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The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-12-18
DEFEAT OF BRA
From the Richmond Wing.

The meagre details that reach us from Gen,
Bragg in no degree lessen the magnitude as
signed to his disaster by public opinion on the
reception OF the first news of the reverse. The
loss of five thousand prisoners is a painful ad-
dendum to the loss of the field. Other partic.
ulars furnished compel us to think that the de-
feat was little short of rout, and it is prob
ably due to the failure of the enemy to pursue.
that it lacks any feature of that most deplor-
able calamity that can befal an army 1t is far
from pleasant to have to confess that the
largest army we have owes its safety
to the want of enterprise in the en-
envy; but in this case we may do so
without disparaging the courage that has
been displayed on too many fields to be doubt
ed. more fatal want than that of courage
want of confidence in their commanderOun
nerved and paralyzed that army. An army of
towards, well disciplined and trusting in their
leader may fight well; but an army of brave
men, feeling that they are in the hands of an
incompetent commander, will fight badly.
This truth has long since formed itself into the
adage that IAN army of asses led by lion is
better than an army of lions led by an ass"
But the safety ct the remnant of Bragg's army
is only temporary, unless the command is i'm
medately changed and reinforcements are sent
to its relief. The least avoidabe delay in the
first OF these steps is a criminal tritiinp with
interests as important as were ever committed
to the Keeping OF mortal man. If we are not
misled by information that no one would be
apt to discredit, the army now under General
Bragg discontinued almost to mutiny before
the late disaster, cannot be kept together under
his leadership. 1t is matter about which the
COMMANDMENT Chief cannot now be considered
as having any discretion Circumstances more
imperative than the voice of the people demand
change. Fortunately the service affords
more than one man SO Situated at present as to
be available for this duty, whose transfer the
country and the army will hail with delight.
1t is unnecessary to name them. We think it
necessary only to remark that the value of any
effort to retrieve the calamity that has resulted
from General Braggs incompetency will depend
mainly upon the promptness with which it is
made
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-12-18
The Second Regiment.
A List Of Casualties in the Late
q. Battle,

The Adjutant General has received the
following communication from Lieut.. Col.
Bishop, enclosing list of casualties in
the Second Regiment, in the fight at Chat
tanOOga: Me-
MISSIONARY RIDGE, THANKSGIVING MoRN..l
November 26, 1858.
e'ENEHAL-I have the honor to report the fol-
lowing list OF casualties in the Second Minnesota
regiment In ihe assault and capture of Mission
AIRY Ridge yesterday afternoon.
Companies and G were absent on detached
service. We commenced the assault with 1876
officers and men. Will '0'
Loss IN killed, 5; wounded. 20. missing
none; tqtal. 81. more extended report here.
alter. am, very respectfully. &c.
j. w. BISHOP,
1t. Col. Comd'g I'd MINI. Vols.
COL OSCAR MALMRos, Adjutant General
COMPANY A-Private Richard Rice. severely
wounded, thigh; Captain Levi Ober' sliohtIy
Ioot; private Chas. b, Rouse, slightly. arm.
A. D. BOlsinger, neck. "'
COMPANY B-Serg't John Westeman. killed
Sergeant 2. B. Talbot, severely wounded since
died '" -iii'e
COMPANY C-Private Samuel s. Kline ca
'efeiy "ouhocd leg; private K. De Grave. Sc
verely wounded, head private Riley Barnhaus
slightly, leg. ''''''''''
COMPANY D-Lieut Sam. G. Timble killed
Corporal John c. Mullen, severely wounded
flght hand; private Alex. Landrie. severely
Wounded foot: private JOS LIE Blond, thigh.
&C; D. NJ. Williams, slightly shoulder.
COMPANY E.-Sergeant H. Jacobus (color
Dearer), severely wounded, both knees: Lient.
l. u; Scott, slightly wounded throat: Serr't
l. Harvey, slightly wounded, side: Corporai
y. 4. Renne slightly, eye: Corporal r G,
Rulike slightly, hand Private j. L. Henpino-
son, slightly, cheek; Private Ole HendricksOn.
slightly wounded.
COMPANY H.-Private Sam. Loudon. killed
Lieut.. L. q. Quagle. severely wounded le@
Private VIM. Gleason, severely do. tbig5.
Private James PelEy, severely do. knee: Pri,
breast. N
COMPANY I.-Corporal Ira j. Tillotson. Sc
verely wounded, shoulder; Private Henry
White slightly do neck: Private Stepben W
Miller, do do. head
COMPANY K.-Corporal II. j. Koch. killed
Private Geo F. Lamphear. killed: LIST Sergeant
A. IL. Reed severely wounded, right arm. Off:
friVate I. 5. Barnett, severely do. knee cap.
Private Christian Kersemair severely do. Pri
vate W. b. Evans, severely do. left hand and
arm; Sergeant t. III. Pendergast, slightly. left
arm; w. &. Graus. severely.
Companies and 6 absent on detached SER
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-12-18
Quotas of Towns.

We learn from inquiry at the Office of
the Adjutant General, that the quotas of
the several towns of the State cannot be
definitely fixed until about the first of
January. The labor of inspecting all the
lists sent in, and giving proper credits to
each town is immense, especially as in MANY
cases, there are several towns which claim
credit for the same recruit. Gsae bsI j
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-12-18
The Presidents Proclamation ,
Pardon and RecOnstructiOn.

Of vastly greater importance than the
annual message of the President, is the
proclamation which accompanies it.
This latter reveals the Presidents poll
cy of reconstruction. It was time
that some policy, looking to reunit-
ed Union, were put forth. 1t was de-
manded by the general desire ofthe coun-
try. The loyal arms are steadily and
surely encompassing the rebellion round
about, and COMPRISING it into smaller
limits, week by week. There must be an end
to this. sooner or later. The rebellion can
not live without breathing room. And when
the time comes that the rebel forces are
beaten in every field, and their armies scat
tered or destroyed, then the question of re-
construction will become ofinstant practical
account. Many have thought that all con-
sideration of the subject should he post
pOned until that contingency should arise.
But, the fact that discussion has been rife
over the country, and the interest of the
people in the subject has thus been aWak-
ened, renders this impossible. In our
Government, the Executive must take cog
nizance of live issues. He cannot suppress
public discussion or legislative action, in
reference to topics which engross the
popular mind: but, to keep his admin
istration in the line of public sympathy
and support, he must recognize such topics,
and announce the policy which ought to
be pursued in reference to them. And
so, the President could not avoid the
question of reconstruction, and the indi-
vidual and social interests connected with
the settlement of the rebellion.
The Proclamation sets forth the Presi-
dents policy on this question, in clear
terms. The document is printed in this
issue, and we need not, therefore, repro
duce its features here. Everybody will
read it, and nobody can misunderstood it.
We would say of it, first, that it is prac-
tical, as it opens an easy and feasible way
for the return of the populations of the
South to the protection and advantages of
the Union, without endangering the sta
bility of the Government by their return !;
and second, that it is merciful, inasmuch as
in case where, by the law, life had been
forfeited, pardon is offered on terms so
simple that all can comply with them, and
so just that none can be excused for re-
jecting them.
The moral effect of this Proclamation,
at the North, where something of the
kind was demanded and at the South,
where in many quarters anxiety has long
been felt to know the terms on which old
relations could be resumed; as well as
abroad, will, We firmly believe, be highly
favorable. 1t will strengthen the Admin
istration in the loyal States the
rebellion in the disloyal ones-and show
to the world at large, in a most striking
and impressive manner, the conscious
power and lnerciful justice of the Govern
ment of the United States.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-12-18

1t ,m OF Intelligence that reaches us from that
unhappy region. And the picture certainly has
not gained any brighter coloring In the time
that has elapsed since the speech was delivered.
The addition OF gloom which has overtaken the
Confederates since the tremendous whipping
they received at Chattanooga may be partially
measured from the despairing walls which we
have reproduced from the Richmond press
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-12-18

ALLoTMENTs. The State Treasurer has
received the allotment of the Fifth regi-
ment for the months Of September and
October, amounting to $1,000; also the
allotment Of the First regiment for the
same months, amounting to $1,000. ds
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-12-18
SAINT PAUL


OFFICIAL. ~
EXECUTIVE MANsIoN,(
Washington, Dec.'7, 1868, {
Reliable information having been received,
that the insurgent force is retreating from East
Tennessee, under circumstances rendering it
probable that the Union forces cannot hereafter
be dslodged from that important position: and
esteeming this TO be of high national conse-
quence, recommend that all loyal people do,
on receipt of this information, assemble at their
places of worship, and render special homage
to Almighty God, for this great advancement
of the national cause
(Signed,) A. LINCOLN.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-12-18
DISMAY IN RICHMOND.
The Press on the Battles.

From Southern files from the 23d ult., to the
3Oth we make the following extracts. The
Journals contain little news but derive their in
terest from the editorial comment upon the
recent battles.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-12-18

Your obedient servant, A. LINCOLN.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1863-02-06

where the leaders had exacted the oath to
stand by each other till they had expelled
the tyrants; scaffald was prepared, the
FIVE culprhs executed, and their earthly re-
mains buried beneath the scaffold by the
hand Of the executioner. Thus ended the
Of shareholders in l8l5,--a most
insane attempt to wage war against their
sovereign. Nor could either the culprits or
their friends have cause for just complaint
when, for such crimes as these, the utmost
rigor of the law was enforced. As the Hon.
II. Cloete, LII. D., (whose account have
folowed,) being himself at that time Reg
istrar Of the court, and afterwards Judge,
has said: The sentence passed upon them
was no other than might have been expect-
ed in a case Of overt rebellion thus com
mitted.'
SAxToN's RIVER, Jan. 10, 1868.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1863-02-06

Massachusetts, party were out in the field
where the Indian women were picking
strawberries. Several Of these women, Or
sqaaws as they are called, had pappooses,
that is, babies, and having no cradles, they
had them tied up in Indian fashion, and
hung from the limbs of surrounding trees.
I" When the wind blew the cradle would
rock" A young man of the party, observ-
ing this, peeled off piece of birch bark
and wrote the above lines, which it is be-
licved is the first poetry written in Ameri-
ca.-Erchange.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1863-02-06
c.. II.

A MoTHER's STRUGGLE FOR LIBERTY.
The Frankfort tKy.) correspondent of
the Commercial Gazette gives the follow
ing thrilling account of slave mothers
struggle for freedom /" Some slave traders
from Henderson, KY, arrived at the Capt.
tai Hotel on Saturday, from Lexington,
where they had purchased several negroes.
among which were woman named Harriet
and her infant child. The slaves were
placed in a basement room for safety, as it
was known that Harriet had a strong re-
pugnance to going away, having been sepa-
rated from her husband and other children.
She is large, powerful woman, apparently
about thirty dears old, and possesses strong
domestic instincts. About l o'clock, when
most of the guests had retired, Harriet
with her child clasped to her bosom, dashed
frantically from the basement TO the hall,
and finding the door locked, raised her
clencbed hand aud with powerful blows
smashed the lights surrounding it, shivered
two sections of two inch sash, forced herself
through the aperture. and with lacefated
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1863-02-06

The ELEVENTH REaIMENr.-This reqi.
ment is now officially designated the Elev-
enth regiment (artillery) Vermont volun-
teers," and he several companies are called
following promotions have
recently occurred:
1st Lieut., Aldace F. Walker, Of battery
b, has been made Captain Of battery &, III
place of Capt Hyde, resigned.
I'd Lieut.. Orlo H. Austin, Of battery F,
has been made 1st Lieut.. Of battery ], in
place Of Lieut.. Tucker, resigned.
Sergeant Major Wright has been made
I'd Lieut.. in battery F, vice Austin pro-
NOTED.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1863-02-06

arm and hand streaming with blood, fled as
it for life. Subsequently she was found
exhausted from loss Of blood and almost
frozen, crouched In the corner of stable,
whittier she had been traced by her blood
upon the snow."
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1863-02-06
How a Man Feels in Battle.

There can 6e nothing more puzxling than
the analysis of ones feelings on the battle-
field. You cannot describe them satisfact-
orily to yourself or others. To march
cannon, while they pour out fire and smoke
and shot and shell in storm that mows The
men like grass, is horrible beyond descrlp-
lion, appalling. 1t is absurd to say man
can do it without fear. During Hancock's 5
charge at Fredericksburg, for long dis
s~s.ce the slope was swept by such hur-
ricane of death that we thought every step
would be our last !; aud | am willing to say,
for one, that | was pretty badly scared
Whatever may be said about :. getting used
to it, old soldiers secretly dread /. battle
equally with the new ones. But the most
difficult thing to stand up under is the sus-
pence while waiting, as we waited in Fred
ericksburg, drawn up in line of battle on
the edge of the field, watching the columns
file past US and disappear in cloud of
smoke, where horses and men and colors
go down in confusion. where all sounds are
lost in the screamingot shells, the cracking
of musketry, the thunder of artillery, and
knowing that our own turn comes next, ex-
pecting each moment the word Forward"
Ii brings a strange kind of relief when
Forward" comes. You move mechanically
with the rest. Once fairly in for it, your
sensibilities are.strangely blunted--you care
comparatively nothing a bout the sights thai,
shocked you at frst-men torn TO pieces by
cannon Shot become matter of course
At such tine there comes latent susie
nance from within us, or above us, which
no man anticipates who has not been in
such place before. and which most men
pass through life without knowing anything
about. What is it where does it come
| from ?
These who say they would like TO visit a
battlefield seldom know what they are
talking about. After darkness has put an
end to the struggle, a hush settles over the
field such a contrast 10 the roar of the fight
Never is silence more oppressive, more
eloquent. Ytu hear the cries of the
wounded, which are never distinguished
while the work is going on. A stray sho
hurtles through the darkness overhead
you hear the ambulance wheels chirr heavily
along, grinding through the soil with 8
sullen, mufiled sound, like some monster
cruncnIrg the bones of his victims. You
see the outline of forms gliding through
the gloom, carrying on litters pale, bloody
men. You stumble over perhaps your
friend with his hair matted in blood over
his white face, and his dead eyes staring
bliidly up to the sky. You are startled by
the yells of those lifted about, after becom
ing cold and stiff in their blood Follow te
the hospital, asd see those, whose live.
clung to them on the field, disseced alive
and butchered. They writhe few hour.
or days, are tumbled into trench, their
graves unknown, forgotten forever. Then
talk about the horrors of war.
4 c. III.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1863-02-06

\ few days ago woman called at the
post Office in indianapolis and obtained
letter. She could not read and requested
a gentleman to read it to her, which he did.
II was from son in the Union army in
Tennessee, and informed her that Of her
four sons in the battles near Murfrecs-
boro he alone was left alive, the other
three having boen killed while manfully
offending the old nag.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1863-02-06

The FIRST AMERICAN PoETRY.-There
are few boys and girls in this country who
have net heard this nursery rhyme sung by
their mothers:
Lullaby baby upon the tree top;
When the wind blows the cradle will rock;
When iheboueh breaks the cradle viii fall;
And down will come cradle, baby and all. >
Bu; how many know the origin Shortly
after our forefalhers landed at Plymouth
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1863-02-06
MISCEILANY,
A California Story.

formal is a stream called Yuba River. A
cross it some cnterprisng individual built
bridge; and on the bauks somebody else
three or four houses. The inhabitants call
ed the place Yuba Dam. Three bars were
instantly erected. and the town" increased
rapidly. About noon one cool day lrav-
eler aud sojourner in the land passed this
fourishing locality, and seeing long-legged
specimen of humanity in a red shirt smo-
king before one of the bars, thus addressed
him;
..Hello!"
Hello - replied the shirt, with yigor, re-
moving his pipe from his mouth.
"What place is this demanded the trav-
eler, whose name was ThoDpsoa.
The answer of the shirt was unexpected;
Yuba Dam =
There was about fifty yards betweenthem
and the wind was blowing ar. ThsmIsoa
thought he had been mistaken.
~ hat did you say 2" he asked.
= Yuba Dam" replied the stranger, cheer.
fully.
/" What place is this Y roared Mr.. Thomp
son.
Yuba Dam = said the shirt. in slightly
elevated tone of voice.
:. Lookee here p yelled the irate Thomp
son, Il asked you politely what ylace this
was : why in thunder don't you answer Z, !,
The stranger became excited. He rose
and replied with the voice of an se-poun-
der
Yu-ba-dam Do you here that Z"
In minute Thon pson, burning with the
wrath of the righteous, jumped off his horse
and advanced on tie stranger with an ex-
preston not to be mistaken. The shirt
arose and assumed posture of offense and
defense.
Arrived within ayard Of him, Thompson
said:
81 ask you, for the last time, what place is
this?'
Putting his hands to his mouth, his oppo-
men, roared:
@ Yu-ba dam !"
The next minute they were at it. First
Thompson was down then the shirt; and
then it was a dog fall-hat is both were
down. They rolled about, kicking up a
tremendous dust. They squirned around
energetically, that you'd have thought they
had dozen legs instead Of four. 1t looked
like prize-fght between two pugiistc CEN
tipedes. Finally, they both rolled off the
bank and into the river. The water cooled
them. They went down together, but came
up separate, and put out for the shore
Both reached it about the same time, and
Thompson scrambled up the bank, mounted
his warlke ste, d, and made tracks, leaving
his foe gousing the mud out of one of his
eyes.
Having left the business portion of the
town-that is TO say, the cOrner where the
three bars were kept--he struck house in
the suburbs, before which little girl of a.
bout four years of age was playing.
Il "What place is this, Sissy?" he asked
Ihe little girl, frightened at The drowned
rat figure which the stranger cut, streaked
it for the house. Having reached the door
she stopped-turped, and squealed--" Oh
bee-dam!"
Good Heavens said Thompson, dig.
ging his heels between his horses ribs
"Good Heavens let me get out OF this hor'
rid place, where not only the men but the
very babes and sucklings swear at molten
sive travellers
Always back your friends and face you
enemies.
The more you affect, the less pou vii
probably effect.
just thoughts often fail to produce jus
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1863-02-06

weak; tie confident, and they viii think you
wise.
There never was great action which
had not, nearly or remotely, great thought
for lis ancestor.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1863-02-06
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BELLOWS FALLS, FEB. 0, 1863.
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VIZ.
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Atlantic Monthly, $50
American Agriculturist, 70I
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Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1863-02-06

Always back your friends and face your
enemies.
The more you affect, the less pou will
probably effect.
just thoughts often fail to produce just
deeds, but just deeds never fail to create
just thoughts.
Some persons only Gala man their friend,
as an excuse for taking liberties with him.
Hesitate, and the vulgar viii think you
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1863-02-06

These things prove not SO much a reck-
lessncss as a confidence Of Cuion men in
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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1863-06-06
NThc Law In The Casc.v

Wepublish on our outside form, from the
Nationa, IatcNytncer, under the above cap
ton, a full statement and citation of the
laws of congress applicable to the case of
Mr. Vallanlin CHAM and the other militia.
ny arrests recently made by Gen. Burn
side. The same laws were also quoted
by the New York Eoening Post in its re-
marks on the case of Mr ", and the only
comment we have to add is that of the
Post, after giving the laws:
"Under the provisions of these statutes
Vallandingham is a prisoner of state,
and the Secretary of War is bound to re-
port him as such to the circuit Judge Of
the district in which his supposed offences
were committed, 10 be regularly tried by
the civil tribunal There is no escape
from the plain demands of the law. even
If there were q desire to do SO, which we
cannot suppose. and we expect TO hear in
a few days that the culpret has been
handed over to the only legitimate au-
thorities.'
Our readers, OF course, know that the
euIprt' was not thus handed over but
has been punished in a way no man in this
country was ever punished before for any
offence-by transpor'at;on-thu placing
HIM beyond all hope Or chance of legal
redress.