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The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-05-22

ANOTHER DISPATCH FROM GENERAL LEE.
MURFREEsBoRo, May 13.-The Chatta-
nooga Rebel of the 9th, just received,
contains confirmation of the killing of Gen.
Van Dorm. 1t says: cdr. Peters, who
killed him was formerly State Senator from
Hardin county in this State, and is gen.
tleman of wealth, position, and influence,
whose family connections rank with the
first in Tennessee. He is said to have ap-
preached Van Dorm in the street, pre-
senting pistol, and shot him in the head"
1t refuses to give any particulars as ru-
mored in the streets, but which, if true, it
regards as ;jastifying the act.
The Rebel contains the following from
General Lee. dated -
CHANCELoRvILLE, May
His Excellency, President Davis:
After driving Sedgwick across the river on
the night of the 18th. returned on the 9Th; to
ChancellOrvile, the march was delayed by a
storm, which continued all night and the tOl
lowing day. Placing troops in position, on the
morning of the 9th, to attack Hooker, ascer-
tanned that he had abandoned his fortified DO
sitions The line of skirmishers were pressed
forward till they came in range with the enc
nly's batteries planted north of the Rappahan-
mock, which, from the confguaration of the
=
therefore escaped, with the loss of few ad-
ditiOnal prisoners.
Another dispatch, dated Richmond, 9TH
says: 'HoOker accomplished the capture
of Mary's Heighths by ruse on Saturday
night, and moved across the river on pom
toOns. Barksdale's brigade, in attempt
ing to check them, dubbed their muskets,
but were forced back by overwhelming
numbers, after piling the ground with Yam
KEGS slain, all but two companies of the
18th Mississippi was captured; COL Grit
fin and Adjutant Stewart were killed; all
but seven of the 1st Company of the
Washington Artillery were taken prison.
ers. The Yankees showed no quarter to
rebels. The guns of tho Washington Ar
tillery were not retaken.'
Most of our casualties in the battle near
Cnancellorville were slight wounds on the
hands and arms. Few comparatively
were killed. The loss of the enemy is
equal to that of any previous battle of the
war. The field is literally strewn with
their dead. The prisoners captured were
mostly two years and nine months men,
whose terms of service expire at an early
date.
An account of the defeat of Pegrams
forces near Monticello, on the 1st highly
exaggerated the Federal forces, and claims
that the rebels lost, from the effects of our
artillery, but one man killed and few
wounded. Gen. Pegram was not present
at the fight but met his retreating forces at
Herman, on his return from Richmond
ARMY PEsrs.-Worse than all, we have
the blackleg snob, who talks horse and
plays cards, reads Wilkes SPIRIT of The
Times, criticizes Mcclellan, wins young
officers money by all sorts of contriv
ances, buys sick horses and sells them
when 'doctored." Ny pen against .
postage stamp, these "sports viii not ba
found where the fight RACES. althonob
they may afterwards dictate to some
nny-a-liner slashing accounts OF what
% mig IN nave S; been done could they have
dent Of Te,O Yor q G aalrsmc9'rsspon-
tiser. 1'''0ef-
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= !. I-IIIII NNE' ILIIIFOTSk II |I|N Y -
THE WEEKLY PIONEER AND DEMOCRAT

says it is no worse to keep piano than
to keep horses or pictures.
The amount of legal tender notes and
postal currency issued up to the first day
of May, is as follows:
Legal tenders about. $3.50, O0O, 900
Postal currency, about. IL, OOO, OOO
There can be about twenty- or thirty
millions more issued under the resolution
of Congress topay soldiers. Nearly ahalf
million per day is now being issued, and
will probably continue until the balance
of the twenty-five or thirty millions is is
sued. Should the war continue for two
years more than twice the amount will
have to be issued to carry the war on, ex-
elusive of certificates of Indebtedness, two
or three hundred millions of which will be
kept afoat nearly all the time.
The Newburyport Herald believes
General Stone will prove his loyalty by
the performance of his duty, while a more
shameful act of oppression and injustice is
not upon record than his Imprisonment.
The following is a summary of the work
accomplished by Gen. Stoneman's expedi-
ton in Virginia:
Bridges destroyed, %; culverts destroyed,
Z; ferries destroyed, s. railroads broken, pla-
ces, Z; supply trains burned, 4; wagons de-
stroyed, 1872; horses captured, 200; mules
captured, 1O4; canals broken, 8; canal boats
burned, 5; trains of cars destroyed, 3; store
houses burned, q telegraph stations burned,
4 wire cut, places, 5; depots burned. 3; towns
visited, 25; contrabands liberated, $50; be-
sides the destruction of large quantities of
pork, bacon, flour, wheat, corn, clothing, and
other articles of great value to the rebel army.
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Tobacco Culture in Connecticut.

The valley of the Connecticut river will
this season be appropriated almost exclu-
sively to the culture of tobacco. In 1860
over six millions of pounds of tobacco
were raised in the State, and this year the
amount will probably be doubled, which,
with the prices also doubled, will render
profitable returns to the producers. Con-
necticut is the tenth State in the Union in
the amount of tobacco raised. Numerous
tobacco houses or sheds specially designed
for the airing and drying of the crop after
it is cut from the stalk, have been erected,
and many others are in process of con-
struction. There are not few who have
risked all their ready means in the ''staple. "
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Capital on Dts.

menced his recent movement he telegraphed
to the War Department that he had emo fur
ther requisitions to make, and that he expect
ed no further orders. "-Rochester American.
And it is also stated that Gen. HOOKER
was authorized by the President to report
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Sick Soldiers at st. Louis.

The hospital steamer, City of Memphis,
arrived in St. Louis on Saturday last from
Grants army with sick soldiers. On the
list we find the following Minnesotians:
Donnick Weiland, Fourth Minnesota; John
Grear, Fourth Minnesota; j. K. Cochran,
Fourth Minnesota; Francis Turpin, Fifth Min.
nesota.
James HERSHEY, Fourth Minnesota, died on
the passage up.
J. A. Marcel company D, Fourth Minnesota,
died at Memphis, 10th March.
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How the COlOred Soldiers are to be
Treated.

Tie following letter from Gov ANDREW
of Massachusetts is in reply to questions
addressed to him by Mr. DOWNING, con-
corning the position of colored troops in
respect to pay, equipments, bounty and
protection, compared with that of white
volunteers:
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT..
Boston, March IS, 1868.
George T. Downing, Esq, Meac York:
DEAR SIR:-In reply to your inquiries made
as to the position of colored men who may be
enlisted and mustered into the volunteer SER
vice of the United States, would say that their
position, in respect to pay, equipments, bounty,
or any aid or protection, when so mustered.
will be precisely the same, in every particular,
as that of any and all other volunteers.
desire further to state to you, that when
was in Washington, on one occasion, in an in
terview with Mr.. Stanton, the Secretary of
War. he stated in the most emphatic manner
that he would never consent that free cOlOred
men should be accepted into the service to
serve as soldiers in the s ruth until he should
be assured that the Government Of the United
States was prepared to guarantee and defend,
to the last dollar and the last man, to these
men, all the rights, privileges and lmmunltleS
that are given, by the laws of civilized warfare,
to other soldiers. Their present acceptance
and muster-in, as soldiers, pledges the honor
of the nation in the same degree and to the
same rights with all other troops. They will
be soldiers of the Union-nothing less and
nothing different. believe they will earn for
themselves an honorable fame, indicating their
race and redeeming their future from the as
PERSONS of the past.
am yours truly,
JOHN A. ANDREW.
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Our English Relations.

Secretary SEWARD, on the 9TH ult., sent
the following dispatch by Continental tele-
graph to Gov. STANFORD, of California:
WASHINGTON, April 7-3 P. M.
There is no threat or apprehension OF foreign
aggression. The correspondence of maritime
Powers is friendly as heretofore.
w. H. SEWARD.
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Shocking Af1air...A Man Thrown
upon a Buzz Saw and Literally
Sawed I'm Twain.

From the Rochester Express.
Yesterday afternoon, about two O'Clock,
a most shocking affair occurred at Clark's
machine shop, near Lyell street bridge,
by which man named John Mcbride lost
his life, by being sawn nearly in twain by
a buzz saw. The circumstances are as
follows: Mcbride, who formerly worked
at the factory, went in and got into an
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War Department, Adjutant Gene.al's Office, !


Washington, D. C., August %, 1865. :
CarculGT.-Sir: The following instructions.
received from the General in chief, are fur
nished tor your information and guidance, and
are to be strictly observed:
All men charged with desertion who belong
to regiments whose terms of service have ex-
pired, shall be examined by Commission of
from to three officers, detailed by the officer
(not including Provost Marshals of enrolment
districts) under whose command they may be
held in confinement with vie " to ascertain
whether they are actually deserters; and fesst
should appear that they are not, their cases will
be submitted TO the Department Commander,
without trial, under paragraph l59, Army Reg
ulations, and the men sent to the mastering
officer (under q. o. 1903, Of 1859 nearest the
place OF enrolment, to be mustered out of
service.
If the Commission should consider them de-
serters. or the men cannot clear themselves of
the charge. they will lie assigned and sent to
one OF. the regiments from the same State, SER
wing in the same corps or Department in which
the regiments to which they formerly belonged
served, for trial, or such dispo ;iIon as the d.
Vision, corps, or department commander may
make of them, according to Regulations, to
serve out the time lost by desertion; the resi-
ment to be designated by the officer who for
wards them and entered on their descriptive
llst, or muster and descriptive roll.
he tune to be made good will be the time
from the date of desertion to the date Of Joining
the regiment to which assigned.
Provost marshals of enrolment districts will
forward deserters from regiments whose terms
CT service have expired, in the same manner as
others, with a view to carry out the above in
structions.
have the honor to be, sir, your obedient SER
want, e. ID. TOWNSEND,
Assistant Adjutant General
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OF CT Al
War Depdrfmsnt, AIjutaHt Generdfs Ohec,
IL at. Dscrrfhsr Is. 1S63 {

War Depdyfmsnt, AdjutaHt Generdts Ohcc.
Washington, December IS, 1868
C-,yc,llar.-It is directed by General Orders,
No. S76 current series, from the War D'part-
menf that re- enlisted volunteers, returned to
theft states, shall repcr through the Governor.
to the Superintendent of the Volunteer Recruit
ing Service.
When officers and men SO report, the re-
spective Governors and Superintendents
should arrange to place such as can be prohta-
bly, employ ed on recruiting service, on mat
duty; the others to be furloughed for the time
authorized by General Orders, No. $40. -.-
When burroughs are granted, they must be
signed by the Superintendent, whe will direct
that at the expiration of the tine granted, the par
ties f1rloughed shall report at stated rendesroas
else be con tidered deSerters.
Superintendents will arrange. under existing
regulations, for the transportation and subsist-
ence of those pleced on duty.
Upon the assembling of the veteran volun-
teers at the rendezvous, after the expiration OF
the burroughs, Superintendents will report the
respective commands arguments, companies or
detachmepts) TO the Adjutant General of the
Army, for orders. The reports will give the
strength of the command; the number Of re-
cruits for it, obtained during the furlough, to
be stated separately.
In returning the volunteers to the field, the
Superintendentssw will arrange with the q uar-
termaster's Department for the necessary trans
portatiOn. a
Superintendent will confer with the Gov
errors, and arrange with them as to the points
of rendezvous for the volunteers herein referred
to. The rendezvous must be at points where
there are already public barracks or quarters;
and if tile accommodations are not sufficient
for the number to rendezvous thereat, the q uar-
termaster's Department, on the requisition of
the Superintendent, willsupply the deficiency
Atthe respective rendezvous, the Subsisten &c
department will be charged with the subsis.
tence of the troops. The Superintendents will
ad wise the Subsistence Department of the mum.
Der OF troops that will have to be supplied.
Ely order Of the Secretary Of War:
e. d. TOWNSEND,
Assistant Adjutant General
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ttcn is kept from TIE men, slth ongi the officers
1--we TpctiI ed II
fGrr.raV Ke!'fy Is an ~. fhat Early should
esfsId D,e r3rr!i towards H'InsTs Ferry or
M rg H. hetIes has IL zoe full prep ara
tic : to give him suitable reception
~ Cot TaEgart, la.e Of a Pennsylvania vol.
I,nrt 81 regiment, hes been appointed 10 dril
coiored recruits IL Philadelphia, preparatory
10 sei8GiBc them to camp n
~ n John L. D.. Lawrence has been ap.
POINTED Governor General Of India. vice LORD
EIyir, de ceased,
g. pork packing house ia Gbiee@o was
recently destroyed, involving loss OF aeafiy
$50, ~. -r. ....
sSThe State Of Pennsylvania has MP 70 tt'5
time pad all interest on lis lnoe btedtess N
cCin. ss=a.
GS~Rey. James MctntRs. OF Cecil 20, Nc :,
has he,u sppolrlpd eferk to the hoose Commit
tee or Military Affairs rr-----
EyGoy. Ystea. Of Illinois, hss ordered Ire
arrest of all pari'es Tt cruiLng in his State for
regiments in osnsr States
Coal tss declined fifty cents per ton ia
Phiiaoelphta. '.H a.sA .r
ga new per in the interest Of The Union
marty has been started at Newbarn. N. g.
xSErieh&m Young has Just taken 4 new
vyife-his 6'sr. a- mr.
ES-A white woman OF Chicago has entered q
sui, AGAINST regro Tor sed ction. Az r.
About 10000 ennigrarts have arriS ed IN
New TorB this year. s-e
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OUR MILITARY BUDGET,
A SIGN OF THE TIME3

SIGN OF THE TIMES :
Ihe marked change in the tone of the NV
1ork and Richmond correspondence of the
London Times illustrates most forcibly tte ia It
mat the rebels means Of resistance are 'apidy
oec'mlng exhausted. Thus the writes of both
tnofe series of letters now frankly stmit that
the rebellion mas fairly expended its whole
strength, and that in the next 6hree or six
months Davis, Lee and the otf1erleaders OF the
Conspiracy will probably seek SAFETY for their
persons in flight beyond the limits of the United
States. These prognostications are but in ac-
cord with the opinion OF Lord Lyons, alleged
to have been lately written to his Government,
that in few months the rebellion would prob
ably be at an end
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CRIMINAL CoURT-Jufoe OIn-ro.dax
Bertha Wolf was acquitted of toe charre ~
passing counterfeit money.
Henry Gibson, charged with assault ana
battery upon Elizabeth Jones' submi,tsa his
case and received a nominal sentence
In the case of Michael Shea, charged with
assault and battery, the District Attorney en-.
In the CAGE Of Dennis Murphy, charged with
highway robbery, the jury acquitied the pris
orer and he was discharged
The case of Andrew Smith, cbarrad Nth
stealing pair of boots and o,her articles. was
on trial when our report closed
RR.ENLIsTED REGIMKNTs.-The LIST Della
ware regiment, Col. w. Smith, leo men, Ttha
first regiment that has enlisted in A boavS
SD New York, Lieut. Col. Rutter, 2ei men:
5th Michigan, l5i men; aSd New York Cant
vischere commanding, "a men; 4th vermont:
teth New York, 1875 ner, have passed through
during the last few days for their homes on a
frrlough, all haN ing re enlisted for the war,
At Soldiers. Rest, 100 convalescents from
Phie celphia; Sc drafted men from Philadel
phia for d9th Pennsylvania 1SS recruits from
Egattleboro', VT; and 81 exchanged prisoners
from Annapolis, have arrived.
THE LAw-The police of the Third Ward
are determined to enforce the law req hiring the
closing of all bar rooms at ~ O'Clock at a igbt
Patrick MorCen and Francis Brardner were
arrested by Officer G.. W. Frazier, for violation
of this law. Morgan was fired $40; but the
evidence against Erandner being insufficjent
he was dismissed by Jus'ice Thompson.
DONATIONS TO THE ORPHANS.-This N orn-
ing Rev. J. &. Smith, Pastor of the Fourth
Presbyterian Church, paid over 10 Mrs Lee
Treasurer of the Protestant Orphan ASYLUM,
one hundred dollars which WAS collected from
the membe of his church (Fourth Presbyte-
rian) last night for holiday offering to that
Institution.
DEsRRTBR AREEsTTD.-Yesterday, Edward
Allen was ARE sted by officer Pierce for assault
ing Mrs. Walker on street south. and he was
taken before Justice Ferguson, when 1t was
proved that the boot was on the other leg, and
he was dismissed, but one of Capt Schoetz's
detectives Immediately nabbed him as a de-
serter from the Sd Maryland volunteers.
COMMITTAL OF A WITNKss.-Yesterdsy
ratroIman Fuss arrested VIM. Leinsman,
complainant in the case of the U. S. against
George Eckert and Fred Lambright for passing
counterfeit money. He was taken before jus.
tice Barnaclo, who sent him to Jail for court,
to secure his appearance there as witness.
DRsEETERs AEREsTED.-The following de-
scrters have been arrested by Capt. Scheetz's
detectives Thomas Higgins, 18th N. Y. cav
airy; Joseph Quinn, SD N. Y. vols; John
McElroy.
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DEGREES IN THE CASE OF PRIZE STEAMER

From information received at the Navy De-
partment to. day, we learn that final decree
was made yesterday in the case Of the steamer
Kate Dale, by the District Court Of the Eastern
District of Pennsylvani The amount trans
mitted to the Treasury by the decision is
S355,7es.l2. The Kate Dale, it will be remem-
bered, was captured some time since in the
Gulf by the e. r. Cuyler.
A final decree was also had in the same
Court in the case of the sloop Express, result
ing in the transmitting to the Treasury of
S3IS "a
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Sl(O|lD EDITION.
/ d O'CLOCK Pm
d O'CLOCK p. M
LATE BERMUDA DATES.
EFFICIENCY OF THE BLOCKADE OF TIE
ATLANTIC COAST

bermuda dates to the 21st instant have been
received at the Navy Department We gather
from them the following, showing that the
blockade or the Atlantic coast is effective:
"Steamer Coquette returned on the 18th in.
slant, having been among the blockadmg eel
off Wilmington, but could not get in.
The steamer Ranger left Bermuda on the
18th, with tull cargo, and returned on the 21st
not ha wing been able to get into port.
The report of the Flora having been run on
reef and hole knocked in her bottom-here
tofore given by us-is corroborated by the Der
muda papers. 1t seems, however, she wa.
frightened by British mail steamer.
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War Department, Aajutant Generals Office,

: washington, DeCENlUeT II, Ic63. }
General Orders No. S95.-The Paymaster Gen
raj is, under the direction of the Secretary of
war, charged with the military responsibility
OF The Pay Department in all its details. The
subordinate Off GERS, being conf1ned exclusive
y to the disbursement of public money, are
subject only to the orders OF the Secretary of
"ar, the Paymaster General, and the senior
ON GERS OF their own Department, except that
they are liable to arrest by the senior Office of
the Department or command TO which they m Az
be assigned for the regular payment of troops
The arrest of a paymaster will be immediaIel
reported to the Paymaster General, in order
that the case may be brought before the Sacre.
tarv of W ar for such action as he may direct.
BY order of the Secretary of War:
E. ID. TOWNSEND,
Assistant Adjutant General,
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Var Department, AdJufdm Generals Office,

War Department, Adjutdm Generals eBfee,I
Washington. December aQs 1868.
The President Of the United States will re-
ceive officers of the Army on New Years day
at half. past eleven O'Clock a. NJ precisely.
Officers Of the Army will assemble at this
,f1,ce. IN full uniform, at quarter past eleven
q. m, on New Years day, to proceed in
body to the Executive Mansion.
E. D. TOWNSEND,
Assistant Adjutant General.
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~ The Minister from Sweden and Norwa,

~ The Minister from Sweden and Norway,
CouU PIPER, in accordance " it'll instructions
from his Government, to-day had an audience
Of the President, for the purpose of presenting
TO him, on behalf of the King, a volume con.
tanning engravings of the Royal collection of
arms. This is understood to be in reciprocal
Ion Of similar compliment, the President
having short time since presented to His
Majesty, a pair Of pistols, OF American work.
manship. SSuitabie Acknowledgements were
made, and mutual good wishes exchanged TOR
the continuance of the cordial relations now
existing between the two Governments
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TOOK THE OATH.

It will be remembered that MI. Jos. Nichol-
son, formerly reading clerk to the Senate OF the
United States, and private secretary to ex.Sen-
ator Pratt, was some time since sent South lin
Prs company, for refusing to take the oath OF
allegiance. We now hear that on reaching
Fortress Monroe he changed his mind, took
the oath, returned home, and left the contu.
macious ex-senator to make the trip to Dixie
solitary and'alone.
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PERsoNAL.-Mr. Adams S. Hill, who for some
time past has been at the head of the Ne " York
1ribnne's corps OF Washington correspon dents,
has resigned that position.
Major General Meade was here yesterday in
consultation with the authoritie-.
Secretary Seward returned to the city last
evening, in a special train, from his home at
Auburn, N. Y, where he has been during the
holidaye
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foRp's THEATER should he crowded to over
moving tomorrow afternoon and night, to wit
ness the farewell impersonation of John Unit
In the comedy OF "Self" It has rarely been
our fortune to witness a more exactly drawn
picture Of the every day scene.Qf Hfn EN- III
this capital play. Ss--- -A"y DC secofeu ID
..AOIrOW.
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CHANGE OF CoMMAND.-Commodor Mont
gomery relieved Commodore HARDWOOD of the
command of the Washington Navy Yard this
afternoon, and at the same time Com'r F. A.
Parker assumed command Of the Potomac Flo.
tilla
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ALL OFFIosRs OF the Navy and Marine
Corps at Washington city ara requested to
assemble at the Navy Department, in undress
uniform, on New Years day. at eleven O'Clock
a. m =, for the purpose of calling on the Presi-
dent of the United States
NAVY DEPARTMENT, Dec. %, 1863.