The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-07-19
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News and Other Items.


was added to the national flag, representing
the State of Kansas, which was admitted
into the Union on the 18th of last Janu-
ary. This is in accordance with an act OF
Congress, passed April 4tb, 1918, which
runs thus a" On the admission of a new
state into the Union, one star shall be
added to the union of the flag +; and such
addition shall take effect on the 4th day OF
July next succeeding such admission"
Speaker Grow represents the 18th
District of Pennsylvania, which consists Of
the counties of BradfoSd, Susquehanna, and
Tioga. His residence is at Greenwood, a
small village in Susquehanna county, where
he has a law Office and attends to his clients.
He is native of Connecticut, and grad.
uated at Amherst. He now enters upon
his sixth term or twelfth year in the
House, having been elected six times sue.
cessively. His district is intensely Repub.
lican, and gave him last fall a vote of
1892 against 1884 for Sherwood, Dem.
Within the ten years ending 1861, 640,-
21O English have emigrated from the United
Kingdom. Births exceeded deaths by g.
26O,576. The population of the metropoli-
tan district increased at the rate of eighteen
per cent. manufacturing districts at twenty
four per cent. The excess of the fair sex
in England amounts to 544,O2l.
M. Berger and John Seereiter played a
French carom game at Detroit on Thursday
evening last, which the former won by only
twenty seven points, Seereiter making
score of seventy three: This has been
equaled but once by any one playing with
Berger, and on that occasion Dude Kava,
nagh made precisely the same aumber-
seventy three.
The government gunboats recently
fitted up in Cincinnati cannot get down the
river on account of low water:
Among those killed, at the recent bat
tie near Williamsport, between General
Patterson's commaed and Gen. Johnston,
of the rebels, was Warren M. Graham late
commercial reporter of the Milwaukee
Wisconsin. He was Sergeant in the first
Wisconsin regiment.
There was destructive tornado at
Oshkosh, Wis, Oh Monday last. Several
mills and stores were destroyed and two
steamers wrecked. Houses in all parts of
the city were lifted up and carried away
short distance, in some cases being turned
around and some completely demolished.
The wind was accompanied bya violent
hail storm. There is not house in the
city but has sustained more or less damage.
The lightning was terrific, striking in sever
al places. No loss of life yet reported.
The Missouri State Convention has
been officially called to meet at Jefferson
City July 22d.
Col. Charles J. Biddle, democrat, who
was elected to Congress PHILADELPHIA dis
trict of Pennsylvania last week, is in COM
mand of one of the Pennsylvania regiments.
Colonel Sherman, of the United States
Army, is now in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania,
organizing the new artillery regiment which
be was ordered to recruit by the President.
This regiment will contain twelve batteries,
and be otherwise equipped and armed in
the most efficient and effective manner for
attack n nd defence
-" Billy Wilson's Zouaves" arrived at
Fort Pickens, in the steamer Vanderbilt, on
the oath of June. They left New York on
the 18th.
The Washington Star of late date is
quite complimentary to the First Minnesota
Regiment "Their evolutions are admira-
bly, per formed, considering the brief length
of time since their organization, and their
bayonet exercise elicits frequent encomiums
from their visitors, while their long line OF
white havelocks, red shirts, blue pants and
glsteniDg arms, forms one of the most pic
turesque views about town. They have a
splendid band, too, by the way, who know
just what and when to play, and who some
times get off their Minnesota airs in a style
which gets every little chaps legs in motion
at once. We shall look out for Col. Cor.
man and his boys when they get down in
Dixie"
Eighteen miles from Warsaw stands
the largest fortress in the world-a fortress
with casemated and bomb.proof barracks
for 10000 men, and with circumference
of IL miles. Whether this fact is generally
known or not, it is certain that very few
Englishmen-very few persons Of any coun'
try but Russia--have been allowed an op'
portunity of inspecting this wondrouE
stronghold. Nor, is it believed that ou'
government at present is in possession o
- ,,lo, mr. clotch of the immense works