The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-07-24

stand up when lighting is to be done,
especially if it is likely to be of serious
character. Our Woods are decidedly
Quakers.
LATE NEWS ITEMS.
-EDMUND RICE, Esq, arrived at New
York from Europe on Sunday last, in the
Great Eastern. AT meeting of the pas
sengers on her way out, Mr.. RICE was
called to the chair, and made some appro-
pirate remarks complimentary to the en-
ergy and watchfulness of Capt. EATON, and
to the magnifcence and comfort of the
great ship.
"A letter has neen received from Lieut..
N. B. Pearsall, of General Shermans staff,
stating that General Sherman expected to
leave New Orleans in few days for his
home in Newport, r. |. We are happy to
announce that General Sherman's health
is greatly improved He is slowly recov-
ering from the severe shock he sustained
from the wound which resulted in the loss
of his leg
BY order of the President, the ap-
pointment of John S. Phelps, as Military
Governor of Kansas, and of Amos F. Emo,
as Secretary, are revoked, and the office of
Military Governor in said State is abol-
ished, and all authority, appointments, and
power heretofore granted in and exercised
by them, or either Of them, as Military
Governor or Secretary, Or by any person
or persons appointed by or acting under
them, is hereby revoked and annulled.
The elections for members of the Ca
madam Parliament are over, and the re-
suit is given as follows:
Inner c,r,ao Ministerial St Opp. hd't;
Lower Canada .......19 IS
1O'.i, DO OU II
The independent members will mostly
vote on test questions, with the Ministry.
Parliament will meet on the 18th Of Au-
gust.
On Saturday last the Washington Sta.
announced that Wade, Chamberlain other
members Of the Congressional war COM
mittee, had gone Oh a visit to General
Meade's army, and spoke of the fact as
presaging evil. Sure enough, on the fol-
lowing Monday, Lee and his whole army
made their escape.
The following certificates of authority
to commence National Banks have been
issued:
National Bank of Cincinnati. 81 600. zoe
National Bank Of Marietta Ohio -. &C. 600
National Bank Of Washington, JAY,
Cooke d 90. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 800, 900
National Bank OF Portsmouth, n. Il. 100, 600
National Bank of Jersey City .. 1000
National Bank of Carlisle, Pa -. 90. 600
National Bank of Richmond Ind 80 100. 900
National Bank OF Lafayette, Ind. $4,000
The Chicago Tribune has the follow
ing Washington dispatch concerning Lees
escape:
The President sent two dispatches to Meade,
urging an immediate attacK-saying that all
the appearances indicated that no other occa-
sion would arise, offering circumstances 50
prOpitiOus to us. and so unf;avOrable to the
rebels.
In the council Of war Gems Sedgwick. Sick
les. French, Hays aud Slocunl voted against
Gems. Meade, Howard, Pleasanton and Wads-
worth, and Warren and Humphrey. Of Meade,s
staff, for an attack
Had the movement been made at the time
suggested, but 40, geo rebels would have been
found to fight us, 10000 having crossed.
Gen. D. II. Maury, rebel commander
at Mobile, issued q proclamation to the
citizens of that place on the Sth, warning
them that the calamity at Vicksburg had
a peculiar significance for ,hem, that Mo
bile might DE attacked in short time, and
that companies must be Immediately FORM
ed for protection, and that able bodied
slaves must be sent to work On the de-
fences inmet lately.
The following honorary degrees were
announced at the close of the Harvard
College commencement exercises on last
Wednesday:
Doctors of Lac-Joseph Green CogsweH. of
New York; John Pendleton Kennedy, of Bal
timore, formerly Secretary of the Navy; Chas
Allen, of Worcester, Chief Justice of the Supe-
rior Court.
Doctors Of Dicinity-Rev. VIM Hague. of
Boston; Rev. Alonzo A. Miner, President of
Tufts College; Rev. James Freeman Boston.
N1sieg Of ArtS-Richard Edwards President
Of the Normal University, Bloomington, Ill
The Union Powder Works in New
Durham, N. H., turns out two tons ofpow-
der per day for government. These
works, with three other establishments,
furnish q large portion of the powder used
in this war. The Dupont Works, Viii
mington, Delaware; Hazard, in Connect
cut; Oriental, in Maine, and the Union,
in New Hampshire, have turned out at the
rate of four hundred barrels per day.
The drafted men at Plattsburg, New
York, numbering three hundred, celebra-
ted the selection Z by music, procession,
ropoatod obnarr far tha President Pra,roc+