The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-11-16
Itonas OF News.

Items OF News.
The Worlds Washington correspondent
says that Gen. Harvey has left to assume
the command of the Department of the
West.
In consequence Of the anonymous letters
threatening insurrection in Virginia, Gov
ernor Letcher has ordered troops to be ready
to move at moments notice.
Rev. HENRY WARD BEscHER has re-
ceived five hundred invitations for this win.
ter's lecturing tour. he has as yet accepted
but twenty-five.
Gov. PACKER, Of Pennsylvania, has r e.
fused to give the certificate of election un.
der the broad seal of the State, to Butler,
Republican, and has given it to Lehman
Byerly, convicted Of forging the returns, has
been sentenced to two and half years inn
prisonment and three hundred dollars fine.
The Neil House, at Columbus, Ohio,
was entirely destroyed by fire on the 9Th, and
the Odeon building partially. Blynn's jew
elry store, Allen & Avis shoe store, Rich
ards dry goods store, Clark's shoe store,
and Roses merchant tailor shop were all
burned. The loss to the Neil House is
$4,000; insurance, 100000. Loss on
furniture, $4,000 insurance, $4,000.
Other losses small.
TIE President elect, Abraham Lincoln,
(don't it sound queer p received the con.
gratulations of bis friends on election night
at the State House. in Springfield. Several
hundred took Abraham by the hand after
which be went home and doubtless assisted
MI. L. in putting their children to bed.
Happy children.
IT is rumored that the Prince of Vale
has agreed to write description of his
American tour for the Ledger, on condition
that Mr.. Bonner will pay off the national
debt OF England "a ,OOO, OOO,0OO) within one
year from the first day Of January next. The
terms will probably be accepted.
The Charleston Mercury gives the history
of that paper for thirty.6ve years-during
which time it refers to the fate of its editors,
after this fashion :-"The first ruined-the
second bare earned narrow subsistence
the third injured, but sold out in time-the
fourth died ruined man, and the fifth is
ourselves, Of whom we shall say nothing"
A SAN FRANCISCO letter of the 18th to
the New York World says 1.-THE gallant
Col. F. W. Lander, OF overland wagon road
expedition celebrity, has just been Joined in
the bands of wedlock with the distinguished
and favorite actress, Miss Jane NJ. Daven-
port. The Rev. Thomas Starr King off,
ciated at the ceremony, which took place in
this city on Saturday evening. tits under
stood that Mrs. Lander will retire from the
stage Immediately upon the completion of
her present engagements on the Atlantic
side"
ARrEMUs WARD has become connected
with Vanity Fair. Among other writers
contributing to this publication, are Charles
Leland, Prof. Lowell, R. H. Stoddard, T.
B. Aldfich, E. G. Stedman, Fitz-James
O'Brien, Fitz>Hugh Ludlow, and Frank
Ward.
BRowNs picture Of the Bay Of New
York has been purchased for the Prince Of
Wales, and will be sent to England, after
being exhibited for a short time in New
York.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Country Gen.
tleman says he had an ice house made two
years ago, sixteen feet deep and sixteen feet
in diameter, perfectly round, made of stone,
plenty of sand at the bottom to take of all
the water. He filled il last winter with
snow ice, just threw it in without placing
it, and covered with straw, (put straw at
the bottom on rails first) more on the sides,
and he had all the ice be wanted, and
plenty left yet.
A WESTERN paper published a number
of verses few days ago-one as follows:
That rainy day Tmet her, a..l.
When she tripped along the street,
And with petticoats half lifted,
Showed a dainty pair of feet
Next day the editor corrected an error
in the last line: for dainty read
dirty" aa n eli I.,
The Boston Courier of Tuesday says -
"The colored Wide Awakes having been
assigned place in the rear of the process
sion last evening, refused to march unless
placed in the post Of honor. The white men
would not grant this; and thereupon the
negroes withdrew" e - &C.,
MANY Of the lines of Telegraph in the
Southern States were kept open all night
on Tuesday last, and messages were trans
mitted to the Southern Press without any
extra charge. This was done by special
order from the Superintendents of the lines,
whose generosity stands out in marked con-
trast to the owners of the line In this State.