The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1861-11-08
NEW SERIES-NO. 414
All Sorts of Items.

All Sorts of Items.
An old man in Yarmouth, Maine, had
his leg broken in two places by being
trlpped and thrown down by lady's Grin.
oline.
We have the authority of Thurlow
Weed for the assertion (says Buffalo
paper that Mr.. Lincoln expresses the most
intense regret that he did not urge the
adoption of the Crittenden compromise
resolutions by his friends in Congress.
Large quantities of American butter
and cheese are now finding their way into
the Canadian market, in consequence of
trade with the South being closed.
Madame Lind Goldschmidt was an.
nounced to sing at Exeter Hall on the 22d
ult., in the oratorio of Elijah," in aid of
the funds for the erection of church, and
for the enlargement of the Industrial Insti.
tutions in the Victoria Docks district.
Lord Forth recently committed suicide
owing to some trouble about bis mistress,
very handsome young woman, Mrs.
Lloyd, who had separated from her husband.
She was the daughter and heiress of gen~
tleman of property in Herefordshire. Be-
fore Lord Forth killed himself he drank
nearly quart of brandy.
We have sec some strong puffs of our
Lake Superior mineral wealth, but we ad,
NIT that the Marquette Journal is in ad.
vance of all its contemporaries. 1t says
that if all the iron of that region was dug
from the earth, it might almost entertain
the apprehension that the earth would lose
its balance and stagger from its orbit"
The Mayor of Albany, on attempting
t, enter ball room in that city, a few
nights since, was prevented, and assaulted
by the doorkeeper, who would not admit
him unless he paid fifty cents. The door
keeper was arrested, when the Recorder
decided that the Mayor of a city had
perfect right to enter place of amusement
~ieuOut PoyAuSs
Mr. D. Ellsworth, the father of the
lamented Colonel of the Zouaves, has gone
to Alexandria to visit the scene of his sons
sudden death. Letters say he will find the
hotel in which the tragedy was enacted a
mere she'll, everything portable having been
carried away by the troops or visitors, with
the stairway, flooring, plaster and laths
from the vicinity of the place of assassina-
tion.
--"Pray, Miss Co." said gentleman the
other evening, why are ladies so fond of off
cers?" "How stupid p replied she. "Is it
not natural that a lady should like a good
offer, sir ?"
The residence of the Misses Scott,
about three quarters of mile west of Falls
Church, is again within the Union lines.
The young ladies profess to be loyal, aid
streuuousy deny being party to the cap
ture of Captain Kellogg, of the Connects
cut regiment. The captains over gallantry
in insisting upon accompanying them home
against their caution and wish, placed him
within the power of the rebel pickets, who
saw him approach, and hence he was caught.
The household consists of Mrs. Scott, her
two daughters, and some negroes.
Professor Ridgeway of Boston, cele-
brated geologist and scholar, has been for
a number of weeks in the TitusvilIe oil re-
gions making scientific observations. He
has concluded that the oil originated from
marine plants that grew and fiourished at
period of time long before the plants that
have produced our coal beds, and that the
oil found on Oil Greek may be considered
the syrup of marine plants and not coal oil.
On Tuesday evening meeting was
held at the fremont, in Chicago, to take
the necessary steps towards the erection of
q suitable monument to the memory of Sen~
ator Douglas. The proposed structure is
TO cost one hundred to one hundred and
fifty thousacd dollars, and, in order to make
it popular movement, subscriptions gre
limited to one dollar to each person.
"A special dispatch from Jefferson
City to the st. Louis Democrat, reports
that Col. Mulligan has been released, un.
conditionally probably exchanged for Gen.
Frost, as proposed. Mulligan was at
Warrensburg on Wednesday. going to
Lexington to bring away child left there.
He was expected in st. Louis on Saturday.
The Charleston Courier states that the
Federal fee. of that port consists of seven