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The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-11-13

Beaver. about twenty years of age. stole $500
from his employer. merchant OF Fond du Lac,
Wisconsin, and decamped. Beaver arrived in
this city last week and remained here shot
time, when he proceeded to NOrwalk, in which
place he had u few friends. A day or two since
he called upon young lady acquaintance, and
re luested a private interview, which was grant
ed He then told her that he was on the point
OF killing himself, at the same tine producing
q revolver. The lady seized his arm and tried
to get the weapon f,om him. During the
struggle Beaver exclaimed, Stand aside, or
my brains will be spattered over your person -
The lady then did as desired, when the wretch
placed the muZz.e against his forehead. and
blew the top of his head completely off.
Upon the person OF the deceased was found
eighty cents in money, and pawn ticket for
gold watch. from which he parted while in
Cincinnati not long since. In answer to u telc-
gram describing the sad affair Beaver 5 parents
who are poor people and reside at Fond du
Lac-directed that his remains should be buried
at NOrwalk.
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these words would be applicable. Who
sets himself to work systematically to
weaken the arm of the government, by
destroying its credit and damping the
ardor of its citizens? Tbs Copperhead.
Who uses his exertions to defeat the loan,
and to prevent the young men of the
country from going forth to fight their
country's battles? The Oopperhead Who
announces with joy the disasters Of our
arms, and sinks into melancholy when he
hears of our success? The CoIperhead.
And is it not true of these Copperheads
now, as it was true of Federalists fifty
years ago, that such men cannot be con-
sidered friends of their country?
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-11-13
4 Gold Hoax.

As an instance of the canards used by
the gold gamblers of New York to affect
the market, the following is good one.
The bears got together and concocted a
dispatch stating that mob in Richmond
liberated all the Union prisoners, hoisted
the stars and stripes, and drove the rebel
troops out of the earthworks. Lee was
marching on Richmond to quell the dis
turbance, and our forces were moving
down toward Richmond via Petersburg.
This report, however, tailed to have any
effect, although it reached Boston and
Philadelphia. This is sample of opera
tons in the gold market-the great faro
bank of Wall street.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-11-13

The Sinking Water ESQ called from the sulphur
springs near the diggings) is tributary to
Jefferson Fork, one of the three principal forks
of the Upper Missouri. 1t is seventy five miles
east of this place.
This place which is called city. is fifteen
miles southeast from the nearest point to the
summit of the Rocky Mountains, and contains
about two hundred inhabitants, mostly miners,
and about one hundred and fifty log huts.
Groceries and dry goods Of every description
are selling at an eXorbtant rate. Flour, fifty
dollars per barrel; sugar, sixty Gems per
pound: coffee. ninety cents per pound; boots,
twenty dollars per pair; hay one hundred dol
lars per ton; lumber, twenty-five cents per
foot; and every other article in proportion.
Wages are eight to ten dollars per day and
board two dollars per day The merchants
get their supplies of flour from Salt Lake, but
the spectators buy it all as fast as it comes to
market. and consequently sell it at prices to
suit themselves. Two steamers left st. Louis
for Fort Benton in the month of May last with
freight for this place, but in consequence of the
low stage Of water they could not get up higher
than the mouth of Milk River, which is about
seven hundred miles from this place. The
merchants are now paying twenty-five dollars
by the hundred weight for hauling it to this
place
1t is the opinion of many old California mi
ners that there is no doubt of the existence of
gold in great quantities in all the mountain
ranges comprising and connecting with the
great Rocky Mountain chain from Cariboo to
Pixies Peak. Yours truly. **
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Rebel sketch of Gen. Thorn as.

From the Memphis Daily Appeal Oct. q.
George Thomas, who is put in command
of ROsecrans' army proper, is Virginian,
and comes from the neighborhood of
Lynchburg. He is a fat, beefy man of
forty, and in the old army was considered
as little better than numskull. In Tex
as, before the war, he was Lieutenant Col:
onel in the regiment of which Gen. Lee
was Colonel and Van Dorm Major. Gen.
Twiggs, who commanded the department,
thought so little of him that, having oc-
casion to divide the regiment to meet the
exigencies of the service, he gave Van
Dorm the command of four companies to
the exclusion of Thomas.
The most remarkable thing about this
man is that, after being the most rabid
and loud-mouthed secessionist before the
war-so much 80 that by bis great zeal he
actually made some officers who are now
in the Southern army, feel ashamed of
themselves-he should have taken up arms
for the preservation of the Union. His
conduct can only be explained by the fact
that he married Yankee woman old
enough to be his mother, and whose money
has great influence over him.
His first feat was victory over Crit
tenden, at Fishing Creek, Kentucky, where
fell the valiant Zollicoffer, which was
gained by sheer force of numbers. He
now attracts the attention of the Northern
newspapers and the Yankee government
by the heroic manner in which, with his
one corps, he is said to have saved Rose
GRAMS army from destruction at Chicka-
manga.
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Gen. SchOfeId.

The Kansas City Journal, which floats
the Radical ticket, speaking of the Presi-
dents Reply, uses the following language
in regard to Gen. Schoield:
The people of the border will not feel much
regret that General SchOfield is continued in
command, He has given us the most effective,
rigid and successful policy against bushwhack.
ers, rebels and rebel sympathizers that We have
ever had. He has given us more troops for
the protection of the border than we have ever
had before, and in every way has shown dis
position to act honestly and efficiently. He
has repealed invasion from our doors, sup
pressed thieving almost entirely, and driven
the bushwhackers out of the border counties.
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s'Ise Question OF the Day.

qua mnmcs find plenty employment in
deciding upon the causes which led to
RosECRANs' removal. One popularity in
this case is, that ultra men who have
promptly taken sides in accordance with
their political bias, are now wholly dis
concerted. For example, the Washington
Chronicle is RosEcRANs' fercest accuser,
while the Cincinnati Gazette enters the
list warmly in bis defence. The Gazette
says:
The mass Of charges put afoat at Washing
ton are unworthy of serious refutation. They
contradict each other We know they are en-
tirely false They seem to have a common
source and to hav. been circulated indus
triously by the use of organized machinery,
that indicates design the opposite of desire
to have the truth known. The purpose will
fail. The aim is too palpable, and the means
SO vile that they will stir up universal indigna-
tiOn which will make them recOil on the plot
tiers.
Conservative Republican journals calmly
acquiesce. Of this class is the Cincinnati
Commercial, which refrains from denounc-
ing the act by which SO valuable an Off
Ger is lost to the country, but hints pro-
vokingly that it knows more about it than
it chooses to tell The editor says:
It is not now the time to enter into explana-
TONS We think the causes that led to Gen Rose.
Grams removal are far different in their nature
from those assigned by the Washington scrib-
lers. We know not 1t is true, what charges
against him are now locked up in the mystic
rious recesses of the War Office, but do not ar
rogate to ourselves any special amount of in
formation in claiming to be as well informed
on that point as the Washington guild nuncs.
We refer to the matter, at this time, only to
discre it the reports evidently set af1oat to in
lure the reputat on of the hero of Corinth and
Stone River, and to justify to the people the re-
moyal of a commander who holds high place
in the hearts of his countrymen.
The question is as profound as that
other one, which still awaits an Answer,
"Who struck Billy Patterson"
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Lieut.. Col. King, (better known as
the gallant Captain King, of Roxbury,) of
the Massachusetts S5th, is now Command
ant at Lexington, Kentucky. He recently
issued the following unique order:
Frequent complaints have been made that
the mich cows of citizens have been milked.
and oftentimes detained for days by persons
connected with the army-if such practices are
continued, and can be brought home 10 anv
one, the offender will be dealt with in o man.
ner TO make him wish that earlier in life he had
been weaned from love of milk. aT7
This order is supposed to apply more
especially to the infantry. 9
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The following order has just been is
sued in relation to evidence of military
service:
Pension OFFICE. Oct. %, 1868.
No volunteer or drafted man is deemed to
have been in the United States service unless
mustered therein When mustered his service
is regarded as having commenced at the date
OF his enrolment. Evidence of such service is
to be sought previously at the Office of the Ad-
jutant General Of the United States Army, and
the rolls of that office, when complete are of
the highest authority, and cannot be contracted
by parole evidence. If there is believed to be
an error therein in any case evidence intended
to correct such error must be filed in tnat
office. When the Adjutant General re-
ports that the proper returns of muster are
wanting in any case the evidence will be
sought at the paymaster Generals, and if
not there found, ut the office of the Adiu-
tant General of the State in which the regi-
ment in question was raised. Evidence of
muster obtained from either of the latter
sources, when Furnished in request of this
office will be accepted in default of evidence
from the Adjutant General. Evidence of mus
ter out will be regarded as sufficient in any
case, II the date OF enrolment is ascertained,
If the name of the officer or soldier is found OH
the pay rolls after the proper date of muster,
any further evidence Of muster will not be re-
4uACo. iau o1Acer OulJ mustered IN ana AFTER
wards promoted, will be regarded as holding
the rank at which he is placed on the pay rolls.
JOSEPH Fl. BARRETT,
Commissioner
The Second Comptroller has decided
that when surgeons appointed by the PEN
sion Office have made, or shall hereafter
make, biennial examination of those re-
quired in pension certificate, and they
certify that the disability has ceased to
exist, the fees paid by pensioners to such
surgeons may be refunded by the pension
agent upon the surrender directly to him
of the receipt and certificate of the exam
ination properly Endorsed.
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From the Third Regiment.
Extract from q PriUdte LITTER:

Extract from q PriDate LITTER:
STATE HOUSE, LITTLE RoCK(
ARK ,NsAs, Oct. % 1868
The Third Regiment is now nicely
quartered in he Capitol of the State. Our
duty is light We are acting and doing du y
as Provost Guard in the city. Col Andrews is
in command OF the Post Lieut. Col Mattson
is in command of the Regiment, and is the best
officer we have in the Regiment. No naviga-
ton on the Arkansas river. No armed rebels
in the vicinity, and in fact no news of any i'm
nOrtance T.
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Originally, the Chicago Post says, the
name was adopted by, or given to, band
of land pirates who infested the Missouri
border, and under the lead of such lawless
wretches as JENNIsoN and jim LANE, went
forth "to steal themselves rich in the
name of liberty" They pretended to be
organized in the Federal service for the
purpose of hunting down rebel guerillas;
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-11-13
What Old Felix Grundy Said.

FELIX GRUMPY, the sturdy Tennesseean,
charged upon the Federalists of 1912 that
they were guilty of moral treason. He
said:
An individual goes over, joins the ranks of
the enemy and raises Ills arms against his coun-
try; he is clearly guilty of treason under the
Constitution, the overt act being contaminated.
Suppose the same individual not to 90 over to
the enemy, but TO remain in his own neigh
bOrhood. and by means Of his influence to dis
sudde ten men from enlisting. ask in which
case has he benefited the enemy and injured
the country most.
How perfectly the coat which FELIX
GRUMPY made for the Federalist of 1912
fits the Copperhead of 1868. These men
lack the courage to 60 South and fight for
the Rebel cause in the ranks of the Rebel
army, but they do just as their prototypes,
the Federalists, did, they remain in their
own neighborhood, and by their influence
discourage from enlisting those who would
otherwise give their services to the coun-
try.
"Whom do I accuse 2" asked Mr.. GRUN-
pY, speaking still against the Federalists:
accuse him. sir, who processes himself to
be the friend of this country and enjoys its
protection, yet proves himself by his actions to
be the friend of its enemy. accuse him who
sets himself to work systematically to weaken
the arm of this government by destroying its
credit ard damping the ardor of its citizens. 1
accuse him who has used his exertiOns to defeat
the loan and to prevent the young men of the
country from going forth to tight their coun.
Joy the disasters of our arms and sinks into
melancholy when he hears of our success
Such men cannot consider friends to this
nation.
Let the reader look over the North, to-
day, and consider to what class Of men
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-11-13
A Horrible Affair.

We take the following account of a most
horrible affair, from the Cleveland Plain
dealer. 1t says:
Three weeks ago young man named George
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-11-13

APPoINTMENT.-The President has ap-
pointed William N. Grover, of St. Louis,
Attorney OF the. United States for the
Eastern District of Missouri, in place of
William W. Edwards, removed.
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Important 10 Pensioners.

The following order has just been is
sued in relation to evidence of military
service:
Polynesian. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu], Hawaii) 1844-1864, 1863-02-14

Memphis, January ii.
Gen. Sherman's official report places our loss at
Vicksburg at $40 killed and wounded, and 400
lost by being captured. The Jackson Appeal says
the rebel loss was 100 killed, wounded and miss
inp.
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raE OLD NRw ToRK PLAN.

& :
From the New yoEk Post. -. =, !; f....s.. p.
We have before us an old vsiums, prfns-
ed la l792, containing "ths laws % the
State OF Nsw 7srk, p and principallg these
pasaaa undag she administFa OF that goDd
old demoorat repnhliean 00yerpors 0eorgs
Ciinfon. DaFioss TO see how the people Ut
sEs fstoIHtlk khasy age managed sheiEs Espoliti.
iaal d assess III time of waF, We harA studssd
ia Nages Wish no little interest. First
then, We Hnsi that the feeqsaBs sons ok 1hs
Srase-the cappefh an0 FeaoEionists 0f
that day Nho root part with Great Rritsiu,
ia her aaarrel with the solonsessaur who
even alfscesd TO hold a poaisipa Of nsasfslI-
n. we're treasea by the Legislature ef New
Y6Yk Ia j vefy dsuidei and perenpkory mane
sner. Ii t5S7 IL enacted q stasasea whiSh
reads Id sssss mise Z, 4 ~ ~ a fsE ii
RHEsgss, Certain of the inhabitanas Of
this Stats have, during the cOusee ct khe
present Sgwsl gar waged by the King and
RAfiisnlent 0f Great Britain againss the
people OF these States, affected TO msiptain
q neutrality which there 4. reason, 70 expect
was. 10 many instances dictated BY pow
erty of spirit d an uSs0ne attachment 90
property; asd, whereas, divers Of ths said
Snersous. some of whom advocated the Anne.
rican cause until it became seTious, have,
notwithstanding The foEbeaFance Of their
oountrymeu, and ceBeraYy 90 their faikh
pledged as their paroles, ungrssefuIly and
ipsiiIousIy, by axsFnl UsisrepTssssstd
and 4 subtle dsssszs;10tsOR Of deessiass,
fsars 6,ad apprehenssOMs, false 10 themsAiyes
ma iniufitisis d she American eaasss sBdao-
"a certain weak -mindea persons from the
duties thsy owed 30 their aoantag sand =
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WsshiusCn afch 24.

WashiuEs0n MafGh q
Do sdsansagss ssinsd 81 Port IIaasoh.
q i stased d. govsrnrhsat ofasials. wili 30,
followed ap, vigofosssy. ND esahasnsly,
ssasasd, BY hIgh 0fisiais, ssaf good psas Sa
may be looked fof from Visksbark aIshiA )
few days. y 8ltss':5asib aa5gi'' a 4. asa '1s
Ths probabilities afs that Rsssersas wiii,
Flu . very fow asys, make sfsfwssd mote.
aaens. 'aFaE ~ ftsa;-Ias e9a1a Fso's3lg e Y
y Tbs War Dsparsmsns 10 overwhelmed
with appliSatioDs Cor cSnmissloas ii soler.
ed Fsginsnss. Ths success III shs Fl6sida
expsdisionihAs given grSas einpssss ii skla
moSenaUns. N q. ss sfsa veg % ss ssts s1eS
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ai sHBdg bies ssEd Gsw Ysgkss 1a4seb Is. y
4 Washingsoa spesiais ~ tabs Timss ahd
Tribans say ahs rsbsinass pEepariag Esifdal
back touAras9 RichmontAs Appsshsasisns
OF 3assssaGo GosssHsnsnf eef ssns assask vic
Jamas rivers sxisss. Rsfagsss onnAEm this
ssatemsns, and add that Lss's army il mech
rednsed by the withdrawal. .snf LansslFast's
eerps, the i've Hilis, sDaOthsE rebel Sea
eralss who have gene TO other parts of ths
0onfederaey. slss4 a&araa l. a9aa .s IA.
ISfOrmasisns has been rsesiYed Of the
captare Of piekss gaard Of 20 Ora30 men,
by a1esaehmsnt Of SsuaEtss cavairy, who
came via Hiekmanss Ford. sas:a nfs ~
Il The War nspnrams1s has reserved rolla
Of aliregiments comprising the armg Of che
sUUited States; whishl ls6awG athp humbag et
abaeuasess aud dssettsss Sc bs1s5y 600. 13
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BLU sA s.

4 sl y 80 The Confsd prsa-, your
Gov,msns viii Iss q sesesh, md win PSF
sll elr dspts, ~ kivs ns Brute BaslaF io
hang, Ne pighs cum % ssrns. z
:. 10 thar nothing slss ron Good wish z,
| ''Wal, yes-givs % al the Tsrrisofiee. 2
\ .Nolhin' else ?'s, s. ~.
/, sThros in 3 Of ) free ssssss- Me- Yosk,
Pssna. 90 Massfsohussiss, VI ~ iaSinssshss.
I ssNothin else 7's s.,..., +, ~. .sssst.
You might ipclood ole Linkon's hsd.p
s'Carn'. yeu think o. noshin else Y.
... ."Yes-in foossr we must have II We
arsk :, s.-.. .ss.... Il
DaYis, ,sex 81 hev no doubt your
friends u the north wood make al ,hsss
concessions, an more too ba. il has Just
ooourd to me that thar WIS nolhin said to
Old Abe about il ,be4 | left Washington
shouldu', wspdsr sf ksss objees 20 The plan
soue. Bat your democrat f.iends air doin
oil they Kin fer you" :~....:
ssI know )" ser j. d. ssan .seat's what
keeps our spirits up. We air waisin for 'sm
to git in power, 4 and then We expecs 20 get
all we arsk. An yet as Sbiyilry consider
'em the oontemptiblsss set Of. dirt eaten
towards in the North. We Good buy 'em
all for q Confed ShinpIssssr," ..-., ~,
Those " g my opinion 2. Is. -:
JeG arskt me TO stop and take 7 with him,
an kindly ssopt.. Ef Secesh President
don's gis ennything better fer the STUN.
mlek's sake, IS Saint Somebody ssz, than
was ON thas table, then may A. w., jr., be
from sioh fate. 1hs Meet was
q nsovin site. Il # s.:, 49,. 81. ~. s.>...9
"P'raps you've eaten better Pork than
this, but it's the best PVe got" seq JEFF. l%
EYES," seq !, 'thas's putty mean Ham,
bns I've seen . laundering site meaaer in
Washington" ..:a,.s ss..... ND ~
"Whas kinds that ?" he dcmaadsd.
"VaHsadig- ham p ii I'LL. I'LL.
After suppera sossish-lookfn chap entered
who staggered up TO JEFF, throwd up his hat,
an shouted ..: .,..... I'LL: =. :r.s.
"No.hsr v4e-hic-tory! Wasn'nton taken
pris'ner--hic! Ole Abe Grsely captured
bic! Horaes Linkou badly killed. and
George B. McBuruside s'r'nd'rd !-hic.
The cuss vas old John LeteheF, 10 his fa.
mus rOlt oy the DrunkGrd. John only gits
tits wonce year, which is on New Years.
n. B.-Hs stays druHk till the next New
YeaFa. .s. = .....+ .=... g.
But returned to Washington disgusted
With Ill peace measures. The sympathizsrs
may do their own dirt eaten iD the footnr,
10 they have did in the ,paEst. And per.
Ever ov you, L.. A. WARD, u.
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w shiD ssen, March 2a.

:. .s., WashiDsspn, MAgsh 90.
Gen. Hsntalsmsn isiiksly 30 saesssa Gen.
Sumner in sommspa ef The Dspassmsns of
Missouri. re s..!''sFs 7l... .&
The Rishmsad aaa Asw S,sissus ssporis
are perfsstIy s0nsisssSt 10 all points szesps
10 ID Whistler sAs Heat dld III ;dla DOB pass
spets nadson, il ibis vital particular they
Elys difsetiy opposite stassmenss. s's.
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" sen. MaaeA 3l,

+. i g,sifs i u / soms Aafaa W.
Gsns burnside rssalssa ss@srs fsem he
War Dspsrsmsns to-day, aad laks sAls at-
tssaoon for 81. Moasos, whapss ha3V VIII
proceed immsdiassiy fsF his nsw ssnsssna.
Gen. Neoksr 4sslsres that his srsay ,slssll
make . ssad rsssra Cor itssl withln nspssy
aays. go ss..ss s,s. ! = ,s.'s -
osusfal Indisatioas wsss skzs sAa asshals
fssl unsasy Zoe shs ssssss ps ni6kaaaasI.
ParolIsd pfisppsss nv shsI asss masfng sell
lhsis hsAsy nsshipsry isF he naspl essnFs
q srdipsass, pswasrs u n u I aissas q M
Georgia. "a E, !, s,ss, !. $40,
Thsy rspFsaspa she sasIina AZ pgavalea IN
she Fsbsl, ar.ay = pssrs elplnsIy ~ tarpr
of a6andpalng ahs soplas, VI d, II I. 81. -.
The people aanss lhss s6eala Yisksbasg
IN sksy ss6Sss bold 6us il ssar kos ~aas
= ,.-Avs.annasa 80 ca d aEk ssesgf4 E@g5fagf 81
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Neat and Expeditions

: +.-'z.
JOB PRINTING, are moi sarpasssd In the stats
The MATERIAL. ere a,lsasely nsw, spsisins al the
later and most apprsssa sslss a ps, Border, Bales
&C. together wishtwO Posr JOB Presses, Of ths ssss
pa,.arn.. u vim sys % ths' sAs'..sn ssa deter
unasiOn Of sas subscriber that all voFk sxscussd II
this .s,ab,,shss, shaiss diassasaisasa By ne ssa-
turss necessary 10 coussisass IL aeRpsvst'na sly.
correctness and nsas~sss oar psrsepsi supsFintsad-
ancs in JOB Printing suarasssss sAa
anss ct sversass. v. invite visa sAs assa.
rance to all. that our LONG sxpsrteas aza
aeiiitiss. viii snsals asls sxssatsa eraass sstsas
- In msaasr never before asssnpssain sstssits'
n~rsEpe sssd In tAs s4sts.i III. z1t -
... -. w. 8. nCEKR