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The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1863-12-11
SIOUX IN THE KANDIYOHI
REGION.
The Indian Killed by an IDdepend-
ent Scout.

GLENCOE, McLEoD COUNTY, Dec ?, 1863.
Correspondence of the Pioneer.
Another American citizen of aboriginal de-
scent, has been translated to the hunting
grounds of his Dakota fathers, by the persua-
siye arguments of ball and powder. 1t occur
red on this wise: .
A number of persons have been engaged du-
ring the fall hunting and trapping in the Kan
diyohi Lake region, about sixty miles west of
Glencoe. Two Of the number, Simon and
Oscar Horner, who are also enrolled as indie
pendent scouts, on Wednesday last, saw three
Indians crossing point of land between two
lakes. The next day. while on the lookout
for the sayages, they discovered an Indian near
Long Lake, about six miles northwest of the
Big Kandiyohi. As soon as the Indian saw the
Horners he endeavored to escape, but bullet
from the rifle of one of the brothers, travelled
a deal faster, and the Indian fell to the ground.
shot through the neck. The wound was NOR.
tai, and the Indian was gasping his last when
the brothers reached the body. Evidence of
character perfectly satisfactory, as to the de.
mise of the Sioux, was secured for nresenta-
tion to the Adjutant General; the said evidence
being commodious lock Of hair with a nor
tion of the scalp attached. .,s,i ~
fe' Mr. 7. W. Savage, Government scout. ar
rived here last night with the scalp Of the In.
dian slain BY the Horners. He was ~ The
Kandlyohil vicinity At the time Of tia nccur.
~ Il sf44..
The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1863-12-11

In some remarks concerning railroad
gratuities, short time ago, We expressed
the opinion that St Paul could do better
with the gratuities if she wishes to deal in
them, than offer them in the Lake Supe-
rior direction; that the Minnesota Valley,
which had thus far built up and sutained
our city, presented mere desirable route
for any public investment; and that if
that trade was taken away we should ex-
perience vacuum which half dozen
railroads to Lake Superior could not
fill up. The Faribault Republican quotes
our remarks and adds the following COM
ments: y
That is certainly good common sense but
the PIONEER should not be surprised if it's SEN
sible suggestions are not readily adopted by the
people OF st. Paul. They have been so long
and so zealously taught that the only portion
OF the outside world in which they had any III
terest was the plains of the Saskatchewan, the
Winnepeg basin. and the tanarac swamps be-
tween Sunrise and Lake Superior, that they
will not be likely to adopt the sensible sugges-
tions Of the PIONEER at once. 1t Is said TO hb
hard learning old dogs new tricks, and a1fb
P10NRER will dind IL quite as hard to eradicate
the prejudice instilled into the minds of The
people ot St. Paul by the foolish teachers, To-
EhSss l,s sssaS tssshipss they havs 90 long and p
,-.sf ~, ~ = NSs-fyRa hus syjr9 i,syrgsfs hua
The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1863-12-11
Heavy Strategy Again.

TIE Press is great on strategy, chiefly,
however, in the secondary signifcat;on of
the word, implying artitice to deceive the
enemy. The slaughter of ten thousand
men at the assault Oh Fredericksburg by
BURNSIDE, in its opinion, was only harm
less bit OF strategy-merely pretence of
doing something not intended to be done,
to amuse General LEE, while BANKS was
moving up the James river or the Ohowan
river, to snatch the rebel capitol. But the
greatest strategical feat of the Press-the
boldest as we'll as the most subtle devel-
opment of its power, was its capture of
Richmond through General KEYEs, during
HooKEE's campaign south Of the Kappa
hammock. Its full column of staring
heads announcing in every conceiv-
able form of expression that Richmond
was "Ours," was nothing however to the
column of strategical balderdash inflicted
upon its read RS, proving that Richmond
might, could, would, and should have been
taken, and therefore it acas taken, and
that anybody who dared to doubt, was
either fool or a copperhead. The terri
bic next morning awakened the Press to
a consciousness that it was the laughing
stock of the town, and the great newspa-
per TURENNE, fell from his dizzy height,
amid the jeers of those he had deluded
into excuses. He still contended, how
ever, that Richmond was /" logically TAX
en-, and that it was through no fault of his
that the actuality was wanting. Strategy
and logical victories were his abomiAation
for along timeahBut the Late campaign
Of AHAbs was too promising q field to be
neglected, and accordingly We find in yes
The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1863-12-11
state MILITARY matsers.

alt viii be seen by General Order
elsewhere printed, that hereafter promo
tions to the several grades of field and
line officers in Minnesota regiments, in
dependent companies and batteries, will
be made strictly according to seniority,
unless the fact that the officer entitled to
promotion should be unfit or not qualified,
be certified by the regimental commander,
or other field officer or the senior captain
present with the regiment. Promotions
from the ranks will be made by companies,
upon recommendation of board of ex-
animation. Other qualifications being
equal, preference is given to those who
have distinguished themselves in battle.
Whenever vacancies are to be filled from
the ranks all non commissioned officers
and privates will have the right to exam
ination. ~. s,..........
BY special order of Gen. SoHoFIELD
the following named officers and enNstod
men of the Ninth Regiment are detailed
on recruiting. service from their regiment,
and will report to the Superintendent of
recruiting service in this State for in
structions: Capt. A. M. Enoch, Company
+; First Lieutenant Lyman Sherwood,
Company @; Sergeants George Parker,
Company |, and William G. Brown, Com
pany K; Corporals 9. D. Kingsley, Com
pany B; Wesley Maxfeld, Company Z;
John Burns, Company F; Amos Sutton,
Company G.; Privates Richard Barrows,
Company A !; Oscar L. Farmer, Company
O; Orlando F. Bryant, Company II.
Private JOHN B. OLIVIER, company G,
Eighth regiment Minnesota volunteers, has
been detailed for duty in the office of the
Adjutant General at Washington, and
ordered to report without delay.
The State Treasurer has received the
allotments of the Fifth regiment for the
months of July and August, amounting to
$1S03; also the allotments of company G,
tCapt. Burt's) Seventh regiment, for the
months of Septemberand October, amount
ing to $7SS; also OF companies Fl and X,
Eighth regiment, amounting to Se77.
In the Second cavalry commissions
have been issued to officers of company A,
as follows: JOHN r. JONES, Captain A.
r. FIELD, Jr., ). First Lieutenant; WILLIAM
NJ. BRIIEY, Second Lieutenant. These
officers, we believe, and a large majority
of the enlisted men, are from Fillmore
county. 5t IS arf a
"A recr.l:ting commits sion of Second
Lieutenant in the Second Cavalry. has
been issued TO HENRY S. HOWE of Dodge
county. sf.5 s
have been issued to the
following officers of company A, Tenth
regiment: LEWIS F. BABcooK, Captain,
vice PHELPS, resigned NJ. L. STRONG,
First Lieutenant, vice BABcooK, promoted;
First Sergeant SMITH H SHOWERS, Second
Lieutenant, vice STRONG, promoted.
At General Court Martial recently
held at St. Louis, private ARNOLD W.
GRoUT, company d, Seventh Minnesota
was charged with sleeping on his
post. He found guilty, and sentenced
to imprisonment at hard labor for one
yeal, to forfeit $3.50 per month of pay
meanwhile. Confirmed, with mitigation
to sixty days in Myrtle street prison.
JOHN CAL..AGiiAN, company II, Tenth
Minnesota, drunkenness on duty Guilty.
Ball aud chain thirty days.
EDWARD A. CRAMs1E, same company,
same offence, and same sentence.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1863-12-11
General Campbell.

General CHARLES 7. CAMPBELL, who
spent the past autumn in St. Paul, has
taken his departure for Sioux City, where
he will assume command of the troops un-
der Gen. SELLy, who has been relieved
and ordered to another field OF service.
General CAMPBELL may emphatically be
termed Il lighting General" and he is
worthy successor of the brave ,SULLY. He
entered the service during the Mexican
war, and for distinguished gallantry re-
ceived commission IN the regular army,
subsequently, rising to the rank of Captain.
He afterwards resigned and remained in
private life until the breaking out of the
rebellion, when he raised regiment in
Pennsylvania and was appointed its Col
onel. He participated in the Sc crest bat
ties OF the Peninsula, and was several
times severely wounded. In BURNs1DE's
experiment on Fredericksburg, be was in
MEADE's division, that made the most for
midable assault, was wounded in three
places, and left, as was supposed, dead on
the field, and was so reported in the first
accounts of the battle. But he recovered.
won the star of a Brigadier, and had the
additional satisfaction, that is so rarely
granted to the living, of reading glowing
obituaries of himself in the newspapers.
With a shattered arm, and body riddled
with bullets, he came to Minnesota, and it
affords us pleasure to learn he has so far
recovered as to enter active service again.
Should he have an opportunity of moving
against the savages next spring, or against
the rebels at the South, we are confident
he will make them "hunt their holes"
The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1863-12-11
terdays issue of the Press the following

SpccuAdtlOuS
We are inclined to guess that Meade's re-
cent advance was intended mainly as diver
sion in favor of Burnside, and by menacinp
Lee with serious attack, prevent him sendinS
any reinf0rcements to Longstreet.
Among the circumstances which sustain
this view, is the fact that Meade did not pnsh
decisivsly forward till the 26th. when the pov-
ernment had already received news of Grants
success at Chattanooga, which placed Lonu-
street in imminent danger of capture If the
requisite dispositions were not promptly made
to favor his escape into Virginia, or to enable
him to maintain his ground in East Tennessee
That Lee, relying on Meades inactivity.
would have made some such dispositions to
extricate Longstreet. Is probable, and in order
to ensure the capture or crushing of the latter
it was necessary for Meade to menace him.
That any more serious campaign was intended
to be made upon ten days supply of rations
does not seem probable.
Now we take the liberty to guess that the
newspapers y both in their proonosti-
cations of what Meade was going to do. and in
their Interpretation OF his not doing it, have
said, and are saying, precisely what the mill
tary authorities, Meade included, have wanted
them TO say.
The above, written fifteen hundred miles
from the scene of operations, and based
upon nothing, may delude a very few into
the belief that the late campaign was a
complete success; but to the intelligent
reader it is unmitigated nonsense af
The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1863-12-11
Tho school Lands of the State.

We learn from Mr.. McILRArH, State Au-
ditor, that the proceeds of the second sale
OF School Lands, just closed, were $780,
600, of which $4,000 were cash. Total
amount of sales to date, 1852, 900; cash
receipts, $4,000. Of the latter sum,
$4,000 have been invested in Minnesota
six per cent. war bonds; $40, in United
States skies, 1881, which were purchased
at 97ac, and are now worth 81 O8; and
the balance in United States 2Os, interest
six per cent. payable in gold. The interest
accruing on these bonds. and on the
amount unpaid on the lands sold, with
rents and sales of grass, will doubt
less warrant distribution of at least
$4,000 to the counties for common schools
next year.
We apprehend that many people, even
III cur own State, have no adequate con
ception OF the value of the imperial domain
dedicated to common schools u Mime
sofa. We have in the organized portions
OF the State alone, one million ttco h,sn-
dred ond tJly MoWsand acres of land.
The average sum paid at the recent and
former sale was $617 per acre; and on
this basis our school lands are worth the in,
mense SUM Of $780, 900. Bat the lands
are constantly increasing in value, and so
rapidly that q new appraisal will be ordered
next year, which will, without doubt, fix
the value Of the lands at not less than
$l0,000,000!
The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1863-12-11
state Board Of Agriculture.

a meeting Of the State Board of Agri-
culture was held yesterday at the Capitol
The only business transacted was, the
reception of reports and settlement of
accounts connected with the Fair at Fort
Smelling. The whole amount of receipts
at the Fair was $1,064. 80; amount paid
on expense account $796.2S, which is only
about half the expense of the previous
Fair; amount paid On premium account
$3.50. All the premiums awarded have
been paid, excepting about $50, which will
be raised at the annual meeting on the
first Monday of February. The Society
have claim of 1925 against Mr.. HEM1Ne-
WAY, and steps have been taken by Messrs.
W. L. AMEs and W. L. WILSON, to whom
the matter was referred, to effect settle
ment
= We trust the State Board of Agriculture
will be sustained, and that auxiliary
county societies will be formed all over
the State, for the purpose of exciting and
keeping up lively interest in the science
of Agriculture. But past experience makes
it evident that no State Fair can be
success, or in any sense adequately repre-
sent our agricultural progress and re-
sources, until we have railroads in opera
ton through the thickly settled portions
OF the State, whereby our people and our
products can be easily concentrated at
some central point. We have expressed
the opinion that the late Fair was posi-
tive injury to our rep alton; We are of
that opinion still, and trust the State
q Board will not disgrace the State by an
other Of the same character.
sa# New YoRK OHARrHR ELrorros.
were in error in stating that BooIr was
elected. The election for Mayor resulted
insthe choice of GuNrHnR dndependent
.psnocat) over BoorR, lTammany and
Mozart) and BLUNT (Repnblican:) y. i, The
Republican candidate received the lowest
vote Of the three, and the combined Dem.
o0rstic majority is over 81, 900 g s71s''
The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1863-12-11

1t Is ustaiy less stormy Oh the Lake In De
cembei and January than in September. AZ
most daily open boats are passing between Bay
field. Superior, Du Luth ard Beaver Bay, and
schooners usually contilue to run rs loug rs
freights offer.
The French River copper mines, fourteen
miles below Du Luth, is in an interesting con-
dition now. The miners have opened q shaft
and are sinking perpendicularly upon the rein
and Judging from its dip the shaft will cut it at
depth OF six or seven fathoms They are
down now int tie rock over the vein and each
additional blast throws out strong metal bear
ing feeders. This location is adyanaageously
stllated-the river even now ut its lowest stage
discharges water enough to dryea stamp gang
and wash the proauct of the mine; its distance
from the Lake is less than o half mile over
good ground, with gradual descent OF about
one hundred and thirty feet Taking all the
facts together, there can be but little doubt but
the sinking of this shaft viii furnish ample cv
idence TO warrant the proprieiors TO erect "A
stamp-sans. TC
The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1863-12-11

THE FINAL VERDlor Chevalier Bun
sen, the scholar and the statesman, said
at The close of his long and brilliant ca
reer on his death bed, "My richest ex-
perience is the having known Jesus Christ.
All the rest is nothing. We live eternal
life. in proportion as we live in God.
Christ is the Son of God, and we are his
children only when the spirit Of love
which was in Christ is in us !"
The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1863-12-11

Te The St. Louis Repdbaicqn says that the ques-
'tion isIst length settled beyond all doubt that
\ Messrs. Bates, Bay, and Dryden (couservatives)
sfe elected Judges Of the Supreme Court Of
Missouri for the next sixyeass!poy q 4iis
The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1863-12-11

A ARRIVAL-DJSTANC NCE-JOE ROLETTE'S
MlLEA GE-A ROUGH TRIP-LOSS or
HOhSES AND ML'LES-CAPT. DON
ALDSON'S CONPANY-INDIAN At
TURTLE MOUNTAIN - THEIR nos
THE IN7ENTyONS- EXORByTAN PRE-
CE,S, &C.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1863-12-11

Closing of ofISaviaasion--Co.,p n .,per Mining

HfoSEhss W EpPS kizEUsI
LAKE SUPERIOR. Nov. %. 1868
10 Tie Editor Of the Pioneer:
This Lake and many of its harbors seldom
close navigation before Christmas Of New
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HATCH'S BATTALION.
ARRIVAL AT PEMBINA.
Loss on the March Of 249
Horses and 26 Mules.
1--we Thousand Sioux About
Turtle Mountain,

(From our own Corresponaent.)
The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1863-12-11
A Card from Senator Norton.

The following card from Hon. DANlEI.
s. NoIToN, Senator elect from Winona,
appears in yesterdays Press:
To Editors of the ST. Paul Press.
In assigning reasons for the classification of
the members esect Of the Senate. made in
self" he is in the habit of denounciny the
leading measures of the Administration, and
calls the war an abolition w.r'"
With all its well known disregard of truth,
and persistent misrepresentation concerning
myself, indulged in for few months past this
is the first time that the Press has mustered up
sufficient of impudent recklessness to make a
direct and explicit charge.
1t IS OF very little moment to me, and, doubt
less. of still less to the people, in what ''class"
the Press sees tit to put me. But there is
propr'ety, perhaps, in noticing statement as
direct as this, although the cause which pro-
it, is so palpable and so well understood that
any notice of it would seem almost an insult to
the people, to whom be are both so well known.
That l have ever, habitually, or otherwise
denounced the, or any of the leading measures
of the administration, or that call, or have
ever called the war an 'AbOlitiOn War;" or
that have ever done either eren in thought, is
simply lie and the editor of the Press who
penned the charge is willful, deliberate ond
malicious liar.
Do not understand from this that wish any
change in the conduct of tue Press in relation
to myself On the contrary, much prefer
that it should continue the course it has entered
upon, i'm that direction, and should regret
very much if this notice of it shbuld cause
cessation or even diminutiOn of its dwelling
Very respectfully, &C..
The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1863-12-11

WNoNA, Nov. 30, 1868.
The Press reiteratSs the charge pre-
viously made, but fails to adduce the
slightest evidence to substantiate it. In
the minds Of those acquainted with the
Press and with Mr.. NORTON no issue of
veracity will hereafter be entertained for
a moment. The letter of Mr.. NORTON
settles the question at once.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1863-11-16
The Price of the Age.

This paper is now published at four
dollars a year, end for shorter periods at
corresponding rates. Persons sending
smaller amounts than s., will be charged
according to these terms. This Is been
our subscription for some weeks, and
yet people continue to send So and ask
for the paper to be sent a year for it,
We cannot do this. We could not meet
our current expenses at this price. We
raised eur price because aecessity com
pellei us to do so, and absolute necessity
compcls us to adhere to it invariably.
ANOTHER THiNG.-Ssme persons send
US Virginia and Georgia scrip or shin
plasters. They are worthless here, and
we cannot receive them. Nor can we
afford to pay postage on letters to return
them to the ssndsrs. Consequently they
are q dead loss to them. Send us North
Carolina OR Confcd crate Treasury Notes
OR Bank bills. Nsrer mind about gold.
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enemy, our forces having fallen back this

0i0ihy, ou' io'Ccs having idileti odSh thio
side.
There is but little additional inferma-
ton from Chattanooga. The cncnsy have
doubtless gained a great advantage from
he position they have succeeded in taking
on Raccoon mountain and Lookout valley.
This, it is said, gives Thomas a secure
passage for his supply trains, and enables
safety and rapidity. than Bragg's army
can be reinforced or be. furnished with
supplies. We regard the situation there
as extremely critical. Whether Bragg
will have to fall back or compel Thomas
to evacuats Chattanooga, remains ia be
seen. Most Of the Correspondents from
that army, and papers published at At
lanta are hopeful, and some confident of
an entire success when the struggle comes.
The Knoxville (Atlanta) Register, of
the 9Th, contains the following cheering
reference to the situation in Tennessee:
Ii Bragg expects a battle near Chatta-
nooga,, is it not probable that he would
recall troops that have been advancing
vincible lssions. prove victorious. Gen.
North! just as surely as a battle &C.
ours, SO surely will General Bragg's in
Thomas will be furnished an ep~portuni-
ty to fight perhaps, and if he does net
accept, then he must retreat. Bragg's
next movement will compel him"
From East Tennessee we have little ad-
ditional intelligence. Our troops have
gained Some advantage there, and appear
determined 10 repossess Knoxville.
At Charleston the firing continues, but
not so heavily as last week. No new
success has bean achived by the enemy.
In our w Stats all is quiet at pres
ent. Intelligence was received here on
the 9Th, that ten yankee sunboats had
arrived at Winton. on the Cha wan river,
and it was thought another expedition of
two thousand cavalry and fifteen pieces
OF artillery had gone to senc other point.
Nothing has been since heard of the lat
ter supposed expedition, (doubtles all a
cG@ard, and tire troops on the ten trans
ports arc said to nave advanced into the
country som four miles and then return
to the river. An attack on w eldon is
supposed to be contenplated-ifso, we
have a force in readiness to meet, the
Sahdais
The Iva nhes and tories have scboted
from Western North Carolina, and Gov
Vance reports all quiet there now.
Various rumors are ahoat of on to
Richmond" expeditions sia the Peninsu-
la, fredericksburg, &C., and We sheuld
not be surprised if some of the runners
prove true-but what they design at
tanptins must be done in a few days,
ere the wintry wet season sets in. AT
present activity seems to prevail ev cry
where.
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The Prices.

We hope Congress at its next session
will do something to regulate prices
throughout the Csnfsderacy. Let every
species of MERCHANDISE, every product of
the soil, be placed upon al equal footing,
and a tariff oferices fixed that will en-
able the peer all over the country to
live without, suffering. Let our State
Legislature take the matter in hand al
SO, and let thsIe be such a revolution in
prices as III pale the cheeks of spec
u~laIozS~ sged the healts of the,
psor. Let dpis be done.and We can pray
for peace az %nstion, without having to
carry SO many SINS with u.s.,
There is one thing certain, some re-
duction must.be made in the prices now
charged fer tho n~eccssaries of life, or the
poor must snifer the coming winter
Those whom God has blessed with an
abundance, must distribute with a will
ing hand to the needy, and sell at reason
able prices to these who have to buy, or
what they consider a blessing may prove
to be q curse to them.