The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-04-06
News and Miscellaneous Items.

4""e' ooneernlng zen. u JACKSON 8 admiration
OF STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS, who delivered one
OF the ablest speeches in the House of Rep.
resentatlves' in the matter of the fine i'm
posed upon Old Hickory for declaring mar
tial law at New Orleans. Mr.. BUELL. closes
his communication by the following state
ment GAS is we'll known, General JACKSON.
before bis death, bequeathed all his valuable
papers to FRANCIS P. BLAIR, Esq. Among
the papers was found the pamphlet copy of
the speech of Judge DOUGLAS, with an en-
dorsement in JAcKsoN's handwriting, signed
by him. in about the following words -
This speech constitutes my defense. l lay
it aside as an Inheritance for my grand
Children"
WHILE making his plea for the dissolution
of the Union in Brooklyn, WENDELL PHIL
LIPS was cbeered for asserting that the
Constitution ought to be torn into frag-
ments, and for comparing JOHN Brown to
WASHINGTON!
WHEN Hon. SALMON P. CHASE, of Ohio,
becomes member of the United States
Senate, on the fourth of March, 1861, seven
of the members of that body will be natives
ofNew Hampshire Messrs. CHASE, GRIMES,
CHANDLER, HALE, CLARKE, FEssENDEN
and WILSON. All these are Republicans.
QUITE sensation was created on Broad.
way the other day, by meeting between a
brother and sister. The sister had been Sc
duced, abandoned, forced to life of shame,
and in walking the streets met her brother,
who, with their father, was in quest of her.
She fell sobbing in his arms, and was taken
care of at once. She belongs to Little
Falls, N. Y, and it was with city bank
clerk that she departed from the path of
rectitude.
Gen. DONIPHAM, of Missouri, has hearth
ly Joined the Democratic party. He was
an Old Line Wing. The Platte Argus,
which states the above fact, says San ADLER
and purer man cannot be found in the
State" The General is a noble, brave,
honest man-and his new political assoca-
tions will strengthen these excellent charac-
teristics. During our war with Mexico
they used to call him the American Keno
phon.
LoNGFELLow's Evangeline, dramatised by
Mrs. BATEMAN, has been produced at the
Winter Garden Theatre, in New York,
with entire success. The heroine of the
play, Miss KATE BATEMAN, is described as
grown up to full and beautiful womanhood,
perfectly selfpoised, graceful in movement,
with mellow, musical voice, expressive
eyes, good presence, thoroughly familiar
with the business of the stage, and with
ample capacity to comprehend and give ex-
preston to the ideal of the author.
AMONG the passengers by the Fulton,
which arrived at New York few days
since, was young man named JOHN AR.
THURS, who had greater quantity of jewel
ry with him than would be appropriate for
manly use. His movements being some
what suspicious, attracted the attention of
the custom house officers, who searched AR
THURS person and luggage, and discovered
in the pocket of his pantaloons two superb
diamond necklaces, and 10 the lining of his
clothes and in the bottom of his trunk
large quantity ofjewelry and diamonds, valu-
ed at several thousand dollars. The goods
were seized.
RUFUS S. CLARK, who died in Southamp-
ton last winter, some weeks before his death
ordered his coffin to me made, superintendent
the work, told what trimmings he wished to
have put on it, chose the depositors and
even the horse and driver he wished to con-
vey him to his final resting place. He pur-
chased pair of gloves for the driver and
each of the depositors to wear on the occa-
sion, and paid thirty dollars for his coffin.
The st. Joseph West says that the Kansas
Legislature granted one hundred and fifty
divorce bills in forty days. Finally the
Legislature quit the retail business, and the
House concluded to do wholesale opera
ton, and Immediately passed bill divorce
ing all married persons in the Territory.
DUMAS does not think highly of the gay
ETY. of Americans. He describes three of
our countrymen whom he saw attempting
to participate in the carnival at Rome, and
SAYS" have seen dead men more gay than
these three living ones"
The New York papers are kindly warn>
ing the American people not to be vulgar
when the Prince of Wales visits this coun-
try. Don't be snobs, good public, they say,
look at the young Prince, but remember
you're freemen, while he is the bloated aris-
tocrat and embryo King of an effete and
tyrannical monarchy.
The New York Seventh Regiment has.
in the person of beautiful young lady,