The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-01-15
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The Richmond Enquirer, of the 28th, saws:
ian attempt at an informal renewal of the
cartel has been made by the enemy, under the
immediate agency of General Butler, who in
itated his effort by sending 500 of our men to
City Point. Commissioner Ould returned 500
Federal soldiers, but informed Commissioner
Hancock that the Confederate authorities could
hoio no communication with General Butler,
ana that there must be no further effort at par
tlal exchange. If the enemy desire to renew
the cartel 1t must be done upon fair terms, and
through an agent not outlawed and beyond the
paie OF military responsibility.
line Quebec Duly News, speaking of the
capture Oh the Chesapeake, says, notyith
s'anoihg The sympathy it feels for the rebel
cause mat the cruel and cold-blooded murder
OF the Second Engineer and the SHOOTING down
OF an unarmed crew, is one of the darkest
crimes we nave read of since the DAYS of La
lite and the plra .es of the Spanish Main. It
was not only cruel, but cowardIy butcberv
which no excuse can palliate The people of
Halifax, in their sympathy for the Southern
Confederacy, have committed grevious error,
and unless every means is taken to recapture
these murderers, the city will remain under an
eternal stigma of disgrace
The new extensive tobacco factory of Mep-
ham & Bro, on Locust street, St. Louis, was
burned on the 9th, with large amount of
tobacco ready for market, and large quantity
of fancy groceries stored in the same building.
The value of the building, stock, and machine.
ry was 100000; insured for $6S, 500.
The War Department has ordered the post
pOnement of the draft till the 18th day of Feb
ruary.
Senator Wilson's amendments to the con-
seription act are understood to embody the
views of the Administration. Under the new
bill, all male persons between 20 and As, except
Federal and State Judges, are liable to draft:
and man drafted must either go or paw $500,
no substitutes being allowed 1t is thought
that the bill will pass.
In the House, resolution was adopted re-
questing the Secretary of the Treasury to re-
port what have been the services performed by
Jay Cooke q Co. in the sale of Government
securities and what compensation they have
received therefor
"A petition from the Lake Superior and
Mississippi Railroad Company for grants of
public lands to aid in constructing new rail-
road from st. Paul to Lake Superior, has been
presented to the Senate
"A Congressman writes from Washington
to Cincinnati that the tax on whisky will be 60
cents.
The new italian frigate, Re dTtalian.
which started on a trial trip few nights since
was driven ashore at Long Branch during the
storm of Monday night. At latest accounts
she was all sound and help had been sent to
get her Off.
1t is KNOWN direct from Richmond, that
the rebels will conscript all able bodied persons
without regard to age, condition or color, and
will regain, if possible, Kentucky and Tennes-
see Invallds are to do garrison duty, and ne
groes will be armed and compelled to fight by
the side OF their masters. Forts will be manned
entirely with negroes, commanded by white
commissioned and non-commissioned officers.
BY this means it is designed to bring large
force into the field.
"A terrible accident occurred at Milton
junction, on the Northwestern Railroad, on
Monday last, by which one lady was killed, and
man and child MORALLY wounded. As the
passenger train bound north came up, freight
engine on the side track exploded. The female
killed was named Elizabeth Teller. The name
of the gentleman mortallywounded is unknown.
The wounded are Mrs. Henry Simmons and
child, Fort Atkinson Mrs. Miner, Fond du
Lac; Mrs. McDuffy, Rockford; - Grisxold.
WatertOwn.