The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-03-20

THE NEWS.

THE NEWS.
The President has issued proclama-
ton offering amnesty to deserters who may
return to their regiments before the first of
April, and calls upon the people to assist
officers in returning them, and in bringing
to punishment those who entice them
away. Desertion has become a monstrous
evil in our army, and it is chargeable, to
some extent, on the President, who has
never allowed, except in two instances, the
punishment which is affixed to the crime
by military law to be inflicted. We have
seen the statement recently, that Gen.
HALLEcK estimates the number of desert
ers at about two hundred thousand. pad
The sweet-scented Minister from Hayti
has rented Senator LATHAM's house, one of
the finest in Washington, and it is stated
that he has dined with the French Minister.
The rebels have captured, near Jack
son, Tenn, two hundred men and two
pieces of artillery of Gen. SuLLIvAN's d.
vision. We never believed they could thus
have caught that officer mapping. The
rebels seem to have had extraordinary sue
cess lately in gobbling up detachments of
our forces Four regiments of RosEcRANs'
army surrender themselves youthful
Brigadier and several hundred men are
captured by squad of cavalry within four
teen miles of Waslington-and two hun
dred of SU11IvAN's men captured-all in
one week.
in the British Parliament, Lord
PALMEEsroN denounced in the strongest
terms the deportation of negroes from
Africa to Mexico by the French govern
ment, and called for repair alton.
There are rumors from various sour
ces Of a fight on the Yazoo, and the cap
ture Of large number of rebels, and also
of the capture of Forts Henry and Donel-
son by the rebels
We are assured again that the Navy and
Wer Departments are confident that a
very short time only will elapse before reb-
ell communications across the Mississippi
river will be entirely cut off by Yankee in
genuity and enterprise. This is very con-
selling to us, while the report that the iron
clad fleet now being constructed in Eng
and, will soon sail and drive our vessels
out Of the Mississippi, is doubtless equally
consoling to the rebels.
The foreign news is quite interest
ing. The Russians have been defeated by
the Poles after a battle of five hours Gen.
FoREY, with an army Of nearly $4,000
men, despairs of taking Puebla, without
large reinforcements He has now been in
Mexico a year, and has had no decisive
victories, but has sustained numerous re-
pulses. By contrast with the campaign
of Gen. FOREY, that of Gen. SCorT
looks more magnificent than we have
been accustomed to regard it. The
army General SCOrr landed in Mexico
did not amount to more than ten thou
sand effective men. With this little force
he won the victories of Contreras, Churu-
busco, Moline del Rey, Chapultepec and
the City Of Mexico. When he entered
triumphantly into the capital, he had not q
more than six thousand available men.
Soorr's forces were debarked near Vera
Cruz, on the 9th of March, 1s47. He
entered the City of Mexico on the 14th 4
of September, l847. The whole CAM
paign including the delay of nearly two
months at Puebla, thus occupied only
about six months
Sufficient returns of the New Hamp-
shire election have been received to deter
mine the result. EASTMAN, the Demo-
cratic can lidate for Governor, gains 1924
votes over last year. but fails of being
elected by 500 votes, owing to the vote of
5,469 for HARTMAN (Dem.) }, the candidate
of the third parry. The Democrats elect
one member of Congress, which is gain.
1t is reported that camp of instruc-
ton for 1000 men will be established at
Annapolis, which is taken as an indication
of purpose to give vitality to the con-
scription law.
Letters from London speak with alarm
of the fleet which is in progress of construc-
ton in England and Scotland for the
rebels, and they urge our Government to
demand that they be not permitted to sail.
The reports which have been current
lately about a formidable rebel rising in
Kentucky, are authoritively contradicted.
There are several guerilla bands roaming
about the State, and whenever they make
an inroad upon any place of Importance.
we get the news of an advance of rebel