The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-09-04

land. The appeal auVioeo '"0 0AS w
desist from a useless struggle, and to
unite themselves with Russia in order to
establish the greatness of the Sciavonic
races. and to revenge themselves upon the
West, by which Poland is being betrayed.
The appeal finally promises the Poles an
independent national existence.
"A porter at store in Portland, Me-,
in 1861, got on a drunk, and went into
the store where he was employed to sleep
it off. A policeman saw him enter, he
was arrested, tried, sentenced to three
years Imprisonment, and had served two
years and seven months when the case first
came to the notice of his friends, who last
week procured his release.
The Madison Journal says that there
has never been so much wheat in Wiscon-
sin at any time as there is now. 1t esti-
mates the crop at 100000 bushels. Of
this 100000 bushels are needed in Wis
consin, for food, the same quantity for
seed, and 100000 bushels will be sold,
which, the Journal says, is enough to
upply all New England.
Mr.. Watts, the newly elected Gov
ernor of Alabama, is an Union Wing. The
defeat of Gov Shorter, the secession cam
didate, is regarded as a significant indica-
ton of the public sentiment in that State
in favor of the Union.
Major General Hancock is still con-
fined to his temporary residence in Nor
ristown, Pa, by the wound he received at
Gettysburg. In addition to a nail and
other foreign substances already extracted,
his surgeons recently discovered that a
ball had entered his thigh, which remained
and prevented the wound from healing.
This ball was removed on Saturday last,
the operation being severe one, and it is
thought the wound will now rapidly heal
and enable the General soon to resume
service He is very anxious to do so.
Major Gen. Phillip St. George Cooke
is spending the warm season at Milwaukee.
He is native of Virginia, has a son, a
General in the rebel army, and his son-in
law Stuart, is the distinguished cavalry Of
fcer whose deeds have become house
hold word at the North as well as the
South.
Among the drafted in New York on
Tuesday, were the son of Mayor Opdyke;
also his Honor's private secretary, W. 81.
Armstrong; Chas. Delmonico, of Delm on
icos Hotel Udolpho Wolfe, celebrated
for his ''gin," and son of Gen. Prosper
NJ. Wetmore. The Fifth Avenue Hotel,
and the Gramercy House were largely
drafted.
1t is quite well known that no reply
has been received from Earl Russell rela-
tive to the protest made by this govern
ment against the fitting ont OF anglo rebel
vessels in England 1t was made through
Minister Adams some time since, but, by
the last mail from Europe, there i.no init
nation OF any answer. 4 similar delay is
said to have occurred at every step of this
question, sufficiently long, as it afterwards
proved, for tie vessels to get out of En-
gliSh ports.
REMoyED.-A. c. SMITH, Esq, of For
est City, Meeker county, is about to take
20 his residence iaFaribault, where he
will practice law. He hes had enough of
wars alarms and Indian scares, and now
proposes to rest awhile where there are
none to modest Or make him afraid
The New York correspondent OF the
Philadelphia Inquirer says:
The British Consul Mr. Archibald, does not
permit his equanmity to be moved by the SEN
sation report from Toronto, that he is, or has
been. engaged in a plot to bring Canada into
the Union. A large number of personal frien4s
have called at his office in the course of the
day. to interrOgate him on the subject but to
all their inquiries he vOuchsafes only the good
natured reply, that it's all news to him." In
regard to the main question, the desirableness
of having Canada into Uncle Sans family cir
Gle, the Consul says he has no opinion to ex-
press that the question rests with the people
of Canada, and not with the British Consul at
New York. vet he cannot help thinking that if
John Bull Jr is anxious to come into the
Fedora. Union, the Young gentleman would
best consult his own Interest, if he would wait
till 50 this cruel war is over
Gen. Butler, in brief speech which
he made at Centre Harbor, N. H., is re-
ported by correspondent of the Salem
Gazette to have said:
That the rebels now rested their main hopes
on our next Presidential election, and would
use their utmost endeavOrs to prOlong the con-
test till that time in the hope that peace party
"A party more lenently disposed toward them
might gain the ascendency. 1t was for this,
among other reasons, that he considered the
character of some of the Northern opposition
resulted in great injury to our cause, and was,
in fact the principal drawback we now had to
success. The political conduct OF the Northern
people ought TO be such that the rebels would
understand unequivocally, that the only change
of administration that could be hoped for
would be change for even more determination
and energy, and not change based on even
the remotest sympathy for those who have
nlotted the destruction of the Government.
Wilmer & Smiths European Times
of August s, says that from all parts OF
the United Kingdom-east, west, north
- 10Th +ba crop accounts ara most