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The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-10-02
General EHslruAIs,e.

1t appears from Il semi official state mont
that there is no truth IN tho report that
Gen. BURNSIDE recently rendered his resio.
nation IN consequence of personal griey-
anceN, He requested, if compatible with
the pnblic interest, and in view of the COM
piet'on oi Lis campaign in Tennessee, that
he be permitted to resign, to attend to his
private business, which needed his personal
attention. The President promptly re-
piled, complinenting Gen. BURNSIDE upon
his success in Ohio, Kentucky, and Ten
nessee, and requesting him not to resign.
but to remain in the field with his present
command-the Army of the Ohio. Gen.
BURNSIDE responded that if the public SER
vice required his presence in the field, he
would sacrifice his private interest and
comply with the Presidents request. He
accordingly remains in the field at the
head of his army.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-10-02
The Suspension Of the Writ OF lIa-
beaS Corpus.

The Secretary of War has ordered that
the act of Congress relating to the sus-
pension of the writ of habeas corpus, and
the proclamation of the President, based
upon the same, be published for the in
formation of all concerned; and that the
following special instructions for persons
in the military service of the United
States be strictly observed, viz. &:
The attention of every officer in the military
service of the United States is called to the
proclamation of the President, issued on the
18th day of September. 1868, by which the
privileges of the writ Of habeas corpus is sus-
pended. If therefore, writ of habeas corpus
should, in violation of the aforesaid proclama-
ton, be sued out and served upon any officer
in the military service of the United States,
commanding him to produce before any court
or judge any person in his custody by author
ity OF the President of the United States, be-
longing to any one of the classes specified in
the Presidents proclamation, it shall be the
duty OF such officer to make known by his
certificate, under OATH to whomsOever may is
sue or serve such writ of habeas corpus, that
the person named in said writ is detained by
him as prisoner under the authority of the
President OF the United States. Such return
having been made, if any person serving or at
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-10-02

A provision of law has been in force
since the S0th of June last, which, when
it comes to be better known, will mate
rally affect the business of express COM
panies so far as small parcels are concerned.
All the articles specified below may be sent
in the mails Gin packages weighing not
over four pounds), for any distance in
the United States, at the rate of two cents
for not over four ounces, and an additional
two cents for each additional four ounces
or fraction thereof, (meaning that II
ounces may be sent for four cents, &C.,
that is to say {: Pamphlets, occasional pub
LEGATIONS, book manuscripts and proof
sheets, whether corrected or not, maps,
prints, engravings, blanks, flexible pat
terrs, samples and sample-cards, phono-
graphic paper, letter envelopes, postal en-
velopes or wrappers, cards, paper, plain
or ornamental, photographic representa-
tions of all types, seeds, cuttings, bulbs,
roots and scions, and all other matter
which may by law be hereafter declared
mailable.
Bound books are to be taken at double
the above specified rate. Any book weigh
ing less than four ounces may be sent for
four cents; weighing less than half
pound for eight cents, &c. The postage
must be prepaid by stamps. Thus
pound of mustard seed mot quite pound,
say two grains less) may be sent by per-
son in Milwaukee, or in Oregon, so far
as the matter of distance is concerned, to
a friend in Eastport, Maine, for sixteen
cents. The express companies would
charge at least dollar for the same SER
vice.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-10-02
*All classes, 427. Including all.
Library for the Episcopal Church
College at EaribauIs.

Bishop WHPpLE has recently had the
opportunity of securing valuable library
and philosophical apparatus tor the Church
College at Faribault. A Southern college,
which was broken up by the rebellion, has
been obliged to sell its library, &c, to pay
its debts. The trustees were churchmen,
and, desiring to save the library to the
church, were willing to sell it at nominal
price to the Diocese of Minnesota. Good
judges think it worth SIS, OOO-the Bishop
bnys it for $1,000. The only question is,
will those who have followed the Diocese
and Bishop with their prayers and aims,
aid him in securing this valuable library to
the church in Minnesota. This cannot be
doubted. Nothing would SO gladden. the
Bishops heart, and cheer him in his work.
Any of his friends in this State, or in other
States, who are willing to aid the Bishop,
will please send their gifts to Mr.. Ii. T.
WELLEs, Treasurer of the Diocese, Mime
apolis, or to Bishop WnIpPLE, Faribault,
anil will receive the thanks and praye of
the church. We trust our brethren of the
press will aid the work by publishing the
substance of the above
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-10-02
The Five.Tvycnty Bonds.

The average daily issue of Five Twenty
bonds from the Treasury Department for
the week ending Wednesday, September
16, was SO, 343,S4l. To effect this issue,
the bonds, after leaving the printers hands,
have to be filled with the names of the
subscribers, signed, and entere:', for which
nearly $500 signatures are daily required.
The entire amount of subscriptions re-
ceived is now filled, and the bonds will
hereafter be issued within three days after
the deposit of the subscriptions. The
printing and other preparation of over
600 sheets of bonds per day in the Treas
ury Building, is without precedent in any
former issue, and demonstrates the econ
omy and propriety of preparing these is
sues in the Department, instead of relying
on individuals or companies whose fac;li-
ties are necessarily divided among differ
ent customers.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-10-02
Captains Sawyer and Elynu.

A young officer recently released from
the Libby prison in Richmond, furnishes
the following information in relation to
Captains Sawyer and Flynn, who were
condemned to death by jeff Davis:
Captains Sawyer and Flynn, it will be &c.
membered, have been condemned to death in
retaliation for the execution by Gen. Burnside
of two rebel officers caught recruiting within
his lines. The Richmond mob demanded
the death of these brave and patriotic men,
but the authorities were deferred by the
threatened fate Of Winder and Lee. held by
us at Fortress Monroe Captains SAWYER
and Flynn are confined in a sort of cage or bin
partitioned off from the cellar Of the building.
Measured by the eye, it appeared not larger
than six feet by eight. The only light and ;ir
are admitted through hole near the ceiling.
about foot square, through which also he
food is passed Gown twice day This den is
damp. dark and most shorkingly filthy: and
the unfortunate victims of rebel hatred are en-
during within it a living death from day TO day.
The plan seems to be, since their cOwardlv tor
mentors dare not shoot or hang them, to tor.
turc their lives away by this long agony, aud
then report them as having died of sickness
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-10-02
Ane rover Of our Artilicry-.-Tiie
FiEteen-fncI. Navy Gun.

The following is reply from an official
source to the gable about deficiencies in
our ordnance which is loud in comparison
with the extent OF the ignorance of those
who are noisy:
Has any one devised q more effective rnr
than PARROTS and 10 inch rifles for ran,,n
and boring power, and Il more Formidable
smashing piece than the 10 inch navy Uun cat
hollow on ROdmans method? The trial Ia
inch navy gun has been fired at the ordnance
Yard. at Washington, more than 40 rounds
60 OF which have been with 90 pound charors
of cannon powder, whose initial velocity Las
been full 800 fcet-hc lesser weight of ch ,rues
decreasing proportionatcy to 80 pounds; and
yet, under these severe tests, the gun shows
no sign OF weakness or decay. And this. too
in the last 200 fires, with the gun reduced on n
taper along the chase to 5 inches of its original
thickness at the wall of the muZzle. The 49,
inch gun spoken of has been laid aside by the
Navy Ordnance, and only two of that class are
now in course Of construction, (of wrought
!orn by Mi. rcSson. These guns are yet to
be proved. Meanwhile the navy 15inch gun
has been so far modified as to admit of its
Use III the monitor turret ports, designed for
the l3-lnch guns, in view OF removing The ne
cessity ola smoke box, by running the chase of
the piece through the port hole. and thus gain
Ing The advantage OF two inches greater diam
eter OF shot with less opening Of port for the
original l5-inch. The caliber of the navy IS.
inch was suggested 10y Mr. Fox (he plan was
Dahlgrens); the mode otiabricating Rodmans
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-10-02
The Soldiers Vote.

The Commissioners to take the Soldiers
vote in the army OF the Southwest, under
General GRANT, left last evening. The
Commissioners are Col. JOHN II. STEVENS
and Mr.. J. B. DANIELS. The troops in
this division comprise the Third, Fourth
and Fifth Regiments and the First Battery.
Mr.. VIM. B. DEAN, of St. Paul, and M.
B. STONE, of st. Peter, the Commissioners
appointed to take the vote in Gen. RosE-
GRAMS department., leave this MOI ming.
This department comprises the Second
Regiment, three companies of the Fifth To-
wa Cavalry, and Second Minnesota Bate
ry, and the Nashville, Louisville, Paducab,
Mound City, Cairo, st. Louis and Keokuk
hospitals.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-10-02

A Washington dispatch says Captain
FISK reports the progress of the expedi-
ton from Fort Abercrombie to Fort Ben
ton, under his charge, for the protection
of emigrants by the northern route On
the first of August he was 26S miles west
Of Fort Abercrombie. He had guard of
only fifty men, with which he travelled the
Sioux country. He adds:
Since leaving Fort Abercrombe our prooress
has been most satisfactory. Nctwithstandir~
the extraordinary drouth this season, we have
not suffered SO far for the want of either oross
or water; probing, think. the great superi.
ority of this route. Our party is in excellent
health and the cattle, horses, &c, are in fair
condition.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-10-02

Judge N. K. Hall, of the United
States District Court of New York, in the
hd6eas corpus cases of D. J. Crichten, of
St. Lawrence County, and Robert E. Wal
pole, of Cayuga Co., has made an order
discharging the REALTORS from military SER
vice. He gives the opinion that Boards Of
Enrolment having once decided in favor
of the claim of a drafted man to be ex-
empt from military service, cannot revoke
or review such decision, or compel man
to submit his claim second time to the
Board.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-10-02

laughing stock of the country, there had
better be nothing further said by, or on
behalf of, those in authority, about tho
"three decisive battles" In the most
desperate of these s.decisive battles" not
more than two of Gen. SlBLEYls men
were killed; and, in at least one other
"decisive battle,' not only were none
injured on either side, but the opposing
forces were not, at any moment, within
Springfield rifle range of each other. It
is not known that as many as twenty In
dams were killed during the whole seventy
nine days campaign-occupying, thus, an
average of about four days to place a sim
gle Sioux hors du combat, and, estimated
according to the expense of the expedi-
ton, making each dead Indian cost the
Government nearly quarter OF million
of money. A few such expeditions, each
illustrated as this was, by three such de
cisiye battles" while they would not ma
terially lessen the number of, or damage,
either the Indians or our soldiers, would,
nevertheless, ruin the State and bankrupt
the Government.
The enforced praise rendered to Geper-
al SULLy, while it is less than is due,
it is yet attempted to lessen by structures
upon his "tardiness which we have here
tofore disproved. He has moved on his
line with all possible dispatch; and when
he reached the enemy he surprised, fought,
and killed them by the hundred, and in a
brave, soldier-like manner. 1t is true, as
the Sentinel predicts, that the news of
"this severe chastisement of these savages
will be welcomed in every exposed hamlet
of Minnesota, with joy and tharkfulness; >
and it is further true, that out of such
thankfulness, the settlers in these exposed
hamlets will render their praise to SulLY
to whom they know it to be due, and not
to Pore, who meanly ma'igns him, nor to
SlBLEY, who, as it would seem, and most
strangely, too, is willing to profit by the
unjust depreciation of bis more successful
coadjutor.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-10-02
The Time For the Departure OF our
Troops for the South,

In answer to certain enquiries from the
Governor, Col. MILLER, commandant at
Fort Smelling, responds as follows:
After learning from Gen SrBLEY the exact
arrangements for the meeting of the troops
which are to leave the State, I respectfully
report that they will be ordered to meet as
follows:
Seventeen and half companies at Fort
Smelling, Saturday, October Sd, to march o.
tober 9TH.
Twelve companies redezvous at Winona DC.
tober 9Th to March October 9Th.
Ahalf company meet at La Crosse or La
Crescent, October 9Th.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-10-02
Diseraceful Scenes at English Water.
ing Places.

An English paper cries out against the
disgracetul scenes which occur at the sea-
side resorts in England. 1t appears to be
the custom now at Margate, Ramsgate,
Dover and the other watering places, for
men and women to battle together without
observing the rules Of decorum which are
never violated at Newport, Cape May,
Nahant, and other places in this country
of ours, which, according to the Saturday
Reoieac, ''has no history" but which still
preserves its decency, Notwithstanding it's
frolicsome youth.
We quote the English criticism upon
English indecency:
1t is a matter of painful notoriety that at this
season of the year our seaside watering places
are disgrace to the country and that scenes
are daily and unblushingly perDetrated which
would not be tolerated in any other country in
Europe 1t would be difficult now to point to
q single watering place where there is anything
like semblance of ordinary decency upheld.
Men, women and children battle in close prox-
unity, without any attempt being made to
shelter them from public view. The men
adopt simply natures costume, and the won.
en-we can hardly call them ladies-merely
put on loose bathing dresses which really hide
but few of their charms. We cannot account
for this apparent total want of modesty which
seems to pervade all classes. The remark ap-
plies not only to those who are the performers,
that is the bathers, but also the crowd of APP
plauding spectators, both male and female
that watch the antics of these parties from the
sands and the heights, and who are apparently
SO pleased and interested with what they wit
ness that they think it no disgrace to bring
with them opera glasses, so that they may lose
nothing of the performance. This may to
some seem strong assertion to make, but we
appeal to those who have witnessed the bath
ing at Margate, Ramsgate, Dover, and other
places, whether the picture is either high col
Ored or overdrawn.
A signal illustration of the results of
this practice was furnished at Ramgate
the other day, when man named BENSON
was arrested for insulting Madame du
CHA1LLU. He was fined ego and costs,
but this example does not seem to have
reformed the British fashion of seaside en-
tertainments.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-10-02

mand Of any court, Judge, or otherwise. and
with or without process of law, shall attempt
to arrest the officer making such return and
holding in custody such person, the said Off
Ger is hereby commanded to refuse submission
and obedience to such arrest; and if there
should be any attempt to take such person from
the custody of such officer, or arrest such Of
ficer, he shall resist such attempt, calling to
his aid any force that may be ne cessary to
maintain the authority Of the United States
and render such resistance effectual.
JAMES b. FRY
PrOyOst-Marshal General
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-10-02
An imitation of the American STYLE of

watering place life would improve the
English pleasure-seekers. Here, a con-
stabuary force guards the bathing beaches
from disorder of all kinds, and the police
regulations, which are inflexibly enforced,
are as strict as any municipal law. The
guardians of civilization I" should copy
this trait of American life, remembering
TO 20 all things in decency and order.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-10-02
The Sioux Com mission.

Weare requested to state that the Sioux
Commissioners, being required to make
their report and forward it, with all the
claims, the testimony taken, and their find
ing in each case, to the Secretary of the
Interior, on or before the LIST day of De-
cember next, cannot land will not hear any
testimony after the LIST of November.
Claimants will govern themselves accord
ingly.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-10-02
Duty of War Democrats.

Gen. CooHRANE accepts the nomination
of the Union Convention of the State of
New York as candidate for Attorney Cen
eral because, he says, he finds nothing in
the platform with which he dissgrees.
He concludes his letter of acceptance as
follows:
1t is the cause of Democracy which it (the
Convention) has espOused-not OF that noml-
nal Democracy that mouths it for the war, ana
sympathizes with the rebels; nor OF that craven
Democracy which. chained by committees and
cribbed by organizations, is put upon its an
nual progress through our streets for the osne
lit OF the propr.etors-bat OF tne DeiE sor ny
government Of the people assailed by arms ms;
their government cease from mGf fham to T av
down their arms. Such, in my Judgment Is,
the duty of all War Democrats.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-10-02

VALEDIoToRY.-W the last number of
the Faribault Statesman, Mr.. ALEXANDER
JOHNSON closed his connection with it as
editor and proprietor. Mr.. JOHNSON has
removedtO St. Paul.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-10-02
EXECUTIVE MANSION, }
WASHINGTON, August II. '63 {


My DEAR SIR: Months ago l should have
acknowledged the receipt of your book and
accompanying kind note, and now have To
beg your pardon for not having done so.
For one OF my age have seen very little of
the drama. The first presentation of Falstaff
ever saw was yours here last winter or spiny.
Perhaps the best compliment can pay is to
say, as truly can, | am very anxious to see it
again Some of shakspeares plays Ia, never
read, whilst Others l have gone over perhaps
as frequently as any professional reader Among
the latter are Lear Richard Third Henry
the Eighth Hamlet and especially Mae
BETH | think none equals Macbeth 1t is
wonderful. Unlike you gentlemen of the pro-
fession, l think the soliloquy in Hamlet COM
mencing. o my offence is rank surpasses
that commencing To be or not to be- But
pardon this small attempt at criticism. should
like to hear you pronounce the opening speech
of Richard
Will you not soon visit Washington again?
If you do please call and let me make your
personal acquaintance.
Yours truly. A. LINCOLN.
JAMES H. HACKErr, ESQ.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-10-02
rbe Rtoht 10 Insist Upon Exemption

The Provost Marshal General has issued
the following important circular:
WAR DEPARTMENT., I
peovosr MARSHAL GENERALS OFFICE, I
WASHINGTON, Sept. Is, 1868.
Circular No. &c.
1 dne Advocate General, is published for the
;nfo1mation and guidance of all officers of this
Dn;niou-" The right of a party drafted to
insist on his exemption from service is privi-
iege which he may waive and which he GER
tainly does waive when he furnishes substi-
int or pays the Communication. He cannot
afferward be permitted to retract that waiver"
: JAMES B. FRY,
Provost Marshal General.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-10-02
The President or shakespeare.

In the following letter to Mr.. HACKEr,
the comedian, which has just been pub
lished, President LINCOLN tavors the world
with some criticisms on SnAKEspEARE's
plays. He expresses a preference for
" Macbeth &" over Hamlet" and the New
York World maliciously observes that his
temperance in kilt and that "Scotcb
cap md cloak would no doubt create
quite sensation in theatrical circles. The
letter is annexed:
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-10-02
,G'Ele 'Eisrec Great Navi2s.

iuo 1oufHHt y commerce LnuS states,
in the aggregate, the naves of the three
leading commercial nations, compared
last year, as follows:
jroa-cla3e. S.e0n. ressels.
France ...............l6 325
United States. ........5t 323*
England. ...........l6 SIT
France and England each have four
iron cased ships at sea. The former has
two more nearly, if not quite, ready for
sea. and ten on the stocks. England has
four more launched and eight in IN ad-
vanced state of construction. The United
States, at the date of the last annual re-
port of the Secretary Of the Navy, had
fifty-;our iron-elads, including thirty-two
armored vessels, (many of which were I'M
tinishe1,) and a number have been added
since
*All classes, 427. Including all
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1863-08-15
TRUSTEES SALE

PY virtue of a Decree of the Circuit Court
- for Cecil county, in chancery, the under
signed. as Trustee, will offer at Public Sale,
at the Hotel of VIM. Gracsy, in the Rising
Sun, on
Saturday, the 18Th day of September, merit,
at O'Clock p. M, all that
TRACT OF LAND.
whereof the late Thomas Richardson died
seized situated in the 9TH Election District,
ON the road leading from Rising Sun to
Bricklcy's tavern, and about three quarters
OF II mile from the former place. Thers are
about
Fourteen Acres Of Land
in the Tract, and the improvements are q
good FRAME DWELLING and some out
buildings.
TERMS OF SALE.-One-ha of the pur-
chase money in cash on tho day of sale, and
the other half in six months therefrom
rhe credit payment TO be secured by the
note Of the purchaser, with approved secur-
ity. ". J. JONES,
Aug TO- ls63-ts. Trustee.