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The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-11-20

1OLal. 81, OfV,OOV
The Boston Locomotive Works sold
on the 9Th inst, to Edward Mott Robin
son, Esq, for $4,000.
The Rev. Robert Allyn has accepted
the presidency of McKendree College, Leb-
anon, Illinois.
The number of students in Brown
University, r. l., is as follows: Seniors,
40; Juniors, SO; Sophomore, Sc; Fresh
men, S. Total, 202.
The Baltimore american says that,
before the next season for planting comes
around. the bulk of compulsory labor in
Maryland will have absolutely vanished.
From one to three thousand ducks are
shot daily on the Sasquehanna River.
On Desolation Island, southeast of
the Cape of Good Hope, fossil shelltish and
whales rave been discovered on a noun
tain 1900 feet above the level of the sea.
The Philadelphia Inquirer says that
10y recent Treasury order, postal curren-
CIV. if not more than ene-fifth mutilated,
will be redeemed
Prentice declares chat whatever else
we may say of John Morgan he is no one
horse concern.
Rev. S. F. Spear, D. D., who has
been pastor OF the Sosti Brooklyn Church
nearly twenty-one years, has been called
to the Fourth Church, of Albany, late Dr.
Seelyes.
The army and Nary Journal, con-
sidered good authority in military matters,
does not share the popular opinion as to-
the efficacy of "Greek fire" as means of
reducing Charleston. 1t entertains the
impression that the attempt may serve the
innocent purpose of tickling the popular
fancies, but it will hardly be seriously
considered by professional men. In its
last issue it says: "Until either the iron
feet can make its way up to the city, or
we can plant force on James Islsnd large
enough to march on it, we have little
faith in the capture Of Charleston
AT the present time there are con-
fined in the Old Capitol prison about $50
persons for various offences. During the
past month there were placed within it's
walls 1.475 cases, exclusive of 17e who
were under sentence. Nine hundred and
twenty-six Of this number were prisoners
of war, and s75 prisoners of state. Out
of this number $50 still remain inoaroer-
ted within its walls.
1t is learned from late numbers of the
Raleigh Standard which have come to
hand, that the rebels are constructing a
railroad connection between Danville, Va,
and Greensboro, N. @. It seems that
about fifteen miles of road have been COM
pleted, and that cars are expected to run
through distance of about 45 miles by
New Years, or, at farthest, by spring.
This is highly interesting fact, as it opens
new line of communication between
Richmond and the Southwest, over the
North Carolina Central Railroad.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-11-20

BADGES OF HONORABLE DISTINCTION.
a recent order the Secretary Of War directs
that for each battle in which every officer
non-eommissioned, and private of the In
valid Corps may have been engaged and
borne an honorable part, scarlet braid,
one-sixth Of an inch wide, may be worn
ON the right arm, with space of one.sixth
Of an inch between each braid.
This will become an honorable badge,
showing the service the officer or soldier
has performed, and will be as highly priced
bv the brave wearers as the ribbons and
crosses so proudly worn by the veterans Of
European armies.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-11-20

Tho great organ in Music Hall, Bos-
ton, cost $4,000.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-11-20
Surgeons of the Third MissM esota--
Letter from DR.. Crazy.

To the Editor Of the Pioneer:
1t is due to DR.. A. e. Wedge, Surgeon of
the Third Regiment, to say that in my report
of the ill treatment of our men at Helena, no
allusion was made to him. have often pub
liely commended the excellent surgeons of the
Third Regiment. They have always been faith
full and devoted men, and the superior physical
condition of the men under their charge suffi-
GENTLY testify to their skill. The statements
made were true, but neither of the surgeons of
the Third were in the least responsible. DR..
Wedge was on the way to Little Rock when
the abuses occurred at Helena. Norman who
knows him could believe him capable of cruel
ty towards soldiers. The statements / made
were taken from men and officers who were
present and near, and saw the facts.
There are profane and drunken surgeons and
these both curse and neglect the men. 1t was
not nay desire to bring into contempt the med
ical department of the army, but I sincerely
wish That all cruel, drunken and incompetent
surgeons, and all others like thsm could be
expelled from the service.
IF all would do their duty as we'd as the sur
geons of the Third Regiment, we would hear
but little complaint. BE. CRARY.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-11-20

Herschel V. johnson, the Douglas can.
didate for Vice President in 1860, and
now member of the Confederate Senate,
concluded late speech with words which
might we'll be addressed to northern au-
dience:
When is this struggle to end Shall we con-
quer the North? No; we have no desire to do
this. Shall the North conquer us? Forbid it
Heaven! But 1 tell you this war will never be
ended till we are all conquered by the chastis-
ing hand of Providence, and we are brought
back to the virtues of our forefathers. Though
our armies have been victorious in nearly every
battle. yet almost every man and woman is
bathed in tears and cast down in sorrow at the
loss of some friend or knsman. Every hearth
stone is reft of its enjoyments by mourning and
weeping. and the walls of sadness are heard all
over the land. This is the chastisement of God,
inflicted upon us for departure from the
paths of virtue. This is the lesson of the war,
Then let us return with humility to the prac-
tice of those great virtues which our forefath
ers cherished, and without which our liberties
cannot be maintained.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-11-20
AND OTHER lTEMs.

-Invincible Parson Brownlow is once
more at home among his own Lares and
Penates, and from the following notice
which appears in the Knoxville Bulletin,
is evidently arranging household matters
for the winter:
- am wanting five or six loads of Anderson
Sounty coal, and for it, delivered at my resi-
Graz price IN ''greenbacks"-not in the sharing
paper OF jeff. Davis bogus Confederacy, as it
would take hat crown full of that to pay for
ohe loau. w. G. BROWNLOW.
Mrs. Agnes B. Allen, widely celebrated
as the relative Of old Ethan Allen, of re-
evolutionary fame, and the possessor of the
sword OF the old hero-that sword with
which the British commandant at Ticorde-
roga was menaced and compelled to sur
render, " in the name of the great Jeho-
yah and the Continental Congress died
suddenly at Lamont, michigan, on Tues
day of last week. Mrs Allen was pay
ing visit at the residence of J. o. Hedg-
es, of that village, when the summons
came that reunited her with her illustri-
GUS family.
The Scientific american thus shows
how time has been economical by the ap-
plication of machinery:
One man can spin more cotton yarn now
than four hundred men could in the same time
in 1869, when Arkwright, the best cotton spin
ner, took out his first patent.
One man can make as much flour in a day
| now, as q hundred and fifty could a century
| ago.
| One woman can now make as much lace in a
years ago.
1t now requires only as many days to refine
| sugar, as it did months thirty years ago.
1t once required six months to put quicksil-
| yer on glass now it needs only forty min
| utes.
| The engine of firstrate iron-clad firigate
| will perform as much work in day as forty
| two thousand horses.
The grand ball to the Russian officers
came off, according to programme, at the
Academy of Music, in New York, last
Thursday evening The Herald estimates
it's extravaganza upon the following scale:
Dresses, laces, &C., bought for the
| occasion. SZoO,VOo
Masculine purchases, at same $4,000
Bououets 5000
| Coitfuros. friseurs &c.. 1000
| Sumner for two thousand with wine 10000
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-10-23

FROM NEW ORLEANS-Gesa. Ranks.-A lady
has just reached Mobile from New Orleans,
from which che was banished by the order
of that chivalrous Boston hero, Gen. Banks.
Her offence was grave one in the Yankee
calendar. She laughed on the balcony of
her own house with another friend, and Gen.
Banks happened to be walking by at the
time in company with Gen. Grant, and Banks
thought she must be laughing at him; and
the insult was dcepened, as he said, because
he was accompanied by his illustrious
friend, Gen. Grant"
The truth was, the lady did not know that
Gen. Banks and 1.-THE illustriOus" were with
in sight or carshOt, and was not even think
ing OF him. These assurances were made to
his offended Yankeeship in vain. The house
was surrounded by guard and all the in
mates kept prisoners for three weeks. The
dignity OF Banks demanded atonement, and
he banished the lady from his lines, and gave
her twenty-four hours within which to leave.
The lady IL q sister of Col. JAS. Hagan, OF
the Sd Confederate cavalry. Miss Il repre-
sents Mobile as o gay and happy looking
place In comparison to New Orleans. She is
particularly struck with the contrast between
the appearance Of our troops and that OF the
Yankees. She was taught to expect to see
our gray coats in tatters, with worn frames
and emaciated cOuntenances; but shc finds
them better clad, and In finer condition as to
health and appearance than the ragged and
dirty eOldiers Of Banks.
The Port Hudson prisoners are well treat
ed, and have the run of the city on parole
four houn each day. They make the beat OF
their liberty, and receive largely Of the hos.
pitalities of the New Orleans people. Gen.
Frank Gardner was In fine condition, and q
prisoner In the house OF his father.in-law,
Ex.Goy. MoutOn, himself prisoner.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-10-23

A BEAUTIFUL PRESENT FOR GEN JACK
soN.-Eariy last spring, certain ladies Of Il
city north OF Richmond sent to Virginia n
beautiful present for that Christian soldier,
whose exalted worth has endeared his name
to tue Christian world. 1t was o pair of
spurs, wrought Of fine gold, and finished IN
the highest style of art. They were put into
the hands of Trustworthy man to be
brought across the lines. But the lower
part Of the Valley being occupied by Fed
eral troops, he found the peril Of discovery
too great. He therefore buried the precious
treasure in the woods, not far from Winches-
ter, and there they remained till the enemy
were driven out of Virginia in June AS
soon as it was practicable they were searched
for and found, aud sent to the care of the
editor of the Central Presbyterian. In the
meantime the great warrior for whom the
costly present was designed had laid aside all
the weapons of his. warfare, and was in the
highest sense made ''more than a conqueror,
through Him that loved him." 1t is proper
to addthat the beautiful gift referred to has
been safely transmitted to the family of Gen.
Jackson.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-10-23

GEN WakELER's OPERATIoNs.-The Ma
rietta Rr5el, OF Saturday evening last, con-
tains q special telegram giving q connected
account Of Gen. Wheeler's operations in
Middle Tennessee. He crossed the river at
Cotton Port, above Chattanooga, on the S0th
day of September, under heavy fire, but
routed the enemy and entered the Sequatchie
Valley. He met wagon train, one thousand
in number, we'll guarded and attacked them.
A hand fight ensued, but he captured every
thing, including several thousand prisoners.
He killed the mules and burnt the wagons
aud stores He next sent Gen. Wharton to
McMinnville to invest the place, and then
followed with his entire command. He cap
tured the garrison, including two regiments
of Yankee infantry and thirty days rations
for Rosecrans's army, which he Destroyed
lie paroled all the prisoners, and exchanged
his worm down horses for good ones He
next dashed on and destroyed the bridges
over Stone and Duck rivers, while Wharton
threatened Murfreesboro'. Wharton then
ioined Wheeler at Shelbyville. The enemy
were here reinforced and fought and drove
Gen Wheeler back. He retreated across the
Tennessee near Courtland, Ala. The Con-
federate loss was heavy, but the whole affair
was brilliant exploit. Roddy is reported
to have blown up the tunnel at Cowans.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-10-23

GEN. BAREsDALE.-Among the most
distinguished and patriotic heroes who
have fallen victim to the present infa-
nous war of invasion was Gen. Barks-
dale, of Mississippi. President Davis
and Gen. r. E. Lee have paid the fallen
hero glowing compliments in letters to
his wife, extracts from which are given
in the Mississippian. In letter dated
July oath, 1868, the country's Chief
Magistrate writes as follows to the widow
Of Gen. Barksdale:
1t will hereafter be some consolation to
you, AS it will be legacy Of honor to his
children, to be assured that your gallant
husband, my esteemed friend, fell at the
post to which honor and duty called him,
aud died, as he had lived, like u patriot and a
soldier
To his country he was a great loss--to his
friends it brings enduring sorrow-to his
family it is an irreparable injury-yet the
blow came to him when it was most accepta-
BILE and glorions to receive it.
God tempers the wind to the shOrn lamb,
and He alone can give comfort to your mourn
and to you aud your little ones offer my
best wishes and sincerest affection.
Gen. Robert T.. Lee writes as follows,
under date Of August 7th:
sympathize deeply with you In your be-
reavement, and deplore for this army and
our country the loss of your gallant husband.
He has left us his noble example, which in
his dying moments extOrted the admiration
OF our enemies. May God give peace and
consolation to his sorrOwing family.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-10-23

OUfRAaRs or TEE ENRMY n CuLRHrHR.-
Through lady who len Culpsper county,
since the evacuation by the enemy. the
Lynchburg Eivgiaian has tho following par
ticulhss of the outrages psrpetrated upon
the people OF that county:
All the houses that had been vacated nv
the owners fleeing from them were DESTROY.
ed: Mr.. +. X: 0ains's dwelling house, arist
mill, barn. aud all hia farm bulldlnRe, were
pulted down. Mn. Weliordb dwelling and
. number OF other houses were also pulied
down. and on Saturday night when they lefl
the whole country was illuminated By their
incendlary torches. They Get on ire the
dwellings Of Mrs. Col John n, Potion. Nrs.
Col Jas. +. Strother, two dwellings Of W.
W. Grinnan, and Mira. Iunskepp, and Col
Slanghter's BARI q III farm buiidings.
They took with them all the negroes they
could induce to leave, bnt the officers would
not allow them to be forced to 20.
They arrested a number ofcitizens and car.
ried them to Washington, among them
Meesrs George and David Jameson, hand
cnfied and In chains. They said they had
evidence enough to hang one Of them.
Mr.. Henry Shsckelfori, David Stallard. 8.
8. Bradford, Mr.. and Mrs. q. g. Parish, =
Nash, J. Yates were taken of; and Jack
Wood, the jaiior, and John Snyder, joined
the Yankees and left with them. Snyder
went to them when they tirst came to the
county, aud told them he was Union man,
aud claimed protection OF them; however,
his house was destroyed when they left. 1t
is believed the arrest Of the Messrs. Jameson
was caused by j. J. Wilberham, man who
resided in Cnlpeper until POpe's army came
there. when he behaved very badly, and was
notified by Mr.. Jameson that 1t would not
be safe for him to remain In Culpeper, and
,at h 1,n yo,,lA 1,o1 1V,n
This man is now sntler with Meade's
armV
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-10-23

THE IMPREssMENT OF PRovIsIoNs.-The
City Council of Petersburg, Va, recent
ly passed resolution requesting the Sc
cretary of War to exempt from impress
ment such articles of food as that city
might desire to purchase for the benefit
of its people. The following reply was
received from the Secretary:
The within resolution will be complied
with cheerfuliy. All officers charged with
the duty of impressment will abstain from
impressing the supplies which may be pur-
chased by the duly authorized agents Of the
corporation of Petersburg for the purposes
specified. Reliance is placed on the munich
pal authorities not to allow abuse for specu-
lative or other purposes than those mention.
ed of the privilege OF exemption, and to af-
ford such evidences Of authority a. may be
readily recognized by the impressing officers.
J. A. SEDDoN, Sec. OF War.
October 19th, 1868.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-10-23

EXODUS OF IRIsHMEN.-l3en: Echols, at
Lewisburg, Greenbtier CO.. Va, Issued an OF.
liable to military duty, who wished to 60 Into
the lines Of the enemy, to do so under dag
OF truce ON the 10Th lust, wherenpon about
800 Irish, including men. women, ana chh.
dren, iu al sorts Of vehicles, passed through
Lewfsbnrg on the day designated, on their
way to Ysnkeedom. The 6tAnnton Spectator
says It IL due to the Irish 70 say that they
mlstook the order TO beimpsra'ive insfead o.
permlssise, and thought thay had 70 caoose
milifarv sery1cs ar into tho dnao cf the enc.
nv, and chose the lsas dangerous Altsrnasiye
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-10-23

Resecrans o. the battle Of Chicks. /.
The following Is Rosecranss coneratu
latory CD order to his troops on the bat
tie Of Chickamauga:
HEADQ'as Dsr'r OF esr curp,nrAxp,
~ Chattanooea, Oct. 2, 1889
Army Of the Cumbsr,and-Yoa have made
grand ana euccessfal campaign; You have
You crossed greet unouu9sin range. placed
yourselvee on the banks OF broad river.
crossed It In the face of = powerful opposing.
army, and crossed two other great mountain
rasgos at the only practicable passee, some
Iosty miles betWeea extremes. You concen-
trated In the face OF superior numbers
fought the combined armies OF Bragg, which
yon drove from Shelbyville to Tuflahoma;
OF TOMBSTONE army from Mississippi, and
for two days held them at hay, giving them
blow for blow. with heavy interest When
the DAY closed you held the field, from which
you withdrew, In the face Of overpowering
numbers, to occupy the point for which yon
set ont-ChattanOoga
The reader will recollect that Rose
Grams was at one time in Chattanooga.
where he had arrived without molesta.
ton. Why did he start to Atlanta, when
he had only set ont for Chattanooga
You have accomplished the great work of
the campaign; you hold the key Of East
Tenneesee, Of Northern Georgia, and of the
enemys mines of coal and nitre.
Let these achievements console you for
the regret you experience that arrivals 81
fresh hostile troops forbade your remaining
on the field to renew the battle for the right
OF burying your gallant dead and caring for
your brave eOmpAAkaas who lay wounded on
the field The Losses you have sustained
though heavy, are slight considering the
odds against you and the stake you have
won.
Yo hold In your hands the substantial
fruits Of victory, and deserve, and will re-
ceive, the honors and plauaits Of grateful
who have been lighting US but obedience to
the Constitution aud laws established for
Our own common benefit.
The General commanding earnestly begs
every officer and soldier Of this army 10
unite with him in thanking Almighty God
for his favOrs to US. He presents his hearty
thanks and congratulations to all the officers
and soldiers Of this command for their ener
gy, patience, and perseverance, and the u,l-
daunted courage displayed by those who
fought with such unt1inching resolution
Neither the history Of this war, nor proba-
bly, the annals Of any battle, furnish letter
example OF obstinate bravery and enduring
resistance to superior numbers, when troopa,
having exhausted their ammunition, 7esos4etl
to the bayonet many times, to hold their posi-
tions against such odds, as did our left and
centre, comprising troops from all the corps,
on the afternoon of the Goth September, at
the battle of Chickamauga
W. 8. ROsECRANs,
Major Gen. Commanding
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-10-23

In CLOSE QUARTERs.-During Tuesday
forenol n, while some freight, which arrived
by the Southern train at Wilmington, N. g.,
was being taken into the Express office, at
tention was attracted to one Of the boxes by,
seeing some hair protruding from crack In
the box, when it was examined and found to
contain some one The box was opened,
and man calling himself VIM. White was
taken out. The account he gives of himself Is
that he is native of Barbados, that he came
to Selma, Ala, in the steamship Neptune,
and from thence to Savannah. Wishing to
leave Savannah, and being unable to procure
passport to get out, friend of his nailed
him up in the box and shipped him for
Charleston, and thence to Wilmington.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-10-23

Market F7ae.-Yesterd morning VIM.
Peaslcy was before the Mayor and fined $50,
under the amended market ordinance, for
offering for sale at the first market wild
game that he neither produced nor caught,
lie being resident of the ten miles limit.S
MIR. Ellis stated that he did not take the
ducks, turkeys, soras. and patridges, as Peas
ley objected to it because they were perisha-
BILE, but had promised to pay over the valne
of the fowls if the Mayor decided the case
against him. After the decision of the case
Peasley declined to give up the fowls rs he
had promised, and therefore the fiae OF $50
taken to the Council
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-10-23

CHEAP PRopERrY.-The estates of the
following gentlemen, living in the upper
part Of Fauquier county, have been sold
as confiscated property by the Yankee
Government
Col. John A. Washington, Col Thos Mar
shall, Lieut. +. L. Marshall, Lieut. Gray Car
roll. and Capt. JAS F. Jones. Capt. Jones's
estate, containing eight hundred acres, and
assesss,. before the war at $50 per acre, max
i,,:r The whole value 81, ,0O0, was sold for the
insignificant sum Of $2OO.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-10-23

A Step in tie Right Dsyection.-The Mayor
has instructed his police and mounted guard
to look after the public hacks, both night
aud day, and see that slaves are not permit
ted to ride about In them, unless given writ
ten permission by their masters SO to do
Some of the h.ck.drivers are suspected OF
Others are supposed to be engaged in assist
lug slaves to escape from the city. II not
guilty of these oflrnces. the drivers will sus-
tain no injury by being stopped, and ii
guilty they ought to be severely punished
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-10-23

The Moasnted Guard asked for by q portion
Of the residents Of Heuric0 county IL In
tended to prevent Yankee nids, and to pcr-
form necessary police service. This guard
can be assembled at very short notice, and
will DO vastly more good than ten times their
number Of infantry could hope TO effect
againat Yankee cavalry, moving rapidly from
The memorial sent to the Legislature on this
subject is signed by men who-are prepared
to engage In the service, and II the prayer OF
the petitioners is granted we are quite sure
that Col. McRae will soon have welldrilled
and efficient command ready for work.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-10-23

RAISING SUNKEN VRssEIs.-M. Bauer, o
French engineer, has raised steamer which
sank two years ago IN the Lake Of Constance.
The engineer, In order to raise the vessel,
which was lying at the depth ofssventy feet,
made use Of an apparatus Of his own inven-
tion. BY means Of divers, he attached to
her-one on each side-twO large balloons
made OF waterproof linen, which he filled
with cir. When the expansion had become
su63cient, movement WAS observed In the
waves, which looked - II boiling, and the
vessel came 70 the surface