The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-01-15
THE NEWS.

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lure when the Admiral Wills it-and that no one
doubts our ability to destroy the city whenever
we desire. If the desire of our forces was half
as strong as that of the people at home. there
would not be one stone left upon another in
twenty-four hours.
| The Herald has an Interesting rebel letter
which says that LoNGsrREEr is with LEE and
the latter has matured plans for another inva-
sion of the North.
| From Washington we learn that WASH
BURNE's bill to appoint GRANT a Lieutenant
| General will soon be repOrted; the old Commit
tee on the Conduct of the War is to be revived;
a committee on emancipation ia to be rails cd;
| five Major Generals and twenty Brgadiers are
! to be restored to civil life
There is report from New Orleans that
large rebel force is concentrating in Central
| Texas with view of wrestling from our forces
their late captures in that State and we are as
sured that exciting news may soon be expect
ed from this quarter.
The alarm on the Upper Potomac and
through the Shenandoah Valley, occasioned by
the advance of the rebel force. has nearly SUBJ
ided, and the rebels are reported on the retreat
| There is rumor not entitled to much
credit, however, that Gen. MEADE will be su-
perceded by Gen. HANCOCK the hero of Get
tysburg.
There is but little news of importance from
Washington. Senator WILSON is drafting a
bill to cut down the immense emoluments of
revenue officers; Senator SUMNER is to intro
duce an amendment to the confscaton bill for
the sale of rebel estates by fee simple; at a
Democratic caucus JAMES Books offered q
buncombe resolution, which was adopted, that
the soldiers and sailors should be paid in COIN
The French are meeting uninterrupted
success in marching through Mexico. All the
principal cities and towns have been captured
congress has adopted a resolution, that
the bountes hcrstofore paid (3402 to veterans
and 1902 to raw recruits, under the regulations
OF the War Department, to men enlisted for
three years or during the war, shall continue
to be paid from the 9th of January 10 the 1st
of March next. This is very important
resolution, and will give strong impetus
to volunteering.
! An overwhelming force of rebels attacked
our forces at JoneSville, Va, only 800 in num-
Der, and after a desperate fight, compelled
them to surrender. Jonesvie is the capital
of Lee county, Va, near the foot of Cumber-
land Mountain, and about IS miles northeast
of Knoxville.
| The leading conservative candidate for the
Supreme Court of Missouri received 6S1 ma
| Tho tbor I'M
Louis, the mercury ranging from Sc to below
$50 above zero, with foot of snow on the
ground, which makes splendid sleighing.
Many persons and large amount of stock have
| been frozen to death.
There are mysterious hints as to what Gen.
BUTLER is going to do--to plans of the utmost
importance-which will bring the rebels to
TERMS We guess it will end in proelama-
ton. BEN. don't deal in gunpOwder and shells.
"A rebel force, commanded ny FrrZ II UGH
LEE, has moved up the valley north of the
Shenandoah mountains. and captured the town
ofPetersburg, the garrison surrenderng. They
also captured train of Sc wagons. An attack
was feared on Cumberland, Nd, but the last
accounts say the rebels are falling back.
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as receiver of public moneys for the district of
Minneapolis.
1t is said that Mr.. CHASE has fully deter
mined not to issue any more legal tenders, and
that no more 5-20's will be issued after the
present series is exhausted-both statements
are probably untrue.
Congress is talking about levying a tax OF
81 per gallon on whisky.
The important fact is stated that the terms
of only 20. 900 veterans expire before the first
of July. Recruiting is going on .briskly, and
if the new bounty bill passes it is thought the
necessity for draft will be obviated.
-Surgeon-General HAMMOND has been court
martialed for fraud and malpractice.
Tho little town of Port Angeles, Washing.
ton Territory, has been nearly swept away by
torrent of water pouring down upon it from
gorge in the mountains.
The message of Gov. ANDREW, of Maksa-
chusetts was delivered on Friday. His endorse
ment of the proclamation reads more like a
stump speech than State paper.
Ex-Governor Hicks, of Maryland, has
been elected United States Senator to fill the
unexpired term of the late Senator PEARcE.
The telegraph announces the decease on tho
I'd inst, of the most Rev. JOHN HUGHES, D. D.,
Archbishop of New York, and one of the most
noted and remarkable men of our time. He
was born in the north of Ireland, of very
respectable family, in 1898. In 1917 he came
to America to pursue his studies preparatory
to the priesthood. Having spent several years
in the College of Mount st. Mary, Emmetts-
bury Maryland, he was ordained in 1856, and
shortly afterwards he was appointed pastor of
a church in Philadelphia. Here he at once
attracted public attention by his rare eloquence
and ability, both in the pulpit and in the other
exercises of his Office. In 1880 he accepted a
challenge to public discussion with the Rev.
JOHN BRECKENRIDGE D. D., very eminent
PRESBYTERIAN divine. This discussion was car.
ried on in the newspapers, but an oral discus.
sion subsequently took place between the
same parties. In 1883 Dr. HuGuEs was
appointed Observation-Disclosures of the Dio.