The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-07-10
NEWS AND OTHER ITEMS.

IcIIcVcu nOiu COmAduu. hc was not
allowed to return to Washington, but was
ordered to report at Baltimore.
Major Selfridge is relieved from the
Assistant Adjutant Generalship for Gen.
Pope's department.
The Richmond Enquirer prophesied
some time since that the two last weeks in
June were to be the most momentous of
1he war. ltwas only a little ahead Of time
DR.. Henry P. Tappan has been re-
moved by the Board of Regents, from the
Presidency Of the University of Michigan,
and Rev. Erastus O. Ravens. Of Massa-
chusetts, appointed in his stead.
"A dispatch from Pittsburr saws that
all the stores, shops, factories. and ware
houses of the two cities have been closed
for ten days past, and from 10000 to
$4,000 men are daily working on the forti-
fcations. All the other able-bodied mon
are organizing, arming, and drilling. Pitts
burg can now laugh a siege to scorn.
The Richmond Dispatch admits that
it IS thought in Richmond that Vicksburr
must fall without the interposition of a
miracle; but it undertakes to claim that.
with resolute commander, and with the
cooperation of Johnston and Kirby Smith,
Grant will not only not take Vicksbure.
but will himself be put upon the defensive.
John Park, Democrat. is elected
Mayor Of Memphis, over C. Kortrecht. Adj
ministrationist, by 1000 majority, and
over Kortrecht and Wave by 500. The
entire Democratic ticket i elected by a
large majority.
HENRY WARD BEEcHERs first letter
from Europe appears in this weeks Lnde-
fendent. He appears to have lost some of
his bile during the voyage, IS appears from
the following, which is the only thing
worthy of note in the letter:
I would not barter one square foot of land
for the fee simple of the whole Atlantic Ocean
had rather be Napoleon on Helena than Mel
son on this ConqUerOr. Blessed be the land.
and trce blessed, and the reverse on the sea
Amen.
And yet. why should q man be sea-sick? It
IS ineXcusable. The antidotes are hundreds.
and the remedies thousands They NAV be
coupled in pairs and opposites for they are 1t
polnt-blank contradiction with each other
" BE sure you don't NEEDLE with spirituOus
liquors. " Take little good brandy -and-wa-
ter every day - Nothing settles the.stomach
Ike glass OF champagne" Bottled cider
will be found al excellent article" But. in
\ Is sir 10 III, : !,
NEEDLE with any OF these and if he is not sick.
why should he tamper with remedies ? It is
all 4 matter OF fOreOrdinatiOE. Those who are
pTedestined tOit viii escape by no medicines
and no Diet and those who are mt will 90 on
with impunity under almost all degrees of i'm
prudence.
Comptroller McCullOch, Of the Treas
ury Department, has just returned to
Washington from an Eastern visit. He
reports the disposition Of the bankers to
bank under the uniform currency act as
favorable. The Merchants Bank OF Bos-
ton, with four millions OF dollars, has al
ready taken initiative steps ana he be-
lieves that others will follow their exam
pie. McCulioch thinks that in five years
but one system of banking will exist in the
United States. but he don't desire to hurry
the matter.
In General BuelI's defence there oc-
ours the following on battles. which en-
bodies more practical wisdom than the
public were possessed OF at the time that
officer WAS in command:
The object is not merely TO give battle for
the sake CT fighting but to fight t0y victory Or
at least, safety and with such advantages as
viii make success reasonably certain; and the
more serious the consequences of defeat, the
greater the caution to be observed. Ignorance
and errer multiply battles for more than vaIor
ana generally with the penalty of disaster II
precaution and observance Of rule diminish the
number OF battles, and sometimes miss the ac-
cidental success which folly ana recklessness
might have gained, it is nevertheless true that,
in the end. they usually triumph.
The Archbishop of Tuam laid the
foundation stone of new Catholic church
at Headford, Ireland, on the 7th of June
The approaches to the site Of the Intended
edltice were ornamented with magnificent
trlumphal arches, surnounted by flags. At
the right corner of one of the arches was a
harp, and underneath the words, ooh,
Erin, my country, how sad is thy fate!"
and at the left corner was huge flag, dis
playing the American stars. and stripes,
with the inscription, g God grant peace to
America" This arch was close to the
entrance to the site of the church on which
the ceremony of the day was to be per-
formed
The consumption of wool in the Uni
ted States during the past year has been
unusually large, amounting in the aggre-
gate to some 1876, 100000 pounds. The
quality of raw material required for army
SUPPLIES alone, during the past year, is es-
timated at so, 900, 900; for the navy ,OOO,-
900; for civilians wear 65,00O,O and
the amount required to replace cotton.
formerly incorporated to a great extent in
mixed fabrics, 100000.
"A Methodist clergyman, R.K. An
drews, is under arrest in Oswego, N. Y,
for burglary, in stealing from the ware
hose of the Northern TRANSFORMATION