The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-06-06

Where will Davis stop Z" asks q co.
temporary. Where Beauregard said he
would water his horse, probably.
-D'Orsay g rival, tie wealthy Lord Penn
broke, died in Paris q few weeks ago.. He
was "immense" on dress, affecting the &C.
verely plain, while D'Orsay favored colors.
Pembroke kept horses and women in abun-
dance, spent no end Of money in Paris,
where be resided all his life, considering it
the only habitable spot on the face of the
earth.
1t is asserted that petitions for remu,
neration for the liberation of 1913 slaves
in the District OF Columbia, have already
been fled, which is an increase upon the
estimated number of one thousand, suppos.
ed to be owned in the district.
Major Slemmer, Of Fort Pickens fame
has arrived at the headquarters of Genera
Halleck's army, and joined General A
Med. McCook's division of Gen. Buell.,
oAmy SoAPSs
james Hampton, Of --Dgham, Maine,
has within three --eks buried bis whole
fam;lv e;oh+ u number, the victims Of that
dreadt,. scourge-diptheria. On one day
g. little ones lay dead together in the des
olated house. -.........
Acting Master Stone, who was in
command of the Emile st. Pierre when
she was recaptured by an inferior force, has
been dismissed from service.
1t is pity that bores for the most
part are worthy, well meaning persons
You could turn dull rascal out of doors
with good conscience but rascals ore US.
ual'y too shrewd to be tedious. A mar
who intends to rob you can't afford to make
himself disagreeable except in the way OF
his profession. Moral-be patient with
bores; they wont steal anything but your
time.
The Charleston Mercury states that
the steam ram Mississippi which the rebels
burned at New Orleans, was three times al
large as the Merrimac, and that she could
have destroyed the Yankee navy if they
could only have succeeded in getting he,
ready in time.
"A blacksmith in Newbern told g
newspaper correspondent that be was afraic
to put on a clean shirt before the Unior
troops came there, because, if be did go
the rebel soldiers would steal it from BIZ
back. He represents that the conduct o
the Confederate soldiers was of the mos
reprehepsible and infamous character. NJ
person could with safety hang clothing ou
to dry. The soldiers helped themselves ,e
everything they desired.
Who are smalgamationists is thus dis,
closed in the following paragraph frora tht
Boston Courier:
letter from Beaufort, South Carolina. ir
our posse ssion, from a gentleman who ha,
been in the vicinity for many weeks, SAYS
"Strange to say, have seen but three or fou,
mulattOes in all my excu sions on these is
lands, but the next crop of children will be-
one half Yankee" TIE inference in regard tt
past and present morality in those paris ma,
be drawn by anybody but Performer"
Among numerous letters found in ths
camp of Mississippi brigade recently eur
prised by our troops near Corinth, was 90;
from rebel to bis sweet heart. He tell
"Nancy:" ....
Iexpect that we will take hunt fer the
| yanks aud l had much rather hunt anything
that ever hunted in my life than the yauk,
they are very easy found but they are not cas-,
to get shet Of for there is too many of ,herr
but the marching gets me worse than the
yanks for | am broke down don't feel like
that could march five miles if the yanks was
close behind me-
lien. Harvey, of whom we have heard
so little since he was relieved of command
at St. Louis, still resides on bis property
near that city. A correspondent OF the
Philadelphia Press says:
Gen. Harvey is living very quiet and retired
here. having recently bought fine house n
the addition and comes into the city occa
sionaly, attracting good deal of attention
by his iue scldiery bearing, yet devoid of all
mill airy trapplDgs, his dress being PLAIN sui,
OF black. He doubtless wa ches the move.
ments of the great chess board, in the game
Of the ''Union," with good deal of interest
We learn from the Muscatine uowa)
Journal that Edward Lawrence, who MUIR
dered William Hunt, 10 Henderson Couoty
Illinois, in April last. was arrested mic
or two above Fairport, Iowa, on the Goth
inst. The murder Was committed 10 ID bar
room ARRAY, and the murderer Immediately
escaped, and has successfully eluded the Wig
lance of the officers until the Goth, when q
former acquaintance, in travelling between
Muscatine and Davenport, recognized and
reported him. Lawrence made no resistance
but quietly gave himself up to the fficer.
He was taken back to Henderson county.
The late Dr. Luther V. Bell, the well
known superintendent Of the Mclean Asy
lum for the insane at Somervile, near Bos-
ton, but at the time of bis death a brigade
surgeon in the army, left the bulk of bis
estate, amounting to about $50 900, to bis