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Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1863-01-14

SUCCESSFUL ExPEDITIoN.-On the 9TH instant,
party of cavalry and infantry was sent out
from Yorktown, by Major Keys, and landed at
West Point. On the morning of the 9th they
returned with large number of animals and
eight wagon loads of produce. They destroy
ed the depot and rolling stock at White House,
burnt steamer and sloops, boats and barges,
laden with grain, and sustained no loss what
ever.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1863-01-14

The CoNTRABANDs.-Negroe who have come
within the United States lines on the Poto-
mac, state that many of the slaves are carried
away and sent South. The greater portion,
however, on the long neck Of land between
the Rappahannock and Potomac, have already
made their escape within the Union lines,
bringing with them their masters team and
other property. They avail themselves of the
night for their exodus.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1863-01-14

DBsrRUcTIvE FIRE.-On Wednesday night
the barn of William Thompson, near Centre
Furnace, Centre county, Penn'a, was entirely
destroyed by fire. 1t was filed with large
crop of grass and hay, which, with quantity
Of valuable farming material, was all consura-
ed. 1t is supposed to have been the work OF
an incenGiary.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1863-01-14

Toinsure attention, the CASH must accompa-
ny notices, as follows s:-All Cautions with 81 +,
Strays, 81; Auditors notices, S1,50; Admins
all other transient Notices at the same rates
Other advertisements at per square, for or less
lnsei tions. Twelve lines Tor Less count square
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1863-01-14

NoIlCE.-Ali persons are hereby notified
Y not to meddle with the following named prop-
erty now in the possession of William Luther of
Woodward township, viz: cooking stove and
utensils three bedsteads and bedding. set of
chairs, and household furnitu re- as said property
belongs TO me and he only has it on loan
ROBERT ALEXANDER
w Wood ward township, January 18th 1862
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1863-01-14

The train on which Gen. Butler was pas
senger for Boston came in collision with an.
other, on the morning of the 10th, and all the
seats except those of the car in which he rode
were smashed. The General escaped without
injury.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1863-01-14

TAUT1ON.-All persons are hereby caution
~ ed against purchasing or meddli 2 with the
following property in the possession of Abednego
Caskey, of Beccaria township, to wit [ Bay
horse; 2mares one dun and one bay 4-horse
broad wheeled wagon, three set of horse gears or
harness, &c, as the same belongs to me and have
only been left with said Caskcy on loan-subject
to my order. a. G. FOX.
Smiths Mills, January z 1853
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1863-01-14
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Advertisements set large type cts or out usual
syleactA be charged double price space occlpisa
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-03-13

The fifth session OF the State Legisla-
tire was brought to q close on Friday by
the expiration OF the term of sixty days
allowed by the Constitution. Had the
limit been thirty days it would have been
ample to transact all the business of the
State for the ensuing year.
Among the last acts, was q resolu-
ton, which we believe was unanimously
adopted in both Houses, requesting the
United States Senate to confirm General
SrBLEY as a Brigadier General.
A message was received from the Gov
ernor transmitting the resignation of Hon.
IGNATIUs DoNNELLY, as Lieutenant Cover
nor of the State. Hon. Henry 4. SWIFT
having been previously elected President
Of the Senate, becomes Lieutenant Gov
ernOr, and it il rumorcd that the resigna-
ton of Governor RAMSEY may soon be
expected, which will place him in the
gubernatorial chair at once.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-03-13
Adjournment Of Congress-.

In anticipation Of the adjournment Of
Congress this morning, contemporary OBJ
served that we could almost hear the MUIR
nurs Of gratitude all over the country,
The time was-many years ago-when
statesmen, men of genius, adorned both
branches of the National Legislature
whose words, fifty chosen, and spoken
from the fullness of wisdom, carried weight.
When such men spoke, they not only gain
ed votes for the measures which they ad-
vocated, but they gave new ideas and inn
mortal maxims to the country and to the
world. How many are there in the Senate
or the House to-day who can charm votes
out of the opposition, or who say anything
worth remembering and putting into his
tories, or common school books? \ few
there are, men who, when they speak,
utter words of wisdOm-but they are very
few. Would there were more of them.
\ great many serious evils result from this
universal chronic habit Of word-making at
Washington but we are considering now
in the one aspect Of q bore. \ relief from
the tedious details of Washington legisla-
ton is one Of the best blessings that the
spring brings uS.-D0iiy, 5N.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-03-13
The Quakers and tho Draft.

The Friends in New York, Pennsylva-
MIA, Maryland and Delaware, memorialized
Congress, asking exemption from the draft
and the procurement of substitutes, and
from the fines which they deem a penalty
imposed for exercising the right of con-
science against the shedding of blood. .
" While" they say, eve deplore and Mt
terly condemn the wicked rebellion fomen-
ted by misguided and infatuated men,
which has involved the nation in strife and
bloodshed, we earnestly desire, while the
Lords judgments are so awfully manifest
ed, the inhabitants of the earth may learn
Righteousness"
The Friends close by praying THAT
peace may once more be restored through
out the whole land, and that Christian lib
erty, harmony and love may universally
prevail among the people,
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-03-13

We print elsewhere a communication
rom the St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
Company to the Legislature, in reference
to bill then in progress, and since passed,
which proposes to confer on said company
he grant of lands for building branch
road from their main line to Lake Supe-
rior, and fixes the point of connection be-
ween st. Cloud and Grow Wing. Accom-
panying this communication is a letter
from E. B. L1rcHFIELD, Esq, to the Pres
dent of the company.
The company decline to accept the fran
chises proposed to be rendered, with the
condition of fixed eastern terminus of
the Superior branch and it will be noticed
that Mr.. LITCHFIELD, who is the contractor
for building the main line of the road, now
in progress, informs Mr.. RICE that he will
not attempt to carry through the Superior
project under the proposed restrictions.
In the face of this declination of the
Company, and Of the capitalist on whom
the Company and the people interested
must rely for the prosecution of the work,
the House proceeds to pass the bill. There
is only one word which properly charac-
terizes such legislation, and that We have
placed at the head of this article.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-03-13

The Cincinnati Commercial says, par.
eel Of uneasy and unpleasant persons a,
Washington, are still vociferous on the
subject of the Secretary of State. The
New York Tribune is their principal Eas-
tern organ, and the Cincinnati Gazette and
Chicago Tribune furnishes the spouts
through which the pestilent gossip is
poured into the West. One of the latest
points attempted to be made against Sew
ARD, is that he has not sufficiently consult
ed the President as to the correspondence
of his department. The New York Times
replies in these terms:
We have the distinct and unequivocal all
thOrity of both those gentlemen, for saying,
that since President. Lincoln came into the Of
fice the Secretary of State has never sent to
any American Minister abroad, or to any for
cign Minister at Washington any dispatch, that
was not merely and exclusively formal and
technical in its character, without having first
submitted it to the President, who has either
read it himself or heard it read before it was
sent; and this includes, it is scarcely necessary
to add, the whole correspondence between Mr.
OeWaIu anu Ar. OsiyCOn.
This threw the Tribune into condition
of quibbling, not unnatural state for that
sheet.
The Times replies by producing the fol-
lowing:
WASHINGTON, Feb. "a, 1865.
Hon. Henry j. Raymond:
have your telegram, asking whether you
may contradict the statement in the New York
Tribune to-day, about dispatches not being read
by the President.
/ don't know what the Tribune's statement
is-but you may safely say that every dispatch
that was not merely and technically formal,
that have ever sent abroad, has been fully
submitted, in words and substance, to the Pres
ident, and read by him or to him before it was
sent. And this includes the whole cOrrespon-
dence, and every word Of it, between my De-
partment and Mr.. Dayton, and even this dis
patch to yourself.
WI. II. SEWARD.
The Tribune publishes an anonymous
letter, in which the following occurs:
A Senator, few weeks since, called upon the
President, and directed his attention to a re-
markable dispatch in the last published volume
of the Secretary's diplomatic ebullitions. The
President was surprised, and declared that he
had never seen or heard of the dispatch before
When there is any miserable gossip to
be fathered in Washington, there is almost
always ga Senator" ready. The public
would do well to understand that there are
at least three or four Senators who are
very trifing fellows, and think it gives
them Importance to blow in the bar-roons
about what 'sOld ABE said to me-" These
are the dignitares with whom youthful
correspondents Of ancient and able jour-
mails converse, before rushing to their rooms
to write home "we are in the midst Of a
revolution"
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-03-13

The North has been united TO q wonder
ful degree in favor of q vigorous prosecu-
ton of the war, from the first fall of Fort
Sumter down to within very few months
past. 1t has poured out men and money
without stint, and hurried forward its rap
idly raised levies faster than the govern
ment could provide for them. The rebels
were struck with CONSERVATION at our I'M
expected unanimity. What has destroyed
this unanimity and paralized popular en-
thusiasm? Everybody knows that it is
the radical change of the wa- policy of the
administration. 1t was the fatal procla-
nation of the 22d of September last, that
did the mischief The proclamation of
emancipation (says contemporary was
fre-brand of discord flung among the peo-
pie. 1t has destroyed the unity of the
North, and rendered it impossible to raise
ten new regiments by voluntary enlistment
among the people who one year ago, en-
barrssed the administration by the eager
multitudes who sought service in the army.
This alarming contrast between former
alacrity and present encouragement is so
obviously the result of the adoption by the
President of the policy Of the abolitionists
that the abolition organs writhe in all sorts
of contortions in vain attempt to escape
their terrible responsibility for the impend-
ing ruin Of the country.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-03-13
Congressional Elections.

The States which are TO have elections
for members Of Congress this year are as
follows:
New Hampshire (9,) second Tuesday in
March.
Rhode Island e., first Wednesday in
April.
Connecticut(4,) first Wednesday in April.
Kentucky co. first Monday in August.
Vermont (3,) first Tuesday in September.
California (3,) first Thursday in Sept.
West Virginia will elect three members,
and there may be applicants for seats from
the old State of Virginia, one member;
from Louisiana, two members; from Ten
nessee, two members.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-03-13

The following nominations for Major
and Brigadier Generals, sent to the Sem
ate by the President have been reported
upon favorably by the committee OF that
body.
Io6e Major Generals William S. Rosccrans
Joseph Hooker, Darius N. Couch. John ScdS-
wick, John q. Foster, Christopher c. Augur,
Robert c. Schenck, James B. Mcpherson, Geo.
IL Meade James S. Negley, John NJ. Palmer,
James G. Blunt, Philip Sheridan, George Stone
man.
To de Brig0lter Geacrdis.-Colone Orlando
B. Wilcox, Colonel Michael Corcoran, Major
George w. Cullum, George F. sShepley, Colo
mel Frank p. Blair, Colonel John r. Kenly,
First Lieutenant !Colonel George Crook, Col.
Gersham Mott Major Henry J. Hunt, Joseph
J. Reynolds, Captain George W. Getty, Colo
mel ALFRED SuLLY, Colonel William w. Aver
i'll. Colonel Alexander Hays, HENRY II. SIB-
LEY, Colonel Eliakim p Scammon, Joseph
Revere, Lieutenant Colonel Alfred w. Ellet,
Colonel Thomas w. Sweeney, Colonel David
McGregg, Colonel William II. Lyric, Colonel
f. A. Kirk. Colonel William B. Hazen, Colo
mel Gilman Marston, Colonel Alexander Schem
melpfenning, Colonel John Beatty, Colonel
Alexander Nickerson Lieutenant Colonel VIM.
Hays, Colonel James NJ. Shackletord.
Those Colonies who were nominated
originally as Brigadiers, and whose names,
returned to the President, have not again
been sent in, are regarded as not out OF
the service, their vacancies having been
filed by State authority. Their cases in
volve some hardship, and the Senate Mill
tary Committee is expected to consider the
subject
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-03-13

Gov. ANDREW JOHNSON, Of Tennessee,
was one of the speakers at a meeting re-
Gently held in Indiana. The following is
the explanation hega of his platform
There is one thing want understood. lam
for this government with the institution of sla-
very under the constitution as it is if it can be
saved. am for this government without the
negroes if it can be saved. / am for this gov
eminent under any and all circumstances. II
negroes get in the way, let them be crushed.
On the other hand, if they do not get in the
way let them remain where they are. am for
the government and all the means and instrl-
ments that win go to maintain the government.
repeat again, am for the government my
fathers handed down to me with negroes. I
am for it without negroes. Rather than see this
government destroyed, would see the whole
empty space. l have enlisted in this cause of
free government not as six months man, but
during my natural existence / am for this
government upon the principle it has been hand
ed down to us. One thing must be done; Trai-
tors must be made OdiOuS, treason must be pun
ished. This work should be commenced in
time. This government must exert its power
in sustaining and enforcing the constitution.
This is good Democratic Union doctrine,
alike unacceptable to VALLANDIeHAM and
GREELEY and their respective factions.
When Senator JOHNSON declares himself
tor the government upon the principles it
has been handed down to us--for the gov
eminent with the institution of slavery I'M
der the constitution as it is-and when
he says it is time the government should
exert its power in sustaining and enforcing
the constitution, he stabs the military abo-
litionists in very unkind way. Mr.. GREE
LEY says: ave can honestly say that for
that old Union, which was kept in exist
ence by Southern menaces and Northern
concessions, we have no regrets, and no
wish for its reconstruction. Who wants
any Union which can only be preserved by
systematic wrong and organized political
blunders? Who wants any Union which
is nothing but sentiment to lacker Fourth
of July orations withal." The positions of
ANDY JOHNSON and HORACE GREELEY are
as widely removed as loyalty is from
treason.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-03-13
The Pioneer Cannot be Used a. a
Mouthpiecc for Scccsstontsts, or
Sympathizers with Rebels.

We have received communication from
"A Democrat who does not agree with the
Republicans, which is accompanied by q
request" Please hear me for my cause.
No gdg!"
The communication assumes to be de-
fence of the organization styled The
Democratic Club" against the criticisms of
the Press; while, in reality, it shows the
most hearty sympathy with the rebels, and
the most hearty hatred of the Federal
cause. We will admit no such COM
1nuncation into our columns. We will
allow intelligent correspondents to criticise
the acts and policy of the National Ad
Illustration, when such criticism is framed
il right and patriotic temper; but we
9ill publish no denunciations of the Gov
eminent which are written plainly for
the purpose of embarrassing it in its OPP
erstions, or of depriving it of the hearty
support of the people, in the army or out
Of it, as against the traitors in arms for
its destruction.
We know there are hundreds of thous-
ands in the North who are opposed to,
and deeply deplore, the ruling policies OF
the President. We belong to that num-
Der. But that forms no ground for oppo-
sition to the war now in progress, nor for
sympathy with rebels. On the contrary,
If the President is weak, he needs all the
more the sustaining arms OF the country.
If he adopts wrong policies, it becomes the
patriotic duty of all citizens to labor the
more zealously. to overcome the additional
obstacles which his folly may have placed
in the path of Victory and Union.
1t furnishes no excuse for aiding the
rebels to break up the Government, that
the President has issued the Emancipation
Proclamation. This act, we have no
doubt, will prolong the war, and render
the final adjustment OF affairs vastly more
difficult; but the Union is worth more
than any creed; and we must, therefore,
work all the more diligently at home, and
fight all the more desperately in the field.
The people have hard burdens to bear
AZ the best and it is true that the Gov
ernment, by It's wrong policies, has added
greatly and unwisely to these but, the
Union is worth all the sacrifices that are
upon us, and all that can be required Of
Us, whether these are caused by the trea-
son of Southern rebels. or hy the imbecili-
t. or madness of the Government at
Washington. The people have the will
and the power to come Off victorious, in
the end, over Southern treason and Nor
iiern fanaticisrn combined.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-03-13

ls-For months we have heard OF large
seizures of cotton in the Southwest, and
observed the arrival of consignments OF
this valuable staple at various points on the
Mississippi river, from whence they have
been forwarded, from time to time, to the
Eastern market-the aggregate represent
ing, no doubt, value equal to millions of
dollars. Yet Senator Chandler, of Michi-
gan, has made the statement in Congress,
that the cotton collected by the army at
the Southwest, was divided among certain
officers, and the Treasury had not received
q dollar since the war commenced, except
for some obtained from Hilton Head, In
South Carolina.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-03-13
OFFICE ST.. PAUL & PACIFIC RAILROAD Co.. I
ST. Paul, MINI, March 4, 1868.
N. RICHARDSON, Esq. :.

SIR:-In reply to yours OF the 4th inst, en-
quiring if it is the intention of this Company
to push forward the construction of their
Branch Road, l have to say that the Company
have all the arrangements made that are neces-
sary to complete their road to st. Cloud this
fall, and there is no doubt in my mind of its
being done; and it is the purpose also of the
Company to continue the construction of their
Branch Road to Crow Wing, and from thence
to the Red River of the North, near George
town. Just as soon rs the means can be obtain
ed for that purpose.
Very respectfully yours.
EDMUND RICE.
Pres't St. p. Il p. R. r. Co.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-03-13

Cen Burns, late of the Army of the
Potomac, whose services on the peninsula
Of Virginia, and on the Rappahannock,
are gratefully appreciated by his country
men, is in this city, stopping at the Spen-
Ger House. He is under orders to join
the Army of the Cumberland. General
Burns was, for some time, stationed here,
and numbers many warm friends among
our citizens. Cincinnati Commercial,
4th inst.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-03-13
Lieut.. Col. Carpenter.

Lieut.. Col. CARPENTER, of the Regular
Army, who fell at the battle of Murfrees-
boro, at the head of his command, was SON.
in-law of Rev. f. G. GEAR, the venerable
Chaplain at Fort Ripley. His remains,
which were temporarily buried on the bat
tie field, were taken to Bangor, Maine,
and reinterred with military honOrs.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-03-13
1t. f.. Y. NcCauley.

1t. MoCAULEY, U. S. n, who is remem-
bered with pleasure as former resident of
Saint Paul, commands the gunboat Fort
Henry, and has been stationed with his YES
sci for several months in St. Georges Bay,
Florida.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-03-13
More Military Appointments. IL

We learn from the Minneapolis Atlas
that Z. S. JONES, Esq, of that place has
received the appointment of Commissa-y
of Subsistence in the United States Army
and WELlKs GARDNER the appointment of
Assistant Paymaster in the Navy.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-03-13
Engineer Hilliard.

JOSEPH L. HlLLIARD, known to many of
of our citizens, recently appointed a First
Assistant Engineer in the Navy, is attached
to the gunboat Lexington, of the Missis-
sippi River tlotilla; and was present at the
closing scenes in the late unsuccessful rebe,
attack on Fort Donelson.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-03-13

"A friendly match of five games Of
chess, was played recently in Paris, be-
tween Paul Aorphy and NJ de Riviere.
The latter came off the victor, winning
three Of the FIVE games.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-03-13
Com nlander Rhind.

Commander A. G. RHlND, U. S. n, for
merly business partner in this city with
G. W. WooLEY, Esq, is in command of
the Monitor gunboat, Keokuk, now nearly
ready for sea at New York He is one of
the best qualified officers in our naval ser
vice
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-03-13
A Railroad TO St. Cloud this Fall.

Hon. EDMUND RICE, President OF the
St. Paul and Pacific Railroad, has address,
ed the following letter to Hon. N. RICH
ARDsoN, of the House of Representatives,
in response to certain inquiries of the lat
ter in regard to the plans of the Company
for the construction of their branch line of
road:
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-03-13
The Mayor of Burlington.

The Hon. JOHN HENRY GEAR, recently
elected Mayor of the city of Burlington,
Iowa, as the Union candidate, is a son of
Rev. E. G. GEAR.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-03-13

Messrs CURvRR e. FAERINGToN received
the following dispatch Wednesday:
WASHINGTON, March 4, 1868
Two hundred and fifty thousand ($250, 000)
dollars has been appropriated to indemnify
nnesota for expenses incurred in prosecuting
Sioux war
(SiSned.) II. VI. RICE.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-03-13
Issue of Paper Money.

4 careful examination of the financial
bills passed by the present Congress, shows
that Secretary Chase has issued and has
the authority to issue the following legal
tender treasury notes, bonds, and certif-
Gates of Indebtedness: