The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-10-18
All Sorts Of Items.


Antigua is healthy country. Its
population is 36,4l2. The number Of
families 8 o,9l6s One woman in theialand
/ is upwards pf 1870 years Of age; four per.
sons are between l25 and 100; seven be-
tween los and 100 ;sseventy seven between
80 and 95 one hundred and seven between
So and 90; two hundred and thirty seven
between 80 and IS /; three hundred and fl
ty seven between Is and 80; and four hun.
bred and seventy seven between 10 and Is.
"A Border State Union man writes in
a private letter in this urgent style" For
Gods sake try to wake up your Northern
people. You all seem to US to be half
asleep. You say, 1--WE can put two sol
diers into the field to their one" You say
it--and they do lit. You are contending
with maniac, and you measure your effort
by the strength of halfgrown boy"
"A self-acting fire engine has been in
vented in England for extinguishing fires in
factories and warehouses. Water pipes ex-
tend through the rooms, supplied with per-
forated water roses, covered with gutta
percha preparation that will melt away
under heat of fire near it and let on the
water.
The Livingston New York; Union
says the damage to the canals above Mount
Morris by the late storm will not be less
than $4,000 to 100000. The damage
to the canal by the Cushequa Greek, from
the Shakers to Tuscorara, some four miles
it is thought will exceed $4,000. The
wood and stone work at Mudville for the
protection of the canal, costing the State
about $4,000, was entirely destroyed.
+ Price, in his official report of the Lex
ington battle, says his entire loss was TWEEN.
ty-fve killed and seventy-two wounded.
- Commissary General Gibson died at
Washington on Monday, aged eighty.fve.
The banks of New York, Boston and
Philadelphia, have taken the second install
ment of fifty millions of the Government
Loan.
The Milwaukee Sentinel learns that
Gov. Randall has issued commissions for
five additional regiments, which will swell
the whole number to seventeen. There are
now six regiments in service near Wash.
ington, six more in camp in Wisconsin, and
five to be raised. Of the six regiments in
camp, all will be ready to move within the
next two or three weeks.
One of our exchanges thus defines
what it understands to be the difference
between the President and his subordinate
Fremont:
The difference between Fremont and Lincoln
is this: Fremont wants to SET FREE the ne.
grOes of all rebels the President wants them
SOLD according to the act of Congress, and the
proceeds of the sale to be expended in putting
down rebellion. Fremont wants to act with.
out law, Lincoln with law.
- Gen. Meigs advertises for one hundred
and sixty thousand bushels of oats, one
hundred and sixty thousand bushels o.
shelled corn, and ten thousand tons of hay
to be delivered in Washington by March
18th, 1862. This would indicate that quite
large stock of horses were to be kept in
that vicinity the coming winter.
The Louisville Journal, of the 7th
says There can be no doubt that the re-
doubtable Zollicofer has retreated again to
the Gap. His only object in entering the
State was to obtain supplies for his army.
He took salt from the Clay County Works,
and paid for it in Confederate scrip. From
the farm of Judge Murphy, near Manches-
ter, be took all the beef cattle fit to
butcher, and shot the cows. In various
neighborhoods his rips entered houses,
ripped up feather beds, and carried of
blankets, quilts, &c.
1t is said that no reliance at all can be
placed on the Missouri Home Guards.
Although armed to the teeth, the principal
use of their weapons is to commit ravage
and outrage upon unofending persons.
Hon. Kinsley s. Brigham, one of the
Senators in Congress from Michigan, died
at his residence in Green Oak, last Satur-
day. He was born in Onondaga county
New York In 1903; in 1884 or 1885, be
removed to Michigan he served in the
Legislature some four or five years. In
1916 Mr.. Bingham was elected to Congress
from the Northern District and served
through the Both Congress. He was elect
ed Governor of the State in 1854, and be.
ing reelected served until 1858, and at the
session of the Legislature of 1859, was
elected United States Senator for six years.
Col. Blair's charges against General