The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-01-18
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AhE PeoPie VI Tue parish OF IenSaS,
Louisiana. have not only organized their
cavalry company, but the Police Jury have
appropriated $4,000 to arm and eqnip it.
At the same time" says the Gazette, /" an
act was passed levying tax of $500 on
every peddler, hawker, book, or map agent,
etc." ME
Or Mr.. Douglas speech, delivered in the
Senate on Thursday, a Washington cores
pondent writes {" The Little Giant was
never in better voice, health or spirits, and
his speech was almost Websterian in its
power, logic and eloquence. The RepubIi-
cans do not like it, because be laid the pre-
sent troubles at the doors of the politicians
of their party and the secessionists do not
speak favorably ofit, because he denied the
right of secession but the great mass of
the middle men, the centre and heart and
main dependence of the country in the hour
of danger, applaud it as one of the greatest
speeches delivered in the Senate since the
days Of Henry Clay. The galleries were
again crowded to sufocation, although the
weather was stormy and disagreeable."
A FEMALE sailor has turned up in Liv-
erpool. Her name is Annie Stuart, and she
is fine girl of eighteen, born in GLASGOW,
and hos for five years followed the life of
sailor, in male attire. She is now in the
Liverpool workhouse, having applied to the
parochial authorities to obtain means and
clothing to undertake situation more in
accordance with her sex. She has five
brothers, all sailors, and it was her desire
to be with them that induced her to 60 to
sea. During five years her sex was only
discovered once, and that was during an
examination by medical man when she
fractured her ribs by fall.
The amount of specie held by the Boston
banks, Jan. l., was $4,073, 900, being a
gain of $26,2OO since the Saturday pre-
vious.
CHARLESTON is the only city of any
prominence in the Union in which the pop
ulation has decreased during the last ten
years.
A SHARPER case is now pending before
the Supreme Court of Ohio. One smart
rogue traded off a tract of land upon anoth-
er for gold chains, put in at $50 each. The
land was three feet under water, and the
COLL chains are sold at SO dozen.
JOHN WHEELER, of Lee, Massachusetts,,
an Engishman, aged 60. died very sudden
ly on New Years eve, after a race with
some girls. Dangerous sport for old gen.
tlemen.
MAJOR SCoTr, of the army, was buried
with military honors from the Preside, in
San Francisco, a few weeks SINCE he
graduated at West Point in 1921 /; served
with Gen. Taylor in Mexico, and won hon.
ors at Palo Alto. The last three years of
bis life was spent in California.
ALL the Louisiana papers are devoting
themselves to the discussion of the mode of
resistance, and to the publication of the
proceedings of public meetings. Not the
faintest note of submission is heard.
The story that nearly 100000 in gold
had been sent frow New York to the South
arose from the fact that large amount of
foreign coin was sent to the Philadelphia
Mint for conversion into American cur
rency.
A LOUISIANA fugitive slave escaped
through Mississippi, Tennessee, and Ken
lucky, and was arrested by the voluntary
act of the citizens of Indiana, upon her
soil, and sent back to bis master, only few
days ago.
A NEPHEW of Major Anderson, the com.
mander at Fort Sumter, is the classmate and
chum of Mr.. Lincoln's son at Harvard
College.
Miss LANDER's last work, a large group,
of "The White Mother Protecting her
Daughters from the Indians" is on its way
to Boston. The Boston Post says: "This
group is of three figures, the stands six
feet high /; it is truly noble work, full Of
power, worthy of the highest commenda-
ton"
NEARLY six hundred volumes have just
been added to the library Of the Wisconsin
Historical Society.
A RUSSIAN secreted himself on board of
an English steamer while she was taking in
flax. He got between two bales, and the
crew, ignorant of his presence, piled large
cargo on top of him. Arrived at Hull, the
steamer unloaded, as his dead body was dis
covered.
The Rushville Times says that a vaga-
bond negro, after lying six weeks in Jail at
that town, was sold last week to pay expen-
SEES. Mr.. William Hawkins was the pur-