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thivalry Sfill EXtant.

The rebels at Charleston appear to be
possessed of some sentiments of honor,
and have recently given evidence that the
"tchivalree" has not all died away. A
few days ago various sums of money,
private papers, pocket books and memen-
toes belonging to Federal soldiers who
had died while prisoners in their hands,
were sent into our lines under flag OF
truce. These articles were carefully la
belled and had been well preserved. Some
of the sums of money were as high as
5000, and the total amount OF cash re-
turned was $4,000. This is the first in
stance upon record during this war where
any such honesty Of purpose has been
manifested on the part of the rebels.
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EfrSgaa Norsi, Carolina


Correspondence OF the National Intelligencer
NEwBERN. n. c., Aug. /.
The late expedition was failure. The
artillery was too slow; it was about one
day behind time
Last evening l accidentally fell in with
a former wealthy and influential citizen of
this town, Mr.. Edward r. Stanley, and in
q casual conversation with him elected
the following facts: That the people of
North Carolina will resist the Presidents
proclamation to the last: that they will
not make any overtures of peace or prop
ositiOns to return to their former allegiance
to the Union; bit If the President eciN
proclaim TO them that all officers and po-
HticM leaders beioW a certain grade, and
all tie people delow them, shat be held ia
uoceht, und shall be restored 10 Heir orig
inal riqhts undei' tile constitution, they
syiN hail it as q just and generous dct,
will gladly accept it, and return to their
allegiance to the Federal Union. This ap-
peared to be the only basis upon which
Mr.. Stanley thinks the Union can be re-
established.
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From Mcleod County.

Gen. MUNICH writes to the Adjutant
General on the 18th from Glencoe, that
he had paid all the State scouts up to
date, who had applied for payment. None
of them had seen any late Indian signs,
although they had travelled over large
extent of country. If Indians had been
about there, it would have been easy to
have tracked them since the late heavy
rains. He does not believe there are any
Indians in the Big Woods, and this belief
is shared by most Of the settlers, who
seem to have got bravely over the late
scare, and resumed their accustomed la
bors. General confidence of security pre-
walls on all sides.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-08-28

Mr. LIE GRAND BYINGToN, Chairman of
the Iowa Democratic Central Committee,
has written letter to Gen. GRANT, ste
ting, among other things, that the De-
mocracy Of that State lack confidence in
the integrity Of the Commissioners ap-
pointed by the Governor of that State to
receive the soldiers vote, and soliciting
an answer to the following heterogeneous,
namely:
Fifst-Whether the Iow-i officers and men
Of your command will be permitted to hold an
unCrammcied election under said law and if
So
.Sec0nJ'Y-Nhether member of this cc&l-
lnlttce. oC any competent agent Of their sclec-
ton, will be furnished by You with the same
safe conduct and facilities which may be grant
ed to the Governors commissioners, for the
purpose Of distributing ballots to iowa Off
GERS and men, and exercising the legal right Of
challenge, as to any votes offered at such cleo
tons, which may be supposed to be Illegal,
and of promoting by other lawful means the
fair and impartial holding and return of said
elections
The following is the answer OF General
GRANT:
UEADQ'cs DEPAETli'F OF THE TENNIssEE(
FIcRsBuEc, Miss, Aug. i, 1863.
L. e. Byiagton. Esq:
SIg-Your letter OF the 9th Of July, asking
if citizens Of the State OF Iowa viii be allowed
to visit this army. and distribute tickets when
the election is held for soldiers to vote, &c. is
just received. In reply, will state. that loyal
citizens OF northern States viii be allowed 10
visit the troops from their State, at any time.
Electioneering, Or any course calculated to
arouse discordant feelings, viii be prohibited.
The volunteer soldiers OF the army viii be al
lowed to hold an election, If the law gives
them the right to vote; and 30 power shall
prevent them from voting the ticket o. their
choice
/ have the honor to be, very respectfully,
your Obeaient servant.
U. S. GRANT, Ma. General.
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,Eie Navigation OF 1be E.O1Vcr II is-
sEssippi.


On the LIST instant, Gen. GRANT wrote
from Vicksburg and Gen. BANKS from
New Orleans in the following terms:
HEADo'Rs DEPARTMENT OF THE TENNESSEE. !
VICKsBURG, Miss, Aug. 1, 1868. :
Col. A. II. Markham, Special hgent PostoGice
Department:
Sir: The Mississippi river now being open
and steamers plying thI oughout lis entire
navigable length, l wo i'd suggest that all
mails for the Department Cf the Gulf and Gulf
Squadron be carried 10y this route IS the safest
and most expeditions.
Very respectfully,
U. S. GRANT, Maj. Gen.
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT GULFl
New ORLEANS, Aug. 1, 1868.
To Hon. Montgomery Blur:
SIR. The Mississippi being now open to
regular communication, l respectfully request
may be transmitted by the river. The COM
municatiOn / believe to be safe, and it is far
more expeditions and frequent.
With much respect, am, sir, your obedient
servant, N. 7. BANKS,
Major General Commanding.
In addition to these explicit md official
declarations, we find the following in the
New Orleans correspondence of the
Times:
By the way-since I find the local papers
have made mention of the tact-I may as well
tell you, what I otherwise might not have
thought necessary even to allude to, that in
going up the river Ito Vicksburg) we were re-
ported to have been fired into. 1t was on Fri
day, the S1st, about 10 o'clock at night, a short
distance above Natchez, and while passing
Dick TaylOr's plantation.
There were such conflicting opinions about
this little event, that, although on board my
SELF really know hardly anything about it.
was seated below with General Weitzel and Mr..
Hills, the editor of the New Orleans Era, dis
cussing the affairs of the nation and things in
general, when somebody put his head at the
gangway above US and said the guerlilas are
firing at us! But ''Old birds are not to be
caught with chat, " and as joking had bsen
pretty much in vogue ever since we lett New
Orleans we pulled our cigars very unconcern-
eddy, while General Weitzel went on telling
us chow fields were wOn." IL
Presently the cry was repeated, ana then,
thinking there might be "somethng IN il, !"
the General rose and we followed him on deck,
where General Banks already was with all the
other Generals and officers. -. lof
We three had not heard shot-none were
repeated from the shore after we got on deck
and on inouiring of those who did hear firing,
could not get them to agree nearer than from
two to six musket shots and the next morn
ing there was not the remotsst symptom of
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-08-28
The Fessenden Family.

In reference to SAM FEssENDEN, who is
a candidate for the Clerkship of the next
House, the New York Herald remarks:
Those familiar with Maine politics allege
that the family in all its degrees of relationship
whether by blood or marriage, are provided
with offices under Uncle Sam. No such ex-
ample has ever before existed in our history.
The Herald has evidently forgotten the
example " of the WAsHBURNE family. If
any one can name scion of this stock
who does not feed at the public crib, let
him do it, and we shall be glad to make
the fact known.
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Death of Lieut.. Mason.

We learn from Major DowNlE of the
First Regiment, who arrived yesterday,
that Lieut.. CHARLES II. Mason, of com.
pany D, First Regiment, died at Harris
burg, Pa, on the 18th instant, from
wounds received at Gettysburgh. We be-
lieye Lieut.. MASON was resident of Min
neapolis before the war. He was about
twentv-seven years old.
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The Minnesota First.

We learn that the Minnesota First has
been ordered to Governors Island, New
York harbor, and is probably there before
now. Governors Island is one of the
most pleasan and healthy posts in the
country, and will be very agreeable
change to the soldiers after their long and
arduOus service in Virginia.
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minnesota and Lal5c Superior Trade.

Up to this date, there have been, during
this season, three hundred and twenty head
OF beef cattle driven from this State to Su~
pelior, ana there used by, Or shipped to,
the miners On that lake. The trade being
opened, and weekly line Of steamers, it
is probable that about one hundred head
per week this fall viii be taken that way to
market. There need be no fear of glut-
ting that market We notice by the Sault
Canal reports that the importation Of beef
cattle into thai lake were, in 1856, S26;
1857, 1900: 1868, 964; 1859, 2,031;
1860 'G1-'G2 (unoiiiciaD, 1900 to 5000
head. This year it is estimated that the
demand will reach 1900 head.
Many articles it will well pay in winter
to haul to the lake-as butter, lard, pork
and tallow. The consumption of these
latter articles is limited only by the supply.
That of 1862 was ESQ tons of butter, Is
tons of tallow Candles, and 5000 barrels
of pork.
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UoUsE POSTMASTER -WHLIAM S. KING,
Esq, i'll this section more commonly
known as . Bill KING, " late Postmaster
Of tie national House Of Representatives,
has just returned from. Washington. and
feels quite confident that he has " fixed
things . in such manner as to ensure lis
reelection next winter 1t is possible that
he may find himself rs much mistaken in
his calculations as he was last winter, when
lie attempted to engineer his distinguished
patron into the United States Senate.
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Letter from Horace Greeley.

Col. JOHN II. STEVENS, of Glencoe, has
received the following letter from HORACE
GREELEY. It will be seen that he will not
visit Minnesota this fall:
OFFICE OF TIE "TRIBUNH,"1
New YORK, Aug. 16, 1868.
My DEAR SIR-It is now some two years
and half since accepted an invitation to visit
Minnesota, and speak to her farmers at the
State Agricultural Fair-an invitation which
gave me pleasure in the reception, and still
more in the anticipation of its fulflment. l
am stlil anxious that my life and the patience
ol my friends in Minnesota, may both hold out
until can be permitted to fulfil that engage
ment.
But those l with all respect to otbersl most
wish TO meet when shall visit your State, are
to-day IN the National armies, Drawing expos
ure, fatigue. privation, and death for the life
of their country. l begin to grow old. 7 shall
probably never traverse your State but This
once, and want to be at leisure to do if with
some deliberation. But still more do wish
to meet and thank the noble Minnesotiaps no
matter where they were born or what have
been their past aflinities or antipathies to me.
who have cOnsecrated their lives to their
cOuntry's salvation.
You probably have noted that have not al
ways felt so sanguinc of happy issue from our
present trials as many if not most other loyal
Americans have done. have too often feared
that dsloyalty at the North would complete
the ruin plotted and inaugurated by open trea-
ut thn Sn,th
that L enjoy the brighter prospects that
have recently opened before us more keenly
than those who receive them as a matter of
course. | now feel more than hopeful that the
rebellion will be put down and the Union pre-
served. But the struggle is not yet over nor
is the result absolutely sure. And SO long rs
there is anything to be done, or to be feared on
the side Of the Union, it seems to me that my
post whether of duty or of danger, is here
more especially while the great and now most
imminent peril OF the national cause is that Of
the Northern detection and hostility rather
than Of Southern treason.
Let me once more, then, beg the farmers Of
Minnesota to have patience with me, and TO ey-
cusc my absence from their Fair this autumn,
in the sanguine hope that the next summers
sun will smile upon our country reunited,
peaceful and secure, and that I may visit you
next autumn in the hope OF meeting many
heroes Of our great struggle, safely returned
from bivouac and the battlefield, rejoicing in
the grateful appreciation Of their countrymen,
and i'll the proud cndearment5 Of their happy
wives and children.
Yours truly, HORACE GREELEY.
We learn that Col STEVENS will attempt
Gin pursuance of the wishes Of the BoartD
TO secure the services of Hon. joins
WENTWORTH, of Chicago, on the occasion
referred to IN Nj. GREELEYs letter.
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Sick and Wounded.

Gov. SWIFT has appointed Rev. B. F.
CRAZY an agent of the State to visit the
various hospitals in the West, and the
Minnesota regiments in the field, for the
purpose of rendering such assistance to
the sick and wounded as their necessities
may REQUIRE.
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State Elections.
The coming State elections will be held
in the following order:
.Ns;ciaSecessiOIa.

The following indicates decided enmi-
ty to original secesaionists
From The Raleigh Standard. Iuly ID
We learn that one hundred sacks OF salt,
in the hands of Spectator III one OF the
counties Of this Stare, were recently seized
ure with much satisfaction. If5 be true
that lie was an original secessionist, the
seizure Of this salt will give additional sat
istacti0n to the public.
The Shtadlad is understood to be tie
organ Of Governor Vance
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! The good citizen supports the govern
ment in all possible ways. Not merely by
precept, and the habits of just living and
moral conduct, but with his purse, and by
the cheerful and prompt sharing of his
proportion of the public burthen. The
tax lists which are published yearly, give
fair intimation of the kind of men the
community is made up of; for it is place
in which the name of the good citizen
rarely appears, and then only by accident,
or on account of some temporary and I'M
expected disability. We have, however,
those among us whose names are always
found there, and with frequency exactly
proportional to their wealth; men who
habitually shirk their duty as taxpayers,
just as often and as long as the ultimate
safety Of their property will permit.
At the head of this latter class is ALEx-
AMBER RAMSEY. He is representative
Tax-Shirker He will hold as many off,
ces as he can get possession of, and draw
his pay from the. public treasury on &C
count of them, with an impudence and re-
gularity unexcelled; but he will never pay
a tax until he is obliged to in order to
save his property from absolute forfeiture.
ALEXANDER RAMSEY came to Minnesota
poor He is reputed, among the early
settlers, to have realized some $4,000
from his connection with the Sioux treaty,
and to have acquired in that way the cap
ital which enabled him to become great
landowner If he thus obtained the
money with which he bought his proper ty,
his conduct has been consistent; for,
having, according to common belief,
swindled the government and the Indians
out of his real estate, it was certainly in
keeping that he should also attempt to
swindle the government and the people
out of their just liens upon it in the way
of taxes.
We find in the tax list which was pub
lished by the County Auditor On the 10th
Of June last, the following property assess
ed to ALEXANDER RAMSEY:
, 1863-12-14
NEGRO SUBSTITUTES AND CON-
Ef7RYPTA

There Is one amendment to the conscrip-
ton law which we hope to see speedily en-
acted, and that is, TO authorize colored men
to serve as substitutes .fo- drafted white
men, in oil the 6.atcs-ard to get the same
pay and bounty as would be accorded to
white substitutes This rule should in
Cludc slapes rs well MS free blacks, and
there should be no exception madc Of Ken
tuclIy for the purpose Of humo1ing few:
selfish ha1f loyal shareholders ut the ex-
pense Of the non-slayeholding masses OF
tlat state. Suppose Kentucky shall be
called on for fifteen thousand men under
the draft-st least. fourteen Thousand will
he non-slayeholders. Why should not
each of h'esc men be allowed to furnish IN
nble-bodied black substitute, if he can ?
What right has the stakeholder to saw Tint
lis boudmcn shall not be permitted to Yo1.
unteer as substitutes for whom they plcases
Are the rights Of the oligarchy more A.
cred than than those Of the peop1ep Ia
tic slaveholde1s's property interest in
black men paramount to the blood
and lives Of the non-slayeholders
who constitute an immense majority
Of the Southern people. But VIC speak not
Of Kentucky alone, but Of MI the States in
which the draft ia to be enforced. The
blacks are willing to volunteer as snbstf-
tutes for drafted white men. Why should
, 1863-12-14
HEr. Ronnef,s Income Tax.
LEpGKH OFFICE. 40 PAnK Row.

..., NGH xU0h> UeGs u 4ctj. J
TO the Editors Of the Chicago Tribune:
S1Rs: My attention has been called to
statement in your paper to the effect that I
have made "retuTn On the New York As
SCISSORS list, no incone,' and this you call
one Of the beauties Of the Income Tax."' I
do not know what motiTe could have prompt
cd you to give circulation to such m extra
ordinary falsehood. If you will inquire of
G. P. Pdtnam, Esq, the Collector Of Inter-
nal Revenue in TIC District where reside,
you will find that I was one Of the very first
persons in this city to pay my Income Tax;
and If you will investigate still further, I ven
trre to assert that you Will find the sum
much larger than that paid by the publisher
Of any other weekly paper In the United
6tates- The statement that had paid TWEEN
t. thousand dollars for q certAin horse Ia also
false. have bought no such horse, and con-
Eequently have paid no such price. This,
however, Is immaterial; nm accustomed
to the publication Of such yarns, and care
nothing about them; but demand, as a
right, that the libellors fabrication about the
n0n-p0ymcnt of IN income tax be corrected
at once. ROBERT BohSER.
I'VE gave the. information because we
deemed 1t reliable at the time, not from any
desire to injure the great Bonner. We Will
take back the income and the horse. We
trust Mr.. BIS. income tax, like his stories,
will be long continued, and that It will al
ways be larger thantha Of any other weekly
paper in the United States.-EDs.}
, 1863-12-14

E Il is not worth while to believe that
John C. Breckinridge is dead Jet, though
the New York papers say it is " confirm
ed" It takes several killings to, dispose
Of one Of these tough rebels like him.
But we are free to say that when Provii-
dence docs send bullet to take him away,
it Will be acquiesced in without tears in
these parts, No man-uot JEFF Davis
himsen-deserves more richly to forfeit his
life than Breckenridge, the pampered, fat
tered scion Of the Kentucky chivalry, who
has turned most basely and falsely upon
the mother that bore and caressed him.
We shall feel quite at liberty to rejoice
when he does die; but do not believe the
time has come yet.
, 1863-12-14


rom Sa4'
The ratcablo value Of Hogs per 1e1 ut tho close
Of the market this evening" We quote IN follows:
fImc 10 e1t!a aaaunes S5ooaA5
Common to medium. um.......................S Ss3Sf25
Tho market has during the weak been unusually
dull and depressed, and We note decline. upon the
quotations given on last Saturday, OF 1s3zc on primo
to ext1 qualities; Of s0940c On medium to prime. a1d
Of SEC on common qualities.
SATURDAY, Dec. 1e-rhe Hog trade, like a1l other
departments Of commercial industry, Is subjected to
flaws OF change, For some tune past It's nretoml.
mating features have been fEness and ACTIVITY with
receipts that for number cast al previous
ing periods Into the shade, and In paint Of Quality
would bear favorable comparison with any OF them,
During THO Last ax atyg, however, the tide baa beon
turning; the receipts hare fallen of 50 per cent
from the preceding week; considerable reduction
In tho prices has also taken pacetom Is to .oc pcr
lt0 bs; and ns near We judge, Is too hogs re.
main over in the yards this evening unaod, The de-
m8nd for prime to extra qu8lues through the season
has been considerably ahead OF the supply and there
has not unfrequenty been little extra excitement
In the yafds in the sh1po OF the highest
bidding for anything utte superior to the
ordinary run OF the Market This demand would.
however, appear to have been to some extent met
from decline Of almost sc within few days having
tnkcn place. with the entire absence ct that roue
competition which had previously existed. On iii
medium grades The market has been generally d.
pressed, whilst On common hogs there has been no
~. no,,,s1 a,s ~ ~
.sd eha-s ~ ncc,-,rt -. 49, rua w ave
4.nra "a m d1f7cu1t nnde,tstin~ VII. m .,'
activity and tnncss which has prevailed for several
weeks past, there has been i growing feeling with
n.rte,a esnecta,1y. and other Inrcr nnsr,to- ~.
t,-tces vera nrtncia11y birh and TINT = fmu ,.rst
Ferr poon occur. Tbs demand for tte linz n-ndnct
has teen limited from the beginning Of t}e sca.on
.nd between the prices paid for it and those naf Yor
hnrs there was such discrepancy in favor of .e tnt
thr+ ynry ~ nrr nackfrr hnrsrz hn ~
, 1863-12-14
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
THE MONEY MARKET.

SATURDAY EVENING, Dec. l.. 1863.
Tho week closes on q very close money martet
Only The best customers are supplied and ssspasing
y potsible+ "FeaTfuy close" is the description
'Gme me o. % Our bankers gre H., IL. .n,,..
hayc eoos sInn1r he othera ss,s. soT nohsea @
Ing ps@ @ selling xsx srea an;.hos. s 0us ~
ls nf11ef 'aa Aoe upper 'ao nose usu
~ .kuts.
Inc Telegraph INES nave "o1Acu oaoiy to-aay; ous
Wall street sre as follows: 9a H. lssk; 9a5 15ox; H.
i1: i lex The rate: ae1s wsfe M n,st unsettled md
aetsssn: arsa ~ tne fangs eenE nsnef nsu1e
.6uyer1tna1sa Lers1 teude. notes in rood demand
At u hnrtn 1IIaI rrrnoinr, M The ael1Ino y,te
oa'.9s, .na Ngn Nraat.rfs,t 49,. ~, .a9. -.
Adams Bank, North Adams, Mass are IN circulation.
They good bnt in The counterfeit the Picsdons's
signature ii epgraved which Is not tho case With the
genuine.
A.. nz NA1ioa pu1s shpa. n -
INC ass-.weat5 loan continue 1d - noous .1as
bonds and tho demand is extensive throughout the
conntry. The following letter is Of interest to the
surance On the supIee. Of ne seveathry per cents
ha. betors been given from The
oat may haFe Deem 1ossos'en oy many pafs'es N H.
TnxAsunr DxrA nrxkHr.. Nov. 30. 1874.
s, ,.:Yonr 1-,te1 r,i.tive to tse n.ymsot a. | n.
& ~ ssea to no
ed psIt q the temPorafy loan they viii b paid
~ unts1 states notes. unless holders prefer convex
'SR th.. they be before
& ss5.ss fs s YsR
-..o,...e.A.9 n. = FI1LD.