The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-02-21
I" Wise Foreseeth the EVIL, and Hideth
Himselfs while tho Th0ughtless
pass On and are Punished"


verbs,-there, or thereabOuts,-is suggest.
ed to the pious side of our mind by re
view Of the operations of the doughty Brig
adler from Accomac. Probably no man
in the rebel army has exhibited keener
sense of the danger of getting into danger
or has scented, with nostrils more like unto
Jobs war.horse, the battle from afar off, OF
farther of, than the Hon. and Brigadier
General HENRY A. WISE. He smells gum
powder at a greater distance than hound
does deer, and he runs from the game
faster than the dog does towards it. He
has an instructive horror Of iron bursting
at his feet, and lead flying around loose
and when the times indicate this reckless
condition of affairs, then WISE toreseeth
the evil, and hideth himself; while the
thoughtless pass on and are punished"
At the beginning of the rebellion in Vir-
ginia, the chivalric soul of WISE was set
on fire at the thought of Southern wrongs
and he went to JEFF. DAVIS and got a
Brigadier's commission, and put himself at
the head OF several regiments OF the best
blood of the Old Dominion, and gave to his
command the name of "Wise's Legion"
The Richmond Enquirer didn't attach any
special Importance to the balance of the
Rebel army, but its columns were filed
with the prospective exploits of the terrible
d" Legion" WISE himself promised the
" Legion" that they should winter in Phil
adelphia, and have quarters ID Indepena
dence Hall, whose walls, be said, should echo
the immortal words and truths of a a.ew
Declaration.
But, before starting on their Northern
campaign, the Brigadier suggested a sum-
mer excursion to the cool heights of the
Alleghanies, and the cooler valleys that lie
beyond, where the chivalry had been wont
to pass the hot season to clear, by way of
pastime, the sacred soil of Western Virgin.
ia from the tread of Northern vandalism !;
and then, to luxuriate a while along the
Kanawha and the Sweet Briar, where Sul~
phur Springs, both Sweet and Salt, and
Red, and White, and Blue, would solace
and invigorate the weary heroes of the "Le
gion." And &c. as gaiIy and confidently
as Don Quixote set forth on his tour of
knight-errantry, and attended by half a
score of Sancho Panza aids, the gallant
Brigadier took up his occidental march, and
the "Legion" followed after. What a
King>of.France campaign they made of it
how they crossed the mountains and then
recrossed-"marched up the bill and then
marched down again"--how they let the
''d--d Yankees" severely alone--how even
the cool delights OF all the Sulphurs could
not WOO them into tarrying--how they
excused themselves from the Philadel-
phia trip on the plea of "other en-
gagemen,s''- been before this written
and printed, and is everywhere known
Such superlative F. F. VS. as composed
the " Wise Legion" fight desperately on
paper, but even there they fight only with
gentlemen" To range their dainty forms
into battaIions to receive doses of cold lead
at the hands OF Buckeyes, and Hooisers,
and, worst of all, Suckers, is deuced vul-
gah"--an indiguity too gross for chivalric
endurance, and they retire in hasty disgust.
And leading their van is their brave Brig
adler; for WISE foreseeth the evil, and
hideth himself"
And the Brigsdier kept hid, until BURN
SIDE started on his exploring expedition
along the Pamlico and Albemare. Then
WISE gathered an army and occupied Ro-
anoke Island--planted batteries ther<--got
LYNCH, the Dead Sea hero, TO extemporise
a Aeet--and vowed that no Yankee foot,
soldiers or sailors, should press the soil of
the Roanoke Valley. When BURNSIDE
hove in sight, however, the Brigadier finds
it convenient to be sick boats it to Nag S
Head; sees the battle waged and lost ;
whereupou, once more, with his keen scent
of danger, WISE foreseeth the evil, and
hideth HIMSELF" while the three thousand
OF his command, more thoughtless than
he, "pass on and are punished" with death,
or wounds or capture.
The war is getting too serious for WISE
Powder and ball, and all the internal con.
comitants of a" villainous saltpetre," are MT
what he bargsined for, when be took his
Brigadier's commission. He will be con-
tent, hereafter, to let bis sword rust inglori-
ousIy in its scabbard. There will be one
name dropped from the list of Rebel Gen
erals; for -" WISE foreseeth the evil. and
hideth himself"
MEAsLEs.-Mr. A. r. Smith, of Detroit
ko<o 20 ha