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The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-02-12
Lake superior News.
surrnIon CRY, Jan. %, 1854

SUPERIOR OIr1, S"sA' - 49,.
Correspondence of the Pioneer.
A late number of the Ontonagon Cake SUI
perior) Miner states that twenty mines nave
been reorganized and put in working trim' OF
organized for the first time, in Ontonagon 20.
the mast wear. In Keweenaw Co. the proper
ton Is nearly as great, besides a number per-
hans half as large in Houghton county. Most
of these are bona .jsde, tangible concerns. The
greatest impeachment to successful mining the
mast year has been scarcity of men.
Captain Beaser and others ate that the
lake shore, from La Pointe to Ontonagon, is
thickly strewn with pieces of the wreck of the
Inflated Sunbeam, driven ashore by the fall
gales, and there is little doubt that some bodies
will be found during the winter and spring.
Our latest date from below says the Miner OF
January I'd are via st. Paul. One of the Sc
verest snow storms ever known visited Onton-
agon, commencing December 31st and contin-
ued until January 9Th. The first three days OF
1864 were all that the most ardent admirer OF
such weather could reasonably expect OF de-
sire. The wind blew hurricane; the mini
mum extent of cold was twenty degrees and
the maximum thirty-four degrees below zero.
The amount of snow that fell was not less
than two, and some estimate it at three feet.
The Detroit Advertiser of December II, con-
tains an extract from the log of the propeller
Mineral Rock. which cleared November 30th,
1868, from Ontonagon. They were three
hours cutting through the ice to the lake,
leaving at 1920 AN. Off Eagle River at 4:3O
PM; off Eagle Harbor at 5:15; off Copper
Harbor at p. NJ; at 9 O'Clock cleared off and
got inside. Left Copper Harbor Dec. 1, at $50
A. NJ. OFF Eagle Harbor at IA. NJ. Owing to
heavy sea and wind could not enter, but left
for Portage Entry. Off the light at 6:15 A. M;
found the river frozen over; cut through the
ice to Edgerton dock. Took on two hundred
and nine barrels and eleven masses copper.
Left Dec q Arrived at 4 A. NJ. at Marquette.
Took on two hundred and eighty tons iron.
Left next day; arrived at $500 canal Dec. 4.
On the morning of Dec. 5, found the lake
frozen one solid mass of clear ice Sent men
ahead with axes to cut a channel, and got
through at 9 o'clock, Dec. q; we saw open
water distant about three miles. At IL o'clock
we reached the open water; had fine run
through Lake Huron, arriving at Detroit De-
eember 10th.
Weather at Superior for past two weeks,
mild. snow mostly disappeared from ground !;
no ice in sight in Lake Superior. s.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-02-12
whisky and War.

The Philadelphia Inquirer, in an arti-
Gle under the above heading, makes an ar
sument in favor of the proposed taxation
of the fluid branch of his subject, and pro-
ceeds to show that rebellion and war are
but legitimate and historic results flowing
from too great prevalence of the cereal
juice.
After citing the instances of trouble
growing out of this "broth" of spirit.
whisky, (Which he says is the generic term
for " black spirits and white, red spirits
and gray, y in England and Scotland
Sweden in Gustavus Thirds time, and in
our own country in 1794-the " Whisky
Insurrection"-he says, eff it" (such taxi
should de, crease the use of whisky, the
influence would be of double advantage. y
He adds:
Of the condition of the whisky question at
the South we are ignorant, but it is, we are
sure, one of the very life supporters of the re-
bellion 1t is one of the forms in which grain
becomes the staff of life /; and although such n
flame cannot last long, it burns fiercsly while
it does exist.
If the writer's theory is true, and the
rebels are in fact fighting entirely on the
stimulous of whisky, we could almost wish
that our own people had more of the same
" ardent" patriotism. We could feel with
President LINCOLN, who, when told that
Gen. GRANT kept drunk on Bourbon whis-
ky, said he would send barrel of the
same kind to every general in the army.
But we are somewhat skeptical on the
fighting properties of whisky on many
Northern officers, since the failure of bel
licose results cannot be charged to the use
of too limited a quantity. 4
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we nave repeatedly warned the country
TO put no 1ailn IN the theories which TOOK
Tor granted that the mliltary power OF the
rebellion was broken. and that its armies
-,
womb melt away before tn9 ADVENT OF
sprin1. Onr views are Tins inflorsed by
I. W Z,
the washington correspondent OF the Ifa-
bune.
),
Geheral i1alleck, III conversation WIN prom
ment puDnc men, mas eApIessso ms Deilei tnat
the last grand and desperate enort Will be made
the s real fichfing to Northern soil They can
not subslst their armies IN their own desolated
Which slaves have been. withdrawn into the in.
terror Cotton States.
campaign viii be due north into PennsyIyania
again, or across Kentucky into Ohio, using
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-02-12
A British Judge ON American Jri
r1stS.

Baron BRAMwELI, one of the Judges of
the British Court of Exchequer, in deliv-
ering his decision in the Alexandra case.
on the 18th inst, paid the following COM
pliment to American jurists:
Iconcur in the eulogium the Attorney Gem
eral mas passed on American legislation and
American Judges in this matter. An English
lawyer must rejoice to see that those who ad-
minister in America law in great part orr
common inheritance, administer it on the same
fearless and honest principles as, venture to
say, law is administered here. The way to
show our sense of their example is not to con-
slider what would be acceptable to their conn
trymen merely, and decide accordingly. nor to
be influenced by the foolish threats which have
been uttered, but to decide, as their Judges
have done, truly and honestly, to the best of
our ability. -
Now, there are but three decisions to be no
ticed. The first is the ease of the Indepen-
dencla. IL mas not the slightest bearing on the
present. The Independence was an armed
vessel. Being SO, she came to Baltimore and
had her fighting crew increased. Mr.. Justice
Story expressly states as a fact found. that
there was an illegal augmentation of the force
OF the Independence in our ports by sub
stantial increase of the crew. This renders it
wholly unnecessary to enter into an inyestioa-
ton Of the question whether there was not
also an increase of her armament AS to the
Alharida, he said there was an illegal outfit.
and an enlistment Of her crew, within our
waters, for the purposes of war;" He decides
then on the ground of warlike equipment in
the American port. I doubt if Mr. Jones was
rignt Wnen ne cited this case to show it was
not an authority against him. gfiy lJG'I
II precedent OF honest and eloquent indig-
nation were wanted, / would refer to the iudg-
ment OF Chief Justice Marshall in another case.
which, however, like the two I have mention
ed. has no bearing on the present DIT
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Testimony of Gen. Burnside.

At meeting held last Sunday evening
at the Cooper Institute in New York, in
behalf of fund for the families of SOL
diers, Gen. BURNSIDE said:
Nothing was SO encouraging to the soldiers
in the field as to know that their families were
taken care Of The families of soldiers de-
served to be cared for tenderly. The General
related incidents in his personal experience to
show what comfort it gave the absent husband
and father to know his wife and children were
not in trouble. Every soldier that came from
a neighborhood where the wants of the fami-
lies OF those who had gone to defend their
country were provided for, was really better
and more contented soldier than those who
came from Localities where these things were
neglected. When the soldiers were made to
feel ana know that this kind of feeling exists,
they are made better soldiers, and there is a
stronger obligation upon them to fight for
their country till every inch of territory is re-
stored that rightfully belongs to her. (Ap-
plause.) This is the general feeling of the
army.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-02-12
Z he Presidents Emancipation Proc
lamatiOn.

The London Daily Neacs of the 18th
ult. says that Immediately after the receipt
of the telegram which stated that Mr..
WENDELL PHILLIPS had represented Pres
ident LINCOLN as having told him that the
Emancipation Proclamation was a mistake,
a gentleman well known in Liverpool
wrote to Mr. WHITING, Solicitor to the
War Department at Washington, asking
him ifthe report was true. The following
was Mr.. WHENes reply: r.. b s.sg
Statements have been privately and publicly
circulated that the President has said to Mr..
Wendell Phillips that he had no expectation
that the Emancipation Proclamation would do
any good, or be of more effect than the Pope's
bull against the comet. That the great folly
of his life was issuing the Emancipation Pro
camation." Several letters have been address,
ed to me, inquiring whether such statements
were true. cannot do Mr.. Phillips the injus.
tice to believe that he ever made the assertions
attributed to him; and have the highest au-
thority for denying that the President ever, on
any occasion, to any person, used the language
or expressed the sentiments thus enormously
laid to his charge. The proclamation was
one of the series of me lsures called for by
u STedG puUllC clcIScuCy. IL was uOb SUI
denly resolved upon. Months of anxious obser-
walton, consultation and reflection had been
given to the subject of military emancipation
before it was finally carried into effect. II
was deemeda measure of solemn import of
awful responsibility, and, in its ultimate re-
suits, of Unreasonable importance to the
country. 1t is true that the President did not
at first expect such immediate and eXtraordi-
nary effects to flow from it as were anticipated
by its sanguine advocates, but he had then and
has now unbonuded confidence that it would
become an efficient means of suppressing the
rebellion, and would prepare the way in the
hostile districts for that state OF society in
which liberty and Union would become for
ever lone and inseparable,
The President would not have made proc
lamation ifhe had no confidence in it's efficien-
CIV. He would not have declared to all the
world that he believed it to be an act of mill
tasy necessity if no such necessity had existed
Events have occurred since the beginning OF
the year which have demonstrated the power
and wisdom of that great and irreyocable act
ofjustice and humanity which will render the
name of President Lincoln iustrious through
all time. In his message to Congress he uses
the following language: :. While / remain min in
my present position, shall not attempt to re-
tract or modify the Emancipation Proclama-
ton, nor shall / return to slavery any person
who is free by the terms of that proclamation,
or by ony of the acts of Congress-"
And in the proclamation OF amnesty he has
insisted on a complete submission to the terms
of emancipation. VIM. WHITING,
Solicitor of the War Department
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A "COpperhead,' Beaten by Soldiers
He Shoots One of Them, is Arrest
ed, and subsequently is Killed.

DUoUorN, ILL.,, Feb. IA sad tragedy occur
red in our little town yesterday, resulting in
the shooting of two men. 1t appears that
some difficulty occurring between soldier and
o 'scopperhead," they came to blows, where
upon, the soldier being Joined by several COM
panions the s.copperhead" was pretty badly
used for short time, but finally succeeded in
getting away. He started upon run, being
followed by one of the soldiers, and, seeing
he was likely to catch him, he turned as
the soldier was upon the point of dealing
another blow, and drew q revolver, shooting
the soldier through the right lnng, inflicting q
frightful wound, which, it is feared win prove
fatal. The "copperhead was Immediately
taken Into custody, when number of the sol
dier's friends and members of his company,
becoming acquainted with the affair, demanded
the prisoner. The authorities finally succeeded
in compromising the matter, it being agreed
that he should be taken to Springfield, for
trial. Accordingly he was bound, guard
placed over him, and started for the depot;
but, upon arriving at the door, three shots
from the crowd were fred. all taking effect.
and killing him instantly.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-02-12
Reoccupasion of Jacksonville, Fla

ReOccupatiOn of JacksOnville, Fla.
q Letters from st. Augustine Florida,
furnish intelligence of the reoccupation by
Union troops Of Jacksonville, on the st.
Johns river, about forty miles inland from
st. Augustine. The event is said to have
taken place on or about the 9th ult.e A
letter says: 9s % eei'aallsh ZHH 90
Union refugees continue to crowd into st.
Augustine. They are chiefly of the farming
class. Their reports all agree as to the strin-
gency of the new rebel CONSUMPTION. All
white males between the ages of fifteen and
fifty-ive are collected and driven to the nearest
military depot, at Pilatka. These harsh meas
ures are creating great dissatisfaction among
the native population of Florida. The people
living nearest to st. Augustine are very anx-
ious 10 secure federal protection.
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MIR. Fernando Wood, once More.

From the New York Evening Post 1r
We had occasion yesterday to correct
Mr.. Fernando Woods readings of some Of
the incidents in the early history of the
Union. To-day we must notice the clumsy
haste with which he strives-but in vain
Ito push off an inconvenient inquiry
Mr.. Kinney, of Utah, asked:
When vessels were detained at New York
with arms for the rebels, did not the gentle
man Mr.. Wood telegraph to the Governor of
Georgia, that he regretted exceedingly that he
had not the power to release those ships?
To this Mr.. Wood replied:
The gentleman had asked him whether he
did not, when Mayor OF New York. send
communication to the Governor of Georgia.
regretting that arms and munitions had been
stopped at New York. He thanked the
gentlemansfor favoring him with an opportu-
nifty to deny most emphatically and positively
that there was any foundation for the accuse.
ton other than this, namely: before the COM
mencement of the rebellion the police of New
York stopped the departure of the Savannah
steamers with merchandise of every character:
not arms, but merchandise. The Governor of
Georgia had telegraphed him at a time when
the communication between the South and
New York was uninterrupted, and wished to
know whether it was by his order that the
merchandise was stopped in trGpsitu. He re-
piled it was not, and that under the laws of
New York the police was not responsible to
the Mayor. And this was all. a
Now this seems to be conclusive. Mr..
Kinney was answered, and the patriotic
Wood was prepared to receive the condo-
lence of the House. Mr.. Kinney made
only one little mistake, which Mr.. Wood
did not take the trouble to allude to. It
was not the Governor of Georgia, but SEN
ator Toombs, of that State, with whom
Mr. Wood had the correspondence con-
corning arms; and the following dispatch
es, printed in the New York Journals for
January 26th, 1861, viii show how far
Mr.. Kinney was off the track:
coRREsPoNDEScE BETWEEN SENATOR rooMBs
~. AND MAYOR WOOD.
MnLEDGy1LLE, Jan. "a. 1861.
To HIS Honor Mayor Wood:
Is it true that any arms intended s,~ .,,a...
signed to the State of Georgia have been ss;.as
by public authorities in New York Yn sv.ssu
swer is important to Us and to New Yr ~,,-
Answer at once. r. TOOMRS
To this the Mayor returned the following
answer:
Hon. Robert Toons5s, MiIIedgerigs, Ca:
In reply to your dispatch regret to say that
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+ WIGFAIL, of Texas, made one of his
characteristic speeches in the rebel Senate
at Richmond recently. We make a couple
OF extracts. Speaking of Virginia chivalry,
he said: - rsa6N -yia5 5 aui,fIIy
And, singular to say, they think great deal
more OF their negroes than of their sons and
brothers. A gentleman of his acquaintance
mad, last summer, met negro on the cars
coming to Richmond to work on the batteries.
Inc negro looked sad and the gentleman in
quired the reason. Sambo said he was sor-
rowful because his old master was SO downcast
when he parted with him that his master had
nve sons in the army but never grieved half so
much at parting with all of them as with him.
The patriotic planters would willingly put
their own flesh and blood into the army, but
when you ask them for negro the matter APP
preached the point of drawing an eye-tooth.
For once Mr.. WIGFALL tells the truth.
A Southern planter would rather have half
dozen sons killed, than niger taken;
he is like the old sea captain who heard
that his ship had been capsized; he de-
clared he wouldn't care a-quaiifying adj
jectives-if he hadn't had dozen bottles
of Jamaica rum on board.
~ E ~.
Mr.. WIGFALL then tells us that great
change has come over the planters:
A great change has come over the planters
within the last two years. Two years ago
when that pink of gallantry and soldierly quail
tiles was at Manassas, to keep his army from
starving he wrote a letter to farmer in Orange
county, asking him to send him sixty wagon
loads of corn and provisions; promising to pay
for the grain and the expense Of hauling the
same as soon as he was in funds On the next
Sunday this letter was read at every church in
Orange, and on Monday morning the sixty
wagons, loaded with corn, were sent to Gen.
Beauregard, free of charge, and telling him to
keep, Also the wagons and teams. Such was
the patriotism in Orange county then. Now.
those very farmers win actually burn their
wheat rather than sell it to the government at
five dollars bushel for the use of their own
sons and brothers. They stood haggling about
the price of pork per pound when their sons
and brothers were living on q quarter of
pound day, and sometimes had none at all.
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arms intended for and consigned to the State
of Georgia have been seized by the police of
this State, but that the city of New York should
In no way be made responsible for the outrage
As Mayor have no authority over the po-
lice. If / had the power / should summarily
punish the authors of the illegal and unjustif-
able seizure of private property.
FERNANDO WOOD.
What disgrace to the city ofNew York
to be represented by man who has so
little regard for truth and honor!
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-02-12

The following extract is from the order Of
General Rosecrans on assuming command iH
Missouri:
In relieving Gen. Schofeld, who, in assum-
command, relinquished high prospects OF 2
brilliant career as commander of Thomas OLD
Division in the then opening campaign OF the
Army Of the Cumberland, tender him my
compliments for the admirable order In which
] have found the official business and archives
Of this Department, and my best wishes as wei
as hopes, that In bis new field OF duty ne may
sense and honest devotion to duty and his
country 30 well deserve.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-02-12
BLOCKADE RUNNER DE.
STROYED.

WHsHNeToN, Feb. The following
dispatch was received at the NAVY ia.
partment this morning. The United
States flag ship Minnesota off Newport
News the 9th: S. s. sE p s,'
To Hon. Gideon Welles IS, s.. s s
The supply steamer Newbern had arrivaa
The Sassacus and the Florida have destrove5
the new and fast blockade runner Nan DarreIi
new top-sail. Tssls S IS - -,
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-02-12
OIL MILL BURNRm.

OMUNNATI, Feb. 8.--A large oil min 81
D. w Burson q Co., at Richmond. Ind
was burned on Saturday night. Loss a.
timated at $4,000: Insured for $2g, 900.
q, 900 bushels Of fax seed and seventy
barrels Of linseed oil and large quantity
of essential oil cake were destroyed.
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order OF GEN. Dana.

Inc last sentence OF the Following gen
eral order issued by Maj. Gen. DANA, is
decidedly BUTLER-ish: 5.s4 5
Pass CAvALLo, TEXAS, Jan. Is, 1864.
!, Every soldier of this command will immedi
ately be supplied with rubber blanket and
half shelter tent, for active field service.
Commanders of divisions, brigades, regiments
and batteries, will see to the prompt execution
of this order. Inspectors will report all in
stances where men are discovered or inspected
without these articles. Officers are advised to
supply themselves also with these articles for
themselves and servants. 1t is anticipated that
this army will fight on foot and not on scheels
By command of Major General DANA.
WALTER B. SCALES, Lieut.. Col and A. A. G.
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HERBERD FISHER,

The above note is in answer to the re-
quest OF a clergyman in Cambridge for a
photograph of what claims to be the old
est MSS in the world, for Harvard College
Library. The Samaritans profess that it
is more than three thousand years old, and
by the grandson of AARON.
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The Princess Of Wales is said to have
fastened an interesting event by eagerly
joining skating party on the ice, and only
arrived at Frogmere just in time.
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Gift by the Prince OF Wales to Har
ward College Library.
The Prince of Wales has made valua.
Bile present to the Harvard College, accom-.
panied by the following letter:
SANDRINGHAM. Nov. 8. 1868.


panied by the following letter:
SANDRINGHAnI. Nov. 5, 1868.
SIR am desired by the Prince of Wales to
say, in answer to your letter of the 22d ult.
that it will give him very great pleasure to
present to the library of Cambridge University
copy of the photographs of the Samaritan
Pentateuch, taken during the visit of his Royal
Highness to Nabloos.
The Prince of Wales desires me to add that
he will always be glad of any opportunity
which may enable him to evince in however
slight manner, the lively sense which he en-
tertains of the kindness and hospitality which
he received during his visit to the United
States; and that with these recollections he
cannot fail cordially to reciprocate the wish
to which you have given expression, that moth
ing may occur to interrupt the friendship
which ought ever to exist between the old
country and the new.
have the honor to be, sir, your most ODE
dent servant
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Hon. Robert Toona5s, MilIedgerile, Ga:
In reply to your dispatch regret to say that
New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1864-01-29
Hyson, Young Hyson, Imperial.
Gunpovder Ywankoy and Skin.
DISSOLUTION NOTICE


The co,partnership heretofore existing IN
der the name and style Of Mitchell & owen
is this day dissolved by mutual consent OF
the Parties. The accounts and notes due the
firm must be settled forthwith for which pur.
pose those indebted will call at the st~rs Of
the late firm and pay up.
Dated New Oregon Nov, 20 1869.
H. B. M1TcnHLA
d. w. OwEH.
Tho business will be continued At tho late
stand under the name and style OF tho hr1n
of Mitchell & Gage, who are determined aee
to be undersold, and who Will constantly
keep on hand a good supply OF genera n msf-
oh ondiya adantsd TO country store. Ih%
invite all to give than a call before psrahss-
ng elsewhere.
Novsabsr 20, lScS. av-a..
= Hk N,TazHSL
EosAoz CAGE