The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-08-02
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"A Lieutenant of dragroons named
Tillinghast LHommedieu, native of Gin
cinnati, who had been for some time at
Washington on the sick list, hearing of the
movement on Fairfax, rose from his bed,
and, contriving to elude the vigilance of his
physician, Thursday night, chartered car
riage at the hour of midnight, for which be
paid the hackman $50, and Joined bis COM
pany in the advanced column.
"A new Mormon prophet, by the name
OF Joseph Morris, has sprung up to divide
honors and power, both temporal and spiri-
tual, with Brigham Young. Brigham
thinks him dangerous fellow, and has
issued bis pronunciamento against the her.
estes of this false prophet.
One day last week, woman at Cor.
ham, New Hampshire, arming herself with
a good sized stick, proceeded alone to the
establishment of rum seller, where her
husband and number of others were ca.
rousiDg, and after smashing the glasses and
decanters on the table at which they were
seated, applied the stick to the person of the
astonished landlord, and was about to give
him drubbing, when her husband inter-
tered and conducted her home.
There were found in the rebel General
Garnett's pockets, after he had been shot
down, two $40 gold pieces, watch and a
piece of corn bread, the latter partly eaten,
showing that times were getting hard at
Laurel Hill, when General had to come
down to eating corn bread carried in bis
pocket.
Miss Augusta Evans, of Mobile, the
authoress of "Buelah," is now in the rebel
camp at Norfolk, attending to the sick.
"A late letter from London states that
there is no attention now paid to the rebel
Commissioners in England, and that the
people at large dread the idea of war with
the United States. He asserts that Mr..
Yancey has as much chance of negotiating
the rebel loan in the country as be would
have of selling mortgage on "an uncaught
whale in the Arctic Ocean,"
The Empress of Austria has an abscess
in the lungs.
-Thompson's New York Register eau
tions the public against very dangerous
counterfeit of ten dollar gold pieces, which
are circulated extensively, and almost defy
detection except by an expert. The genu~
inc coin is opened, fully one half of the gold
taken out, then filled in with platina or
some other equally heavy substance, and
then closed up; the coin itself to all ap>
pearance remains the same.
Mr.. Edward G. Delavan, of Albany,
has recently received the Presidential Tenn
perance Declaration, signed by Mr.. Lincoln.
1t now bears the name of every President
since the time of James Madison, with the
exception of Harrison, who died before Mr..
Delavan had an opportunity to present it to
him.
"A correspondent of the New York
Evening Post says that the rumor that
place on the bench Of the Supreme Court
will be offered to the Hon. Joseph Holt, is
correct, but it is not certain that he will &C.
cept the position. He is now performing
noble work in Kentucky in fighting for the
Union in the election campaign which ter
inmates in August.
The Macon (Ga) Telegraph of the
18th, learns from correspondent at Mil
ledgeville, that about one hundred of the
counties of the State have been heard from,
and only about $4,000 votes have been poll.
ed in these counties. Ratification" has
only about 400 majority thus far. The re.
suit is regarded doubtful, although the con-
stitution will probably be declared carried
by small majority.
The Memphis Bulletin learns that
house in that city sold, on Saturday, one
hundred hogsheads of tobacco to the agent
of the French Government, the same being
paid for in gold. The price obtained was
6 cents per pound, which netted profit of
$50 on the hogshead.
The Richmond correspondent of a
Memphis paper says it is within his knowl-
edge that several corps have disbanded, be.
cause, as it is alleged, the rebel government
refused to accept their services for shorter
period than three years.
The jackson Mississipp'an says it is
we'll understood that the Governor will i'm
mediately issue his proclamation for an
early assembling of the Mississippi Legisla>
ture.
General Fremont arrived at Pittsburg
on Wednesday, amidst the firing of cannon,
fireworks, and other demonstrations. An
inmonso concoursp met him at fhp danot