The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-01-09

OhO y. L1NN OC u j UFUGcS CFVeCtCtSS AAuo
to enable the Secretary of the Treasury to
pay the army and navy and other creditors
Of the government, he is hereby author
lied to issue on the credit of the United
States, the sum of three hundred million
dollars of United States notes in the
usual form, not bearing interest, payable
to bearer on demand, and of such denom-
nations not less than one dollar as he may
deem expedient, which notes so issued
shall be lawful money and legal tender
in payment Of all debts public and private
within the United States, except for GUS
toms and interest on the public debt; and
any holder of said notes depositing any
sum not less than fifty dollars, or some
multiple of fifty dollars, with the Treasurer
of the United States, or either Of the As
sistant Treasurers, shall receive in ex-
change therefor duplicate certificates of
deposit, one of which will be transmitted
to the Secretary of the Treasury, who
shall thereupon issue to the holder an
equal amount of the six per cent bonds
OF the United States, coupon or registered,
as may be desired by said holder, and
which are authorized to be issued under
the first section Of this act; Provided,
| however, that none of the United States
notes authorized by this section shall be
issued, unless in the Judgment of the Sec
rotary of the Treasury, clear public ext
gency shall exist demanding a further is
sue of such notes to enable him to redeem
the bonds issued under the second section
Of this act, or to enable him to pay the
| army and navy and other creditors of the
government; and any Of the said notes
may be re-issued from time to time as the
eXigencies Of the public service may re-
Guire.
SEC. 4. Aad be ii further enacted, That
in order to prevent and punish counterfeit
ing and fraudulent alterations of the bonds
and notes authorized to be issued by this
act, all the provisions OF the sixth and
seventh sections Of the act entitled An
Act to authorize the issue of United States
Notes, and for the redemption or funding
thereof. and for funding the floating debt
of the United States" approved February
%, 1862, shall so far as applicable apply to
the bonds and notes hereby authorized to
be issued, in like manner as if the said
sixth and seventh sections were hereby
adopted as additional sections of this act.
Interesting Letter frOna the Alabama.
AN ENGLISIlMAN'S ACCOUNT OF HER
OPERATIONS-CAPT SEN1MES' OPT
MON OF THE CONCLUSION OF THE
WAR, ETC.
The Liverpool lMercury publishes the
ollow interesting letter from petty
officer of the Alabama to friendin Liver
J pool:
SOUTHERN CONFEDERATE STEAMER ALABAMA
Oct. 30, 1862, lat Al 80, long As.
DEAR Though Iput to this let
ter the date of October so, there is no say
ing, dye see, when you may get it; for.
although have pen and ink and all the
other conveniences for writing, there is no
post office alongside into which can con-
veniently drop it when written. There
are few ''friends' to visit the Alabama,
and those persons who board and lodge
with us for time are too much taken up
with their own affairs, and too anxious
one else. Some of them VIC neither would
nor dare ask However, it must take its
chance when the time comes.
know your feelings were not in favor
of my embarking in this enterprise; yet |
assure you that am taking well with 10th
the ship, caDtttin 0aI cause. = y No crew
could be more comfortable than ours is,
though, from the always watchful nature
Of the duties which devove upon us, more
discipline and active duty are enforced
than we shall, perhaps, get credit for
Plenty to eat, plenty to drink and plenty
of work to do, Is the order OF the day. and
! Of every day.
1t would be IN endless task for me to
attempt to give you even an outline OF the
| fearful havoc We have committed among
! the Yankee vessels since we left the shores
of the Mersy. or of the destruction OF the
many splendid SLIPS, Of Which not one
plank was left fastened to another. Among
the finest was vessel bound for Bremen.
but not very heavy cargo laden the Il ave
Crest, bound from New York to Cardiff,
Captain Hammond the Manchester, from
New York to Liverpool the Three Stars,
whale ship; and q new bark, the Dunklrd,
Captain Johnston, from New York to Lon
tOii. " lhL'S lti>St dbouL Nv
ty vessels, laden with every article which
it is possible almost for the countries of
the world to produce, and they have al
been destroyed with tue exception Of one
or two, whose commanders have given
bonds for various amounts of ransom to
Captain Senmes, payable to the President
OF the Confederate States when peace is
proclaimed. the last one which we let Off
was the Tonawanda, which lay beside us
several days, and had a good deal of Brit
ish property, with some doubtful, aboard
the captain and crew being aboard our
vessel. They were all glad to get away
but the only reason why such course was
| pursued was that they had large number
of females Oh board as passengers, which
the skipper said could not be slowed in
our ''fixcns'' no how. The historical clliv-
airy of the South would not permit Of our
disturbing or snolesting the females SO
we took his bond, pat the prisoners we
had on board, and sent her away, Semmes
declaring that it was enough to break