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The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-12-05

IEAnGuA;rERS, DISTRICT on MENE3oIA.}
DEPARTMENT OF THE NORTHWEST.
saint Paul. Mimi, nov. 20, 1962.I
/. The commanding officers Of regiments in
ills Distrct are hereby authorized to grant
leaves Of absence to the officers and men oil the
companies in Their respective regiments who
were hurried into the field during the Indian
outbreak, without enjoying the usual furloughs,
but such leaves are limited 50 that not more
than fifteen non-commssioncj officers and pri-
yates, and one commissioned officer. shall be
absent from any company ut The same time;
nor shall any such leave Of absence be granted
for more than fifteen days
II. The commanding officers OF regiments in
this District shall require that ut least one Wis
it during each month shall he made by one of
the field officers, 10 the posts occupied ~ COM
panics Of their respective regiments. who Will
make 4 minute inspection Of the condition of
the post thus visited, the condition Of the ofii-
GERS and men, and their proficiency in drill
and report through the Regimcntal TeadQuar-
tiers to these Headquarters without unnecessary
delay.
III. To enable all the companies Of the sew
cral regiments TO enjoy the advantages OF bat
tallion drill, the commanding officers OF regi-
ments in this Military Distric: are required to
exchange tie garriSons of the posts occupied
10y companies Of their regiments respectively.
so that once in each month the company or
companies at the Headquarters of each regi-
ment may b1 replaced by Others i'll rotation
but this order is not intended 10 be operative
where companies are stationed at an inconye-
nent distance. or where their removal to- or
from the Headquarters of the Regiment would
be attended with any additional expense to the
Government.
BY command Of Brigadier Gen. SiBLEY,
K. c. OLIN
.icting Assistant Adjutant General.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-12-05
A Crisis Approaching in Prussia.

Prussia is in peril of revolution. In
Berlin the people are highly incensed, and
the unconstitutional conduct of the sove-
reign is discussed with great fury under the
windows of the royal palace. Meetings of
the electors have been held; but hitherto
they have kept themselves within the linz
its Of the law. One of their first acts was
to propose vote of thanks to the House
of Commons tor the patriotic spirit with
which the representatives resisted the en-
croachments of the Grown. This address
has been signed in every part of the city,
and the presumption is, that the provinces
will syinpathize with this spirited move
ment in the capital. The next session will
probably bring matters to crisis.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-12-05
Union by Expansion.

That singular genius, EILuU BuRRITr,
" the learned blacksmith" is ont in an ar
ticle, published by one of the New York
papers, reviving his project of National
Union, to embrace the whole of North
America. Mr.. BUREIrr thinks that the
loyal and disloyal portions OF the Union,
together with Mexico and Canada, could
be consolidated in a structure, allowing to
each part an independent Congress and
some other minor prerogatives Of 4 nation
atty, but with no right 10 enter into any
special relationships with foreign powers,
or to adopt any measure infringing the
Constitution OF ''the United Nations OF
America" Each Republic would enjoy our
laws and institutions, and be mutually SEP
arate from each other as before, except in
such matters rs might be delegated to the
Nations Union. There would be Federal
Diet 10 make and execute treaties and con-
ventions. All the coast Notifications would
{ be the common defences of the Union
Revenue would be obtained by duties on
all foreign importations, the same amount
being paid at New York as in New Orleans,
Vera Cruz and Montreal, internal customs
being abolished and free trade being es-
tablished all over the continent. Other
details are gone into Of a similar character
The "learned Blacksmith - is not entirely
original III his idea of "Union ~ Expan-
sion" We believe Mr.. JAMEs ". TAYLOR,
q candidate for Congress from Minnesota
in 1860, advocated the same idea very
strongly before the people.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-12-05
Important Southern Railroad Cen
uecai0As GOsli lsietcd.

/. appears that at LENGTH the rebel Con-
federate government has completed the
railroad connection Ga distance Of forty
miles Or so) between Danvile aud Green
boro, in North Carolina, and has also made
connection between the great central
railway line from Selma, IN Alabama.
across to the Mobile and Clio road in Mis-
sissippi. With these two breaks closed
up, the rebels secnre an inland system Of
railways from Richmond, through North
Carolina, South Carolina, Geargia, Alaba-
ma and Mississippi, 10 Vicksburg. We
may seize and hold their great railroad
line which passes through the northern
borders of Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia
and East Tennessee into Virginia, and We
may cut them of from their seaboard lines
bat still in the interior the rebels will now
have, from Richmond TO Vicksbure, a
continuous system of connecting railroads
through the cotton States.
Inc TcDtl SOII5reSo sslft ilit authority
asked'to JEFF. DAVIS, and he has done the
work President LINCOLN has not been 50
successful with the present Congress ofthc
United States. His recommendations
for railroad from some eligible point in
Kentucky to Cumberland Gap, in East
Tennessee, and for another from Wash
ington to the Point of Rocks, on the Up
per Potomac, for military purposes, were
completely ignored by the dominant Con-
gressional party at Washington whereas,
had the proposed railroad from Washing
ton to the Point OF Rocks between forty
and fifty miles, been completed by the 1st
of last September, the rebel General LEE
would not have had the opportunity to re-
plenish his exhausted army wagons from
the bountiful stores of provisions which he
secured in his Maryland invasion. His
starving army would have been driven
back from the Potomac into the military
desert of Eastern Virginia There may be
no military necessity now for the railroads
suggested by President LINCOLN; but it is
to be hoped that some discretion at least
will be hereafter allowed him in reference
to the completion or Improvement Of i'm
portant lines of military communication.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-12-05
The Movement Of our Forces Toward
Richmond.

The New York Commercial Adrersisea'
says ait is not improper to state that
which must be already known to the enc
my, that General BURNSIDE is not the only
commander who is moving on Richmond.
There is, or will be, active cooperation and
in such force as will cause dismay to the
foe when the advancing columns converge
towards the common centre. The enemy
has not the James river free from the fee,
as he had when MCCLELLAN commenced
his peninsula campaign he has not the
city of Norfolk in his possession, whence
to spy upon the movements of the army !;
he has a foe much nearer the citadel than
he had then, and one not to be despised,
either in numbers or prowess."
All this may be true but it will be safer
to wait until at least one of these several
commanders succeeds in getting as near to
Richmond as MCCLELLAN alone, and with
out even the cooperation of the govern
ment, did last summer, before predicting
too confidently Of the result ~
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-12-05
General Orders No, ,.

HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF MlNNEsorA,)
Department of the Northwest, :
st. Paul, MINI, Nov &C. 1862 }
l. Officers in command of Posts will forward
daily morning reports by mail, or by express
messenger, when there is opportunity, both to
Regimental and District Headquarters.
ii. Consolidated morning reports of reg-
ments, will be forwarded to these Headquar-
ters at the earliest possible moment
By command of Brig. General SHELLEY.
r. G.. OLIN
Acting Assistant Adjutant General.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-12-05

Hon. S. Newton Dexter, of Whites
town, Oneida county, n. Y, died at that
place on Tuesday, aged seventy-se
years. He was Canal Commissioners from
1910 to ~. f-0t +oH7 e-| ira ..3 aa43
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-12-05

The Chicago Post is of the opinion that
the rebels are undoubtedly using every ex-
ertlon to concentrate force in Mississippi,
sufficiently strong to prevent the south
ward march ofGeneral GRANTS army. We
have already given report that BRAGG
had arrived at Holly Springs with a por
ton Of his late Kentucky army, and, al
though the report was discredited by mil
itary persons arrived at Cairo from La
Grange, there is good reason to believe it
Substantially correct. BRAGG may not
have arrived at Holly Springs, but that a
considerable portion of his army is in Mis-
>issippi, Or on It's way tlitler, We cannot
doubt.
In confederation of this, we learn that
Gen. GRANGERs command, lately st Lex
ington, Ky, and Gen. G. ". MoRcAN's
command, which was expected to move
southwark from Louisville, are both en-
route for Memphis, by water This clearly
indicates that the region beyond that point
is where BEAGG's rebels are to be looked
for. BEAGG has control of the Memphis
and Charleston Railway from Chattanooga
to Decatur (abandonod BY Gen. BUELL.
when he started for Louisville, and is IN
doubtedly making active use of it in the
transfer of his army to the assistance of
tottering Mississippi.
It's also reported that the rebel army Of
Arkansas has been transported to the east
en- side of the Mississippi, and now forms
the garrison at Niclsburg, The rebels
evidently intend to dispute the possession
Of the Mississippi to the last. They fully
appreciate lis Importance 10 their dcs-
nciatc caHSe.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-12-05
Military Appointments.

ID. W. ALLEN, of Olmsted county, Cap
tain Of Company !, Mounted Rangers; j.
F. VAN DoozEN, First Lieutenant and G.
d. FARMER, Second Lieutenant, same COM
pany and regiment.
THOMAS G. HALL, Captain; ALEXANDER
WHITE, First Lieutenant, and LEWIS IE>ppv.
Second Lieutenant, Company Z. Seventh
Regiment.
JonH ". HEATH, Captain, vice Hoa-oq.
deceased; CHamEs KrIgTEsoH, FIR Leu
tenant, and Ell ASH, Second Llcu,cnan-
Company L, Tenth Regiment
JoTAr"A@ Cnasr, Captain Company 4,
Ninth Regiment, vic. Gz3ecn A. CAa.r,
promoted;o Major; Haam-oa Joyr., First
Lieutenant, and BEyJA~ry p. SurrER
Second Lieutenant, same company and
regiment
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-12-05

The War Department has directed the
discharge from confinement Of persons who
have been arrested for discouraging enlist
ments or opposing the draft in those States
where the draft has been made or the quo
ia of volunteers has been furnished also,
of persons arrested by authority Of military
commanders or Governors in rebel States,
when such persons consent to give their
parale not to do any act ofhostility against
the government or to aid its enemies
such persons, however, to remain subject
to military surveillance, unless they choose
to leave the loyal States. A resolution of
inquiry, relative to arbitrary arrests, will,
it is believed, be introduced at an early
day in the session of Congress.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-12-05
General Orders No. 5.

General Orders No. 5.
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF MINNEsOTA,)
DEPARTMENT OF THE NORTHWEST,
Saint Paul, Mimi, Nov. n, 1862.
Hereafter all commanders of regiments, or
detachments bearers of dispatches, and all off,
GERS arriving in this city on business, win inn
mediately report in person at the Office of the
Assistant Adjutant General.
By command of Brigadier Gen. S1BLxY.
R. C. OLN,
Acting Assistant Adjutant Genera.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-12-05
Ua,fuur,sies! E1assssoEs Of En[iiaIa Out
iaGcai

Eumors Of recent outrages by the IN
dams il the vicinity Of Lake Kandiyohi
being current in this city, Brig Gen.
SIBIEY desires the publication of an extract
from o dispatch received Friday evening
from Lieut. Col! AvERilI. Of the Sixth
Regiment. whose headquarters are at
Glencoe. The dispatch is addressed 10
Col Crooks, under date OF November 2G:
"On the 22d inst. sent out n scouting party
under command Of Sergeant Hockey, Of Com
pany T. 10 explore thc region Of country about
the KandiyOhi lakes. Sergeant Jockey has
this day returned, and re.Icrts IS follows:
"Alter travelling with his party two days. he
encampcd at Lake Elizabeth, about fifty miles
from this post ard on thc following morning
took the route towards Kanliyolii Lakes, thence
to several other small lakes, making circuit Of
some thirty miles, through woods and sWanps,
back to iis uIlc>inpDlei!5.
lie saw no Indians, nor the least sign OF
them, cxcopting camping grounds OF former
winters. lie saw 40 indications Of murders Or
mlassacrc5, but the Inhabitants had lied, leaving
behind their cattle aud such other property as
could not be hastily rcrnoyed-staclls of hay,
corn, potatoes. and some oats. No white per-
son had been known to pass through Or near
this section since HE Indian outbreak
sergeant Jockey reports that On their way
back, they met several citizens going to look
after their cattle and property, they having
heard of this scouting party, and being deferred
heretofore by reports Of Indians around those
lakes.
81 think there need be no further apprehcn-
sion Of attacks from that quarter, as they have
faithfully secured all that part of the country
where Indians have been said to be encampcd.
The reports also Of murders in that direction.
may be considered as without the least foun-
datiOn"
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-12-05
General Orders No. 4.

HEADQUARTERS, DISTRICT OF MINNEsOTA,)
DEPARTMENT OF THE NORTHWEST,
st. Paul, Mimi, Nov p, 1862. }
Horses aud other property of the Govern
ment having been taken for the use Of officers
and enlisted men when not on duty, the Gen
eral Commanding directs all officers of the ar
my, to take possession of all such property
wherever found, making immediate returns of
the same to the Acting Quartermaster of the
nearest post or Detachment.
By order of Brigadier Gen. SHELLEY,
r. G. OLIN,
Acting Assistant Adjutant General.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-04-08
spirit Of the Msrnins Press.

The 1ntsiigsSesr notices the comments ven-
tured by the British press on the special message
addressed to Congress by President Lincoln,
recommending the initiation Of q policy looking
to the gr1dual emancipation Of slaves, with com.
penso.Ion to owners.
he Republican, says: "Curent events, which
are well understood, are tending to increase the
number Of free negroes In this District to degree
which Is pronounced alarming by many per-
IONS, and which has even attracted the attention
OF the city fathers Of Washington" Our con-
Temporary suggests a. a remedy the abrogation of
the rule on the Washington Branch Of the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad which provides I" that
no ne. 70 shall enter the cars here without Soud
signed by some responsible citizen that no claim
to him as runaway slave shall ever be estab-
lshedi" and asks, "will not our city govern
ment, which has already taken up the subject of
free negroes, exert Its influence to abrogate a rule
which blocks the exodus Of that species Of popu-
latiOn-n
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LATE NEWS BY TELEGRAPH.
The Rebel General Commanding OF.
fers to Surrender Island No. 70!

Below will be found a dispatch received by
II proves that the mastery combined movements
OF Commodore Foote'S Aset and General Pope's
army have already resulted as was designed
II has been apparent here for fortnight past
that whenever General Pope could throw his
army upon the Tennessee side Of the river, the
surrender Of the Island must take place. He
accomplished that purpose yesterday morning;
thus getting in the rear Of the rebels thus engaged
by Commodore Foote was, evidently, simply to
the end Of keeping them engaged their atten.
tom in front, while Pope was eifecting the
transfer Of his army to where they would be at
the mercy Of our combined forces.
The following il Commodore Foote'S dispatch,
mentioned above:
STEAMER BENTON, OFF ISLAND No. IO,1
Via Cairo, April s, 345 a. m.
Hon. Gideon Wales, SECRETARY Navy, &C.:
Two officers have this instant boarded us from
Island No. 10, stating that by order Of their com.
handing officer they are ordered to surrender
Island No. 10 to the commodore commanding the
gunboats. As these officers know nothing of the
batteries on the Tennessee shore have sen. Cant.
Phelps to ascertain something definite on the
subject.
will telegraph when further information Is re-
ceived. .-..
With General Pope now advancing from New
Madrid In strong force to attach IN ,..,
with the gun and mortar boats, ready to attack in
'front.' while General Buford, here, 10 ready 20 CO.
operate with the land forces. But It seem, as n
the place Is to be surrendered without fu,tbe, do
tense A. H. FuorE, Flag Officer,
Com'dg Naval Forces Western Water,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-04-08

KEW MIR. MORsELL AND ARCHBISHOP IrreH
roN:-Editor of fhs Star: The Rev. Mr.. Morsell
having endeavored to fortify his conduct. i'm re-
iusing to read the prayer for the late Union vic.
tories, by introducing circumstance in the life
OF Archbishop Leig hton, statement Of some of
the facts connected Herewith may be interestin o
to many Of your readers
The Circumstance alluded to occurred I'm the
interval between the violent attempt to force
EPiscopaey on the Scottish people, In the reign
OF Charles !, and the still more violent atten M
which was repeatedafter the restoration Leiob.
ton, az that time, was pastor Of a Presbyterian
congregation In the south Of Scotland II was
tne practice OF the presbyery to enquire Of their
members, twice year, whether they preached
70 the times. Leighton Acknowledged the omis.
sion, but adroitly apologized for Il BY saving, "If
al the brethren have preached to the times. NAV
eternity!'' r"'A 'o'
Thi. was but the prelude ia his abandoning
tne rresoyterian Church and accepting bishop.
TIC from Charles IL. Under ordinary circumstan.
ces this could not have been deemed an error
The fact, however, Of his joining hands with an
unprincipled crew Of bishops and curates, who
were viewed by the Scottish people-and n
Bishop Burnets description be true, iustIv
viewed-as children Of the devil; and the lending
me sanction Of his name to one OF the most un.
oiushing invasloDs Of the rights Of Christian
people which history records, entirely units him.
In my humble opinion, as a safe model for the
kevsM Morsell to follow. ScoTIA.
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PASSENGER TRAIN TO MANASSAS
Was DFFAIrMNsr,

Was DEPARTMENT, }
Of'es My SErt aad DUtotor Ratlroads. Us
HashiHgf0s, ApTil3, Is62.
Until further notice. passenger train Will be
run on saturday Of each weeh, from seventh
street and Maryland avenue 20 Manassas, leaving
Washington at o 30 q m, arriving az Manassas st
I2 m returning will leave Manassas at 30 p.
m, arriving at Washington at s p m. Fare from
Washington 70 Manassas and return, 80; and
from Alexandria to Manassas and return, 80 Is.
.- ID. c. McCALJUM,
Military Director and Supt Railroads, u. 8.
ap 3-u IIntelligencer g. Republican,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-04-08
Later ffom Pert Rsyal.

NEW foRk, April The steamer Atlantic,
from Port Royal on the 4th, arrived here Ia a
night Among her passengers are Gen Sherman
Advices from jacksonville, Fla. Of the list, state
.nal an audck was expected there from two Missis-
sippi and one Of the Florida guerilla regIments
and battery and troop Of rebel horse, but Gen
wright was confident Of being able 10 sustain
himself against them.
subsist entirely by foraging, and are out of food
and In desperate condition.
The yacht America has been raised by our navsl
FORCES and with the steamer Darlington IL prize.
There 10 nothing later from Savannah.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-04-08
CONGRESSIONAL.
xIxvII,h coNeR Ess-s.e.nd s...,or

SEsATE-After our report closed Yesterday
Mr.: Anthony moved to reconsider the vote by
which the bill authorizing the Corporation OF
washington TO assess and collect water rates was
passed; agreed to.
The bill to confscate the property and free the
slaves Of rebels, was then taken up
Mr.. Trumbull, after proposing several slight
amendments, which were adopted, Addressed
the Senate at length In favor of the bill
Mr.. Harris obtained the floor, and the consid .
Grafton OF the bill was postponed until to-mor.
After an executive session the Senate adjourned
HoUsI.-After our report closed
MI voorhees, introduced a re solution to modify
the tariff; laid on the table
The tax bill was then considered
ported q bankrupt bill ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-04-08
CAN'T NraR ALEXANDRIA. VIRGINIA.

Hsd6qnrrters2d Maine Rcginnent, March Ia, 1862.
MI. HORACE DAY or Gen. VAN VLRIT:
NV res mont have nod the Linen p tInted Poncho
Tent In use about three months, ard on the whole
have given good satisfaction. The style and rat
tern Is IS rood as can be, though prefer gum
NETS TO buttons. The article Is now used BY the
men as tens-lt has been used on picket duty.
glVirg SATISFACTION. TIE paint in some cases
cracks, and herCs unfcr some oircums tapces they
ar. not n hol ~ater proof; though in view OF the
low price. he jlghtness and cor vsnIence, ! deem
The Ponchn Tent OF Mr.. Day invaluable, and could
not do without them ANY consi iera'IJn.
CL@ w Roberts Col. Commanding; Daniel
Chap IAN, maJsr; George Verney. Lieut. Col;
Lewis Mu1Eet:. Adjt; w MIDGET, III ut
COndg Co b; G Foss, Capt co &; + A
Eamsey, isHpt 90 "; A G Haniun, hrsIstant
SUr:eon; Sam'i w Hoskirs, Gu trteTmastar
I'd Maine; samuel Morrison, Surf con ID
Name; w II Bevnton Lieut. 30 II; SEQ 81
Brown, Lieut. Co u; A. G. Whifcomb, lat
Sergt Go ii; w Adams, First Lieut. Co /;
Merrill. Capt Co &; Thomas Poster,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-04-08

ANOTHER REsEL SCHOONER CAPTuRRp The
Baltimore American says that another schooner
was captured by four OF the Government police
On Saturday last In Nabb's Creek, rivuiet running
from Stony Creek, short distance from Back
river. 10 10 named A J. w flls, OF Pniladelphia,
ard was recently seized for dredging for oysters
and sold at Annapolis. On board was found q
large quantity Of provisions, consisting Of hams,
shoulders Of bacon, coffee, crackers, &C., designed
Resolution. Fhere were several on board smone
" com was John fitzgerald, alias Dublin John.
Va 10 Is now confined AZ the Middle Police Station
On the charge Of shoTding aid and CONTEXT 10 the
subject % the orders Of the Government suthori.
ties. -r.-. - Il.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-04-08

IL The London Times has letter from Rus
sell, dated Wdshington, March 11th:-"The pas-
sage Of the Federal army over TIE Loag Bridge
Was a mag nineeRl spectacle and most imposing
display of military power.n Russell also says.-
.'Whatever may happen 10 McClellan, he can
never lose the credit Of having formed disorderly
stiled Into them the principles Of soldier lifs and
discipline
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can be obtained 90 sos street. between Nth And
18th streets. Aso. Q few table boarders sooommo-
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Board, IN pleasant location near the Capitol,
Trsnueut Bosrders accomm odated, Insuire al
st4r once. NH sl-u
ROARD-Tvo large Front Rooms Furnished
- each. suitable for gentle aud lady. or two
gentleman: Pleasantly situated, al 500 is street.
between ID and Sd. Terms Moderate. mn q 7ts