The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-04-10

Hon. Ahasuerus W. Buell., member
the Michigan House of REPRESENTATIVES,

i died at Lansing on FTUay last. lie was
quite unwel when he took his seat in the
House. He represented Oakland County.
The lafayette, Indiana, .Jow1aalsays
that Solomon Henshsw, q wealthy citizen
of Fountain County, lin that State, put an
end to his earthly existence on Friday last,
in the following manner: He was inthe
town of Attica during the afternoon, and
in conversation with several of the citizens
stated that he belonged to a secret politi-
cal order, the first oath of which he could
conscientiously take, but the second and
third were treason and in consequence
of having divulged some of the secrets of
the order, he feared they would kill him.
He finally concluded to put an end to his
existence. and, with pistol, shot himself
|, through the brain on the street. go I'll
--Cardinal Antonelli, the Pope's Prime
Minister, has resigned the functions of his
office, in consequence, it is said, Of the
arrest Of his Chamberlain on the charge
of being connected with anti-papal con-
spiracies. Antonelli has held the position
Of the Pope's Prime Minister, or Secretary
Of State, for fourteen years. He was
strenuous opponent of the innovating spirit
Of the age, and man of great energy and
strength of character
Miss Sarah Baxter, of Boston, lately
deceased, bequeathed to the American
Board of Commissioners for Foreign Mis-
sions, and to other religious and charitable
associations, property to the amount of
about one hundred thousand dollars-prin-
eipally to the American Board.
The Chemical Bank at New York,
which never suspends specie payments,
has declared querterly dividend o: six
per cent. free of Government tax, payable
on the first of April.
We extract the following from a New
Orleans letter by the last steamer:
The weather has been unusually warm for
this season of the year, and there seems to pre-
vail general idea that the approaching sum-
mer is to be sickly one. The ''oldest inhabi-
tant" pronounces that all the signs are just
such as threatened in the spring of 1858, the
following summer proving one of the most
fatal that was ever known in New Orleans.
Certain it is, that this city has remarkably es-
capped for several years, the summers being
absolutely far more healthy than the winters.
The Philadelphia Press says: "Four
negro regiments, it is thought, will be
raised in this city. The first will be COM
manded by Col. Frishmuth; the second
by Col. Agneroth; the third by Col. To-
gan; the forth by COL Vanslaven. About
two thousand men have already been
raised in this city, and only await the
proper formalities from the War Depart
ment to organize into companies. The
colored people of the city have offered
100000 toward completing the organiza-
tions.''
In Pennsylvania, last fall, forty thou
sand men were drafted, of whom not more
than nineteen or twenty thousand were
forthcoming, the remainder having desert
ed or procured exemptions. Gov. Curtin
holds that it is the business of the Gene
raj Government to hunt up the deserters,
and has visited Washington to insist that
the State shall receive credit for the en-
tire number of her volunteers and drafted
men in the enforcement of the Conscrip-
ton act.
The Office of the Third Auditor, in
Washington, is overrun with business and
behind hand some seven thousand month
ly accounts, besides large quantity not
yet entered upon the register. The Fifth
Auditors Office likewise is behind with two
thousand unsettled accounts relating to
the Internal Bureaux. The Quartermas-
ter Generals office has five thousand quar-
terly accounts of date anterior tolast June,
untouched.
1t is understood that the vigilant IL
brarian of Congress has sent demand,
by epistle, to member of the last House
from New York district, for the imme-
date return of two hundred volumes be-
longing to his trust. The rebinding of the
books will not prevent their identifca-
tiOn
The Providence (Rhode Island) Jour-
nal of the 2ad reports printing cloths very
dull, with downward tendency. Sales for
the week were $4,000 pieces. Prices COM
menced on Monday at 1S4 to 1st cents for
Gas, and the same count sold during the
week at II cents. Some light goods sold
even lower than the latter figure.
George E. Harding, prominent mer-
chant of st. Louis, died in that city on
Sunday last.
"A Reverend Henry N. Gilbert, speak
ing in Philadelphia at a "Loyal League !"
meeting, and advocating the necessity of
the emancipation proclamation, said:
But its inhumanity is urged. Weknow they
speak the truth when they say the negro slays
everything within his reach when he rises in
insurrectiOn. We have all learned the history
of st. Domingo, and it would be terrible to
have st. Domingo massacre re-enacted upon