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Police EEPoRTs - Second frecinct.-Mln:.
Williams, Louisa Brown, stealing; John MACK,
neglect % clean privy; dismissed. Henry
Johnson, disorderiy; s3. VIM. H. May mach,
passing counterfeit money; dismissed Ann
johnson, dieorderly; 81. Mary johnson. do;
81. Charles II. Mills, deserter from the draft;
military.
Fourth Precinct.-Rsb't Logan, disorderly;
dismissed. Alfred Robinson do 81. =
FJth Precinct.-John Fugitt, drunk; Benja--
min Bates, disorderly; Thos. Buckley, do and
dlsordeIly; John McDonnel, drunk; dismissed.
drunken man. TOO drunk to give his name;
Tor hearing. John Heard and Thos Bunting,
disorderly: military, Alfred Dodson, assault
and battery; bail for court. Christiana Reese,
drunk and disoIderly; So Arthur Newman,
hacking without number; 81.
Sirth Precinct - Jas. Flanagan. disorderly.
IS. Nelson Waters, do; 81. Simeon Johnson,
do; - g. S. King, drunk; 81 w. Hopkins.
assault and battery, intent to kill; for hearing.
Eugene Jacobs, throwing stones; dismissed..
Sarah J. Hamilton, drunk and diisorderiy: es-
capped from the station. Frank Sipes, drunk;
go. 3 tl'A
Tenth Precinct-John u. Miller, Wm. Kelly,
Wm. Allen. suspicion of desertion; military.
Rob't Smith, disorderly; $3.50. a~Gs :
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Ii KINDsOFBOTrLBs BOUGHT AND sOLD
"A the highsst price will bs paid for Chsmpagn gne
10 tiles, 1t 81 Seventh street. hlAnd. between =
aad streets oe A.lms
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AT PRIVATE sALE-
"A One DRUG STORE,
Three HOU6ES,
Three LOTS,
Five FARMS.
Inquire at 45S Massach husetts avenue, nasr sth
street. nov - Inn
fITO LET-Two large ROOMS. on Pennsylvania
j. avenue, No. 243, suitable for stores Offices.
Apply on the premises, or at No. 266 street. be-
tween 18th and 18th. nov 23N
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NJ TO THE
NORTHWEST AND SOUTHWEST.
Ia "a 80

ON AND AFTER November 18th trains Win
leave Baltimore from North Calvert Station II
follows oos =,
East Mall at-n7,odat;o- at-.dd;;;,--- 1P ~ p n n.
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Latest from NashyilIe-s, Situation'' about
the Same-SkirmIshing with the Enemy !;
M0vement toward Alurfreesb0ro,
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of instruction. It is understood that this
proposed instruction is only in the very
elementary branches Of spelling, reading,
writing, arithmetic, English grammar md
geography. This was, truly, good begin.
ming. But as persons of means and intelli-
gence became more numerous in the city,
the want was felt of instruction in natural
philosophy, algebra, geometry and ele-
mentary Latin. By private arrangement
some of the teachers have given lessons in
these branches for the last year or two,
thus meeting in some measure the demand
and no one has felt aggrieved, SO far as we
have learned.
Recently, however, objections have
been raised to this and it is understood
that decree has gone forth, the effect of
which must be virtually to stop every
thing beyond what is named in the sched-
ule. OF the motives by which the Board
of Inspectors was governed, in this ac-
ton, no one has right to Judge. The
energy with which they have hitherto ap-
piled themselves to their work justi6es the
belief that they were actuated by the best
of motives: though as to the cisdom of
the measure, there is, and will be, diversi-
ty of opinion. 1t has been shrewdly
guessed, in some quarters, that the object
of the movement was to hasten the OPEN
ing of a regular High School, by stopping
all extra studies in the present schools,
and thus making manifest necessity which
can hardly be realized while extra studies
are tolerated in all the schools.
We sincerely hope that such may be
found to be the purport of the late move
ment; for, in cur humble opinion, there
is manifest necessity for either gradual
elevation of the standard of education in
all the schools, Or. the opening, at no dis
tant day, of a High School, in which boys
may be prepared for college, and girls for
the seminary.
Whether the city is able to elevate her
standard beyond what it now is, and if
SO, whether it is better to open High
School at once, or allow extra studies ia
the schools which We now have, for tie
purpose of gradually preparing the way
for the High School, are questions for
consideration, and may form the subject
of another article.
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Why not Send the Sixth and Eighth
Regiments of Minnesota Volunteers
to Fight the Rebels?

Why is not one, if not both the Sixth
and Eighth Regiments of Minnesota q n
fantry) Volunteers sent forward at once to
the Potomac? These regiments were
raised and contributed by the State for
the purpose of assisting the government in
crushing the rebellion. 1t was for that
the men entered the service and the off
GERS organized the regiments, and it was
never their intention or desire to remain
at homo to garrison for,s or act as provost
guards.
If there were any necessity for either of
these regiments remaining here, on ac-
count of our Indian difficulties, it might
alter the case; but there is no such neces-
sity. since there is an abundant force (and
that, too, of exactly the right kind) with
out either of these infantry regiments, to
take care of the forts and exterminate all
the Indians that dare come into our bOr-
ders, or to pursue and capture them where
ever they may fly. There are over two
hundred of the invalid corps, and several
hundred men of the 1st Regiment, which are
fully enough to garrison all our fortified
lions. Their, as for the Indians, we have
fully two thousand cavalry to attend to
them. HATCH's Battalion consists of at
least four hundred hardy and now some
what experienced. men. BRACKETS con-
ta.as about the same number, and the Sec
ond Regiment of cavalry is full and num-
bers at least twelve hundred.
Now, these troops just enumerated are
amply sufficient for the purposes spoken of,
and everybody knows that cavalry is the
only efficient force that can practically
hunt and fight Indians, under the circum-
stances and in the situation in which the
present Indian war has to be conducted.
We all know that infantry is of very little
use in pursuing wild Siouxs mounted on
Indian ponies, through interminable wastes
and over boundless prairies and marshes.
I Why then are not the two infantry reg
iments, numbering together 1000 men,
sent to active service against the rebels ?
Why, at least, is not the 9th Regiment dis
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Common School Education.

In our last article we said it was Gesi,-
able that our common schools should SO
elevate their standard as to prepare boys
for college, &c. Yet, it does not follow,
as necessary consequence, that public
instruction shall, at an early day,-or at
any tine,-proceed thus far. Were our
school fund as large as We could even de-
sire, it would still remain for the govern
ment to say how far the common school
system should proceed in the work of ed :
ucation, and how much it should leave for
the colleges to perform. But with our
present limited means, the question first
to be considered, we suppose, is, How far
can we proceed OF this, the city govern
ment must be the judge. But in this con-
nection, we beg leave to suggest that the
difference between the actual expense Of
conducting a High School, and school
such as those we now have, is not nearly
SO great as many suppose. Some of
the teachers which we now have are
capable of conducting the very highest
order of school known to the common
school system OF Massachusetts,, or
New York, and We doubt whether they
would charge much more for working such
High School than the schools now in Ope-
ration. We have no hesitation in saying
that those teachers capable of conducting
the High School would prefer this depart
ment to the elementary, even should
the pay lie the same ;-thOugh most States,
we believe, have judged it best to pay a
little more to the teachers of the High
Schools than to those of common grades.
The building proper for High School
need rot cost more than any other school
building There is not one of the school
buildings now in our city that might not
answer all the purposes of high school.
Perhaps from five hundred to thousand
dollars should be expended for philosohi-
Cal and chemical apparatus; but this, once
secured, would be good for twenty years
to come, with an outlay of a few dollars
each year for repairs. With the apparatus
once on hand, four or five hundred dollars
additional each year, would raise any one
of our city schools to the grade of first
class High School, e., would set it on a
basis capable of fitting boys for the junior
class of college. Algebra, geometry, trigi-
nometry, comic sections, natural philoso-
ply, chemistry, astronomy, and the Latin
aud Greek classics, would be taught to
boys so far as to leave only two years
necessary for the completion of full col
lege course. l need not say, what every
one knows, that girls can proceed as far
as boys.
When we speak Of four or five hundred
dollars, additional, being sufficient for this,
we are not calculating for the erection of
any additional minor school, to take its
place. No scch additional school would
he necessary, save OH the supposltlon OF
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ANOTHER VETERAN REGIMENT
FROM MINNESOTA.
The Fifth Regiment Re-Enlisted
for the War.

The following letter from Col. HUBBARD
OF the Fifth Regiment, needs no explana-
ton: n"-
hD9R's I'd BRIG, 1sr DIV, 10TH CoRps.)
VIcKsBURG, MISS, March 9Th, 1864.
Coloae. Oscar Aflmros, Adju,ant General hin.
nesOt0:
CoLoNEL-I have honor to inform you that
the Filth Minnesota Infantry has become a
veteran regiment. Nine-tenths of the men
who are eligible, have re-enlistcd. and if the
Time Is extended to the first of April as it is
(unohlcially) reported is the case. nearly the
whole regiment will do so. Major Becbt will
probably furnish you the names and such other
data as you require. The General is ASSIGNED
to an expedition about moving up the Red
River, and will probably receive its furloueb
upon its return. Gen. Sherman's expedition
has returned to Vicksburg.
very respectfully, your obt servant.
l.. +. HUBBARD,
Col. Commanding Brigade.
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The True Value Of a Greenback
Dollar.

The popular mind is abused, to great
extent, with false idea of the true value
in gold of a dollar of our present circulating
medium. Many persons who havs noticed
gold quoted at, for instance, 60 per cent
premium, were of the opinion, probably,
that their dollar greenback was worth in
gold as many cents less than dollar as the
gold was quoted above. That this notion
is erroneous is easily proven. A dollar
gold piece, when worth 60 per cent. more
than dollar Treasury note, is evidently
worth 100 1OOths of the latter, which is
worth 100 16Oths of the gold dollar, or 62aa
cants in gold. Consequently, with one
dollar in Treasury paper, you can purchase
624 cents in gold The proof of this is,
that 62h cents plus 60 per cent. Of itself,
or 374 cents, is equal to one dollar. We
think this explanation will considerably
enrich, in their own estimation, many per
sons who think that, when gold is at 60
per cent premium, their dollar in Treas
ury currency is worth only 40 cents in the
precious metal. The following table, show
ing the precise value in paper of gold, with
the latter at various points of premium,
may be of interest to many:
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posed of in this way, for which its mem =.
bers are aesirOus and 80 well prepared.
This regiment is full to the maximum, and
numbers one thousand and twenty-five. 1t
is commanded by gentleman with tho
rough West Point military educntion, and
of experience, and all its officers are pos
sessed of ability and practice. Its ranks
are composed of one of the finest body Of
men that the State has contributed to the
service. They are in capital drill aud dis
cipline, and may be said to possess already
the hardihood of veterans since we are
assured that last summer, on their march
in the Indian Expedition to the Missouri
river, they were able to accomplish their
long daily marches with the unifol nifty and
ease that is only to be expected Of soldiers
who have seen much service and expe-
rience.
Every one of this regiment, from the
colonel down to the drummer boys, desire
and expect to be sent to what they call
The sUay, and detest the idea of being kept
here to rust in military inaction. This
regiment cannot be left here in idleness at
an expense and loss to the government of
not less than one thousand dollars per day,
not to say anything of what the loss of the
services of SO gallant body of men will
be to the cause Of our country at this cr-
sis. We hope and trust, then, that the
known good sense and patriotism of Gene
raj SlBLEY will induce him to join with
every influence and representative the
State now has at Washington in bringing
about such disposition of the Sixth, if
not the Eighth Regiment also, that they
may be able to emulate and rival in hero
ism, and share similar glory with the brave
regiments that have preceded them.
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st. Croix and Lake Superior Rail.
road.

Work has been again commenced on
this road at Hudson. The company's
workmen are getting out timber for
bridges, and the piles are being driven for
the bridge across the Willow river pond at
Hudson.
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GOOD News from the First Regiment.

FORT SMELLING, March %, 1854.
To the Editor Of the Pioaeer:
The odd First" is all right. Twenty yete-
ran re-enlistments were made yesterday by
captain Davis, mastering officer for the regi-
ment. From present indications two-thrds of
the original members of the regiment will re-
enlist The patriotism of these gallant soldiers
should put to shame the sneaks who have
sought to break up the organization of this
brave old regiment, by asserting that it would
not re-enlist.
The regiment is daily receiving patches of
from five to ten recruits from the Provost Mar
shal's Office.
BY the LIST of April we will have at least five
hundred in its reorganization
Three cheers and tiger for the old First
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The Great Mcclellan Ovation ia Neyy
York.

The MCCLELLAN meeting at Cooper In
stitute, New York, on Thursday evening
OF last week, is represented by all the
Journals as one CT the grandest demonstra-
tons Of modern times. Thousands ofmen
thronged the great hall and the streets
around the building, moved by one COM
mon feeling OF patriotic devotion to the
Union and Constitution, and of admiration
and love for TIE NAN who has SO often
saved the country from ruin. 1t was not
a politicians meeting. 1t was not called
for nor formally indo.sed by any of the
great political parties Of the day, nor was
it engineered by any Of the party man
ayers But the people took it up and made
1t a great success The gentlemen who
started the ball were those WHO were rep
resented in the convention Which met at
Philadelphia some months since, and nom
mated General MCCLELLAN for the Paesi-
cency. They were chiefly persons who
have never aeted with any political party,
although many among them are known as
earnest opponents Of the policy of the pres.
ent administration Their call for meet
ing in New York. unaided by any of the
party machinery, was answered By enthu-
siastic thousands, Rep, b.icans and Demo-
Gratis, who recognize the noble character
and commanding abilities af General No
CLELLAN.
We learn that tie vote in the Senate
confirming the nomination of General
SHELLEY was subsequently recrn>idereI 1t
was ascertained that lis commission would
date from his original appointment, v hich
was not according to the underst anding of
Senators when they voted for his contirna-
ton. We have not learned that any &C
ton has been had since the reconsid-
Grafton.
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improvements at Hudson.

The Willow River Mill Company have
put up a steam saw mill on their pond,
and are replacing the dam, which was
burned last season. They are also putting
up a fine Touring mill to run by the water
nONer
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The Atlanta Lnte1gence, of tile 9th
inst. says: "Mrs. White, OF Selma, Ala,
sister Ct Mrs. Lincoln, has arrived from
Washington, having Struggled through
rebel uniform, the buttons OF which were
gold and worth $4,000
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Treasury Notes Worth

The accuracy of the above figures can
be tested by simply adding to them that
per cent. of each designated in the rate of
premium.
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News of the Indians.

inst, from Fort Abercrombie, to General
S1BLEY, state that WA-sE-KU-YE, a prin-
cipal soldier of the Sissetons, to have ar
rived at Fort Abercrombie and accepted
formally the conditions imposed upon
them as the price of peace with the Gov
eminent. He assured Major Brown that
the Sissetons are almost unanimously de-
sirous of returning to their former pacific
relations with the whites, but that the
powerful bands of the Yanctonais, while
they also express desire for the termina-
ton of the war, require as conditions on
the part of the Government, that the
Americans shall not penetrate or pass
through their country, and that steamers
shall cease to navigate the Upper Missouri
with emigrants. These wild warriors are
evidently apprehensive that the ridiculous
terms they propose will not be assented
to, for they have given Invitations to the
evil disposed of the other bands to join
them, and it is reported by WA-sE-Ku-YE
that the refugee murderers OF the lower
bands arc now fastening to affiliate with
them. Should this prove correct the de-
termination on the part OF the Ianctonals
to continue the war will be manifest, for
they have been told repeatedly that if any
of tie numbering remnant OF the lower
bands were allowed to dwell in their
camps or on their lands, they themselves
would be warred upon for harboring them.
Other principal men of the Sissetons
will probably reach Fort Abercromble IN
a few days to accept formally the terms
upon which they will be allowed peace.
A Company Of SharpshOoters to be
Attached to tie sixth Regiment.
Gov. MILLER has received the following
dispatch:
WASHINGTON, March o.
oMe Governor of Minnesota:
This is authority for you to raise company
of Sharpshooters to be attached to the Sixth
Regiment. INV
Provost Marshal General.
The Sixth Regiment has been recruited
nearly to the maximum, and with another
company attached to it, will embrace more
men than any other regiment that has
been raised in the State. In point OF dis
cipline and all other soldierly qualities it
is second to none. 1t is great pity that
such body of men should be kept at home,
where their services are not absolutely
required, when the government wants just
such regiments to cope with the trained
veterans of LEE and JOHNSON. Colonel
Crooks has made an application for per-
mission for the Sixth t? take the place OF
our renowned First in the Army of the Po-
tomac, and we trust his request will be
gran ed The mend and officers are tired
of rusticating in frontier stockades, and
burn for. opportunities to render better
service to their country, and acquire more
honor for their State and themselves, than
has hitherto been afforded them.
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The old $4,000, 900 bonds seem to be
looking up in the world. At an auction
sale of Minnesota State Railroad bonds by
r. Il. J. NJ. WARNER, auctioneers, at the
banking house of E. s EDGERroN, on the
26th inst, after some spirited bidding by
number of our moneyed men who were
present, one thousand dollars of the bonds
were struck off to o B. TURRILL, Esq, of
this city, at 40 cents, and the other two
thousand were knocked down to another
gentleman at the same rate. EDGERroN's
Office during the sale reminded one of the
New York stock exchange, and the bid
ding, although on not quite SO large a
scale, was quite as animated as at session
of the latter institution. When the last
bond was put up, EDeERroN offered the
"drinks" to the highest bidder, but as
that person proved to be Rev. DR.. of
Divinity. he refused the "nip," although
Mr.. E. offered to stand the "dicker
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THE Fremont Democracy are going it.
The report is circulated East that they are
in full possession of Tammany Hall The
following we find in the Washington cor
respondence of the New York World:
GEN. FREMONT CLAIMS TAMMANY HALL
The friends of General John c. Fremont
claim that the recent action of Tammany Hall.
in repudiating the regular organization and
usageS OF the Democratic party, is Only the
first step on the part of the Old Wigwam to-
ward an ALLAN e with the radical anti-slayery
Democracy, of which Gen. Fremont is the ac
knOwledged head.
The Cincinnati Commeycim crticizes
Gen. Pores development of the second
campaign against the Sioux, as follows:
It smacks of novelty to say the least. to
have the programme of a military CAMPAIGN
made out and gravely laid before the public,
not emitting the details. The contemplate
force of the enemy is the only excuse that can
be given for so unmiltary proceeding and
even he is not so weak or ignorant that he may
not benefit by this publication,
This programme involves the employment
of large force. Ihere VIII PROBABLY be ten
soldiers to one Indian, and if it all results in
Siifina or capturing one Indian to a thousand
white men, it will be greater success than has
heretofore attended such enterprises against
the copper-hued barbarians. The Seminole
war cost the government, it has been estima
ted. one hundred thousand dollars for every
Indian disabled permanently and the war
against the Sioux is likely to prove equally ex.
pensive.
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Our railroad prospects at the present time
are highly encouraging. Capital has been
enlisted, and nothing but deficiency of
labor now stands in the way of great pro-
gcess during the ensuing season.
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Progress Of Emigration.

The annual report of the Commissioners
of Emigration shows that Notwithstanding
the terrible devastations of war within our
borders, the increase of emigration to the
port of New York for the year just closed
has been very great, being more than
double that of the year 1862, which also
showed an increase over that of 1861. The
whole number of emigrants arrived at that
port alone was sO,53S more than in the
preceding year The whole number of
passengers landed at that port during the
year 1863 was 1887 Of these 1888
were citizens or persons not subject to
bonds or Communication, and l56, S44 were
aliens. This shows an increase in alien
emigrants of S6,5as over 1862, Of 81, s15
over 1861, and 81, 6S2 over 1851.
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This is said to be quicker running time
than was ever before made between the
two cities.
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FAST TRAvELING.-The following is the
time made by the Congressional Naval
Committee and their guests, between Bos-
ton and New York