The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-01-08

ference with the learned gentleman on the
other side, the case would be adjourned
till the 18th of January next He de-
sired to say that this delay was unavoid-
able, on account of the absence of several
important witnesses on both sides.
The examination was then adjourned
till the 18th of January.
[ As matter of interest we annex the
following letter to Rev. MORGAN DIX, Rec
tor of Trinity Church, New York, and
son of Major General JOHN A. DIX, which
was intercepted by the rebels:]
LETTER FROM SANTA TRINITA TO CARO- SIG
MORE.
RICHMOND, June 8, 1868.
CARO- SIGNORE-I humbly entreat you will
hasten to inform your father of the contents of
this letter. Oh friend, in these days of terror,
despotism and dependency one seeks in vain
for sympathy in these regions of secession
where every heart seems filled with hatred
malice and revenge; where one hears young
women talk of turning over on battle fields
"horrid, nasty, grinning skulls of Yankees !"
with their dainty feet. Then, for the sake of
your country, do what you can to arrest all in
stigatOrs and abettors of this rebellion. Tell
your father that about the 18th of this month
the Rev. NJ. ID. Hoge will attempt to run the
blockade from st. Thomas to Charleston He
has been for some time past in London, where
his apparent business was to collect testaments
and bibles. but where his real object was to
write for English journals and exert his inhu-
ence tor the Southern cause. A o. eater rebel
firebrand does not exist He has friends and
sympathizers in Brooklyn, N. Y; one is Rev.
-, pastor of some church, and another is
-. who lives or did live OH street. Mr.
- has son in the federal navy They are
all in full sympathy with the South, and do
what they can to promote the cause. Then in
Baltimore, everybody there is for the South.
Those that stand very prominent are Mrs.
-, sister to one -, Of Virginia. a most in
dustrious worker for the cause; Miss -,
sister of -, and one Mr.. -. SO -. His
wife will try, to 60 to Ohio. They should all
in constant correspondence with this place. A
Mrs. -, whose husband is in the Confederate
army, ran the blockade some time since. She
is a spy of the worst character and ought not
to be tolerated in the North. Her mother-in
law is Mrs. -. She also expected to go to
Philadelphia. Com. Hollins will soon leave
here to 60 to Nassau or st. Thomas, to sail for
England, where he expects to take command
of war steamer. Ewell has taken the place
of Stonewall jackson, although he has but one
leg. Report says Lee will soon make for
ward movement. Stuart expects to make a
raid from Orange into Pennsylvania.
1t is truth, the rebel soldiers live on rats,
and anything else they can get. Corn and
wheat. green, and from the field, are common
articles of diet. If the Northern army cannot
vanquish such miserable set of starved and
naked wretches, then may the Yankee nation
become byword with all nations on earth.
In the North treason stalks forth in the broad
daylight. Here everything is subservient to
the cause, and one word of remOnstrance is
instant death.
Stoneman had within his grasp the planta-
tiOns of several of the most prominent rebels
Seldom, Secretary of War; Anderson, of the
Tredegar Iron Works; Hobson, law of
Gen. Wise; c. c. Lee, brother of Gen. Lee;
Harrison, Colonel at Drewrys Bluff; besides
the farms of hundreds engaged in the Southern
service. The damage done canal and railroad
was repaired in twenty-four hours after the
retreat.
Oh, sir, the universal cry here is to raise the
black flag. Oh for the hour when the avenging
angel shall appear, with torch in one hand and
the avenging sword Ofjustice in the other, and
consecrate to death and destruction this land
and these people; rewarding them with a fate
they so richly deserve. When, when will that
time arrive? The women and preachers are
amongst the most earnest and determined rebels
Ill VIC koOutH. lucy w ulOIC W ollululdtc uuu
keep alive the spirit of rebellion than all other
members of society. Many a man wearing the
federal uniform is traitor, and whore the men
are true their wives are false 1t is this which
has SO often proved ruinOus to the Union cause.
Here every mind, heart and arm, are bent to
serve the cause of the South. Money, property,
crops, everything is sacrificed for the main idea.
Thus the South has been able to maintain its
position thus far.
As Valandigham has announced himself a
prisoner of war, they eXpec. to forward him to
City Point in exchange for some rebel. He
wishes to go to Canada, in order to influence
the vote of Ohio. Put the wretch in Fort
Warren.
Oh, friend, watch well; and, l beseech thee,
allow no appearance of Southern sympathy in
your presence. This letter would be my death
warrant, if discovered.
Whatever my fate may be,
Do not weep for me.
Now as then, SANTA TRINITA.
This letter was enclosed in a white envelope
and directed to ''Rev. Morgan Dix" Both
were then placed into buff envelope and
addressed to "Miss H. Haines, New York. In
haste" The direction on both of the envelopes
was evidently in the same handwriting