The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-03-14
Our News Summary.

The Ericsson iron plated floating bat
terry, the Monitor," was armed with two
l1-inch columbiads, which have baen fur
nished with 400 wrought iron shot, each
ball costing SAT, and weighing 1874 pounds.
These balls were made by forging square
blocks of iron at the Novelty Works, then
turning them at the lathe. The cost of the
400 amounts to $4,000. and their total
weight is 10000 pounds Cast iron shot
are liable to break in pieces when fired
against thick iron plates.
The Senate in executive session last
Friday, confirmed Brigadicr Generals St
fieorge Cooke, Bu;terfsld, Graham, w. 7.
Ward, Paine, Sykes, William A, Richard.
son, Stanley, Burns, Rousseau, Reno, Fitz
John Porter, Plummer and Davies. A gen.
eral disposition was shown to reject the
Brigadier Generals on McCiellau's and
Halleck's staff. Governor Morgan, ". K.
Strong, Lockwood, Slck!es and GOrmau
were all passed over.
The Washington correspondent OF the
New York Times says Mr. Stanton
daily expresses to General Mcclellan and
to General McCleilan's friends, and to his
own friends as well, his great and
undiminisbed regard for General Mcclellan
and confidence in his military ability. Such
assurance is now in writing, and is known
to General McClellan's friends and the
latter feel, and say they have right to
feel, that General Mcclellan has 70 better
friend than Secretary Stanton"
- The Hon. Joel w. White, distin-
guished citizen of Connecticut, died in
New York few days ago. The deceased
was President of the national convention
that nominated John Tyler for President in
1874, and was Immediately nominated for
Consul to Russia, which Office be declined.
Subsequently, he was American Consul to
Lyons, under Mr.. Buchanan, which posi-
ton be resigned about year and halt
ago.
49, The rebel Congress have unanimously
adopted preamble and resolution, setting
forth that
WHEREAS, The United States are wagug
war with the avowed purpose of compelling
the Confederate States to reunte with them
,%ba ~
and which only tends to consolidation in one
general Government and consequent destruc-
ton of the rights of States and of the results
attained by separation And Whereas. the
two sections can only exist together in the
relation of Oppressor and oppressed, because
OF the great preponderance of power in the
Northern secti on, coupled with dissimilarity
of interests therefore,
Resolved, That this Congress do solemnly
declare and publish to the wcrld the unaltera-
be determination of the Confederate States to
suffer all the caIamiies of a most protracted
war, but never again to politically affiliate
with people guilty of an invasion of their
soil and butchery of their citizens.
"A debate occurred 10 the House of
Representatives last Friday on Fremont.
The Chicago Times says of it:
Frank Blair's attack on Fremont to-day was
| very severe. He presented many m ain facts,
and completely riddled the Pathfinder's de.
| fence. He showed that although Fremont had
| been removed from his command for military
inefficiency and corruption, he had not ven.
| tured to demand a court of inquiry. Blair was
very severe on the systematic puffery resorted
| to in the New York Tribune, Post, and other
newspapers to bolster up Fremont's failures.
| He denied that the Committee on the Conduct
| of the War had recommended him for com.
| mand in the field, as telegraphed all over
the country, or that the administration had any
| idea of letting him go into the field until he
had &C quitted himself of the charges for which
| he had been superseded.
Schuyler Colfax made speech in defence
! of Fremont: but in it he deprecated the publ.
cation by the Pathfinder of the defence which
appeared in the New York Tribune as unwise