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New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-07-08
A NEW GOLD.EIELD.

The enormously rich placer on Salmon River
Eastern Oregon) having nearly collapsed-for
the prcsent--Southern California has now i~
turn of the pleasing excitement. new gold
field has been discovered on the Colorado
River, some 300 miles east Of San Bernardiuo.
and perhaps 1870 above Fort Yumas. The dig
giDgs are eight or ten miles east OF the
Colorado, in a coarse gravel, where 10 water
is near. A well sunk near it affords drinking
water. which is retailed at 30 cents per gallon.
Flour SELF at so per 100 pounds, or Sl4o per
biol. The gold is obtained by dry-washiDs--
that ia, tossing in blankets or hides-aud by
pouring. As yet, the number digging IS but a
few hundreds, but great expectations are
cherished of extensive digsings to be discovered
on the upper Colorado and all its tributaries.
It is expected that the new god-feid will
develop an extent OF several thousands OF square
miles, and perhaps equal the original wealth Of
[ all.orDia.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-07-08
The Tax Bill,
NOW READY,

"a pa4phlct Of % pages on fine white paper be'ae
the bill which IS word for word IL aceo dance with the
original text We append to it Alphabetical Necapoiaiion
o. evey article 70 be by the law and the amount OF
the ts4 to DO levied thereon. This renders IT as complete
sad it is possible to make It, The bi ta4e' a.
,s every article in use aud every person ia interested to
irog tIc amount
Price cents popadi ~ per 100 sent by express; 30
Vs 100 by mail.
Adl,s.s THE TRIBUNE Nev-YorI
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-07-08

There are some statements in the Letter OF
LOYAL Mechanic TO the Secretary of the
Navy. which we publish on another page, de-
serving of attention, and particularly from mem
bers Of Congress, who are expected to Vots
ntelgently on the proposition OF the Secretary
Cor an appropriation of $50 1000, 600 for Cos
errlment workshops. If. as this writer asserts
and he is one whose opnions and assertions
are deserving OF respect--tle system which has
hitherto been pursued in regard 70 The con-
struction Of large ordnance, and which It 10
propc.ed TO adhere to even more risidly here
after. be one which denies fair play, or any
play whatever to the genius of mechanics out
eide the Navy Department, then 1t IS time 70
give to the subject some serious consideration
We cannot afford, among an inventive people
Ike ours, to deprive by official regulation tie
private citizen of all opportunity for the
application of new principles Reconstruction IN SO
important matter as the making of ordnance.
Perhaps still less can we afford TO entrust to
an organized Department, in some respects
governed inevitably by routine, and dislike
of any innovation, matter as YET 80 ne"
and SO important as the construction Oh arlnoc
for ships. to the exclusion of that large aud
intelligent class whose business is working
in metals. Even in the construction OF large
guns. there 10, doubtless, something yet 70 10
Discovered. and 10 say nothing of the immense
expenditure, the Government VIII defeat ito
own obect--to GET the best hips aud tAe BEST
,v,non-if the measure proposed shall cut Oh
al priv ,ts competition.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-07-08
Nrsp2lprlsDailp gribmma
TUESDAY. JULY 8, 1862.
10 CORnrSPONDENTS

se notice cen be taken Of Anonymous Communications.
whstysT .iuiended iof insertion must De snihenc''oD
by the uGe and address Of tie w.ernot nesesarlS iof
publication but sgumau:y FOR his good faith.
Necsur o. undertake rejected tommUnieston~
Az bu.oes, letters Tor tuis oce should Addressed 10
"rag TnlBUNE." New-YoIk.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-07-08


ed. which speaks OF rrserrai po,rers. Most OF
the thirteen states, if not al had nothing
moro for 4 Constitution uiau their Colnuisi
charter. ob.aiucd nom the Crown OF England,
iog man, sears airerward. With these facts
before u.. a .s not Difficult, 10 understand what
rs meant by reserye4 powers, nor what Is
meant b. "Br, PIE psopif 81 ~ ip'ed Stats, "
in the preamble oi the Constitution. The pow
crs reserved, Il. in tie tenth article, and the
right. retained ~ N the ninth article Of the
Constitution, are those that hal fifteen years
before 1Cen conferred and attained by the
united power OF d" 10, nc PooPts, who we're
the real grantors ~ expressed IN tho preamble
OF that instrument. Admitting the correctness
of these statements, 10 is question 81 easy
solution to determine the condition 0i The Gov
ernmen.s OF tbose states that have 'eceded.
Secession was the net of tie St.te Governments
A state Government in rebellion against
the National Government cannot b. recos-
uized in any way except as poi'-e''
emf power. The loyal people OF those
States have constitutional rights, and must
he REGARDED as people bereit Oh a
Lawful State Government, aud as sIrerlng
under tho usurpaton Of a disloyal aud bcIiger'
emf mower. The disloyal have no rights until
fine, return to allegiance. The loyal have
rights, and may properly ash tho United states
icoyerpmont TO secure 10 them Republican
loyerpment. Should t4ey organize and insti.
tnte a state Government, excluding Slavery,
and in conflict with the provisions oi that
administered by Rebels, they have r.ght to
denlaad protection under the United States
Constitution.
state rebellion il State suicide. and
the dsioyaty vl those exercising the
functions OF such government subjects them to
all the pains and penalties Of the crime Of
treason. II does got suDihilate the right Of
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-07-08

II, y. y. Times ought surely to hncS better
than to misrepresent those ii terms Radicsi'
~ inlnMi:
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-10-17
The Governors at Altoona.

1t has repeatedly been denied by the
radical presses, that any proposition was
made at the Altoona Convention for the
removal of General MCCLELLAN, and the
report of the Heyuid has been stigmatized
as tissue of falsehoods. The question is
now settled, however that such PROPOSE
ton was made by Gov. ANDREW of Massa-
chusetts. At the late Peoples Convention,
irrespective of party, Mr.. SALroNsrALL of
Newton stepped on the platform and an
nOunced that he held in his hand letter
from one of the governors of the Altoona
Convention, giving him permission to say
that formal proposition was made to the
Convention to remove the Commanding
General of the army of Virginia, and on
being called on for the name of the govern
or, who authorized the statement, Mr.. SAL
ToNsrALL said it was Gov. BRADFORD of
Maryland. To a subsequent question as to
who the governor was who made the pro-
position, Mr.. s. said that the letter was of
a private nature, and he was not now at
liberty to give all the contents, but the
convention could well imagine who made
the proposition alluded to.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-10-17
FROM GEN. SIBLEY,S INDIAN
EXPEDITION.

1t. SHELLEY arrived Tuesday from Gen.
SIB1EY's camp, but brought no news Of
Importance. Good health prevails, but
the cold nights are uncomfortable to some
of the men, in consequence of the lack of
blankets. Over fifteen hundred Indians
who surrendered themselves, have been
sent to the Yellow Medicine, and are
guarded there by companies commanded
by Captains WHITNEY and KENNEDY. The
Indians are busily engaged in digging po-
tatoes and harvesting their scanty crops.
They are very peaceable and are endeavor-
ing to impress their captors with the be-
lief that they are entirely friendly. Sixty
more lodges had come in and surrendered
since the prisoners were delivered up. A
rumor was current in camp that several
hundred Yanktons were on their way to
attack Gen. SIBLEY, but it was not gene
rally credited
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-10-17
The Dead at Antietam I.

j. B. Kiddo, Lieutenant Colonel of the
18TH Pennsylvania Volunteers, writes I'M
der date of the 9th ultimo, as follows,
concerning the relative number of killed
in the battle of Antietam: 81 told you
We had helped to bury the dead. Let me
give you the figures. We were ordered to
keep strict account of both parties and
bury them in separate graves. We buried
S2S rebels and 125 Union troops. The
130th and 145th Pennsylvania were also
engaged with us, and worked day longer
than we did. am told by their officers
that the disproportion between the dead
with them was greater than | have given
above. am satisfied, from what | saw
with my own eyes, that the rebels lost ten
to our one." The Washington Star adds
to this authentic statement of Lieut.. Col
Kiddo, the fact that within few days i'm
mediatcly previous to the late reconnois-
sance of Colonel Mclean to Warrenton, no
less than three thousand of the rebel
wounded in the battles of Maryland were
sent through that town to Culpepper Court
House. their railroad terminus. 1t is easy
to see from facts like these how little truth
there is in Lees estimate of five thousand
as his loss in the engagement OF Antietam
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-10-17
The Victory at COrinth.

The victory of Gen. RosEcRANs grows
in magnitude and Importance the more We
hear oft. The defeat of the enemy was the
most complete and disastrous route he has
met with in the west. Prisoners, artillery,
arms and munitions of all descriptions, in
quantities not yet definitely stated, were
taken by our victorious troops. We trust
the rebel army in that region has been so
thoroughly broken up that it can never
be an army again.
We do not think that there is now any
rebel force in the southwest that can with
stand GRANT and RosECRANs at ALL There
is said to be division probably BREcK1N-
RIDGE's) at Holly Springs, but it is not for
midable, and if moved against Immediate
ly will soon be disposed Of We trust
there will not be a moments unnecessary
delay, and that the success we have gained
at Corinth, will be followed up until Vicks-
burg is in our hands, and the Mississippi is
once more opened throughout it's length.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-10-17

The intimate friends of the President say
that he is delighted with the condition of
the army on the Upper Potomac. The
troops have received him at all points with
great enthusiasm, and he is much pleased
with their general appearance. They have
entirely recovered from the fatigue of the
recent marches and battles, and are ready
for another contest with the enemy, or a
pursuit, as the case may be. The general
opinion in our army is that Lee and his
troops will not fight in their present posi-
ton, but will gradually fall back as our
troops advance. The plans of our own
generals are very properly kept in secret.
At no previous time have they been kept
so carefully and successfully from outsiders.
The President has doubtless been in con-
sultatiOn with Generals Mcclellan, Burn
side, Summer and other military leaders
upon those plans, and the public may soon
expect to see them developed.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-10-17
VictOry in Kentucky.

A dispatch from General BUELL. an
nounces that his force came up to BRAGG S
army, at Perrysville, on Thursday, and af-
ter severe battle, the rebels were re-
pulsed, and during the night again took
up their line of retreat towards Harrods-
Durg. On Friday there was some Skin
mishing with the rebelrear guard, but the
main body was out of the way. In the
action of Thursday, General BUELL. says the
enemy was everywhere repulsed, which
statement, together with the fact that the
rebels retreated and left General BUELL. in
possession of the town, leaves no doubt of
victory on our side. General BUELL., pro-
badly, is less inclined to exaggeration than
any officer we have. His dispatch is a
plain statement of what he has occom-
plished, and is entirely devoid of ostenta-
tious boasts.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-10-17
From Richmond.

The Richmond E'runaiser of the 9th
instant says jeff Davis Congress has post
poned its time for adjournment to October
18th. The same paper gives the Military
Exemption Act, passed October 18th, which
exempts police for all sections of the coun-
try having dense negro population, Sc
cures the liberty of the press by exempting
editors and such help as they require in
their business, and exempts employees Of
transportation and telegraph. The follow
ing shows what the Examiner thinks OF
secesh financiering:
Congress has serious business on its
hands at present. The suject of revenue
and finance is now before Congress. The
bill provides that every citizen give to the
government one-fifth of his gross income,
and receive in acknowledgment eight PEI
cent bonds Of all loans. Eight per cent.
is the worst of all taxes twenty per cent.
on gross income is the most oppressive. By
this project Congress strikes heavier
blow at our credit than the public enemy
The government has committed financial
blunders enough to ruin it's credit, if the
confidence of the people was not so vel
supported.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-10-17
An Amusing Farce.

There is something incxpressibly ludi-
crous in the rebel proceedings at Frankfort,
inaugurating 'Provisional Governor of
Kentucky. To read the grandiloquent
programme of the ceremonies, one is
reminded of descriptions Of some pompous
oriental pageant attendant on the corona
ton of some high and mighty potentate
claiming kindred with whole celestial
armament of stars and planetary orbs.
Here is the especial order, issued by the
redoubtable Brayton Bragg, for the oc-
casion:
HEADQUARTERS ARMY or kENTUcKY.f
LEXINGTON, October =, 1862.
Installation OF the Provisional Governor at
Frankfort, on Saturday, October 4th, at Il II.
Major General Smith is charged with the man
agement for the Military and Escort Guard and
Salute. The governor will be escorted from his
quarters by Il squadron OF cavalry and accompa-
MED by the commander of the Confederate
States force Major General Buckncr BriTadier
General Preston, and their respective stats.
The commanding general will present the gov
ernor TO the people, and transfer, in behalf of
the Confederate States, the civil orders of the
SEtlc anu plpiic fcCoIuS anu property.
By order BRAXTON BRAGG,
Gen. Commanding.
The installation took place; Governor
Dick Hawes dOnned the ermine robes OF
office whole constellation of be-starred
rebel cut-thrOat generals bowed in recog-
milton of the new authority; and, in less
than six hours afterward, Governor Halves
and his provisional cabinet, followed by his
bespangled, rag-tag and bob-tail military
servitors, took to their heels and g skedad-
died" toward Lexington with very undig-
nified rapidity! Their regime in Lexington
was equally short. They are still on the
"skedaddle.
81 see them on their winding way,
About their heels the grape-shot play!
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-10-17
Death Of Major SedSWick.

Major WILLIAM DWIGHT SEDGwICK, who
has just died of the wounds he received at
the bloody battle of Antetam, was men,
Der of the well-knOwn Massachusetts FAM
lily of that name, eminent for its talent.
On the mothers side its intellectual inner
itance was not less remarkable, belonging,
if our recollection serves us rightly, to the
stock of Jonathan Edwards, the illustrious
metaphysician. He was settled in Saint
Louis, young lawyer of high promise and
noble character. On the breaking-out of
the war he forsook his profession, came to
Berkshire in Massachusetts,, his native
place, joined a regiment raised there, and
gave his services and his life, if necessary,
to the cause of his country. His life was
required of him. Those who sorrow for
his death have at least the mitigation of
rejecting that he died in a great, Just and
holy cause. The sweet but somewhat fan
tastic lines of Collins have yet profound
truth in them, and haunt the mind like a
strain of unearthly music:
How sleep the brave who sink to rest
By all their countrys wishes blest.
When Spring. with dewy fingers cold.
Returns to deck their hallowed mould.
She there shall dress a sweeter sod
Than fancys feet have ever trod.
= By fairy hands their knell is rlng:
By forms unseen their dirge is sung:
There Honor comes. pilgrim gray.
To deck the turf that wraps their clay:
And freedom shall awhile repair,
To dwell. a weeping hermit, there
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-10-17
The Removal Of India as.

A correspondence between Hon. G. K.
CLEVELAND, of Blue Earth, and Senator
WILKINSON, in relation to the removal OF
the Indians, has been published.
The following is the conclusion of Mr..
CIEvELAND's letter:
Allow me then, in the name of an outraged
and suffering people, to beg of you some assur-
ance as to the policy Congress, and especially
the Congressional delegation from this State,
will adopt and pursue, touching the Sioux and
WinnebagO Indians. Will the Government
hencefOrth side with the people, or with the
murderers of their friends and kindred?
Shall the Indians friendly as well as hostile,
be removed or expelled beyond the borders of
this State, or shall the fairest and richest por-
ton of be abandoned to gradual depOpulation
and perpetual border war? An early reply will
greatly oblige my immediate constituents, and
many others equally interested.
Mr.. WILKINSON, in reply, says he is I'M
able to state what will be the policy OF
Congress in relation to these Indian tribes,
but states the course he intends to pursue.
He is in favor of removing both the Sioux
and Winnebagoes beyond the limits of the
State, and will do all in his power to bring
about this result He thinks the atrocities
which they have committed have so out
ragged our people that it is useless to attempt
to retain these Indians in our State. and
adds:
In conclusion, | will state that from repeated
conversations which | have had with Col. AL.
drich and Mr.. Window, of the House of Repre-
sentativeS am authorized to state that they
heartily concur with me in the views which
have expressed in this letter, and assure you
that we will be united in using our best en-
deavors to rid the State of the loathsome and
brutal savages.
We have no doubt that our Congressional
delegation will be unit on this question,
and We believe they will succeed in settling
it to the satisfaction of their constituents.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-10-17
News from Mankato,
L the Record, Saturday 11tb.

From the Record, Saturday 11tb
COL FLANDRAU's vALEDICTOEY
On Saturday morning last, in taking
leave of the Southern Military Department,
Col. Fandrau issued the following valedic-
tory order:
HEADo'Rs ND. En-, SOUTHERN FRoaqIERl
South Bend, Oct. s. 1862.
To the Soldiers and Citizens mdo hare BEEN and are
noac engagod im tie dcfcnce Of the Soyfhe'n
frontier:
On the eighteenth of August last, your
frontier was invaded by the Indians. You
promptly rallied for its defence. You
checked the advance of the enemy, and
defeated him in two severe battles at New
Ulm You have held line of frontier
posts extending over distance of one hun
bred miles You have erected six sub
stantial Notifications, and other defensive
works of less magnitude You have dis
persed marauding bands of savages that
have hung upon your lines. You have
been uniformly brave, vigilant and obedi-
ent to orders By your efforts the war has
been confined to the border: without them
it would have penetrated into the heart of
the State.
Major General Pope has assumed the
command of the Northwest, and will con-
troll future operations. He proposes q Wig
orous prosecution of the war. Five com
panies of the 25th Wisconsin regiment and
500 cavalry from Iowa are ordered into
the region now held by you, and will sup
ply the places Of those whose term of en-
listment shortly expires. The Department
of the Southern Frontier, which have the
honor to command will from the date of
this order, be under the command of Col.
NJ NJ. Montgomery, of the Goth WiscOn-
sin, who | take pleasure in introducing to
the troops and citizens ofthat Department
as a soldier and man to whom they may
confde their interest and the safety of
their country with every assurance that
they will be protected and defended.
Pressing public duties of civil nature
demand my absence temporarily from the
border. The intimate and agreeable rela-
tons we have towards each other, our
union in danger and adventures, cause me
to regret at leaving you, but will hasten
my return.
CHAS. E. FLANDRAU.
Colonel COmd'g Southern Frontier.
Col. NJ M. Montgomery, commander OF
this military department., arrived here last
evening, with the view Of selecting head
quarters for the winter. The exact lOca-
ton has not yet been determined upon,
but we believe it will be somewhere in the
vicinity of this place or South Bend. Two
or three companies will be stationed al
headquarters, and winter barracks erected
for the men.
Major Rusk will make his headquarters
at Winnebago City.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-10-17

There are unfounded rumOrs of rebels
crossing the Potomac in force, which show
the excited State of the public mind in
Pennsylvania. There is no doubt that the
rebel cavalry have made their escape into
Virginia Why they were not captured is
to be made a subject of investigation. The
malignant haters of MCCLELLAN, ofcourse,
are busy in defaming him for allowing
STEWART to cross the river. They cannot
conceive why one hundred miles cannot be
as effectually guarded as one hundred rods.
A story is started that MCCLELLAN is to be
superseded by Gen. HOOKER, but special
dispatch to the Tribune blasts their hopes
They will have to ''wait little longer"
An important letter from General
SCOTT to Secretary SEWARD, written ON
the day preceding the inauguration Of
Prerident LINCOLN, was read by JOHN VAN
buren,, at Democratic meeting in New
York. The sentiments expressed in regard
to the proper course to be pursued with the
revolted States, were then entertained by
many wise and patriotic citizens, and open
ly advocated by thorough Republicans, and
it is not improbable that they would have
been adopted had the rebels re f. lined from
commencing active hostilities, by firing on
Fort Sumter.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-10-17

The following promotions and changes
in the First Regiment have been made, and
commissions were issued yesterday in ac-
cordance Herewith, as follows:
Major GEORGE n. MORGAN Lieutenant Col
onel rice MILLER transferred.
Capt. WIN. CoLvILLE Jr. Major rice MORGAN
promoted.
First Lieut.. francis BAAsES. Regimental
QuartermaSter.
c. EDWARD DAVIS. First Lieutenant
Sergeant WILLIAM NJ. MAY company B.,
Second Lieutenant.
ond Lieutenant
Sergeant WALDO FARE>>. company |. Sec
ond Lieutenant.
Sergeant WILLIAM Harmon, company d..
Second Lieutenant
Second Lieutenant n SEAEu.rs, First Lieu.
tenant.
Second Lieutenant. MARTIN MAGINN1s. First
Lieutenant.
Second Lieutenant {. B. HFrEIrINGER First
Lieutenant.
Second Lieutenant THOMAS SINCLAIR First
Lieutenant.
Sergeant HoRArto S. BINGHAM company X,
Second Lieutenant.
Sergeant Major JOIN PEILER, Second Lieu
tenant, company f.
Sergeant DAVID B. DEMAREsr Second Lieu
tenant company A.
Second Lieutenant JOHN BALL, First Lieuten-
ant, company l. rice HARLEY resigned.
Second Lieutenant JAMES SHEPLEY, company
F. First Lieutenant rice HoYT resigned.
Second Lieutenant, JOSEPH r. KING, First
Lieutenant, company H, rice BAAsEN promoted
to QuarterMaster.
Lieutenant LOUIS MULLER, Captain company
E, rice PoMEROY resigned.
Lieutenant JOSEPH PERIAN, Captain company
X, vice HoLTzBoRN, killed in action.
Lieutenant j. j. MCCALLUM, Captain compa.
ny F nice CoLvILLE, promoted to Major.