The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-11-01

part of South America, and that it's only
European rival in power will be Russia. He
expresses serious apprehensons respecting
Missouri, but believes that the Confederacy
can prosper without the border States,
which are now, be is reported to cay, al
most entirely AboIitionized.
The next Legislature of Pennsylvania
will stand as follows:
Senate. i. Res Is DEM 10
AOuSC. .................. 90 IL
The last number of Punch, contains a
clever caricature of "A Family Quarrel. u
Brother Jonathan and his wife are in the
middle of family jar; but the cream of
the joke is, that black man in the back
ground is dancing with joy at the rupture.
The completion of the Pacific line of
telegraph to Great Salt Lake City brings
US into immediate communication with our
polygamous friends of Mormondom: TWEEN.
ty-fve years ago this would have been
deemed miracle-now, so commonplace
matter has telegraphic communication be-
come, that it will scarcely elicit a passing
remark.
The New Orleans banks are now carry-
ing load of million and a halt of dollars
in the treasury notes of the bogus confed>
eracy, which pass at the same rate of dis
count as Petersburg, Va, twenty-five cent
shinpasters.
Colonel Henry Wilson, of the Twenty
second Massachusetts Volunteers, has re-
signed, having, it is said, been appointed to
position Oh General McClelIans staff.
Captain Rufus Saxton, of the Fourth
United States Artillery, takes command of
the regiment,
The storesbip Belief, recently arrived
from the coast of Africa, had On board sew.
eral naval officers who thought it we'll to
resign their commissions. They were at
once arrested and taken TO Fort Lafayette.
Our reports from Washington indicate
that the rebel army in front Of the capital
has made very important change in its
position within the last few days. Its ex>
IRENE left has been withdrawn from Lees
burgh,--its right has been extended south.
ward, SO that it now rests on the Potomac
at Aqua Greek and the whole army has
been formed behind the Rappahannock,
which now serves to protect it as Bull Run
did before,
1t is stated on good authority that cer-
tain foreign capitalists have offered MIR.
Chase, the Secretary of the Treasury, to
take hundred million loan of the United
States Government, at 81 per cent. inter-
est. 1t would seem that the fulminatons
of The London Times have not succeeded
in frightening anybody, Tor our credit is as
good as ever it was abroad, and the money
holders Of London would be glad to see the
Secretary accept their propositions.
MIR. Gerald Balston, the noted Coloni-
zationist, writes to Lord Brougham letter,
in which be says:
have great pleasure in informing your Lord.
ship that the decision of the Federal Court in
the "Dred Scott " case is practically annulled
by the present Government of Washington.
| have before me the passport granted to Rev.
Henry H. Garnet, black man OF note, and OF
great distinction among the negroes of New
York, given by VIM. Il. Seward, the Secreta-
ry of State, dated Washington, Aug. 26, 1861,
Oh 81, ocfo oil hnO
may concern to permit safely and freely to pass
Henry H. Garnet, citizen of the United States,
and in case of need to give him all lawful aid
and protection" This passport is impressed
by the seal of the Department of State, and
signed by the Secretary of State, in the seth
year of the independence of the United
States.'
1t is said in Louisville, Kentucky, that
Colonel j. III. Harvey, a strong Union man,
will be chosen to the seat of John G. Brock
inridge in the United States Senate. and
that John j. Crittenden will succeed Laza.
rus w. Powell.
The Boston Herald says the people of
Berlin, Vermont, are now in a Mortified
state, on account of the deriiiction of the
pastor OF the Congregational church in that
village, Rev Rufus Chids, who some TWO
weeks since disappeared with q young vo-
man named Caroline Boswortn. He is
about forty years old, and has LETT wife
and three children, who are thrown upon
the charities of the people. Considering
| how Kalloch was sustained by the New
England people after the exposure of his
Infamous practices, it is not strange that
he should have successors in the same line.
Major VIM. T. H. Brooks, of the Uni
ted States Army, has been appointed Brig
adler General of Volunteers.
Letters received from Prices army
state that Ex-Gov. Jackson is at present
very dissipated, and bordering on the eve
of delirium tremens, that he often roves
about the camp like maniac.
"A single firm in Philadelphia employs
2,15O hands in the manufacture of shirts
| ond drovuoro for tho armv Six mills ORC