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The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-05-08
Gen. aSastExa' Success.

The success of Gen BANKS in his Louis
lana expedition, is regarded by the militia
ry authorities in Washington as Of the
highest Importance. In connection with
the movements of the gunboat fleet on the
Mississippi, it is supposed that the eXpedi
ton Of Gen. BANKS will render it necessa-
~ for the rebel forces occupying the
stronghold upon that river to fall back up
Oh some new base Of supplies, as their
communications with Texas and the Gulf
OF Mexico, through which they lave been
receiving a large amount OF provisions ana
munitions OF war. which have been cut Oft
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-05-08
Aos atty and Lals.

The St. Louis EepnbHo,m, iii noticing
and commencing the recent decision OF
the Supreme Court of Minnesota, on the
Act depriving the citizens of States in re-
bellion from prescott ng or defending &C
tons and judicial proceedings in the Courts
in that State, says it is a matter of ie-
in Congress. in State Legislatures, in Ad-
lninistrative Councils and in the army
there has been a growing Indifference with
respect to the constitutions and statutes,
the Judiciary of The country has, with
rare exceptions, remained steadtast and
true to the authority and safeguards and
guarantees of law. While commotion and
turbulence have run riot through the land,
their infectious influence penetrating the
Cabinet and the Legislative hall, reason
has not been dethroned from the Bench
Judges have sat surveying with iEperturb-
able calmness the attempt to make grand
wreck Of American liberties, but they have
not failed to raise their warning voices
against them, always speaking with equa-
nilnity and cOmpOsure, yet with manly
frlnne2s aud serious decision. 1t was the
indignant unofficial protest Of respected
Supreme Judge of New York against some
of the arbitrary arrests in that State, which
induced the Administration to change its
policy in that regard 1t was the repeated
decisions Of the Courts to the effect that
the President had no right to suspend the
privilege of the writ of h0beus corpus,
that persuaded Congress TO pass an ena-
bling act. And it has been consciousness
of the purity and jealous watchfulness OF
the judiciary which has restrained num-
berless acts OF tyranny that would other
wise have been committed in defiance OF
constitutions and laws. Tie integrity OF
the Courts has indeed been the beacon of
our safety against despotisn, standing out
in the midst O. tanatcsm's breakers, and
shedding light mistaken by the sur
rounding tempests.
There is still considerable snow and
ice in the mountain state Of Vermont.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-05-08
South Carolina.

The Port Royal Nee South, of April
18th, gives much prominence editorally
to the following paragraph: "The rein
forcements now ordered, and on their way
from the North, will soon elevate this De-
partment to the first rank in public inter-
est and military Importance. We are not
at liberty to give further indications, but
this much is certain, that the gray-backs
along the southern coast are about to have
some lively and interesting times"
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-05-08

The following is the official announce
ment Of the birth Ct /. daughter to the
Princess Louis of Hessc, ace the Princess
Alice of Great Britain and Ireland:
WINDSOR CASTLE, April 5.-IIer Royal
IIghness Princess Louis Of lIesse Prn-
cess Alice of Great Britain and Ireland)
gave birth 10 a Princess at a quarter before
3 o'clock this morning. Her Majesty the
Queen was with the Princess constantly
during the night. In the room with the
Princess at the birth of the child were Her
Majesty the Queen, His Royal Highness
Prince Louis Of IIesse, Sir Charles Lococl>,
DR.. Fare, and the nurses, and in the next
room Sir J. Clark. la an adjoining apart
ment were Viscount Sydney, Lord Cham
berlain, Sir George Grey, Secretary Of
State for the War Department, and Baron
de Ricou, head of the household of His
Royal lIighness Prince Charles of Hesse.
Intelligence of the happy event was i'm
; mediately transmitted by telegraph to the
Grand Duke and the Court of lIesse Darn
stadt, and to the various members Of the
royal family The following was the bull
letin issued
WINDSOR CASTLE, April 3.
Her Royal Highness, the Princess LoulS
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-05-08
horrible Rebel Esarbarii:ca,

The assistant surgeon OF the 90th Ohio
regiment, p II. CLEMoNs, writes 70 g lady
in Sandtisky Il letter from which the
Register quotes the particulars Of one of
the most outrageous cases OF rebel bar
barity which the history OF the waF tnrn-
ishes. Having previously spoken OF q
scout of five or six days in which his bri-
gale had participated, he says:
While we were out on this last trip dressed
the wounds OF a soldier (of the I'D Indiana)
who had been taken prisoner with q cOmradc.
After tcInG them both up to tree with their
hands behind them, = captain deliberately shot
them both-kiIiing the other man on the spot.
After shooting the one | saw once through the
face and once through the neck, 50 that | cut
the bali out Just below the bend OF the jaw on
the opposite side, jnticing him, they still found
he had life i'll him. when the ficnd shot him
again in the back of the head while he lay
writhin- on the ground. the ball entering jus
at the base Of the ear and coming out at the
left eye, completely destroying it.
And yet with all these wounds. in the head,
neck and face, that man got up and wandered
around until he came across our brigade, and
SO fell into my hands.
Gen. Stanleys cavalry, which were out with
us had taken Il lot OF prisoners, and as soon as
the General heard OF the outrage he sent word
to me to have the wounded man brought up to
his headquarters: the next morning he had
him placed on the porch and compelled ali
these prisoners to come up and confront him
separately telling him that if he could recOg-
nize any one as among the miscrcants who had
wounded him. there would be another shooting
match on the other side of the house. Bat tilt
wounded man shook his head and said there
were none OF his prosecutors among the lot
| sent him 10 the hospital and hear since thai
there is some chance of his recovery.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-05-08
geScrtCT.,e %tDriCG.

Deserter5 who have lately arrived within
the lines of our Army Of the Cumberland,
state that nothing but the sternest military
discipline Restraints the rebel troops from
Tennessee and Kentucky from leaving the
ranks in q body. The mountains of Geor-
gia and the Carolinas are full of deserters
and refugees from CONSUMPTION, between
whom and the rebel authorities frequent
encounters occur. Deserters' stories are
generally to be taken with considerable al
lOWancC
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-05-08

From John B. ThOmpson's correspondence with the
jackson, Miss, Appeal

From John B. Thompsons correspondence with the
jackson, Miss, Appeal
RICHMOND, March 80, 1863.-The tax
bill, as published in the Econliney of this
morning, carries CONSERVATION to the
whole mercantile community. Half the
merchants and manufacturers talk of dis
continuing their business. Were the di-
rect Confederate tax all they had to pay,
they might bear up under the burden, but
The state tax is yet more oppressive, and
when the city tax is added, the camels
back, IN many Instances, must break, and
no hope for it, The business of auc-
pioneering has proved so profitable
within the last few months that every
body was turning auctoneer, and many
new houses have been started week
ly. When this class Of persons are called
upon to pay, in addition to their licenses,
two and a half per cent. on the gross
amount of their sales, the number of SELL
ers will most probably dwindle consider
ably. The retailers of spirituous liquors
are mulcted in license of one hundred
dollars, and required to hand over five per
cent. OF their gross amount of sales, fact
in which we might rejoice if it were at all
likely to diminish the traffic of the bar
rooms, but these people can pay anything.
OF theatres there are so few in the Con-
federacy that the very high levy upon
them is not likely to bring in large rev.
enue, otherwise five per cent on all re.
ceipts, with $500 license, would be very
important thing for Mr.. Memminger. The
receipts Of the new theatre in this city are
hardly less than twelve hundred dollars
nghtly-here is a matter of three hundred
and sixty dollars a week-so that if there
were many such places of entertainment,
their combined contributions would go
far to pay the expenses of all our armies
But the most OnerOuS burden of all in the
tax bill is that imposed upon the bankers,
who must pay five hundred dollars license
and 20 per cent. upon their gross profits,
nearly one-third Of all they make in the
prosecution OF their banking operations.
If this does not drive the mOnev-chancers
out of the capital, then these gentlemen
must be exceedingly patriotic, or making
fortunes monthly by the sale of gold and
silver, and the dealings of the stock eX-
change. 1t is a thousand pities the tax bill
could not reach the unlicensed bankers,
whose financial labors are conducted by
gaslight in secret apartments, with bits of
ivory and the ordinary playing cards.
One per cent. upon the gross receipts of
two or three establishments in Richmond,
would enable Mr.. Mallory to buy half Il
dozen ironclad English steam frigates for
the navy. 1t is true that the tax bill has
not, as yet, passed the Senate, but it will
hardly be modified there 10y any tighten
ing of the burdens imposed in the House,
and our people had best make up their
minds at once to meet them with cheerful
ness.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-05-08
Tac YaZOO Expedition.


WHAT DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE REBELS.
4 letter from Helena to the Philadelphi.
Press saws, in reference to the YaZoo Pass
expedition
The expedition is Sc far great success
in this, that it has entirely destroyed all
prospects for crops OF any Kind on the
Yazoo Pass, on the Coldwater, and on the
Tallahatchie. In addition to the above
very important item, all the cotton, cotton
gins, plantation houses and negro quarters;
all the corn and all the cattle, and all the
fences on these streams were utterly de-
stroyel; besides the rebel loss in killed
and wounded, and i'll prisoners, and from
desertion, was very considerable. Their
greatest loss, however, was in the very
large amount OF cotton they destroyed to
keep us from getting it, and the loss of a
great number OF their negroes, who were
brought out under the provisions of the
Presidents Proclamation, and the COM
plete decentralization OF what were left.
X portion OF the negroes that the Yazoo
Pass expedition caused to leave their mas
ters, are now drilling at this point rs Fed
eral soldiers.
| The breaking OF the levees in getting
into the pass, will destroy all the country
adjacent to our route, and will render the
whole upper portion of the State Of Miss
issippi SO sickly, that it will be impossible
for their armies to remain in the localities
we have just visited. The same may be
said of all the Lake Providence country
and that of Vicksburg, and in fact of all
the States on the Mississippi river, for the
levees are broken from Memphis to New
Orleans, and cannot soon be repaired, for
the negroes won't work, and the southern
chivalry have not only to fight the Yankees
| but starvation.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-05-08
SEtnHcsn1a Officers for I. Ni@@cr Esc-
4:TBacstt.

The Press gives the names OF the fol-
lowing officers appointed from the 18th Mill
nesota TO the list Niger Regiment in
GRANTS army:
For 1st Lieut. ana Qnartclmastcr-ThO p.
Wilson, now Quartermastcr Sergeant in the 4th
Minnesota Mr. Wilson is the son of w. l..
Wilson Of this city, L. S. Deputy Assessor for
this district.
For 2nd Asst Surgeon-Gco. VI. ID. Lambert.
"a son of Judge Lambert of this city, Hospital
Steward in the it'll
For OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ?. Puitler, 1st Ser
gent Co. |, 18th Minnesota. Frank E. Collins
1.-THE we'll known auctiOnccr of this city now
Quarternastcr Sergeant 4th Minnesota.
All the above have made application for the
positions indicated. and are approved for these
positions by their Company and Reglmental
Commanders
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-05-08
Clay and Chase.

Sstid CHASE in his recent letter to the
New York Union League, referring to sla-
very in the Southern States:
What matter now how it dies: Whether us
consequence or object of the war what mat
ter: Is this a time to split hairs Of logic?
Said HENRY CLAY in the United States
Senate, referring to the emancipation of
the slaves by the intervention Of the Fed
er;l Government
Their liberty ii it were possible, could
only be established by violating the incontesti-
Die powers of the States, and subvcrtinG the
Union and beneath the ruins Of the Union
would be buried sooner or later, the liberty OF
both races.
CLAY was always a patriot and friend
to the Union. So long ago As 1913 CHASE
was Il member of q Convention which
declared a portion Of the American consti-
tuition void Whose counsel should we
heed-tllat OF CLAY or CHASE?
Sims, the fugitive slave, who was re-
turned to slavery from Boston, some years
ago, arrived in that city last week, having
escaped from Vicksburg.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-05-08
Dep0rtatiOs, o. sndians.

The Washington correspondent Of the
New York Times says Indian Superinten-
dent THOMPSON has completed the arrange
ments in St. Louis for the deportation
from Minnesota Of the Winnebago and
Sioux Indians, the removal to begin i'm
nediately. Those under sentence Of
death will be sent TO one Of the Southern
seaboard probably the Tortugas.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-05-08
France and tIfc south.

\ Paris correspondent OF the New York
Icr0ld, writes from the former city on The
18th inst
If any reliance is to be placed upon the
statements Of men high in authority in the
French government, there is now no earth
ly hope to the South from French inter
vention, the Emperor having entirely
abandoned the idea which he once enter
tanned and, satisfied that in very short
time, if not intertered with, the federal
government will succeed in crushing out
the last spark of the rebellion. ! have it
from most unqLestionable authority that
such a statement was made only the day
before yesterday by one who should know,
if any other than myself may, the ideas Of
the Emperor.
The determination now exhibited in the
matter, the reaction in the ranks Of the
Democratic party, the fall in gold and GX-
change, have all had a very decided effect
here upon the people, and the "p0wers
that be-" aid convinced them that the
bottom of the rebellion must soon fall out,
while the loyal States, which The seces-
sion agents in Europe have always taken
such particular pains 20 represent as on the
verge of disintegration, are more friendly
united and stronger than ever. Indeed
hear that such is the disgust Of Mr. Slidell
at the present attitude OF affairs that he Is
now in favor OF the abandonment of his
mission and Mr.. Mason's by the LIST ofJune
next, in case 10y that time the conteder-
acy" is not recognized by England and
France, and that he has 50 advised his
government.
Again the same writer says upon the
10Th:
The feeling of confidence in the u,ti-
mate and indeed rapidly approaching sue
cess Of the federal cause, is increasing here
day by day, and a good stunning victory
somewhere would enable MIR. A>pinwall,
who is now in England for the purpose OF
negotiating loan Of 500, 600, to OBJ
tain every dollar OF it in France, in case he
fails among our ''neutral7 friends, the Brit
ishers.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-05-08

The fiery, fussy and irrcpressible Gen.
HENRY A. WISE has several times hereto
fore been under disgrace for lis blunders
and failures as rebel military leader. He
was chased out of Western Virginia, and
turned upon his confederate, Gen. FLOYD :;
and, by way of even handed justice, the
one was sent off by JEFF. DAVIS into North
Carolina and the other into Tennessee.
Next, WISE ran away from Roanoke Island
and FLOYD from Fort Donelson, and both
were under q cloud again for some time
But, to give WISE another chance, he was
lately sent against Williamsburg, and,
failing there at Fort Magruder, he has
again been superseded. And SO we shall
probably not hear Of General WISE again
till the end of the war. He is q great
spouter, but poor fighter.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-05-08
"a ssiEEy'' Wilson and Some Os' Iii.
EOuavcS iu 'srOJisDEe.

Our New Orleans correspondent, writ
ing on the 10th instant furnishes the fol-
lowing:
From a gentleman who has Just arrived
here from Donaldsonvile, | learn that COL
William Wilson and several OF the line Of
ficers of the Sixth New York are under
arrest at Baton Rouge, and that twenty
four privates are in prison at Donaldson
Vile, two of whom have been sentenced to
be shot. The origin of the difficulty seems
to have been the well-tilled whskey can
teens of the men. The liquor was obtain
ed at Baton Rouge on the 25th utimo,
while embarking for Donaldsonville on the
steamer Morning Light. The bar on
board the steamer was broken open by the
soldiers, who attempted in a fit of drunk
enneSS, to throw General Dwight over
board. Colonel Wilson made every at
tempt in his power to quell the outbreak,
but was unsuccessful. The arrests of Off
GERS were made under the charge of inetli-
cheney and INSTRUMENTATION. The sum Of
800 is to be deducted from the pay Of
the privates of the regiment for damages
done to the steamer
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-05-08
Indian Affair.".
Washington dispatch, of the 9th.

y Washington dispatch, OF the 2lth,
says:
The Commissioner Of Indian Affairs has re-
turned from q visit to New York. where he
made arrangements to supply the Indian tribes
with the usual amounts of blankets and other
presents. The recent outbreak in Minnesota
is regarded as a remnant OF the former extended
troubles in that State. Congress, at the late
session, made an appropriation preliminary to
q treaty to the Shoshoncs, who have lately
been committing dcprctiatons. The Indian
Bureau viii at once take measures to secure
their friendship. With exceptions before men
toned. the Indians are peaccable. The treaty
recently made with the Arapahocs Chcycnnes,
Camanchces. and Others. binds them to pro-
tcct the overland man route running through
their territory. The cntirc Cherokee country
has nearly been recovered 10 loyalty, and all
The refugees now in Southern Kansas will soon
return to their homes from which the rebels
drove them.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-05-08

of Hesse princess Alice of Great Britain
and IrelandD was safely delivered of a
daughter this morning at quarter before
5 O'Clock. Her Royal Highness and the
infant princess are going on perfectly well.
JAMES CLARKE, M. d.
CHARLES LOCOCK, M. d.
ARTHUR FARRE, M. D.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-05-08
Sick Soldiers.

Henry Catcher, Company ID, Fifth Min
nesota; w. Cramer, Company a, Fourth
Minnesota; Sergeant J. F. Bishop, Com
pany B, Fifth Minnesota; John Malchi,
Company c, Fifth Minnesota; and F. W.
Shaw, Company G, Fourth Minnesota
were brought up from Vicksburg and left
at the St. Louis hospitals last Monday
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-05-08

IRISH EMlGRATIoN OTHE UNITED STATES.
1t is stated in the Cork E,c0miner that
the number of persons who have left ker-
ry for the United States during the last
fortnight of March, exceeded all that had
emigrated during the two previous years.
Almost every morning crowds OF persons,
principally Of the farming clrss, were seen
taking their departure from the railway
station, Killarney, on their way to Queens
town for America. They rush out from
the country Gays the E.e002incy) as they
would from contagion, fearing that by
remaining in it they may be reduced to
pauperism, and then become permanent
inmates of the workhouse 1t appears
that large sums of money have been sent
over from America lately by the relatives
of persons in that part of the country, and
in many cases tickets have been enclosed
in the letters for the passage across the
Atlantic.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-05-08

A fire occurred at New Britain, Conn,
on the 23d, destroying the saddlery hard
ware establishment of 0. Is. North & Co.,
in which one hundred hands were employ
Cd Loss $4,000.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-05-08

The Massachusetts Senate has passed
a resolution appropriating twenty -fiye
hundred dollars for the Natural History
Department of Williams College.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-05-08

There is still considerable snow and
ice in the mountain state Of Vermont.
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1863-07-02
MORTGAGE SALE.

Name of Mortgagor-.E Elias Brundage
Name of Mortgagee-W William D. Babbitt.
Date of Mortgagc-Nay 3 1858.
When and where recorded-In the Office OF
Register of Deeds for the County of Morrison
at the town OF Little Falls. Minnesota, on the
4th day Of May 1858, in Book "a" pages 1856
s. 1877.
descriptions of Mortgased premises-Twen-
ty-6ve feet by one hundred and fifty on the
South Side of Lot three (S) in Block eighteen
(l8) in tho Town Of Little Falls County OF
Morrison and State of Minnesota) as surveyed
and plated by s. NJ. Putnam.
When and to whom assigned-The said
Mortgage on the seventeenth day of March
1862, was duly assigned by said Mortgagee, to
George B. Stone and said assignment was duly
recorded in the Office Of Register of Deeds for
the said County of Morrison I'll the sth day of
April A. D. 1862.
Amount claimed to be unpaid and due on
said mortgage at the date of this notice, Three
hundred and sixty Dollars ($360.0O) principal
and interest.
Whereas default has been made in the con-
ditions of the above described mortgage, by
the failure of the said mortgagor to pay s,id
sum of money due thereon and fully payable,
whereby the power Of sale therein Contained
has become operative, and np p proceedings havA
ing been had at law or otherwise for the recov-
cry Of any part Of tho sum thereby secured to
be paid.
Now, therefore notice is hereby given that
by virtue of said power of sale and pursuant to
statute, said mortgage will be foreclosed by a
sale of said mortgagcd lands aud premises ~
public auction, to the higs est cash bidder Mt
the Front door Of the >C:urt House in Little
Falls on Tuesday the 18th dry Of August, A.:
D. 1868, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, to
satisfy the amount that will then be due on
.4aid mortgage with disbursements anil costs by
'Saw allowed. GEORGE Il. STONE,
july2-Gw Assignee of Mor.gag
JAS. F. BRADLEY, Atty. for Assignee