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The mountain Democrat., 1863-12-12

IT is amusing 10 hear : Gr1 .hel
old man, who amasas9 i -
younger days BY kssl
say be would, had Nl
oil who drink erusll -
The mountain Democrat., 1863-12-12

HONESTY is ever the best policy.
The mountain Democrat., 1863-12-12

Be virtuOus and you will be happy.
The mountain Democrat., 1863-12-12

J0NRs-sD Don't WofS q o .
sion. my dear. / givs 4ns ~
peace. 91.4 ,Fss ss9s!ll Ksssl lsIs
Mrs. JSnes-"Asyt thin 4 !.
JOaesf BrcaCh a1dh : -
and our union shall = sed lls
1. - - - : q - sltl
A GsRL who-woaa 4 kkagtdn q
light dOesn't mieG ass -
smack in the,dark, ,s7.~,r,fIs r-nrca
The mountain Democrat., 1863-12-12

stung him to Vindictive madness. She
tSlA Ia-> ~ %-4a ~ Stee u, saa6y to set
forth with TIE frst fight; and insisted on
leaving the house to seek . conveyance,
telling him that she had left her trunk
Open--he might search it II he would, for
she had stolen nothing. These brave
words gave bis hitherto indefinite desire
for reve0ge Eeasible shape ; and, during
her abssHOs, be bed actually seWsd into
her raimsnt the plate aad money, which
he concealed ct the bottom Of her boz,
leaving it apparently just as be found it /;
,H9&s @AsA she TetnrOod, bidding her fare.
well with the semblaRce Of relenting, ere
he retired Eor the night. Having made
this statement be formally consigned the
whole Of bis boarded wealth to her, and
sunk into peaceful slumber, from which
he never awoke in this world.
The mountain Democrat., 1863-12-12

G. d. HALL, q. YALE,
TJhcerriHe, Sta Francisco,
Practice Law IN all the Courts Of Utah.
Dfiecs, Al CsrsOn and Virginia City. jeSO-tf
The mountain Democrat., 1863-12-12
HUME & sLoss

ATTOR SEYS AT AW,
o6oe Sn Ciey Blork, rI9or willie.
Will practice Law IN the Courts Of II Dorado and
adJoiLiug Counties-iS she Supreme Court, and the
GOaI.e OF Utah Tez-IteEy. mig
The mountain Democrat., 1863-12-12

once, on COlOma street.
The mountain Democrat., 1863-12-12

.uwrrr.. ". =. IAHUAHV.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-07-24
ThurlOw Weeds Views.

THURLow WEED has written a letter in
which he gives his views of certain men
and things. First, he had regarded HOOKER
as unequal to the management of a great
army in battle, although he never urged
his removal. Second, in March last, when
troops were wanted, he urged the appoint
ment of Gen. MCCLELLAN in the place of
Gen. HALLEoK. Third, he says the Presi-
dent tell short Of doing his whole duty
when he banished VALLANDIeHAM, in this,
that he did not send WENDELL PHILLIPS
after him, the Massachusetts, man being
the most mischievous." THURLow WEED.
the public will, perhaps, remember, is an
old gentleman who was read out of the Re-
publican party and kicked out of the AL
bany Ereaiag Journal, because he in
sisted that both should labor to have the
war prosecuted solely for restoration of
the Union.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-07-24
The Cincinnati Military Farce.

The trial of Captain JAMES MADISON
CUTTs, junior, U. S. A., before court
martial at Cincinnati upon the charge of
peeping through the keyhole of a lady's
bed chamber in the Burnett House, and
other unsoldierlike conduct, is concluded,
and the trial of CHARLES GORDON HURON,
Captain and A. D. G., for sending chal-
lenge to Captain CUTTs, and of WILLIAM
CUTTING, A. D. O., for carrying the afore-
said challenge, has commenced. HUTTON
and CUTr1Ne will plead guilty, and the pro-
ceedings and finding Of the court in this
mighty affair will then be forwarded to
Washington for perusal ana approval by
the President The decision Of the court
ought to be (but of course will noD that
these three embriotic heroes be sent home
to their mothers, soundly spanked and put
to bed i.sSa Pa 1z1l fo OLD
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-07-24
Our Railroads.

The New York Herald notices the brisk
competition going on between the Lake
Michigan and Mississippi railways. This
is just what we desire, and we hope it will
continue until freights shall be reduced to
a reasonable tariff. Our merchants and
importers pay from $3.50 to $3.50 per
cwt., or on an average from $50 to $50
per ton. Now, it is well known that the
treights from New York to Milwaukee and
Chicago range from SO to $12 per ton,
leaving margin of from $40 to $40 per
ton to be cut down by the action of COM
petition.
These railway managers will soon learn,
if they do not already know, that these
high rates are not to be borne by Mime
sofa. They must keep down their prices,
or be met by a rival they have long de-
spised--a railroad from Lake Superior.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-07-24
Bagging Armies.

The radical papers have suddenly dis
covered that it is not easy to "bag" an
army. They used to speak of it as the
simplest thing in the world, and to blame
a general who failed to do it. The Wash
ington Chronicle speaks of the expectation
that MEADE should capture LEES army,
and says:
But there are many reasons to fear that the
interrogation and capture of the rebel army is
more than that brave and able general can ac-
complish.
In the first place it is not easy. under any
circumstances, to surround and capture an
army of the magnitude of that commanded by
General Lee, although some talk of such feat
with flippancy that reminds lis of the individ.
ual Irishman who surrounded squad of
the enemy's forces. In the second place. Gen.
Lee, by abandoning his dead and wounded and
leaving them to be cared for by Gen. Meade,
got considerable start of the latter, and evil
IDENTIFY made good use of the advantage thus
obtained.
All very true: and pity it is that in
former cases the plain truth was not ac-
knowledged by the radicals.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-07-24
The Law i'll Mr. COnWay,s Case.

The following is the law enacted by the
last Congress, for Furnishing persons in for
eign countries holding correspondence with
the enemies of the United States. 1t will
be observed that it meet Mr.. CoNwAY's
case precisely:
BE 1T enacted By the Senate and House of Repre
sentatires Of the United States Of 1meiica in
Congress assembled, That if any person. being
resident of the United States, or being citi-
zen thereof, and residing in any foreign coun-
try, shall, without the permission or authority
OF the Government of the United States, and
with the intent to defeat the measures of the
said Government, or to weaken in any way
their efficacy, hold or commence, directly or
Indirectly, any correspondence or intercourse,
written or verbal, with the present pretended
rebel Government, or with any officer or agent
thereof, or with any other individual acting or
sympathizing Herewith; or if any such person
above mentioned not duly authorized, shall
counsel or assist in any such correspondence
or intercourse. with intent as aforesaid he shall
be deemed guilty of a high misdemeanOr, and
on conviction before any court of the United
States having jurisdiction thereof, shall be
punished by fine not exceeding ten Thousand
dollars and by Imprisonment not less than six
months nor exceeding five years.
Sec. ,. 4Rdbe 1t FURTHER enacted, That where
the Otfense is committed in any foreign coun-
try, the District Court of the United States for
the district where the offender shall be first ar
rested shall have jurisdiction thereof
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-07-24
manner. Capt POTTER and his men pur-
sued the savages for some miles; but not
having any arms of course, could not effect
ANYTHING.
The Drought and Low Water.

The present stage of low water in the
upper Mississippi, Minnesota amidst. Croix
rivers is severely felt. It checks business
and operates as a caution against invest
ment in both city and country property.
However depressing this is at the pres
ent, it stimulates railway operations to ex-
tend their lines into this region and in
duces vigorous action to furnish us with
constant facilities with the eastern rail-
ways. Hence the draught of 1868 will re-
suit in Fastening the completion of rail-
roads between here and Chicago and Mil
waukee.
While this state of things demonstrates
to capitalists, the necessities of Minnesota,
it also impresses the absolute necessity of
a railway to Lake Superior, where an i'm
mediate market has become an established
fact. For over seven years, the demand
on that Lake has been constant and in
creasing, and now the entire surplus of
Minnesota, if thrown into Lake Superior,
instead of Cutting their market would
stimulate demand for more. Every To-
cality warranting examination, is sought
by miners, and the copper ranges of Min
nesota and Wisconsin, at the head of the
Lake are being explored. and favorable re-
suits inducing efficient operations. Per-
sistent efforts to reach that lake by rail-
way from this river, is due to our interests
and will be encouraged by all legitimate
means within the popular powers of the
State
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-07-24
red at Vicksburg:
Crops in Southern Minnesota.

The Winona Republican gathers the
following information regarding the crops
in the southern counties of this State,
from a gentleman who has been through
them all as far west as Mankato:
In the country between Winona and Mantor-
vile, the wheat crop generally presents fine
appearance. The straw is short and light, but
the heads are filling remarkably well, and thus
far the crop is almost entirely free from the
attacks of insects, vermin, or diseases of any
kind. Our informant estimates that the ag-
gregate yield in the region designated will
be, taking into account the increased breadth
of ground under cultivation, quite as large as
that of last year within the same limits. West
and north of Mantorville, the country has suf-
fered more from the drought, and the wheat
crops there will be considerably lighter. This
observation does not apply, however, to that
portion of the Minnesota river valley known as
the big Woods" The soil is there of a
damper nature than on the prairies, and being
partially protected from the heat by the dense
mass of foliage, it consequently better with
stood the long drought.
Corn, potatoes and oats, promise an abnn-
dant yield throughout the State.
Trade of the various kinds is active in al
most every locality. The people are in more
prosperous condition than they have ever been
before, and the promise of another abundant
harvest is hailed as the precursor OF still great
er prosperity.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-07-24
Indian DepredatiOns.

Captain POTTER, who arrived in town
Friday to procure arms from the Adj
jutant General, has furnished US with
few particulars Of Outrages committed by
Indians in Dakota county, within fourteen
miles of St. Paul. 1t appears that
party of four Indians entered the house
of Mr.. MCDONNELL, who resides on
the farm of J. W. MoCLUNG, Esq,
at Brownsville, and asked for something
to eat. They were furnished what they
demanded by Mrs. MCDONNELL, her hus-
band being absent. They then insisted
on getting supply of -four, which Mrs.
Mcdonnell furnished. The party were
armed with bows and arrows and one of
them was going to shoot Mrs. Mcdonnell,
but was prevented by the others. They
then left after robbing the house of all
the bed clothes and various other articles.
About the same time that this outrage
was being committed, another party of In
dams visited the house of JOHN CALLAHAN
who resides at a place called Lebanon.
four miles from MoDoNNELL's place, robbed
him of about eighty dollars, a lot of flour
and groceries, and beat him in brutal
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-07-24
What Is to be Done with Drafted Men.

It will be seen by the following synopsis
of an order just issued by the War Depart
ment, that the men raised under the draft
are not to form new regiments by them
selves, but are to be assigned to fill up the
old regiments in the Army of the Potomac
and other armies. They will thus at once
get among veteran, well-disciplined, we'll
drilled soldiers; and in few weeks they
will be quite equal to these i'll military
capacity and power of service:
For the purpose of receiving and conducting
to the several regiments the men of the draft
assigned to fill them up, the commanding Gen.
erals of Departments and armies will imme-
diately detail from each of the three year re-
giments of their commands belonging to the
States above enumerated, three commissioned
officers and six enlisted men, and direct them
to report without delay to the commanding Of
fcer Of the rendezvous for their State. In States
which have more than one rendezvous, the de-
tachments for the respective regiments Will be
instructed to report to the commanding officer
OF that rendezvous nearest to which the regl-
ment was recruited and organized.
The commandants of the rendezvous Will De
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-07-24
The Army and Navy Gazette.

The first number of the army and Macy
Gazette has appeared. 1t contains the
whole correspondence and proceedings
with respect to the claim of Major Gen.
eral Butler to outrank all other Major
Generals. Among the papers submitted
are the arguments of Generals Halleck,
Mcclellan, Dix and Wool, az we'll as those
of General Fremont and General Butler,
hitherto published.
General Halleck's arguments are in
conformity with the Board. General
Mcclellan is rather crist; he declines to
make comments on General Buffers ar
guments, but undertakes to correct what
he calls his misstatements as to duties,
&c. He adds the following paragraph:
By reference to the history of the present
war it will be found that prior to the date upon
which General Butler enormously says that I
was appointed, had, as a Major General in
the Regular Army, organized an army and con-
Quoted a successful campaign, by which West
ern Virginia. was restored to the general gov
eminent, aud an army of the enemy DESTROYED.
had supposed that every general officer knew
that held commission during that cam
paign.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-07-24
General and Fort Wagner.

Our readers will observe in our dispatches
from Charleston, the prominent position
in which Fort Wagner figures. 1t NAV
not be generally known that this Fort is
named in honor of Col. WAGNER, formerly
OF saltwater, Minnesota, and now a dis
tlnguished Major General in the rebel SER
vice; having gone up step by step from a
clerkship in one ofthe departments in Rich
mond, to very high rank among the
lighting Generals of the rebel army.
Surely, no one would ever have ex-
pected the fussy little militia Colonel to
become a Major General, or any other
thing, Of consequence to himself, or any
body else. But, this rebellion brings queer
developments in it's progress.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-07-24
HOle.In.TheDay.
From the st. Cloud Union.

From the st. Cloud Union.
This famous Chief, we are pleased to
learn, has offered his services to Govern
ment to march against the Sioux, with the
request that he may join Hatch's Battal-
ion. He says Major Hatch is the right
man in the right place, and that if he sue
ceeds in raising and equipping his Battal-
ion in the manner proposed-the Sioux
will be either driven, or exterminated in
three months time.
Hatch has been much among the Indi-
ans, and Hole-in-the-day having conf
dence in him, is anxious to go with him
on his proposed Sioux hunt. We just
learn from Capt. Bond, that Indians may
be received, and we trust the Chippewa
Chiefs offer will be accepted.
Having, during the last ten years, been
on numerous war parties killing and cap
turing many, he knows the Sioux well.
By this offer the Chief evinces his
friendship, and we urge that his wishes
be gratifed. If he is sincere in his pro-
LESSONS, as there is every reason to be-
lieve-with one hundred picked war
riors, he can do more mischief among
the Sioux than any thousand white SOL
diers
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-07-24
Real and Personal Estate in New
York.

>The commissioners of Taxes and Assess
ments have just completed their valuation
of real and personal property in New York
city, for the present year. The first seven
wards and the 21st show slight decrease
in real estate compared with the estimates
OF the previous year, which is easily ac-
counted for; but in the remaining wards
there is an increase from a few thousand
10 over million in EACH The greatest
increase is discovered in the 10Th ward
VIZ, Sl,ll3,5O5. The real estate total
is S4o2,l37, 1882, against S4OO, 23S, 964 for
1907 showing an increase of nearly
S2'ooo,ooo throughout the city. This is
much better than was generally expected,
considering the causes which had tended
to the general depreciation of real prop-
erty. The valuation of personal estate
PRESIDENT and NONRESIDENT for 1868 is
S191,967, JOG, against 172,415,O3 for
1862, exhibiting an increase of s19.551.-
$50. The total VALUATION of real and per-
sonal property in the city is 1914, 154,543,
and the total increase $21, 49O,54O These
valuations are the bases by which the Su-
pervisors decide upon the rate of assess
ment for the tax levy of the present year.
When this is adjusted, the Commissioners
OF Taxes proceed to calculate the amount
due from each taxpayer; the great work
OF tax-collecting then begins.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-07-24
Capt. Fisk's Expedition.

We learn from Lieut.. FLANDRAU, of
Gen. SIBLEY's staff, that he met Captain
FISK s expedition encamped at Old Cross
ing, about twenty-five miles east of Fort
Abercrombie. All the members of the
expedition were in good health. They
we're waiting for the arrival of the Com
missioners detailed to run the boundary
lire between the Territory of Washington
and the State of Oregon. All the animals
of Capt. FIsK's expedition were stampeded
on the morning the Abercrombie party
passed along, and were flying in every di-
rection over the plains.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-07-24
Alec. Reynolds IS Still Liyes..,

We had lost track of our old friend
Captain A. W. REYNOLDS, formerly of the
q. S. Quartermaster's Department, who
was in charge in 1857, of cleaning out
Fort Smelling, after the sale of that post
and surroundings to FRANK STEELE and
Company; but ALEC seems to have thus
far survived the dangers of the war, for
we find his name recorded among the
rebel officers of PEMBERToN's army at
Vicksburg. He is put down among the
list of Colonies commanding brigades.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-07-24
Lake Superior.

Hon. VIM. NErrLEToN arrived in town
on the 18th from St. Louis county, an !
reports the fires in the woods as having
done but little damage. The North Shore
Copper Company are having good success
IN their operations. A meeting of the d.
rectors is to be held in few days, when
they will have substantial representatives
from their mines in the shape of several
hundred pounds of the metal. The Wis
consin mine near Black River Falls, eight
miles south of Superior, EDWARDS loca-
ton, is opening rich vein.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-07-24

Capt. JOHN @. BEoHr to be Major, vice
HALL resigned, May /, 1868.
1st Lieut.. CARRIES KOCH, Go. E, to be
Captain, vice BEoHT promoted.
I'd Lieut.. HENRY STAssoN to be 1st
Lieutenant, vice Koch promoted.
Serg't JACOB AMOS to be I'd Lieutenant,
vice STAssoN promoted.
I'd Lieut.. JAS. G.. McGREw to be LIST
Lieutenant, vice GERE appointed Adjutant.
Serg't JOHN T. BISHOP to be I'd Lieu
tenant, vice MoGREw promoted.
I'd Lieut.. JOHN GRoETsCH to be LIST
Lieutenant, vice CAR1vEAU resigned.
Sergt II. MUEHLBERG to be I'd Lieuten-
ant, vice GRoETsoH promoted.
Serg't GEORGE F. HATCH to be ID Lieu
tenant, vice HOWELL died, June IA, 1863.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-07-24
Our Losses in the Late Battles,

A correspondent of the Baltimore
american with General FRENon's corps
writes:
Iput down our losses in killed and wound
ed at twelve thousand, and believe that will
fully cover Them This is the whole extent of
our losses. Ofprsoners we lost none except
the few officers whom Lee was able to carry
off. Three thousand of our men who fell into
his hands he paroled, but this parol under the
terms Of the cartel, is of DO effect, because
General Meade positively refused to agree to it,
1t is reported that after Gen. Meade refused to
accept the parole General Lee sent them to
Gen. Couch who did accept the parole. l can
hardly believe that Lee would resort to such
scurvy trick, and think it only good thing
to tell =
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-07-24
Bounty for Sioux Scalps.

The following copperhead paragraph
we find in the Winona Republican:
The offer of a bounty by Adutant General
MaImros of $25 for every Sioux scalp. delivered
to him at his office in ST. Paul. appears to us
peculiarly barbarous, and unworthy of him as
well as disgraceful to the State. No greater
incentive to capture and Stay the Sioux can
possibly be given than that already before our
people 1t is mockery and shame that such
an idea as this ola bounty for scalps should be
even momentariy entertained, to say nothing
of its being seriously adopted and acted upon
In the name of our common humanity, and for
the sake of that reputation for enlightenment
which our State claims, we protest against the
bounty feature of Gen. Molmros' policy, and
call upon the Executive to put an immediate
stop to it.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-07-24

Gen. Neal Dow was captured near
Augur's headquarters by band OF ,guer-
rillas, while leisurely returning to the house
of Mrs. Gage, a "Union" lady IN the
immediate neighborhood, who has hus-
band in the rebel army. Neal was Gagged
without mercy.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-07-24

The Provost Marshal's decision in circu-
lar No. A, published yesterday, that ga
drafted man cannot pay communication or
present substitute after he has reported
himself to the Board of Enrolment for ex-
animation, has been decided by the So
licitor General of the War Department to
be contrary to the law, and it is modified
in circular No. 81, published this morning,
so as to give the drafted person the right
to have the question of his disability passed
upon by the Board of Enrollmedt, and if it
is decided that he is liable to serve, he is
allowed time to pay his Communication
money or furnish his substitute.
The provisions of the circular are string
ent and thorough. They leave no loop
hole Of retreat from service to those whose
names have been drawn in the draft. The
notification is only the announcement of
the fact, and may be left at their last place
of residence, and if they fail to report at
the time required, they are deserters, and
can be punished as such. In the words of
the order, "There is no way, or manner
in which person once enrolled can escape
his public duties, and when drafted,
whether present or absent-whether he
changes his residence or absents himself
the rights of the United States against him
are secured, and it is only by the perform
ance of his duty to the country, that he
will escape liability to be treated as a
criminal"
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-07-24

informed of the number of drafted men to be
sent to each regiment. They will lose no time
in preparing detachments and placing them en-
route to their regiments as soon as the requisite
numbers can be made up.