The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-01-03


II. He was an old ard valued citizen of
New York, resident for many years at AL
bany, and the reporter of the Supreme
Court, to whom we are indebted for the
long series of reports bearing his name.
He was highly esteemed in private life, and
during the long period of time through
which he has been known to the bar of the
State, he has possessed their respect and
affection in an eminent degree. He was
resident in Hartford for some years before
his decease.
Capt. Henry 7. Lawson of Newton,
commanding Company I, 10th Massachu-
sets regiment, Col. Wyman, now at Fort
ress Monroe, has been cashiered for viola
ton of rules and articles of war, in muster
ing into the service colored man.
Gen. Mcclellan, upon the receipt of
Gen. Phelps report of lis occupation Of
Ship Island, yesterday, declared his dissatis-
faction with Gen. Phelps proclamation,
stating that he should have issued no pro-
clamation at all on the occasion.
The st. Louis Democrat announces that
the company of regulars who were under
the command of Gen. Lyon, when he was
simply captain, and who had served with
him for years in the far West, against the
Indians, have left for Washington, to join
the balance of their regiment at that place.
For the last two years these brave fellows
have been on active duty, and have been in
some ten engagements against Indians and
rebels.
Mrs. Hepzibah Adams Fairbanks cele-
brated her one hundredth birthday Decem-
Der 9th, 1861, by attending divine service
at the Unitarian church, in Peterborough,
N. H., of which she is member, and lis
tening to an appropriate discourse. Mrs.
Fairbanks enjoys good health and happy
old age, and of her liz direct descendants,
II are living, and As were present and re.
ceived her centennial blessing on the 9th
inst.
The St. Louis Republicans Cairo CORES
spondent says that the Louisiana troops at
Columbus, when it was reported that New
Orleans had been taken, were almost mutt
nous, and determined to return and protect
their hOmes.< The officers had to quiet them
By giving assurance that the city was safe.
The Washington correspondent of the
New York Evening Post describes re-
yiew of two regiments of sharp-shooters at
Washington as follows: ,
Here on the bare hill, these men were drawn
up, two thousand strong, complete in every
respect but one-they are without guns 1t
was really sad to see them-a noble body of
soldiers without the rifles which should be
their pride.
As yet they have only been able, despite
the utmost eXertOns of the Colonel, to obtain
fifty muskets for guard duty. 1t is won der
that the men retain their spirits under such
long delay, and it speaks well for their officers
that they are not discouraged. .te
Good marksmen as they are, they have not
be n contented to take the ordinary regulation
musket. Sharp's rifles were promised them
Clellan, but some trouble in the War Depart.
ment have thus far prevented their getting
them.
Let US hope they will soon have the weapon
they are so competent to WELD. One cOmpa-
ny are all Minnesotans, fine stalwort men,
practiced in prairie stalking another are Ty.
rolese, sharp shots from the Alps.
The Right Rev. Gen. Leonidas Polk,
since he doftd the mitre and clutched the
sword in the rebel service, has suffered
somewhat from his associations, and speaks
ARK. .lsas English with fuency. A cores
poncent from Louisville, thus mentions the
old crusader
l think the Right Reverend Bishop General
Polk, If some one has not slandered him, sent
q flag OF truce to the devil when he laid aside
the sword OF the spirit and took up the carnal
weapons Of JEFF. Davis, and has since fallen
into the habit of the army at Flanders. 1t is
stated on the authority OF gentleman who
was present, that, when a note of inquiry was
sent down TO Columbus by Gen. Grant after
the battle at Belmont, in which the action was
mentioned as ''skirmish"" the Bishop Gem
eral Oh reading it exclaimed, "SkIrmish! he'll
and damnation I'd like to know what he
calls battle"
The Washington correspondent of the
New York Commercial Adyertiser, says:
The proclamation of General Phelps, issued
at ship Island. has caused much comment, and
it is currently reported that he will be SUPER
seeded. The determination of Congress to sup.
port the administration, and to endorse its
policy, is more strongly marked every day,
and it is evident that this is not to be war of
emancipation, but struggle for the restora-
ton of the Union.
The conservative sentiment is strengthened
as members of Congress are made acquainted
with the plans OF the General in command,
which doubtless assure them that at no very
distant day the conspiracy will be crushed,
and that without calling in the aid OF the
slaves. -e es -
The partial report of the committee on con.
tracts has created quite sensation. The
friends of Secretary Wells insist that the large
compensation received by his brother-in-law,
Mr.. Morgan, was strictly in accordance with
the commercial usage Of the port Of New
York. --'- ..l az.
AT village 10 the interior of the State
Of New York, few days since, man rush.
ed into hotel one evening, exclaiming, If
l could sell out my property would pull
up stakes here, and join JEFF Davis army J"