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The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-01-16

The Presidents Opinion of Gen.
burnside.

! Not only is the President greatly impressed,
as is everybody. with Gen. Burnsde's thorough
honesty and frankness, and his freedom from
all selfish and personal aims, but he is also sat
isted of the reliability of his military judgment
! He now expresses the belief that Burnside
would have carried the enemy's works on Sum-
day. had he been able to attack arqM the hearth
co-oDerxrtion of his Commanders of divisions and
co,ps.-Neao York Times.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN is ec-o6icio Com
mander-in-Chief of the Army, but he will
have to show much more military skill
than he has yet exhibited, before the peo-
pie will confde in his judgment of mill
tary question, when it conflicts with the
convictions of all the best officers of the
army. In the report of the Committee of
Investigation on the Fredericksburg battle,
we find that an order was given on the
evening of the repulse for an attack next
morning. BURNSIDE says:
The next morning, just before the column
was to have started, General Sumner came to
me and said: General, hope you will desist
from this attack; do not know of any general
officer who approves OF it, and l think it will
prove disastrous to the army" Advice of that
kind from General Sumner, who has always
been in favor Of an advance whenever it was
possible, caused me to hesitate. / kept the
column of attack formed, and sent over for the
division and corps commanders, and consulted
with them. They unanimously rOted against the
Gttttck. then went over to see the other Off
GERS of the command on the other side, and
found that the same impression prevailed among
them. l then sent for General Franklin who
was on the left, and he was of exactly the same
opinion. This caused me to decide that ought
not to make the attack.
Further on in his testimony he says he
afterwards became convinced that the en-
emy's works could not be carried lowing
to the great strength of the enemy, the
time given them for reinforcing, and the
belief also Of our officers that it could not
be done" This testimony is confirmed by
all the officers examined But now we
have a 'belief'' of the President that
BURNSIDE and all his corps and division
commanders were mistaken Can any
thing be more ridiculous if it were not
notwithstanding 1t is an evidence of inn
becility, only equalled be SrANroN's esprit
of the Lord letter to GREELEY.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-01-16
A Price Offered for Gen. Buffers
Assassination.

The Charleston Courier. for December
30, contains the following among its adver-
tisementS
Ten THOUSAND DOLLARS REwARD.-($10 000)
President Davis having proclaimed Benjamin
F. Butler. of Massachusetts, to be felon, de-
serving of capital punishment, for the deliber
ate murder of w. B. Mumford, Il citizen of the
Confederacy, at New Orleans and having, for
that and other Outrages and atrocities, pro-
nounced the said Benjamin F. Butler an outlaw
and common enemy of mankind, and author
lied, in the event of his capture, the officer in
command of the capturing force to cause him
to be Immediately executed by hanging, the I'M
dersigned hereby offers a reward of ten thou
sand dollars ($1O,OOO for the capture of the said
Benjamin F. Butler. dead or alive, to any pro-
y RICHARD YEADoN.
Charleston, December 80, 1862. t6
1t will be noticed that Mr.. YEADON Or
ders his bloodthirsty advertisement to be
inserted six times. In another column of
the same paper we find that Mr.. YEADoN's
assassin is ready-but he wants more
money. The comments are the Curriers' ::
We find in the Winchester Tenn.) Bull
letin the following curious advertisement,
which we are assured is genuine:
Understand $50 900 is offered as reward to
whoever will kill the Beast Butler, of New Or
leans. I accept the offer, and require $25 900
forfeit, to be placed in some good hands. When
l accomplish the noble deed, am to be paid
the reward My name can be found when de-
sired by the proper persons.
This is dated Winchester, Tenn, Novem-
Der. g. Shall it go begging?
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-01-16
Senatorial Caucus.

The Republican caucus for the nomina-
ton of a candidate for the United States
Senate was held last evening at the Capt..
tol. Twenty -four ballotings were had, and
no person having received majority OF
the votes, the caucus adjourned until this
evening.
ALEXANDER RAMSEY received 10 votes
on the first ballot; OH the second 20; and
the same number on the successive ballot
ings up to the eleventh, when he received
10 again, which continued until the four
teenth, when he received 90 again, con-
tinuing to the eighteenth and nineteenth,
when he had p votes. On the twenty
second and twenty-third he received %
and on the twenty-fourth he had 25 votes,
only lacking one vote of the nomination,
when the adjournment took place.
CYRUS ALDRICH received IA votes up to
the 10Th ballot On the Goth and 21st he
had Is each on the 22d he had II; on
the Esd he had : and only 4 on the oath.
DAVID COOPER, received on the first
balloting, Z votes, and his strength fiuctu-
ated from to Z, until the twenty-iourth
ballot; when he received only ,.
VIM R. MARSHALL, had l vote on the
first and second balloting on the third
he had 3; on the 18th 8: and on the fifth
4, which was the highest number he re-
ceived.
JAMES SMITH, .Jr, had from one to six
votes up to the 23d ballot, when he had
II, and on the oath he had 16.
Scattering votes were cast through the
successive ballotings for HENRY A. SWIFT,
r. J. BALDWIN and JARED BENSON. The
last ballot was as follows: RAMSEY % !;
ALDRICH4 COOPER 2; SMITH 1G.-Doily
Of Tuesday.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-01-16
The Bank Statistics.

The report Of the Secretary of the Treas
ury on Banks states that the returns are
incomplete, owing to the non-reception of
returns from the Seeded States, and from
Maryland, Delaware and Illinois, in which
States no law exist compelling the publ
cation of such returns. The aggregate
bank circulation of the loyal States was, in
January, 1862, nearly $24,000,0O0 less
than in January, 1861, while the specie re-
serve was increased in the sum of $l4,-
O0O,OO and the deposits in the banks had
increased $4,000, 000-mainly, in New
York, Boston and Philadelphia.
The number of Banks in 1862 was /, 496,
of which 81 were in New England; 500
in the Middle States, including Maryland !;
147 in the five Southern Atlantic States !;
JAP in the five Southwestern States; and
1919 in the Western States. In 1861 there
were 1,6O1, and in 1860, 1862 banks. In
the preceding years the number was less
than in 1862.
The combined capital, as reported, is
$419, 761 ,s12; the circulation is $780,
1000; deposits, 1921, 1000; loans,
S647, $3.50, 900; stocks, $99,0O0,Ooo; spe-
Gle, $lO2, 2O7,O The amount of specie
is greater than in any preceding year
within ten years, excepting in 1859, when
it was $1O4, 900.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-01-16

The rebels under Gen. MAGRUDEI., ap-
pear to have cleaned us out at Galveston,
on land and water. The land force, under
Col BuRRILL, of Massachusetts,, numbering
three thousand men, was compelled to
surrender. This was portion of Banks
expedition and had just landed. OF the
naval force, the Harriet Lane was captured,
and the flagship of Com. RENsHAw was
prematurely blown up to prevent its falling
into the hands of the rebels. The balance
of the fleet is reported on the way to New
Orleans.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-01-16
Com ander Bankhcad

Commander BANKHEAD, whose official
report of the loss of the Monitor has been
telegraphed from Washington, left for New
York, where he is ordered to take COM
mand of the Florida. Commander BANK
HEAD can find no terms strong enough in
which to praise the heroism and self-sac-
rificing devotion of his crew, who chung to
their ship to the very last. Such express
sions as, eve won't leave her until she
goes down." "Well stick by her as long
as the Captain does, "were common among
the sailors, while ropes were being thrown
to them from the boats that came to their
assistance.
While Commander BANKHEAD was en-
larging upon the noble conduct of his men,
to which he regretted he had been unable
to do justice in his report, his eyes filled
with tears. Commander BANKHEAD was
the last man but two to leave the Monitor
He jumped into the water and was picked
up by one of the Rhode Islands boats. 1t
was apprehended even by experts, that the
accident to the Monitor proceeded from a
cause likely to operate in every vessel of
her class when exposed to storm, but the
official report and oral explanations of
Commander BANKHEAD have set at rest
these fears, by showing that his vessel was
lost through leak, and that she retained
her buoyancy to the last.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-01-16
The MurfreesbOrO Battles.

The description of the battles before
Murfreesboro, which we publish in another
place, will be read with intense interest.
1t has the very flavor of the fight. The
bravely and personal exposure of General
RosEcRANs, with his confidence and I'M
fiinching determination to win victory,
are among the most remarkable features
of the battles, and contributed largely to
their successful result.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-01-16
GOV. Seymour and the Draft.

Gov. SEYMOUR in his message recon-.
mends an amendment to the military laws
of New York in relation to the draft. His
views will meet with hearty and universal
response not only in New York, but in
every loyal State, excepting, possibly, from
those under whose existing laws are ex-
empt from military duty by reasons of their
holding some fat Office under state or ma
tional government. We commend the
suggestions contained in the following par
agraph from his message to the considera-
ton of members of our own General As
sembly:
All male citizens Unsuitable years should
be equally liable if those who are unfit
to perform duty are drawn they should pay
such sum as shall be deemed just by suit
able tribunals If they are unable to pay,
the amount can be RENTED, or, like
firemen. they might render an equivalent
in an equally honorable branch of the pub
lie service. If the lot falls on officials,
they can procure substitutes or pay such
communications as may be prescribed by
law. 1t is glaringly unjust to allow those
enjoying the honoss and profits OF official
station to go free of all liabilities, while
the only son of the widow, or the sole sup
port of the family, may be forced upon a
distant and dangerous service.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-01-16
remuneration to Minnesota for I'm.
dian War EXPENSES.

In the Senate of the United States on
the 9th inst, Senator RICE introduced the
following resolution, which was considered
by unanimous consent and agreed to:
Resolced, That the Committee on Military
Affairs and the Militia be instructed to inquire
and report to the Senate, what legislation is
necessary to provide fer rcimbuIsing the State
of Minnesota the amount of money advanced
by the State in suppressing the Indian hostili-
ties within that State in the year 1862.
Mr.. RICE, as Il member of the Com
mittee on Military Affairs, in pursuance of
the foregoing resolution, reported the fol-
lowing bill on the next day, the 9TH
inst:
BE 1t enacted, &C., That the Secretary of the
Treasury be, and he is hereby directed, out of
any money in the Treasury not otherwise APP
prOpriated, to pay the Governor of the State of
Minnesota, or to his duly authorized agent, the
costs, charges and expenses properly incurred
by said State in suppressing Indian hOstilitics
within said State and upon its borders, in the
year 1862, to be settled upon proper vouchers,
to be filed and passed upon by he proper ac-
counting officers of the Treasury.
The Committee on Military Affairs unan-
imously agreed on the above bill, and rec
commended its passage, and it is thought it
will pass at an early day.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-01-16
SASKATCHEWAN PRINTING.

The following resolution, presented by
Mr.. ALDRIcH, and referred under the rules
to the committee on Printing, was reported
back with a recommendation in its favor,
and has been adopted by the House of
Representatives
Resolred, That five thousand copies of the
letter of the Secretary of the Treasury of July
IL, 1862, on the subject Of our relations with
central districts of the Red River of the North
and the Saskatchewan, be printed for the use
of the House.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-01-16
Rise in Gold.

There was great excitement in the gold
market of New York last Friday. The
opening rate was Sst, but it sank to 37aa
at the close of the first board. In Chicago,
before the dispatches were received 81
was paid, and after SO was the rate for a
little while, and the closing figure was 81.
No adequate reason is assigned for this adj
vance.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-01-16
VicksbIrS.

Our dispatches confirm the rebel re-
ports of the total repulse of SHERMAN, and
the reembarkation of his forces under the
protection Of the gunboats. General Nc
CLERNAND has arrived and superseded
nnlitinn
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-01-16
Gov. Ramsey Nominated for Senator

At the Republican caucus last evening,
Gov. RAMSEY was nominated on the first
ballot, having received 26 votes to 20 cast
for JAMES SMITH, Jr. Every Republican
member of the Legislature was present, 'ex-
cepting Mr.. WOODBURY., of Anoka, whose
ballot was received by proxy The cleo
ton will take place to-day.-Daily Pion-
ee1. Of Wednesday,.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-01-16

LEAVING Our New ENGLAND.-The fol-
lowing from George D. Prentice expresses
as curly as possible the exact truth with
regard to certain journals and individuals
who talk about 'leaving New England out
in the cold" No one can abuse Prentice
of any particular affection for the present
political tenets of New England. His pa
triotism is not, however, poisoned by par
tisan malice, and he will consent to no
Union, save the "Union as it was," in its
entire integrity, from Maine to California.
Says Prentice
Those persons, no matter what party they
may claim to belong to, who are trying to pre-
pare the public mind for a reconstruction of
the Union, leaving out New England, are no
better than other rebels.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-01-16
Gov. Ramsey Elected Senator.

In Joint Convention of the Senate and
House of Representatives on Wednesday,
ALEXANDER RAMSEY was elected United
States Senator for the term of six years
from the 4th of March next, in place of
HENRY NJ. RICE. The vote stoOd-for
ALEXANDER RAMSEY, As, to II for ANDREW
G. CHATFIELD.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-01-16

"A curious fact brought out by the re-
port of the New York State Comptroller,
is that the rumors circulated at the time of
the Trent difficulty, about blockade of the
port of New York by a timber raft, had a
foundation in truth. Timber to the value
of $4,000 or $50, 900 was actually bought
for this purpose.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-01-16

1t is stated that Lieut.. Worden, the
former commander of the Monitor, and
several of the officers who served under
him. demonstrated with the Navy Depart
ment on the risk of sending that Inflated
vessel to sea as, in their opinion, she was
not fitted to encounter rough weather.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-01-16

The Worcester (Mass.) PmIadiu,"
Republican) says of the Proclamation:
Without cannon in its rear the proclamation
will have about as much effect upon slavery
away from our armies as paper pellets hurled
at the sides of an elephant.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-01-16

Letter of the Acting Secretary of the
Interior to Hon. III. vi. Rice, I'm re.
latiOn to Uniting the Navipah,e
Waters Of the mississippi River
with the Red River of the North Inv
Slack.svater and Canal Navigation.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-01-16
Overland Protection Next Season.

Mr.. NAsMITH, of Oregon, under instruc-
tons of the Military Committee of the
Senate, has reported bill appropriating
thirty thousand dollars to be expended for
the protection of emigrants to the Pacific
coast-ten thousand dollars of which is to
be devoted to the protection Of those going
from Fort Abercrombie via Fort Benton.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-01-16
GOV. SeynlOur's Message.

The New York TIduue and the Chicago
Tribune do not like Gov. SEYMOUR's
message, and, OF course, all the little imi-
tators Of these journals will follow suit,
and denounce him as Il traitor, as they did
before the election. The people disbe-
lieved these journals then, and will not be-
leve them now. The Albany k'reuinq
Jourad, the ablest Republican paper in
the Union, and edited by Mr.. WEED, the
personal and political friend OF Mr.. SEWARD,
does not think Gov SEYMOUR q traitor, nor
does 1t style his message reasonable. 1t
says:
With its spirit and tendency we are gratified,
for in all that is most essential it is patriotic.
In these times we care nothing for party, but
everything for country. With all who labor
for the Union, the constitution and the govern
ment, and against rebellion and disunion, we
fraternize. When the war is over and the
Union preserved, all who remain to participate
in public affairs can and will resume their
party relations and indulge their political SYM
OathipS
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-01-16

STUART and Stonewall JACKSON are
outdone in our brilliant and extended cav
airy raid into East Tennessee, striking at
important railroad communications at
Knoxville. While BRAGG is waiting for a
force to reach him from LEES army and
Richmond, these reinforcements and the
needed supplies for the rebels are skillfully
stopped by the serious breaks our troops
have caused in the railroad which has been
of all Others the great aorta of the Confed-
eracy. Let no more the rebels boast that
raids are their speciality. They have
found by this time that the Yankees are
as good in pulling up as they are in repair
ing railroads.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-01-16

The correspondent of the Baltimore
Sun reiterates the story that large invoice
of worthless contraband stuff is to be sent
North to the benevolent societies.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-01-16

In the selection of officers to command
our iron-clad vessels, the Navy Depart
ment has been very particular in picking
out the best material in the navy. The
following famous names figure in the list ::
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-01-16
From tlae Gold Mines.

The following is an extract from letter
written by THos. II. CLARK, one of the
party who left here last June under COM
mand of Capt. JAS. L. FISK, for the gold
mines in the Rocky Mountains. 1t will
be recollected that nearly all the enigrants
belonging to the party stopped at the
Prickly Pear diggings, and information
respecting their prospects Of success is
eagerly sought by this community:
BEAVER HEAD, DAKOTA TEERIToaY,l
November u. 1862
: . After left Fort Benton, could
not yet any satisfactory account of the mines
and SO | concluded to stop ut the, first / came
to. accordingly stopped AZ the Prickly Pear
mines, which had just been discovered. | was
not satisfied with them, and did not go TO work
but hunted some. and killed twenty-onc deer
and antelope. These mines do not pay more
than from two to four dollars per day, but will
pay better when they can be worked 10 better
advantage.
Iremained at that place untilsI could obtain
mines. The Beaver Head mines were the first
that proved good, and as soon as | bacamc sat
isfcd of the fact | started here, but had some
difficulty i'll reaching the place The distance
from the Prickly Pear mines is one hundred
and eighty miles. and the last one hundred and
twenty walked in four days and carried forty
pounds.
These mines are on the eastern slope of the
mountains, about fifteen miles from the sum-
NIT, and have but recently been opened There
are about four hundred men here already The
mines pay from ten to two hundred dollars per
day to the rocker, and it requires from two to
four men to work rocker Wages are 81 per
day for common labor. have been here only
four days, and [ am about opening a shop
These mines will not work ont so soon as those
on the Salmon River. They are not so rich,
but think they will yield more gold in the
end. The prospects are that there will be
mines discovered all through this country, as
there is gold found in all parts.
This is a good country to live ill., and us far
as can sec, much better climate than Min
nesOta. We have had but four cold days. The
roads are dry and dusty the weather is clear,
with very little wind warm during the day,
but cold during the night They say here
that it gets cold about Christmas. and remains
so about two MONTHS with very little SNOW
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-02-28

MARBLE WORKS.

UHLH0RN & BRINKMAN,
Successor to NJ. A. Lawrence,) Dealers in
AMERICAN sd ITALIAN MARBLE.
Main Stree, Near Court House.
EVANSVILLE, INDIANA.
BS-Monuments, II ties, Tombs, Vases, and all
kinds of Furniture W Sneaty and promptly ex-
ecuted, in the latest an est styles. decl
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-02-28
[From the Indianapolis Jonrnal.
More Evidence.

The following letter was written by
prominent Democrat in Wayne county
to private soldier in the 4th Indiana
Battery, at jackson, Tenn. The writer
was Mr. Buchanan Postmaster, at the
place from which it is dated:
CENTREvILLE, Nov 23, 1862.
Mr.: HIM. H. Cloud:
= This All
alition war has maid very hard times for
us poore folks. Common muslin is now
werthe 26 cents yard and calico %
cents par yard and every thing in pro-
portion and wee cant ern any more than
when wee got these things for less than
half what wee pay now. the negrows ar
getting as thick as blackbeires here and
stealing is going on evry Night. l hope
you fellows will quit fighting to free the
negrows and the ware will soon stop.
The Democracie have carried evry thing
in the great States Of North and West.
will send you some papers this week
the soldiers are deserting very fast 10
Stedham has lost he has them advei-
tised in this county papers there's is
$1,000 thousan deserted from the New
York regnets in the last 2 months. l
hope they will all desert fore wee have
negrows a noughf here and this ware is
for nothing but to distroy the gavmt and
free the negrowes, and any mans that
has to werk is directly infested in keep
ing the negros in the south these patrets
are trevling the country over now Beg
ing clotaing for the negrws that you
bo va haan halninU tn run from tho south
while thousands Of the soldiers are suf-
firing for the nessaris of life. want you
to right often and Let me know what the
soldiers think of the abilition ware. and
he must be one great fool that cannot see
that this ware is for nuthing elsce than
to free the negros. b. JAMIsoN.
The original letter is in the possession
of the United States District Attorney.
who will give it the attention that its
Importance demands.