The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-05-30

gold dust, taken by him from the bottom
Of ravine in the vicidit u ths battles
ground Of Shiloah. The article, says the
Democrat, has been carefully tested, and
found to exhibit an extremely fine quality
Of gold. ~ U. ~
Last Sunday week the Univeraalist
Church on Broadway presented the unusual
sight of the editor Of the Tribune, Horace
Greeley, in the pulpit. Rev. Mr.. Chaplin
was too unwell to preach and Mr. Greeley
officiated in his stead. 1t is understood
that Mr.. Chapin's disease is the govt, and
that he is about to visit Europe
1t may be well as we read the accounts
which are reaching US of General Hooker's
gallantry in the battle of Williamsburg, to
remember that be is the man whom Mr..
Charles Sumner has been bowling about
for some time. General Hooker has per-
formed his whole duty, and the malicious
chatter of talking Senators will not ipjari-
ously affect his reputation.
The negroes from the near counties of
Maryland steal their masters stock and
wagons to come into Baltimore, and parties
in Maryland have frequently stopped them
to search the wagons for " contra bands"
A negro, driving wagon to town few
days ago, was thus stopped, when he said,
NO use looking in this wagon, massa, l
hain't got any concubines dar."
The Newport Neaos states that Mrs.
Wilcox, who resides near Wexford, r. l.,
gave birth, on Friday, 10 four bouncing
boys. The happy father of these newly
arrived youngsters is private in the Fifth
Battalion R. l. cavalry. The mother and
children all doing well.
The Dutch Government has decreed
the abolition of slavery in its American
colonies, to take effect from and after July
l, 1863, on the following conditions: An
indemnity of 300 guilders $3.50 to be paid
to owners for each slave-man, woman or
child. The slaves will be subject to three
years. apprenticeship on the plantations,
receiving for their labor certain amount
of wages, ore half of which will 60 to the
Government.
Col. G. w. Taylor of the Third New
Jersey Regiment, recently created a Briga-
der General, and now in command OF the
First New Jersey Brigade, is native resi-
dent of Hunterdon county, N. j., and served
with credit through the Mexican War, in
which be commanded company of Jersey
Blues. He was formerly in the navy.
Among the killed of the first regiment
of Sickles's brigade at Williamsburg was
Lieut.. Sydney w. Howe, son of George
Howe of Boston. He was in Europe when
the war commenced, but returned to fight
for his country. He fought bravely, and
was in the act of cheering on his men when
he fell.
"A late letter from Port Royal says the
only reason why Charleston is not captured
and Savannah taken possession of, Is, that
force of the rebels, much larger than our
own, is thus kept from joining Beuregard
at Corinth.
"A supper given at the Astor House
recently was attended by Parson Brownlow,
Captain Bailey, famous as the second in
command under Commodore Farragut and
other celebrities. During the festivities, the
Captain was called upon for speech. One
who was present thus reports it:
Now the Captain is the reverse of Parson
tundity, and there is no ''forty thousand par.
son power of talking in him. l believe
somebody pred i'm up with handsplke or
in some way, and he undertook to make
speech. 1t is no detractiOn from Dr. Hitch
cock, who made a most eloquent one just be-
fore, to say that the Captains told better,
from pure want of words. "Gentlemen," said
he, as he nervously twisted his napkin into
hard rope and hesitated between his words 80
II don't claim any more than my share-we
don't any of us-we all want what belongs to
US and no more. Farragut did it-he planned
it all out; all we had to do was to obey his or
ders; that's just what we did. As to the par.
ticular the way of it was-was.. well, we had
jolly good fght! Whereupon the gallant
Captain dumped himself into his chair.
There was sharp engagement recently
at Princeton, Virginia. The place was
taken by Humphrey Marshall and retaken
by Gen. Cox. The principal loss on our
side was sustained by the 2Sth Ohio (Ger.
many regiment.
John T. Moore, the Mayor Of New
Orleans, told Commodore Farragut that
there was not man in New Orleans who
would raise the Stars and Stripes in that
city. The next day, however, number OF
the citizens were shot in the streets for
shouting for the Union, and four hundred
and eighty men marched out of Fort Jack
SOD in body and took the oath of ALE
glance to the United States.
The First regiment of North Carolina
Volunteers, which has been raised in Wash.
ipgton and Beaufort counties, is now nearly
al ho uooIx in, 4, chork %;,no