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The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-10-09
The Russian Fleet.

We do rot know that any special sig
nifcance is to be attached to the fact, but
there seems to be wonderful coincidence
between the present diplomatic exigencies
and the presence of a feet of Russian war
vessels in New York harbor.
The following is list of those already
arrived:
The steam frigate Alexander Newsky. Capt,
Fedorowsky, the flagship of Rear Admiral
Lessowsky. She is 500 horse power and
mounts fitty-one guns.
The Russian steam frigate Geresviet. Captain
RopytOf, OF 800 horse power and mounts forty
six guns.
Corvette Variag, Captain Lund, mounting
sixteen guns, with engines of $50 horse power.
Corvette Vitease, Captain Cremer of six
teen guns and 800 horse power.
Clipper Almos, Selervey, 8 guns, and $50
horse power.
Clipper Insoumvoud of guns, and $50
horse power.
Clipper Jahout, guns, and $50 horse
power.
The frigate Osliaba, Capt Boutakoff
When all the feet arrive at New York,
there will be action taken by the Mayor
and Common Council to welcome them,
in the most hospitable and elegant man.
ner. Never has more hospitable enthu-
siasm been exhibited by our authorities
than the expected visit Of this fleet has
created. The officers of the Osliaby have
created by their intelligence, their courte-
GUS and hearty manner and friendly de-
pertinent, the most pleasant feelings, and
they are but examples of what may be ex-
pected of those comprised in the entire
fleet
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-10-09
FTr. COrxvin,s Prediction.

The course of events in Mexico has vim
dicated in a remarkable way the sagacity
of MIR. CoEwIN, as United States Minister
to that Government. He was sent there
almost immediately after tie present Adj
ADMINISTRATION came into power, and in July,
1861, wrote to Mr. SEWARD as follows:
Europe is willing to see us humbled and
will not fail to take advantage of our embar-
easements to execute purposes which she
would not have dreamed of had we remained
at peace.
| repeat these suggestions, as my reasons
for desiring instructions relating to aid in Mex
leo in some form suitable to her present exigen-
cies She is impoverished to the last degree,
by forty years of civil war. cannot find in
this republic any man of any party better quail
flied, in my Judgment, for the task, than those
in power. If they do not save her, then am
quite sure she is to be the prey of some for
eign power; and they, I fear, cannot without
our aid. say our aid, for she will look in
vain for help elsewhere.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-10-09
The Second Minnesota Mt Chicka-
manga.

A letter from an officer states that the
regiment lost about one hundred and fifty
in killed, wounded and missing. The
brigade held its ground every time, driv-
ing LoNGsTREET's men three times. All
the field officers of the Second had their
horses shot under them, and Major JOHN
B. DAVIS was slightly wounded. 80.
The correspondent Of the New York
Herald tells how the Minnesotians fought:
In Brannan's division there are the old
famous regiments of which the late Gen.
Robert L. McCook and Gen. Van Cleve
were formerly colonels-the Ninth Ohio
and the Second Minnesota This was their
first fight since Mill Spring. They had
missed Shiloh and Stone river, and they
now event in" to win glory enough for
both these last occasions They were
posted near the regular brigade ofGeneral
John II. King, which, as usual, suffered
most terribly. At one time the regulars,
hard pressed, had the misfortune to be sep
arated. A battalion of the 18th infantry
was cut off and nearly all captured. Maj.
Coolidge was killed. Dawson and Miller,
Clark, Mills, Crofton, Adair and Meredith
wounded; Birnam dead, and the men and
horses OF his battery lying in heaps arc und
him, with his leutenants too badly wound
ed to command, the brigade broken, badly
repulsed, leaving the now immovable bat
terry in the hands of the rebels. The 9th
Ohio, those broad shouldered athletes, who
had been Cincinnati Turner's, and the tall,
spare and thin, but big hearted Minnesota
ans, whom Van Cleve had enlisted two
years before, sprang from their position in
reserve, and, with loud yells, as if the
sight had infatuated them, rushed forward
with fixed bayonets, and drove the enemy
from the guns before they could be turned
on US. They drew the guns off and handed
them over to the regulars, assuming an air
of triumph, as much as to say-with a
little pardonable PRIDE" We are volun-
teers." And the regulars, now reformed
and pushed forward again, looked at their
volunteer friends, as if to say" Thank
you. When you are as hard pushed we'll
do the same for you"
Hotchkiss, with his battery, was under
Rosecrans' personal supervision, taking
position on the hill and in the yard where
the house stood; and most fortunate and
timely was this precautionary measure.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-10-09
The Great West.
From the New York Independent.

From the New York Independent
Another season of general prosperity
has been providentially granted to the
Great West. The farming season is nearly
over, and all the crops are pronounced
abundant sufficient and more than
will be required to supply their every
want. While the noble patriots of those
prairie empires have freely poured out
their blood and their earthly treasure to
suppress the rebellion, the God of the
faithful has rewarded them in every quar-
ter with Astounding prosperity. Wealth is
pouring in upon the people like food,
and every loyal heart says Amen.
Let US notice some of the crops. The
amount of wool produced at the West
this year is unprecedented, reaching pro-
badly sixty or seventy millions of pounds.
1t is worth in cash, at the door of the far
mer, at least sixty cents pound. No
other crop, probably. can be produced
with SO little trouble and expense as this.
The amount of beet raised this year in
that section will be enormous, and it will
command the highest average prices, pro-
baby, ever known-the demand for the
army being 50 great. Until within few
years butter has not been made very ex-
tensively in the West, but now vast guam
ties are being shipped from thence to this
market. More pains of late has been taken
in ITS manufacture than formerly, and much
of the so-called "Western butter" has
now very good reputation at the East, and
it commands very fair price, 1t is too
early to calculate with much certainty in
regard to the pork crop, but there is no
doubt whatever that it will be very large
equal, to say the least, to any ever
known. The yield of wheat and corn
this year, except in few limited sections,
where it was damaged by an early frost,
will be all that was antici pated. The total
crop will not be less than that of last year.
There are no mountains in those grain
growing regions, but the farmers could
easily make them as high as the Alps,
were they to pile their enormous cereal
crops together. God bless the West for
all she has done, is doing, and will do for
the growth and glory Of the nation!
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General Thomas.
Correspondence Of the Cincinnati Commercial,

Correspondence Of the Cincinnati Commercial.
Glorious Thomas was the tower Of
strength that saved the army. On Satur-
day l saw him for moment, as the rattle
of fearful battle rolled in front of bis men.
Involuntarily stopped to look at one of
the grandest life-pictures l ever saw.
though one Of the least pretentious. Sit
ting on his tranquil horse, watching every
sign of the contest with serene air that T
would have deemed impossible in mortal
man in such scene, felt reverence for
him steal over me. Itwas a picture of in
etfable courage, tempered with wisdom and
gentleness. Angelo would have thrown
aside bis chisel if he could have seen
Thomas as | saw him, the incarnation of
manly majesty.
The last. time / had seen him he wa. DIV.
ing weary straggler on the march patient
direction where to find his regiment. He
did this with kindly and gentle air that
struck me at the time as the symbol of the
true gentleman. Known even as a how as
cold George Thomas, 4" from the p1ritv
and open integrity of his character. it is not
strange that Providence selected him to
wrench ..1 safety, if not victory, out of a lost
nattie-the safety, perhaps, of the nation
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-10-09

Mrs. Borup--Minnesota apples and grapes of
different varieties.
c. c. Lewis, St. Paul-specimens of Palmer's
vinegar.
w. Weiss-samples of double vinegar.
G. FL. Pond, Bloomington-apples from q
tree nineteen years old-has been bearing seven
years.
N III. HARDWOOD, of st. Paul-large oven,
alright summer and winter cooking stove. A
pamphlet to be had from Mr.. HARDWOOD gives o
description of the wonderful advantages pos
sessed by this stove.
VEGETABLES.
This department is rather meagerly repre-
scented
Mr.. Lauderdale, of Hennepin County, fur
nishes some fine specimens of potatoes of va
riOus kinds-CalfOrnias, HOnOlulus, Neshan-
nOcks MeXicans, &C., besides pumpkins,
squashes and onions.
There were other exhibitors in this line
gigantic carrots a couple of feet in length,
beets, celery &c.
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.
ID. c. Jones, st. Paul-Haines' Heading
relrs Broadcast Seed Sower Buckeye Grain
Drill; Wheel Hayrake; Wheel Cultivator;
Palmer's Horse Pitchfork; Belsher's Root-cut-
ter; Crooks Evaporation; Sugar Cone Mills;
Prindle's Agricultural Steamer; Western Re-
serve Cheese Vat; Poe's Patent Cheese Hook;
F. F. Smiths Cast Caststecl Flows, Hill and
Side Sub soil Plows; Coemans Farm MILL
Sandfords Tanning Mill (St. Paul Manufac-
ture); Breaking and Cross Flows minnesota
ManufactureG Belcher's Self-sharpening Feed
Cutter; New World Clothes Wringer; Sweep
stakes and other Threshing Machines; Road
Hydraulic Rams: Wells 81 Smith, Belle Plaine
specimens of Plows numbered to s; Per-
rine & Brannon, inneapolis-specimens Of
plows.
The above are the principal articles that were
entered up to yesterday evening. There are,
of course, some we have overlooked, but, on
the whole, the first days exhibition is not as
encouraging as could be wished, although it
is probable that the entries to day will add
much that now seems to be wanting
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-10-09
Grand Lodge Of Odd Fellows.

At the session of the Grand Lodge of
Odd Fellows in Baltimore, on Wednesday,
the 23d ult., the Grand Secretary reported
tabular statement of the statistics of the
order as far as could be ascertained. There
are no reports from the Grand Lodges of
Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina,
Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi,
Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee,
New Mexico and the British North Amerl-
can Provinces. The reports from other
States and Territories show that they con-
tain 2,759 subordinate lodges, with 1872
179 members. ..
During the year ending on the both day
of June last, the aggregate amount ex-
pended for the relief of brothers was
$2S8, 165 46, and for the relief of widowed
families $50, 949. SO, and for the education
of orphans $8,63S.06. The report also
states that in the same States and Terri
tories there are 513 subordinate eneamp-
ments, with 1857 members. Relief was
afforded to the amount of $32,317.SO to
patriarchs, and $2,5S7.16 for the relief of
widowed families, while $62. so were ex-
pended for the education of orphans
The proposition to admit persons to the
order under the age of twenty-one years.
was indefinitely postponed by the Grand
Lodge. The proposition to consolidate the
Grand Lodge and Grand Encampment of
the United States into a Grand Lodge,
was reported upon unfavorably and re-
jected
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-10-09
Improved Feeling I'm Canada.

The Boston lTaoelle, says: "We learn
from Boston gentleman, who has just
returned from an extensive tour in Cana
da, that a gratifying change of sentiment
in regard to the contest in the United
States is already apparent in that country.
Though there are yet there many strong
adherents of the South, the great mass of
the people are disposed to rejoice at the
late decisive federal victories, and to hope
that the struggle may end in the re-estab-
lishment of the authority of the govern
ment over all the territory of the republic.
The leaders of the liberal party now con-
trolling the Canadian government are
decidedly friendly to the North and the
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-10-09
PATRIOTIC SELLS ACRrFICE.- Iawi

PATRIOTIC SELF-SAcRrFICE The Lewis
ton (Me.) Journal records the case of q
young man volunteering to go as substi-
tute for friend who had been drafted.
because that friend ought not to leave his
family, and the young man felt he owed
personal service to his country. Having
accumulated fifteen hundred dollars. he
made will devising, in case he should not
return, seven hundred dollars to the
Maine Wesleyan Seminary and three hun
dred dollars to the American Bible Socie-
ty, the rest to be divided among his
brothers and sisters. Having thus arrang-
ed his private affairs, he left for the field
oflattle.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-10-09
The Right of Conquest.

Judge SpRAGUE, of the q. s. Circuit
Court, residing at Boston, says:
It has been supposed that if the Government
have the right of a belligerent, then, after the
rebellion is suppressed, it will have the rights
of conquest; that State and its inhabitants
may be permanently Invested of all political
privileges and treated as foreign territory &C.
quired by arms This is an errOr-a grave and
dangerous error: Conquest of foreign coun-
try gives absolute and unlimited sovereign
rights. But no nation ever makes such a
conquest of its own territory.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-10-09

present premier especially so, notwith-
standing the fact that his wife, Louisiana
lady, owned plantation in that State,
with three hundred negroes, who, since
the Federal occupation, have become free.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-10-09

USE OAUTIoN.-In calling for that ex-
ceiient Oaleratus, DeLand & Co.'S Chemical be
sure you get what you call for, as in conse-
quence OF its success there are many limitations
IN the market. 1t is better than Soda. 13
The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1863-12-23

The Washington Constitutional
Union Of Dec. 18th, says that in the
House of Representatives yesterday,
Mr.. Holman, of Indiana, submitted
the following; 'a 2'.2t tt ga a.. ). ~. ,.s"'oo
RESOLVED, That the doctrine re.
Gently announced that the States in
which an armed insurrection has ex-
listed against the Federal Government
have ceased to be States of the Union
and shall be held in the ultimate de-
feat of that insurrection as, territories
or subjugatcd provinces, and governed
as such by the absolute will of oa Con.
'gress and the Federal Executive, or
restored to the Union on conditions
unknown to the Constitution Of the
United States, ought to be rebutted
and condemned as manifestly unjust
to the loyal citizens of slave States,
tending to prolong the war and con
firm the reasonable theory Of seces-
sionism, and, if carried into effect,
must greatly endanger the public lib
erty and constitutional powers and
rights of all the States by centralizing
and consolidating the powers of the
Government, State and National, in
the Federal Executive. @' po R4l a7e
RESOLVED, That the only object Of
the war ought to be to subiugate the
armed insurrection, which, for the
time being suspends the proper rela-
tions Of certain States with the Fed,
eral Government, and to re-establist
the supremacy of the Constitution
and the loyal citizens Of those States
and the masses Of the people thereof
submitting to the authority Of the
Constitution, ought not to be hindered
from restoring the proper relations oI
their respective States with the Fed
eral Government, 50 far as the same
is dependent on the voluntarily act ol
the people, by any condition except
unconditional submission TO the Con
stitution and laws Of the United States
In the language heretofore addressed
by Congress, the war ought not to b.
waged on our part for any purpose o.
conquest or subj jagation, Or purpose Of
overthrowing or interfering With right
| or established ,institutiona of thogl
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fhe Osa issi ens Of tise Message,

q. r.7L5neoln's Message is more remark.
able Cor what is not in it than for what
there is. An exchange well says:
"He says nothing about our rela-
.tions with Mexico--a question that
before long is to overshadow all 9TH
ers in our foreign relations. He says
nothing about our lately threatened
imbYogliowith Great Britain or France,
and, most remarkable of all, he has
not q word about the. military oper-
ations of the year, their present stu
alton nor their prospective accomplish
merits; and the same is true relative
to the navy, lie does not mention a
General nor a soldier, what they hare
done nor what they have failed to do
not a word for the captors of Yicks-
burg or Port Hudson, not word for
those who stood UP and fonght and
won at Gettysburg or Chattanooga
not word for those who are wasting
away their lives before Charles tom
not a word about Grant, or Meade, ror
Banks, or Gilmore, or Dupont, or
Faregot, or Dahlgren. ss ST..
The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1863-12-23
From the 69fh Ohio.


CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Dec. 5, '63. {
EDITOR SlN1INEL-' INT may
be interesting to some of your reads
ers to know the part taken by the Goth
@. V. l., in the important movements
before Chattanooga, toward the close
of November, which has resulted in
the expulsion of Bragg's force from
Tennessee, and opening communica-
ton by rail and river to Bridgeport
Our brigade went on outpost duty on
the morning Of the 22'l, with the ex,
of q general engagement on
the next morning, bu. owing to a rise
in the river, Sherman did not get in
position, and reconnaissance on the
center was the only movement made
on the 23d. Our corps front, which
we picketed, extended from the river
ncr the base of Lookout Mountain
along Chattanooga creek, and east to
the south front of Fort Negley almost,
and along the creek the pickets of the
two armies were in many places only
the width of the little creek apart
On the 24th, about nine o clock, Hook
er opened the ball some two miles to
our right by an assault on the noun
tain. 1t was one o'clock ?. NJ. ere
the forces reached the eastern slope
where they could be seen by us, when
they came in line of battle and were
greeted with cheers from the forces in
Chattanooga valley. A line of rifle
pits running nearly west and well up
to the peak, from our position, offered
the first impediment to, their advance
after they came in view, which they
charged and drove the enemy from
without halting. Ths rebels rallied
in second line, and after few min
utes sharp fighting repulsed our men
momentarily, who soon rallied, when a
long and stubborn fight ensued,
neither party advancing Or retreating.
The mist that had all day obscured
the summit, and prevented the batter
les on top from participating, now
settled low down, and enyeloping the
combatants we could only hear the
sounds of the strife, which, however,
did not slacken, and the cheers as
one or the other charged, rose above
the din of musketry. Our batteries
now opened on the trains passing to
and from the summit, some distance
in the rear of the rebs, and it was
apparent that the tenacity with which
they contested this point was to cover
their trains. Old Lookout batteries
threw few shot blind, but soon tired,
and it was left to the deadly rife to
decide the contest. g The fight was
kept up till III P. NJ, when it grad
ually ceased and the stars made their
appearance and the weather cleared
and became quite cold. In the morn.
ing solitary yankee came out on the
point Of rocks and signaling with his
old hat, announced the evacuation Of
Lookout by the rebels. A recpnnoi'
sance in front of our pickets disclo,
sed the fact that their piokcts had
with the dawn silently withdrawn and
their camps vacated. We were relic,
we'd and ordered to- report at post 5,
| to which point we marched about II
| O'Clock, A. NJ, 25th, where two days
rations we're brought US, and we pre-,
pared and ate dinner and lay down,
eagerly wstching the movements Of
the enemy on Missionary Ridge and
the heavy csnnonading on our left
The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1863-12-23

NAEaAA1A0L 1Ita 10. NtiUt-
The disposition to amend the conscfiption
Act increases every day IN eousrsssior.; s-ir.
rlss, and il i now very certain th,t the al.
yision ofthose persons liable 70 tbs drIi, in
to classes will b, abolishsdS The Jaaasry
drat, whenever ii rs made, win include all
persons bsiween twenty ani f5rsy-tive with.
out doub'. Ths action OF S:ate E,gisla>
lures in otfariag high bouaues will compel
Congress to abolish the three hundred dots
lars commutation clause or increase is very
much. AL< fAff fTe -
Tho b,unties affix5d ia me free States
will average six hundred dollars, so that il
is no longer IN thspower Of the Governmeut
TO obtain substitute iorthr hundred doll
lars. II the premium is ofau ,ffect it sbo,d
be raised. 'Ithas been proposed that the
sum should DO doubled, making it six han.
afsd dollars, the Government for thate sum
giving the drafted person exemption for three
years, endeasonns to- obtain its own subs.i.
tutes; but there are politicians who will
make fierce outcry against anything oi tho
SORT. 30 F.A f.feF-. ID. .Fs. q
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BROEk EN TIES.

Gone from the family circle. s... 10.
Gone roma world Of STRIFE, ,sf.Ij-, I
To the bright and peaceful mansien
Around the tree OF lie; i 'taal.. 81.
The family tie is broken ..l'. s.. 81.
The Angel Of Death drew nigh, q.
And lett another token, .f Is.
That all are born to die.
Their years were few and feetlng 81,
Like roses buds in the sun, a-GG
We scarce had time to greet them,
Till mortal life was done; .lg.lg Hge
The sweetest flowers are soonest nip'd,
Tears droped from every eye, %ios
The tender smiles on ruby lips, ST FL
They seemed to Gear too die.
CLARA sweet babe was but flower,
Her o, cs Of diamond hue, .4au
Her little fond caresses, 8gt aag
Was charming, dear and new; .
ELLA was small, yet large enough 7'a
70 find her way 10 school. a' t...
When there to be tho head OF class
Was her determined rule. e.s
"A ta .Hal 1J s it-pl
We know her teacher loved her, aas
Her heart was kind and true, ss atil
Her mind was energetic, ~ 1rg, .aa
Beyond her gears so few; y o. ~ 7a#3s
In death they were SO lovely, s Itlu
In lie so very mild, cs'5A I1at .tl
seem to think hear enc say, .eat
! wish was q child. aou'ss us
The tender clay is now enshrined, a
In The charnel house to wait,
Till al the moving mass Of earth, a5o
Have passed the exit gate; -&& s-t4u.
Twill soon be ours to launch away, ia
Ger the waves SO deep and high, u.
When safely on the other shore
Love has no broken tie. srp! 2rgi y.f
%# .J4 ,asign" st,f3sh JANE.