The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-10-27
FROM WASHINGTON.

/. NEW YoRk, Oct 3A-Gen. Grant has order.
cd that the organisation and armament Of the
mounted batteries win in future consist Of "A
pfivates, 13 officers, IS sabres, drivers not be-
ing armed, and eight revolvers for chiefof piece
and caissons. One Of the two organized mount
ed batteries Of each regular artillery regiment
will have four Napoleon guns, and the other
-four thHee-inch rifles Rodman guns. The regi-
mental commander will designate to which
battery each armament shall be assigned.
The following order has just been issued by
the Secretary OF War:
War DEPARTMENT, ADS1. GMs. OFFICE,
WAsnHe1o6, Oct II, 1866.
General Orders No. 102.
Hereafter no person shall be arrested a q de-
serter for having failed to report under any
draft or any other Noncompliance with the
enrolment act or the ame1dments thereto.
ANY and an persons Of this class now held viii
be immediately discharged
By order Of tho Secretary Of War,
L D. TOWNSEND,
Assistant Adjutant General.
The death sentence of the Indian Chiefs
Medicine Bottle and Little Six, implicated in
the Minnesota maseacres of three years ago
has been suspended by the President in defer.
eDee 10 rem0nstrance of Bishop Grace of that
Stste to the execution of the sentence. The
original records and testimony taken in the
premises are therefore referred to tho Commis-
sioner Of Indian Affairs for further substantial
proof of the guilt of the chiefs.
The Heralds Washington special says many
persons look upon the Issue of gold certificates
BY the Treasury Department as q scheme to
pay the interest On 620s and IS of 1881 in pa
per.
The gold backs are simply certificates to be
exchanged for gold, dollar for dollar, and are
intended to relieve importers and others who
have been required to handle hundreds of
pounds Of coin monthly from great portion
tons OF notes viii be made payable to order
of the gold depositer, and will be exauisitely
engraved after some of Darleys designs.
thus defying alike the counterfeiter and the
thief They will receive the signatures of the
Treasurer and Register here, and will be coun-
York. -
The following is the dispatch sent by Presi.
dent ohnson to Governor Holden, already re-
ferred to:
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1s, 1866.
W. ". Holden, Provisional Governor:
Every dollar of the State debt created to aid
the rebellion against the United States should
be repudiated finally and forever. The great
mass OF the people should not be taxed TO pay
adebt to aid in carrying on q rebellion, which
they. in fact, if left to themselves, were op.
posed to. Let those who have given their
means for the obligations of the State look to
that power they tried to establish in violation
of law, constitution and the will OF the people.
They must meet their fate. II is their mis-
fortune and cannot be recognized by the people
of any State protesting themselves loyal to the
Government of the United States and in the
Union. repeat that the loyal people OF North
Carolina should be exonerated from the pay
ment OF every dollar of Indebtedness created In
.ar-r;nc on the rebellion. I trust and hope
that the people win see the proprety of carry
inc ont the laws for the collection of the dues
imposed by the Government.
Gionedl ANDREW JOHNSON,
President of the United States.
!, Judge Sharkey and j. L. 'Alcorn, are elected
Unired States Senators from Mississippi.
A dispatch received at the State Department
from the United States Consul at Liverpool
England. under date Of October 9Th, bring ID
telif2ence of the appearance of cholera At