The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-09-19

noo ieo'SnS" 'n0 Ooioheicy OF tne new Jer-
sey regiment, and is ordered to duty in Gin.
cinnati. The following is the order of Gen.
Wright, assigning him a position on the
staff:
Major James II. Simpson, United States To.
biographical Engineer. having reported to the
Major General commanding, is hereby AN.
pointed member of the Department staff.
and announced as Chief of Topogra phical Enpi.
neers. He will be recognized and obeyed as
such. Major Simpson is charged with the con.
struction of such field works as may be deem.
ed necessary for defensive purposes in the Vi
entity of Newport and Covington, Kentucky.
He will proceed at once to examine and re-
pair the Entertainments already thrown up.
and will extend them if it should be deemed
advisable. Major Simpson will submit to the
commanding General. as early as possible,
drawings of the works, accompan MED with
report thereon.
The Cincinnati VolkSblatt, a German
paper publishes letter purporting to give
the particulars 10y an eye-witness) of the
difficulty between Sigel and Mcdowell, re-.
ported some days ago. The substance of it
is that Sigel, while engaging the enemy, OBJ.
served Mcdowell waving handkerchief to
the rebels. He Immediately rode up and
demanded an explanation. The reply being
very insulting, Sigel resented it with a
pistol-shot, the ball striking McDowell's
scabbard. The VOlksJtatt states that Sigel
will resign, if not relieved from service in
his present position.
News has been received from General
Morgan, at Cumberland Gap, by the under
ground railroad. A portion of his force
met and defeated party of rebels south of
the Gap, recently, and took several prisons
ers, among them General Allston, OF Ten
nessee. This, we believe, is reliable.
The SPECIAL election for member of
Congress in the Bucka and Lehigh district,
Pennsylvania, to fill the unexpired term of
DR.. Cooper, deceased, took place on Satur.
day last. MIR. Stiles was the 'peace" can
cidate and Mr.. Lear the loyal candidate.
Bucks gave Lear over 500 majority; but
Lehigh gave over 800 for Stiles, which
elected him. He is understood to be of
the Vallandigham stamp.
The passage which has been published
from the last letter written by Colonel
brodhcad of the First Michigan cavalry, all
stained with his blood, has personal signif-
canoe which was not at first detected. The
passage is in these words: Il have fought
manfully and now die fearlessly. The old
flag will triumph yet. The soldiers will
GID its folds, polluted by imbecility and
treason"
BY the following dispatch from Gen.
White, it will be seen that while the New
York 1rib@ne's correspondent was writing
HIN down runaway he was thrashing q
body of rebels at Martinsburg:
MARTINsBURG, Va, Sept. Z, 1862.
Major General WOOL have the honor to res
pert that the enemy, consisting of 400 cavalry,
WHO attacked my Outposts, have been defeated
with loss OF about fifty prisoners, horses and
arms, now II cur possession. Our loss was
two Killed and ten wounded, including CAPTAIN
Groveuor and Lieutenant Logan, of the 18th
Illinois cavalry. The loss of the enemy great
known. JULIUS WHITE, Brig. Gen,
AT the opening Of the United States
District Court in Admiralty at Buffalo, on
Tuesday, Judge Hall decided that no law
yer was entitled to practice in that court
who had not procured a license to practice,
as required by. the Federal tax bill.
The journal and Messenger baptist
paper Of Cincinnati says: We regret to
learn that son Of Rev. S. Lynd, d. d.,
was killed by the Indians in the recent mas
sacre in Minnesota. He had resided there
for twelve years, and was much esteemed
The calamity is a heavy blow to his father
and mother. We understand another SOD,
R. Ly1d, II. D., has gone TO fetch home
his remains.
Here is another specimen OF rebel pleas
antry, as told by some Cincinnati correge
pondents, who, with macy Others, we've taken
prisoners at the battle of Richmond, Ken
lucky:
Expressions like the following, and thou.
sand others similar to them, greeted US at
every step for more than mile " Here come
the Yanks!'' Didn't we knock hell out of
them that time?" "Grest God where did
they all come from?" "Why, there's more
there than we have in our army =" "a id
large fatigue party, that" "Dxie's hard
road to travel, amt it," "You bagged them
all, didn't you, Jim?" "Who are them men
in front?" They're suffers, l reckon"
" That old man (my Indiana friend) looks like
a chaplain" "You can run like hell, boys.
but you can't fight" &c.
Among the volunteers from the coun-
try, who have rendered their services to
General Wallace at Cincinnati, is James E.
Murdoch, the distinguished actor, reader
and elocutionist, who arrived armed and
equipped, bis soul in arms, and eager for the
ray. Both of Mr.. Murdoch's sons are in
the army, and be feels qualified to serve bis
country by the occupancy of a rifie-pit.
People should not be discouraged by
the information of the abandonment of ma.
ny places to the rebels. One great difficult
ty with what we have heretofore been con-