The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-11-25

sex, informed Green, the Maiden Bank
murderer, that all exceptions In his behalf
had been over-ruled by the Justices of the
Supreme Court, and that he must there.
fore prepare himself for the consummation
of his sentence. He was evidently good
deal surprised, and was deeply affected by
the information.
The Times Washington special says:
aen' Grant has not yet written bis off,
ciai report ofthe campaign from the Rap.
oan 70 The James, and has determined not
~ 40 SO till be has captured Petersburg
and Richmond.
-Col. Warrens bounty Jumpers. saws
an Indianapolis letter, with their aoents
were paraded through the streets TODAY
and will tonight be sent off to the front
1t was rich procession, big niger led
the van. ringing bell. The agents fol-
lowed, 'handcuffed and tied, two by two
to long chain, with big placard on their
backs: then followed the jumpers, also
placarded-the whole escorted by band
playing the "Rogues' March, and an arm
ed guard.
1t is estimated that twenty thousand
dollars in counterfeit postal currency
changes hands in Cincinnati daily. few
knowing whether it is good or spurious.
The United States have one square
miles of coal field to every fifteen SQUARE
miles of territory; Great Britain, one to
every thirty miles of surface; Belgium,
one to every twenty-five and half miles
and France, one to every two hundred
miles of surface.
Gen. Crook, of Ohio, las recently
been made full Major General. He has
held this rank by brevet since last July.
No general officer in the army has more
justly earned bis present position by able
and faithful service than Gen. Crook.
The population of Boston, according
to census just taken, is 164,7Ss, exclu-
slve OF the persons in the army and
navy. This falls short of the last census.
In speech in New Orleans recently,
Jacob Barker mentioned incidentally that
when Robert Fultons machinery for the
first steamboat came from the manufac-
tory in England to New York, it was con-
signed to him, and that it actually lay in
his warehouse six months before the
money could be raised to pay the charges
of importation.
The Chicago Tribune says: "Gen-
tlemen who had Mr.. Lincolns confidence
before the election state since that he said
in the event of his re election he would
offer another amnesty proclamation to the
South. If it was rejected the war would
be carried on with renewed vigor, and that
the most radical Union men would not find
the President behind them in carrying out
any measure it would be found necessary
to adopt if the people, by an emphatic
vote, fully endorsed the administration.
Mr.. Lincoln further stated that all he de-
sired was to carry out in good faith the
wishes of the loyal masses of the country.
There are upwards of thirty Generals
IN the United States army who profess the
Roman Catholic faith, among whom are
Generals Meade, Rosecrans, Sickles, Sher-
dan, and Keyes.
The telegraph cable is forming in
England at the rate of eighty miles per
wetk.
In 1861, there were in Scotland and
hat part of England over which the Fish
Dry Board have jurisdiction, 42,751 fish,
s-men and boys engaged in the herring
ishery. The total take of the year would
give about 10000 herring to each Of these
persons, or near upon 9OO,OoO,OOO for the
Whole.
Twenty notorious cOunterfeiters of
government currency-two of whom are
in Washington recently
rom the west, in charge of an officer, and
we're committed to the Old Capitol Pris-
N. These persons are said to be the lead
re- Of gangs who have made Ohio, India
IA, Iowa and Missouri the principal fields
# their operations With these counter
eiters were seized presses, plates and a
arge quantity of material used in the man
fracture of the base issues and it is thought
hat by these captures the nefarious bus;-
less in the States named has been COM
'letely broken up.
Gen. Hurlbut has issued n order dis
Missing dishonorably one Lieut.. Colonel,
:wo Captains, and two Lieutenants OF the
18th New York cavalry, for appropriate
rg bounties due colored cooks enlisted in
heir regiment"
The Richmond cor espondent of the
London Times, writing October Sth, gives
. gloomy picture of the Confederate posi-
ton, and says Lees army is almost worn
out. There was nearly panic at Rich