The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-12-21
SAINT PAUL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 81, 1860.

if she had modified the opinions she formerly
held in regard to the institution. She re-
piled that she had not; that, on the contra
ry, her convictions in favor of it had been
strengthened since her residence in Illinois.
REVOLUTIONARY PENSIONERS. appears
by the report of the Committee on Pen
sons that only eighty-seven of the Revolu>
tionary soldiers now remain. Among the
number is one (Mr.. RALPH FARNHAM) who
was participant in the first battle of the
war--Bunker HILL 1t is a melancholy fact
that few of the old soldiers who fought for
our independence, that secured our Union,
will live to see it dismembered. =. atG
IT is rumored that Dom Piatt, of Cincin.
natl, is to be President Lincoln's private
secretary, and that his wife ("Bell Smith
Abroad'') will aid Mrs. Lincoln in dispens-
ing the hospitalities oil the White House.
The companions of the Prince of Wales
on his American tour are to be handsomely
rewarded. The commanders of the Hero
and Ariadne are to be promoted, and the
Duke of Newcastle is to receive the vacant
order of the Garter. aa
The Empress Eugene at last accounts
had left Edinburgh for Perth. She was
cordially received. The Emperor would
join her at Windsor Castle. ....
The estate of the late Sir George Simp-
son, Governor of the Hudson's Bay Com.
pany,) amounts, it is said, to 250,000l.
The Movimento, of Genoa, relates the
following curious anecdote:
When Garibaldi arrived at Caprera, he was
astonished to find the appearance of the Island
quite changed. Instead of the stony desert he
had left, he saw before him well cultivated
fields and beautiful plantations, with shady
groves and spacious avenues. It looked as if
a magician had been there, and struck the
Island with his wand, bidding nature forth with
to lavish her treasures on this chosen spot But
the General was still further surprised when,
instead of his humble cottage, an elegant villa
stood before him, on entering which the mys.
terry was soon explained-for 10 on the walls
of a fine large hall there hung the portrait of
HIS vlCtOf Euduuel, WHO QdQ IuTueU his
absence to account in order to prepare this
surprise for him. +r ..
The War Department has just issued, in
pamphlet form, tribute to the bravery,
endurance, and patriotism of that portion of
the United States Army which has been
recently engaged in conflict with the In
dians. In enumerating instances of indi-
vidual heroism, with which the little docu-
ment is studied, the exploits Of two Irish
men receive deserved prominence. One
Patrick Collins, of the Second Cavalry,
attacked twelve Indians, killed one, wounded
one mortally and two slightly, and routed
the remainder: private Wheelan, of the
First Cavalry, having been surrounded and
attacked by nine Indians, and wounded in
both legs, managed to kill two of the enemy,
and broke three sabers in the skulls of his
assailrants, when three of his comrades gal
lantly rescued him.
The Philadelphia Inquirer, Republican
journal, says that Senator Hale "has, by
some unaccountable freak of the citizens of
his State, got into, and kept in, seat in the
Senate of the United States, when his true
position would be in the saw dust of circus,
crowned by the testers cap and bells. He
is the mountebank of the Senate, possessing
neither dignity, prudence, nor proper appre-
citation of his high duties"
V1croR EMANUEL, born on the l4th of
March, 1920, succeeded his father, the
gallant but ill-fated Charles Albert, on bis
abdication after the battle of Novarra. His
reign commenced in March, l849. He was
married in April, 1842, to the first cousin of
the present Emperor of Austria who died
in January, 1855. He has four sons and
one daughter. His eldest son and heir is
Prince Humbert, born in March, 1874, q
youth of great promise. His daughter, the
Princess Clothilde, born in March, lS43,
was married in January, 1859, to Prince
son of the late Jerome Bona.
parte, ex-King of Wes'phalia. 9.e