The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-10-25

souri, now in the Confederate army that the
United States is trying to overthrow itself,
and that they are fighting to maintain it.
Henry Ward Beecher, for clergy
man, uses beautiful language. He recently
said" slavery will go to hell where it
came from. We shall conquer the rebels,
not in our own strength, but the Almighty
Lord will lay them over our knee, and we
will spank them in the natural order of
Providence
Julia P. Ross gave some anxiety to
her friends by suddenly disappearing" from
her home in Fairfield, Connecticut, few
days ago, but at the same time conferred
happiness upon a brisk young mechanic
with whom she courageously proceeded to
New York and got married.
"A captain of Volunteers in Gen.
Sickle's brigade, on his return from tour
of duty through the intensely Pro-Slavery
counties of Maryland below Washington,
writes to friend in this city as follows:
Many whole families fed on our approach to
Virginia, leaving their fine houses, estates,
cattle, furniture, etc., to the sole care of their
negroes, who were all rejoiced to see US, sup
posing that we would set them free at once,
which we should have done, as they are all for
the Union, and the only real Unionists we met
in that region.
The Annapolis (Md.) Gazette says that
large body of federal troops, about six
thousand in number, arrived there on Sat.
urday and Sunday, and are encamped on
the College Green. They are under COM
rmand of General Viele. Another regiment
arrived on Tuesday, and brigade left
Washington on Tuesday morning, to march
to Annapolis by the way of Governors
bridge; the Gazette says there appears to
be an intention to congregate at that point
very lars j. force-some say 10000 men
the object of which is not known.
The Boston Herald says: "There is no
prospect that cotton can be procured for
eastern manufacture before next June, un-
der the most favorable circumstances that
can be expected to occur, and the supply on
hand will not last two months"
The Memphis appeal offers the follows
ing polite invitation: +" Let the brutal min
ions of beastly despotism come on! The
slaughter pens are ready, and Yankee blood
shall flow as free as festal wine."
We clip the following from the Boston
Courier:
The number of guns being placed upon the
three forts in the harbor of Boston is about one
hundred and twenty. Of these eighty will be
mounted at Fort Warren. A proportionate
them being eight inch columbiads. Eighteen
or twenty will be placed upon Fort Winthrop,
and about the same number upon Fort lnde-
peedence, making the full number of seventy
five upon the last named fertilization.
Boston, like New York and other Attain
tic cities, is being we'll prepared for the
visit of an Epglish or French feet, if those
nations seek to interfere 10 our internal
broil.
Seventeen private soldiers of the
French Army, in Bonapartes time, by
their bravery and talents, raised themselves
to the following distinguished stations
Two became kings; two princes, nine
dukes two field marshals, and two gener-
ais.
Colonel Mulligan has been joined by
his wife and child, and the three have been
carried southwardly by Prices army. If
General Fremont cannot induce Price to
give him battle, be might at least offer ar
engagements for an exchange of Col. Null
ligan and the other officers captured at
Lexington, the latter of whom are on pa
role. 1.-THE latter were exchanged, they
could soon raise regiment +; as it is, they
are as useless to the Government as if they
were in the enemy's hands.
The Southern newspapers just now
confine editorial discussion to the difficult
point-where shall the rebel army pass the
Winter? One recommends Missouri, an
other Kentucky and Kanawna, another
Maryland, while the Richmond journals,
vieipg with each other through long habit
in unreason and audacty, select Pennsyl-
vania and Ohio as the more eligible seats.
In all this there is nothing either positive or
practical or practicable. What is positive
and to the purpose is, that they fully recog.
nize the impracticability.
The latest rumors from New Orleans
are that the Niagara, now the flag ship of
the squadron, instead of the Colorado, is of
Pass rOutre. Commander Mexican was
making active preparations for the complete
closing up of the Mississippi. He would
then move from that position to Pensacola,
the Colorado taking the place of the Mag
ara. The late storm did very little damage
to the feet. The whole coast from Calves.
ton to Florida reefs is said to be completely
blockaded.
The traitor Breckenridge, it appears,
has not yet gone to Virginia, but is still in