The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-06-09
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AhN SOAAAAiAteSS VA tiAS iSCliauSU W. tllC
War have relieved Gen. HOOKER from the
charges of incompetency and intoxication
made against him in connection with the
command of the Army Of the Potomac.
OF the failure at Characteristic, the Com
mittee saw: t!sJTH cd! dizzy lB45h9.{ ooJ e.
| Itwould appear from ali-the testimony that
! there were three causes, perhaps four which
contributed much TO render this campaign un-
successful, after il had been SO successfully be-
| ,guu. Those causes were, the stampede of the
| 11th corps on the list of May, by Which the
enemy were enabled to obtain the possession
of the ground which commanded the position
4 of the Union army at Chancelforsville; then
| the injuryiwhich Gen. Hooker sustained on
the morning Of The 3D. of May, by which the
| army was deprived of the direction which was
so necessary aT that time; then the failure of
| Gen. Sedgwick to carry out the order he had
received, to fall upon the rear of Lees forces
| carly on the,norflng efthe Sd and the entire
| failure OF the cavalry under Gen. .Stoneman to
/ perform the part assigned toif, the seyering Of
| Lees communications with Richmond. T. p =
The Committee further. state, rslativeft,
the charge of intoxication against, Hooker,
that the testimony Of ell the. officers ex-
'aininedi is that it was utterly unfounded.
Mr. BEgoHER having mentioned, aud tie
| Independent having endorsed the charge,
,tlie former was twice summoned to prove
it or give the name of his informant, all
of which he failed to do. The Committee
find that the. personal difficulty between
HALLEoK and HOOKER was the cause of the
removal Of tie latter, and conclude as
follows: ,,I,..g
Nor can we doubt that had General Ho ker
I been clothed With the power az once conferred
/ upon his successor and had been given the, as
! sstance which was so freely accorded to him.
the result OF the campaign might have been
| far more decisive than it was. Why the Gen
| eral- chief should have shown more desire 10
cooperate with and assist the one commander
than the other, perhaps involves questions of
motives and feelings which your COMMITTEE
refrain from commenting upon. -
y The last paragraph contains severe hit
at Gen. HALLEoK, which, il substantiated,
ought to cause his retirement from the
service in disgrace. s,3t 9.f aoi ~
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Winona and st. Peter Railroad. q
/, The citizens of Winona and along the
line of the Winona and St. Peter Railroad
are indignant, and justly so, at the suspen-
sion of labor on the road and at the slim
prospect Of its resumption this year. The
Republican says: $50 ...1a
We look upon the corporation as contract
ors with the State. If they feel unable or uu-
willing to fulfil their engagement they ought
to give place to Others, who can push the
work, and not allow project of so much in
terest TO our State to languish on from year to
year, just to suit the convenience of . few New
York capitalists. ii s.ega ua3 ls 83li
i We have the company charter before rs. and
according to its provisions we find that this
| year, they are bound to construct 80 miles of
road westward from Rochester. In order to
hasten the completion of this enterprise, and
thereby give to the people of this 1tate rail-
road facilities at IS early day a. possible, this
project received from the general Government.
more than sufficient to pay for the entire
road. In addition they have also donated to
them by the State some sixty miles Of old
grading, reaching from Winona to o point
| some eleven miles west Of Rochester, portions
of which, particularly in the blufO this COM
pany had to finish. n consideration of such
se asS 1 sSs cs 70 and accepted
VIC bOa AAAo A1kAAAACA ~ eAsOsA SssaA we
The only way to get railroads in this
State is to hold the various companies
to q strict fnlflment of the conditions IN
der which they acquired the respective
land grant roads; and they cannot be too
often reminded that the patience of the
people, for whose benefit the grants were
made, will not endure forever. Their pre-
decessors failed to fulfil their contracts
with the State and the forfeiture was ex-
acted at once. 1t is not improbable that
the nOn-performance of later contracts
will involve similar results.
AD FOB GIN. LKR.-It is stated that
over 100000 have been subscribed BY the
wealthy friends of Gen. Lee in Baltimore and
vicinity. for the purpose of relieving him and
his family from suffering for the common me-
cessaries of life. caused BY the con6scation of
his property. 1t Is also said that the sum could
be increased to s1oo. COO without going out Of
] the limits of Baltimore.