The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-08-22
News Of Our Own State.

MBs. SwIssHELM says the letter from
which she acted in withdrawing Colonel
Miller's name from the Congressional can.
vass, was base forgery. Mrs. S. seems to
be out of humor with everybody, since the
prospects Of her friend, the Colonel, were
darkened. She copies Stanton's order
about discouraging enlistments, and adds 4:
Under this order, we trust that Mr.. Stanton
Abraham Lincoln, who, for the just punish.
ment of our national crimes. is now President
of these disunited States. No man breathing
is doing so much as he to discourage volunteer
enlistments. By act, speech and writing he is
constantly discOuraging enlistments. There is
able firmness of honest old Abe ; but wherein
his firmness consists We are unable to see, un.
less it is the unalterable fixedness with which
he contradicts, today. oil that he said yester.
day, and the mulish determination with which
he stultifes himself every time his Kentucky
masters command him.
A son of Lieut.. Col. Miller, of the
First Minnesota, has enlisted in the Hick.'
DRY Guards, Minneapolis, Captain Merri-
man, for the Sixth regiment. He is a grad.
uate Of Dickinson College, Pennsylvania
besides being a very clever fellow.
We learn from the Assessor of the town
of Champlin that there is but fourteen men
left in that town subject to militia duty.
Hurrah for Champlin. Quite a number
from that town have enlisted in the Anoka
company.-MinneapoyiS advertiser.
A PAPER numerously signed by citizens
of Stearns and adjoining Counties has been
sent to Governor Ramsey asking the APP
pointment of Hon George W. Sweet, of
Benton County, as Major in the Seventh
Regiment to be raised 10 this State.
The St. Cloud Democrat publishes the
following extract from one of the captive
officers of the Third Regiment. The au.
thor, we presume, is Capt. G. G. Andrews,
of St. Cloud. 1t gives the facts already
known of the surrender at Murfreesboro,
and says:
A majority of officers voted to surrender at
"a o'clock P. NJ before the regiment had a
chance to fire at once. We had four pieces of
artillery to support US. Lieutenant Colonel
Griggs. Captain Forest, Captain Holt, Lieuten'
self were the only ones in favor of fighting.
Al the ballot however only three votes were
cast against ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Foster and
Lieutenant Taylor being for the minute absent.
The men wanted to fight, and are grieved and
indignant that they were not allowed to. The
men actually shed tears on account of the
surrender. So far we are politely treated.
The forces in whose hands we are, men as
we'll as officers, are gentlemen in behavior.
WINTER WHEAT.--Mr. Little. of Lime.
has threshed his winter wheat, which yield
ed forty seven bushes to the acre. The
berry is unusually large and plump, and
weighed sixty-seven pounds to the measured
bushe!. Persons desiring seed wheat can
be supplied by Mr.. Little.
Messrs. Robert and Theodore HeiDze has
left with US sample of their winter wheat,
equally as fine as Mr.. Little's, and which
yielded ftty-eight bushels to the acre.
These gentlemen raised seven acres of this
wheat, which at present prices will realize
for them about $264.-Mankato Record.