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The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-05-27
Ind that devastation and destr,,,;o, ,.,
nnnr uttlOB TuIG1 the

hour. '"c'ioh rule1 the
The Commanding General had ,n,;, NH,
time, believed 1t impossible that anr ,rnn, 'n i
MS command could have commltted So All; :"
graceful an act as this which now bIacl Us us
lair fame of the Army of North CaroIino i II
mas. however. that he was sadly n'tol
ana that the ranks are disgraced by men ,vhn'
are NOT SOLDIERS, bnt THIEVES and scorv.
DRELs, dead to all sense of honor and bpmon-
IVY, 1or whom no punishment can be too So
we're. ~ W." Sc-
Inc Commanding General is well aware
wnat troops were in the town of Washington
wnen the flames first appeared. He knows
WIN, Wnat troops last left that place He knows
that IN the ranks of only two of the reoiments
IN the District of North Carolina the culnr;ts
now stand WV 'APi II"
10 save the reputation OF the command. it ia
hoped the guilty parties NAV he ferretted ont
ny inc Officers who were In Washington at the
tlne Oh these occurrences
ms order will be read at the head of every
regiment and detachment in this command 1T
dress parade, on the day succeeding its recent.
ana NJ the head OF the 18th Massachusetts VoI''
unteers, and the 10th Connecticut Volunteers
at dress parade. every day for ten consecn'
i've days, or until the guilty parties are
found. P''o' "'o
By command of Brig. Gen. |. N Palmer
j. a. JUDSON,
Assistant Adjutant General
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Our Fallen Heroes.

Brigadier General THOMAS &. SrEv ENsON,
who was killed last week, was q son Of Hon. j.
THOMAS STEVENSON, of Boston At the time
OF his death he was in command of division
In BURNsIDE's corps. General STEVENSON was
well known in Boston before tie war broke
out as the efficient commander of the fourth
battalion Of infantry. which under him acquir-
ed great reputation for discipline and drill.
He raised a regiment the 24th) for the war,
and was attached to BUESsIDEs Roanoke expe
dition. His commander, in urging his confir
nation by the Senate as Brigadier General,
said - He was the best Colonel ever knew"
In his early death the service will lose most
meritoriOus and brave officer, and the country
q true patriot His loss can be regarded rs
nothing but q calamity to the army. General
STEVENSON distinguished himself by the true
qualities of soldier at Newbern, Kingston,
Morris Island and at the storminS of Fort
Wagner, here his yaior YVES especially notice
able. He was appointed as Srigaoier General
Dec. "a, 1862 and had but recently been trans
ferred To The Army Ct the Potomac
Briyadier General JAMES 9 RICE, who icl
III kncsuaN > fh.tllc, H'to III cclh!i't"" Vi NV
Second brigade OF the Fourth division of SefGc-
wich's corps Che SIXTH. He was native Of
Wor;hiugton. Massachusetts, bus 1t tie com
mencemcnt OF the war WAS rracticing law in
New York ely. The entered the ranks CT the
Garjbaldi Guard private but soon obtained
q cip..,;ncy. He was afterwards appointed
Lieutenant ColoGe! Of the FGrty-fOurth New
York regiment and in this position he Tough.
his regimen; through Yorktown. al Hanover
Courthouse. at the bloody battle of Gaines =
Mill. at Malvern Hill. at Manassas in 1852, and
was only absent from Antietam because he was
on sick bed with typhoid fever; then at Fred
ericksburs ai,der Burnside, and Chanceliors-
vile under Hooker: then at Gettysburg where
he rendered the mos. essential and dstiu.
guishcd service.
For three hours ia that battle Colonel kIcr.
fougl: necessarily, without receiving a single
order from any superior officer, sending for.
receives, ami disro-ng of rcinfarcements
wills zach cool skill AID Judgment that at the
close Of the days is:si, he cleared his front OF
the eue,oy aud extended and aivancet>his lire
80 8, Il. eov-r Ronnd rOr Mountain which
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-05-27
Meeting OF the Normal school Board.

A special meeting of the Normal School
Board was held yesterday at the Capitol, and
the following members answered 10 their
names to-wit: J. D. FORD, A. E. AMEs, d. Fl.
FRosr, and d. BLAkELY, er-o6Scio. The pro-
ceedings were received last night, but at such
late hour. that we have room only fer the
following condensation:
The Treasurer's report was received with his
resignation: the Secretary was empowered to
invest the available funds of the school in in
terest bearing securities JOHN g. McMYNN,
of Racine, Wis, was elected principal of the
school ut Winona, at salary Of 81 800 per
annum. and requested to employ his time until
the opening OF the school in Septembe. in
awakening the attention of citizens of the
State on the subject of popular education and
to the reopeniug of the school at Winona.
The following gentlemen were elected OIL
GERS of the Board, viz
Prudential Committee-J D. Ford. VIM. g.
Dunn, f. s. Youmans.
T'redsurer~-MatthewG G. Norton.
The following resolutions were introduced
By Mr. BLAKrLY and unanimously adopted.
viz:
Resolye9 by the Board of Normal Directors.
That the assets of the Normal SchoLl, amount
in in the aggregate to $4,000, be and the
same are hereby appropriated towards the
building of Normal School at Wincna, in ac-
cordance with the plans alreany adopted by
the Board: Provided, That the citizens of Wi.
mona will devote the sum of S.. coo III addition
thereto, towards furthering the said object.
Work 10 be commenced Immediately upon the
adoption OF the proposition.
Hesolced further. Thai il the event Of the
transcription of the above proposition. the
Board will immeGia. ely erect q building for
tle Use OF the Normal School at a cost OF
Ti2.ooo: Pr0ctdea That the notes already
gwen BY citizens Of Winona for the purpose Of
erecting Normal School. be paid anl ap-
iropriateG towards the object contemplated
therein
On motion Of Mr. Frost.
Resotced. That the President and Secretary of
the B00rd are hereby authorized to carry into
effect the foregoing resolutions Of the Board
of Direct OrS, and make the contracts I'll ereiu
cOutemplatea.
The above comprises ALL the proceedings that
were of public interest
The 2yi6a,W's special from Washington.
NAV Is. / o'clock says: Later information
from the front accords 10 Gen. Hancock the
glory of another gallant achievement. 1t is
stated that. Oh Friday night, portion of Han
cocks corps made feint on the enemy's line,
then went IN, in his usual driving style, aud
succeeded in taking of the eighteen guns con-
tested for between the lines since his great vic
tory Of Thursday"
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Hatch,s BattaIiOn.-.Ma1l Carriers
KObbed...DrOuth.

We learn that reliable intelligence has been
received at Gen. SIBLE1's headquarters of the
arrival by steamer at Frog Point. about 100
miles below Fort Abcrcrombie, of Major
HATCH, with his command. The Red River
being very low, the steamer could not pass
Goose River Rapids, and the battalion would
have to accomplish the remainder of the dis
lance overland, and probably reached Fort
Abercrombie on the 10th or 10th instant. A
part, if not all, of the Sioux murderers, still
infest the British settlements about Fort Gar
~, and will doubtless be impelled by their des-
titution TO do what they can in the way of pill
Age and murder such Of our people rs they
hnd unprotected along the Red River.
The mail carrier from Fort Abercrombic To
Fort Garry was fred at below Georgetown,
and only escaped with his life, leaving the mail
behind, which was burned by the Indians, and
the lock, &C.. subsequently found BY our men.
There has been little or no rain on the upper
prairics, and the rivers and lakes are lower
than even last season. The vegetation ia very
backward.
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Lake Superior and III f-stssippl
Railroad Company.
OFFICE OF TIE L s. AND NJ. r. r q

OFFICE OF TIE l. 8. AND NJ. r. r Co I
ST. PAUL. May 10, 1864.
To The Editor of the Pioneer:
The letter published in your issue of yester-
day from the Attorney General in relation to
an extra session of the Legislature seems TO
have been written under q misappreEersion of
the facts.
A proposition to pay the expenses of such
session or any part thereof was never made by
this Company, Or by their authority; on the
contrary when such suggestion was made the
Company a: once decided that such action on
their part would be highly improper and un-
justiiable Congress has recently made liber-
al grants of lands to aid in the construction of
i,rooriant Railroad lines in orr STA G, and it is
question for the people and the Governor be
decide whether the public interests W 'uld to
best promoted by the prompt application of
the grants to the purpose fer which they We're
intended.
This Is public, AMI not a private question.
and has been from the first. and still is so re-
garced by the Company.
LYMAN DAYTON
President of the L. and Nd. h. Co. /
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FROM TORONTO, G. w.
The Disastrous Eject Of the Recent
Heavy Rains.

TORONTO, May 16.-From all parts Of the
country come in reports of disasters from
freshets caused by the recen: protractcd heavy
rains. At COburg, the numerous small lakes
in the townships back of Coburg and Belle
vile rose to an unusual height, and their out
lets increased in size and strength to such an
extent, and rolled onward with such force and
violence as to sweep every thing before them.
Mill dams gave way, saw and grist mills, barns,
stables and bridges were swept from their po
sitiOns, carried down the stream and dashed to
pieces. Several substantial bridges on the
Grand Trunk Railway and large portions of
the track were washed away, rendering traffic
along that portion of the road impossible for
some time. The extent of the damage done,
or the probable cost of making the necessary
repairs, cannot at present be estimated, though
it will take many thousand dollars to make
good the loss.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-05-27
OF for Nevada.

The Nevada fever seems to have affected sew
eral of the prominent citizens of this State. 1t
has already carried off Hon. JOHN w. NORTH,
GEORGE A. NOURsE, Esq, District Attorney,
and we learn that JUDGE COOPER, one of the
first settlers of the State will be off about the
frs. of June. In addition to these we see by
the st. Peter Statesman that JUDGE Fla SfRAu
of our Supreme Court will leave for the Same
Territory in few weeks. He has offered all
his real and personal property for sale.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-05-27
sam P A u L.
Opinion OF the Attorney General ON
the Proposition for an Extra Session
Of the Legislature.


the Proposition for an Extra Session
Of the Legislature.
weprint, from the official record in the
office of the Attorney General, the opinion
Of that officer regarding certain PROPOSE
tons concerning an extra session of the
Legislature, which were submitted to him
by Gov. Miller:
STATE OF MINNESOTA,
Attorney Generals Office,
st. Paul, May 8, 1864.
His aErcelleney STEPHEN MILLER:
slR-I am in receipt of your favor stating
that several of the friends of the st. Paul and
Lake Superior railroad desire an extra session
of the Legislature for the purpose of appropri-
ating the lands donated to the State by o recent
act of Congress for the construction of a rail-
road from the rayigable waters of the Missis-
sippi to Lake Superior; and you propose to ex-
act of these parties bond to pay all the ex-
penses; and you inquire whether bond taken
for this purpose would be unquestionably valid.
In reply have respectfully to say that either
the public interests require an extra session or
they do not. If they do, the public should
defray the expenses. If they do not, think
none should be called.
The proposal to call legislature together at
the expense of private individual or individ-
uals is b novel one, believe; and think the
Governor has no authority to exact or receive
the bond proposed.
1t seems to Inc that it would be void upon
grounds of public policy. suppose the par
ties giving the bond would expect the Legis-
lature would grant the lands to them. / am
not advised as to the terms of the act Of Con-
gress, or whether there is o competitor for
these lands, or whether the citizens of Saint
Paul or an organized company make, or are to
make the application. infer from your styl-
ing it an official application, that it is to come
from the company.
II such transaction were to he made public
would not the Legislature take exceptions to
being called together in the interest and at the
expense Of a particular company or locality?
Very respectfully,
G.. E. COLE,
Attorney General.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-05-27

THE DRourm.-The drouth is being protract-
ed TO an alarming extent. The weather is
scorching hot. and no indications of rain.
Should this weather continue for a much lon
ger period the most deplorable results mnst
follow Already. ore the crops failing and ali
now over two years since we have had any
considerable amount Of rain, and unless It
comes soon our crops this year win be \ fail
ure That the windows Of heaven" NAV be
opened is the prayer Of the whole people in
this section.-H udson (Wis.) Times
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-05-27
MORE SURGEONS WANTED.

MADISON, May 19.-Advices from Washing.
ton indicate that more surgeons may Do needed
to care for the wounded soldiers ut the front
Experienced surgeons who can 10 VIII please
notify me at once. I
7o Sgned} JAS. 7. LEWIS,
Governor Of Wisconsin.
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slaughter Of Rebels at Gettysburg.

There has been good deal of disputa-
ton among the rebel officers as to the
cause of tie defeat of Lees army at Get
tysburg. Among other things it has been
charged that the ill-conduct of Pettigrew's
brigade i'll the attack on Cemetery Hill
| caused the failure of the battle and the
campaign. In controver1ing this Captain
LEWIS B. You've, formerly on Gen. PET
T1eREw's staff, makes these statements in
communication published iu the Rich
mOnd Enquirer, of March lS:
In this battle, Pettigrews brigade. notwitn
ing the disadvantages of impaired organization,
calls ed by its heavy losses, especially of Off
GERS, did as well as the best and that no troops
struggled more fercelv to gain victory. let its
fearful losses attest. On the morning Of the
1st of July it numbered 900 to 5000, 90 the
18th, S:I5.
All the field officers save one. who was CAP
tured, were killed or wounded 4; and The bri-
gade was commanded by Major Jones of the
26th regiment North Carolina troops. who had
been struck with fragment of a shell on the
first. and knocked down and stunned on the
third day slightly. General Pettigrew was
cONCiSlJ TWO VI HIS
stall were killed, and Lieutenant WI Robert
son still suffers from . wound which deprives
the brigade of his valuable services. On the
lst of July Capt. Tuttle of the 26th regiment.
led into action two lientenants and eighty-four
men all OF the officers and eighty-three of the
iren were killed or wounded. On the same
day, Company c, of the 18th regiment. lost
two officers killed and thirty-four out 81 thirty
eight men killed or wounded. Captain Bird.
with the four remaining. participated IN the
fight of the third.
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Our Army Correspondence.
Letter from the Tenth Regiment
in Kentucky.

Expedition to the Interior--Outrages
of Old Soldiers on the Peeple..A
Poor Way to Cultivate Onion Sen.
timent..What Col. Jennison Says
of such Conduct.
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TIE Washington Chronicle speaks OF the
Presidents recent order thanking God for vic
tory, as an evidence of Mr.. LincCns charac-
terstic modesty!"
The Chronicle is owned by JOHN q. FORSEY
how generally spelled FAwN-EY-and the
above paragraph is only "a moderate specimen
of the sickening adulation daily bestowed
through the columns OF that journal on the
President, the Cabinet and Congress.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-05-27

The draft has been ordered only in the
following States: New York, New Jersey.
Pennsylvania. New Hampshire, Vermont
Massachusetts,, Maryland, Ohio, Missouri and
Kentucky
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-05-18

Every wife and mother owes it to herself,
her husband, and her children, as well as
to society at large, to prevent waste in ev-
cry department Of the household, whether
PROVISIONS are cheap or dear, whether the
husband is rich or poor; for waste is q
crime against humanity, an insult to the
bounteous Hand which "giveth us all
things richly to enjoy" On the other
hand g true economy is one of the wiaest,
the test, and ennObling Of domestic viz
tues. A hundred careful experiments
were made in England in reference to
roasting and boiling meats, in order to as
certain the respective losses
Roasted chickens lost Is per ct; beef
ribs and sirloins, 19 per Ct; geese, l9 per
Ct; boiled mutton legs, 10 per ct; boiled
shoulder mutton, % per Ct; turkeys, 20
per ct mutton legs and shoulders, "A per
ct; ducks, q per ct.
Boiling beef RsYss more than four per
cent over roasting. If a leg Of mutton is
boiled it iooses ten per cent If roasted,
twenty five per cent The falter meat is,
the greater the loss; it should be moders-
tely fst to make 1t tender; but there is an.
improbable fstness. Eleven pounds Of
roast rib-pieces lose two pounds, and the
bones one pound, 30 that Of the eleven
pounds, only seven pounds come to the
table. Hence, if roast rib-pieces cost in
New York, in April, 1884, twenty cents 3
pound at the butohers stall, it is more than
thirty-one cents pound on the dinner
table.
1t is phiisophicslly true that one pound
Of clear roast beef is more concentrated
Than one pound Of boiled beef, has less
matter in it, and hence may contsin more
nourishment; but the more concentrated
food is, the more unWholesome il is, not
only because it requires great digestive
power TO convert it into pure blood, but
the sense Of suficiency at meals is Undue,
ed to considerable extent by the bulk Of
what is taken, and If we eat concentrated
food until there is bulk enough to remove
the feeling of hunger, there is so much nu-
triment in it that nature can't extract it
all in perfect manner hence there is
not only too much nutriment for the wants
Of the system, but all Of it is imperfsctly
prepared, and we really get less strength
and less pure blood out Of ii, than If much
less had been eaten, or it had been taken
in more bulky, or, if you please, in q
more Wstery condition. This is the res-
soR why dyspeptics and others eat great
deal, bl t they do not get strong. But if
there is too much bulk, there is not enough
nutriment, although gre at deal is taken
into the stomach Porter and beer, for ex-
ample, fill up the stomach, and seem 10
make persons heshy, but there is but little
nutrime I and great bulk but grest beer
drinkers are never strong, they are puffy
-Halgs Journal Of Health.
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GRAReERY SALE.
NJHANCERY sALE-Pursuapt 10 n

NHANCERY SALE.-Pursuant to the
" command Of decretal order of sale from
the Circuit Court of the United States for the
Northern District Of Ohio, at the suit of John W.
Perigo and Edward B. Bulkley, against Joel
Terrell and others, to me directed, I shall offer
for sale at public auction, at the South door Of
the Federal Court Building in the City Of CleVe-
land, in said District, the twenty-first day Of
May, 1854, at three O'Clock P. M, the following
described premises, situate in the township OF
Rldgeville, Lorain county, Ohio, with the appur-
tenanees thereuutO belonging, known by being
part OF lot No. twenty-eight, and bounded IS fol-
lows:
Beginning at point where the centre line Of
the highway running North and South through
the centre Of said township intersects the centre
line OF the highway leading from Elyris to Cleve-
lana tnrOugh said township, thence running in
8 Northeriy direction along the center line Of
said North and South road about fortv-5ve rods
to the land OF Wyllis Terrill; thence in a West
erly direction along the South line Of said
Wyllis Terr1lFs land about forty-eight rods to
the East line Of land owned by Willis TerriIl
thence in Southerly direction along the Fast
line Of said Wyls Terrill's land about thirty-tWo
rods TO the Northwest corner Of land owned by
John Chester; thence in an Easterly direction
along the North line Of said John Chester, G. H.
Gibson, and Lew TerrilPs land, about twenty
four rods to the Northeast corner of said Levi
Terrilrs land thence in Southerly direction,
along the East line Of said Levi Terrill's land,
about fifteen rods to the center Of the aforesaid
highway, leading from Elyria Aforesaid thence
IN an Essterly direction, along the center Of said
highway about twenty rods to the place Of be-
glnnlng-belng the property known as the Ter
I'll House Tavern property, including Tavern
house, store Room, Barn, etc. Appraised at
s2,T65. HENRY G. ABBEY,
Master Commissioner in Ohancery
Backus 4 Noble, Solicitors for Complsinants
April 70, 1854. = aDr12O: 15l
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MORNING LEADER.
"WEDNESDAY RTORNING, MAY rs, Iss4.
Great Bruins in small Hsdies.

,
It is curious 10 remark how unWilli 4
eople generally sre to believe that per-
IN by much to short for grensdier may
yet be great man. lis at least equslly
curious to note the delight which nature
seems to take in itersting and reitersting
the fact that g very large proportion Of
the intellect Of the age just passed away
was lodged with men who fell short Of the
middle size Napoleon Was scarcely FIVE
feet six inches in hight and so very slim
IN early life as to be veil nighlOst in his
boots and his inform. Byron was no
taller L2rd Jeffrey was OF so tall.
Campbell and Moore were still shorter
than Jeffrey, aud Wilberforce1 Wss less
man than any Of them. The same remark
has been made Of the great minds Of Eng
land who fOaTished about the middle Of
the seventeenth century One very re-
msEksble instsnce we may perhaps ex-
hibit to the reader in new aspect. 4a 4
In the August Of $780, some workmen
engaged in repairing the Church of st.
Giles, Gripplegsts, found under the floor
OF the ohaneel an old coffin, which, as
shown BY the sexton's register, had rested
undisturbed for g hundred and sixteen
years. For grown person il was a very
smell one. It's length did not exceed FIVE
feet ten inches, and it measured only six.
teen inches across at the broadest part -
The body almost invariably stretches after
death, so rhst the bodies of females Of the
middle stature and under require collins
Of at least equal length; ), and the breadth, |
even outside, did not come fully to the av-
ersge breadth of shoulders in adults
Whose remains rested in that wasted old |
cofin7
Those Of q man most truly masculine in
ais cast Of mind, and the most gigantic in
intellect, which Britain or the world ever
produced-the defender Of the rights Of
the people of E9glsnd; as q scholar, first
among the learned of Europe; as poet,
not only more sublime than any other un-
inspired writer, but as has been Justly
said, more fertile in true suhlimities than
all other uninspired Wri ers put together.
The email old coffin disinterred from out
the chsucelof St. Giles contained the re-
mains Of that John Milton who died st
bis house in Bunhill Fields in the winter
Of l674-the sll-poWerful oontroVersislist
who, in the cause Of the people, crushed
he learned salmssins full in the view Of
Europe-tbe poet who produced the para.
iise Lost. .'-MilLsT's HeaaehiP of Christ.
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A TLANTIC 3 GREAT WEsT'N
new York Through Line.

DOAA1h ARhAEQEMHNGs
Two through Express Trains between Cleveland and
New YORK. Takes eject Nay Is, 1854.