The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-07-25
News and Other Items.

publican, now travelling in Europe, closes q
letter in regard to England and Englishmen
as follows:
lido not expect to find any country and any
people like better; and do not know as
want to. They are nearer to US than any other
more like u.s.. with more of our traits, more
of our faults, and more of our excellencies, than
any other nation; and all the meanncss of her
government, all the jealousy OF her aristoc.
racy and the sel6shness OF her commerce can.
not crush out the sympathy Of her intelligent,
Independent, progressive, middle classes feel
in and for US, now and always.
While the subscription paper was
passing round" at a war meeting in Utica,
New York, the other evening, Captain
Alvin White rose to say, that be was poor;
that he could not subscribe money, but
would overwhelmingly. II there were
any present in the same predicament and
of the same mind, he would be glad to meet
them at the armory of the Citizens Corps,
the next evening. The speeches were all
excellent, but this was the hit of the eve.
ming. Several jumped to their feet, and
expressed themselves willing to follow the
gallant Captain "where glory waits"
THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND MORE.
We are coming. Father Abram, three hundred
thousand more,
From Missisippi's winding stream and from
New England's shore;
We leave Our-plows and workshops, our wives
and children dear,
With hearts too full for utterance, with but a
silent tear;
We dare not look behind us, but steadfastly
before
We are coming, Father Abram- three hundred
thousand more !:
The following persons are exempted
from enrolment by the laws of the United
States: Officers judicial and executive of
the government Of the United States, the
members of both Houses of Congress and
their respective officers, custom house off.
GERS and their clerks, inspectors, pilots and
mariners employed in the sea service of
citizen or merchant within the United States,
Postmasters and their clerks, post officers,
post.riders and stage drivers in the care and
conveyance of the mail of the United States,
ierrymen employed at any ferry on the post
road, and the artifcers and workmen in the
United States armories and arsenals.
The following is 6 new reading of
Shakespeare slightly Teutonized:
Now ish de vinder NIT mine diskendent-
Made funny by mine leetle sen, Shake,
VOt ish yumpen upon and down on
My knee mit-Dunder und blizen!
Catarine, here take de shd, kwick
drinks go and shange de leg
Won my preeches.
The Fortress Monroe CORRESPONDENT
the Philadelphia Inquirer says:
Gen. Willis A. German went up on the War.
ner, this morning. to rejoin his brigade. He
has not fully recovered his health. but deems
it his duty to be in front of the rebels so soon
as he is able to leave his bed.
The New York Post says President
Linco!n's h:sitatioo to sign the con6scation
act arose from bis habitual cautiousness,
his determination to examine all sides of
the question, to do nothing hastily, and
particularly from desire that the measure
should not be hereafter defeated by any
constitutional detect. To obviate the pos
sibility of the latter, he suggested to the
Senate the supplementary act, which was
passed, and which is now part of the law,
"A dispatch dated Undertook, July
l4tb, says, Ex~President Martin Van
Buren, is very low today from his sufierings
under throat affection. His physicians say
that be cannot long survive. He insensi-
bic, and unable to recognize friends and
relatives"
Six hundred loyal residents of Arkan-
sas followed Gen. Curtis On his way through
the State to Helena, and demanded that
arms be given them to form the first regi.
ment of Arkansas volunteers. This is now
being done. Before many days they will
form, and be armed and equipped to fight
Hindman and defend the southern and wes-
tern Arkansas from rebel raids.
-Four privates of the 9th PenDsylva.
mia cavalry, taken prisoners at Tompkins.
vile, Kentucky, and paroled by Morgan,
are at Columbus, Ohio, On their way home.
They state that only four Of our men were
killed and seventeen taken prisoners, instead
of being all cut to pieces as reported. They
we're kindly treated by Morgan, who fur
nished them money to take them home.
The State of Florida and the city of
Mobile paid their July interest in 1861 at
New York. They were the only exceptions
to the rule OF reputation adopted by the
rebel authorities but this year every State,
municipality and corporation under rebel
domination are on the same footing. Vir-
GINA defaults $500 900, Tennessee $3.50 900,
North Carolina $1,000, Georgia $75 900,
and Missouri $4,000. The latter State,
though loyal now, was sadly impoverished
by the rebel raids.
The State Convention of the People
and Republicans of Pennsylvania, have
nominated Thos. E. Oochrane for Auditor
General and Surveyor General. Resolutions