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SAINT PAUL.
Saint Paul* Friday, Augutt T» 1863.
The Irresponsibility of the New York
nob*
The extreme partisan papers of the
country which never treat any event or
controversy that may be turned to party
account, with the least candor or regard
for the public weal, are striving to make
out of the late terrible riot in New York
city, the largest amount possible of politi
cal capital. These violent organs of op
posing parties charge the whole cause and
responsibility of the riot upon their respec
tive opponents, and instead of manifesting
a desire to calm the public mind, to pre
serve the public peace, and to maintain
law and order, they seem intent only up
on exciting party hate to gratify party
vengeance.
As regards the New York riot, which
almost reaches the magnitude of a formi
dable rebellion, it is evident that men of
both political parties, which divide'" the
people of the North must share the imme
diate responsibility. The extreme Repub
licans have all along denounced the most
loyal men of the opposite party, who hap
pened to differ with them on merely polit
ical questions, as little if any better than
rebels, and have on all occasions mani
fested a most contemptuous disregard for
the sanctions of the Constitution, the main
tenance of the Union, the obligation of
law, the rights of citizens, the lives of sol
diers or the public good, whenever it
seemed expedient to sacrifice one or all of
these, in order to enforce their political
dogmas, or to insure the continuance of
their party supremacy. They have thus
set the example of violence and disloyalty.
As one extreme always produces an
other, a class of violent and unscrupulous
men of the Democratic party, who aspire
to public leadership, and whose political
hostility to the Abolitionists repelled them
into close sympathy with the armed ene
mies of the government—the Woods of
New York for example—have seized upon
the opportunities afforded by their oppo
nents to excite the worst passions of the
populace, to prepare them- for open resist
ance and bloodshed. In New York, like
Paris and London, there never is a time
when there is not smouldering beneath
the calm surface combustible materials
of rapine and murder, which need only
the application of fire brands, opportunity
and impunity to produce a devouring and
destructive flame.
Upon this combustible element of that
populous city, there has been accumulat
ing during the past two years a vast
amount of explosive political materal, and
the only wonder is, when the match was
at last applied, that the destruction of life
was not greater and the havoc more ter
rible.
The facts disclosed justify the opinion
that a little precaution would have pre
vented the riot; that a small force, a single
regiment of trusty soldiers, promptly
directed against the first outbreak, with
bullets and bayonets, would have quelled
the riot with comparatively small loss of
life; would have preserved the peace of the
city and would have avoided the necessity
suspending the draft.
Why was not such a force or a much
larger force provided in time? The dan
ger was immenent, such precaution was
unquestionably essential to the preserva
tion of the public peace and the maintain
ance of the law whenever the draft should
oommence. To suppose that the adminis
tration at Washington, did not compre
hend this dangre in all its appalling mag
nitude, is to assume that the President
and his cabinet are the most incapable,
ignorant and stupid people, ever entrusted
with power.
The neglect of the general Administra
tion to take the necessary precautions to
maintain law and order, peuding the draft
in New York, will, unless satisfactorily
explained, fasten the responsibility of the
successful outrages of the mob in that
city, ppon the President and his cabinet.
It is in evidence that he or his Secretary
of War, (and Secretary Stanton' may be
the responsible party,) not only did not
provide a force to put down riot, pending
the drafting proceedings, but also did not
timely advise the authorities of the State
aud city of New York, of the day when
the draft would oommence, but actually
sprang a surprise upon them, when they
were in the most defenceless situation,
and really at the mercy of any mob that
might have the audacity to defy their au
thority ; nearly the whole military force of
the city having gone to the defence of
Pennsylvania; one of the most influential
and violent Administration organs of
which State, has actually alleged that
Governor Srymoub stripped New York of
its troops, in order to expose that city to
the vengeance of the mob. If this were
so, which no one ean seriously believe,
the authorities at Washington lost no time
in siezing upon the opportunity to deliver
up that Democratic city to the ravages of
mob violence.
Lieutenant Wesley F. miller.
We are permitted to copy the following
letter to Col. Stephen Hiller, announc
ing the death of his brave son on the field
of Gettysburg:
Camp near Berlin, Mil, 1
July 17, 1863. f
Sm: —It is with deep regret I announce to
you the death of your son, Lieut. Wesley F.
Miller, who was killed on the 2d of July, at
the late battle of Gettysburg, while participa
ting in the repulse of the enemy’s attack on
Rock-Hill,
Since his appointment to the regiment, he
has been constantly on duty with it, aud had
already become an accomplished officer. He
was with his regiment in the pitched battles
of Fredericksburg, and Chancellorvillc. He
fouglit nobly in his last battle, and on a field
victorious to our arms. As a soldier, he could
have asked for no more appropriate place to
die. While he was with the regiment, his
many soldierly qualities gave him the esteem
and attachment of his brother officers. While
deeply deploring his loss, let me in behalf of
the officers of the regiment, otter to condole
with you in your misfortune.
I am respectfully,
Your ob’t servant,
(Signed) D. P. HANCOCK,
Capt. 7th Inf. Com’g. Reg’t.
To Col. S. Miller, Commanding 7tli Minne
sota Reg’t. St. Paul, Minn.
We annex a brief sketch ot the life of
Lieut. Miller which appeared in the Saint
Cloud Democrat of the 23d inst:
Wesley Funk Miller was born in Harrisburg,
Pa., April Ist, 1811. At Dickinson Seminary,
Williamsport, he received a fine academic ed
ucation. For a short time he served as com
positor in the office of the Harrisburg Tele
graph, when in the spring of 1858 he came to
St. Cloud and was engaged for two years in the
Democrat office, and at intervals during the
subsequent year in the St. Paul Press and St.
Anthony News establishments. On the break
ing out of the war be enlisted, April 29, 1861,
as'a private in tbe glorious First Minnesota, of
which his father was Lieutenant Colonel, and
witli it avou a reputation for gallantry and fear
lessness at the battle of Bull Run. On the sth
of August, same year, he was appointed Second
Lieutenant in the Seventh Regiment United
States Infantry, and September 9th was pro
moted to First Lieutenant in the same regi
ment. On account of his skill and proficiency
in military tactics he was employed as drill
master in Fort Columbus, New York Harbor,
and while there gave thorough instructions to
many company officers. In November, 1862,
he was ordered to join bis regiment, in Sick
les’ Brigade, and take part in the active opera
tions then to be inaugurated—a change he had
often petitioned for. In the fatal battles ot
Fredericksburg and Chancellorville lie bore a
gallant part, receiving from the officers in
command the name of being the best line offi
cer in tbe regiment—a praise well deserved. In
this last fearful encounter at Gettysburg, when
Sickles’ brigade, ever sent to the post where
danger was the greatest, went forward to meet
the outpouring of Lee’s army, aud staggering
their impetuous charge, drove them back scat
tered, crushed audjbroken, Lieutenant Miller
fell while nobly engaged in repelling the in
vader from the soil of his native State and in
defending his country from the traitors who
sought her overthrow.
Discovery ana Tumult of Indians on
tlie Upper Minnesota.
Col. Marsh, commanding at Fort Ridg
ley, writes to Col. Wilkin, under date of
July 26th, 1863, that—
Our scouts have just come in and report liav
iug surprised a party of five Indians, about two
miles below the Lower Agency. They came
so suddenly upon them that the Indians fled,
leaving behind them some game which they
were at the time in the act of dressing and pre
paring for dinner.
Our scouts pursued them down the river to
within about six miles of the fort, when they
lost the trail, and returned to camp to report.
I have despached twenty men, who, I hope,
may succeed in trapping the scoundrels, and
securing their scalps.
Indian Depredations near Forest City.
Forest City, July 27
To the Editor of the Pioneer
Last Thursday night, Mr. Milton Gorton,
residing but one mile from town, had a
fine two year old colt stolen from his pas
ture by Indians.
A party of citizens and soldiers went in
pursuit, on Friday; a part of the time
following the trail, and part of the time at
random, making a fruitless circuit of over
thirty miles. On Saturday morning an
other small party started out, and follow
ed up Crow river, not quite a mile, when
they came on the ground where Mr. In
dian hat camped with the colt and an
other horse shod all round, the day pre
vious. So it seems while the first party
were scouring a circuit of thirty miles, Mr.
Indian lay all day with his plunder within
one mile of Forest Oity, decamping west
ward when night came on.
A report has just come in of the steal
ing of two more horses on Maine Prairie
this morning. Men are now being station
ed at the passes of the river to intercept
the thieves, as they make west with the
stolen horses. What success the boys will
have is yet unknown.
That Sioux Indians are all around us in
squads of two’s, three’s and four’s, is not
to be questioned. Their success makes
them bold aud impudent.
Yours, truly, A. C. SMITH.
—A rebel paper expresses the belief that
not over 90,000 men owl be raised under
Jeff. Davis’s recent conscription order.
The Richmond Examiner calls for courts
of inquiry in the cases of Generals Lee and
Pemberton, tor their failures at Gettysburg
aud Vicksburg.
THE WEEKLY PIONEER AND DEMOCRAT
For some time the air has been laden
witib rumors of organized opposition to
the enrollment among onr Irish population
who reside in the lower part of the city.
The enrolling officer had avoided this
section as dangerous ground, and many
timid people had worked themselves
into a full conviction that when the
enrollment was attempted we should
witness scenes of riot and bloodshed.
Whether there was any ground for such
anticipations we are unable to say, but it
is only fair to suppose that the Provost
Marshal had good reasons to fear an out
break, from the magnitude of his prepa
rations to meet it. We are gratified to
state, however, that the enrolling officer
went through the district above alluded
to, on the 30th ult. and performed his duties
without forcible obstruction. We trust
that any who have been misguided and
led to believe that they could resist or
evade the law, will remember the penalty
attached to such a course. The law pro
vides :
Section 25. That if any person shall resist
any draft of men enrolled under this act into
the service of the United States, or shall coun
sel or aid any person to resist any such draft;
or shall assault or obstruct any officer in mak
ing such draft, or in the performance of any
service in relation thereto; or shall counsel
any person to assault or obstruct any such
officer, or shall counsel any drafted
men not to appear at the place
of the rendezvous, or wilfully dissuade
6uade them from the performance of military
duty as required by law, such person shall be
subject to summary arrest by the provost mar
shal, and he shall forthwith be delivered to the
civil authorities, and upon conviction thereof,
be punished by a fine not exceeding five hun
dred dollars, or by imprisonment not exceed
ing two years, or by both of said punishments.
This is a severe punishment and attach
es to any conduct that “ obstructs any
officer in making such draft,” such as re
fusing to give a name, misstatement in
regard to age, &c., as well as to personal
violence.!
Tlie K fleets of Indian Alarms In
tlie Big Wood*.
A fanner correspondent in Rockford,
Wright County, gives the following pic
ture of the effects of the Indian scare
which has prevailed in that section for a
few weeks past:
The malady, or epidemic, has had a three
weeks’ run, and the results are, deserted houses,
ruined crops, cattle and hogs running wild and
destroying hundreds of acres of grain and corn.
In this remarkably dry season, when the crops
on the prairies are a partial failure, and when
the timber lands would produce very large
crops of all kinds, it looks very bad to see
such useless, foolish waste. The cause of this
state of tilings may be found in the fact, that
almost every person in this vicinity seems in
fected with the Indian mania. Every day
brings some new Indian signs, and those who
wish to attend to their business, are saluted on
every side with reports that one neighbor has
seen an Indian, and another has found a place
where they lately camped, and still another has
found a trail or some other sign, until, like a
flock of frightened pigeons, the people run
away to St. Anthony or St Paul, leaving every
tliing to go to ruin.
There are a few unbelievers in these stories,
but they spend too much time in investigating
their origin. They run hither and thither at
the nod and beck of every old granny who in
her troubled dreams has heard the cricket’s
midnight chirp, or has been frightened by the
nimble squirrel as he leaps from bough to
bough, but are finally forced to come to the
reasonable conclusion that the great Indian
scare in the Big Woods is a stupendous hum
bug.
Promotions in Minnesota Regiment*.
THIRD REGIMENT.
Lieutenant Colonel C. C. Andrews, Colonel,
vice Griggs, resigned.
Major H. Mattson, to be Lieutenant Colonel,
vice Andrews, promoted.
Captain Everett W. Foster to be Major, vice
Mattson, promoted.
Lieutenant John C. Devereux to be Captain,
vice Foster, promoted.
FOURTH REGIMENT.
Assistant Surgeon E. M. Cross to be Sur
geon, vice Murphy, resigned.
Lieutenant Edward W. Russell to be Captain,
vice Young, resigned.
Lieutenant George A. Clark to be Captain,
vice Patch, resigned.
Second Lieutenant David L. Wellman to be
First Lieutenant, vice Clark, promoted.
Sergeant John L, Sampson to be Second
Lieutenant, vice Wellman, promoted.
First lieutenant Ira N. Morrill, ol' Company
K, to be Captain, vice L. B. Martin, resigned,
Firet Sergent Charles C. Hunt, to be First
Lieutenant, vice Morrill, promoted.
Sergeant Charles W. Douglas, to be Second
Lieutenant, vice Sherbrooke, killed on 22d
of May.
First Lieutenant William F. Wheeler of Com
pany I, to be Captain, vice Asa W, White, re
signed.
Second Lieutenant James W. Drysdale, to he
Firet Lieutenant, vice Wheeler, promoted.
First Sergeant Adrian R. Norton, to be Sec
ond Lieutenant, vice Drysdale, promoted.
Sergeant Samuel Isaacs, to be Firet Lieuten
ant, vice Turner, killed in battle.
—The authorities of New Jersey are
about making an effort to raise the quota
of troops required from that State by vol
unteering. Bounties will probably be of
fered, and Governor Parker is confident
that all the men needed can be had without
a draft. Representations to that effect
have been made to the General Govern
ment, accompanied by a request for an
extension of time in which to fill the quota.
DEF
Cotton Baled around Fort Sumter,
The Providence Journal publishes two
interesting letters from its correspondent
on board the Montauk, dated the 11th
and 13th of July. In one of these letters
it is stated that on the 13th the rebels
were engaged in hanging cotton bales
along the southern face of Fort Sumter.
That feet confirms the belief that tbe fort
was found in the previous bombardment
to be weak, and that it suffered serious
damage. The wild firing of the enemy
showed that they did not know the posi
tion of the batteries General Gilmore was
erecting at that time.
Save the (inion.
William Whiting, U. S. Solicitor, main
tains in a letter, that the negro is the on
ly genuine Union man in tbe Gulf States!
In this letter, addressed to the Tremont
Union League, this official says:
The military organization of colored troops,
removing all danger of insurrectionary move
ments, will regulate, control, and utilize the
physical force of the only “genuine Union
men” in the Gulf States. The greatest war
power of treason will become the most efficient
defence of tbe Union, and while it will smoth
er rebellion, it will destroy the curse that
caused it.
major Generals Without Commands.
1. —Major General George B. McClellan.
2. —Major General John C. Fremont.
3. —Major General Benj. F. Butler.
4. —Major General Joseph Hooker.
5. —Major General David Hunter.
6. —Major General Don Carlos Buell.
7. —Major General Irvin McDowell.
8. —Major General William B. Franklin.
9. —Major General John A. McCleruand.
10. —Major General Samuel R. Curtis.
11. —Major General George Cadwallader.
12. —Major General Geo. W. Morell.
13. —Major General R. 11. Milroy.
Confederate Currency.
The Richmond Enquirer , of the 17th,
says:
We preseut yesterday’s quotations—Gold,
buying $7 75 premium, selling $9; Silver, do.,
$6; do., selling $7; Sterling Bills $8 50, do.,
$9 25. Virginia Notes $1 25@1 50 do., North
Carolina Notes $1 25@1 50 do.; South Caro
lina, Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee $1 25@
1 50 premium.
The amount of which is, that at the
rebel Capital it takes nine dollars of Con
federate money to buy one in gold. This
shows the confidence the rebels have in
their currency. Indeed, their trash is on
ly kept afloat by Bowie knife and revolver
indorsements.
A Significant Movement.
The very extraordinary course of con
duct adopted by the French residents of
New Orleans, will not escape public ob
servation. They have in a body petitioned
the French Emperor for the presence of
several armed vessels at the mouth of the
Mississippi river, ostensibly for their pro
tection against negro insurrections, but
really for a very different purpose. The
reasons assigned for this request are as
follows:
That the antagonism which exists among
the different classes of the population of this
country seem, to them, to have assumed for
midable proportions.
That meetings are held, speeches made, and
publications spread abroad, the tendency of all
which is to bring about a conflict between the
black and white races.
That in the event of these reiterated appeals
to the negroes to 'rise being listened to by
them, the persons and properties of the under
signed would be placed in serious peril.
That this danger is increased by the condition
in which the undersigned are placed by the or
ders of the Commander-in-Chief of this Depart
ment, who has taken away all the arms with
they could defend themselves.
That circumstances may at any moment
arise, either owing to the departure of the
United States troops to encounter the enemy,
or the evacuation of this place after some en
gagement, in which the national government
might be found perfectly unable to afford the
protection which the undersigned have a right
to demand.
■ndian Hunters.
We learn that Adjutant General Malm
bos has addressed a letter to Col. John B.
Sanborn, now at Vicksburg, asking him to
purchase, on behalf of the State, twelve
bloodhounds, of the best breed that can be
found in that vicinity, to be used in hunt
ing down the hostile Sioux on our frontier.
It is stated that bloodhounds were success
fully used in hunting Indians in Florida,
during the Seminole war, and that our au
thorities believe they will be equally ser
viceable here. We may expect, from the
Eastern sympathizers with the red mur
derers, energetic denunciations of this
mode of “taking off” their friends; but,
if the experiment proves successful, our
own people will not question the propriety
of any means which may be used to accom
plish this object.
n. Paul and Winona Railroad*
The Winona Republican says*the survey
of the St. Paul and Winona Railroad is
progressing finely. The engineers who are
engaged in this work have reached Lake
City on their way to Winona, and have
found a remarkably easy grade on the en
tire distance* In regard to the prospects
of a railroad beyond Winona, the New
York Tribune states that at a meeting of
the Board of Directors of the Chicago and
Northwestern road, held in that oity on the
24th ult., a strong feeling was evinced in
favor of building the road from Janesville
to Winona on the Mississippi River, form-
ing a line from the Upper Mississippi to
Chicago, about fifty miles shorter than any
other. There was no decision, however, on
this point.
Ou Tuesday morning last, a brace of
Sioux warriors stole a pair of horses from
Mr. Branham, near Greenleaf, in Meeker
county. The scouts belonging to Captain
D. W. Allen’s Company, (I), First Min
nesota Cavalry, were patroling tbe coun
try between Pipe and Long Lake, when
they discovered the trail of the Indians,
leading off southwest of Kandiyohi Lake,
and about west of Glencoe, towards Yellow
Medicine.
The scouts gave the alarm to Capt. Al
len, who was at Pipe Lake, and Lieut.
Van Doozen at Long Lake. They both
started off in pursuit of the enemy. After
a ride of thirty-five miles, which was about
twelve miles south, and about the same
distance west of Kandiyohi, they came on
Messrs. Indians, who had picketed the
horses out and were taking a quiet nap.
Captain Allen and his men surrounded
them, when John Clark, of his company,
discharged his carbine into the side of one
of the Indians, as a tickler, which had the
effect to awake them. The Indians then
sprang up, and having a full armory, they
poured the shot thick and fast into Capt.
Allen’s men; killing a valuable horse,
W'ounding W. Craine and James Farn
ham, and wounded Capt. Allen’s grey
charger, one of the finest animals in the
service.
During all this time the Captain and
Lieut. Van Doozen were firing into the
carcasses of the Indians, which seemed to
have no more effect than shooting into a
a maple log. At last they seized one
of the Indians by the hair, threw
him on his knees, and heat' his brains
out with a carbine. The other knock
ed down the Captain’s boy, Oscar, with
a musket; but Oscar had his revolv
er pointed at the breast of the Indian at
the time he received'the blow, which went
off, and the Indian dropped too, protesting
he was a good Indian. The Indians show
ed great courage and great tenacity of
life. A bullet hole through the body, did
not make them wink. Capt. Allen, Lieut.
Van Doozen, and every man engaging in
the conflict, exhibited no fear at all. The
Indians had a number of guns, besides
being bullet proof. Lieut. Col. Pfoender
passed the trail the same day, but his
good Indian guide told him it was an old
trail. We could tell the Colonel some
thing about those good Indians, if he
would lend us his ear. The scalps are
saved.
The latest Southern journals received
contain very gloomy editorials, most of
them on the Southern conscription act.
The Columbus (Ga.) Times has a long
article showing that but 90,000 men re
main in the States in full rebel possession
who can be called upon under the whole
sale conscription just ordered by Jeff.
Davis. It presents detailed statistics to
show this.
The North Carolina press complain bit
terly of the quota placed upon that State
being larger than that of any other State.
The Raleigh Progress is complained of
by the Petersburg Express for following
in the footsteps of the Raleigh Standard,
a journal very hostile to the Richmond
government. The Progress says that
Davis must have more troops or abandon
the cause.
The Richmond Examiner calls tor a
court of inquiry in the case of Gen. Lee,
regarding the attack on Meade at Gettys
burg, and also one for Pemberton, on the
surrender of Vicksburg.
The Interior of Richmond.
A Massachusetts man, who for the last
three years has been a resident of Rich
mond, furnishes some important facts rela
tive to that city; among them the follow
ing:
The defences about Richmond are
the city being entirely surrounded with a line
of earth-works, and in some portions they are
doable lines; bat they are not adequately mann
ed; but very few guns are mounted. 'The
number of troops in the city does not exceed
sixteen thousand, which are entirely inadequate
for its defense against any reasonable force that
we might hjftog against it. At no time since
last summ&aas ttie city been in a condition
to resist an attack fram'ten thousand men.
AlthougKftejproposition that ten thou
sand men could at any time since last
summer take a city garrisoned by sixteen
thousand, behind “ very strong defences,”
does not altogether self-evident,
yet there can be but little doubt that Rich
mond could and would have been taken
long ere this, but for the foolish obstinacy
of the administration in refusing to let
anybody take Richmond by way of the
peninsula. That would be an acknowl
edgment of McClellan’s judgment and
Stanton’s folly, which a partisan admin
istration cannot afford to make.
The New York Journal of Commet'ce
announces that the great ooean iron-olads
Kfandftomeljr Doin'.
Gloomy Editorial*.
Monster Iron-clad*.
Dictator and Puritan, are now nearly fin
ished, the sides being mailed with a more
formidable armor than those of any other
vessels. The turrets will he of immense
magnitude, no less than two feet (twenty
four inches) of iron being laid on with the
usually wooden backing, in the most im
proved fashion. These vessels are to be
three hundred and twenty feet long 1 , fifty
feet wide, and will have twenty feet depth
of hold. They are expected to make
twenty miles an hour. Their bows are
very sharp.
General Order*. Mo. 4<j.
General llk.u«;'i;s, State of Minnesota,)
Adjutant General’s Office,
St. Paul, Minnesota, July ‘29, 1863. )
The Governor and Commander-in-Chief of
the military forces of the Stut<-. in behalf of
tbe people thereof, hereby tenders his heart
felt thanks to the officers and men of the First
Regiment of Minnesota Volunteers, for their
gallant conduct on the bloody hut victorious
battle-lield of Gettysburg. Being the first con
tribution of our young Commonwealth to the
Armies of the Nation, it devolved upon your
regiment, not merely to maintain, but actually
to create the military reputation of the State,
and to develope for the lirst time the uncom
promising loyalty and fearless bravery of our
people. The trust reposed in you has been
nobly executed. You have set an example that
must kindle a lofty emulation in all other regi
ments engaged iu the great struggle to crush
this wicked rebellion. You, being uow, as
we believe, the oldest volunteer regiment in
the service of the United States, and thun being
naturally entitled to stand at the head of the
great Volunteer Army of the Union, we rejoice
that you have shown yourselves worthy to
hold that exalted position, and that, in the
crowning act of your glorious career in the
battle of Gettysburg, you have performed deeds
worthy of the holy cause in which you are en
gaged, and have shed an unfading lustre, not
only upon the arms of the State, hut of the
whole Union.
With the most profound sorrow we mourn
the fearful loss that your regiment sustained on
that last bloody battle-field. More than two
thirds of your number killed aud wounded is a
calamity terrible to yourselves, your friends,
and your country.
Had the ciuse been less sacred, no results
could furnish a recompense in any degree com
mensurate with such a sacrifice: but “it is
sweet to die for one’s country;” and, in ex
change for the lives of your dead comrades, we
have a nation saved. Their graves will remain
forever green, and will become the shrines for
patriotism in all time to come.
To tlie wounded we tender our warmest
sympathies, trusting that they may soon be re
stored to health, and saved to their country and
friends, and that they may be spared to live
among a greatful people long years after the
flag that they have so bravely borne to victory
shall again wave in triumph aud iu peace over
a united people.
By order of the Commander-in-Chief.
OSCAR MALMROS,
Adjutant General
Receiver of State Property.
State of Minnesota, Executive Def t., I
St. Paul, July 26, 1563,
In pursuance of the authority vested in me
by law, I, Henry A. Swift, Governor of the
State of Minnesota, do hereby authorize and
empower Hon. S. Finch, to take into his pos
session all property of the State impressed, or
that otherwise came into the possession of the
military authorities in the recent operations
against the Sioux Indians, and that has been
settled for by the Board of Auditors of War
Claims, and all civil and military authorities of
the State are requested to render him every
assistance in their power.
HENRY A. SWIFT, Governor.
How Morgan was Captured.
Cincinnati, July 27.—The following
dispatches were received to-day at the
headquarters of Gen. Burnside :
Salineville, Ohio, July 26.
Maj. Gen. .4. E. Burnside:
After a forced march yesterday and last night,
with almost continued skirmishing, we suc
ceeded this morning, about eight o’clock, in
pressing Morgan to an engagement about one
and a half miles from this place. After more
than one hour of severe fighting, we scattered
his forces in every direction. The following is
the result of onr engagement: 20 to 30 killed,
about 50 wounded, 200 prisoners, 150 stand of
arms and 150 horses. Our loss was very light.
Our horses are very much jaded, but I shall
follow as quicky as possible. Sly force was
from 200 to 250 strong.
(Signed) W. B. WAY,
Slaj. Com’g Detachment Ist Mich. Cav.
The above dispatch was received about
noon to-day, and shortly afterwards the
dispatch Shackleford.
■y.
A Traitorous Telegraphic Messenger.
From the Washington Republican, July 23.
John Lancaster, a youth about fifteen
years of age, was on Monday arrested by
.Captain Johnson upon the charge of open
ing and destroying important government
telegraphic despatches. It appears that
this boy was for sometime employed as
messenger in the American Telegraph of
fice, but of late has been employed in car
rying despatches to and from the War De
partment. Some complaint was made to
the War Department about despatches net
reaching their proper destination. Capt.
Johnson was immediately notified of the
fact, and to ferret out the cause. He kept
strict vigilance over the boy, and he dis
covered that he used to open the dispatch
es and read them, and, if there was any
information in them that would 1 kely be
valuable to the rebels, he would through
other sources transmit it South, and des
troy the dispatches. When arrested other
evidence was obtained which clearly proved
the above statement. He has a brother
attached to General Lee’s staff, while his
father holds an important position under
Jeff. Davis. He acknowledged that he
used to send information South through
the medium of his brother, who used to
run backwards and forwards. He was
sent to the Old Capitol.