The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-08-30

All Sorts OF Items.

~ tuat CiIy 10 IVVnnS ~P'
-Serrell, the man who brought e4OOO(
sterling from England for the G. s. A., has
been admitted to bail in New York in the
sum of $4OOO0.
The rumor that Adelina Patti is en-.
gagged to be married to one of the Roths.
childs, is pronounced by the family at least
premature.
"A New York paper thinks if the
breaches our troops make in the enemy's
works are not far superior to the breeches
made by the present army tailors, this will
be very long war.
The harvest in France is unsatisfactory
lin England the wheat is mildewed--in
America the crop is so plenty that in Chi
cago last week, it sold twenty cents bushel
lower than last year at this time.
The President has proclaimed fast for
the last Thursday in September. The Bos-
ton Traveller says it would prefer to have a
Thanksgiving-or an occasion for one.
The latest Paris fashions tell us there
is nothing very novel in the make of the
dresses this month. The robe Beatrix is
the favorite, as it gives height to the figure
and smalness to the waist. 1t has only
one hounce at the bottom of the skirt.
The New Orleans Pieayune and Delta
make loud cry for gunboats, and can
scarcely find words to express their disgust
at the g. Federal marauders," who have been
lending from the gunboat South CARROLL
ma" on the remoter parts of the coast,
and placing the inhabitants there under
contribution.
The Rev. DR.. Spring, of New York.
last week married maiden lady of sixty
FIVE summers, who has worldly charms
amounting to some 100000, all in her
own right. The happy couple proceeded
for bridal trip to Niagara Falls.
"A spectator of the battle OF Bull Run,
during the retreat picked up a very heavy
knapsack which had been thrown away by
an exhausted soldier. When he arrived in
Washington he opened the knapsack, and
found nothing but two large books and a
sheet of letter paper. One of the books
was the Message and documents of Con-
gress for l95S-l859, weighing about twelve
pounds.
One is really surprised at find ing how
many there are, since the passage of the
Income Tax bill, whose salaries do not ex-
coed $500. Many who were supposed to
be earning from one to two thousand doll
lars year, now aver that their income is
just $500 NOT penny more.--Albany
argus.
"A dispatch to the New York Times
says that the President will not in any way
change the character of the relations of the
government to the ports of the rebel States.
The blockade will be enforced and rendered
effective, to the full extent that England or
any other European power can demand or
expect. The project of closing up the
smaller ports and inlets, by sinking old YES
sells loaded with stone, is now being execu-
ted, a number of hunks having been pur-
chased in Baltimore for that purpose, and
tug boats employed to take them to the
several localities where they are needed.
In the late foreign news We see it
stated that cotton ship, which left Mobile
early in June, had arrived in Liverpool.
Also, that some four or five hundred of the
Coventry (England) ribbon weavers were
out of work, and so destitute that one bali
of them were in the parish poor house.
-McCleIan's department of the Poto-
mac is announced as comprising the former
departments of w ashington and Northwest
ern Virginia, the valley of the Shenandoah,
and the States Of Maryland and Delaware.
Sunday week Mr.. Clemmens, preach
ed in the neighborhood OF Xenia, Nodaway
county, Mo. On passing through some
timber on bis way home he was shot by a
concealed villain and instantly killed. The
only cause that can be assigned for the out
rage is that Mr.. G. was firm Uuion man
The Union Defence Committee of New
York make an interesting report of their
doings up to the first OF August, and as a
result they present the following handsome
figures
Aid to twenty six regiments of vol.
unteers 1888 424. 6:
Aid to ten regiments of militia. l57 1861
Aid to incomplete organizations. 20,947.7i
Purchase Of arms, ammunition bag.
gage wagons and ambulanCes 226, 1922
Total. 1853 ,29S. 81
Appropriated to relief of families $4,000 OF
TOta amount of drafts. 900. 1888, 298 e;
Leaving balance in the hands of
the Comptroller on the 3lst of
The act prohibiting the expor alton o
cotton except through Southern ports, ha
been amended by the rebel congress so "a
to cover rice, sugar, molasses and syrups.-
The prohibition is to be continued durins