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The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-04-03
Richmond Enquirer on the Situation.

The Richmond Ei1quire,' of the 10Th
contains long article reviewing the stu
alton, calling upon the rebel government
to place every available man in the field;
to revoke all furloughs, arrest sulnmarily
all deserters, and to impress on tie army
that there can be no peace, either from
the imperious DEGREES Of King Cotton, for
eign mediation, or the Northwest. 1t at
tacks VALLANDIGHAM severely declaring
that he has voted for war appropriations,
and will soon stand where JOHN VAN b.
rem does that, in fact, Union meetings
which are going Oh all over the North, give
the Federal administration six months
more to carry On the war; The Enquirer
then adds that the Confederates must fight
or submit; that the Confederate army
must be told that the Yankee enemy has
just commenced to fight, and that we, the
Confederates, are but in the middle ofthis
war, which, at the opening Of the spring
and summer campaign, promises to be
more unrelenting and severe than any other
in the history of war. The Richmond
journals contain numerous articles for an
increase of taxation, saying that it is de-
manded by the entire South.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-04-03
NEajor General n. }. r.. Dana.

We are gratified to announce that Gen.
DANA's nomination as Major General was
confirmed by the Senate on the 9th inst
We had not seen his name in the published
lists of combinations, and were in doubt
in regard to bis position, but private
letter received by q gentleman OF this city
from the General himself, sets the matter
at rest. The appointment of two Major
Generals, VAN CLEvE and DANA, and
three Brigadier Generals, GonMAN, SHELLEY,
and SUILY, (who halls from Minnesota
is a compliment to this State that will
be highly appreciated by all its citizens.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-04-03

Lieut.. Dustan, who committed the hon.
icide in Springfield, Illinois, on the 18th
inst, was taken from the Jail by Col. Lynch,
backed by large force of soldiery. This
was done in pursuance of an order from
Gen. Wright, from Cincinnati, who direct
ed his release under section 30th OF the
CONSUMPTION law. 1t is said thathe will be
tried at Camp Butler, according to militia
ry law.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-04-03

"A destructive fire occurred at Lock-
port, N. Y, recently. Merchant & Co. s
gargling oil factory, q livery stable, and
several other buildings were destroyed.
One span of horses was burnel. Loss
about $25, 800, on which there is little Or
no insurance
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-04-03
Amount OF Revenue Stamps Fur.
chased by Different States.

The following is statement Of tie
amount of stamps purchased by each
STAGE, Territory, and the District Of Co.
lumbia, for the months Of September, Oc-
tober, November, December, January and
February, furnished the Commissioner of
Internal Revenue, showing total Of S.
6O3 ga SIS:
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-04-03
Elac 3ucrease Of wealth Over. Eopu-
:atiON.

Since Ibis war commenced many faint
hearted people have been constantly pre-
dieting that the government never could
suppress tie rebellion, not for lack of sol
diers. not that those soldiers we're not As
brave rs the rebels, but because the war,
if continued until the suppression Of the
rebellion should be accomplished would
create debt that never could be paid. It
is not surprising that many lake this view
Of the case when they reflect upon the
en0rmou, expenditure that this war is III
curing, but these tinla ones need Only
turn to the census reports to see how
croundleSs are their fears.
People are not generally aware how
much the increase OF the wealth Of this ma
ton exceeds that OF the population. The
increase of population from 1850 to 1860
was 1892 per cent and the increase Of
property was 12s.79 per cent. At this
rate the wealth of the nation would double
in about eight ana a half years.
During the last fifty Gears the growth Of
the population of the United States has NO.
where exceeded 334 per cent, while prop
erty, in the same period has accumulated
$50 per cent.
With su 3h enormous increase in wealth,
this country, in q few years Of peace, can,
without materially retarding her pros
perity, pay the debt of this war, great as
it NAV be-
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-04-03
LEfc NcEv IRON Clad sOr Western WA.
ters---'El2e Is 'g'glsca.tss bEsa,;7

Mr.. JOSEPH L. UuLARD, late Of St
Paul, first assistant engineer OF the splen-
did new iron-clad Tuscumbia." which is
rapidly approaching completion, and with
all her armament aboard, will soon be rea
dy to sail to any point indicated by Com.
PORTER, writes to the PIONEER the follow
ing description Of bis vessel. Mr.. Ill.,
LIZARD was formerly an engineer on the
gunboat LEXINGTON, but was detached
about the last Of February, and ordered to
report to the Tuscumbia:
1.-THE Tuscumbia is the largest Of the mon
itors built for the Western waters She las
one stationary turret, 20 by GO feet, and has
! three 11-inch guns, carrying 1G5 pound balls or
shells which can be handled so as to fire
through three different port holes in five min
utcs. She has also, in her stern, two 9-inch
riiied Parrots, for 100 pound balls. Her hull
is 1S5 feet long and 20 feet beam, and draws
five feet water, with all her armament, stores,
coal, &c, aboard.
''Shc has what arc called summer and fight
ing quarters for the officers and men. The first
consists Ofrooms on the gun-deck and the latter
are below the water line.
The turret is plated with six inch iron
plates, backed with eighteen inches of solid oak
timber, placed different ways of the wood. SO
as to get al the possible strength. The pilot
house is in the turret so that the Commander
can see the movements of the enemy. and at the
same time direct the movements Of the vessel
and firing OF the guns. TO allow the escape of
gas and smoke, the top of the turret is covered
with iron grating two and a half inches thick,
which makes it very cool.
The hull is covered with three inch iron
plating. grooved SO as to be water tight. The
deck is one inch iron and eight inches wood.
To repel bOarders, she is provided with hot
water hose, capable of rejecting a scalc.;ng
stream to a distance of two hundred feet
propelng machinery is ofsuperior finish
and extraordinary strength, and is all below the
| iron-clad deck, and is constructed upon an en-
tirely new plan, lately approved and adopted
by the navy. She has two cylinders, 80 inches
in diameter, & feet stroke, working two power
full side-whees, % feet i'll diameter, and II feet
bucket. She is also supplied with two other
cylinders 20 inches stroke working two screw
propeers feet inches in diameter She is
furnished with two small engines for working
the capstan, one forward and the other aft She
has six 28-feet boilers, 40 inches in diameter
with five fUes each, with an auxiliary pumping
engine for filling the boilers. By her pumps
the vessel could be flooded in q short time"
OFFICERS.
Liratc3sut Commandiny.-James W. Shirk,
u. :. A.
First Mnster.-A. Layton.
Easigns.-James Marshall, John Dunlap, geo.
Farrell.
bfasters' lfnies-E. Clark, J.L Nlici1le. Frank
Dunlap.
CHIEF Guuser.-R. Applegate.
Carpenter j. Conner.
Chief Engineer.-John HarIipe-
First AssisfGnts.-Pevey South, Joseph L.
billiard.
Second 4 Ssistast-William Harner.
Tki,yy ASsiSiaats.-Wm. Mliigan, B. Bull, 0.
Cough.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-04-03

Rebel Governor Brown, of Georgia,
don't seem to have made much by seces-
sion, if we may credit the following growl
from his late message:
The Abolition Government at Washington
from which we seeded on account of its dis
regard for the violation Of State rights-bas
shown itself more attached to the rights of the
States, and more careful not to violate them
than our own Government, which had its yery
origin in this great doctrine.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-04-03
Letter from Capt. Won NIinden Of the
First Cavalry.

We are permitted to make the following
extract Of letter from Capt. HENNINe
Won M1NDEN, of the First Company Min
nesota Cavalry, to his wife in this city.
Capt. Won MlNDEN has been truly unfor
tunate, having been captured by the rebels
twice since he entered the service, the last
time about a month ago, near Fort Don
elson. His letter is dated Tullahoma,
Tenn, Feb. 18th:
"Through the favor of 4 friend am enabled
to send you few lines. hope you have re-
ceived my last letter which wrote from Co
lumbia Tennessee. Our Gen. DAVIES could
not make the exchange proposed to him by
the confederate General FOREST, and therefore
am compelled to remain prisoner, perhaps
during the war. | arrived here on Sunday last,
together with the following members OF the
Second Minnesota, Battery, taken prisoners by
Gen. FoREsrs Mounted Sharpshootcrs, ON the
9th inst, near Franklin, Tennessee: WILLIAM
KINKEAD, CHRISTIAN DENLiNGEE, JAS. LANE,
HENRY a. SIMoNDs, Forbes AyERIyL and
FRANCES FLINT. They are all in good health,
and [ learn that they will be forwarded to
Vicksburg and parolcd. Please have this in
serted in the PIoNEER for the benefit OF their
families
MY way will be to Atanta Georgia, where
All the commissioned officers are kept. | have
seen hard times and do not look for better ones,
but 1 am in good health and will try to make
the best Oft. DO not despair, my Gear wife,
but keep in good spirits, for everything viii
finally turn out well, and rely on Him who
alone has the power to stop this horril war
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-04-03

announces tho passage Of the bin.
csor. .s.s4nsoss ana sea-. asaci!.~~A
,'larlIlin& Scene "a ,!.a capitol az
Nashville,
i Correspondents Of ,ne Dayton (Onio)
j245,& relates the following thrilling in
ci1eut as having occurred at Nashvilie:
Col. Moody, O. Chic, stated that after
his regiment with other, "a, been march
ed 20 various points, obey were finally Or
dored back to Nashville, Tennessee. On
his arrival tle.c Gen. Buell. Was in the
city, and the question was being ag;tated
Of executing the city aud Giving 1t Up to
the rebels, Bach being in favor aud Gov
ernor Johnson opposed 10 the measure; st
this crisis Col. Moody called to pay his re-
spec!s to the Governor. On entering the
building, III an upper room OF which was
the Governors Office, he met Gen. Buell.
coming OUT Is they passed each other
they exchanged civi itieS. and Immediately
the Colonel forwarded hi, card to the Gov
errors rooms Soona messenger came to
HIN, informing hin that the Governor
MA, !" ~ A'
l.,I Oo'o''l :,''''t 81. ~; io'li ;,I saw wy
'"--''o'' i'''I"- INC 1o"., "i''i d ei I}
eXcitnenl, and saying: Il: must not lie
done" Seeing the Colonel, the Governor
greeted him most cordially, and expressed
his great pleasure in meeting him. The
two gentlemen retired, leaving them alone,
when instantly Gov. Johnson informed
0 0oi' -noo'if "I'"' WAS Hlg''''le'-,h"I
n:!f'i "'SiiV'l |" e,"r'"'e '"e c'.;' Du''
<.'ln i'e - must iiot 'e 'o.'I; 90 III
se:o ";'' us @NJi;e'1Vl' "a ~ "D':l
i'"i 'lii,'.' cay ms i"Je VIZ i".:': li'io'
.ll' iio'i'I a. '!'' ''t,'' qua Astonishing
ii'ost 'ioie''iE, S%oIf &, '''I cI' nus 10Y
~ e' q '' I''e N"'"-.%, 61l'iS '"iIeu
'ii0 N"'eiii"I' Say ny NV'V!ii"'' JUST
uto' 'I,fs . i',''" To'''9-- ~, can Sf' "onS
"i':;ou1 ,ne'l' II"e' 'hIN IS I o'IL- ana
'lii"''' ,i''!' t.' We M. ''''iei'1sI' 1oG
-: = N,'i'' ., '>'''s;H ''l,' l-'i'' Vi
i-ol''9, lie r"!vI H'nef"!*: y, Governors rover
"ni "'I1oLs' "i:'' /; 11 We WEI "h'S uo
Ii5AI ana W"9V III HIM. Il Way 81 &C.
IN el"lce " III III 0e opened "'',' oar 1V'o'1 ''
country Si''ii Ee' "e saved N9t;'l'1-
y '19 Uq'erhYr Ie'Po4"ed' 'looui-
aAG "iieh say Moouy, 1 mean mere tilah
Oolonel-i heie'e III uot. ana ne blole'
ana rest my soul SaiF"tloh on TIE merit
OF Jesus C!iF'9' alone, not On ne II thI5
city shall be given up Colonel Aoody
perce'TlH5 tha' 'he governors M MN,
heeoea Ielel us much as me i,lfeEIied
Guy o'hef"lse there was danger from the
intense eNcI}eheht OF his beng driven TO
maane$S' rsPIeH' HoVerhor let us pray
Cnick as iighthA2 the Governor dropped
on MS Knees ana Walie the Colonel was
praying loc NM asking Goa to give HIM
"lSdo,'' S'Feh3tn ana courage III this dark
ilonf' ne respohoed IN ef2anS and amens;
he laid lis head Oh his bosom, and wept
and gEoane', and sai'' amen to every Pc
titiOI'
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-04-03
Third Minnesota Light Battery and
its Commander,

Capt. JOHN JONES, and Lieut.. WuIppLE
of Faribault, and Lieut.. HENDRICKS. of St.
Paul, are recruiting for the Third Mime
sofa Light Battery, which will be attached
to the expedition soon to start for the In
dian country. We desire to say word at
this time, particularly, in behalf of Capt
JONES who has been commissioned by Gov.
RAMSEY as Captain of this battery. He
was, until recently, Ordnance Sergeant of
the United States Army, and stationed at
Fort Ridgley, and by special order of the
Department was honorably discharged the
service in order to accept a higher position.
Capt JONES entered the service in 1915,
and was connected with the Artillery arm
OF the service until the year 1856, when he
was appointed Ordnance Sergeant, posi-
ton conferred only upon the highest testi-
monials fer fidelity and ability.
He served in the Light Artillery through
out the Mexican war, and bore from the
field honorable scars and an honorable
name. All Mnnesotians know how much
is du9 to the galiantry Of tits gentleman
for the safety u Fort Rid@loy. Our citi-
Gans who sought refuge there during tie
dark days Of the Sioux massacre, are al
witnesses TO lis judgment and great skill
as an Artillerist.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-04-03
New York Legislature and the Gold
Question.

Tile New York Legislature seems deter
mined to put total extinguisher on specu.
lations in gold and bills Of exchange. By
the provisions of the following bill, it will
be seen that all gold held by banks, bank
ers, or other associations, on which money
has been loaned, will be forced on the
market, and it is no difficult matter to pre-
dict considerable fall in the price. Who
Will buy it? Dealers will not, for il pays
no interest; and the only class likely to
Invest are thosc who have no faith in the
Government, and hoard gold only as a
preventive Of future poverty. Such, of
course, are largely in the minority just
now, and cannot have the least weight in
controlling the market God ought, con-
5equently, to sink to It's lcyel-125-
should no great disaster attend our armies.
The following is the bill:
See. I. Any and all ;.mi,s Insurance c0n}pa-
MES, trust companies. savings institution, and
ether moneyed corporations shall IT,. and are
hereby, prohibited from ml..iIg or cgnsiuufDg
any loan or loans IN money or otherwise. jlpo1
gold coin or bullion or any paper repr.-aii,!
tons oil these or either 81 them, or up0a auv
foreign bill! or bills Oh exchange whatsoever.
under tie penalty ola forfeiture ol the.rcnar!er
oraTticlc5 cI association, Is the case nay be:
and any such loan or loans 50 made or c0.ti.pl-
Ell to be made shall be absolutely void an,, 10
action Tor the recovery thereof shall lie in or be
entertained ~ any coHr. @: justice OF this State
sc. :. 'ii!a act shall take effect Immediately
\ teIceraplic dispatch, just received,
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-04-03

-Parson Brownlow realized from the
sale of his book, within ninety days, over
$4,000, which sum was paid over to him
by the publisher, George w. Chllds.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-04-03
G.0itar 81 f5og. SEYMOUR, rom tee
CHIEF O, gg@tice Of EiiiEs0G,,

The Chicago Post publishes long let
ter written by the Hon. J. D. CAToN, chief
Justice OF the State OF Illinois to Governor
HoRATIo SEYMOUR. The Judge points out
most clearly the duTy a. well as policy Of
the Democratic party. 1t is not by stop
ping the var, as proposed by the Chicago
Times, bat by q continued effort on their
part to discharge al their constitutional
duties to the government. He condemns
many OF tie acts Of the administration,
which are open to the free criticism OF all
men, but he advises the Democratic party
to remain true to its patriotic support Of
the government, and thus afford Il place
where patriotic Republicans, disgusted
with the administration, may find compan-
ions and ,w-patriots. having no higher
or other aim than to save the country.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-04-03

-Extempore praying is queer thing
sometimes. 1t allows the supplicant very
wide license Of speech, which occasionally
produces whimsical consequences. For
example, the Rev. Mr.. Shine, Chaplain of
the House Of Representatives in the Iowa
Legislature, on the opening Of session,
prayed thus:
Bless Thou, the young aud growing State
of Iowa. her Senators and Representatives, the
Governor and State officers Give us o sound
currency, pure water, and indebted religion.
for Chrsts sake! Amen,
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-04-03

'z'IarlIsiH@ Scene sg ,!sa ;ap1eoi az
N.s3ivE:3e,
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1863-11-25
Politics and the Pulpit.

Let us commend to the prayerful con-
sideration of the ministers of the Cos
pei, everywhere, who are more disposed
to political, abolition harangues than to
to the peaceful dissemination of the prin-
ciples Of the holy religion Of Christ, the
opinions Of DR.. Adam Clarke, whose
"Commentaries " are standard authority;
Political preachers neither convert
souls nor build up believers on their most
holy faith. One may pique himself on
his loyalty, the other on his liberality and
popular notions of government; but in
sight of the great Head of the Church,
the first is n sounding brass and the sec
ond tinkling cymbal.
When preachers Of the gospel become
parties in party politics, religion mournsy
the church is unedifed, and political dis
putes agtate even the faithful of the land.
Such preachers, no matter which side they
take, are no longer messengers of glad
tidings, but the seedsmen of confusion and
wasters of the heritage of Christ"
And the views of layman as distin-
guished as Edmund Burke should possess
some influence:
" Politics and the pulpit are terms that
have little agreement. No sound ought
to be heard in the church but the healing
voice Of Christian charity. The cause of
ciUa liberty and civa government gains
as little as that of religion by this confu-
sion Of duties. Those who quit their
proper character to assume what does not
belong to them are, for the greater part,
ignorant both of the character they leave
and Of the character they assume. Who'll
ly unacquainted with the world in which
they are 50 fond of meddling, and mex
perienced in all its affairs, on which they
pronounce with so much confidence, they
haze nothing Of politics Jst the passions
they ercite."
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1863-11-25
Our Shadows; Or, Kitty Summers.
BY ROSELLA.

She gave me look that nearly kill
ed me"
These words have been with me all
night and all day to-day. Kitty Sum
mcrs said them TO me yesterday, while
gathering a bouquet for me in her nice lit
tie garden. 1t came in this way
Among Kitty's schoolmates in her girl
days, was one girl she dearly loved-Ma-
ry Reed. But, Kitty was beautiful
soft brown eyes, hair Of that shiny tint
between brown and golden-a lovely com
plexon of clear pink and white. She
was admired, flattered and sought after !;
the magnetism Of her wonderfully fair
face drew after her scores of admirers,
and at nineteen, in the full ripeness and
flush of her girlhood, Kitty fell, and her
poor name became a shame and q bye
word. Alas alas that il must be so!
FROM thence their paths diverged.
And now it is seventeen years since that
time. Kitty is married to a poor, good,
honest man, and she is a good woman,
and as happy as she can be with the old
grief all the time tugging at and burning
in her heart, and marring all the memo
rics of her girlhood.
Mary Reed is married TO the village
store-keeper; she dresses grandly, leads
in all the fashions, aud is envied by the
envious. She was dashiog past Kirty's
low, yiney cottage in her carriage, when
as Kitty said yesterday, she gave her o
look that nearly killed her. A look :
Why should she do it9 No good coul(
come out Of it, and oh, so much sorrow
Poor Kittyl She was standing besid,
a great, leafy, Towering bean vine, tina
shot up like a crimson flame so full it o
pendent, swinging scarlet flowers; and sh'
bowed her head against it and wept a
she told me.
Poor Kitty! The golden shine still
shimmered in her hair as she stood in tn
slanting sunbeams, the hot blood flushing
her fair forehead, as she bent among tn
fanny flowers.
! Oh, | thought as soothed her, | ha
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1863-11-25

FAT CATTLE.-Thomas Burt, of Ran
som, sold to drover for the New York
morket, thirty-twO head of fat cattle for
S2,l4o averaging SCI per head. These
cattle were raised on Mr.. Burts farm
The farmers of the southern part Of this
county are taking the lead in raising stock.
If any farmer can report better crop of
cattle from one farm than Mr.. Burt we
would like to see their fgure.--HHsddle
Standard, Oct 81.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1863-11-25
/" Another Draft"

"The Democrats having been defeated
In the late elections, take sort of fiend-
ish pleasure in assuring the people that
all sorts of calamities are going to befall
them. They predict defeats, burnings, in
surrections, arrests, incarceration, and that
which, in their estimation, is worse than
all, renewal Of the draft"
So said and sneered the Detroit Adver-
hser on Monday last, and proceeded to
demonstrate, to its own satisfaction, that
there would be "another draft" Unfor-
tunately, after that side of its sheet on
which this article appeared had gone to
press, Father Abraham's proclamation
calling for 100000 more men" came to
hand, and was printed on the other; so
that we had the AdVertiSer'S text and
Lincoln's commentary in the same paper.
If brother Barns thought it " fiendish "
and foolish in Democrats to predict this
calamity" what language can express
his opinion of the man who so soon veri-
fed the prediction. Lansing Journal
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1863-11-25

ADAMS AND LINCoLN.-The admins
tration of John Quincy Adams expended
thirteen millions of dollars per anum, and
the people voted it out of power for
its oxtrayagance. The present admins
tration is expeuding more than thirteen
millions every areek, a grea: part in con-
sequence of its sectional and disunion
principles. Will not the people vote this
administration out of power also.-Ml-
waukee NewS