ACT in relation to the letters of sailors
and marines in the service of the United
States.
Be 1t enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
saatatiues Of the United States of Ameica in Con-
gress assembled, That the provisions of the act
of July twenty-second, eighteen hundred
and sixty-one, authorizing soldiers to send
letters through the mails of the United
States without prepayment of postage, is
hereby extended to the sailors and marines
in the actual service of the United States,
under such regulations as the Post Office
Department shall provide, the postage
= thereon to be paid by the recipients.
Approved, January FL, 1862.
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1PUBLIc-NO. 1871

PUBLIC-NO. 49,
AN ACT to authorize an additional issue Of
United States Notes.
Be it enacted By the Senate and House Of Rep
resentatiues Of the United States Of America in
Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the
Treasury, in addition to the fifty millions of
notes payable on demand Of denominations
not less than five dollars, heretofore author
lied by the acts of July seventeenth and
August fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty
one, be and he is hereby authorized to issue
like notes. and for like purposes, to the
amount of ten millions of dollars, and said
notes shall be deemed part of the loan of
two hundred and fifty millions of dollars
authorized by said acts.
Approved, February IL, 1862.
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The movement of General Banks was
deemed of so much Importance, that Gen.
Mcclellan went up to Hsrper's Ferry and
assumed command when the crossing took
place, and then returned to Washington.
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PUBLIC-No. l9.l

AN ACT authorizing the detail of naval
officers for the service of the War Depart
ment.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of Rep
rese,tatiuss Of the United States Of America in
Congress assembled, That the President of the
United States be and he is hereby authorized
to temporarily detail three competent naval
officers for the service of the War Depart
ment in the inspection of transport vessels,
and for such other services as may be desig-
mated by the Secretary of War.
Approved, February IL, 1862.
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proved, February Is, 1861.
[PUBLIC-N O. 2I,1

[PUBLIC-No. 21.]
AT ACT to authorize the construction OF
twenty iron-clad steam gunboats.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of Rep
resentatives Of the United States Of America, in
Congress assembled, That the Secretary Of the
Navy is hereby authorized and empowered
to cause to be constructed, by contract or
otherwise, as he shall deem best for the pub
lie interest, not exceeding twenty iron clad
steam gunboats for the use of the navy of
the United States.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted That the
sum of ten million dollars be and hereby is
appropriated, out of any money in the Trea-
sury not otherwise appropriated, to carry
out the purposes of this act.
Approved, February 10, 1862
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THE WEEKLY PIONEER AND DEMOCRAT.

And itshsll moreover be lawful for any per-
son In the service of the United States, or
for any Indian, to take and destroy any
ardent spirits or wine found in the Indian
country, except such as may be introduced
therein by the War Department. And in
all cases arising under this act Indians shall
be COMPETENT Witnesses.
Approved, February Is, 1852.