The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-12-26
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cident occurred, which should serve as a
warning to mothers. A little daughter of
Nelson Suratt, a stone cutter, residing at
No. So Seymour street, Syracuse, was left
in the house by her mother while she went
to get some water. While absent, the
child approached the stove and was raking
out the live Goals with the poker, when its
1 clothes caught Ere and were nearly burned
of Bsf0rethe father, who had to break
through window, could render any aid.
The poor child was burned to crisp from
the forehead down to the feet. The back
was also somewhat burned. The little suf-
ferer fingered until the following morning,
when death put an end to her sufferings.
The Chinese papers by the Arabia
give some particulars of the death of the
American adventurer, Ward, formerly a
resident of Salem, but lately a leader of a
well-disciplined force of Chinese on the
imperial side in China. 1t appears that
Ward, with the help of two English gun
boats, had repulsed an attack of the rebels,
killing seven hundred of them, but that
while he was viewing the fugitives through
his glass, bullet struck him in the stom-
ach, inflicting wound of which he died
the following day. He made his will, and
appointed our minister to China, Hon. An
son Burlingame, as one of his executors.
Speaking of the death of Ward, the London
Times says he was a brave, reckless, I'M
scrupulous fellow, who amassed an enor-
nous fortune, like filibuster as he was,
and died like fearless soldier OF fortune
His followers, however, as soon as he was
dead, deserted to the rebels, for their bu-
siness was plumber.
There are unmistakable indications
that the long talked ofMississippi river ex-
petition is about to become reality. Or
ders have already been issued pressing in
to service as transports all the serviceable
steamboats, at St. Louis, including those
of the transportation lines between that CT
ty and Rock Island. This looks as ifsome-
thing was to be done Immediately toward
opening the Mississippi
According to the London Economist,
the cotton famine has reached its worst
stage, and will soon experience relief. The
importations now expected will yield
supply sufficient to employ the mills two
thirds of the time
"A London surgeon was paid $4,000
for declraing that Garibaldi had no bullet
in his wound. An eminent French sur
geon, however, soon after found bullet
there, and the LondOner is now called up
on to refund the fee-which he declines to
do
Our volunteers have very hard time
of it sometimes, in the South, fighting the
battles of their country. One of them,
writing to the Rochester Union, from the
camp near Aqua Creek, says lie was part
Of a wagon-guard there, eating hard,
mouldy crackers, full of worms, while
fresh, warm bread, just sent from Alexan-
dria, was being served out to couple of
hundred negroes. He adds: "One of our
boys stepped up to an officer and asked
him for piece. His answer was: Would
you take bread away from the poor colored
mana That incident tells significant
story. --..- ..-.
. In the House of Representatives on
Monday, Mr.. Morris, of Ohio, offered reso-
lutions, which were adopted amid laughter,
, instructing the Committee ON Ways and
Means to inquire into the expediency of
amending the tax law SO as to require
every member of Congress offering reso-
luton to affix a ten cent stamp.
The New York SIN states that James
Gordon Bennett is to retire from the Her.
aid on the first of January next. The man
agement will probably devolve upon James
Gordon Bennett, junior. The managing
editor for several years past has been Fred
erck Hudson, whom Bennett pays, it is
said, $4,000 year as salary. Bennett
must be more than seventy years old
Charles Cooper, an exceedingly dan
gerous character, from Livingston county,
Missouri, who has been confined in the
Gratiot prison, st. Louis, was released a
few days since, and returned to his home.
whereat his neighbors gathered in large
body and hung him. IT s!4r
John a. fainter, who died in Hart
ford, Connecticut, few weeks ago, left all
his property, about 100000, to his wife
and two daughters. In his will he forbids
? either of his daughters to marry foreign
err, or native of a Southern or slavehold-
ing State, and in case she does, she forfeits :.
her right to the property. s13l1go.
The little republic of Trans Vaas, in
Southern Africa, beyond the English colo
ny of the Cape, established under the aus
niceS of the Enulish Government has M