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The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-10-16
The Governor pulled the ring off, and,

The Governor pulled the ring off, and,
sure enough, the letters were there.
"The finger that used to wear that ring
will never wear it any more. The hand is
dead, but the soldier still lives.'
The Governor was now more inter
ested than ever. "Well, madam" said
he, "tell me all about it. Is this ring
yours? Was it given to. you by soldier
whom you loved?"
81 loved him as I loved my life; but he
never returned that love. He had more
love tor his country than for me. honor
him for it. That soldier who placed that
little ring upon your finger now stands be-
fore YOU" So saying, the strange lady
arose from the chair and stood before the
Governor.
The scene that now ensued we leave to
the imagination of the reader a happy
hour passed. The girl who had thus in
troduced herself was Catherine E. David
son, of Sheffield, Ohio. She was engaged
to be married, but her future husband re-
sponded to the call of the President, and
she followed him by joining another regi-
ment. He was killed in the same battle
where she fell wounded. She is alone in
this world, her father and mother having
departed life years ago. She was the SOL
dier Of the 2Sth Ohio who had placed the
ring upon the finger CT Governor Curtin,
for the kind attention given her upon the
bloody field of Antietam.
The right arm had been amputated about
half way between the elbow and the shoul-
der. The interview finally ended, and
having at last seen her benetactOr, she bade
him and his friends adieu.
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SAINT PAUL. FRIDAY, OCTOBER l6. 1863.

per acre., located in one body, and the boun-
daries agreeing with the usual subdivisions of
public surveys-as follows:
1st. Select the land that is regularly survey
ed and present the following application, with
$40 to pay survey, and usual fees (about $D,
to the Receiver, who will administer the pro-
per affidavit and receipt the money. On pre-
sentng these, the Register will enter the ap-
plication and file the affidavit.
Form of Amhcatim.-I, A. B., of Ttown,
County and StateI do hereby apply to entel,
under the provisions of the Act of Con-
gress, approved May 20, 1862. entitled I" An
Act to secure HOmesteads to actual Settlers on
the Public Domain" the of section -
in township -, of range containing
- acres.
These blank forms and necessary infor-
nation arc furnished by Receivers and
Registers.
I'd. Not less than five nor more than seven
years after entry of application the applicant
will make proof by affidavit and two witnesses
OF residence on or cultivation of such home
stead for five successive years after the appli-
cation; that no portion has been sold or 9TH
erwise parted with, and that the applicant re-
mains loyal; when q certificate for full owner
ship deed Cor patent) will be granted by the
Register, on payment of the usual fee about
81; the deed may then be procured from
Washington, ID. G.
Sd. In case OF the claimants death, the wild
ow or lawful heirs are entitled to the home
stead by completing the conditions. If the
heirs are infant children it may be sold for their
benefit. But it cannot be sold at any time for
any debt contracted before the patent Cor GER
tifcate) was G, anted. Any abandonment of the
homestead by the applicant, for more than six
months at Il time, torfeits the claim for the
patent.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-10-16
ARTEMUS WARD:-
Of Hon. Erastus Corning.

From the Albany Argus. October G.
We are quite certain that all our politi-
cal friends in and out of this Congressional
district-and have little doubt that our DO
litical opponents-will sincerely regret to
learn that Hon. Erastus Corning has felt
constrained to resign the office of member
Of Congress for this district, and will to-
day communicate bis resignation to the
Secretary of State. After his election and
during last winter, while at Washington,
he was Frustrated by dangerous illness,
from which he happily recovered, but not,
as he is admouished by his physicians,
with that degree of physical strength which
will enable him to superadd to his very ex-
tensive business cares the labors of Con-
gressional service.
Mr.. Corning was elected to Congress in
1856, and served for one term. He was
again elected in 1860, and reelected in
1862 Opposed though he was to the
Administration, and sympathizing ardently
with the views of the Democratic party
he resolutely stood by the government in
all measures essential to the support of its
legitimate authority, and, as member of
the Committee of Ways and Means. rem,
dered laborious and valuable service in
shaping the necessary measures of legis-,
latiOn.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-10-16
The Homestead Layy-.HOw to OBJ
lE.'I tain a Free Home. 10 fJ''+.t'

The following is a brief statement of
the provisions of the law:
I. The persons entitled to free homes. On
unappropriated public lands, are: Any person
who is the head Of family, or who has ar
rived at the age IF twenty-one years, and is a
citizen of the United States or who shall have
filed his declaration of intention, to become
such. as required by the naturalization laws of
the United States, if he has never borne arms
against the United States Government or given
aid and comfort to its enemies; and any loyal
person, of whateUer age, who has rendered not
less than IA days service during actual war.
in the army or navy of the United States.
Proof of these conditions to be made by afi-
davit before the Receiver or Register Of pub
lie lands in the section where it is desired to
make the location. The names of these Off
GERS can be readily learned in any desired To-
cality. a0 --''''
l.. Any person may take up, for the actual
occupancy by self or family as homestead,
not more than 16O acres of public lands valued
at $l % per acre (or 80 acres valued at % SO
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4 Good National Currency.

The benefits bestowed upon the coun-
try by the Inauguration of sound uni
form currency, based on the faith of the
whole people in their government, will go
far towards paying the cost of putting
down the rebellion. In fact the saving
to the business community by such cur
rency must be reckoned at tens ofmillions
annually. The western States will parti-
cularly appreciate this boon, for this sec
tion has been swindled most cruelty in the
matter of currency--by "stump-tail, -
Wildcat" cred dog" &c. The Phila-
delphia North american thus explains
the working of financial events toward a
good national currency:
War having driven from the markets of the
world the accustomed supplies of many South
ern commodities of high Importance Northern
farmers find greatly increased demand for wool
to take the place of cotton, for wheat to take
the place of rice, for Northern tobacco to take
the place of that hitherto supplied by the
Southern States, and for sorghum sugar to
take place of Louisiana the product of Nor
thern oil wells being, meanwhile, required to
fill the void created by the disappearance of
Southern farmers. being thus enabled to vary
the demands upon their lands, while by means
ola protective tariff, the market is being daily
brought closer to the farm, the results exhibit
themselves in the fact that their farms are be-
ing daily discharged ON mortgage, while
money lenders find themselves compelled to
seek for borrowers and greatly to reduce the
rate at which their commodity viii be sup
piled.
At no time in our history has it been found
so difficult to obtain satisfactory mortgage
securities, even at greatly reduced rates ofinte-
rest. At none has the tyranny Of the money
lender existed in Il degree so small as at the
time we write. The quantity of the medium
of exchange that is supplied and now bears,
and for the first time bears, q fair proportion
to the work that is to be done; as conse-
Quence of which the farmer, the miner, the
mill-Owner. the artisan, throughout the loyal
States. are enabled to command the services of
money at a rate of interest lower than, until
now, has ever been known. War having
brought with it the exercise of the National
Government over the currency, our Industrial
and commercial classes find themselves at once
relieved from all necessity for paying heavy
discount on the money they receive when they
desire to use it in discharge of debts they have
to pay-the wild cat currency of the Central
and Western States having almost entirely dis
appeared from circulation, and been replaced
by yreenbocG notes whose value is the same in
every portion of the Union.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-10-16
Woman.
From the Grand Rapids Eagle.

From the Grand Rapids Eagle.
Mrs Frances Louisa Clayton called at
the Provost Marshals office, in this city,
few days since, with letters from officers,
to procure pass to her home in Mime
sofa. Mrs. Clayton enlisted as a private,
with her husband, in a Minnesota regi-
ment, some two years since. She was in
Rosecrans' army, and did full duty as
soldier nearly year before her sex was
discovered. While in the army, the better
to conceal her sex, she learned to drink,
smoke, chew and swear with the best, or
worst, Of the soldiers. She stood guard,
went on picket duty in rain and storm,
and fought on the field with tho rest, and
was considered good fighting man.
At the battle Of Stone river, while max
ing charge, her husband was instantly
killed by a ball, just five PAGES in front Of
her, in the front rank. She charged over
his body with the rear line, driving the
rebels with the bayonet, but was soon
struck by ball in the hip, and conveyed
to the hospital, where her sex was, of
course, discovered. On recovering suffi-
ciently to travel she was discharged, on
the Sd Of January last, and sent North.
On the way between Nashville and Louis
Vile guerilla party attacked the train,
and robbed her of her papers, money, &c.
After reaching home and recovering from
her wound, Mrs. Clayton started for the
army again, to recover the papers belong
ing to her husband, but was turned back
at Louisville and ordered home. By mis-
take, her pass carried her to Kalamazoo
instead of Chicago, and she was compelled
to apply to the provost marshal there, who
sent her through this way.
She is very tall, notwithstanding wo-
man, bronzed by exposure to the weather,
and attracted universal attention by her
masculine stride in walking, erect and SOL
dierly carriage, and generally oatre ap-
pearance. Some soldiers following her
rather familiarly on Thursday evening, she
drew revolver and promptly scattered the
crowd. She was recognized as an old ac-
quaintance by the keeper of an eating
house on Monroe street, who knew her
before her marriage, and knew of her dis
appearance when her husband enlisted, and
who provided food and shelter for her on
Thursday night.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-10-16
.ArteInus Ward on Ghosts.

The Snowman is delivering lecture on
ghosts in the principal Eastern cities, pre-
paratory to his starting for the West His
advertisement in theNew York papers is
unique. He is permitted to refer :" to a
number Of persons, among whom are
James Buchanan, Wendell Phillips, MIR.
Gar of Russia, Sylvanus Cobb, jr, the
Bedouin Arabs, Young Albert Wales
and wife," &c. The following certificates
also appear:
ARTEMUs WARD:-
DEAR SIR-I have never heard any of your
lectures, but from what can learn should say
that for people who like the kind OfIectures YOU
deliver, they are just the kind of lectures such
people like. Yours, respectfully,
AETEMUs WARD:-
RESPECTED SIR-NIy wife was afflicted with
the pipsywipsy in her head for nearly eight
years. The doctors all gave her up. But in a
fortunate moment she went to one of your lee
lures, and commenced recovering very rapidly.
She is now in perfect health We like Your
lectures very much. They are purely vege
table. Send me another five dollar bill and Ill
write you another certificate twice as long rs
this. Yours &c. AMOS PILKINS.
And 1000 others.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-10-16
MILES O,EEaLLY,s mErHORHAL.

Miles OReilly, a high private in the Forty
Seventh New York, st Morris Island, wrote
some savage verses, which were published in
the Herald, savagely assailing Admiral Dahl
grsn for not supporting Gilmore, and lament
ing the removal of Dupont from the command
of the fleet. The poetry caused Miles arrest
and incarceration in the guard house, with ball
and chain attached to his leg. Miles is face
tious fellow, and q favorite with the petty Off
GERS and correspondents, who feed him well in
prison. He has just perpetrated the following
petition to Stanton for relief, which Gen. Gil
more permitted to be forwarded
MEMORIAL OF PRIVATE MILES o'REILLY. NOW
AN UNLUCKY PRISONER IN THE GUARD-UOUsE
To His Excellency, the Right Hon. Edwin NJ.
Stanton, esq, an all Others whom it NAV
cOnsarn:
AIR Tile Fine Oula Eag,iM Geatlenaoa."
I'll sing to you a navy song,
Made by Il soldiers pate
OF Il gallant grim Ould Admiral
Whom iron jobbers hate
Because he couldn't. or didn't Or wouldn't
Some tibs in their favor state;
For which he had several big black marks
ovid no end of notes of misadmiration an
great big, ugly crisS grasses forninst his name
On captain FOX SltlC-
This gallant, grim, Ould Admiral,
Wan of the olden time.
Twas he who, when our skies wor dark.
Just twinty months ago,
Let riffs of Daylight through the clouds
In glorious lusthre flow. s.. =.
"The fight is done Fort Royal wont" .,
Och, didn't the country crow,
An didn't ould Uncle Gideon ,r ,,.,.r 81. F.. e.l
Can all the administration organs, big and
little from Colonel Eorney's Philadelphia
Fibber' down to poor ould Horace Greeley's
very weakly Tsibune,)
Of the mighty victhry blow,
An praise the grim Ould Admiral H t-ai
AS swan of the Oulden time?" ..
And It was him that tuck the irOn-clads
Last spring against Fort Sumter;
An twas him that at seven or eight hundred
yards, c I'D H.lr
Wild his fifteen-inchers bumbed her;
An twas Rhind, wild his two big rified guns,
That at half the distance thumped her
While the present Admiral stands off
cat the convaynient perspective distance OF
two thousand yards or thereabouts, until even
the poor forsook ruin of a place seems to grow
ashamed of him,
An do MT, by long shot. come t her
So near as the grim ould Admiral
Who is wan of the Oulden time!
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We gather tIcn in-tlle mellow fruits,
From the shrub, the vine and the tree.
With their russet. and golden and purple suits
To garnish our treasury.
And each has juicy treasure stored,
All beneath its painted rind
To cheer our guests at the social board,
When we leave our cares behind.
We gather them in--the goodly store
But not with misers gust:
For that great All-Father we adore.
Hath but given it in trust.
And our work of death is but for life.
In the wintry days to come;
Then blessing upon the reaper's strife,
And a shout at his Harvest Home.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-10-16

A few mornings ago, Gov. Curtin, of
Pennsylvania, was called upon at the Con-
tinental Hotel, in Philadelphia, 5y young
lady. When she was introduced into his
parlor, she expressed her great joy at see
ing the Governor, at the same time i'm
printing kiss upon his forehead.
Madam, said he, "to whom am I in
debted for this unexpected salutation ?"
"Sir, do you know me?"
''Take chair" said the Governor, at
the same time extending one of the hand
soonest in the parlor.
"ShOrtly after the battle of Antietam
you were upon that bloody feld," said she
to the Governor. 4-
81 was," replied the Governor
"You administered to the wants Of the
wounded and the DYING 'tr..
&c 1t was my duty, as feeling man..
"You did your duty well. Heaven,
alone will reward you, sir, for in this life
there is no reward adequately expressive
of the merit due you. You, sir, impaired
consolation and revived the hopes of dy-
ing soldier of the 2Sth Ohio. He was badly
wounded in the arm; you lifted him into
an ambulance, and the blood dripping
from him stained your hands and your
clothing. That soldier was as dear to me
as life ITSELF" ..gIj 9, it9h s..r- basa.
GA husband - said the Governor.
"No, sir. - .
"A brother, perhaps?". 1aa ,s,.orsi
"No, sir" .lJgr Aea ss.o.1@a sc
"a father?" .-s Is 1su lsf gy4rs
enc, sir.'' ......
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= WAYs TALE.
BY BRICK POMEROY.
CHAPTER THE ONE.

CHAPTER THE ONE.
1t was night-the hub Of it.
CHAPTER THE SECOND.
And now, daughter, go to your retiracy.
Muchly as l love you, and zephyr-like as
your frail body is to me, Itell you, nymph,
thou shalt never marry Theophilus. He
is poor. You are rich The noble house
of Squiggers shall never be- dishonored by
menial blood.
CHAPTER TWO AND ONE.
Theophilus Honeybalm, go hence! How
dare you, a hired man, in the employment
of your Mehitable's father, look on my
child to WOO? Begone. You have no
position. My nymph like child shall never
wed and bear children to any man who is
not noble.
CHAPTER THE FOyRTH. ETC.
"Come to the window, children!' 1t
was June. "Why art thou so cast down,
wasted beauty?" She had grown thin Of
meat Il will find for thee fitting mate,
sweet bird of song" Mehitable sung a
little while washing dishes.
"What, ho! without ?" Somebody was
knocking on the door so hard as |" ter
toTLl. LIE UoOI COuiiu u stStuu TIE pres
sure, and it Aewd
CHAPTER FIVE.
H-a-a-a-alf! "spoke in gentle terms
the intruder. It was General Theophilus
Honeybalm!
Th-e-e-e-e!" That's what Mehitable
gave utterance to.
eyes! it's he! I come! Stand back,
old man, to the rear Ten PAGES backward,
march," Old Squiggers retrograded,
cause Theophilus had whang- -sticker in
both hands, red with-rust.
"Now, old man." said the General, "I
come to claim my bride-I am B. G. -
a Brigadier General. Three long months
have flowed. am now great man. Seest
thou this pile of gold? | have million.
| have houses aud lands. | have posi-
ton. I have honor. | wrote puff for
my General! was given negro regi-
ment. For fifty dollars worth OF mules I
bribed the telegraph to record my daring
deeds. The President rewarded me. lam
General of Ethiopanos! A- |'o
Then whispered the sire: go .,.a
General, are you honest? ?"
"Are I honest? Do the world exist
I are!' 1t do! Else I were not GEN
eral 'H i rsla ,.ss 1sa aa
$ Then take her; am satisfied. The
country is safe-my child, be happy '',arl
And he took her. ....
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VOL. XV.-NO. 10.
AUTUMN TINTS.

When leaves grow sere all things take sOnbre
hue;
The wild winds waltz no more the woodside
through,
And all the faded grass is wet with dew.
A gauzy neblua films the pensive sky,
The golden leaves along the woodland lie,
In silent focks the birds southwark fly.
The sunbeams kiss askant the sombre hill,
The naked woodbine climbs the window sill,
The breaths the noon eXhales are faint and
chill.
The rpened nuts drop downward day by day.
Sound of the hollow tOcsn of decay,
And bandit squirrels smuggle them away.
Vague sights and scents pervade the atmos-
phere,
Sounds of invisible STRINGS hum the ear,
The mornings lash reveals frozen tear
The hermit mountains grid themselves with
mail,
Mocking the threshers with an echo fail,
The while the afternoons grew crisp and pale.
The stealthy nights encroach upon the days,
The earth with sudden whiteness is ablaze,
And all her paths are lost in crystal maze!
Tread lightly where the dainty viclets blow.
flow,
Safely they sleep the churlish winter through.
Though all Of life's portals are indeed with
woe,
And frozen pearls are all the world can show
Feell Natures breath is warm beneath the
snow.
Look up! dear mourners, still the blue eX-
panse,
Sternly tender bends to catch the glance.
Within thy tears syblic suubeamS dance.
With bloom full-lapped again will smile the
land,
The pail is but the folding of His hand
Anon with fuller glories TO expand.
The dumb heart hid beneath the tree,
Will throb again, and so the torpid bee
Upon the car will drone his drowsy glee.
So shall the truan. blue birds backwards fly,
And all loved things that vanish or that die,
Return to us in some sweet by-and-by!
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The beauty of a NOlnan's Arm.

Who has not felt the beauty of wa
mans arm-the unspeakable suggestions
of tenderness that lie in the dimpled elbow
and all the varied gently lessening curves
down to the delicate wrist, with its tiniest,
almost imperceptible hicks in the firm
softness? a woman's arm touched the
soul of great sculptor two thousand years
ago, SO that he wrought an image of it for
the Parthenon which moves US as it clasps
lovingly the time worn marble of head
less trunk.
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One night on picket duty he fell by shot
from an unknown hand. None knew
from whence it came, but many suspected
that it was the terrible vengeance of an
injured woman She at once plunged into
the lowest depths of vice and degradation,
until at length she reached the very lowest
round of the ladder. Nctcs.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-10-16
OCTOBER DAYS.

solemn, yet beautiful to view,
Month of my Heart thou dawnest here
With sad and faded leaves to strew
Pale Autumn's melancholy bier.
The moaning of thy winds hear
AS red sunset dies afar;
And bars Of purple clouds appear,
Obscuring every western STAR"
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The following is believed to be cor
rect estimate of the number of naturalized
citizens residing in the United States, with
the countries whence they have oriei-
mated: 99iD aM 80. ilf8 lu s0 Ee
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1863-05-16

Ig@Ax OFFICER KILLED on TIE RAILROAD
Captain Clark of the 23d regiment of New York
Volunteers was suddenly killed on the Northern
Central Railroad on Wednesday morning. The re-
giment was its way home and when near at
Halifax, Capt Clark attempted to get on the top
of the last car just about the time the train
wa. passing over a small bridge and was struck
on the back of his head by the tnbers of the bridge
lie was not Immediately missed and the train ran
back mile to his body, when life was found
10 be entirely extinct. Capt. Clark was resident
of CORTLAND county about 26 years old and without
family. While here ice was placed around his
body One Of his brother officers informed us, that
only few minutes previous he expressed to him Ibis
happiness as he approached his home, and the pros.
pect OF meeting his friends before many hours had
elapsed. But it was ordered otherwise. The brave
soldier who had escaped the missiles of death in
battle, suddenly cut off when no danger was ap-
parent.