The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-05-09

News and Other Items.

News and Other Items.
The following pleasant little statement
appears in the New Orleans Crescent
ANDREW JoHNsoN.--A rumor prevailed in
Memphis last Monday, that Andrew johnson
had been shot and instantly killed in Nashville
and that the man who killed him had made
good his escape. 1fnot true now, probably il
,oW be some Of these days.
The Louisville Journal, after copying
articles from various rebel papers, limiting
at some fresh plot on the part of the con-
spirators which is soon to startle the
North as it was never startled before, saws:
The numerous statements, insinuations. and
hints of this character undoubtedly deserve to
be considered. The rebels, in their despera.
ton, are certainly capable of attempting anv
thing, no matter how atrocious. Unquestiona.
bly, there is reasonable conspiracy extend.
ing through all or nearly all of the loyal
States, and, in few of them, it is quite strong.
The chief rebel cOnspiratOrs are not O whit too
good to make arrangements for having every
important city in the United States set on fire
in thousand places upon an appointed night,
and general massacre to take place at the
same time.
One of the Havana papers, of recent
date, contains full and minute description
of the iron~clad ship Galena, with a picto-
rial representation of her gun deck. The
loyal journals of the United States were
notified that they must not publish plans or
descriptions of inventions introduced by the
Government for the purpose of competing
with the productions of the rebel workshops.
New Orleans and Charleston are in frequent
communication with Havana. Comment Is
unnecessary.
The Tribune Of Wednesday, in making
bitter assault upon Mr.. Diven, a Repub-
lican member of the House of Representa-
tives from New York, because he cannot
see in Fremont an angel as we'll as an abo.
litionist, incidentally tells US about the con.
spiracy to remove Mcclellan as follows:
!. When the army of the Republic was at
length put in motion for the campaign of 1862,
a very large proportion of those who had most
closely and carefully studied the pa st manage
ment of that army agreed in the conviction
that change in it's command was desirable.
Among those who shared this conviction the
Secretary of War and nearly or quite every
member of the Congressional joint committee
on the conduct of the war. without d'stinction
of party, were well understood to be most EN-.
phatic. But the President of the United States
is COmmander-in-Chlef of our armies, and he,
after hearing and considering all that was
urged on both sides, decided against a change.
Chicago is again agitated by another
scandalous case of infdelity and seduction.
Philomene Hildebrand, young lady of
reputable parentage, intelligent, accom-
plished, and Of splendid personal appear
ance, charges Mr.. William Lill, the we'll
known brewer, of the firm of Lll & Diver
sey, an old resident of the city, and man
who has acquired large wealth and good
degree of prominence in business circles,
with the black crime of seducing her, under
promise of marriage, and LiIl has been neld
to bail in the sum of $4,000.
In a divorce suit, at New York,
brought by Mary Ann Singer, against
Isaac M. Singer, the noted sewing machine
needle patentee, the Court ordered her an
allowance of $4,000 per annum, alimony,
and her counsel fee of$75O. 1t was CIV
en- in evidence that Singers income was
100000 year.
The '6re in the rear" of General Hall
leck is getting very warm. AS soon as be
left st. Louis to take command of his for.
ces at Pittsburg Landing, the abolition pa
pers opened on him, and they are keeping
up the attack with their heaviest guns.
The Cincinnati Gazette has charge of the
battery in that quarter.
The following appears in Washing
ton letter to the New York Journal of
Commerce of the Oath instant
As real lover of my country (Which be.
lieve myself to beg have had the blues for
several days past, but today things look
brighter. Army matters now seem to be pro.
crossing favorably and harmoniously, and
there is political movement on foot which,
in my opinion, will lay all fanatics ON their
backs, fguratively speaking. It's all contra
band, however, and l only give you thus much
as food for thought.
The Washington Star publishes the
following dispatch, dated Fortress Monroe,
April 90:
From the refugees that reached here this
morning we hear that the Merrimac is being
plated three feet lower (under water) and
sunk in the water q foot deeper than before.
We also learn that the rebel plan is to board
the Monitor with twenty armed men with NAL
let's and wedges, pre-arranged, to wedge up
(spike) her turret port holes in an instant
This was expected and am happy to be able
to say, has been thoroughly guarded against
by changes made in the Monitors means of
defence.
"A special Washington dispatch to the
Chicago Tribune, gives the following &C.
count OF the visit of the French Minister to
Richmond
The French Minister and companions report
Richmond rebels thoroughly confident OF sue
cess at Yorktown, and declare the result Of
the battle at Shiloh a complete victory for
Beauregard. The Southern women are entire.
ly devoted to the rebel cause, and are working
all the time for the soldiers The captain OF
the Gassendi, talking with some boastful Off
Gers on the steps Of the hotel, said /: 'They've
hor,I,nd AJ;,,o,.;