The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-04-19
Person Items.

IT having been announced that David B.
Herman, formerly of Indiana, late Chip
pewa Agent, and now of Volga City, Iowa,
was dead, the venerable old Dave, or his
ghost, has sent the following letter to the
Fort Wayne Times:
VoLGA CITY, CLAYTON Co., Iowa,
s1-s March l8, 1861.
FRIEND j. W. DAWSON There is no better
time to ascertain real friends than to find them
true after death. / now know you are just
what always supposed you to be when living
"a real friend. You will please continue your
paper and direct to the same post office as
before. Perhaps l am the first that ever wrote
back to you, and have no doubt but this Tote
will confirm your belief in the SwedenbOrgian
doctrine, for am following the same business
that did when on earth. Last week hmshed
400 of oats; this week commenced on my
corn, which will amount to some 1000. So
YOU see this is not so bad world as some have
supposed. l have not yet seen Gen. jackson.
In this you were mistaken, for you frequently
said to me when on earth, that expected to 60
DAVID B. HERRIMAN.
p. ST. find the land much richer here than
it was on the other side of Jordan.
D. B. H.
The trial of Com. Armstrong, for the
surrender of Pensacola Navy Yard, has
been concluded, but the result is not known.
The trial has been one OF the most remark
able on record. 1t was most touching
sight to see thirteen Commodores in the
navy, none of whom had seen less than forty
years. service, and all of whom had fought
and bled in defence of the stars and stripes,
set in judgment over one who, after spot
less career of over fftytwo years, was now
arraigned upon the charge of cowardce and
treason.
JUDGE LOGAN, of Illinois. Mr.. Lincoln's
late law partner, and conservative member
of the Peace Congress, is the probable sue
cessor of Judge Mclean. Huzza for Hi
nois.
The New York sEvening Post says
parties interested in the passage of the
Broadway Railroad bill have fund from
which they pay thousand dollars to every
member who will vote for the measure, and
that the enemies of the bill offer an equal
sum for votes against it. Some members,
it is said, are making a "big thing" by
promising to go both ways.
The ardent admirer of Mrs. Lincoln who
presented her with a splendid carriage. just
after she reached Washington. and didn't
want anything said about it, is promising
young man of the legal profession in New
York, and named Dennison.
The London Library Gazette for March
10th, contains an elaborate review of Help
er's "Impendipg Crisis" in the course Of
which it remarks ave suppose this is q
sort of book likely to further the good
cause in America for sixty-eight expert
enced Senators, with Christian names
ranging from Isaiah to Galusha, say So"
DR.. E. j. FOUNTAIN, of Davenport, Iowa,
had an idea that chlorate of potash would
cure consumption. Last summer he read a
paper on the subject before the Nationa
Medical Convention at New Haven. 1t
attracted much attention in that body, and
be was requested to continue his labors
another year. The report is that he has
been experimenting on himself with small
doses of this medicine, gradually increasing
them till, on Friday last, he took an ounce,
which proved too much for him, and be
died.
| Mr.. A. B. DICKINSON, ofNew York, the
newly appointed Minister to Nicaragua,
was an applicant for the Office of Marshal in
Nebraska. His handwriting being indis.
tinct the Secretary of State thought he
asked for the post Of Minister to Nicaragua,
and, being friend, appointed him Minister