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New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-10-24
FKOm NRw.ORLEANs.
Explosion OF the United States Transport
Ceres-Tweivc Lives Lost.

Nv the s,esmsh.p Cambria, from New-Orleaps,
ne i2th inst. which arrive here on Thursday morn
tug. We learn that the Government transport Seam'r
Ceres was destroyed by the explosion OF Der oo"-s
on the night Of the 7tb inst, oil st Joseph iSanu
near New-Orlesps. Twelve lives were lost Her
csp,sn gives the following account OF the disaster;
q T,,a s,eaner Ceres left Ship Island az Z. M,
f)ct- = for Port Pike and New-Oresns Lake tont-
cha trainl with light lst of pssse'RrIs a"n
working under low head OF sleani.iio'n ~ 10 noo
round,oas her port boiler WAS leaking badly over
fhs 6res She ran along slowly until 5:4O o'clock,
at wb;cb time we were just outside OF ST. J"sephs
Isisnd ioht House when our boilers exploded, car
rrjno everything before them forward Of the pilot.
house. killing the majority OF the passengers ano
crow w,o were forward. MISUNDERSTANDING Irist'.
yuIIv The engineers OH watch aud portion VI the
crew il she deck roow.
"Wc got our life-boat and skill overheard. IN
charge of Che second mate and ste-rsInsn, who fuc
ceeded Ia saving eight or ten OF tne SURVIVORS ana
Tended them on st. Josephs Island; we also got onf
handing stage cut from under the wreck on the lore
castle On which persons were able 10 sustain
themselves until the United States guoboat Cal
boun providentially TO our rescue Two others
gave out irom exhaustion just previous &c the oca'
reach.ng US. ~.
I" TIE Yacht Gp~y, which was on her way to Ship
Island. with Major. Gen. Butler on hoard, also put
about, and came to our rescue on seeing tue iiics
Of our burning steamer. aud rendered Us All Tue
assistance They we've ate, lor Whfch VIC .onh"' o'
COO thankful worn out aud nigh 10 perisaing as the
most of US were. We have Loot IL killed aud
drowned and have q savec, some OF whom arc
badly scalded aud horned. Our thanks are hereo.
especially teudered to Capt. Buchanan OF the Cal
houn bis officers and crew, who did all that ner
could do for our rescue aud comfort.
MY own thauks especially due to DIR. w
d. Brown, Chief Engineer Of the Calhoun, and HI
ASSISTANTS for their unceasing attention TO my sci
and the survivors Of the crew.
Wv .ALFRED PIERs0N.
sFor the Survivors OF Passengers aud Crew"
Among the lost was Iieu'. Sberburue OF the I2tf
Maine Regiment, who fell from raft and wa
drowned while making the most strenuous efforts u
oave others.
Tho United States gunboat Calhoun, Capt Blu
chsnan, happened to be cruising in The vic nity a
tho time of the accident, and went promptly toth'
assistance of the sufferers picking up and bringing
n in all whom il was possible TO save.
49,. We also Understand thas Gen. Butler. who wat
on his way 70 Ship Island, seeing the explosion WA
soon al the scene Of destruction.
The following the names Of the crew anI
passengers Of tpe steamer Ceres Get z, 1862, as fa
La ascerf aimed.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-10-24

Police CoMNissicSEa.--Justce Welsh, justice
QoackenbGsh, and David Dudley Fisd, are TALKED
Vi for lho post OF Police Commissioner. 10 the p.es
OF BTis.-Gen. Bowen, who 10 shortly expected 70
tesigiI.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-10-24

I" BAsrARDs PAsoRAxA OF rHs MIesIsslPPt-Thh
wel-kn0wn panorama 10 now on exniLii ION in Couso
street, Brooklyn, opposite the City Hail. aud b
visited every evening. and on Wednesday and sstar.
day afternoons, BY large and we'll satisfied audi.
encee. s'Ht e.i ll $500 aua
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-10-24

THG VERDICT IN The Par. MATHEWS Cash.
At the Court Of General Sessions yesteoiay, tbs
Jury in the csss of John REYNOLDS tired for TIE
purder of Pat. Mst'hews rendered u ycrdscs Il
gull of naneaugbter in the third degree. lie.
uolds was remauded fer sentence.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-10-24

Loans D~fo.i,a So~cie. Circurn.
T. Oct Ia. eiTi3 U5SiCi On "a ia $50 Gs sss1 sl'
Bostou Oct 20 T2,S0sis ~ J6i0 7A25l3 1874 20
rlil Oct "a. y35ltsI ~ S3r0 5~7.yn 500 VA
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-10-24

WINTER dARDRn-MR. BoorTs Bnssrr.-
This evening Dir. Edwin Bovth has benr6. q, ths
Winter Garden. fis repealed .ucoessss ia The shsn
acter of Rebellion have induced him to announce d
again for this OCCASION when will be represented
for the eleventh timo daring his engagement Nj.
Booth will also appear In one Of his u,oM poyuls
comedy parts--tbss Of PetruObio. in tho oondonsed
version Of THE Tanning II the Snrew." tbs prs-
grsmms affords opportunity for witnessing The widsa
variety of Mr.. Booths powers.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-01-03

men Of fighting for the abolition of slavery,
and when given to understand that such
was not the case, were astonished, and
seemed puzzled. Nine.tenths of tie rebels
no doubt honestly believe that the freedom
of the slave is what this war is waged for.
The prisoners were very we'll treated, but
rather poorly fed, their food consisting of
corn bread and fresh beef, with very small
allowance of salt. When they were first
taken to Memphis they had coffee once a
day; but before they left, their coffee was
cut off entirely. Provisions of every kind.
except corn, were scarce and very high, and
salt was worth nearly its weight in silver.
Most of the women and children have left
the city, and no business of any kind was
attended to. There are Union men still in
Memphis, but they dare not avow their
sentiments, yet there were some so bold as
to make themselves known to the prisoners
The rebels are still strengthening their for.
tifcations in Memphis.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-01-03

that hang around our shivering frames are
the remnants of clothing which has not
been changed since our departure from
Washington prior to the battle of Manas-
sas. 1t is not an unusual sight to see
solder of the Union shrink from observa.
tion with no other apparel than a single
shirt and pair of tattered pants. Is it
not our right, as soldiers of the United
States Army, to demand clothing? Does
Government imagine that we are clothed by
Confederate authorities, or that its gar
ments are indestructible by time and filth
Massachusetts has generously sent abundant
clothing to her soldiers, captured only a
month since at Leesburg. Shall not men,
who have proven themselves equally loyal
through five months of suffering and depri-
walton, at least be protected by apparel suffi
Gent to satisfy the demands OF decency
Please make such an appeal, if any may be
needed, as you may deem proper to the oc
casiOn.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-01-03

composed of dark green cloth coat, trim
med with light green, dark green forage
cap and light blue pants. As the compa-
MES are armed they receive this beautiful
rifle uniform. The heavy warm winter un-
der clothing, blouses, shoes, stockings
blankets, overcoats, &C., are delivered
to the companies as they arrive at Wash.
ington.
The troops now in the Camp Of Instruc-
ton at Washington waiting for their arms,
are being thoroughly instructed in skirm-
ishiDg and in all the exercises and maneu.
vres of light infantry and riaemen, in the
school of the soldier, the company and the
battalion, except the manual of arms for
the breech loading rifle, which they can
quickly acquire after receiving their
arms.
The probabilities are that the first COM
pany of Minnesota Sharpshooters under
command of Capt Peteler, now at Washs
ington, and the second now being mustered
under command of Capt. Russell, will be
attached to the Minnesota regiments. asinde"
pendent skirmishers, as soon as they are
armed and ready for service. *x*
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-01-03
Death of Prince Albert

PRINCE ALBERT, husband of the Queen
of England, died on the 18th inst of gastric
fever. He was born at Rosenau, August
26, 1919, and was therefore forty~two years
of age at the time of his death. He was
the second son of ERNEST, duke of SAKE
Coburg Gotha, under whose personal SUI.
perintendence he received an admirable
education. In July, 1888, he visited Eng
land, in company with LEOPOLD, King of
Belgium, and spent some time at the court
of the youthful Queen VICTORIA, and in
November, 1889, it was formally announced
to the privy council by the Queen that she
intended to form a matrimonial alliance
with PRINCE ALBERT.
The marriage took place February 10th,
1S4O, when for the purpose of rendering
him perfectly independent, he was endowed
by parliament with the muni6cent personal
allowance OF $l5O,OO0 a year. Besides
which he was a field marshal, Knight of
LQ6 UaCIcr duu OluCI OluCAS, COiOuCI VI UuO
fusileer guards, and held number of other
lucrative and honorable appointments. His
union with the Queen was unusually happy,
and was blessed with sufficient number of
offspring to keep the royal line unbroken
"until the crack of doom"
Being precluded by his position from in
reference in politics, he devoted himself to
the encouragement of the arts and sciences,
and the various philanthropic objects of the
day. The popularity which he enjoyed with
all classes, sustained but one interruption
In 1855, rumors were current among the
opponents of the Government, that he
had held communications with some German
courts, prejudicial to British interests, but
the Ministers cleared up the trouble by an
explicit denial of these rumors, from their
places in Parliament. Since then he has had
the fullest confidence OF the people of Eng-
land, and we doubt not that his death will
be sincerely mourned.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-01-03
Morals of Richmond,

The Richmond correspondent of the
Memphis Appeal does not give very enc
chanting view of affairs at the Confederate
capital:
Rowdyism is rampant in her streets.
The wholesale gambling, to break up which
an Intellectual attempt was made some time
ago, was bad enough, but the good citizen
was under no compulsiOn to enter the
jungle of the tiger, and had himself to blame
if he got scratched. To such frightfuI pitch
has violence increased, however, within a
few weeks past in Richmond, that this city
bids fair to become as Infamous as ever was
Naples or Baltimore. Shootings and stab.
biDgs are almost of every day happening.
Yesterday hack driver was pstoed in one
of the most crowded thoroughfares, because
he demanded payment in advance of a
drunken soldier for desired service.
There is temple of the muses. here
ITALIA and Melpomene for example--known
as the Marshall Theatre, where the legi-
innate drama is done by third rate stock
actors, and young women in diaphanous
muslin emulate CarlOtta Grisi and CeritO
only in the exposure OF their persons. Gen.
teel people rarely, ladies never, enter this
establishment nowadays, so that the bets
ter portion of the community are but little
acquainted with what is done within its
walls except through the police reports.
There was " bloody" row there one night
this week, both in the literal and slang ac-
equations OF that term, and it came out in
court that the whole concern was little bet.
ter than a low temple to low, backguard
style OF Bacchus and Venus; the resort of
DULLES and demireps; bars and bad women
all over the house ITALIA selling whisky
in the saloon of the dress circle, and Mel-
pOmene administering ambrosial cocktails
to the gods above. Scarcely night pass
es without fight at this theatre. Somes
times there is real tragedy before the cur
tain while the mock one is enacting on the
stage, and the whole n1ighborhood is rem
dered unsafe and disorderly by the company
which attends it. If some mems of purifi,
cation and reform for this and other nurse
ries of vice are not employed by tie a1thor-
tiles, they will breed perfect ruffianisn.
which will drive the Confederate govern.
ment Disguised from the place.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-01-03
Lord Lyons Ultimatun.

1t has been stated that Lord Lyons
would not make any peremptory demand on
our Government for the release of Mason
and SIidell, until he had heard again from
home. Perhaps the reason of his reticence
may be found in the following from the
New York Evening Post:
We should not be surprised if it should turn
out that Mr.. Seward had already anticipated
the bellicOse outbreak which the affair of the
Trent was likely to cause in England, and
sent to Mr.. Adams such explanations of it, at
the time of the occurrence, as will prevent
Lord Lyons from delivering any peremptory
message until he shall again hear from home.
At last such is our conjecture.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-01-03
Our News Summary,

Gen. Burnside is now at Annapolis,
where the southern naval and land expedi.
ton, under his command, is rendezvousing.
The expedition will be even more formid-
able, it is said, than that under the COM
mand of General Sherman. The naval
portion will be under the command of Com.
Hazard, an accomplished officer of the
navy. There will be sidewheel steamers,
propellers, sailing vessels, riverboats, surf
boats, fatbOats, batteaux, and so on, all
fitted to do good service. The destination
OF this expedition has not, of course, been
communicated to the public.
The following is the resolution of Sen.
ator Ten Eyck of New Jersey, in relation
to the war:
Resolved, That the present war is for the
Union, according to the Constitution that its
object is to save the former and enforce the
latter; was so in the beginning, is now as car
ried on, and should be so to the last; that
measures extreme and radical, descriptive in
themselves, involving in a common fate as we'll
the loyal as disloyal, should not be resorted
to; and that in crushing treason, widespread
and hateful as it is, the government itself can
not prove traitor to organic law.
In the New York Independent of last
week is announced an important change in
the editorial force of that paper. Messrs.
Bacon, Thompson, and Storrs, who have
controlled it editorially from the outset,
while they do not cease to contribute to its
columns, surrender the editorial responsible
lity into the hands of Rev. Henry Ward
Beecher, who will be editor-in. chief. Rev
Joshua Leavitt and Mr.. Theodore Tilton
will continue their relations with it.
Out of six million dollars paid by the
Navy Department, for the purchase of ves-
sells, the commissions allowed have not been
less than two and half per cent, or total
of $l5O,OOO.
"A refugee from East Tennessee, who
reached Cincinnati on Friday last, gave
some information touching the whereabouts
of Parson Brownlow. 1t seems that the
Parson was given, by the rebels, the alter.
native of leaving the South or going to
prison. He accepted the farmer. The
permit was granted, and the necessary ar
rangements to leave were being made, when
by some treacherous proceeding he was i'm
prisoned, and it is supposed was sent to
Alabama, where he now is, unless General
Crittenden has had the manliness to make
amends for the breach of promise.
Last Tuesday morning the Post Office
building at Wbitesboro, New York, with
a livery stable and hotel adjoining, was de.
stroyed by fire; loss about $4,000.
As the subject of abolishing slavery
in the District of Columbia is now agitated
it may be of general interest to know that
according to the recent census, the number
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-01-03
The Career of Villain-A Pretended En-.
glish NObleman.

The Skaneateles, New York Democrat
last week gave the upshot of case of an
impostor, young Englishman by the name
of Nurse, a resident of that village, who
some months ago, it was announced, had
inherited handsome property by the de-
mise of a relative in England, and that with
it had descended title which was to fall
upon him under the style of "Sir James
Burdett Nurse, Captain of the Queens
Own guard" &c. The young nobleman has
hourished gaily in the best society of Skan
eateles for some months. He formed the
acquaintance of daughter of a worthy
citizen of English descent, courted and mar
ried her. They made great wedding tour,
returned to Skaneateles, took elegant apart
ments at the Lake House, set up an English
cab and aourished generally in grand style.
Occasionally "Sir James made flying
trip to New York to look after remittances
which he claimed came through an eminent
banking house known as the firm of " Bel
mont & Co." On the 4th instant, he made
one of these visits-the last, as he took bis
"portable property" bis wardrobe, and
has not since been heard from. The checks
he gave to bis personal friends, just before
he decamped, have been dshonored
forge dnote for several hundred dollars bears
his father-in.law's name be is indebted to
many of the business men, tradesmen and
farmers of Skaneateles. His young wife,
cheated, broken-hearted and disconsolate,
has returned to her fathers house, with all
her bright visions dissipated. Nurse has
proved himself an adroit and successful
swindler and impostor.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-01-03
From Port Royals
Correspondence of the New York World.

correspondence OF the New York World.
PORT ROYAL, S. c., Dec. 10.
The occupation OF Beaufort was effected
with perfect quietness and success. The
Second Brigade of the First Division, COM
manded by General Stevens and comprising
the Seventy-ninth New York, Eighth
Michigan, Fifteenth Pennsylvania, and the
Roundhead regiments, hold the town.
None OF the enemy were discovered except
few cavalry, who rapidly retreated after
killing one of our pickets, and it is believed
that there are none at present on the Island.
1t had been their custom to visit it almost
daily before the occupation. Several huns
dreds OF blacks remained, however, and eX
pressed the greatest delight at the appear
anCe of the yankees" The houses had
been pillaged of mostly everything of value,
but the soldiers were not allowed to quarter
in them. Some fine furniture and many
valuable pictures on the wall had escaped
unframed. The soldiers have become fairly
settled now, and the pickets extend far out
in every direction. The tents are pitched
mostly upon the common, with green grass
and bright foliage about them. Flowers
are blooming in the gardens rounu bout,
and tho Weather is warm and pleasant. The
dews in IT, night, however, are very IN
healthy, and the cold, damp night air is
dreaded by our pickets. The soldiers are
delighted with their change of quarters from
Hilton Head. They roam among the paths
where southern aristocracy used to tread,
and gather mementoes of more or less value.
Family names and histories are learned
from documents found in the houses, and
tender missives, that mayhap had been
boarded and read and re.read with rapture
by pretty girls, or by the young chivalry
of the town, are passed from hand to hand,
but with no rude jokes or coarse comments,
for the ''mudsills'' that occupy this place
are men of intelligence and delicacy, though
they might prove themselves strong and
brave in fight.
Col. Mobiles commenced the taking of
cotton, and large quantities have already
been gathered, which will be shipped to the
United States Quartermaster as soon as
possible. The negroes are very willing to
work, and express decided preference for
their new "masters." They keep up the
idea that they are under the white mans
control, and can hardly realize the idea of
freedom.
Those working on the cotton-ields are
divided into gangs, under the direction Of
the agents sent out by the government
from New York. The negroes receive a
penny pound for the labor of gathering,
and they greatly relish the idea of earning
wages.
No soldiers are employed in picking cot
ton, those being still engaged in certifying
the locality and in adding to the eonven-
fences of the occupation.
The cotton found is mostly unginned,
and will be shipped in that state. Three
hundred and thirty bales were obtained as
the result Of the first days search over the
island.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-01-03
What the British Tories Say

The Tory organs of England are brimfull
of wrath against our Government, and are
intent on provoking war. The London
Herald, the organ of the Derby Tory ariss
tocracy, says if the United States shall dare
to hang any of JEFF. Davis's pirates, that
"such act of atrocity would be fifty punish
ed by the joint Intervention of the civilized
Powers to suppress the american Goverm.
meat altogether, as scoarge to mankind and
disgrace TO ci0ilization.'
The Birmingham Post, another Tory
sheet, says:
We have but to stretch out our hand to
upset the blockade as effectually as if the ships
were made Of pastebOard, while with the other
hand we would destroy the petty Federal
navy, reduce American commerce to nulity,
and turn the Northern seaboard into bowling
wilderness"
The London Sunday Times, the organ
of the fancy men and bruisers, follows up
the compliment in this tremendously ener.
getic style:
Capt. Wilkes is, unfortunately, but too
faithful type of the people in whose foul mis-
sion he is engaged. He is an ideal Yankee.
Swagger and ferocity, built up on mountain
of vugarity and cOwardice-these are his
characteristics; and these are the most prom.
lnent marks by which his countrymen, gener.
ally speaking, are known all over the world.
To bully the weak; to triumph over the help
less; to trample on every law of courtesy and
custom; wantonly to violate all the more sa-
cred instincts OF human nature; to defy as long
docs and q q
real peril shows itself, to sneak aside or run
away these are the virtues of the race which
presumes to announce itself as the leader of
civilization and the prophet of human progress
in these latter days. BY Capt. Wilkes let the
Yankee breed be judged.
Per contra we are told that the Young
Ireland party have been thrown into hys-
terics ofjoy at the prospects Of war be-
tween England and America. The Dublin
Nation says the capture of the Commission.
ers on board of British steamer was an
"Act worthy fthe spirit, daring and dash of
the Americans; it was one to make Irish hearts
Jump with JOY" 1.-The news" continues the
same organ. "has created wild excitement
and enthusiasm in Dublin, and it will awaken
similar feelings and sensations throughout the
whole country" If the English government
resent the insult, then we are told will come
"a great time for Ireland" Then will the
men who are gone with vengeance prove
vengeful men indeed. Then will the Irish race
in America rush to arms and bound into the
battle"
II John Bull makes war on this country
be will have to fight the whole Irish race at
home and abroad-in Ireland and Canada,
as we'll as the United States He will find
some hard nuts to crack before he has
crumpled up the Yankee nation like paste
beard"