The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-01-13
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Low YAtes' meeDaxS to the General ~
;semDty g 1Ainok ispf0bably the most yolum.
iuUos 9ocumene ever communicated to leeis-
j ,Syya D ~ makes nearly twelve columns
reader : e ven as the printers. W '''e
o. The sslnahle tros.,ns MORSE aarioaldi e.
M cRsyIP o y in Maine by Mr.. Nathaniel
rscentiy, being run into by another team tSe
sina 0i the sleigh striking Garihaidi ;nst Ha
hinu the shoulder. entering the ho-sa 1uS' ~
g., na noa oeet Mr.! Mckay would not have sa,,
S "a w. ,or nm. He was splendid animal
a anJ o. nas "o''ed this summer in 2:26 2.os
"a Philadelphia paper says Mr.. w. R. Nora
head has recently disposed Of the Pine Grcvo
Iron Works, situate in Penn township to nc
South Mountain Iron Company. for 81, SOC, 900.
Witn1n year TINS estate was sold by William
delphia, for the sum of $225. 900.
The Lieut.. General of the limited stoto.
army was walking on the dock at Citv Point q
day or two ago, apparently absorbed in thonoSt
and with the inevitable cigar in his month'
when negro guard touched his arm. sav;no,'
4" No smoking on the dock, sir" "Are these
your orders 2" asked the General, looking nm
Yes sir, " replied the negro courteously, but
Seven soldiers buried from the Universal
were followed to the grave by weeping widows.
Six of these have found consolation in new
husbands, and the seventh will change her
state of widowhood before New Year.
"A writer in the Nortkacesterw Church, an
Episcopalian weekly, advocates praying for
the dead, insisting that it was the practice of
the primitive church: that all the great divines
Of the English church maintain it. and that in
the present Episcopa! prayer-book there is at
least one instance of 1t.
-Advices from Richmond are of such a tenor
as to induce the belief among certain officials
that the rebel Congress has already in secret
session passed bill giving JEFF. Davis or Gen.
Lee the authority to call on for detail not
less than 80 600 slaves for service in the army
IS soldiers. a 40 5AI =.
Capt Wise of the Naval Ordnance Bureau.
has determined to withdraw the OO-pounder
PARROTS from service, and the feeling among
nava! officers induces the belief that this view
will be sustained by the Examining Board and
the Department.
When Gen. Sherman's march throupb
Georgia was determined upon, the Secretary of
War informed him that the President desired
that Gen. Hooker should be appointed second
In command. Gen. Sherman replied express
ing his preference for Howard; he was again
informed that the President particularly de-
sired the appointment of Hooker; Gen. Sher-
man answered that his RESIGNATION was at the
Presidents disposal. when the Secretary wrote
to Sherman, appoint whom you please"
The New York Central Railroad baa a
paid capital stock of 424, 209. 600 and funded
debt Of ola, us, 648. Nearly three millions of
passengers have been carried over the road for
the year ending October 1, and the total earn
ings were 31O, S97, GIL. The rate of passenger
fare on the central road is restricted by law to
two cents per mile, and several attempts to get
ton the next New York legislature for an ad-
vance, and strenuous efforts viii be made to
secure it. 80 I 20 .s1laas LJA
During the year 1864 four thousand eight
hundred and nine vessels arrived at the port
Of New York from foreign ports-a decrease
of two hundred and seventy three from 1868.
This decrease is very slight when the natural
effects OF the war are taken into considera-
ton. But few OF these vessels carried the
thousand three hundred and forty-two passen-
gers arrived, the most of them emigrants who
have settled in this country. To-
"A letter from the Army of the Potomac
gives the following description and opinion Of
the Dutch Gap Canal: Tho earth was cut
away as much as possible. Galleries were con-
structed under the remaining earth, and six
tons Of powder placed in them. The concus-
sion was very slight, and was not as successful
e expected. The earth must be dredged out.
The rebels have twenty cannon bearing on the
upper end of the canal. Much work must be
done before our gunboats can ascend the river
B. 8. Osborne, naval reporter of New
York. has been arrested by order of the Preai.
dent, and ordered to be tried for furnishing to
the public press and requesting the publica-