The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-11-29
THE WEEKLY PIONEER AND DEMOCRAT


joyipg his vigorous old age at Clifton
Springs, in health and in the same admira-
bic temper that has contributed, no doubt,
to prolong his life through 50 many years
of active labor.
"A letter from Beaufort says large
quantity of love letters were discovered,
from the Flora McFlerys and Amazons Of
Georgia and South Carolina, to various
officers and men stationed at the Fort. One
was from Georgia lady to her husband,
telling him to remember that they had been
married but six months, that be promised
her not to go as soldier, and that some"
how or other be must get away as soon as
possible. There was something ambiguous
~ added about longing for his embraces,
and if be has continued running at the rate
with which the Georgians and South Car
oIians started, she doubtless enjoys them by
this.
With late appointments made by the
President, there are I02 Brigadier Gen.
erals of volunteers under commissions, forty
three of whom have yet to be confirmed by
the Senate. There are two Generals OF the
same family named as follows: Charles s.
Hamilton and Schuyler Hamilton Andrew
Porter and Fitz John Porter Joseph j.
Reynolds and John F. Reynolds Israel B.
Richardson and William A. Richardson
Thomas w. Sherman and William T. Sher.
man Chas. F. Smith and VIM. F. Smith
George Wright and Horatio g. Wright.
"A meeting Of prominent merchants
was held in New York on Monday evening
last, to take measures for the preparation Of
General Bankrupt Law and its presenta-
ton to Congress at on early day of the ap.
preaching session. Royal Phelps, a recent
ly elected member of the State Assembly,
occupied the chair, and com mittee of ele-
ven gentlemen was appointed, to whom was
entrusted the duty Of procuring legal aid in
drafting bill to carry out the wishes and
object of the meeting.
1t may now be regarded as new and
startling feature of the solar system that
there is at least one ring of meteoric form-
ations, surrounding the sun, which has a
regular revolution. The recurrence of the
meteoric display in August of each year is
explained by the fact that the earth passes
at that time through the ring, and the cons
tact Of its formations with our atmosphere
renders them visible in combustion. Its
thickness is five to ten millions of miles.
AS an instance of the stuff of which
the 18th Massachusetts regiment is com.
posed, the following conversation may rep
resent - At the battle of Leesburg, a
private in Company h, being wounded,
fell, ball striking him in the chin and lodg
ing near the windpipe. His captain says,
Brown are you wounded?" eyes, cap
tain, and the ball remaining in my neck
causes great difficulty in breathing. Here
it is" (pinchiDg it in his 6ngers) "Cut it
out with your knife" His captain re-
sponded, 81 am afraid to. You will bleed
to death" "Cut away" says young Brown !;
al had as soon bleed to death as choke to
death" The leaden missile was soon in the
ha1ds of the boy, q souvenir in future to
remind hin of that unfortunate contest.
The Albany AtlaS and argus present
some interesting facts illustrating "the car.
rying capacity of the Central Railroad" 1t
says that the New York Central Company
can load and send of from Buffa o from $50
to 300 cars Of ten tons each per day, or
from rs 900 to 10000 barrels of Flour, or
its equal in rolling freight. From Suspen-
sion Bridge it can send off so cars per day.
In addition to this, the road requires 100
cars for its East>bound local business, max.
ing total Of 400 or $50 cars per day to
arrive at Albany, or 1000 or 4.5O0 tons.
A freight train is generally made up Of
about rs cars, which would make from six
teen to eighteen freight trains day.
- We have recently seen, says the n or
folf Day Book. some candles, which we were
told had been made from talIow and fat
fried from dead Yankees who had been
slain 10 several of the battles which have
taken place between them and the South
erners. We don't know whether our in.
formant was joking or not, out certain it is
the candles look mean enough, and stink
bad enough, to have emanated from such o
source.
"A correspondent of The Hartford
Times says that we'll known individual
residing in Scotland village, East Hartford,
was rather unfortunate on Wednesday night
in being dragged from an unwholy alli-
ance" with young woman, and treated to
dose of tar aud feathers. The man in
question is married, ard the father of sew.
eral children. He has, from bis intimacy
| with the voupg woman for several weeks