The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-08-08
News and Other Items. en- 4,

mand of Fort jackson, New Orleans, likes
mint juleps as well as anybody.
The Boston Advertsser publishes the
following extract from private letter,
written by gentleman who is entitled to
regard:
saw Mcclellan again this morning on the
steamer Louisiana, going round among the
wounded, and speaking and shaking hands
with them. He looks no more like his picture
looks perfectly self reliant, without the slight
est shade OF difidence or anxiety. The idea of
his feeling overwhelmed by any amount of
responsibility is wholly inconsistent with his
appearance and manner. 1t is impossible to
suppose, after looking at him, that he is the
tlmid, Over.cautiOus, never-ready, irresoIute
man that his detractOrs say he is.
He does not strike one as man of genius,
but thoroughly reliable, strong, self.reliant
and bold.
General Burnside was in New York on
Monday, and left that night for Washing.
ton. He was discovered and forced to
make speech, which the New York Eyen.
ing Post reports as follows:
My friends;-The enthusiastic welcome you
l expected to come here quietly and go away
without making any excitement; but the kind
interest you take in me proves that you will
also take some interest in what l to tell you.
1t is this: That all is well if you will only fill
up the old regiments. (Voices-"They shall
be filled up.") This is the best advice | have
to give YOU'LL up the old regiments. So ma.
ny men have so many times predicted the
time OF the end of the rebellion, and been mis-.
taken, that will not do SO now; but l can say
it will be very soon if the old regiments are
Tiled up. thank you for the kind reception
you have given me, and hope to meet you here
again when peace and quiet reigns among US.
The most moderate calculations of the
present Ohio crop, makes it at least 30,OO0,-
bushels, or at least 100000 bushels more
than was raised last year. Of this quantity
there will be surplus beyond the State
demand OF some II 100000 bushels. The
Cincinnati Gazette calculates that the sur
plus produce that will be exported from
Ohio this year will exceed in value the ms
terest on thousand millions of dollars.
The Washington correspondent of the
New York Euening Post says that an i'm.
pOAtuut OtulSSIOu 10 uOICO III GuC CUuuSCd-
ton and emancipation bill -
Inasmuch- as it contains no section provd.
ing for the due enforcement of the provisions
relating to emancipation. In general terms
the slaves of rebel masters are declared free,
but it does not authorize anybody to decide
upon the question, except in cases where an
attempt is made to recover the slave in the
courts"
1t will be remembered that the President t,
in his draft of bis veto message, pointed out
this omission and suggested that the want
might be easily supplied. But Congress
did not take the hint.
The process of drafting in other coun-
tries, and as it probably will be here, if re.
sorted to, is thus:
Rolls are prepared of those liable to serve
able bodied men between the ages of Is and
45-and the requisite number of names are
drawn by lot in the presence of prescribed of.
ticials. The persons drawn are notified and
given opportunity to prove themselves ex
empt, or provide suitable substitutes, failing
which they are compelled to serve, or submit
to heavy penalties, generally imprisonment.
All male citizens Of the United States are
liable to be drafted except those who are EN-.
plOyed IN the civil service of ,he government,
from President down to mail carriers, and all
those who are disabled by age, disease or
personal inability
james river is not entirely obstructed
from Richmond to Fort Darling. There is
passage through which the rebel gunboat
Teaser recently passed, and through which
the "New Merrimac iron guuboat, re.
Gently finished, will come down, ii required.
This passage can at any time be obstruct.
cd at short notice. The Notifications at
Fort Darling are complete. The whole
work is said to be thoroughly mined. and
the force around it large. No uncertainty
is expressed at Richmond as to holding the
place.
An officer of the Third Minnesota mar
rates to the st. Louis Democrat the follow
ing as an Illustration of the mode of making
war adopted by our officers 10 Tennessee:
Near Nashville lives lady who has two sons
in the rebel army, driven thither quite as much
by her fierce exhortationS and urgings as by
any impulse of their own. On the occupation
of Nashville by our troops, the secesh suffered
the loss of five of her chickens, and had but
three left. Indignant at such plumber by the
''hirelings of Lincoln" she repaired to head.
quarters, and laid her grievances before the
officer in command. She was respectfully lis.
tined to. compensation made to her for the
loss, and guard of twelve men placed over
her premises for eight weeks to guard her
three remaining hens!
Among the lately released prisoners
from Richmond, we notice the name of
Harrison Lyons, LIST Minnesota.
The order of General Buell. on the sur
render at Murfreesboro is severe and Just.
The Cincinnati Commercial says of it:
1t is in good time and tone. The affair at
MurfreesbOrO was the most dsgraceful to our
arms that has occurred during the war. AS
soon as the responsible officers, now prisoners
of war, fall into our hands they should be
dealt with vigorously. The Commanding
Generals honorable mention OF the conduct of
two Sergeants and twenty-five men. is good
thing. There is no excuse for companies of
our men surrendering to rebel cavalry, and
they will not do it if even tolerably ofhcered.
A company of infantry well posted and reso.
lutte, could beat off all the guerilla cavalry in
Tennessee. Some instances OF surrender have
occurred in which the men are open to the
suspicion of having surrendered for the sake
of beinr naroed and getting home. That will