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

his superior fno@ jsdes 81 the ;kelinxs Of th1
government and he Sountry. al =
On the 9th Of October his eirdship writse
that no Union party, such as f,as expeotsd
to arise at the South, i makiI. Its appear
ance, and that there Is apparently no dispo-
sition among the planters to part with their
cotton through Northern ports. e Still It
seems well that this government should, il
possible put the feelings " the Southern
people TO the test" = T
We need not refer to the correspondence
growing out of the Trent affair, and out Of
the arrest made by order Of the President OF
suspected persons, as this has already been
given to the public, and the subjects are
stale. On the whole the dispatches of Lord
Lyons breathe no i'll will toward this country
or ominous predictions about the dissolution
of the Union. In the irritation which has
at times sprung up among the people Of
both countries, from mutual misunder.
standing Of each other, we see no evidence
whatever that the British Minister has de.
ported himself in manner calculated to add
fuel to the flames, but rather the very re-
verse.
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There seems to be an impression that The
government Has imposed 20 direct tax on
the real estate Of the country. By thslaw
entitled aA1 oct 10 provide Increased rsve-
nue. from imports. to pay interest on the
public debt, and for other purposes," pan.
ed on the 9Th Of August, 1861, II is prosi.
ded that direct tax Of twenty millions OF
dollars be. and is hereby annually laid upon
the United States, and the same shall be
and is hereby apportioned in the manner
following -
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Our volatile contemporary, the Press,
went up in q bubble again yesterday on the
appointment of FREMONT to command in
the Allegheny mountains. 1t says:
Millions of loyal hearts will thrill with joy
at the news that Fremont,
"'-' tThe slandered and
r lai The sorely tried."! FL
has been given the command OF one OF the
three military Departments. ..f
The majority of the people think if be
had been "sorely tried" bya Court Martial,
instead of a Congressional Committee, he
would have gone up higher than the top
most peak Of the Alleghanies. f
by the way, the Press says "Fremonts
Department embraces Western Virginia,
Eastern Kentucky, and the mountain dis
tricts-the Alleghania of friend Taylor"
Now, as President LINCOLN, when Croffut"
saw him last, was deeply engaged in the Pc
rusal of this masterpiece of our friend
TAYLOR" and must owe bis conception of
such a department to this perusal, it is due
to Minnesota, and to our 6 friend Taylor -
especially, that TAYLOR shoald be on the
staff of Fremont, and we must say in adj
vance, thatwe can accept nothing less for
him than the appointment Of "Chief Adla>
tus,'' an Office made memorable by the mys-
terry in which its functions were shrOuded in
Missouri In case this appointment is made,
our '.friend Taylor will doubtless insist
upon the formation Of o supplemental de-
partment, embracing the q great valley Of
the Saskatchewan, and the1rich gold fields
ofcits sources."i ~ Gold fields should Gers
tainly be embraced in any d Department,
commanded by FRExosr, and mint, also,
would not come amiss.-Daily, l4th. ia1
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-03-21

s--According to letter Of N. !. Many,
the rebels are secretly, building somewhere
near one, hundred steam ggnboats Of the
following dimensions: 1l2 feet long, q
feet beam, I'll tons -bufthen, and six feet
draft Their armament IL to be one 9-ineh
gddn forward and q s2sspounder of. 10 They
are 70 " ready about the let of June, ia + d
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the census of 1860:
Total. .......3.sss.5s6 347,525

IOCS. .sss ..0sSSS,oS0 041,OZ0
The average of the aggregate is eleven
and half to each owner. The average of
the whole number 10 the eleven seeded
States is thirteen and one-sixth to each
holder, while in the non>seceded slave states
the average is but five and three quarters.
The number of Shareholders is put down
at 347 SIS. One halt of these, however,
do not own more than two, or at most four
slaves, who are generally family, and en-
ployed as household servants. We think it
would be safe to say that at least three
millions of the slaves are held by not ex.
ceeding 100000 owners. 81
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-03-21
Another Brigadier General from Min
nesOta.

President LINCOLN, on the 9th instant,
sent 10 the names of the heroes of Mill
Springs for promotion, and among them we
find the nomination for Brigadier General
of Colonel HoRArIo 2. VAN OLhvE. of the
Minnesota Second. The distinguished
gallantry of Colonel VAN CLEvE has been
appropriately rewarded by the nomination,
and his confirmation will follow as matter
of course. Minnesota certainly cannot
complain of neglect in the way Of high mill
itary appointments. Three Brigadier GEM
erals, for State, that contributes but five
regiments, only three Of which are in ac-
tive service, is dom US ample justice.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-03-21

A contributions rhyme, under the above
title, has been sent to US for publication by
"CARR1E" Who "Carrie" is we do not
know, but she describes herself as "laugh
ter loving lass" of years "under twenty
one," and
have led happy life.
But have not thought fit to take the name Of
wife,"
That she has gone beyond her teens I'm.
mated, appears not to have been her own
fault, as will be seen by the following verse:
'If fortune should in time present a man that
suits my mind
His heart in truth would accept, and in re.
turn one find.
Perhaps you would like to have me say how
would have him look
His portrait with my minds keen eye most
correctly took:
And first would have him rather tall, com.
handing in his mien,
With dark hair and brow fit for kiss unseen |;
Eyes on me with fondness beaming,
proud and happy wife, to love me ever
seeming;
A taste for reading he must have, and taste
to dance and sing,
And yet don't much expect he can know
every thing"
Where there are 60 many young men
among Us that possess all the above quali-
fications, it would appear strange that
"Carre" is not "proud and happy wife" "
if the true reason was not revealed by herself
in the succeeding verse; where she says:
81 like man who knows how to fill big
purse
And keep it if he CAMP
Alb, Carrie, there are few of Us in these
times that can do that even under the in.
spring promise you make:
"If the blues upon him seize,
Twill laugh and make him glad"
That's all very we'll to talk about, Carrie,
bnt you must consent to waive the big
purse" when you find one that possesses all
the other attractive qualities you have emu.
merated. We cannot, however, believe she
will do this. for her poem concludes:
"Friend Bachelors! hope not for me,
For can't well marry till the right one see!"
The Resolution Proposed by the
President.
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The Resolution Proposed by the
President.

Our dispatches on Wednesday broke of
sudden y, leaving US in doubt whether the
resolution proposed by the President bad
actually passed the House. The resolution
uos passed, and is Identical in phraseology
with the one submitted in the Message. 1t
was opposed, among Others, by Messrs.
CR1TTENDEN and WICKLIFFE, the venerable
Union Representatives from Kentucky.
The vote on its passage was SO ayes to 81
nays.
We give below the proceedings not tele-
graphed here:
Mr.. Blair OF Virginia, offered the follow
ing proviso:
"That nothing herein shall be construed
to imply that Congress will consent to any
partition of the territory now held by the
United States; but that, on the contrary,
it is again affirmed, as the unalterable reso.
luton of this House, to prosecute the war
until the constitution is restored to its an.
Gent supremacy over every State rightfully
part OF the Union"
Mr.. Pendleron suggested an amendment
which was read for Information, as follows !:
"And that Congress, in order to redeem
the pledge at the present session, ought to
pass bill for the levying and collection OF
tax within the current year for the pay.
ment of the pecuniary aid 80 rendered to the
State" a 81. ~ r, :..--tH,, 81
Mr.. Wickli1e of Kentucky, opposed the
pending resolution as unwise and unconsti'
tutiOnal. na1 aa l1aaI- 2ait137 dsil p
Mr.. Grittenden addressed the House in
opposition to the resolution. aH o.
Mr.. Fisher of Delaware, favored the re-
solution. X.Iq 4 T3t io $5a1sN - g1i .fta.
Mr.. Hickman did not consider the reso
lotion of any great practical importance,
but would vote for it. '5Ai sgo,,slaH,22r
After further debate the question was
put and the resolution passed-ayes ~,
against 81 nays. e9ail5Aga awo soI aei.j
The House adjourned. .Ne.dirls'
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-03-21

We learn that Joseph Bstton, Jr., for-
merly clerk 10 the Postofice and afterwards
mail agent on one of the boats, was among
the rebel prisoners captured at Fort Don-
nelson. He was second lieutenant in
Tennessee company. He is now comforta-
bly, quartered again at the expense of Uncle
Sam, at indianapolis.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-03-21

Town CLoCK.--The City Council have
contracted with W. Ilingsworth, to con-
struct and erect Town Clock in the cupo.
la Of the City Hall. The Clock will have
four faces, and exclusive of the Bell will
cost $3.50. The Bell will be furnished by
the City, and will weigh 1000 pounds. The
clock is to be set running by the first of
Univ ~
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= . +
The rebel account Of the exploits Of the
Merrimac speaks highly Of the gallAutry of
the crew of the Cumberland, and ackuowl-
edges that shell from that vessel killed sew.
enteen rebels, including Captain Buchanan,
her commander, and that the Merrimac
suffered some injury. The report Of Lieut..
Peudergrast of the Congress gives thrill
ing account Of the dreadful scenes on=that
vessel while in the action. The city OF
New York, it appears, il thoroughly alarm:
ed at the possibility Of the escape Of the
Merrimac from Norfolk, and has garrisoned
all the forts in the harbor. In Congress,
thanks to Catsin Ericsson and to- Lieut..
Wordeu have been moved, and SIC, O0O,-
600 appropriated for iron clad vessels. The
Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Mr.. Fox,
writes from Fortress Monroe, that the
Monitor is unipjured and will eurely have
another contest with the Merrimac. IN
The regiment to which our three COM
panies Of cavalry are attached, is at Fort
Henry, on the Tennessee river. A battal.
lion consisting of the Nebraska companies
have had fight with the rebels at Paris,
Tennessee. We conclude from the account
that the Minnesota companies were not en-.
gagged. .s'ag''z (" aa" 'naf' tar"r
a despatch states that General Bragg
has evacuated Pensacola, after destroying
all the property that could be destroyed, and
has arrived at Norfolk, with seven thousand
troops. IT is thought that Norfolk will
soon be the scene Of desperate battle.
Three important orders, bearing the
signature of Abraham Lincoln, Commander
in. Chief of the Army and Navy of the
United States, appear. The first was issued
as early as the 9th Of January, and com.
mands general movement against the in
surgents on the 22d day of February, which
we believe took place according to order.
The second order directs General Mcclellan
to organize the Army Of the Potomac into
five Army corps, under the charge respect
lively Of Generals Mcdowell, Sumner,
Heintzleman, Reyes and Banks, and direct
ing that the forces for the defense of w ash.
ington shall be under Gen J. S.Wadsworth,
who shall be Military Governor Of the Dis
trict of Columbia. Thethird order states the
fact that Gen. Mcclellan has personally Ia
ken the field, and temporarily relieves him
from the command of the other military
departments. The Department of Halleck
and Hunter are consolidated, and the por-
ton of Buells east of Knoxville, and will
be commanded by Gen. Halleck. The
country between the Potomac department
under Mcclellan, and the Mississippi de-
par tment under Halleck, is constituted q
new department to be commanded by Gen.
Fremont. All the commanders of Depart
ments are to report directly to the Secretary
of War. .ui.J .t, ssf
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-03-21

Three of the acar-shops of the New
York and Erie Company, at Elmira, New
York, with their contents /; Superintendent
Rgtter's Office and contents; eleven passen-
ger coaches and eighteen freight cars--the
whole valued at from SIS 900 to 800, 600,
all uninsured -were destroyed by fire last
Friday night. inv ~. 49,, go ~. q !
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-03-21

George Thompson, the English aboli-
ZIONIST, while lectnripg in England, stopped
one night with q Quaker iamily:s4y 5aa asa
The Quakers, it IL known, are too staid to
permit music in their sect, believing It profit
less amusemont, indllged in by the worlds
people. Mr. Thompson Is fond OF music, and
is something Of singer. During the evening
he sang lot il the Silly Night which was
listened TO- with rspt attention by the family.
In the morning, after Mr.. Thompson came from
his chamber, the matron Of the house appeared
quite uneasy. She wished to hear the song
again, but it would hardly DO for her, Qua.
keress, to request its repetition. AT last her
desires getting the better Of her, she ventured
to say:r" George, will thee repeat the words
of last evening IN thy usual nsaamey?'psh5 'a'o,
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N ttTAi lia--sEl{
= GEN'L HIApQUARrsR STATE OF MIMI,
rJ<@aS> AhJU1ANr GBNERAL's Or sICR,
(rS> ~ 81. PAUL., March l4th, 1862.
GsNzRAL ORDERS, NO L.
LIST. In pursuance Of orders of Major Gene
raj Halleck, Commanding the Depa rtment of
the Mississippi, Colonel John B. sanborn, com.
manding 4th Regiment Minnesota Volunteers,
win report his Regiment forthwith at Saint
Louis in the State Of Missouri.
!, Ind. Companies A and B Of the 4th Regi.
ment NJ. Y. in garrison at Fort Ridgely, will be
relieved by Company B of the 5th Regiment
MINI. Vol.
Company of the 4th Regiment in garrison
at Fort Ripley, will be relieved by Company G
of the 9Th Regiment.
Companies D and G of the 4th Regiment in
garrison at Fort Abercrombe and GEORGETOWN
will be relieved by Company d of the 9Th
Regiment.
Sd. In pursuancs Of the same orders, Capt.
Hotchkiss, commanding End Battery Mime
sofa Light Artillery. will report his company
forthwith at Saint Louis, Missouri.
4th. Captain Hubbard, Company A, 5th
Regiment MINI. VOL, will remain at Fort Smell
ling and assume command of that Post upon
the departure of the 4th Regiment.
9Th. Colonel John B. Sanborn, command.
ing 4th Regiment NJ. v. and Post at Fort snel.
ling, will see that the above orders are exc.
cuted.
By order of the COMMANDMENTS Chief.
OSCAR MALMROS,
Adjutant General State of Minnesota.
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winohester Occupied by Union Trool

Winchester is now in possession of the
Union forces. Instead OF the opposition of
fifty or sixty cannon with forty thousand
men, our soldiers only had little skirmish
with the enemy. General JACKSON went
of quietly and joined the main rebel army
at Manassas. The large force of General
BANKS will therefore be at liberty to follow
on at their leisure. "sit,'t2 ssH 'iasa5 - 9s''
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The Slaves at the South.

In view of Mr.. Lincoln's message to
Congress, it may be interesting to consult
the following table. exhibiting the number
of slaves in each of the States, according to
tho cpnona Of 1854. j.. q
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-03-21

Fortunate FOR Warrants. =. The
amendments Of the City Charter, providing
for Work-house and Chain-gang for Vas
grants, and several other useful provisions
in the City Charter, passed the Legislature
on the last night of the session, but owing
to the carelessness OF some person, whether
of the Clerk, whose business it was 10 re.
turn it to the Senate, or the Secretary,
whose duty it was to hand it to the, Enroll
ing Clerk, or the Enrolling Clerk, whose,
duty it was to pass it to the Committee on
Enrolled Bills, or the Committee, who
should return it to the Senate, or the offi-,
GERS who should sign it, We have not at-
tempted TO find ont. But the simple fact
is, the bill has been lost, and the, Migrants
get free boarding for another year. IA, :
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-03-21

A GENUINE KNITTING MAcHINE.-There
is on exhibition, at the Sewing Machine
Depot, next door to Hogan &. Camps, a
Knitting Machine, that seems about perfec.
ton in that branch of invention. 1t is
asserted that 40 pairs Of stockings can be
made by it in one day, and that it will knit
1000 stitches per minute. Ladies OF do.
mestic turn of mind, who have heretofore
knitted their own hosiery and that Of their
families, will find this Machine real curis
osity, worthy of examination. -..
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1862-12-27
Usage Orange Hedges.

In the report of the Committee on Farms,
of the IlliZois State Agricultural Society,
published in the last number of the Journal
of that Society. we find the following de-
scription of the Usage hedges on the farm
of s. B. Turner, of Warsaw:
The great feature of the place is its Usage
hedges, which, with the exception of some
piece of low ground, is the fencing. They
descriptions of farm animals. 1t is hand
somely trimmed in the obtuse conical form,
which gives it an ample base, and at the
same time exposes its leaves to the sun.
The most of the fence is made with a sin
gle row of plants, but Mr. 7. prefers two
rows set alternately, thus: y @*x*x This
gives at once a better base: but for farm
purposes we doubt if it is better than sim
gle line set four inches instead of two lines
at eight; the same number of plants are
used, and the cost of setting about the same.
Mr.. Turner's hedges are all perfect; that is,
there are no breaks in them, and but one
place where small dog could get through,
and that was for the purpose of letting the
ratters through into the next field. The
fences are perfect mass of verdure, armed
with its bristling thorns concealed beneath
the leaves, but ready, on the approach Of
an enemy, to dispute his passage. The
hedge should be trimmed twice a year, the
first in June, and again in September or Isl
of October-but never during drouth: this
has reference to the full-grown hedge. Mr.
7. uses a short scythe; one man can trim
hundred rods day on both sides, and dc
his work frst-rate. Trees should not stand
in the fence line, especially when young, as
their shade retardS the growth of the hedge
Along side of a timber belt it would be diff.
feTent, for there the hedge would have the
sun during part of the day.
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Sorghum.

A State Sorghum Copyention is to be
held in Columbus, Ohio, on the 9th of
January next. 1t is estimated that twelve
million gallons of syrup have been made
during the past year. The Tolelo Com
nsercial says: eve see it stated thai in the
central part of the State, parties are ready
to buy up all the syrup that is offered. to
supply the Cincinnati market. The retail
price generally ranges from fifty to sixty
cents per gallon. In all parts of the State
the sorghum crop has been remarkably
good this year. There have been about five
thousand mills sold in the State during the
past summer, which, added to those sold in
former years, make an aggregate of about
eleven thousand.
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FARMERS DEPARTMENT.
Sheep and Wool.


We have often in these columns urged
upon our farmers the importance and profit
of wool growing. Especially at the present
time-when cotton is scarce and an enor-
nous quantity of wool is being manufac-
tured into army oloths-would this bust
ness yield golden harvest. We are pleased
to notice that many farmers in Lyon coun-
ty have already embarked in it, and others
are about to do SO. Accordingly, we pre-
sumo that the following facts, condensd
from the last U. S. Census Report, will
be interesting:
In 1850, the number of sheep in this
country was 23,3I7, 756, and the amount
of wool produced was so, 81 ,343 pounds
In 1860, the value of imports of unmanu-
featured wool was $4,842,I52, and the
value Of imports of manufactured wool was
$37, 1897, 100. In other words, we paid for
wool and wooden goods $40, 779, 342 to
other countries. These figures give some
idea of the demand which there always is
for wool, and they show also the inadequacy
of the home supply to meet the wants of
our people. There is no danger of over
stocking the market. The average price of
fine wool in Boston for the last thirty FIVE
years, has been so and $40 cents per h..
of medium, AZ and $40 cents; of coarse,
354 cents. Coarse wool is to-day worth,
in Boston, so cents; but this is an extraor-
binary price, produced by the demand for
army goods.
The consumption of mutton has rapidly
increased, and the best qualities out-sell
beef in our markets.
Australia exported, in 1850, 10000, 600
pounds of wool; yet land there is more ex-
pensive, and the climate and soil are not as
favorable for sheep raising as our own.
The experience of England, France aud
Germany goes to show that sheep are ne
cessity of good system of farming, on even
the highest priced lands, and amid the
densest population. They afford as much
food to man, in proportion to their own con-
sumption, as any other domestic animals.
England has about six hundred sheep to the
square mile; the United States about forty
eight.
Our people have not lacked the necessary
breeds to embark vigorously and success
fully in every department of sheep hus-
bandry. No country has ever been so
liberal in importing the most highly es-
teemed foreign breeds of sheep, and none
has been more successful in acclimating
them.
The article concludes by commenting a
treatise on fne-wool sheep husbandry, by
Henry S. Randall, of New York.
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Moore ahont Tohncco.

In order to add another incentive to in
duce our farmers, If possible, to raise to-
bacco. we copy the following from the
ChiilicOthe MOI Constellation. There is
but little difference in the profit of raising
tobacco here and in Missouri:
meyer has this county realized so forci-
bly, the advantages of agricultural labor, as
have the farmers of Livingston this wear.
The yield of tobacco is supposed to be over
a million of pounds. which is bringing from
90 to $40 per hundred-bringing TO the
county one hundred thousand dollars, the
result of about three months labor, and the
capital invested comparatively nothing"