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The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-10-10

Willie Upham, of Racine, Wis, formerly
of the I'd regiment of Wisconsin volunteers,
who was wounded at the first Bull Run bat
tie, taken prisoner and incarcerated in the
famous Richmond tobacco warehouse, and
afterwards exchanged, had the good for
tune to win the special notice and the ia
vor Of the President, and was appointed
by him to cadetship at West Point. Will
lie is not going to bring any disgrace on his
friends through the neglect of his, tudies.
The Glass he entered at West Point was
quite large one, and being alphabetically
arranged at the commencement, Of course
Upham had to take his place near the foot
The first quarterly examination occurred
recently, when Willie sustained himself so
well as to jump within one of the head of
his class. President Lincoln has evident
ly not misplaced his confidence in this. in
stance.-Racine Aduocae.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-10-10
NEW SERIES-NO. 46l
THE NIOREL'' CONDITION OF AN
INDIANA REGIMENT.
The Report of its Chaplain.

A soldier of Minnesota regiment in the
Western army, sends us the following re-
port made by the Chaplain of an Indiana
regiment 1t is in the handwriting of the
Chaplain, and there can be no doubt of its
authenticity
Would have to Submit the following
Repoart of the Morel Condition of the
Regt Commencing April first and ending
June l That the whole number of Enlist
ed men was 749, that one hundrd and
forty-four report them selves belonging to
the different Churches as followes
Episcopal Methodist fifty Weslin MethO-
dis 10 Christen Church thirty five Different
orders of Baptist twenty five Presbyterian
Seven Lutheren five Church of the Saints
two United Brethren Eight Covinenters two
of the love at heat one half were nomenal
Professors thare are quite number of tru-
ley Religious and Pious Members of
Church while Some yeald to the tempta-
ton of army life These stand firm There
has bin Done Convention on a Confeshun
of his faith in the Lord was Baptised on
Lords day June the fifteenth The oppor-
/ tunites for Preaching has bin Limited as
the Judgement has bin in Motion a Crate
Portion of the time have Preach Seven
Dscoarses on Lords days held som 3
Prare meetings Two of the Dscorses
ware on Boat am hapey to State Piece
and harmony has university abounded
omong the officers and that the same kind
feeling and harmony has abounded through
the Enteer Regt with but litel exception
In fact had not supposed that so many
men could be plased together and such
kind feeling throu out exist l attribet it
to kind and Ordiley treat ment of the off
GERS and to the morel Condition of the
Regt while few are more Profane and
Vulgar Nancy are more Chast and Vitu-
rous in their Conduct and Conversation
Gradeal Less PrOfane Swaring in the
Regt than even in Camp hense 1 am glad
to be abel to state some of the Oferses and
men swore Profanety before coming
in to Servis have Retraned from that prac-
tice l feel authorised to state that the
MOrel Condition of the Regt has in some
degree improved, would humbley bage
Leave to suiect that some unifors Rule
should be adopted to Call the Regt toge-
ther for divine Servis You must Sc that
it is humilitating to Cbaplen to go Round
and asque persons to attend it is to much
Lik asquing Persons to hear him self
Preach that more Regid inforsment of
the Third articles of ware boath as to Off
GERS and Privets would Conduce to the
Morel Improvement of the Regt all of
which is Respectfully Submitted June the
first 1862 P. NJ. BLANKINsHY,
80 Reg Ind.
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Bad About the Negroes.

On the very day that Gen. Mcclellan
opened the battle of Antietam the Rich
mond Dispatch said:
"The road to Pennsylvania lies inviting
ly open. There are no regular soldiers on
the route, and it would be task Of little
difficulty to disperse the rabble of militia
that might be brought to oppose them.
"The country is enormously rich. 1t
abounds in fat cattle, cereals, horses and
mules. Our troops would live on the very
fat of the land. They would find an OPP
portunity, moreover, to teach the Dutch
farmers and grazers who have been clam
orous for this war, what invasion really is.
If once compelled to take his own physic,
which is great deal more than he ever
bargained for, Mynheer will cry aloud for
peace in a very short time. For our own
part, we trust the first proclamation of
Pope, and the manner in which his army
carried it out, will not be forgotten. We
hope the troops will turn the whole coun-
try into desert, as the Yankees did the
Piedmont country OF Virginia.
"Let not blade of grass, or stalk OF
corn, or barrel of flour, or bushel OF
meal, or sack of salt, or horse, or a
COW, Or sheep, or hog be left wherever
they move along. Let vengeance be TAX
en- for all that has been done until retribu-
ton shall stand aghast. This is the coun-
try of the smooth-spoken, would-be gen.
tleman, Mcclellan. He has caused loss
to us in Virginia of at least thirty thou
sand negroes, the most valuable property
that Virginian can own. They have no
negroes in Pennsylvania. Retribution
must therefore fall upon every thing that
constitutes property. A Dutch farmer
has no negroes but he has horses that
can be seized, grain that can be confscat-
ed, cattle that can be killed, and houses
that can be burned He can be .aken
prisoner and sent to Libby's warehouse, as
our friends in Fauquier end Loudon, Gull
pepper and the peninsula have been sent
to Lincoln's dungeons in the north. Let
retaliation be complete, that the Yankees
may learn who can play at the game they
themselves commenced"
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-10-10

The old adage ego away from home
to hear the news" was brought to mind
by reading the following in the Washing
ton correspondence of the New York
Times:
Indian Commissioner Dole arrived here last
evening from Minnesota. His statements in re-
gard to the Indian difficulties there are not en-
couraging of hopes of speedy settlement The
Indian question is complicated by political dit
publicans and Democrats, all struggling for DO
litical ascendancy. A Committee was appoint.
ed by the Legislature to confer with the Indi-
ans, and did SO, agreeing on basis for settle
ment with seveaal tribes, but their report was
not fully approved by the Legislature, much to
the dissatisfaction Of the Indians, who are fear.
full Of further imposition, and demand guaran-
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They Offer to Fight the Sioux, and Why
PEN and INK SKETCH OF A WILD INDIAN.
WAR PREPARATIONS AT ST. PAUL.
POPULARITY OF GEN. POPE, &c.

St. Paul Correspondence of the N. Y Herald. Z
Headquarters ARMY OF THE NORTHWEST
ST. PAUL, MIMI, Sept %, 1862. :
Governor Ramsey and the Legislative
Commission, who started on the 18th inst.
for the Indian country, to treat with the
Chippewas, have returned to this place.
shall now only write Of the effects of the
treaty then and there signed.
THE CHIPPEWA WARRIORS OFFER TO FIGHT
THE SIOUX.
The first and most tangible one was visi-
bic in our streets yesterday, in the pres
ence of forty-two warriors, who had come
down to tender their services to the Gov
ernOr to 60 and fight the Sioux. was in
the Governors room at the Capitol about
eleven O'Clock, when gentleman came in
and announced that he had conducted a
party Of braves " to the outskirts of the
city, and desired to know what was to be
done with them. The answer was made
and replied to something as follows:
Gentleman of the Indian Country
Governor, l have, just outside of the
town, about forty odd of your children,
regular " braves, good fighters, all painted,
and hungrier than damnation. What shall
do with 'em?
Governor Ramsey Gin his usual bland
and winning style)-TOte 'em in and feed
'em, and tell 'em their white father, with
the great white war chief General Pope),
will come and counsel with 'em after
they've had their grub.
WAR SONG.
About an hour after this interview, as l
was standing on the balcony of the hotel,
l heard racket up the street, which at
first sounded like concert, in which loco
motives, wild hyenas, jackasses, two-horse
wagons and several other noise-making
creations had prOmiscuously joined. A
niger camp meeting, Hoboken wake
and several republican conventions might
be simmered down into one grand and in
describable medley, and would form the
nearest approach to this new tangled non
descript in the musical world but nothing
can give you just conception of real
war song but to hear it sung. It did not
need the assurances of half hundred iu-
veniles, with extremity earthly faces and
unpatched trowsers, who rushed by, shout
ing at the top of their might, to convince
one that
THE INJINS ER CRMING.
Down the cavalcade came, bringing up
at a dead halt in front of General Pope's
headquarters. would like to portray the
party as it appeared before the great war
chief; but l fear my own inability to do
the subject justice. Suffice it to say that
one single glance at the cortege was enough
to change all my preconceived ideas Of In
dian manliness, symmetry, nobility and
beauty-ideas created by reading Good
rich's History, ''Hiawatha" and Mrs. Swiss
helms ''Vindication of the Red Man.
into feeling which may be described as a
cross between intense disgust and desire
to see them dismount from their vehicles
and proceed at once to their natural
amusement of chawing each other to pie
ces
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-10-10
VOL. XIV NO. II.
THE STORY OF LIFE.
BY JOHN G.. SAKE.

Say, what is life 'Tis to be born;
With sharp wall, as if the morn
Foretold a cloudy noon and night;
To weep, to sleep, and weep again,
With sunny smiles between; and then?
And then apace the infant grows
To be laughing, pulling boy,
Happy, despite his little woes,
Were he but conscious of his Joy;
To be, in short, from two to ten,
A merry, moody Child; and then?
And then, in coat and trowsers clad,
To learn to say the DecalOgue,
And break it an unthinking Lad,
With mirth and miscief all agog;
A truant oft by field and fen
To capture butterflies; and then?
And then, increased in strength and size.
To be, anon, Youth full-grown!
4 hero in his mothers eyes,
A young Apollo in his own;
To initiate the ways of men
In fashionable sins; and then?
And then, at last, to be Han:
To fall in love; to WOO and wed;
With seething brain to scheme and plan;
To gather gold or toll for bread;
To sue for fame with tongue and pen,
And gain or lose the prize; and then?
And then in gray and wrinkled Ed
To mourn the speed of life's decline;
To praise the scenes his youth beheld,
And dwell in memory of Lang-Syne;
To dream awhile with darkened ken,
Then drop into his grave, and then?
- Nor York TpIrey
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I'LL
WHY A GENERAL INDIAN WAR CANNOT BE
AVERTED.

AvERTED.
1t is impossible that fearful and gener
al Indian war can much longer be averted.
Too many OF our citizens are now captives
in the hands Of the savage tribes, and too
many atrocities have been committed, to
allow of any ''let up" until the last recon-
pense be exacted. Since | have been here
have conversed with many refugees from
the frontier, whose stories of wrong and
outrage almost surpass belief. 1t seems
impossible that beings in the form of hui
mainly could exist capable of being guilty
of such barbarities.
. GENERAL POPE POPULAR IN THIS REGION.
Speaking of General Pope, l may say
that, with whatever sentiments he may be
regarded on the POtOmac-whateve jea-
lousies may exist Of him there-one thing
is certain, that he possesses the confidence
of the great Northwest wholly and entirely.
HIS RECEPTION.
Never has any man been so enthusiast
cally welcomed here before. From hillside
and hamlet, from the prairies of Indiana
and Illinois, from the oak openings Owls
consin and from the bluffs and valleys of
Minnesota, the people have swarmed forth
to meet and greet him upon his route, as
we'll as out Of curiosity to gaze upon the
man who has borne so conspicuous part
during this rebellion. They have hailed
him everywhere as a patriot, and here they
greet him as their deliverer. ..'..
HIS SPEECHES
in reply to the numberless manifestations
have been characterized by a self-abnega-
ton that, in these selfish days, is truly re-
freshing. He told the people Of the peril
of the country, cautioned them against
suffering any feeling of personal nature to
hold back their hearty support from the
government, paid glowing tributes to the
bravery of their troops, and expressed his
willingness to faithfully preform his entire
duty in whatever field he might be assigned.
a e. MOVEMENT OF TROOPS.
The news from the frontier has been
meagre indeed since my last writing. Col.
Sibley has gone from Fort Ridgely with
twelve hundred men, and another cavalry
regiment has been sent to his assistance.
A regiment from Wisconsin has arrived,
and will 60 up to the fort in the course of
two or three days.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-10-10

Robert Fitzgerald, sergeant in the
9Th regiment, Oorcoran Legion, writes a
letter to the Brooklyn Eagle, which he
says:
This morning, while travelling on Fulton
street, on my way to New York, met gentle
man who was afterwards informed was Rev.
Henry Ward Beecher. I asked him if he was
DESTROYS of enlisting now, and if he would en-
roll himself under the banner which held in
my hand Qhe stars and stripes ?? stated was
recruiting sergeant for Corcoran's Irish Legion,
and wanted few more able-bodied men like
himself He replied, 'sNo; yon ought to know,
sir, do not want to enlist. You are scoun-
drel for asking me to do sol"
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THE WOUNDED HEART.


Sweet, thou hast trod on heart
Pass there's a world full of men;
And women as fair as thou art
Must do such things now and then.
Thou only hast stepped unaware
Malice no one can impute;
And why should heart have been there
In the way of a fair wonians foot?
1t was not stone that could trip,
Nor was it thorn that could rend,
Put up thy proud underlip!
Twas merely the heart of friend,
And yet peradventure one day
Thou, sitting alone at the glass,
Remarking the bloom gone away,
Where the smile in its dimplement was,
And seeking around thee in vain
From hundreds who flattered before,
Such q word as, ooh, not in the mains
Do hold thee less precious, but more !"
Thoult sigh, very like, on thy part.
''Of all l have known or can know
wish had only that heart
trOd upon ages ago J"
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General Willis A. German.
DETROIT, Oct. 2, 1862.
To the Editor of the Detroit Free Press:

DETROIT, Oct z, 1OOz.
To the Editor of the Detroit Free Press:
In Frank Leslies Illustrated Nescspa-
per, which has just fallen under my eye,
containing biographical sketches of some
of our Generals who distinguished them
selves in the battles before Richmond,
find Brigadier General German, of Mime
sofa, represented as hailing from Indiana,
and also the gallant regiment which, as
Colonel, he first led into the field, as hav-
ing been raised in that State.
/ beg your permission to state in the
columns of your widely circulated journal,
that General German entered this war,
not from Indiana. but from Minnesota,
and that the ''First Regiment" spoken of
was the First Minnesota, and not the First
Indiana.
General German did not 20 into the
army Immediately after his term as Repre-
sentative to Congress from Indiana expir-
ed, as stated in Leslie. He has been a
resident of Minnesota since 1853, at which
time he was appointed Territorial Cover
nor Of Minnesota, by President Pierce.
The First Minnesota, which bore its part
so CALAMITY at the battle of Bull Run, and
which has since won so much honor by its
earnest bravery, was raised by Colonel
(now GeneraD German in Minnesota, at
the beginning of the war. After the first
battle of Bull Run, in which General Cor
man participated, at the head of the First
Minnesota, he was made Brigadier Cen
eral for gallant conduct during that stern
but unfortunate engagement.
Indiana has done nobly in the field, but
she is as generous as she is brave, and will,
know, not thank the writer in Leslie for
awarding to her the honors achieved either
by Generals or regiments coming from,
and belonging to, the young and gallant
State of Minnesota.
Very respectfully,
VIM. HENRY WOOD, of Minnesota.
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When gold is quoted at 100, in United
States treasury notes, the general under
standing is that those notes are worth
about eighty cents in the dollar. In Rich
mond, Virginia, gold is quoted 22o, in Con-
federate notes. According to that value
IN gold, how much are Conferate notes
nth in the dollar2
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THE INDIAN WAR.

Return of Gov. Ramsey and the Legisla-
tive Commission to st. Paul.
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Effect of the Recent Treaty will,
the ChippeVvas.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1862-08-05

Ol1EtSu OtaVcS LOlSS Ws&S GsC!ucG ltSC week III
the District Court Of Philadelphia. A bond
made in 1851 specified that S2S, 600 should be
paid May lst 1862, in ''specie current gold
and silver money Of the 'United States OF
America When it became due the debtors
rendered, instead Of gold or silver United
States notes. They were refused, and suit en-
tered to compel the payment in gold or silver.
The Court decided that the offer of the Gov
ernment notes was sufficient to answer the obi
CATION Of the bond and the writ was set aside.
The Louisville Democrat of Thursday last
pronounces false the report Of a raid on Russell
vile, Ky. The only disturbance was street
fght-but there were no guerrias there, nor
had there BEEN Mr. Bassett, the telegraph
operator, WAS, to some extent, engaged III the
difficulty and left the town; consequently no
dispatches could be transmitted. Lieut. Tate),
who has arrived at Cincinnati from The Tennes-
see river, states that the reports of an I'M
mense destruction by guerri'las OF property at
Florence, Alaoalna were entirely without
foundation in fact 4 squad had burned some
cotton near Waterloo.
4 letter from Hilton Head in the n. 7.
Tribune says:-"The negro regiment is not at
all popular here The colored men-as we'll
behaved fellows as could be wlshed-were jeer-
ed at, insulted, and sometimes struck on their
way to their daily labor at the wharf, until
Gen. Hunter directed that no details from the
lst Sonth Carolina volunteers should be made
for that purpose; but that gangs Of men from
the regiments who had abused them should
take their plac: Now there's howl raised
about a ngget oeing Of more account than a
white man.
Gen McCle@n recently telegraphed to
Washington that he could not get milk for
sick soldiers; that the secesslonists would not
furnish it, and that the Union men charged
high prices. General Halleck telegraphed
back: IF secessionis5s won't furnish milk,
seize their COWS and milk them yourselves -
Have q military board to fix. the price at which
Unionists shall sell, and, il they refuse to take
th 1t price, seize from them also.
4 saloon keeper in Cleveland, (Ohio,) in
scarcity Of change, conceived the idea ofissling
tickets good fer one drink to regular custo-
mers, when he coudn' change their money
In printing the tickets, the printer made a
mistake, as the saloon keeper discovered to
his cost, after distributing a large amount OF
them. The ticket read good for one drunk.
4 number Of tvo-fsted drinkers, who got hold
Of somc Of the tickets, have been indulging IN
series of druuks ever since, greatly to the Pc
cuniary loss Of the ''salooner
An attempt, it is said, was lately made TO
ca pture Rev. DR.. Breckenridge near :Aexlng~
ton, KY; as he was returning home, by Nor
gan's cavalry; but he was made acquainted
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1862-08-05

DklA, A., IUES OAK u hNlNU, AOU
McGowan, by Walter Penn, acting coroner
dated July oath, 1852, was returned to the
Court
Noah Drummond having been elected and
commissioned Justice Of the Peace for the
fifth district Of this county appeared and quail
fed by taking the oath of allegiance.
An account Of J. J. Cole, jaior for this
county, amounting to s4l, was presented, allow
ed, and ordered to be certified to the Auditor Of
Public Accounts, for payment,
All the Justices were ordered to appear at
the September Court, for the purpose Of ar
pointing Road Commissioners.
James Quagan was ordered to be released
from the County Jail.
The other motions, attachments, appeals,
chancery and other monthly cases we're contin-
ued until next term Of the Court.
PANAMA HATS. Hitherto the high price Of
the Panama hats has hindered their transpor.
tation into Europe. The Panama hats are
distinguished from all other hats in Icing in
single piece, marvellous]y light, and Of incom-
parable elasticity They can be rolled and put
in the pocket without any danger Of being bro
ken In rainy weather they become black,
but they recover their natural color when
stepped IN soapy water WHAT constitutes
and maintains the reputation Of the Panama
hat, is, that neither heat nor insects, which de-
YOUR everything under the tOrrld sun OF the
,9To @5o hc.r In,
the long run nothing but humidity can destroy
them. They last eight times as long as q Leg
horn bat. They are easily carried about
They can be folded and rolled by the dozen,
like the commonest merchandise.
It is stated that considerable excitement
was created in Drummondtown, Va, last
Tuesday, by persons who were attending the
sessions Of the court calling the volunteers,
who were from Maryland, abolitionists and
other opprobrous epithets Most serious con-
sequences were threatened for q time, but a
reinforcement Of the military coming up
checked the quarrel, AMI the provost guard
gave the country people orders TO return to
their homes, which they did.
Gen POI has written a reply to the note OF
Capt. Harrison, of the 95th New York He
is the ofScer for whom Gen. Pope recently adj
yertised reward of FIVE cents 1t seems that
the order was not so much intended for Harri~
son as to discourage others from getting off on
Aimsv pretexts. This Sinking Gen. Pope
says he is determined to put an end to.
The Richmond Examiner complains Of the
wanton waste and destruction By the Confeder
ates, in some parts Of the country adjacent to
Richmond, and calls for the cessation Of such
unwarrantable proceedings, and for making the