The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-05-29

wounded Brigadier General Paxton,
killed Brigadier General MCGOWAN,
wounded Brigadier General Nichols,
wounded, leg amputated; Brigadier
General Heth, wounded Brigadier Gene
raj Hoke, wounded. Every staff officer
of A. P. Hill was either killed, wounded
or captured. Half of Jackson's staff
shared the same fate.
-"Agate writes from Washington to
the Cincinnati Gazette, that the recent
story in regard to the capture of Rich
mond was concocted in Philadelphia, by
New York gold operators or their agents.
By some means they got it on newspa-
per bulletin board. OF course that started
the excitement. Pretty soon it was bulle-
tined that they had telegraphed to Wash
ington and had it fully confirmed. Of
course that was out of the same cloth
with the original piece: but it was quite
enough, when telegraphed over to New
York, to effect the purposes of the gold
operators and-to set the country crazy
with false announcement.
Mr.. Hodge, of Honduras, recently at
Washington to induce the colonization of
free blacks in that country, was encourage
ed by the President, Secretary Seward,
and Usher, but was strongly opposed by
the Secretary of War, who demanded them
all for the military service, that tho mis-
sion failed, and the gentleman went home.
The Buffalo Courier prints the fol-
lowing extract of private letter from an
officer in Hooker's army:
We have been very badly whipped here late
~, and las l am on oath must state that it
was owing to the incompetency of the COM
mandlng General" Moreover as a General of
Brigade sternly remarked yesterday, ''everv
corpora IN the army knowsit.' We will have
fGeOrge B. Mcclellan were restored TO the
command OF this army, not all the issues of
Chase, added to what Greeley would be willing
to promise for the abolition of slavery, would
suffice to buy Bronchial Troches enough to
cure the sore Threats in the army of the Poto-
mac.
The correspondent of the New York
Commercial says, The tenure by which
Mr. Stanton holds his place is feeble, and
1t is believed that in the absence of some
speedy successes in the field, the President
will be compelled by the immense strength
OF popular sentiment, to supersede him by
General Butler.
-Brigadier General Charles Campbell,
severely wounded at Bull Run, under Pope,
has been ordered to the West, where a
separate command in the Indian Territory
will be given him.
The Washington correspondent of the
Milwaukee Sentinel says:
The First Regiment of Negroes in the
Dirtrct is nearly full, raised under the efforts
and patronage of some of the Departments.
and VIII soon be mustered into service under
the command Of Rev's. Turner and RAYMOND.
as Colonel and Lieutenant Colonel: and this
Will be followed soon. with one or more reci-
mentS of cOOred men.
Stories are revived Of more disputes
IN the Cabinet about the army and armv
movements, but the President positively
closes his ears to all applications for
change in the Cabinet. Mr. Welles, it is
said, does not like Mr.. Stewards Interior
ence with the Peterhotf''s mails, and Wade,
Chandler, Sumner and Wilson are as un-
friendly as ever to the Secretary of State.
Stanton is more unpopular all round, and
Butler is proposed for his place, which
Seward will not tolerate.
The excitement in stocks in New
York puts in the shade all the extrava-
gance of land speculation in the West.
The Erenang Express of last Monday
says:
The excitement in Wall street continues un-
aoated This morning, for instance. at 81
A: NJ, people commenced to sell and buy stocks
The crowds in William and Wall streets con-
stantly Increasing, the police, stationed there,
nave no little difficulty in getting them to
move on, move on" 1t is almost impOs-
slble to describe the eagerness with which not
only stockholders, but even builders shoe
makers, BARRIERS, hair-dressers, and in fact all
classes of society now rush to Wall street to
gamble in some fancy" stock. This stock
excitement, however, is not confined to Wall
street. Last week. one evening, about 10 or
II o'clock, stocks were sold in the bar-room
of prominent uptown hotel, until the pro-
prietorS of the house were compelled to turn
off the gas, and thus make an end to this new
sort OF midnight gambling.
The Post and the Tribune long since
abandoned the cause of General Hooker
But the Times, which is always behind the
age, stuck to him for while in the face of
facts and public opinion. Now, however,
even that journal gives him up as an inn
mense failure. Thus the new Napoleon
did not keep as long as fresh Goldfish in
warm weather.