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The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-12-30
Military Punishments.

A writer in the Army and Nary jour-
nal groups some very interesting facts in
reference to the subject Of military pun
ishments as practiced in former times,
showing the barbarous severity employed
by the nations of antiquity in the enforce
ment of discipline and the maintenance of
. high sOldierly spirit in their military Or
CARNATIONS The discipline of the ancient
Asiatio nations is shown to be cruel to the
last degree, the slightest offence in the SOL
der being punished by torments, which in
this day are scarcely visited upon the ex-
tremest offenders:
In the Roman army, before the time of
Crassus, military punishment was also
very severe, but was still merciful as COM
pared with that of contemporary nations.
Scourging among the Romans was the
commonest punishment, but the Roman
scOurging was much less severe than the
Austrian or Russian. The higher officers
had power to whip with rods, the centu-
rians with vine sticks. If a soldier caught
and held centurian vinehel was degraded
or cashiered; if he broke it he was put to
death. The Roman allies where whipped
with birches, as refractory school-boys
used to be chastised. .- .s
Disobedience of orders involved the pen
atty of death at the will of tho general, and
desertion was punished first by whipping
and subsequently, by sale into the lowest
grade of slavery. 1t was very common
also to feed the troops who behaved badly
in any way, with barly instead of wheat
Corps which ran away under peculiar cir
cumstances, were made to lie without thu
camp, without shelter of any kind, unit
they recovered their reputation, and ont
instance 10 recorded in which q body o
troops who had proved delinquent wer'
made to swear that they would never
henceforth, take food or drink unless in {
standing position, except when obliged b!
ecku0so w w ~. i.tll s.ssru1 4 .UG 5g
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-12-30

"A brother Of Senator Sprague (Mr. Byron
sprague) was lone of the parties recently ar
rested at Providence by order of General Dix.
He went to New York and back with official
escort
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-12-30

REV. Myron Winslow, distinguished Mis-
Eonsry and Oriental scholar, as We learn of the
last arrival from Europe, died at the Cape Of
Good Hope. while on his way from India to
England. He was seventysix years Of age,
and hes been forty.ave yeazs in tie service a
the American Board
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-12-30
The Georgia militia..-A Rich Order.

We copy the following from Georgia
paper: '
General Orders, No. &c.
HEADQUARTERS - REondENr,l
October 25, 1864. 5.
The colonel commanding regrets the neces-
sity which urges him to reprove the practice
recently INDUCED by officers of this command
of appearing on evening parade tricked out in
all the gaudy paraphernalia of masquerade
sporting on such occasions favOrs, r0settes and
fancy tobacco pouches, whereas the rules and
articles of war require only the uniform, sash
and sword. Such evidences OF vanity i'll be-
come nation bowed to earth by debt and pow
erty as we arc !; and takes this occasion to state
that such follies will no longer be tolerated.
Hereafter any officer Infringing this order
will be placed under arrest, and, If the error is
repeated, will be proceeded against for viola
ton Of oaderB. By order of Col -.
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tional independence, and to carry out their
ong.chcrished plot TO destroy the Govern
ment Slavery has been made the issue by
the South, There will be no peace while il
exists, and, therefore, we say let il be wiped
out, and wiped out forever
The party Of men in Tennessee who are
clinging to slavery will be the worst disap'
pointed men that live, in less than six
months. They associate with kindred
spirits in the towns, and fancy they know
what the sentiments of the masses are
Let there be n Convention called IN the
State, a. there will be- aud let the delegates
be elected upon the issue Of slavery or no
slavery, as they rW BE- and the world will
Sc waele the loyal voters Of Tennessee
stand They stand ready 10 put down, and
forever put at rest, the disturbing element,
and they will do it,
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Donations from Massachusetts.

On Monday of this week, two largo boxes
Of clothing, for the East Tennessee dcsti-
tute, arrived At the Express Office, marked
in the name Of the editor OF this paper
We Of course paid charges, and turned them
at once to good account, They turned ont
to be filed with every variety of clothing
ready made, for ladies, girls and children
and were sent forward by the benevolent
Massachusetts In one of each of the boxes
was found, attached to Il ladies garment a
letter, requesting answers, which we insert
entire, and respond to them on behalf of
the grateful recipients Of these favors
,WALTuAM, MASS, April Sth, 1864
Ny Dear Frictd! For such permit me to
call you, although Il stranger yet sister, as
we all are. We hear Of your many trials
and sorrows, and deeply sympathize with
you and while our husbands and sons 90
to take up arms in your and their country's
defense, ii is our Pririege, and pleasure to
us TO do what little we can tor those who
have lost their all, and who have suffered
50 much from those ruthless invaders of our
land, or worse than invaders. This cruel
war has robbed YOU us well as us of those
We held very dear to us, and who, if not
languishing in some hospital, are lying per-
haps in an unknown grave, far from friends
or home.
We are very grateful to you all when we
have heard of your kindness to our poor
soldiers, in sharing perhaps your last food
with them, for ShcItering them rs we hear
you have, for nursing our sick and wound
ed, and for all you have done for them. And
may heavens choicest blessings be showered
upon Yen and yours, and may you live to
see our country purified and redeemed, then,
and not until then, shaltwe be happy and
Il prosperous people, and apcople who shall
be blessed Of God.
We are often told that it does no good for
~ make clUthiu5 to send away, us II VIII
never reach those for whom it was intended.
!, for one, have more faith, and that my
faith may be strengthened, | ask You to
write me. should be happy to receive q
line from YOU also that we may know of
your wants, that if possible we may relieve
them.
Hoping that the time will soon come
when this war may be at an end, and all
our loved ones return to us, and that pros
pcrity may once more attend you, remain
your sincere friend,
MARIA WILSON.
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TIE CUMiHg NITuggic.

The approaching, and WPiily approach
ing conflict Of arms in Virginia and Ten
nessce will be bloody and decisive, as it re-
CARDS the future of the Confcderacy. As
to the result, we entertain no sort Of fears.
1t is not worth while to attempt to conceal
from the world what has already appeared
in the papers on both sides Of the line
That is to say, our forces about to operate
against LEES army and Richmond; are not
assembling in one body The overwhelming
force under Gen. GRANT will strike the
rebel army and capital from different points;
but the details of movements arc well con-
ccaled, and are only known to the Lieuten-
ant -General and his confidential advisers.
The authorities at Washington, and General
GRANT, are acting in perfect harmony, and
the General is left untrammeled in the man
agement Of the campaign, He has shipped
troops from post to post, and now has the
whole army fully recognized. The for
ward movements Of the army Of Virginia
are nor being maize. and by the time this
paper is out the public may expect a col
lison of arms. The preparations for the
campaign are immense, and one Of two re
cults is ccrtain-eiher the rebels will evac-
uate Richmond and abandon Virginia. or
they will make desperate resistance, stalk
ing their all upon the battles for Richmond
and getting most tearfully used up.
Gen, SHERMAN, who has an army equal to
the emergency, is ready for the conflict, in
front Of Chattanooga. The details Of his
movements have been kept to himself and
the few who .2dyise with him. and kent very
properly. We have no fears Tor the result
when the conflict begins and that will BE-
in very short time, unless the rebels con
cude to pull up stakes and fall back in or
der as they style their most approved
foot-rdceS We have confidence in our mil
itary leaders, and in their large and we'll
drilled army, and we say to our Union
readers that an alrtW drUJJing awaits the
rebel forces in the vicinity Of Dalton at no
distant day. May they be annhilated, and
may there be nothing left Of their tory
forces but dirty spot, of the sacred soil OF
the South" where they mustered for the
conflict.
As we 60 to press the rebels are in full
retreat from Dalton towards Atlanta, and
our forces are after them. We hope "Old
Fighting Joe Hooker may get in ahead Of
them, and close them in between two fires
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-05-07

and IN arist0crat related to the slayeocracy
of that country, The negroes became
alarmed ut the proposition made by some
of the candidates to disfranchso them in
the then approaching convention to revise
the Constitution. Burton ran Ms the friend
of the negroes, and pledged himself to
stand by thom and advocate their rights
He received something less than four hun
drcd negro votes, while his majority over
his competitor was about half that, show
ing that he was returned TO the convention
by negro votes, TO his disgrace, Burton
betrayed the negroes and voted TO dis
franchise them, For, let it be remembered
that negroes were never DISTINGUISHED in
Tennessee until It was done by the Consti-
tutional convention of 1885
The manner in which the State acted
under GGrTAOr Harris and his rebel Lcgis-
nturc, inclincs us to wish it had then been
under the control of S0bcr, hdrd w.rking
set Of free negroes, Nay, we have no hest
fancy in avowing that we had sooner be
governed by Union negroes than diSloydl
White men,
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First Put Down the Rebellion.

1t is great foolishness on the part Of
men claiming to be Union men, and array
cd under that banner, to b. quarrcling about
Constitutional guarantees, personal rights, ne
gro property, and what sort Of civil govern
mcnt we shall have. We have 10 eonstitu-
ton, no laws, no rights, no anything, but
anarchy and rebellion. Our first business
is to put down the rebellion, and agree upon
terms Of living thereafter; and if we don't
put it down, it will put US down, and with
US all laws constitutions and institutions
connected with US.
The negro is troubling class Of Union
men among us much more than the rebel
hon is, although man with one eye, and
sorry one at that, can see that this rebel
lion is obliged to work out the overthrow
Of slavery. The losers by the game at the
South may thank their own bad men
among them, who alone brought abou,
such results.
The right to own slaves before this rebel
lion was not denied to any man in the
South, and it was conceded to every State
in the Union. The Northern States had
the right, under the Constitution, to cherish
or abolish the institution, and they had
chosen to do. the latter The Southern States
chose to foster the institution, knowing that
no power, under the Constitution, had any
right to deny their rights and guarantees.
The disloyal citizens Of the South have for
feted their right to own slaves and the
States in rebellion have thrust their ne.
groes forward in order to destroy the Gov.
erpment.
The rebels knew that they could nc. ex.
cite the Southern people on any other issue.
and hence they have made the negro issue.
The leaders in the rebellion are bad men,
disappointed ofice-seekers, opposed to a
Republican form Of government, and under
apretense Of saving the peculiar institu.
ton" thsy have gone off upon the quss.
ton Of their cherished State rights doc.
Fine, they have sought to overthrow ma.
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equal to the facts as they look MS in the ID
every day Ny heart sickens while ] wr
you and contemplate the miseries and wal
of q people, thousands of whom never
fore knew what il was 10 want for tho eel
sarics or comforts Of life.
But to proceed, ! had, the day befl
your boxes arrived turned over large \
cant hotel to the use Of, and for the shell
of these families, and the Relief Assoc
ton, with the means sent forward fri
Boston and Philadelphia, had been ssu1
rations 10 them, visited this hotel, d
conducted TO my house the represcntati1
in each family, of about one hundred Y
made the most satisfactory distributoI
could, aided by my wife and daughter, 4
some lady friends,
May tod bless you and your associa|
Of Waltham, and may He grant you II
reward in His upper and better kingdd
which these innocent, down -trodden, d
abused sufferers, are unable 10 grant Vi
am, very truly, &c,
W. q, BRowSLow|
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-05-07
MARIA WILSON.
WALTuAN, (NEAR BosToY) !
April 9th, 1864.

M Dear Friend: For though / have
never seen You, am sure feel toward You
the sentiments Of friendship, and Of sympa-
thy for all that you have suffered. and are
suffering in the cause OF our common coun-
try.
The war has not "come nigh unto our
dwellings, as it has with you; our homes
have been unscathed by the cruel hand Of
war, excepting as one dear one after anoth-
er has left home and friends, and given up
bis heart blood for those whom he loves
Because we have felt for you in your
trials, and because you have shared your
small pittance with our brave men, and have
tended them in sickness like Il mother or Il
sister, and last, because we are all interested
in common cause, the return Of peace aud
tranquility to our suffering and distracted
country, we have devoted our time and
money in preparing for you box Of cloth
ing, which we shall send to Rev. William
Brownlow to distribute for U.S. and | place
this note in the pocket Of Il dress which |
have made with my own hands, with the
request that you will send me an answer,
and tell me all that you can find out about
the destination of our goods. do not ask
this to receive your thanks, for the pleasure
Of working for you is abundant reward, but
because this gown is going from my hands
to yours, and will, | hope, be Il bond of COM
munication between East Tennessee and
Massachusetts. With this hope ] remain,
Yours truly, MARY d. Brown.
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70 commence an action in forma panper,s In behalf
OF any Of the persons above described who shall,
after the passing Of this act be detained IN servtude
by any person whatsoever aud " upon such prose-
cutIon Il shall appear TINT the paupcr Is entitled to
his freedom IN consequence of this net, Jury shall
be empaneed to assess the damages for his deien-
ton
Enactments by the Legislature Of South
(dVolina, upon this subject, were to the same
effect, and the records at Columbia will
show the fact in bold relief II was pro-
posed in her Legislature TO make up her
quota oftroops from Ter SldpeP omldtion. And
Col Lawrens of South Caroline, is entitled
to the credit Of the movement, for he urged
upon Congress, aud upon the State Legisla-
turc, with cIoqucnco and great force, the
necessity and advantage of armng the
slaves, and making them soldiers, And he
carried the measure.
President Madison, during his term Of
office, and in the war Of 1872 proposed
raising black regiments, and giving the
slaves who might consent to serve, their
freedom, 1t may be urged ms an apology
for this that the British were threatening
the capitol ut Washington, and did run the
President out Well, the SepoyS Of the
South are threatening the overthrow Of the
entire government, capitol and all.
But Mr. Madison, in Il work known as the
FcdTdliSt, with the sogacity Of a statesman,
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn, May Cd, 1864.

Mrs. Maria Wilson snd Mary d. Brown:
LADIES Your two boxes OF clothing came
TO my address yesterday. paid charges,
took them to my residence, opened and dis
posed Of them, as you would have approba-
ted, had you been here, to large number
Of as grateful but as needy women and chill
dren, as you ever conferred bountics upon.
Your boxes arrived at the proper time, and
they came to the proper place. Our forces
had withdrawn from all upper East Tenncs.
see to engage in deadly conflict in front
of Chattanooga. This move induced thou
sands of our Union friends to leave their
homes and their ALL and crowd into this
city, in wagons, in carts. on horseback, and
on foot and still they come. They are des-
titute Of clothing, Of food, and have been
hiding from the cruel Sepoys of this Confed-
eracy for the last two years. Many Of them
have no clothes but what they have on, and
these are of the most Indifferent character.
1t would have moved you TO tears, and bitter
lamentations, ladies, to behold the suffering,
restitution, and pressing wants of these
poor, but loyal and innocent sufferers, by
wicked rebellion. No accounts that have
reached you by letter, or through the pa.
pers, of the cruelty Of these rebels. and Of
The detitution Of these Union families, are
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Knoxville, Saturday, May 7, 1864.

c. S. HUBBARD Of New Haven, Connecticut, is
our regularly appointed agent TO receive subscrp-
tsns for our paper in that State, and GEO, W. Fox
Nashua n. H., IN all other New England States,
LouIs McGLAUFLIN Is authorized to act as our
agent along the whole Pacific Coast. His address
Ia San Francisco, California
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Information Wanted.

David W. Davis, company II, Sd Tel
see, and private, was left sick at Cud
land Ford on the march from tho G.
Ohio, and has not been heard of since
is in his % year, is s feet inches
with black eyes, Any information
at this Office, of she whereabouts q
young man, will DO thankfully receive
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iNvlNClBlE BANNER.

Invncible Bannerl the flag Of the Free
OF where reads the foot that would alter for thsO'
Or the hands to be folded ill triumph 10 won,
And the eagle looks proud, as Of old, to the sum-
Give tears for the rarting-a murmur Of prayer
Then Forward the fame Of our standard to share
with q welcome to woundng, and combat and scars,
And the glory Of death-for the Stripes aud the Stars
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The each receipts of tho great IA
New York. mp TO Friday night last an
cd 10 f4o0,Oe0.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-12-01
From, Havana.
Corespon dence O. tine Associated Press.
M,

ConefpOrC ence o. the AfsocIated fress
HAVANA, Nov. &C, 1864
The British steamer Solent, which arrived
from ST. Thomas the 3d. sailed for Vera Cruz ysster
day morning. Among other passengers she carried
the Baron Dc Wettershedt, Minister Of Norway and
Sweden Of Washington, who gees to Mexico TO ON
cialy recognize the Mexican Empire. and felcita'e
Macmillan on his accession to the throne Inc SSien
also carries "a Austrians destined 10 form par. oi aA
ililians body guard. ., -
The Trent arrived Yesterday II. p. Ms newly ap
pointed Consul for Cuba Mr.. Bunch arrived in her,
There is nothing now from San Domingo, although
heard rnmor this morning-eyidehliy 1 ovor
powered the garrison ard held possession OF the cry
It is announced in the Didrio that zen. oanaaIu
had taken up his residence in the city ms
The Europa sailed yesterday for san Domingo WIN
war stores and reestabshed soldiers;
There is nGth9g az AL new from 5rS aaSc S:0. for Bal
ize hut has sailed probably for Galveston or we
Brazos The Maria. another blockadeTunner is on INC
dock undergoing repairs. The ptarungan the three
funnel steamer that arrived short time from Eng
land and Nassau will soon make her first tFip rom t
The T. 6 steamer Magnolia win 20 into dock today
for repairs. The Proieus Is IN Matanzas or Jay W
two
tic Ariel OF her departure for New.York on Th1rs
day afternoon run foul " the Matanzas damaging he1
tome but which, however. did not prevent Aef from
loing 10 see yesterday morning. .
The Dia,i6 gives in yesterdays number tablo o.
statistics, comparing the exports in -four, corn and
heat from The United States for Europe within the
lat four years and dismay concluded by saying tha'
unless before the crisis. the ruin OF the eco
noniica structure (of agriculture OF tho United States
is near at hand
Tlc Dario 20 fatters Itself that it not wrong
In s,pposing that the election OF Mr. Lincoln means
war and vigorous war and that his election Is as salts
factory 20 the extremists In the Sonh well as TO those
in the North; that the is moving right on 70 the
heart of the Confederaoy ueauing Sherman and his re-
ported march upon Charlcston). aRd that tho blows
given there By each party will DO perlaps decisive.
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