The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1861-10-04
All Sorts Of Items.

Lyon was about Al General Butler is 43 /;
General Banks is A, and General Mcdowell
is about 40.
The French nation is ecstatic about
the Matching of eleven ostriches at Mar
settles. One died the others grew to be
as large as turkies, and promise to keep on
growing.
Binding grain by machinery has been
successfully accomplished in, Iowa. The
band is of wire. The cost of wire sufficient
to bind an acre of average grain is about
fifteen cents.
"A singular artillery battalion is now
being organized at Richmond, Indiana. 1t
is to consist of six hundred men, with one
hundred guns-the guns to have the capa-
city of carrying a two pound ball two and
half miles. A portion of the guns re-
quired for this battalion will be made in
Richmond. They will be of steel barrels,
and very superior in workmanship:
In one Of the rallies by the Irish Bril-
gade at Lexington, company A of the lst
Illinois cavalry accompanied them. This
company received the shot of the whole
battery of the rebels, and all went down.
horses and riders. Not a man returned.
The United States Court for the Wes-
tern district of Virginia has indicted two
hundred aud forty persons for treason.
Their names are all given in the Wheeling
papers.
The officers retained as prisoners at the
battle of Lexington have been sent to
Springfield, Mo. In case an attempt is
made to retake them, they will be sent out
of the State, and probably to Richmond.
The statement is made, and the fig
ures given to show its correctness, that IL
lnois with a population of 100000, has
furnished more volunteers to the present war
than any other State in the Union, not
excepting New York with her four millions,
and more than all of New England.
The repor is not confirmed that Har.
dee has re.entered Missouri and is advancing
Northward.
Fremont telegraphed to the President
on the oath, that he had left St. Louis with
every available man and gun, and would
release Mulligan, and drive Price out of
Missouri, or perish in the attempt.
1t is reported that flag of truce came
in on Tuesday afternoon with letter from
JEFF Davis to the President, proposing an
armistice for ten days, and the negotiation
of treaty of peace and that the Presi-
dent dismissed the flag without reply.
General Price is reported to have said
at the surrender of Lexington, that in sixty
days Missouri would be again governed by
Claiborne F. Jackson.
The St. Louis Republican of the Oath,
learns from gentleman direct from Leav-
enwenworth, that Fort Leavenworth was
reinforced last week by the arrival of eight
cen hundred regulars from Utah, under
command of Colonel St. George Cook.
Frank Blair, it is reported was releas.
ed on Wednesday, to enable him to take
the field with bis regiment in consequence of
a request to that effect from Montgomery
Blair
"A Washington dispatch says the Count
de Paris and Due de Chartres have receiv-
ed commissions as Captains. Louis Phil
lippe de Orleans and Robert de Orleans are
assigned as Aids to General Mcclellan.
They receive no compensation.
The news of the fall of Lexington ere.
ated feeling of the greatest gloom through
out all the camps near Washington, and of
Indignation against General Fremont in
official circles.
England has obtained the cession OF an
extensive territory on the coast of Africa
from a native king.
In Buffalo resides MIR. LIE Grand Mar
vim, a family man in moderate circumstance.
Mrs. Marvin, with more regard TO her van
ity than her husbands intere e!ts. recently
purchased SIP worth of dry goods, and
when the bill came in was horror struck at
Mr.. Marvin's reputation of it. The shop
keeper went to law, but the judge found the
family mans plea that he had not ordered
the goods, and that they were extravagant,
a just one, and acquitted him of indebted
ness, leaving the lady and the merchant to
settle the matter as best they might.
Another comet has oeen seen by the
L'ndon astronomers. Its right ascension is
thirteen hours and fifty four minutes, and
declination forty seven degrees. 1t appears
to be fast approaching the earth, and will
shortly be perceptible to the naked eye.
The Memphis Avalanche says that one
of the Louisiana companies in the battle at
Manassas lost its captain. The company
then unanimously elected the wife OF the
deceased to fill his place, and the lady, in
uniform, passed through Memphis ons the