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

Private advices from Paris and Tou.
lon assert that the armour plates OF the
iron.plated frigate La Gloire have become
loosened on her sides from the ships work
ing when at sea, and that she consequently
leaks to such an extent when under steam
that she is really unseawortby. The quail.
ty of her armour plates is also suspected to
be of an interior character.
For several weeks, says Washington
correspondent, very beautiful and interest
ing young lady called daily upon the Sec>
Rotary of State to intercede for her lover,
who is one of the state prisoners-he hay
ing been arrested three months since, while
conveying dispatches to the rebels. After
much importantly by the lady, and great
deal of correspondence with her lover, the
latter agreed to take the oath of allegiance,
and an officer was sent to the old Capitol
prison to administer the oath. On its being
read to the Gagged lover, he objected to taxi
ing it, stating that he objected to part of
it. On being asked what part, he stated
that which denied him the benefit of "men.
tai reservation"
Mrs. Mcclellan, new star in the
Presidential mansion, is described as of
medium height and fine form. Her eye is
hazel, splendid and speaking. Her face is
not handsome, but it beams with gentleness,
affection, intelligence and determination,
says the reporter of the New York Herald.
Col. Peyton told people in England
that there are in the South 100000 bales of
cotton of the old crop, and over 100000
bales of the new crop, as we'll as upwards of
$50,000,000 worth of tobacco and naval
stores ready for shipment.
The Indianapolis Journal of Saturday
publishes the following. Some persons
might consider it personal:
A CARD.-The gentleman boarding at the
Bates House who has long black hair, and
speaks with a slightly foreign accent. who dis dis
cards the use of knife, fork and spoon in eat.
ing, and who uses his fingers like a Hottentot.
wiping the grease and filth on his hair, can as.
certain, by inquiry at the Journal office, the
names of gentlemen who will pay his bills at a
restaurant that they may be relieved of his
ONE TABLE OF BoARDERs.
The vessel with the supplies which
Rev. Mr.. Conway procured for the suffer.
ing loyal people of North Carolina, by his
appeal to the sympathetic and patriotic
people of New York, has arrived safely, and
her cargo unloaded by the natives. The
provisions thus sent were received by those
sufferers with expressions of the warmest
gratitude to the kind people who had sup
piled them.
The Upton correspondent of the St.
Louis Republican pays the following com.
pliment to the First Kansas regiment:
Never in my rambles hayeI seen regi-
ment so joyous and merry as the Kansas
First were upon the announcement that
battle was near. Every man, without a
single exception, showed the sign of won.
derful and peculiar kind of joy. Even the
convalescent in the hospital waited upon
their gallant Colonel and entreated him to
allow them to prepare for the march.
heard one of the privates call to another,
Bill, come to breakfast" Bill replied,
ITO hi with your hard bread I'm going
to Warrensburg 2" The regiment lost just
one halt its number at Wilson's Greek, and
it is singular what an almost irenzied desire
they now exhibit to get into another fight.
The regiment is desirOus OF forming a part
OF the force to be sent on gun boats from
Cairo, but fear that wish. will not be graft
fed