The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-04-18
Domestic Gossip.

the st. Louis Republican, says of Generals
Shields and Banks:
Where any fighting is allowed by the pos
liteness Of the enemy there is sure to be a
very strong if not predominant western ele.
ment. 1t is rather Hbernian to class
among westerners General Shields, a gen.
tleman who was born as far east as Ireland,
but all his fighting qualities were matured
and nourished in the West. At the head
of a western brigade he fought in Mexico,
and very considerable shaft of western
sunlight shone clear through his body in the
path where Mexican grapeshot had pre-
ceded it. In the first considerable fight of
the Potomac army this broth of western
boy was in command. And being as usual
10 the immediate vicinity of the vagrant
shells and bullets, he came in contact with
shell. His arm was broken but be did
not seem particularly to mind it. He still
directed all the operations of the battle
with the greatest GOODNESS, until General
Banks coming up took command in person,
and pursued the beaten and disheartened
enemy beyond the bills of Strasburg. And
Banks, you know, is another lllinoisan. 1t
is rather cool to name as a Sucker one of
the most prominent politicians of Massa.
chusetts, but we will leave to the East the
politician and remember that Banks, the
fighting man, was taken from Chicago.
The story of an enterprising boy is told
by the Advertiser of Portland Maine. Hen.
King, born in England, and now fifteen
years old, came to this country with bis
parents, who settled in Kenosha, Wiscon.
sin. The great fire which destroyed that
town few years ago swept away the pro.
perty, and the father was left penriless.
When the war broke out be enlisted in the
First Wisconsin regiment, and was killed
at Bull Run. His wife heard of his death
while on the way to Washington, and be-
came insane in consequence of the shock.
The boy Henry afterwards found home
with farmer at London, Canada West,
but few weeks ago his new friend broke
up bis establishment and enlisted in the
American army With little money left
him by his mother, increased by small do.
nation from his last master, Henry started
for Portland in search OF an uncle, w lillian
Hyme, who married his mothers sister.
But he could gain no intelligence of his
relative yet, with stout heart, he looks
the world in the face, and desires a chance
to earn his bread, and win, if be can,
home.
A LETTER from Pea Ridge, Arkansas,
written since the battle, says: /" We passed
a. neat-looking house, with the door and
window cases painted green, and the usual
stone chimney stack, in old Virginia style,
towering up at either end of the mansion.
The dwelling was desert d, the late occu-
pant having left the following inscription,
painted in legibe characters on the wall
under the verandah, intended as a sympa-
thetic appeal to the invaders, in behalf of
the minors, by their considerable gadien -:
"'This property of minors, hon'ble Sirs, you
will please respect it as such, and has to be
rented for the support of the same.
"F. D. CLEMENT, gadein.'"
Underneath the above some patriotic
soldier has appropriately inscribed the fol-
lowing sage advice to the aforesaid
'gaden ."
"'My Dear Sir-You missed it by leaving
home, for we of the North intend to whip the
South if it takes US sixty years. If you had
stayed at home and been neutral. you could
have kept your darkes. and would have been
protected. S. l.. F.
In recent sermon, after noticing other
successes which, during the previous week,
had filled the country with rejoicing, Bishop
Clark of Rhode Island thus alluded to Gen.
Burnside and his victory at Roanoke
Island {:
Roanoke has bowed before the powers of
that noble man who has been followed
through all his trials and perils by the
grateful and earnest prayers OF every loyal
Christian in Rhode Island. God has been
with him, testing severely his faith and his
courage, but all the while holding the winds
in the hollow of bis Almighty hand, so that
the storm and tempest should never over
come him. While he was planting his
magnificent expedition it was my fortune to
occupy the same room with him in WASH
ington, and shall never forget how, every
morning and every evening, we used to
kneel down and pray for the blessing of
God upon his solemn work. That blessing
ensures bis success. The Lord of Hosts is
with him-the God OF battles is his refuge.
The recent speeches of Parson Brownow
have given offence to the Israelites. The
last number of the Jewish Messenger says
We regret to observe that he persists in
harping on the religious belief OF j. P.
Benjamin, whom he designates as "a little
miserable Jew" With Mr.. Benjamin's
political opinions or personal character Mr..
Brownlow may be more familiar than our
selves, but we insist that the Parson has not
the shadow of right to introduce into bis
speeches any such surs On the Jewish reli-
gion as those, in which, on the last two &C.
casions, be has been noticed to indulge. We
protest, 10 the name of our co rellgionists.
against Mr. Brownlow's unwarrantable use
of the Jewish name in connection de-
signed to ridicule Or debase it. 1t is about
time such prejudice, worthy of the dark
ages, had ceased to exist.
- General Hunter, who went down to
supersede General Sherman, at Port Royal,
has authority to use all loyal men in that
region, in whatever capacity he may see fit.
He nrofesses not to have the prejudice