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The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-04-07
Letter from Capt Semm

Captain, now Admiral, SEhMRs has writ
ten to friend in England, who has pub
lished bis letter in the Morning Herald.
He thus refers to the State of Texas, which,
he thinks, has profted rather than suffered
from the effects of the war, and will, in all
probability, become the great storehouse
and mandatory for the supply of the
needs of the confederates:
The State of Texas alone has within her
limits all the materials, and is fast getting
the appliances for equipping and main
tanning armies; and when you reflect that
she has three times as much territory as
the empire of France, and that countless
herds of horses and beef cattle wander over
her boundless prairies, you can imagine
with what contempt this warlike people
regard the insane threat of subjugation,
If our armies were driven tomorrow
across the Mississippi river, we could still
fight tue enemy for century to come in
Texas alone.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-04-07
The FAN Of Prices.

The New York World, in an article CD
the price of gold and other commodities,
says: "The community is certainly mis-
taken if they expect the prices of commod-
tiles to go very low while the currency il
so redundant as it is at present." We
think the World is partially if not wholly
right. Those goods which are bought ex-
clusively with gold, and the place OF
which, when exhausted, must be supplied
by means of gold, ought, it seems to Ut,
follow the price Of gold.
The Secretary of the Treasury, how.
ever, said that when paper fell below gold
In its value, gold ceased to be q currency,
and became commodity subject to the
laws affecting commodities generally.
Gold is wanted for little else than foreign
purchases, and payment of duties; and
all legislation lately has tended to diminish
it's use in that direction. 1t may fall in
price then, simply from diminished de-
mand, without specially affecting oommod-
tiles generally. They will depend, as the
World says, on the volume Of the cur
rency. Let not people be surprised if the
prices Of articles generally doee not travel
down with gold. l..
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-04-07

The New York Times, moved thereto
by some recent expressions of Parson
Brownlow's, suggests to the Parson that
the kind of Illumination which might have
been comparatively unobjectionable in a
much abused loyal Tennesseean, in private
life, is not so in the Governor of Ten
nessee. 1t therefore adjures him to
moderate a little his usual fierce
ness, and remember his new station.
The advice is good and necessary, and we
hope may be adopted. If the war is con-
tinued, perhaps the Parson will do well in
his new position, but il, as is generally
supposed, the war is near its end, and the
work of reconstruction and cementing the
shattered fragments is to be entered Oh,
unless the Parson restraints his zeal and
moderates his expression, We can scarcely
imagine a more fortunate selection for the
position lie holds, both for the State and
Nation,
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-04-07

Maj. BRAoKEz1's Battalion has been Or
dered to march for Sioux City about the
middle Of this month, to join an expedi-
ton under Gen. su1LY for the Black Hills
of Montana. At Sioux City the expedi-
ton will be organized, and will consist Of
about /, 400 men, including battery OF
eight guns under command of Capt. Ma
rHAN1H1 Pops, brother Of Capt Doua.
POPE of this city. The whole will be I'M
der the immediate command of Major
BRAoKErr, who will leave for St. Peter on
Tuesday next, to put his battalion in first
rate trim for an active campaign on the
plains during next summer. The battalion
was detached from this district at the spe-
cial request Of Gen. suIL1, who has had
opportunities of knowing it's worth.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-04-07
Important War Bulletin.

The following important war bulletin
was delayed by the storm, and although
rather old il date, will be found of interest
as illustrating the progress Of SHERIDAN:
WAR DEpARTa1KNr, }
WASHINGTON, March 1880 p. M. Z
Major General Die: g.. = '..,.-'I 80 -
Major General Sheridan reports, on the 18th
inst, from the bridge of the Richmond and
Fredericksburg road. across the South Anna
River, that having destroyed the James River
Canal as far to the east as Goochlaud. he
marched up to the Virginia Central Railroad at
Fallsville, and destroyed it down to Beaver
Dam Station, totally destroying fifteen miles of
the road. General Custar was then sent to
Ashland, and General Devin to the South Anna
bridges, all Of which have been destroyed.
General Sheridan says that the amount of
public property destroyed In his march is enor-
nous. The enemy attempted to prevent his
burning the Central Road bridge over the
South Anna, but the 9th U. 8. Cavalry charged
up to the bridge and about thirty men dashed
across on foot, driving off the enemy and cap.
turing three pieces Of artillery 2O-pounder
PARROTS. G. A. DANA,
Assistant Secretary of War
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-04-07
Gen. Grants Plans.
The Washington correspondent of the
New York World March %, writes as
follows on Gen. GRANT'e MANS.

The Washington correspondent of the
New York World March %, writes as
follows on Gen. GRANTS plans:
The grand plans of the Lieutenant General
commanding the army are now clearly de.
veloped. He has exhibited most heroic and
enduring patience, while each detail was be-
least OF whom Is Sherman, and now Is about
to reap the rewards Of his well-planned com
binations. He has out-maneuvered Lee in
this the final strategic combination, and com.
PEELED him to commit the fatal error of defend.
lug his capital while its military supports
were falling one by one around him. he has
hemmed his adversary up in the State of Vir-
ginia, and will compel him to fight or sur
render. He has caused Sherman to sweep
from Atlanta to Savannah, and thence through
South Carolina into the heart of the Old North
State, In such q manner as to penetrate the
very vitals of the rebellion. Provident to q
degree, he has provided Sherman with a
base by the timely capture of Wilmington,
and enabled him to form a junction with
the victorious army of Gen. Schofield, under
circumstances which were in the highest de-
Ing his army. He, at q timely moment, dis
patched Sheridan on raid upon the enemy's
channels of supply, and SO thoroughly was the
work done, that Richmond was thrown into
panic and fears of los safety were seriously en-.
tertained. He brought Sheridan back to the
north bank of the James for the purpose of
consultation, and now has sent him upon an
other raid to meet Fitzpatrick, who is already
far In advance of Shermans line of skirmish-
srs. Thus he has swept Lee and Johnston
into a position, where either or both can be
attacked with very great probability of sue.
cess. He has placed his left wing in such q
position as to be in very short time within
communication with the extreme right wing
the avenues of egress by which the foe may
escape to the south or west, and now awaits
him with open arms. The crisis cannot be
long delayed, and ere this reaches you the
crash of a decisive battle may be resounding
on the plains of southeastern Virginia. Thus,
by dramatic fitness, the final battle of the
war will be fought upon the " sacred soil of
the State which drank the blood of the patriot
heroes of July, 1861.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-04-07
Our New Postmaster.

DR.. ]. II. SrxwART yesterday received
notification that he had been appointed
Postmaster Of st. Paul The necessity of
q change, so far as the interests of the
public are concerned, is not apparent; but
if change must be made, there is no one
who will object to DR.. SrEwARTs appoint
ment, for everybody believes that he will
be an accommodating Postmaster, and that
the business of the Office will be conducted
as it should be. We have no doubt
he will give entire satisfaction to the public.
We shall not speak at present of the retir-
ing incumbent of the Office. His neck is
barred to the uplifted axe Of the political
guillotine. When his head rolls in the
dust + the arena, there will be an occs-
sion for a proper tribute to his memory.
and for an estimate Of the loss which the
world of letters has sustained by bis I'M
timely decapitation. -
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-04-07

The HARvEsr.-Farmer B was sit
ting in the country church. He had been
working hard in the harvest field. Hands
were scarce, and Farmer B was doz-
ing. The loud tones of the minister
failed to arouse the farmer, until at length
the good man closed the lids of the bible,
and concluded as follows:
Indeed, my hearers, the harvest is
plenteous, but the laborers are few"
"Yes, I" exclaimed Farmer B., Give
offered two dollars day for Graders, and
can't get 'em at that
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-04-07
Huater, of Virginia, Declares Him.
self opposed 10 Reconstruction.
A CARD.

A report seems to have obtained currency
to the effect that I am in fovor of reconstruc.
ton of the Union; and as this rumor is not
only injurious to myself, but may be, perhaps,
hurtful to the country, take this occasion to
say that 1t is entirely erroneous
There is, perhaps, no person in the confed-
eracy to whose feelings and interests such an
event would be more repugnant than to mine.
l have always held that We ought to maintain
the struggle for independence SO long as there
is hope of success. The General in Chief and
the President of the Confederate States, as
the highest military authorities, are best able
to understand our resources and prospects.
While they have hope in the contest it seems
to me that we should do all in our power to
strengthen their hands. But after all, it is in
sense of the justice of their cause that the
hearts of oul citizens should be confirmed and
II is to the Chief Ruler of the Universe that
they should look for aid in the mighty strug-
gle in which they are engaged.
X. NJ T. HUNTER.
RICHMOND, March 20, 1865.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-04-07

Among the horses captured on Gen.
Chestnuts place, in South Carolina, was
the superb stallion presented to President
Davis by the Viceroy of Egypt. One of
the Yankees, after riding the animal
through the streets, took off the saddle,
and patting him on the back, remarked :
You are too fine to ride in these parts,
and well send you to Old Abe"
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-04-07

The Louisville Journal states that
Gov. Bramlette has furnished all bis slaves
with free papers.
The offer of the French Mission to
Mr.. James Gordon Bennett continues to
provoke much comment. The first an
nouncelnent was received with incredibly;
but it soon became apparent that the ten
der had been made, and in good faith,
several months since.
George Constantine Collins, we'll
known member of the bar, died in Phila-
delphia on Tuesday last, after a long i'll
ness.
Vice President johnson is preparing
to leave for Tennessee. His address OF
the 4th of March appeared in yesterday 3
Globe.
Capt. John Rourke, of the Mulligan
brigade, has escape from rebel imprison-
ment, and arrived at Hilton Head on the
18th instant. .~ '.--
Robert O. Kennedy, who was lately
convicted of being rebel spy, was hung
at Fort Lafyette yesterday. r.
!, Strong West Virginia and loyal Dor
der State influences are pressing Colonel
d. b. Strother for q foreign appoint
ment. He has served in all the severest
campaigns of the war, and literally gave
up all for the UniOn--the rebels utterly
desolating his home and estate near Mar
tinsburg. -'e.. E~e Vii ID rs.rt-I- 20,
Three white soldiers were killed II
Memphis, q few days ago, by a negro sol.
der. The soldiers went to the neqrot
house and attempted to outrage his wife
when he seized his gun and beat out tbeil
brains. ..:.rtC free rji. ID
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-04-07

On December 9Th, 1852, George W.
Evans a well-known butcher of Ale
ghany, Penn, while crossing the track OF
the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago
Railroad, was knocked off the road by a
train. He brought suit, and the jury rem
dered verdict of $500 against the road
recently.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-04-07
RICHMOND, March 20, 1865.

An EDITOR IN LUcK.-Hon. Geo. Brown,
of the Toronto Globe, it is said, has sold
5000 acres of the Boutwell, estate, con-
tanning oil wells, to an American Com
pany, for the snm of $2S0,000. The pur-
chasers belong to New York, and intend
to commence boring wells Immediately.
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1865-12-16
The Eighth of JANUARY.

The Democracy of Ohio viii celebrate
the Anniversary Of the Victory at New
Orleans by public festival at Naughton
Hall, IN the city of Columbus, ON Monday
evening, the sth of January. 4 committee
of arrangements has been appointed. con
sisting of .IoHN G.. THOMSON, w. 5. ".
PRENTIss, G. u. FLOOD, ;. $, RiCGIKY and
AMOS LAYMAN.
II is the intention to make il AN affair in
all respects worthy of the occasion--a
pleasant and happy re-union Of the staunch
and inflexible Democracy of 0hi0-re-
minding those who attend, of the good old
times we had when the State was under
Democratic rule. Addresses are expected
from several distinguished gentlemen, and
there will be full and pleasant inter
change of sentiment on the all-absorbing
topics OF the day.
The attendance viii no doubt be large,
and we trust our city aud county will be
fully represented
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1865-12-16
A New Fashioned Shoe.

A new style of shoe is worn in New
York city. The invention il simple. The
upper part of the boot or shoe Is cut out In
almost ordinary fashion by a regular shoe
maker The sole and heel are made of hard
maple wood and are joined by shank of
sole leather, which gives all needed elias
ticity. The uppers are fastened to the sole
by Il thin band of iron, which enclrcles the
rim of the sole. and lastens sole and upper
together In n manner far more effectual
than any sewing can do. When put to-
gether the shoe makes handsome appear
ance, and is rs light as leather shoe of
corresponding size. The heels are eomfor-
tably followed out on the upper side, and
the soles have the proper curve to insure
easy walking.
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1865-12-16
General Carrington.

General Darlington was a pet of Governor
Morton. He continually interfered, so. we
understand, in his BEHALF when he got into
trouble, and prevented his dismissal. We
understand private soldiers have filed i'm
mcnse claims in the military agencies here
for money they leftas they say, in the hands
of General Darlington. We ask if this is
SOP We ask If General Darlington is pay
ing off these claims? We suppose it was
pure forgetinlness in General Darlington il
he has failed to repay any of these SOL
diers. win the JOunGi tell us where the
money was kept by the General ?-Indiotna-
polls Herald.
General Darlington is the officer who
boosted that he had raised fifteen regiments,
and led them rs far as -L0uisuHle!
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1865-12-16

Thomas j. Carver, one of the special
agents of the treasury department, has
been convicted of frauds on the govern
ment by military commission in Mobile,
and sentenced to pay fine of nine thou
sand dollars and be Imprisoned mt hard la
Dor for one year. The investigation of
the frauds with which Carver is alleged to
have been connected has been going on for
some time. IL Is said that the pccuIations
commenced soon after the occupation of
Mobile by the national troops, and wes-
tern paper charges that, of ninety Thousand
bales of forfeited rebel government cotton
then in the state of Alabama not more than
one-tenth has gone to the benefit of the
United States Government, the remaining
eight thousand bales, worth more than fif-
teen millions of dollars. having been ap-
propriated by rascals and sharpers.
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1865-12-16
pnlifiralC Centrnlism

The tendency of the Government 10 cen-
tralism under the influence of radical Re-
publican leaders Is a subject ably aud elo-
quently discussed IA late number of the
New York Keenin0 Posi-. The following
remarks upon that topic, the source from
which they come being considered, win be
pcrused with interest;
Let us suppose for momcnt--what the
bills lately read by Mcssrs. sumner Wilson
and Others render not wholly Improbable
or absurd proposition-that the variety of
little services now performedby our select
men, our town ovcrsecrsy our county
boards. Our city chambers ottt' State Iegis-
laturcs, ETC. each chosen by its own COM
munity, were transferred to the Federal
Government; that ON IL was impOsed the
duty Of deVising for each and of executing
for each. whatever was necessary 10 its
welfare as community that IN addition
To the herculean labOrs which now distress
and clog every department, the thirty-fOld
labOrs of the States, the ten thousand-fold
laDors OF the counties, We're required of
them; what mind could grasp what hand
control the multiplicity aud complication
of the work
As 1t is now, nothing Is generally 80 i'll
done as what the government does nothing
accompanied by so much corruption and
the more we should have To expect of these
balcfn aud disastrous consequences. In
short the whole machinery would ily to pie
ccs from pure inability 10 move, and the
pieces would be picked up by some mighty
and energetic military hand, which would
cement them with blood, and set them TO
running again by blasts, of gunpowder.
Civil war comes as infallibly from such "a
system rs cholera does from ovcr-crowded
tenement houses. Its reactions are pro-
portional to its compressions.
Read that calm, clear, impassive vet sad
Investigation Of centralism i'm France
which De Tocqueville gives us in his An
cient Regim; there you will get ut the
cause; read again Carlyle or Mignct on the
bloody and awful, the more awful because
inevitable, outbreaks of the revolution. and
there you will get the results. The most
stupcndous explosion of wrath ferosity
madness, the world ever saw. had been pre-
pared from afar by the Richeleus, the
Mazarins, and the Louis NIV's. who had
beaten down the old provincial indepcud-
encies, and absorbed all power into the
bureaus at Paris.
These are sentiments peculiar to demo-
cratic statesmen and democratic presses.
and their advocacy ut the present time by
leading organ of the political organiza-
ton which serves them, is a gratifying evil
dence of the better influence prevailing.
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1865-12-16
Miami University Selected for An
Agricultural College.

A special dispatch from Columbus to the
Cincnnati Commerciat says that the Board
Of Examiners which met at the Capitol on
Thursday last, had recommended the se-
lection by the Legislature of Miami Uni-
versity at Oxford, Butlcr County, as the
most suitable offer for that purpose. The
report, no doubt, VIII be ratified. The dis
patch says; tEa
That Institution shall he reorganizcd un-
der the aforementioned act OF Congress,
rs an Agricultural College, aud one-half of
the fund raised from THE land-serip be ap-
proprinted for Its endowment. For this
purpose, the former Professors Of the COL
lcge having been removed, aud the Trustees
rendered their designations, 10 take effect
upon the acceptance of the College rs con-
templated by the Commissioners, aud, with
the buildings and one hundred acres of
land belonging thereto, will be given n do
nation of $iO0,0O0 IN money and the en-
dowment fund, the latter furnishing an an
nual income of $G0O0. f
The report of the Commissioners pro-
poses eight professorships, including one
of languages, one Of agriculture, one of ma
tural philosophy and mechanics, one of
chimestry and agricultural chemistry, one
of mathematics and of military tactics, and
one of commerce, Sc.
experimental farm Is also provided
for, TO which shall. be applied one-tenth of
the endowment fund arising from the sale
of scrip
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1865-12-16
Great Fire.
The Commercial says;

Tic COmmeFcl0I says:
a fire IN Allegheny City, Pennsylvania,
on Monday night, destroyed twenty-five
buildings and M immense amount of prop
erty. A large quantity Of benzole, running
from an oil refinery. through creek to the
river, was accidentally set on fire by some
boys. Instantly the water was covered
by sheet of flame, which communicated
to all houses adjoining, and the whole were
immediately mass of fire. IIarbaugh's
slaughter-house, IIalleubach's slaughter
house, Miehofier's carriage-shop Shaun e.
kohler's cooper-shop, and many frame aud
brick dwelling-houses were burned.
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1865-12-16
A LiGuOr Riot.

The Ne,o Lisbon (Columbiana county,
Patriot of Friday has the following:
On Monday. about one hundred women,
boys aud children, went TO Midtown, just
above Salineville, and broke in the doors
aud windows OF all the groceries. They
poured out all the whisky and ale they
could find. They were headed by woman
whose husband had been indulgfng to such
excess that he had gone into the show bus
iness-showing snakes. None of the rio
tcrs have been arrested.
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1865-12-16
A Lucky Printer.

The New York correspondents of the Phil
adelphia Inquirer, in alluding to the misuse
of the Fenian funds by some of the officers
Of that organization, says:
"O'Rourke, the foreman of the Tribune
press-rootn, and large stakeholder, is said
Ia have loaned to the publisher of one of
the morning journals $23O,0OO Of the money
intrusted to his keeping, aud to have lost
S16,H0 in gold speculation
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1865-12-16

The Queen of England is now sovereign
over one continent, one hundred peninsIl-
las, five hundred promontories. one thou
sand lakes, two thousand rivers, aud ten
thousand Islands, Her subjects number
more than one hundred and iifty millions.
BY wave of her hand, she can summon an
army of five hundred thousand soldiers.
and navy Of one thousand ships of war,
and one hundred thousand sailors. The
Assyrian Empire was not so wealthy as that
of Great Britain, the Roman Empire was
not so popuous, the Persian Empire was
not SO extensive, the Arabian Empire was
not 50 powerful, the Carthagenian Empire
was not so much dreaded, and the Spanish
Empire was not so widely diilused.
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1865-12-16

The reception of General GRANT at Sa-
vannah seems to have been rather tame
affair. Says the Republican in concluding
a description of 1t: Thus ended the tame
event of the season--the visit of Lieut..
Gen. u. $. GRANT to the commercial EN-
porium of Georgia. We never remember
witnessing so cold, inanimate and cheerless
u reception as was rendered the great mill
tary hero of the age and we were led to ex-
claim, sic transit gloria n,,ndi.'"
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1865-12-16

In the Fenian imbroglio, Col. O'Mahony
is sustained by the east while the west in
dorses the course of the Senate. Congress
has been ordered to assemble. The deposed
President is reported to have deposited in
a New York banking house, in his own
name, the sum of $S0,0O0 in gold. lie on
Tuesday issued pronunciamento declaring
that orders on military affairs win not be
regarded ms valid unless approved by him
self. a Dublin letter says that Ireland has
only been saved from deluge of blood by
the earnest efforts of prominent conserva-
tives.