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The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-03-21
The Dying Soldier.

We have seen nothing from the scenes of
war more touching and sad to the Christian
heart than letters from devoted woman in
an hospital not far from the nations capital.
She is the only pious nurse in all that asy~
lum of sufering--mary Others treating
lightly the SOULS salvation. She begs for
prayer and comforts for the body OF the
wounded and the sick soldier. She writes {:
The muffled drum and fife have just passed
by my window, and their comrades have oar
ried to New York two beautiful young men, by
whom stood, and who in their dying hour
clasped my hand and cried aloud for mother.
One of them was delirious and in his last mo.
ments uttered the most beautiful prayer ever
heard. l am witnessing scenes which at home
would seem perfectly horrid; and why is it that
can stand, even in the stiffness of the night,
and close the dying eyes, look after the crazy
man, and yet have no fears, and have entire
control over myself? Is not the Lord in all
this? Why is that my patients are inquiring
the way of eternal life? Has not God said,
"Ask and We shall receiver" Will you ask the
church to remember the dying soldier, as he
offers prayers that are heartrending?
We have ventured to give this extract to
call forth deeper interest and more earnest
prayer, that God will move, by bis Spirit,
through the apartments Of pain and death,
and give soon to all the victims of terrible
war Christian physicians and attendants to
point them to the Lamb of God.- Boston
Recorder.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-03-21
The Man Who Sat on the Powder.

Can any one who reads the report o.
Commodore Goldsborough, which we give
below, OF the brave sailor, John Davis, who
covered a barrel of gunpowdcr in maya
zine with his person, while the flames kin.
died by an exploding shell were burning
around him, withou: thrill of emotion
Such deeds of daring redeem and dignity
war. History never tires OF celebrating
the brave Dutch officers, who at the siege
of Antwerp, rather than surrender the place
fred the magazine and persisted in the ex
plOsion. DAY ISIS act YVES one of equal spi-
rit and courage, and the people will remem-
Der him. The following is the account OF
his daring
Lieutenant J. G. Chaplin, commanding
United States steamer Valley City, off Ro-
anoke Island, writes to Commodore Colds,
borough, under date of February 25th, no.
ticing magDanimOus act of bravery by
John Davis, a gunner's mate on board his
vessel, at the taking of Elizabeth City. He
says John Davis was at his station during
the action. in the magazine issuing powder,
when shell from the enemy's battery pen
trated into the magazine and exp oded out,
side of it. He threw himself over barrel
ofpowdes, protecting it with his own body
from the fire, while at the same time passing
out the powder for the guns.
Commodore Goldsborougo, in transmit.
ting his letter to the Navy Department,
says:
1T affords me infinite pleasure to forward
this communication to the Navy Depart
ment, to whose especial recommendation l
beg leave to recommend the gallant and
noble sailor alluded to-" and adds in post
script: "Davs actually seated himself on
the barrel, the top being out, and 10 this
position he remained until the flames were
extinguished."
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-03-21
Punish IN e mt OF Children

In the March number of the atlantic
Monthly the Country Parson" has a
charming little essay Oh The Sorrows Of
Childhood" in the course of which he
makes these remarks:
An extremely wicked way of furnishing
children is by shutting them up in dark
place. Darkness is naturally fearful to
human beings, and the stupid ghost stos
ries of many nurses makes it especially
frearfal to child. 1t is stupid and
wicked thing to send e child on an er,
ran in dark night. I do not remem-
Der passing through greater trial in
my youth than once walking three miles
alone lit was not going on an errand) in
the dark, along road thickly shaded with
trees | was little fellow; but got over
the distance in half an hour. Part of the
Way was along the wall of a churchyard--
one of those gnastly, weedy, neglected, &C.
cursed-looking spots where stupidity has
done what it can to add circumstances of
disgust and horror to the Christians long
sleep. Nobody ever supposed that this
walk was trial to boy of twelve years
old, so little are the thoughts of children
understood. And children are reticent. |
am telling now about that dismal walk for
the very first time. And in the illness of
childhood children sometimes get very
close and real views of death. l re.
member, when l was nine years old, bow
every evening, when l lay down to
sleep, l used tor about year to picture
myself lying dead, till l felt as though the
coffin was closing around me. l used to
read at that period, with curious feeling
Of fascination, Blair's poem, "The Grave"
But never dreamed Of telling anyood y
about these thoughts. believe that
thoughtful children keep most of their
thoughts to themselves, and in respect of
the things of which they think most are as
profoundly alone as the Ancient Mariner in
the Pacific. have heard of parent, an
important member of very strait sect OF
the Phariseee, whose child, when dying,
begged to be buried not in certain
foul old hideous church yard, but in
certain cheerful cemetery. This
request the poor little creature made
with all the energy of terror and de-
spair. But the strait Pharisee refused the
dying request, and pointed out with poiem-
ical bitterness to the child that he must be
very wicked indeed to care at such time
where he was to be buried, or what might
be done with bis body after death. How !
should enjoy the spectacle Of that unnatural
heartless, stupid wretch tarred and feather
ed The dying child was caring for thing
about which Shakespeare cared; and i,
was not in mere human weakness, but " by
faith" that Joseph, when he was a-dying
gave commandment concerning his bones.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-03-21

This funny story is told in Washington

This funny story is told in a Washington
letter to the Philadelphia Inquirer
A few days ago the government detectives
found that an ingenious Yankee was prints
ing large amount of rebel treasury notes,
of different amounts, most, however, Of large
denominations. They arranged time and
made descent upon the "Yank," when he
was surrounded by all his confederates, pa.
pers, &C. He seemed surprised at the ap>
pearance of the officers, but quietly went
with them. He said he was engaged in
crippling the rebel treasury, and thought it
was very strange he should be molested, as
be thought that was their weakest point.
"How is this ?" asked the astonished
officer.
You see," sa d the Yank,"" these are
better than the origina article the origin.
ais are worthless; they are unauthorized by
law so am not counterfeiting. l have
not attempted to pass them for money, and
really cannot see how am doing wrong"
"Ah p said the detective" of course you
were not going to pass them, but you are
going to furnish them to the enemy"
The ank" then owned up that he was
sending them down to food the South and
destroy the confidence of the people when
they suddenly found the whole country
flooded with a spurious issue, and their only
circulation rendered worthless. An inves-
tigation showed that he had really sent sew.
eral hundred thousand dollars South, via
Tennessee, and sold them at from thirty to
fifty cents on the dollar. The case was
duly reported to Secretary Seward, the
whole apparatus seized, and the man allowed
to go on his parole for the present. The
Secretary frankly admitted that it was the
toughest case be had met during the war
and he forthwith turned it over to the Sec.
rotary of War, who has not yet concluded
what to do with the case. Samples OF gems
uine and bogus are here: and it is free y ad'
mitted that The 6 Yank" has got up su
perior article, which it is very difficult to
detect
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-03-21
Irresistible Reporters.

A correspondent at Fort Donelson is
said to have locked General Buckner up in
a room at Dover, and kept him there in
spite of threats, until he had taken PEN
Gil sketch of bis person. Another declared
to General Bushrod K. Johnston, that he
would give him horrible antecedents unless
he furnished the materials for brief biog
rapby. Bushrod clustered at first, but
when the newspaper scribbler began put
ting down and reading off"B. K. Johnston,
native of Massachusetts, formerly one of
the editors OF Lloyd Garrlson's anti-slavery
journal, but compelled to fly to Tennessee
on account Of having been detected in q
forgery OF his fathers name," etc. Bushrod
became suppliant, and gave the irrepres'
sible fellow the main events of his life.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-03-21
T H II e / r b

1t was cottage. Don't tell me that
don't know. Haven't been there to ga
Their roses and eat Strawberries? No! it
waSn'ta cottage OT1tcc there was nothing
Frenchifed about it. 1t was purely Amer
lean and harmonized so sweetly with the
delightful scenery. No! it hadn't flat
root, nor a portico; nothing at all of the
kind. But then it had rose vines running
all over the windows and whole colonies of
wrens that built their nests and sang be-
meath its caves. To the right was field
of clover, red with blossoms; on the lett was
an orchard, whence every wind scattered a
green lawn, rhaded with some massive Wal-
nut trees; and to the rear opened long
grassy lane, through which the cows walked
every morning to their pasture beyond, and
returned by the same way at night.
l know well enough to whom this cot.
tage belonged. No, it wasn't school,
teacher, nor preacher, nor an author-n0
such thing! 1t was built by the hand of
him who owned it and lived in it, and had
always admired its excellent taste in blend.
ing the useful with the beautiful, though l
had never seen him, my visits having al
ways been made to bis wife and during bis
absence. | had heard of him, though;
heard enough to make me intensely curious
to see him; for not female tongue in the
neighhorhood approved of bis wite's choice.
"What is the matter with him :" l asked;
sis he immoral ?'
"Not that know Of" was the rejoinder;
"but to tell the truth, Dolly, be is sufficient.
ly ugIy-bis face is all SCARED and cicatric'
ed, l should think by fire, and you know it
always makes me nervous to look at any
thing of the kind"
"Poor man Perhaps he got burned in
rescuipg some child or feeble woman from
the fames," said.
"Don't know never heard never made
inquiries; you know they only came to live
in this neighborhood last summer, and l
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-03-21
VOL. XIII.-NO. 40
MY DIRE NJ.

In my dream methought trod,
Yesternight. a mountain road
Narrow as Al Straits span,
High as eagles fight it ran.
Overland. roof of cloud
With its weight of thunder bowed:
Underneath. to left and right,
Rlackness and abysmal night.
Here and there wild flower blushed,
Now and then bird-song gushed;
Now and then. through riffs OF shade,
Stars shone out and sunbeams played.
But the goOdly company,
Walked In that path with me,
One by one the brink o'erslid,
One by one the darkness hid.
Some with wailing and lament,
Some with cheerful courage went !;
But of all who smiled or mourned,
Never one TO US returned.
Anxiously, with eye and ear,
Questioning the shadow drear,
Never hand in token stirred,
Never answering voice | heard T!
Sleeper, darker - 10! felt
From my feet the pathway melt.
Swallowed by the black despair,
And the hungry jaws OF air.
Past the stony-throated caves,
Strangled by the wash of waves,
Past the splintered crags l sank
On the green and tlowery bunk
Soft as fall Of thistle-down,
Lightly as a cloud is blown,
Soothingly as childhood pressed
70 the bosom of its rest.
Of the sharp horned rock instead,
Green the grassy carpets spread,
Bright with waters singing by
Trees that prOpped golden sky.
Painless, trustful, sorrow-free,
Old lost faces welcomed me,
With whose sweetness Of content
Still eXpectant hope was blent.
Waking while the dawning gray
Slowly frightened into day,
Pondering that vision fed,
Thus unto myself l said:
"Steep. and hung with clouds of strife.
Is our narrow path OF life,
Aud our death the dreaded fall
Through the dark awaiting all.
so with painful steps we climb
Up the dizzy ways of time,
Ever in the shadow shed
By the forecast ofour dread.
Dread of mystery solved alone,
Of the untried and unknown !;
Yet the end thereof may seem
Like the falling of my dream.
"And this heart-cOnsuming care,
All our fears of here or there,
Change of absence, loss and death
Prove but simple lack OF faith
Thou, oh most compassionate
Who didst stOOp to our estate,
Drinking of the cup we drain,
Treading in our path of pain,
Through the doubt and mystery,
Grant to US Thy steps to see,
And the grace to draw from thence
Larger hope and confidence.
Show Thy vacant tomb, and let,
AS of old, the angels sit
Whispering, by its open door:
Fear not He hath gone before ~
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-03-21

-Artemas Ward says the Southern
Confederacy is without money and without
Price. 1t has scarcely Pillow to lean
upon.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-03-21

1t has been suggested that Cameron, in
stead Of going to Russia. be set to catch
Floyd. The reason for the suggestion was
not Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1862-04-03
JOE wsrGnT,s DEMOCRACY.

Tie telegraph announces that Senator
Wright. of Indiana, has introduced bill
for the abolition of slavery in the District
of Columbia. If this is a specimen of
Gov. Wright's Democracy. and we think
it is, his denunciation of the 9Th of Janu-
AIRY Democratic Convention will probably
have as little effect upon it as the maledic-
tons Of any other aboiIionlst. Hencefor,h
he should be classed with Greedy, Sumner
and Lovejoy; men who would legislate for
the n: gger, while the governments spend
ing nearly four millions of dollars daily to
sustain itself There have been about a
dozen bills Introduced aboIishing slavery
in the District of Columbia, but the neces.
ity for the passage of any Of them, at the
present juncture Of affairs at least, has not
been demonstrated by any of their advo-
Gates. And yet, when our treasury is
depleted, and the government compels lis
citizens to take rags in place of gold and
silver; when everything a man has or
ever will have, is taxed 10 nearly one fourth
its value, it would seem that there must
be some great, urgent cause for taxing the
people still more, for the purpose of buy
ing up species of property which will
be vaiueless when purchased. 1t may be
that Senator Wright can give satisfacto-
ry explanation of the reasons which made
the Introduction OF his bill necessary. If
SO, he will undoubtedly confer favor on
the greater portion of his constituents by
doing so. Speak out, Joseph.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1862-04-03
From ISLAND no. Ten.
ISLAND No. 10, March 81
Via CAIRO. April /

ISLAND No. 10. March 81
Via CAIRO, April /.
The river has commenced to fall, and is
going down at the late Of several inches a
day. 1t is thought tina! few days will
clear the woods in this vicinity Of water.
The rebels have erected large intreuch-
ed camp in the bend of the river directly
in front of our gunboats.
An embankment half a mile long has
been thrown up on the shore. behing which
guns are mounted in largo numbers. They
are masked as yet, and we have no means
of ascertaining what artillery they have
posted at this point, but undoubtedly they
have concentrated their strongest defences
here.
Several batteries ara plainly visible.
The intrenchments extend from the
centric of tie bend &c the upper point Of
the island
The rebels are constantly busy. both
with steamboats, and mon. and our delay
has gwen them the opportunity to greatly
strengthen themselves
The rebel gunboat Grampus appeared
in front OF the for;iiica,ions to day
Mortars were fired yesterday and today
every fifteen minutes-wi what effect we
are unable TO decide
The shells ara all thrown upon the
island; but the rebels have male no an
swer with the exception OF an occasional
shot at transport.
Occasional firing is heard in the direc
lion of New Madrid, caused by engage,
ments between the batteries winch arc
placed on the opposite sides Of the river
below that place. .. We ge! no news from
there.
The weather is like summer, and sleep
ing out on the open deck is very much il
vogue.
Negetation--w what there is Of it above
wa,cr--is well advanced.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1862-04-03
From Cairo.
4 steamers.

Special to the Chicago Times.
CAIRO. lLL.. March 81.
| learn by messenger from New Mad
rid that the rebel gunboats ran by our
batteries ir the night owing to the high
stage of the wafer in the Mississippi river
Heavy cannonadng has been heard in
that direction all day.
The enemy are erecting some new bat
teries on the shore. but our batteries kept
throwing shell at them. so they do not
make much Roadway with them.
Six rebel cavalry prisoners. taken by
Gen. Grants division. arrived from Ten
nessee River to-day.
The rebels have been trying TO get a
passage through some of the sloughs so
that they can get their transports by our
batteries at New Madrid, but few shell
from one Of our batteries convinced them
tina. 1t was not practicable
CAIRO, March 81.
Scattered portions of the rebel infantry
and cavalry have been collected together,
and are moving about Columbus. Hickman
and Cape Girardeau. Preparations are
being made to meet these guerrilla bands
and beat them back at once.
About 1850 bushels Of upland cotton
seed are on the way to Washington and
northern points for free distribution. The
agents OF the government are having un
expected success in the collection of seed
The latest information from General
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1862-04-03

Grants column puts the enemy's present
strength at Corinth at $4,000 men, and
this force is being increased as rapidly as
impressment and their means of transpor.
tation will admit.
Since the murder Of Joeb Yesterday, the
Commanding General of this post has
issued orders for the arrest of all liquor
dealers and destruction of their stock, and
the breaking up Of all gambling saloons
No news from below to-day that can be
sent you.
The troops at Pittsburg, on the Tennes-
see River, are being paid off,
Secession cavalry are securing the coun-
try along the Tennessee River, pressing
the inhabitants into the rebel service.
A militia Colonel, who raised regiment
under Harris proclamation and refused to
take the field. says he can easily raise 600
men for the Union army
The river is now falling fast. The
weather is cloudy and warm
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1862-04-03


The Democrats Of Center township met
in convention at the Court House last Sat
urday and nominated a ticket to be sup
ported at the election next Monday
The convention was we'll attended, and
the best Of feeling prevailed.
The following is the ticket nominated:
For Trusieee-Thomas Mcdonald.
For Constabes james D. Wolf, Jacob
Barnes, Wm. NJ Patterson.
Supervisors-Plymoath District No.
VIM. Greenawault; No. II. John Ritter;
other Districts. no nominations.
The ticke; is good one. and one that
should receive the endorsement of the
people Of the township. Every man on
the ticket has served in an official capacity.
Thos Mcdonald, for Trustee, was Au-
ditor eight years, and has held other off.
ces in the county. His qualifications to
discharge the duties Of the Office will not
be disputed
Mr. Wolf has held the Office Of Consla
be two terms. and has given more gener-
al satisfaction than any other officer we
have ever had. His promptness in the
discharge of his official duties, is the
praise of men Of all parties. If the reo-
PIE desire an efficient officer. they will re-
elect him By handsome majority.
Mr.. Barnes has also been a good officer.
and faithfully attended to all business
entrusted to him. VIM. NJ. Patterson has
also held the office for which he is a can
dida,e, for fifteen years. and hot being
engaged in any business at present, could
discharge the duties Of the office without
personal Inconvenience
VIM. Grcenswault. for Supervisor OF
Plymouth Road District, is gentleman
who can and will attend to the interests OF
tie public. il elected,'ss he doubtless will
be.
All that Is necessary to insure the sue.
cess Of the whole ticket, is for the Demo
cra;s Of the township to turn out next
Monday, and work for it. We NAV Just as
we'll elect every man on our ticket by from
fifty to one hundred majority. as to get
beat. Let there be general turn out of
the Democracy. and lie, us roll up a good
majority for The whole ticket.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1862-04-03

nations were then pos ted on public build
ings urging the Inhabitants TO return, and
promising protection to the persons and
property Of all good citizens. We removed
nothing from the houses, and the landing
party returned to their vessel.
y dispatch of the 1871, from Comman-
der Godon to Com. Dupont gives details
o: reconnaissance by the inland passage
from Brunswick TO Darien. Commander
Godon, with the Pocahontas and the
launch of the Mohicau, proceeded to open
the communication between St. Simon's
Sound ahd the Ottamahe River. They
encountered several distractions in the
river, which they removed. When arri-
wing in sight OF Darien, the rebel steamers
were just moving off.
Contrabands who came. off reported
Darien entirely deserted, only one company
of horse remaining TO fire the town should
the steamer approach.
The reconnaissance was no. pushed
further, and the expedition returned to
Brunswick.