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The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-01-06
,1EIsI.I,EII1III.I1I5g, Al!',.II.Ss ITgglII',S

concerning the state of affairs In Tonnes
zee, should mike estronei demonstrations
against Charleston, further contraction Of
oaSlihes may'bee0Ae ane0ea6afy.s snssa
The Richmond papers are in great trib-
ulatisns epnosrnipg, the situstiDn afAalirs
and their continued reverses.
10 Thesaichinoad ExS0aret stfongii55 aufkes
that deG DavisAks deposdd aaccuimand1
es-in,chief of the rebel armies and thst
General Lee. be made general. ip-chief
In reply, tie Ssnti,,ek Jeffb organ a a say Is
no Important enterprise e. undsftakSn
without consdlting Lee. goi9onirq Is Bats
ia !he ksonsinfr elso urgesithe elevation,
ssayl9g both cpnfederates and federals will
,sei that q strong and steady hand is laid
upon the wheel, and that it means BUST
noss ana Rbs*tasy and VIII make tKSif ar
iESuse!eafs. aecoffinglJ Il This saysotiss
1nssN'Ref. ~ u the suppositiou that Mr..
DAsafy LAYS. y capable Of an, act so sage, and
wise, wnicn may be- greatly 'donbted.s On .
Ns" aoRE, Dec. &c. Ia MSbiiS t6iissl
Pafch az shssi 9thpsayu I'd, infanteVa force
o, enotnez rsadipg party was snears0 o0di6
Mills and Pensacola on Sunda~ Ns 81
vance was driven baSf seyars ~, Ma Z
'nOHpE 6emmes arrived n Mntafs sS1 1thsai q;
18th from Europe via Aatam6sass ssss q
RFsckipddge reports his adysn6eahsd,
arrived at Saltyille' on the 2lst, and. ,pur.,
sued the Feaerals that night toward HecT
tor1 Gap. The damage done ia MI
works oannot room bs repaired! Many de-
pots and bridges on the Virginia and Tsns
nessee Railroads. were burned. Fitshueh
Lee claims that 0inaxdSfeAted SheridanH
cavalry II sA fight near Gerdonsyille with
Tia Richmond Essdanstness 1sunanS ouunces
with grief that Hosby has been ssvsfslJsfi
not dangerously voundeaisljdua ,asaoasS
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FROM DETROIT. 80
Death Of Hon. benjamin. y. FOslett...
Finances Of Michigan. 30
Special Dispatch to the Chicago Times

Special Dispatch to the Chicago Times
DETROIT, Dec. 27.-Hon. Benjamin F.
Follett, very prominent citizen of this
State, died at Elmira, N. Y, yesterday.
He was for many years chairman of the
Michigan Democratic State Central Com
mittee. .,. ~, -..
A report of the Michigan State Treasu-
rer states that the total debt of the State
is 1854, 149 80, one-third of which has
been incurred for war purposes. The re-
ce:pts into the treasury for the past year
have been $2,OO0,000. r
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,atic Asylum, by . psrsen Of insane mind;

natic Asylum, By . peTaen Of insane mind;
might also. maRti0n q, number of stand
ard textbooks which were written in that
institution; and I will state as q conclu-
sive faot that one Of tbe leading newipa-
Pers in New York ia principally edited in
the Rloomingdale Lnnatic. Asylum, and
the leading editorial is written three or four
times week by person of unsound mind
confined in that institution. , 4, IA
THE INDEPENDENT As A MEDIUM OF ooMMU-
,t5lo!as.-i A't'o NIoATIoN. '.-'A
Mrs. HANNAH NJ Ely, 4. friend Of Mrs.
Olo0tt, testified that the plaintiff called at
my house few days before Mr.. Beecher
sailed for Europe; she seemed to be, in
great distress, and asked me why Mr..
Beecher left the country $ / said 1t was for
bis health, ] supposed she said nc, it was
on her account, and that she had been. en-.
gagged to him for the last six years, and bis
preaching for that time was addressed to
Ter entirely, and that he always kept his
eyeIHpon her, and that his wife WAS pleased
With il; she did not expect to, ive many
years be was buying q place for her up
the North River. L'T''- LED ~ va "
gOsoss-examined-I did not corninuni-
cstsrtbis to the defendants until the plain
tiff went to the asylum she said .flrthar
that Mr.. Beecher made the Independent
the medium Of communication Between
them, and showed me 8 piece of poetry in
that paper which she saidoWas written by
M. Beeoher after the receiptof her letter.
The poetry commenced with the line -gdl
hoyo Il I<uf oto
Plaintiff said there was no sympathy be-
tween herself and the rest Of her family /;
that they were Jealous Of her because she
was 90 much more talented than they
were |; she said she expected to realize
money enough from the sale of her poetry
to live with Mr.. Beecher at a beautiful
place he was buining up the North river
in comfort all theJrest Of their lives; che
said now her, hope was gone, that Mr..
Beecher was disguised with her because
Of the letter she, sent him she said she
had several excellent offers of marriage
which, had caused the jealousy Of. her
family and Mrs. Olcott General Duryea,
she said, was devoted lover of hers for
years, and she also spoke Of q Mr.. Lyons |;
she said Mrs. Olcott' wanted these gentle
men for her daughters; she said she re.
GREETED. that. she had not married Mr..
Lyons, but at the time she refused him she
considered herself engaged to Mr.. Beecher;
she said people made faces at her in the
street; she mentioned Mr.. Towards fam
lily, of Hicks street, and Dr.. Raymond, a.
having done 80, on account of the letter
to Mr.. Beecher. ..
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Shermau's Expedition.
How the Men Fared..Destruetaon q
Rebel Property. .-E

We make the following extracts from
q private letter of an officer of the Second
Minnesota:
Our march through Georgia has been emf
nently successful our loss small, marches light
and food Of the best kind. The enlisted men
had better tables than many hotels get up
Nice fat hogs were running loose along the
line Of march, squealing to be killed, but the
boys had so many chickens and turkeys that
hogs were kicked ont of the road Sweet po-
tatoes were in abundance, and In most in.
stances were buried by the road side, 90 it gave
Us no trouble to get them. Molasses and
sugar were found in sufficient quantities to
supply this amy for mOnths. The army new
er lived better than while on this raid. an
Destruction has been the word from the time
of leaving Kingston. Immense amounts of
cotton and innumerable cotton gins have been
burned also mills and manufactures, and In
fact all property in which the confederacy was
interested, was ruthlessly destroyed. ...
Georgia railroads are gone up. believe we
have perfectly destroyed at least 400 miles, and
they can hardly be repaired for the rails were
nearly all twisted or bent double. Thousands
of valuable horses and mules have been CAP
tured, to say nothing of the niggers who have
followed MS in And now we are safely through
what may well be termed the biggest thing of
the war. We lost one man killed; one man
died of disease. and one or two were probably
captured. e.,
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NEWS FROM THE SOUTH.
Manifesto or ZEN: ...Proieot to Depose
JEFF. from Supreme Command-.-
Arguments pro and eon...Move-
ments OF sherman. ~.fsf "a y...-r,


New YORK, Dec. 30.-The latest rebel
newspapers received contain manifesto
from JEFF. Davis giving notice that the pi-
rate Bennett G. Burley, concerned in the
capture of vessels on Lake Erie and an at
tempt to seize the United States steamer
and liberate the prisoners on Johnson
Island, who was recently released from ar
rest in Toronto, is q regularly commits
stoned officer in the rebel navy, and was
despatched from Richmond specially for
the purpose Of executing the work which
he endeavOred to carry out. .a.. ,.7
Some of the Richmond papers are ur-
gent in their demand that Gen. Lee should
be made commander-in-chief of all the
rebel armies, or dictator. f..- .eis
In the rebel house of representatives a
resolution declaring that the writ OF ha-
beas corpus ought not to be suspended
was defeated by Al negative to 81 affirm
alive votes. 81. ''A. =
The Richmond Sentinel foresees for
midable winter campaign by the national
armies against Charleston and Augusta
The Richmond Sentinel of the 25th says
the evacuation of Savannah by our troops
and the occupation Of the city by Sher-
mans army, both on the 21st, simply gives
the enemy another point on our coast.
The ocean front of Georgia will be exposed
like the ocean front Of North Carolina
and Virginia, to a species of hostilities
that will annoy without weakening, and
without strengthening the foe. It's prob
able, however, that 8 formidable attempt
on Charleston will be an early consequence
of the fall of Savannah. mao
Foster already holds fortified position
within a mile of Coosawatchie, a point on
the Railroad between Charleston and .Sa-,
.vannah, 43 miles from the latter place.
and 81 from Charleston. We presume
Hardee madeino halt between Savannah
and Coosawatchie, but at once abandoned
that section of Railroad and placed him
self where his communication would ba
more secure.
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FROM MISSOURI.
Execution Of a Rebel Prisoner...mfl.
nary AppOfntments...D 81
special Dispatch to the Chicago Time

Oh P0tCH 90 inc chicago Times.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. PA rebel prisoner
named }. Morgan Otz was hung in this
CITY yesterday by the military authorities,
under sentence of a military commission.
charged with being spy. He died with the
utmost cornposure. The deceased was a
native OF Bridgeton, Sc. Louis county. 1gr
Col }. d. Baker, 10th Minnesota, who
has been commander of this post for over
a year, has been appointed provost mar
shall general of the department command
ed by Gen. Dodge. Col. @. W. Davis
51st Illinois, late acting provost marshal
general, is appointed department inspec-
tor. Col. j. Wydelneier, 41st Missouri. is
made commander of the post @og8 o.
Samuel 81. Gardener, collector of inter-
nal revenue for this district died on Christ
mas day.
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PuRcHAsE OF WINES AT WAsHINGToN.-Mr.
Seward saws: Years ago, when living at Au-
burn. / was somewhat astonished at learning
that the wines Of Daniel Webster had been sold
at auction at Washington. bringing S'UO. But
large "A this SUM appeared to me then, I
learned to-day the purchases of one colored
man at the sales of Lord Lyons wines amount.
ed to nearly three thousand dollars" The col
ored man was Normley, who caters Tor the
rivers of dinner parties in Washington.
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sou SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA

| rassflSs : 7ft, -TEN~,HsI Sprr A1s5iil
Dsssas ofbBreskiaridxs and Great
-Dessructionl Of Rebels PrepeFty.-s
Report q Cen. HHrbridge. ;a..,asi,
WAsHmarsH,, Dec. 40 1.-The following
, report Ct Gen. Bnnrbbridges operations has
81! 5s5f9l 5acxr,lr;zEssssSsssa, ~, Dec ss!oe
i have the honor to report that myImcunted
force, 1000 strong, in conjunction with Gen.
GAlems brigade, Che whsle under command
OF Major General, George rStoneman, marched
iron II Ssi3s Station on the 1ath Of December
They met Dukes brigade. at Kipgsport,
where he was drawn up to oppose their CROSS
ing Of HOston River. I1sent two regiments to
support, Gen. fGulem who nanked the enemy.
routing them and killing, wounding and CAP.
turing 100 of the rebels and q large wagon
train, pursuing them to Bristol which place
was attacked at o'clock in the morning and
captured with $50 prisoners, two trains 81 car.
five engines and immense quantities of, stores.
Learned that Vaughan was at Zollicoffer.
twenty-one miles below, and marched to at
tack him, but he slipped away in dense fog,
and made for the saltworks. discovered his
fight in time to head him off at Abingdon,
which place !captured on the night Of De-
stores, and an engine With rolling stock. :, :
Gen Gillem continued the pursuit of Waugh
an coming up with him from strong posi-
ton and capturing fifty prisoners. sent Col
onel Browns brigade to the support of
General Gillem, who again come upon the enc
my at Mount Arey, and drove. him In conf1-
sion, capturing some prisoners, seven pieces
OF cannon, and a large wagon train.
Col Brown with his brigade later In the day
charged the home GUARD at Wythevfile, captuf-
Ing five pieces of cannon and eight caissons. q
Major Harrison, of the. 18th KY, who had
been detached by order Of Gen. StOneman.
with 300 picked men and horses, struck the
Virginia Railroad the 18th near Glide Spring,
cutting It and capturing two trains Of caIG he
then got In VaughanS front. ana Continued
along the line of this Railroad destroying tie
bridges and depots a. far a. Wytheville, and q
large amount Of rolling stock and the crest
iron works near Marion. IaJ i'shE 1856 raila
Col. Brown destroyed the bridges for ten
miles above Wytheville, and when the expedi.
ton started on its rcturn-the men and horses
being nearly worn out-they came upon Breck.
inrid9e. who Mas following, and an engage
ment Of si1 Hours ensued, at the close Of which
Breckinridge retreated towards Saltvilles but
Col. Buckley, with brigade, got into hisreaf
and forced him In confusion towards North
Carolina. Col. Buckley efFectually destroyed
the lead mines near Wythevilie. isT3ia
On the night Of the. 10th, after some resist
ance, our united forces captured the saltworks
with eight pieces of cannon. .l2!.,
The expedition has been entirely successful.
and will be more felt by the, enemy than the
loss Of Richmond. The ealtworks and lead
mines are in ruins, and cannot be repaired dur
ing the war. Ny forces are now at this place.
. (Signed) BURBRIDGE,
---12 = :" Brevet Major General.
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MURDERS IN OHIO.

CNcNNArI, Dec. 29.-Three members
of the family of John N. Roosa, in Deer
field, Warren county, Ohio, were murder
ed in their beds on Monday night, and
two Others badly wounded, by some un-
known person.
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FROM CINCINNATI.
steamer MorsinK Scar ,Ca al,a re- ~ ~
fGuefillas-.They Murder TWO or
armed Selaisfs and Rob the Doas
ana Passengers Of Three Thousand

last, tn0 new Henderson and Louisville
packet Morning Star, Capt. Ballard, bound
for Louisville, with over one hundred cabin
passengers, landed At Lewisport Kentucky,
for the purpose Of putting off lady pas
senget, and TO receive quantity Of wheat
piled on the wharf As soon as the boat
touched the bank, q swarm of twenty guer.
illas, commanded by Capt, Davidson, who,
was secreted behind pile Of wheat, rushed
on board. They were fully armed, each
man bearing carbine and two or more
revolvers. They instantly commenced fir.
ing through the lower deck, and soon were.
Alongside. Of the captain, clerk, pilots
and engineers, with cooked pistols pointed
at their heads. Having complete poses.
sion Of the oboat, they ordered the mate
to take the wheat and their horses. twenty
in number, on board, when the boat was
ordered By the guerilla chieftain to pursue
her journey up the river, which order was
executed. The money and vsluablee Of
the Passengers, ofioers) and crew, q well;
as tho contents Of the boats safe, were do.
manded, while the scoundrels held their
cooked pistols in Gloss proximity to tho
heads Of their unarmed victims. They
robbed the bosts safe Of 500, the officers
and. crew Of $s1S, and the passeugers Of
81, 1885, making . total of $2,816,55.
a discharged and sick, unarmed col
def, who came on the boat at Henderson,
~. was shot twice, when be dropped on
bis knees and implored for mercy, Is he
was pnarmed. Captain. Davidson ap-c
preached the wounded and dying soldier.
enchanting, " You id Yankee, amt Jon
never going to die 2" at the same time
placing the mazzle OF his pistol against his
forehead andkhred, the poor fellow falling
a. nls feee e eorpRe: Another unarmef
soldier jumped overheard, and was tired
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RESTORED TO HIS Posrr1os.-Lieutenant
Justus B. Bel, late of the 9Th Regiment, has
been restored TO his commission. by order Of
tho War Department -
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shsEiEs's SasE.

State of Wisconsin, Manitowoc County C:f-
cult Court.
Charles kuehr, Plaintiff, against Adolph
McsseGu and James N. Sprague, Defendants.
DY VIRTUE Of al execution issued out Of
- aud Ui.Gsr the seal OF said Circuit Court in
the above emitted actor, TO me directed and
delivered against the personal pronerty and
real estate OF the a ore named de'sndantss !
have seized ard levied upon all the right title
aud interest Of he said defendants in and to the
Glowing described property of which they or
c Their OF them We're saizCd en- the 7th day of
May, a. D. 1909, or have since acquired thereto
TO wit: All that piece or parcel OF land situated.
lying ana being IN the county of Mantowoc,
State OF W lsconsin, described a. follows, to-.
wit: The north half ~ of the south west
quarter ID OF section number thirty,slx (361
town number twenty-one (2I) rsnge number
twcnt. -thTee t23 east, in said ,unty. except
eleven az acres heretofore decided to William
Lendt: which said property | shall expose for
sale, and sell at public auction to the highest
bidder for cash, OF the 25th dag Of November,
4. - 1868, at the hour of &c o'clock IN the
forenoon OF that d,y at the Court House, in the
village and county of Manitowoc, to satisfy
such execution, amounting to I'll SUN Of three
hundred and nine dollars and eighty eight
cents, ($309,SSl, with interest thereon from the
eth day OF May, A. D. 1859, b.siies costs aud
charges and expenses 0! saie,
GEO. GLOVER,
Sheriff OF Manitowcc County, Wis.
Dated Sheriff office, Oct r. 1865
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Who Opposes Negro Suffrage.

ESr President johnson is opposed tc
negro Suffrage.
Gc' Genera! Gran; is opposed to negro
suffrage.
E General Sherman is opposed to
negro suffrage, and so is Sheridan, Logan,
Slocum, and every General Of any distnc
ton serving in the yrmy.
And SO is Gen. Harrison Z. Hobart, and
bis ticket
If Andy. Johnson, or Grant, or Sher-
man, or any of that style OF men lived in
Wisconsin and were voters, hcy acoula
gote for Gen. Hobart at tie canning etcc-
ton.
Soldiersand opponents of negro suffrage,
See What the Republican party leaders
profess for themselves, and do YOU doubt
hat they will thrust negro suffrage on you
if they can! They say that they shall
vote for at-can you then, believe they are
opposed to it--aud that they do no, intend
to force it upon our people?
e If you are for negro suffrage. vote
their ticket. Ifyou are opposed 1T, vote
for Hobart. - Madison DCmocrat.
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T; xes-Who Pays Them.

The Internal Revenue this year will
reach the enormous sum of tho hundred
and ninety millions Of dollars.
Who pays At ,"."
Manufacturers pay certain per cent.
tax upon all goods manufactured by them,
which per cent. they add to the price Of
the goods, thus clearing themselves entire
Iy-,hey do not foo. the bill. Retailers
buy the goods with the per cent added,
and add thereto the taxes with which they
are charged-so By the time the consumer
gets hold Of them he has to pay the taxes
CT every Individual through whose hands
the goods pass.
Tile consumers pay the tares. r Il.
Who are the principle consumers Of the
country?
Farmers ard Ia5orcrs! they foot the
BILL!
This is the Revenue Tax. How is it
with The tax on personal property
United States Bonds are exempt from
National, State. County, Township and
municipal taxation, 49,.
Rich men invest their money in these
bonds, and while they draw 7 80 interest
~. 'N""'" 'n 'nei' money '"ey p0y no
'a|G ,.,
M, y ~ iay' ne interest 0" ,neFe oo'dS !; |,
,- -le" u ,'iou0'"'' 'ne"'is-' "'"'e'S ana
~ Cr,''' 49,
ine %',hc'""a' o. the capital invested
~ :o'-os !. 1'p 'n1 *A Dop;lca'e throws
n a. '"Vn e'- I oa,uon upon me remaining
e ,T ,T''a' i'"i'e''y anu i'e"' Estate.
r.,a. ~ o""S . .''e s.es'ef part Oh us neal
'''' EIr, :" .' o9 9'to =, -,
.ha,,ra en-" en- ,,on i lay; .ne ."As' " "''D
" y 'f''' w." Nc :" '"',n's'
~ ,o'iso' ,ne ise'snue lax mere are
a f, C :" a ''os' u A0Se'sor'' co''ec'o'S
s"r co." can 49,. WIZ receive large
'''' ~: 'o' 'ne'' se'''ces' :,
s, ' "f he ave pa'a from Inc na''
ca, Ing u ''ie FARMER ana mechan'c.
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CnAs. \. ELDEIDGE

A SorND plINcIrlE General SuFR-
Mas made short reception srtech al Des
Moines, Iowa, lie other day. 1t tie course
tit he alluded - tie fact that at times
during the war Ls had been guder cloud.
Just now, he continued, lie sas popular.
In lew days he might become unpop-
uiar again. But" said the General, "
think more Of those friends who stood bv
me when was down than OF those who
cheer me when am up" This is a sound
principle. II Is one which met should
act upon IN their personal relations. and
1t IS che 'has'he country should act upon
in their selecting tie agents to whom lie
administration Of It's afIlirs are entrusted.
The man WHO IS our friend in aLversily
is the man to tie to.
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FREEDMEN's BUREAU.-What does it
mean !? 1t means that a bureau has been
established at Washington for the feeding.
clothing and educating Of 1900 600
blacks, at the expense Of white labor
When we hear Of a bureau for the feeding
and clothing Of manned white soldiers, or
the education of wEite children, made
orphans by the cashaIitles of war, we will
announce the fact until then, white men
mus! be content to labor cor the comfort
and elevation of their back brethelen, no
matter What becomes oflhe white trash" -
-Madison Democrat.
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Gen. Sherman and Wisconsin Politics.
The editor of the Beaver Dam argus.
who was present in Milwaukee while Gen
SHERMAN was in tina! city, publishes the
following:
lio (Gen. Sllerman) was pleased to
meet his old soldiers on the Democratic
ticket, and to wish them success He
was stoutiy besieged TO attend a" Union =
meeting at which DoolittIe was 10 speak.
Lnt he replied .ha lie could not as be
must leave the city that night At this
he was told thatthe cars had left, but he
Replied" the Loat has'ut."
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A "FAsr" YouNG WoMAN.-A dash
ing young woman, named Nellie Otis alias
Curtis, was arrested in Boston on the 2Sth
ult.. for the larceny of Sc 400 in money
and government bonds, from man in
New York on Friday night last. The
woman arrived IN Boston on Saturday,
and created considerable excitement among
the sporting fraternity, exhibiting 5000
at time, visiting ihs races and paying
for thirty two bottles Of wine and other
liquors. She placed $4,000 in the hands
of young man to keep for her, and upon
refusing to return So 700 Of it, she made
complaint at the Police Office. The
man was found, and 81 500 returned, as
was supposed to the righ'ful owner. The
man from whom the IT oney was stolen in
New York then made his appearace, and
recovered less than half Of the $4,000,
but refuses to prosecute the woman.