The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-08-14

so heretica in church obseryappes that he.
would eat a horse On Ash Wedhesday."
g Of course he would, "sid ! sfiend of the
Bishop ;assof course he wouldn't itsvassa
fast horse !nssDHAA HTsR
"A Hippozoonomadom is being adver-;
tised throughout Central Illinois. Whenit
reaches town it proves to be a-circus.
1t is stated that President Lincoln,
from, patriotic considerations, has declined
to receive his salary in green-backs for a
year past. Mr.. Van Buren,, at the close
of his term, drew his one hundred thousand
in gold at one sweep.
In letter to Hon. r. g. Winthrop,
of Boston, the well-known divine and pa
triot, Robert j. Breckinridge, writes:
1t may be the will of God that the. most
dreadful changes await our country. II the
lated liberty will perish last in New England.
In past years have spoken freely in disappro-
baton of much that has been felt as an evil in
fluence from New England, as it appeared to
me. But never doubted-ard now less than
ever-that the roots of Whatever produces free
dom, equality, and high civilization, are more
deeply set in New England than in any equal
population on the face of the earth. As for
Kentucky I will not trust myself to speak. I
heard General Burnside say that he considered
the loyal people of Kentucky the most decided
and DISTINGUISHED he had anywhere seen and
that embraces twO-thirds OF her entire pOpula-
ton 1t is people held by its enemies to be
l. ,v,:ll olx han
they ever say they will do falll &, s3. a.re
The success met by the celebrated
singer, Madame de Lagrange, at Madrid,
is nothing to the ovations she has received
in other towns, especially Alicante and
Valence. In these two towns, during two
representations only, she had no less than
five thousand four hundred bouquets
thrown to her; and, according to the GUS
tom OF the country, more than a hundred
pigeons were sent on the stage to her.
But this is not all without mentioning
the serenades f'Young Spain " nightly
gave her, under her windows, an enthusi-
asst bought the glass she drank out of,
paying two hundred and forty francs for
it. 81 Isl .S5 5g8 -ss1s.st, s,I. L
The Rev Mr. Ellis, of Oharlestown,
Mass, in discourse preached at Portland,
said let the war be settled by7--he almost
hoped-a new set of men who have never
made speech or written q letter, fresh
from the people, unknown, perhaps, but
none the less competent to do the work,
as his intercourse with all classes daily
convinced him. 1.s73 a7sG a-)1s ss509u
The Abolition Republicans will be
defeated in all the elections next Fall, be-
cause, of course, they have all enlisted to
prove their "zeel in the kawsr Goi.I5is1
The famous John Merryman, Of Bal
timore county, Maryland, who took a
leading part in the violent opposition
made by secession sympathizers in Mary
land to the passage Of the national troops
from the East to Washington city, just af-
ter the war commenced, has been pre-
sented by the Grand Jury of the United
States District Court in Baltimore, for
treason. He gave bail on Friday of last
week, in the sum of $40, 900, to answer
the charge at the next November term Of
the court. sg8gla bsGi:s3o egt3s7 s1l9a
The remains of the Hon: John 3.
Crittenden were borne to the beautiful
cemetery at Frankfort, overlooking the
Kentucky river, with distinguished civil
and military honors.? General j. T. Boyle
was chief marshal of the procession, and
among the pall-bearers were Hon. James
Guthrie and General Peter Dudley. qsdloa
--Agreat grape year in Ohio this. Ca
tawba wine will flow like water, it is ex-
pected. b.oe 10 sbasd 9dt - 40 noi5s9U
"A catalogue of the coins belonging
to Yale College, recently published, SLOWS,
that the, collection contains |, 700 Ispeci-
mems belonging to all periods from 100
B. O. to the present year, and almost all
the countries where coins are used ,996
Questions have been raised in Eng
land as to the authenticity Of the state
ment that Vicksburg had SURRENDERED,
and doubts upon the subject had become
soIstrong that large numbers efipeoplei
refused to believe the statement. Its con-
firmation was anxiously awaited by the
next steamsEiuqoq 3 - ,gs5aas1ss n9d7
"A London letter says, the comb is
henceforth an obsolete article. T. In fasis--
ionable circles they are lreverting 70 tn
Lady iGodiva style of, wearing the ilaiaia
that is letting it flow down over 'le1
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| aG3I'oo sld 70 9ni0s Ga aoi1Bg0Higo
Gen Rosecrans is severely BIZ br
by the rebel newspapers. for outfit. "a *
| and driving Bragg from his fortifies p aoe
tions. The Chattanooga correspopg .. y. I.
the Mobile Register says:iw ird .Ey4oa.y, q
| Ibelieve that Gen. Bragg would llagssrfis ~
4 the enemy at any time had they adyaii4:aa,, a.,
1 him, but, Rosecrans persistently cout..i.s
Hank, and outfank and no aftermath . ~
| but to fight him under great adyantasesJ
retreat to a position which he could not lal.A
That was bad for Bragg to be snr !.