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ON BoARD q. 8. GukBoAr Sr, LoUw, |
PIu1 POINT BBHD, April II, 1852. !

kept III perfect splash By the shower of
conica1s, and I myself, uutil tie novelty Of
the thing wore away, found ample exercise in
dedgiDg the balls which they wended to US SO
| libeEally. One sooa gets tired Of dodEing
| however, and takes his chances. About four
o'clock the rebels again got our range, and as
it was the Eheerest folly to occupy m exposed
goso,n withest ts ,epRo5t.nit1h Of Fn
| yards. The firing continued until fire p. III.
at which hour it ccased upon both sides.
MORT BoMBARDMEE9.
Three hours later, l Was lying upon the
I hammock netinEb when suddenly blinding
fiery fash shot into the air from the 1ower NOR
tar, and another compliment Of the evening
vas rendered the rebel battery could trace
the splendid curve described by the she'll b.
| the fuse. It seemed like 6ou1e winged sta
| shooting onward in its fiery course. watched
its downward flight until the heavens were Il
Illuminated By tho explosion apparently right il
another report reached US, and rebe
shooting star few over our heads With
. terrible "zib,'' and exploded halt wa
across the river. Three or four addifona
q, n.orta1s opened fire and the rebels replie
: | briskly until the air seemed fairly ablazc will
l the fiery messengers. Despite our repeate,
r removals the cncmy again had our range, bu
:, this time Capt Paulaing determined to lie
Il them shoot until they got tired Of it. On
l. shell exploded 8 few feet above our ster
4 | a"AAuEet " VIZ 1tJggUEu OIL WHICH one Oh LII
crew was slightly wounded in the wrist An
It ther shell struck the hroadside easeuatas ofth
- Cairo but as its force was spent did no dau
age. The firing vas kept up until midaigh
t, | without any da1oago upon our part, most
the enemy's sho:s falling hstern Of. rs. on
SHELLS, however, must have done good exect
= ton as most of them were in EXCELLENT ranet
;, and from the peculiar sound Of the exploai1
burst upon land. 1t midnight the 61ing cea!
e ed. The enemy having. the last shot, and tt
4 balance of the night passed away Without al
:. further operations.
s1GHr REcosEoIssANeg+-
u, On Wednesday night the sternwhee1 steam'
er Emma, Capt. Maratt, one Of the boats whle
pr went through the slough from No. 10 to Ne
~ Madrid. m1de a reconnaissance. down It
TO Onion River. Gen. Stanley accompanied tt
L. expedition Kith two hundred picked me
They went down By the old channel 500
or three miles and then struck into the Forkt
re Deer river, most wonderful sheet of .wate
= after going up about a mile aud d half the
II fonnd any fa1ther progress obst1ucted By t!
"a Immense quantities Of drift which had acc
mulated and formed into raft, faasIy bridEi,
" the nser+ By meana OF yaWls, they forced
ae ! passage mile further and secured the oble
, 1862-04-23

w A n TIE D-Two Hundred
w Ageota-Agents wapted In every town Of the
T1lted States 70 sell j. Eod1ere neE proFsd method
Secured b eop5reht AGENTS mssng fsom 4 r = e., e
t>tfcc 10 Metropolitan Block, sddresa e O. Boz
5S enclosing THREE Cent postage stamp, Chicago Ill
, 1862-04-23

w ANTED>-A young man who is
w thorouehly acauatnt led with the Retail Grocery
busiLca Must able to give references oEoh1fet5
and Industry TO such, ! good ssas1 WI 4 oe given
cities Of the Old Country preferred ADDRESS Box
p O. St IQr{s Mo. Rp1tp3 52T
, 1862-04-23

TOR SALE-An excellent "Fire-
King" Safe, rs good AZ new. Three good Des1a
fSur gcGd Office Chairs, aud Stove a1d Ff1tures Ap-
p to Office Nc. s. L; Lasb lie street. ap2tpl5JJt
, 1862-04-23

ITO RENT.-Residc cucc to Rent on
L the North Side. rcag the City limits With hnH
aere under Dce sta:e Of custisa4fon The hou5a e
horse paa by The door. The garden j. IN good
ether desirable 's2.s EyoEi1E In It timely. It xn b
reuter- good teEaEt for fEirsc 3ea:s Apply - 8.
EEEFNDT & co. MASONIC Tr!up{4 R2iu nl1t4W
, 1862-04-23
1l2aaMtfu.

w WANTED- "A girl in a small
w fku,I1y to do haueeHuTE Reference re9uir1d d
Appfy nj No I'd o1th HAIEted street. Rp2pAQM 4
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-12-26
Capt. Fisk,s Overland Expedition.

We have received intelligence of the
safe arrival of Capt. FISK and party at
Portland, Oregon. He left that city on
the 18th of November for San Francisco.
rio Victoria. We quote from the letter of
our correspondent:
S. B. Kidder, j. Truman. and j. W. Ellis,
are at Auburn, Powder River; d. c. Dunwell.
Jerry Bell d. Woodbury., J. Odell and -
Kelly are at Walla Walla: John Bcnvenntc,
Frank Roberts, South Oregon, (Massimo LippD
who was with them was killed by Indians on
the 18th of August, near American Falls, on
Snake River. They lost every thing but one
mule Gin Il train known as Bristol's train. tllir-
teen wagons attacked nine persons killed
Thomas DAILY. Charles Sherburn and Joseph
Brinn are at Salem. Capital of Oregon Mr..
Ncwhall and Tcrwli@cr, | saw At the Dallcs;
they have gone to John Day mines. Mr.. Lord
John Brown, and +. Demas have gone to Cal
iforla: and Mr.. Elicit, of Dallcs. tells me Mr..
Mclwain and Morrison have also gone there
Thomas Fletcher is at old Fort Wallua. John
Carlton and John Dcnlars were at Deer Lodge
August 10Th. near Fort Benton: Charles Sim
clair, Thomas Connor Casncr. and some others
are at Prickly Pear. near the Missouri river:
Joseph Nicely, Charles Rodgers and myself are
all l know of in Portland. James c. Dow
goes to Sacramento on the Pacific.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-12-26
Nin0na and ST. Peter Railroad.

This road is completed to Stockton, ten
miles out of Winona, and is in running or
der. The Republican gives an account OF
All excursion to the former place, and the
following resolutions adopted in honor of
Col. DECORATE the enterpri>inS builder OF
the road:
Resolred. That we tender to him our thanks
for the use Of the road and the train running
thereon. at this time, and for the arrangements
made by him to make the excursion Il pleasant
one.
Ha>olroR. That we admire the lmtiring ener-
gy and perseverance which Mr. DeCratt has
shown in prosecuting the work on the ". Il
ST. 2. Il. Rand We deem his consistency and
athfulness towards the interests of WinOna-
(nevcr deserving her road when every thing
looked unpropitious) as Il subject worthy of
congratulatiOn.
Reso'red, That while the opening of the first
ten miles is but q step toward the consumma-
ton of ,he great work of bringing half of our
State to our city for market,-we have conf
dence in the speedy progress of the work-be-
lieyng that the 'Rubicon is now fairly cross
ed. and that before another twelve months the
prairie West Of lis will resOlind with the scream
of the Tiger"
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-12-26
AIN T PA II l.
Burnside's Repulse.

The Press, which has heretofore con-
temned military strategy, and endeavored
to make the word Odious to everybody,
now contends that BURNsIDE's object in at
lacking the rebels was only to-" ascertain
the enemy's strength, and whether the
main body of the rebel army had been
drawn into his trap" No doubt there was
a "trap" set, but it was held by the rebels,
and not by our forces, who managed by the
favoring circumstances of dark and rainy
night to escap" Shy the skin of their
teeth before it was sprung upon them. 1t
is idle and wicked to attempt to cover up
disaster, by a column of specious fun
merry, that may deceive for the moment,
the ignorant and unretlecting, who are very
likely to be unduly disheartened when
they come to a knowledge of the truth.
The ''posteriorial gymnosophist Of the
Press had better confne himself to his
forthcoming gubernatorial message, and to
his re-lie-able statistics, and leave to time
the development of the strategy of our de-
feat
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-12-26
The Late Gen. Bayard.
Brigadier General GEO. d. BAYARD,

Brigadier General GEO. d. BAYARD, the
gallant cavalry officer of BURNs1DE's army,
has been killed. He was native of New
York, and was appointed cadet to the
West Point Military Academy in 1852.
He graduated on the 3Oth of June, 1856,
and on the SOth of July, 1856, was ap-
pointed second lieutenant of the First
United States cavalry. On the Goth of
August, 1861, he was promoted to cap
taincy of his regiment, now known as the
4th United States cavalry. He was allowed
leave of absence to take the command of
the 1st Pennsylvania cavalry, and in Cen
eral Orders No. SO, Washington, June 10,
he is announced as a Brigadier General of
volunteers, commanding cavalry. He has
made several brilliant cavalry dashes, both
before and since his appointment as Gen
eral, and being yet but young man, gave
promise of great military ability in the flu
ture. His loss will be much regretted by
his command He is said to have been
betrothed to a lovely young lady, to whom
he was to have been married the present
week. "Man proposes but God disposes.
Gen. BAYAID was wounded in the face by
a poisoned arrow by Indians on the from
tiers, from the effects of which he had
never recovered, and which his physicians
predicted would ultimately cause his death.
He often expressed a determination never
to die from that cause, if he could die in
the battles of his country. He has met
the fate and secured the fame he coveted
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-12-26
Salmon River Gold Mines.

The following extracts from private
letter recently received, give more en-
couraging view of the prospects for miners
than other accounts that have been pub
lished:
BEAVER HEAD Nov. ,. 1862.
Unjust say that this place is turn.
lug out great deal of gold We have fine
weather. and the climate is pure and healthy.
There is quite a town here already and it is
growing very fast There are about one hun
drcd and twenty-five houses, as near as 1 can
count. We are about buying claim of man
who asks for it two hundred dollars; but we
told him that we could dot give that sum until
we had prospected it. So last week we went
and sunk hole about five feet deep, with half
days work. We tunneled in and took out
about nine dollars the next afternoon we went
again and took out fourteen dollars; the day
following we worked little and got seven
dollars; the next day | went alone and
and got three ounces. This will be a very rich
place, and the new discoveries made every day
create good deal of excitement. Next Sum-
mer there will be a large amount of gold taken
from here.
Mr.. Morrison and Mr.. Grindail, | under
stand. are about returning TO st. Paul. from
whence they came-disgusted mners-without
ever having struck 4 lick. The last time saw
them they were at Deer Lodge, about one hun
bred and scventy-tive miles from this place. Bar
ney Terwilliger was also among the disguised
Their expectations were too high, and because
they could not get in 4 short time as much as
they could pack on a mule, they are Off
Charles st. Clair, and Conner, the tailor are
here. Longillum and Cobb and son, and Cast
ner and family are about two hundred miles
from this place.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-12-26
Congressional. Election iii New Or
leans.

By an arrival from New Orleans last
night, We learn that the election of two
members of Congress to represent the dis
tricts embracing that city, took place on
the Sd instant There were plenty of can
didates in the field. The names of the
successful ones were Mr.. BENJAMIN T.
FLANDERS, chosen for the First, and Mr. NJ
HAHN for the Second District. They are
both strong, unconditional Unionists. The
Deio says that Mr.. FLASDEEsi is a native of
New Hampshire, but has resided in New
Orleans for thirty years. He was among
the first to welcome Gen. BUTLER upon his
arrival in May last, and is for the Union at
any cost. His chief opponent was Mr..
BoULGNY, the staunch Unionist from the
same district in the last Congress, who re-
ceived, however, only 1856 votes, against
2,1S4 for Mr.. FLANDERS. The other sue
cessful candidate, Mr.. HAHN, is a lawyer
by profession, of German descent, who
has lived in New Orleans since boyhOod,
and was stout Unionist through the dark
est hours of secession madness.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-12-26
The Case Of Commander PreDIe,

Commander PREBIE and his friends have
been using every effort to secure his reap
pointment to the position in the naval SER
vice, from which he was degraded by or
der Of the President, as will be recollected,
for failure to enforce the blockade of No
bile. Finally the President consented to
the appointment Of a Commission toinves-
tigate the facts, taking PREBLE's own let
tiers as evidence, and it was agreed that
the report of the Commission should de-
termine the question of his reappointment
The Commission (of which Admiral FooTE
is President has had the case under con-
sideration, and reports to the Navy De-
partment that Commander PREBLE was
guilty of neglect of duty; thus shutting
the door upon his application.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-12-26
4 Blunt Telegram.

The following dispatch from Gen. Blunt
to his Adjutant in Leavenworth, was writ
ten previous to the late battle of Prairie
Grove. The prediction toward the close
is not more remarkable for its emphasis
than its demonstrated truth:
HEADoUARTERs ARMY OF THE FRONTIER.
CANE Hill, Ark. Dec. 6, 1P. NJ.
To Maj. j. T. Weed, A. 4. \. g..
The enemy $4,000 strong have attempted for
three days to force my position here, which
intend to hold at all hazards until reinforce
ments can arrive. They actacked yesterday
and again this morning, but were driven back
to the mountains.
Gen. Heron, with the Second and Third di-
visions, is making forced marches to reinforce
me. His advance will arrive tonight. You
will soon hear of one ofthe damndcst fights or
foot races that has taken place lately. Lieute-
nant johnson is doing we'll
(Signed) JAMES G. BLUNT. Brig. Gen.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-12-26
How Mcclellan Ii Regarded i'm Eu.
rODe.

We have heretofore published the opin.
ions of the highest French authorities, and
yesterday of the prominent English jour
mails on MCCLELLAN. The following is q
remarkable extract of letter from J. LA
THRop MOTLEY, the historian, now Minis
ter in Austria, to Mr.. SEWARD, which shows
how MCCLELLAN is regarded by the highest
military authorities of Austria. Mr.. MOT
LEY says
In this connection | deem worthy of
your notice brief extract from remark
able series of papers in the principal mill
tary journals of this empire, in which the
course of our campaigns is criticised, some
times severely, but never ungenerously !;
always with talent, and with thorough
knowledge Of the subject, geographically
and strategetically, and with a firm deter
mination to do justice You will be inter-
ested to read the comments of 50 able a
writer upon the withdrawal of our armies
from the James River:
1t is not to be wondered at, then, if the Gen
eral-in-chief of the Army of the Potomac was
IN haste TO save the army lnCrllStcO 10 MN from
the dangers surroundingit it, even from certain
destruction; from q moose, in fact which re-
quired only to be drawn {. little more closely
together in order to sutfOcate the soul of the
Union. The manner in which lie acquitted
himself of this most difficult of all military
tasks rebounds to his infinite honor, and places
him at once in the front ranks of those memoir
able commanders whose names history treas
ures for posterity; men who. if they have, per-
haps, not had the art to chain victory to their
banners, possessed, at any rate, the fOrtitude,
the audacity, and the circumspcction to rescue
their armies from impending ruin. x x
The American General has made Il thorough
study of war in the swamps of the Chickahom-
my and has made himself complete master
in that most difficult of professions. x
He has manifested the unquestioned talent to
save his army. in manner not sufficiently to
be admired out of the most desperate of situa-
atiOns. MOCeau made himself immortal by his
famous retreat from the Her to the Rhine in
the year 1892. What is due to the American
General-in-Chief, who conducted, with NOR
ally and physically exhausted army, through
swampy, painless country, covered with an
cient forests, and in face of an enemy Outnum-
bcring him two to one, the most classical of all
retreats recorded in military history. without
a single disaster:
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-12-26
Secret Military History.

The trial of Mcdowell makes develop
ments which will enable the public to form
correct Judgment as to where the respon-
sibility rests for the failure of the CAM
paign against Richmond by MCCLELLAN.
The documents elsewhere published throw
flood of light upon the whole subject.
But there is an item of history which
should precede the consideration of these
dispatches. Who induced the President
to issue the fatal order to MCDOWELL to
turn his back upon Richmond, and thus
leave MCCLELLAN and his army to the ten
der mercies of the rebels, who outnumber-
ed him more than two to one? We an
swer unhesitatingly, political cabal, of
which the Congressional Committee on the
conduct of the war, (Mr. !CHANDLER, Chair
man, was the willing instrument. Mr..
CHANDLER acknowledges this in his speech
on the 10th of July last. After charging
on the dangers to which Washington was
exposed, he says:
These facts were so important that the com
mittee (of which Mr.. Chandler was chairman)
at once submitted them to the Executive and
the Cabinet, and we found that the Executive
already had report to that effect. The Presi-
dent at once ordered an army corps to stand be-
tween the enemy in force and the capital of
your nation.
And this was done right in face OF the
intercepted dispatches of JACKSON, that
his movement was only to divert reinforce
ments from MCCLELLAN.
The fatal order was issued, and well,
indeed, might Mcdowell in his agony,
say, "THIs is A CRUSHING BLOW TO U.s.!
Can any one doubt that it was a blow aim
ed at MCCLELLAN and instigated by cabal
Of corrupt politicians? With the evidence
of MCCLELLAN that he left more men than
any corps commander asked to defend
Washington, we must look to some other
motive to account for this blow to our
cause, than danger to the capital. Wheth-
er it failed to destroy him, it has indeed
proved, as MCDOWELL anticipated, "a
crushing blow to u.s." 1t has carried
mourning into many Il household-lt has
protracted the war tely-it has rem
dered necessary the expenditure OF hum
dreds OF millions Of dollars.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-12-26
A shot from the Right Quarter.

II will be remembered in America and
England that eight years ago an address"
was sent to the women of this country
signed by half million Of their British
sisters, imploring them to use all therintiu-
ence TO abolish negro slavery in this coun-
try. This remarkable document, splen-
ddly illuminated in vellun, with all the
signatures was bound up in twenty-siy
folio volumes. and sent to Mrs HARRIET
BEECIER STOWE, to be promulgated far
and wide in America. Among the ladies
who first put their names to the address"
were the wives of Lord Palmer>ton, Lord
Shaftesbury, Lord Cowley, the Duke of
Bedford, the Duke of Argyle, Earl Russell,
Baron Parke, Lord Ruthven, Mr.. Glad
stone, and other we'll known British celeb
rites The husbands of most of signers
of this address have thrown all their infiu-
ence in favor of the South against the
North, and bolstered up slavery with all
their powerful support, Mrs. Stowe has
written {. i Reply" to this Address"
which viii appear in the January number
of the IHa,tic Non'hiy, and she will lay
before the "many thousands of the women
of Great Britain - in her forthcoming pa
per the inconsistency OF their appeal.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-12-26
Waking Up from their Dreams.

Whisky is selling in Augusta, Georgia,
according to the doleful complaints of the
Sentinel, at " fifty cents drink" The
Sentinel adds:
None but Congressman or Major General
can afford to get drunk at present prices. Any
poor man who made himself a topper for lack of
sense will have to become sober for the want of
cents.
This state of things accounts possibly,
for the ''peace" rumOrs which have been
coming up from the South lately. The
"sober second thought " of the two long
intoxicated rebels, begins to assert itself.
There must, we suppose, be an interval of
"sore heads; but with "whisky at fifty
cents drink" repentance draws nigh in
the South
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-12-26
What are we Fighting for. then!

Mr.. THAD. STEVENS, in the course of the
debate upon the Western Virginia subject,
disclosed the cloven foot Of abolitionism,
thus:
With his consent the Union could never be
restored as it was with the Constitution as it is
with slavery.
VIII some member of Congress, OF the
President, tell us what we are fighting for !?
The soldiers have enlisted, money has been
voted with the assurance that the rebellion
was to be put down and the Union restor-
ed. If the purpose of the war has been
changed, who changed it, and what is
the new programme? This is what the
people want to know
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-12-26

Bishop Purcell Roman Catholic, Of
Cincinnati, recently preached a sermon
against Theatres, in which he alluded to
Ada-Isaacs- Menken-H eenan-Newell as the
sswife of six husbands" The sermon OF
the Bishop has caused much excitement in
Cincinnati.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1862-12-03
THE DAY sCHOOE EEaE

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