The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-04-11

i -Rt. Rev. William Meade, D. D.,
Bishop of the Episcopal Church, in Vir.
ginia, died about ten days ago, at his late
residence, Mountain View" near Mlwood,
CLARK county, in that State. A private
letter, dated March 23d, and written by one
OF his most intimate friends, merchant of
Alexandria, to an Episcopal clergyman of
Philadelphia, conveys the sad intelligence.
Wendell Phillips delivered his lecture
on the war in Chicago last Friday evening.
There was a crowded audience aud no dis.
turbance.
"A Washington paper says: "Many
persons are inquiring what our sick sol.
diers will do in the South during the COM
ing SUMMER. The Surgeon General, more
than month ago, presented to the Secre-
tary OF War plan for the removal of the
sick to northern climate, and asked and
received permission to visit pleasant 10.
callty which be had suggested, in order to
lnaugurate the proper measures to carry
out his purpose"
The Buffalo E9press, a republican
newspaper, and edited by the postmaster of
that city, exhibits the very bad taste con-
tanned in the following respecting the Cin-
cinnati outrage upon Wendell Phillips:
Its undoubtedly true that rotton egg is
not good argument, yet it ever man earn
ed that style of thing, it is Wendell Phillips.
Looking at the Cincinnati affair in this light,
we cannot pretend to any special sympathy
with MIR. Phillips. or regard him as any more
OF victim than the case will justify. He has
his remedy we suppose. 1t he has not we
suggest to him soap and water, with an after
application of jockey club.
In the late election for Congress in Ac-
comac county Virginia, MIR. Segur and his
opponent, DR.. Watson, took the stump.
The people put to them both the question
Will you, if elected, vote men and money
to put down the rebellion 2" Mr.. Segur
answered that be would vote unqualifedly
and unreservedly the last dollar and the last
man, and even 60 himself to put down the
wicked rebellion. DR.. Watson's reply was
that he had always been opposed to that
policy, and was against coercion. Mr.. Sc.
CUR told the people that be was for fighting
to the hitter end that he did not wish
them to be deluded into the belief that be
was conditional Union man, as be had
been charged with being by extremists who
opposed him in the House 10 the late con-
test for the seat and that as an uncondi-
tional Union man only he desired votes.
The attacks upon General Mcclellan
are fast subsiding, and more than one of the
critics is hedging" and preparing to ap.
pear in the character of an original and con.
slant believer and friend. 1t may be con-
jectured that unpublished intelligence as to
the army of the Potomac has something to
do with these conversions, as we'll as very
clearly expressed public opinion. 1t begins
to be seen that certain things for which the
general has been censured have long been
anticipated by him, and that the rebels are
not likely to " take anything by their mo.
tions."
"A very small crumb of comfort is often
thankfully received. Upon this principle
Mr.. Lincoln practices constantly and sue
cessiully. As an illustration take the fol.
lowing extract from the Washington corres-
pondence of the New York Evening Post:
There has been SOM difficulty at the Post.
Office Department lately In reference to two
or three Post Office appointments, and the 10.
cation of the office in Hartford. In one or two
cases, the feeling between the radical Repub
licans and then opponents has been very high,
but in NO case has the President made an enc
my. Ip each case he has declined to interfere,
but in one or two he ventured to express an
unofficial opinion. and it was decidedly in ia.
vcr of the radical Republicans.
An American correspondent of the Lon.
don Telegraph gives the following anecdote
of General Mitchell, who is widely known
as an astronomer:
An officer lately came into his presence at an
hour later than General Mitchell had named.
''Sr, you are late" exclaimed the general.
"Only few seconds" responded the officer.
"Sr, have been liz the habit of computing
the value of a hundreth part of second re
torted the General, shutting up his subordi-
nate finally.
The day on which PRESIDENT Lincoln
was inaugurated, March 4, 1861, United
States 6 per cent. stocks sold at 921a. AT
ter increasing tie public debt, which then
stood at $75 ,455 900, to some $350,O00,-
coo, that same stock is now selling in the
market at "a.
The Louisville Journal has some an>
swers to correspondents. Here is a SAM
pie:
Jennie.- Ministers are not more addicted to
dissipation than the men of other professions
A few of the kallOch type take gin toddies
and liberties with females, but the great ma
jority of them are as good as lawyers and doc
tors. If you want true Christian. marry an
editor.
We can hardly give any credit to the
following gloomy representation of things,
taken from the Washington correspondence
of Tuesdays Chicago Times If the half OF
it be true, however, it is bad enough:
The military authorities here are in posses.