The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-05-29
The Springfield (Mass.) Republican

| SayS-"lt Is mucn 10 De regreIIeu IuaI
Gen. Burnside has not been assigned to
some command where there is fighting to
be done, and the country is disappointed
not to see him marching an army to the
deliverance of the long oppressed Union
lists of East Tennessee, instead Of mixing
up civil and military affairs in the loyal
States of his Department. His
logic is vicious throughout, and the policy
of his course still more So The Govern
ment cannot punish men for treason be-
cause their talk tends to give aid and COM
fort to the enemy. His subordinate, Gen.
Hascall, who rules the sub-department of
Indiana, in his supplementary order, goes
step beyond Burnside, and fairly runs
the whole thing into the ground by threat
ening to punish all newspapers and public
speakers who endeavor to bring the war
policy of the Government into disrepute. >,
Strange stories are told in Washing
ton about Brigader General who has re-
ceived present of white feather from
the men of brigade in whose rifle pits he
sought refuge during a recent engagement,
until cessation in Smelling enabled him to
"sked addle P" to the rear.
Here, Hascall, of Indiana see what
the Boston correspondent of the Spring
field Republican asks: els lying vice
inherent in republican Institutions, or
| merely incidental to Mr.. Lincoln s Admin
istration? Certainly it is much safer to
believe the Richmond papers and Davis
and Lees bulletins than anything we get
from Washington or the Rappahannock! !"
Are you going to permit that, Hascall?
The Albany Argus says the returning
soldiers are full Of enthusiasm for McClel-
Ian. When asked why Mcclellan failed
on the Peninsula, they answer" Because
he had two armies to contend with, the
rebels in front, and the politicians in the
rear"
Mr.. Theodore Tllton-Brother Beech
er's associate editor-gets some hard blows
on account of his amalgamation PROPOSE
ton. He isn't content with negro on the
brain, but wants negro through the veins.
1t is said that Russia has already ex-
pended 100000 forms in her abortive
efforts to put down the insurrection in
Poland.
The New York Independent speaks of
Stonewall jackson as noble minded gen.
tleman, rare and eminent Christian, and
eulog.zes his devOut piety and military
genius.
The French government has just Sc
lected twenty young girls between the
| ages of fifteen and twenty-five, from the
Founding hospital, to be sent out to New
Caledonia, to be married to colonists,
most of whom are soldiers, now become
farmers and artisans. These young brides
expectant, who of course leave France
! with their own consent, are chosen from
among the most robust and intelligent of
| the yOun; women in the establishment
Each of them is supplied with useful
rousseau, to which the Empress had
added tartan shawl.
Horace Greeley was called as juror
in New York on Tuesday last, but did not
appear. District Attorney Oakley Hall
said he did not know but he would apply
for an attachment, and Judge Ingraham
replied that the attachment between the
parties was sufficiently manifest without
special application. Those who have read
or heard any of the controversies of the
two for the past few years can appreciate
the joke.
An extensive con1agration occurred
at Salem, Oregon, on the 10th inst, des-
troying large portion of the city. The
loss is estimated at $4,000.
The report that Mr. Preston King has
been appointed to position in the Treas
ury Department., we learn, is without au-
thority.
Col. Grierson, the hero of the great
| Idlu luIO UAioSAooPpl, HtlS UOC4 pICScu-
ted by the Union men of New Orleans,
with horse and equipments.
Admiral Farragut, with other distin-
guish ed officers, was in New Orleans on
the 10th inst They left the Red River
on the 18th.
President Lincoln has been invited to
visit Philadelphia, on the 4th of July
next.
AN amusing incident is told relative
to the capture of Alexandria. Admiral
Porter had succeeded in obtaining possess
sion of it at a very early hour on the morn
ing of the 9Th inst. That evening the adj
vance of the army rushed in with wild
shouts of victory, when the Admiral asked
them "What the devil are you making
such noise about? The place has been
in my possession for the last twelve hours"
The soldiers said nothing more.
We clip the following from Boston
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