The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-03-01

with Col. Tennent Lomax and officers of the
Alabama volunteers, few days since, and
in the course of friendly conversation said;
Colonel Lomax, l expected visit from
you at the fort before this time" To this
kind rebuke of the chivalry and courage of
the State troops, the gallant Colonel prompt
ly replied {" My dear sir, had l been in
command you would not have been disap.
pointed"
CRAFTS j. WRIGHT, Esq, communicating
to the Peace Congress the intelligence of
the death of his father, the Hon. John G.
Wright, says:
Almost the last words he uttered were, that
he believed the Union would be preserved.
| He caused me to read to him, at IL O'clock, the
| sections of the Constitution in regard to count
ing the votes, and this request, and this read.
ing, terminated his knowledge on earth. He
| desired me to say, that if the Union were saved,
he would die content.
d. M. BULL, special agent of the Post
Office Department, has placed the Milwau-
kee Post Office under the charge of Jas B.
Dunlap. Col. Steever, who has just been
removed, is a defaulter TO the amount of
about $4,000.
MORTIMER THOMPSON (''Doesticks'0 it is
said has wooed and won the beautiful
daughter Of" Fanny Fern" (Mrs. Parton.)
Mort is now widower.
The papers, have mentioned that Maj.
Anderson was formerly Lieutenant in
company commanded by the present Secre-
tary of the Treasury. The exact fact is
that General Dix resigned as Abide Camp
to Gen. Brown in 1928. Major Anderson
graduated at West Point in 1924. Gen.
Dix served as Captain of Artillery, at Fort
Monroe, in 1926 and 1927, and Anderson
as Lieutenant in his company.
HE Washington correspondent of the
New York Commercial telegraphs the fol-
lowing melancholy intelligence Mr.. Blu.
chanan is packing up his library, and his
housekeeper at Wheatand has orders to be
ready for bis arrival on the fifth of March.
He will be accompanied by Gen. Cass, who
is forwarding his furniture, library and
valuable works of art to Detroit, with the
exception of some paintings, which are to
deck the saloon of his daughter, Madame
Limbourg.
In the Alabama State Convention on
the z9th ult., Hon. W. L. Yancey madea
speech, saying he addressed his fellow
citizens for the last time, certainly for many
years to come, and that he retired to pri.
vate life with the intention never again to
leave it." His motives for so doing were
not stated.
BOB" is destined to becomes character.
We mean "Bob" Lincoln, the Prince of
Rails, as the newspapers have dubbed him.
With papa at Cincinnati, or Columbus, or
Oberlin, or wherever it was, he shared the
popular ovation. The crowd called him out
to make a speech. He appeared, bowed,
and withdrew, and created highly favora.
BILE impression by his silence. The reporter
of the New York - says " Bob" takes
his Catawba most amiably-no heel-taps-
and crooks his elbow on the slightest provo
cation. He is promising lad.
The Cincinnati Gazette, which is Mr..
Chase's organ, says: I'VE have informa-
tion from most reliable source that the
Hon. Salmon P. Chase has been rendered
by Mr.. Lincoln the position of Secretary of
the Treasury, which offer he holds under
advisement. We are further advised that
Mr.. Chase will probably accept.
Mr.. LINCOLN fears /" the great confidence
in bis ability is unfounded." Every speech
he makes is calculated to strengthen such an
opinion.
SENIOR LERDo DE TEJADA, who has been
elected President of Mexico, is gentleman
we'll known in the city of New York. He
is pronounced the most distinguished states
man of whom Mexico can boast, and the
liberal ideas of government which he con-
tracted in this country may not be unser-
viceable to him in his new station. His
cordial desire has always been to reconcile
Mexico and the United States, and to de.
velope those grand sources of wealth, pros.
perity and intelligence, which, when properly
understood, can securely bind the two ma
tions together.
The Mountain Democrat is responsible
for the following GA disappointed candi-
date called for an seYe-Opener' in the Orleans
Hotel; Sacramento. The barkeeper speedily
completed a cocktail and was topping it off
with absynthe. whats that whats
that p demanded the man outside of the
counter. Its absynthe, sir, it'll give you
a good appetite Appetite, HI take
that stuff out; take it out /! Idon't want no
appetite teller want of an appe-
tite when he hain't got money enough to
pay for his breakfast 2"
SHOULD the great suit now pending in
the courts in Paris be decided in favor of