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The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-11-28

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Navy, concerning the recent dismissal Of
Commander Preble.
FIAG-SHIp HARTFORD
Pensacola Bay, Oct. 49, 1862.
SIR--I regret that my statement of
Commander Preble's case should have
drawn upon him such summary and severe
punishment.
That he deserved some censure for his
hesitation to act or fire is to me clear;
but when it is considered how desirous the
government has been to avoid giving Of
fence to foreign nations in enforcing our
blockade, feel assured that Commander
Preble's hesitation arose purely from that
cause. The Oreto was flying the English
flag and pennant, and he feared she might
be an English man-of-war, and having
more confidence in the gunnery of
his crew than the result proved
that they deserved, he lost three
minutes that were never to be re-
gained, as every moment increased
the space between the vessels, and made
it more difficult for Captain Preble to bring
his guns to bear without losing by yawing
his vessel AS the effect of all punish
ment is principally intended to prevent the
repetition OF offences rather than to pun
ish the individual, think there can be
but little doubt that this effect has in the
present instance been obtained upon the
entire navy, and therefore hope that the
department will grant commander Preble
hearing before Court Martial or Court
of Inquiry, so as to enable him to show his
country and his family that he has not sui
lied the brilliant escutcheon Of his grand
sire by any want Of fidelity to his country.
sincerely trust that the President, as
well as yourself, may be prevailed upon to
grant this favor to one who has served his
country faithfully, with unblemished char
acter, up to the moment of this unfortu-
nate occurrence.
Very respectfully your obedient servant,
[olgneuJ ID. Ii. FARRAGUT.
Rear Admiral Commanding west Gulf Block
aiding Squadron.
To Hon. GIDEON WELLEs, Secretary of the Ma
Wy, Washington d. G.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-11-28

Ye McCormack's patent reaper,

Ye McCormacks patent reaper,
And ye various patent threshers,
And We powerful pod-augcr,
All were bought to fight ye Indians.
Then came ye renowned Artemas,
Great A. Ward, ye mighty Snowman
And converted into "green backs"
Wax-works and We Anaconda
All We implements Of warfare,
All to fight ye savage Indians?
Thence to Minnesota came he,
Came on boat, We mighty General,
Came with corn sacks and contractors,
Came he with ye patent reapers,
Came he with We patent threshers,
Came with staff, and ye great wax-works,
Came he with We Anaconda,
All to fight We savage Indians.
Then ye telegraph he built there,
To strike ye Indians with ye lightnings,
Bought We lumber, thirty Millions"
For ye coffins of We Indians!
And We waX-lights for ye funerals
Now, from out ye Vatican forth.
Lets he loose ye Anacondai
Kissing, coiling round We Indians,
While We liz htnings leap upon them,
Trickling down their tawney back-bones.
Melting off ye bone like tallow!
While continuous every reaper,
Mows them down like harvest grain fields !!
ana yS IllrcSIlcrS Illdhc yc SIftIl ny
OFF ye red skins, like ye Devil
Threshing, kissing, cutting, soaring,
Scorching, skinning, and devouring,
Like ye earthquake and volcano.
Till We few remaining Indians,
Pale with fear, turn into white folk,
And, with ropes about their necks tied,
To be hanged, all come beseeching
Yet, while all ye battle RACES,
Like ye Jove who guides ye stOrm-cloud,
Ye great chicftain of We Northwest,
Never stirs from out ye sanctum,
Whence comes fiulnsen VtaicCmum,
Till conquering chief he comes forth.
With yc curling peace-pipe smoking.
And ye ink-horn, and ye paper
And ye telegraphic wires,
Quick to write ye great report on,
And to tell ye anxious nation
That ye - Indian war is Over!"
And ,ye "Ited Skins" all converted
Into ''Grecn Backs" and Contractors
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-11-28

The wife of George Roth, an old
citizen of Chicago, and reputed to be worth
$780, 900 or 100000, has applied to the
Superior Court in that city for divorce
from him, on the ground Of desertion.
They we're married in 1856, and soon after
took trip to France, where she alleges he
became unfaithful to her and then deserted
her. She now petitions for divorce and
alimOny.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-11-28
I'll.
Ye Steeple Chase.

Soon, We ''On to Richmond shouters.
Hailed with JOY yc great reporter,
Coming to ye odd Dominion"
With We double stars and baggage
Soon to bag We rebel army
Carry off We town of Richmond
Then uprose We mighty Ajax,
And with voice that shook ye hill-sides,
Spoke ye ordcr.to yc army:
Look yon nerer more behind you!
Forward nom, all, On to Richmond"
Ind tear up ye road behind yOu!
For ye mighty ~a,75or, Ajar,
Nercr Lnen achat 10 retreat is,
But, like ye great Julius Cesar,
4lrays keeps Ills nose before him!
True lis needle to We load-stone
True as arrow to the rOe's heart.
Nothing swerving, never turning,
Sure great Ajax now will bag them.
Now. with bags and banners flying.
On, We Hero. on is marching,
Right straight on we rebel city
On We rebel city, Richmond!
While ye rebels fly before him,
All around, and far behind him,
Still he onward "Ons to Richmond" "
Never stopping. nor retreating,
Away with We foe before him,
Turn he whittier his nose leads him,
Tearing up We road behind him,
Never thinking of retreating!
Now, straight into Richmond rlshes,
Scattering rebels and destruction,
Straight into yc city rushes,
Straight into We State-House rllshcs,
With We bags and banners flying!
Sure to bag ye rebel Congress,
Sure to bag old "one-eyed Davis ;"
With We bags all stretched wide open,
Sure of bagging all We traitors!
But ye rebels knew ye bags well,
And We mighty bagman fearing,
All departed. all skedaddled-
Fleeing wildly down through Dixie!
Then We mighty Ajax tore down
Tallest of their highest steeples,
And with wrath and steeple chased them;
Chased them through We land of Dixie.
Like Orlando FuriOso,
Tearing up We mighty pine trees,
Chased them down to far Oquaquin,
In We bounds of old Virginia;
Chased them down to far Negochee,
In ye bounds of ye old North State;
Chased them down to Okeemulgee,
In We swampy bOgs of Georgia;
There he chased them with We steeple-
There he chased them with We pine tree
There he chased them with We wind bag
Full of wrath and wind, he chased them!
Some into deep caverns chased he;
Some he chased into We rivers;
some ne cIlaSeu ntO ye gun SCream;
All before him drove We others.
Drove them up from oak -fan-oak-swamps
Drove them up clear through New Jersey;
Drove them back all to Virginia;
Then "fOrmed a junction with Mcclellan"
Now, bring forth ye pen and inkhorn!
Let ye great reporting General,
Tell ye greatest tale of wonder!
Tell on paper how he fought them;
Tell on paper how he drove them;
How he never once retreated,
How he never should have come back
But to see his friend Mcclellan!
How he should have brought off Richmond
Had ye steeple only held fast!
How he should have bagged we rebels,
Had Mcclellan sent ye bags up!
And Fitz Porter held ye bags right!
While ye Generals stood a laughing,
While ye Ajax fought ye rebels!
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-11-28

Ii you ask me, will tell you,
/ will sing you. / will tell you,
OF ye mighty Pope, ye General!
Not We ancient Roman Papa,
Nor We hunch- backed Pope, ye poet
Sing l not of Papal Bulls, nor
Tell l Of We Epic Dunciad;"
Naught / sing of but ye General
Ye great Ajax of these war times,
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-11-28

Bishop O'Connor celebrated Divine
of the Catholic Church has left Pittsburg
and gone to Boston, to assume his duties
as Professor of Theology in the Jesuit COL
lege near that city. -..--.--.----
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-11-28
NEW SERIES-NO 1853
The Case of Commander Drcble.

Rear Admiral Farragut has addressed
the following letter to the Secretary of the
Navy, concerning the recent dismissal of
Commander Preble.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-07-30
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forwarded fro m Philsdslphia, Aew York, Bos.en o.
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Iowa " Missouri, BY RAILROAD DIKEcT.
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burg with Strn aAsrs ~ vhsh Gesds can he forward
ed 10 ANY point on the Ohio, Muskingum, KENTUCKY
Tsn ssssco cunbsrland. Illinois, onsin Aisss.
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TO atI ports tbs Ser.k- W 1ste RI Lakeg T73-
Merchants And shipI pAtrgssiI the nsports-
tion oftheir irFreghtto this Company can rely with
confidence oniis speedy trEnsii. Et f@
The Rates OF Freight
To and fTum aEy point In tne Nesl BY the Pepn.yl-
vxnin Central hsliroad, are ri al lines As FA-
VokABLE As ARR CHARGED BY oTHEkRAIL.
ROAD COMPANIES.
III THepassic aiAr mark packages 4ayiA Pxss
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-07-30
A CONVERTED DEMOCRAT.
a LETrER q N COL. u. n. WILCOX
OF THE SID lLL sOL.
He DenOumcrs tho Nose water
Policys.HOW the Rebels should
be Treated.

The following letter from Col. j. s.
Wi.cQ4, of the I'D Illinois regiment, was
read at war meeting held in Elgin last
Monday. Col Wilcox xas -1conserva-
tive" Democrat wAcn IL home. Read
what he says:
Headquarters SD Reg't ILL., VOL, !
Camp Montgomery, near Corinth. !
July 18th. 1862. J
FRIEND RAYMOND Nothing of inter-
est transpires IN this branch OF the great
Union army. To-day Is copy Of ysster-
day, and tomorrow wlu probably be a
Jas sip.,ie Of to-day.
There seems to be lull in the bloody
strife Of war, since Tho terrible battles be-
fore Richmond. ye, in the seeming calm,
both parties are bat pausing to regain
breath and gird their loins for 6erccr
strife. Circumstances constantly chang.
ing the relative Positions OF men and
things, frequently requires that the policy
OK Men aud governments should be cor
respondlngly changed and believe the
time has come now. (perhaps it came long
ago, when the polio, of tho Government
towards these dainuabe rebels should be
materially changed While the strife
was going on in the border States, where
there were undoubtedly quite . number
Of really loyal men, it was well enough to
guard and reconstruct their railway, and
to protect persons and property; but now
we stand upon the Northern limo of q
State whose inhabitants. in their miser.
able, arrogant, vicious ignorance, are oil
rebels. Here I think the policy should
change. lfthey saw fit 10 destroy their
railroads., would not intsrfere, but on
tie contrary. If not thoroughly done, 7
would finish the work. III they wished
toshsmythGrT cotton, i would use their
corn and tacon for my army, leaving them
entirely destitute. Instead Of feeding
these wretched women and children who
use the food We give them, in carrying to
their husbands and fathers in the rebel
army intelligence of our sireng h and po-
sition, gathered while reaching their
hands to receive our bounty, | would tell
them to look for food and shelter to those
same husbands and fathers tell you
these peacbu uck le With .dar,sise laughter,
to think they can leave their families and
property safely in cur hands, and have MS
feed the one and guard the other. Ihave
done with that policy which. by placing
guards over every farmhouse, village and
city, and alopg ihe lines Of every galway,
has 50 weakened the 6ghring front 81 our
army thAt IN every encounter these ac-
cgraed rebels hayc nun ensslly . superior
force, compelling our brave boys to fight
against odds. Such slaughter as We suf-
fersd before Richmond, makes tho hcsrt
sick. / say lot these guards be with
drawn. If the rebel property may, BY
any possibility. be Liable 70 become useful
to the rebels IN prolongiag this unhoiy
strife, burn it. destroy il. Let our men
join their comrades with the main army,
and in battles let Us have force equal,
at ieAst, II not superior TO that Of thete enc,
my, and ihsa i widows and orphans mus
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-07-30
LIVE STOCK.

LIVE STOCK.
Droversaud Farmers wiiirnd this the m O adyap-
ssEeous route for lire Stock. CapAcioss Yasas vsi
bees its CO ne ctons and every
AltoHiA~I is paia 20 their Ersm HasrisAuxxA
where Win be feahd every conyensnce for foedinG
and - sting choiee f. onered Of tse PAILA BEE
PHIA, NEM YuAk and bALTIAoRE AAKKETH.
This III also bx und e shortest. quick est ind
nosi oil rect rout r stos1 10 New YGrk--t Allen
town and with fewer change than any oihsy.
IN Och LEwlS, Generals upt.. a ito ona Pa 4ss
l.. l.. HoIpT, Gen. Ticket Akt ,PhHaasipAaa.
X. H. HOUSTON Gen lFreigliAgs. .Phii.dei iphia !:
ian24unM l .IErI. q - ..tM
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-07-30

!" ALL PAPER.
have received Six Cases of Wall Paper and BoI
ac, eubrAci ng good asxel Tor s pr
RI 80 ~. w WESCOfT,
apri9-d Main street, I'd door from i;h.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-07-30
4 RRIyALS AND DEPARTURE
IA aAe OF
RAILROAD TRAINR.

Nottherp Frsin fetves DAILY srnual sxrt Ite AZ al
: eG j.. 10 and arrives al 10 D., m
Nests4t ItalH t-syer aHily krEEdays exeepsea1 At
80 ~. AID $50 p aaa sEEses IL .Ga N q nd
s0e p. m.
Al Hamilton Depot II Tr&!Es op the Wabash valley
Railrosdsrrivs aAiiy. except kupdsss stsoetoes p.
and depsrt daily nasyseacel AIS 50 a. M
Bu Asss esns.est will ihis ettY.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-05-23

Buffers yllanous order Of 18th, adj
dressed TO the ladies of New Orleans,
was published to the army to day by Gen
Beauregard, with all address to the men
of the South to avengo the insult to
their mothers, wives and daughters who
are treated by the ruffian barbarians as
common harlots.
Tho New Orleans Crescent has been sup
pressed.
Richmond. May 20.--A special dispatch
from Corinth gives the general order of
Beauregard, read on dress parade on the
10Th, embracing orders from Butler dat.
ed New Orleans, May 18th, in which he
says if any female shall by word, gesture
or movement, insult or show contempt
for any officer or soldier Of the United
States, she shall be regarded and held
liable TO be treated as woman of the
! town.
Beauregard'a order closes, Men Of the
South shall our mothers, wives, daught
ers and sisters be thus outraged by ruff
fianly soldiers of the North, TO whom i,
! given the right TO treat at their pleasur,
the ladies Of the South as common mar
lots. Arouse friends. and drive back
from our soil the infamous invaders o
our homes, and the disturbers of ou
family ties.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-05-23
Patriots uf Tennessee!

am raising a Battalion of Partisan Rangers
for twelve months service, under State authority.
l will muster into service companies as rapidly as
organized. Each company to consist of Cap
tain, First Lieutenant, two Second Lieutenants,
four Sergeants, four Corporals and at least sixty
prvates. Each company is also entitled to Far
rer, a Blacksmith and two Musicians Every
man must furnish his own horse. If the horse is
killed in the service he will he paid for by the
State, and forty cents day will be paid for the
use of him while in service. In addition TO the
regular pay, the battalion will be paid for all pub.
lie property taken from the enemy and turned
over to the State. Let cverv man bring with him
all The arms he can get The State win pay a
fair price for them. Stout healthy men Of any
age will be received.
Patriots of Tennessee. now is the time for ac-
ton. We have had revcrses, but not 30 serious
as the n-ocl76 qvercalao. When Thousands OF
British regulars occupied all Of cities, Wash
ington. with bot thTce Thousand -h"S-lsss. tout
| less, blanket-css continental militia, al Vale,
! Forge, maintained the cause Of independence.
| is adversely alone which tests the courage ant
patriotism of man. Let us resolve to die all free
men rather than one shall live a slave to Ianke
dominion.
Those who wish to join my command, vii
write to me at this place.
JNO. C. BURCH.
Chattanooga, May 49, 1862.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-05-23
The Fight in Giles.

WOLF GAP, GILES. Co., May 10, 1862.
To the Editor Of the Wig:
am hardly in condition to write, as
the noise and din of battle has not yet
died away. The glorious news from the
East was received in our camp yesterday,
while preparing for an onward move
ment. It was received with cheers,
which made the old mountains and hills
echo and re-echo.
am happy to tell you that we have
met the enemy and have completely
routed them.
We moved from Shannons Gap, Pu-
laski county, last night about ii o'clock
Our forces consisted of the 45th Virginia
Regiment, Col. Peters; the ODD Virginia,
Coz. q NJ. Patton; Capt. Loring's battery,
and two pieces OF the Otey battery. Our
movements were entirely unknown to
the enemy, and not until our advance
guards fred upon their pickets, did the
enemy dream we We're nearer than fifteen
miles Of them.
Just as the sun was creeping from be-
hind the mountain tops we opened upon
them with our battery, the 4th gun to
give them morning salute. The cne-
my hastily formed on the top of hill,
protected oy tall fence. From the best
information received, ! concluded that
they numbered about 500 or 900 infantry
and 100 cavalry. must say, to give
them due credit, that their defense, at
first, was desperate one; but we were
impelled by different motives to fight
The soil of the Old Dominion was to be
rescued from the hands of the Vandals
and with hearty good will did we entel
into it.
They were repulsed and pursued fol-
six miles-the position we now occupy
taken. must not fail to mention tina
the Odd made most brilliant charge VI
HILL and drove the enemy from their pc
sition.
Col. Patton was dangerously wounded
Our loss in killed, wounded and missir!
is small; that of the enemy we cannot as
certain, but it is thought to exceed ours
We have re captured this county. A
the Courthouse we found all their com
missary stores-their late mail-a SINAI
lot of arms and ammunition, and from 3
to so horses.
have not further time to weary 20
, with details. The friends of the Ote
9 E battery may rest assured that they WI
always be heard from in every battl
: which may occur. Yours, PLuRIBus.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-05-23
Another Brilliant Exploit.

TO DR.. Strader, of Morgan's cavalry,
who reached this city on Saturday night
from Kentucky, we are indebted for
Northern papers as late as the llth inst,
and for the following incidents of Col.
Morgan's latest scout:
After the reverse ut Lebanon, Col. Nor
gan, with those of his party who escaped,
went to Sparta, and subsequently increas-
ed his force by the addition of Bledsoes,
McHenry's, and Hamilton cavalry COM
panies. With these he proceeded by q
rapid march to Cave City, Ky.-which is
only sixty-eight miles from LOUISVILLE
and six miles from the Mammoth Cave.
He reached Cave City on Sunday, tho
18th inst, captured the telegraph opera
tor, and very kindly officiated in his
stead, to spare the authorities along the
line any undue excitement. which the
announcement of his presence so near to
Louisville might have occasioned on the
Sabbath. lie succeeded in capturing two
trains from Louisville one passenger and
one freight train. The latter had one of
the finest engines in the country attach
ed to it-said to have cost $4,000. This
train consisted Of thirty.eight empty box
cars. Col. Morgan destroyed the whole
train and engine. On the passenger train
he captured two Federal Majors, Coffee
and Elbetter, and six or seven other pris.
oners, together with near 100000 OF u
s. Treasury notes, which were being
transmitted by express to Tennessee, tc
pay off the Federal army with. A party
dispatched to Woodland, a miles above
Cave City, destroyed considerable lot o
bacon belonging to Abe's government
One object of the daring scout was de
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-05-23
The Crops.

AS we anticipated the damage done
by the disease mistaken for rust, in wheat,
has not proved as serious as was suppos-
ed Our correspondents during the past
week, who have kindly kept us posted as
to the condition OF the crop, almost with
out exception, assures US enae "-~ery Por-
ceptible Improvement has taken place,
and though the wheat has undoubtedly
been injured, better crop will be made
than has been for some time expected
We are assured that full half crop will
be reaped, and considering that the
breadth of land planted is twice as great
as usual, it is to be hoped that there will
DO no scarcity. 49,,
Other crops, except oats, which are
rusted, are reported as being promising
Cotton has sunk into such utter insignih
cameo that our letters seldom mention 1t
-Auqusta Chronicle.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-05-23
Cincinnati Market,
We have tho following quotations from Gin,
natl under date of the 10Th MAY,

We have tho following quotations from Cincin-
natl under date Of the 10th May:
Provisions are in little more favor in the osti
nation of buyers, so that the strength of the
market, as lately reported, has good support
Mess Pork, both here and at outside points was
sold to the extent of 1000 bbls. at sll. Holders
are asking higher figures, but anything above sll
is equivalent to being out of the market. A par
ty here is advised of the sale of the sale of
bbs., at points above st. Louis, on the Mississip
pi tiyer ut $ll. This must be q sweeping specu-
latiye operation, and as such, should not hav,
any erect upon the movcmen -sof the arhet, la
1t doubtless will. Bull, shoulders continue in ia
vor. Holders IRE generally asking 81 cents, loose
but buyers still aim to get them packed at that
price, and, to fair extent, succeed Heavy GALES,
deliverable at interior points, were made, but the
prices were not divulged.
Bulk sides are held at sic, but it is said thoy
are purchasabo at 5sc. Transactions are light,
now that the English buyers ont Of the market
Lard is not very heavily dealt in-mainly be.
cause of the tenacity of holders. 1t is very bard
to buy at less than 7lc and the offerings are light
at that. Bacon is quiet. Sides are held at 81 q
&c, and shoulders at 3f0135c.