The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-10-24

Colfax Republican). ............... 1850
Cathcart Oemocrat. ............ Ia, 458
Colfax's majority .............. 3,402
"A fellow named Christian Gantenbein
recently married the widow of the late
John Symonds, at Platteville, Wisconsin,
and since then it has been ascertained that
the widow makes his elecenM wife, One
of them came to Platteville and testified
that he deserted her in Dubuque several
months ago. 1t has also been ascertained
that he is deserter from the United States
army. He has been committed to Jail
for trial.
Accounts received from other than
newspaper sources, show that since the
battle of Antietam there are less in
dications in Europe than previously
to recognize the Southern Confederacy,
and that the result of that engagement, so
far as the government of the United
States is concerned, has decidedly had
D6ncIlCldl lnNucnCe.
We are now in the midst of most delight
ful Indian summer. The air is soft and hazy,
and everything around conduces to that pecu-
liar sensation of delight which is always felt in
the fine climate of Minnesota at this season of
the year.-IVsnona Republican.
The air was hazy enough yesterday, but
being mixed with sand and gravel, and
driven into our faces with the force of a
hurricane, we found it anything but 'soft, 3"
The Louisville Journal says: eve
hear nothing of Humphrey Marshall now.
We don't know where he is. Wherever he
may be, he is no doubt doing the worst he
can. Everywhere his presence excites alb
horrence. He shows himself a remorseless
robber, and an insolent and disgusting
blackguard. He is large bulk of infamy-
" A monstrous mass of foul, corrupted matter,
AS all the devils had spewed to make the batter"
The agricultural department has re-
ceived gratifying intelligence from various
sections of the country of the success
attending the culture of cotton. Those
from Southern Illinois are especially en-
couraging.
Military indications and privately
known facts are entirely at variance with
the current reports that the Army of the
Potomac is preparing to go into winter
quarters.
The Ebert County (Georgia) Supreme
Court had decided the Confederate Con-
script Law to be unconstitutional. The
argument of the Court upon the points
raised is of great length. We append the
concluding paragraphs of the decision.
The palpable infraction of the Confederate
compact is sometimes indeed, principally-de-
Tended on the plea of necessity What a dan
gerous fallacy! We have expended one hun
dred thousand lives and untold millions of mo-
ney to maintain the Constitution and the indie
pendence of the States, and shall we now VIC
late it, and destroy the State Government As
reasonably might we commit suicide to avoid
personal danger
Whereupon, and for these reasons, it is Or
dered and adjudged by the Court that the
act of the Confederate Congress kno wn as the
COnscript Law, and entitled San act to further
provide for the public defense" is void; and
the plaintiff, James NJ. LOvingOOd, be released
and discharged from the custody and control
OF Sidney p. Bruce and from the custody and
control of the sheriff of this court, and he be
set at liberty, to go wherever he pleases.
Colonel DeGraff is at Winona, max
ing an effort to start up the Transit Rail
road.
Captain lockwood, of the Marshall
Guards, now at Mankato received some
days ago, from his friends in St. Paul, a
very handsome and costly sword, belt.
sash, etc.
"A Washington correspondent says
there are at least $5O,OO0,OOO in claims
waiting payment on the desk of the Secre-
tary of the Treasury. The reply to the
claimants is that the funds have all been
exhausted in paying soldiers bounty.
Immense quantities of cotton are on
the way to England from India The Lon
don Daily Nears says:
AS the cotton supply question and the capa-
bilities of India are now occupying so much of
puDllc attention, our commercial readers will
regard with much interest the following statis-
tics of the cotton Oh the way from Bombay,
and which amounts in round numbers to about
three hundred and seventy thousand bales A
few of the vessels have already arrived, and in
two or three cases the ships have been either
lost or otherwise freighted, but in the main the
calculations may be relied on.
"A copy Of the order of the Secretary
of War, prohibiting officers from publish
ing their reports, OF permitting them to be
published, has been sent to each officer of
rank who participated in the recent bat
ties on the Rappahannock or in Maryland.
1t appears from letter written by
Mr.. P. A. Taylor, an English Parliament
man who went to Spezzia to see Garribal-
di, that, from the severity of the gallant
leaders wounds, it is not likely he can
even be moved out of his bed for long
time. The most serious injury is in his
ANGLE, and it is feared that it must termin-
ate in permanet lameness.
Major General E. V. Sumner is at his
homo in SvracuSo NJ " Mo;or Goporal