The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-09-09
WEEKLY SUMMARY OF TELE.
GRAPHIC NEWS.

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sixty pieces of artillery, and a large quantity
OF material. Seventeen rebels were killed and
only one of our army.
There is no report from Gen. SHERMAN.
WHEELER and MORGAN have united their for.
ces ana are operating on SHERMANs communi-
catlons between Chattanooga and Nashville.
line Tallahassee, after destroying large
NUMBER OF vessels on our Eastern coast ran
into wilmington, passed our blockading SQUAD
ron, and Is now safe under rebel guns.
line London Times pays handsome trib
ute to the heroism displayed by the armies of
GRANT and LEE, and predicts an armistice
within three months.
The rebels have captured nearly the
whole of an Illinois regiment, guarding the
railroad between Duvall's Bluff and Little Rock
From private sources We learn that Gen.
STEELE is almost literally imprisoned in Little
Rock. Our informant says three months ago
there was one Union man and one Union wo.
man in Arkansas, but since then they have
moved away.
The nomination of Little MAC" occa-
stoned great rejoicing in New York. Guns
were fired, bells were rung and fireworks set
off to celebrate the event.
Pennsylvania claims the honor of leading
in the number OF recruits raised under the last
call. We shall dispute the statement until we
learn that she has raised three-fourths of her
quota. Until then Minnesota is ahead.
GRANTS army is being reinforced at the
rate of 1000 week.
1t appears that Mr.. BENJAMIN has given a
different version of the sayings of JACQUES
and GILMORE in their interviews with himself
and JEFF. DAVIS, from the account printed by
Mr.. GILMORE in the atlantic Monthly The Ad-
ministration organ says they had no authority
to express LINCoLN's desires, views or opinions
-Abvices from the plains state that over
two thousand persons have already been muir
dered by the Indians, and that their devilish
work is still going on.
The rebel ram Nashville has been blown
up below New Orleans.
Admiral FARRAGUT gives the particulars
attending the surrender of Fort Morgan, and
shows up in strong light the dishonorable
conduct Of its commander who destroyed the
property he was unable to defend.
SUNDAY, Sept. 4.
Gen. SHERMAN, by another grand thanking
operation, has compelled Gen. HOOP to evacu-
ate Atlanta. The details are very meager, but
we learn he went round the city to the SOUTH
west, leaving one corps under Gen. SLoCuM to
guard his communications and to enter the ci.
ty in case the enemy evacuated it. He doubt
less intended to cut off the rebel retreat, but
no Twin mn Qnf nd cd
from the city, but not quite rapidly enough to
get out of his way without severe punishment,
which they received at or near East Point on
the Macon Road, about six miles from Atlanta.
An official dispatch says the rebel army was cut
in two with very heavy loss. Gen. SHER-
MANS army entered Atlanta on Friday: Gen.
SHERMAN has been so reticent regarding his
plans for the future that all speculations
regarding them are quite useless. He
now has possession of the termini of
four important roads, and can move in which
ever direction he may choose Augusta.
due East. III miles Macon, Southeast 103
miles; West Point Southwest 81 miles; or
Savannah Southeast 100 miles Much,
however will depend on the direction taken by
HOODS army. The great Importance of the
capture of Atlanta, we apprehend, will be
found in the control SHERMAN will have of the
rebel lines of Communication and rebel sup
plies for their forces in other directions. 1t is
a noticeable fact that nearly all SHERMAN's
corps commanders, through whom such
grand results have been achieved, are Generals
whom the radical papers have constantly
abused in the most virulent style. They boast
ed that SLOCUM was MCCLELLAN man, and
for this cause was "weeded out" of the Army
of the Potomac; SCHoFIELD, one of the best
officers in the army, while in Missouri, was es-
teemed little better than rebel; General
BLAIR was also considered a conserva-
<sx,0 fyoif ~ fhQv OFT tod fO
hold accountable for BANKS defeat; and was a
Democrat that needed watching; while DA.
Wis and LOGAN, being Democrats, were too in
significant to have command of Departments
while the Administration had such Generals as
WAsHBURNE on hand. And SHERMAN, him.
self, is catching abuse for his letter on negro
enistments The common remark now is that
he don't know anything about 1.-THE negro"
They think he is about as crazy on that sub
iect as he was when he told CAMERON and Ad-
iutant General THOMAS, in 1861, that it would
take 200, 600 men to accomplish the work he is
now doing so well, and for which he was called
''insane" and relieved from his command.
STANTON, as usual, goes off halfcocked
on the Atlanta news. He whites down the
500. 900 call OF the President to 3OO.O 600, and
thinks this number amply sufficient to give
finishing blow to the rebellion. When we re-
collect that the same story was told when the
first call of 10000 came out, and has been re-
peated at every successive call since, we may
be excused from implicit reliance on his pre-
dictions. To use an expression of the stock
board, he is ''bulliHg" little for purely po-
litical ends.
The inevitable GEORGE SANDERS don't like
the Chicago nominee or the platform any bet
ter than GREELEY or aid ABE" COLORADO
JEwETT has not yet spoken.
WEDNESDAY, September =.
An official dispatch says that JOHN NOR
GAN, the great horse-stealer, was surprised, de-
feated and killed at Greenville, Tenn, on the
4th inst. This will be good news to the people
of Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio and Indiana,
which have suffered severely from bis depreda.
lions. He was rough, illiterate fellow, and
gained great reputation on very small basis.
"A dispatch purporting to come from
Richmond. under our Washington head, speaks
of the loss of Lieutenant Generals HARDEE
and PALMER. From SIIERMAN's army there
comes a report of the death of the rebel Gen.
WIrrI If none of these generals come tn
life again, the rebels have suffered severely
and the gallant MCPHERSON will have bee1
well avenged
There has been severe but indecisive f;cbt.
;no in the Shenandoah Valley. The reheIs have
CAPTURED train of 800 ambulance wagons.
GREELEY has been whipped into the traces
and hoists LINCOLN's name in the Ty;5,,,e
FREMONT will soon be bought off or caioIed
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