The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-12-04

winter. The Admiral says that he can more
easily keep his officers and sailors at their posts
there than if the fleet were near large CITY,
-Lieut. Frank Brownell, who was transfer.
red to the regular army for his connection with
the Ellsworth Jackson affair, has been placed
on the retired list The reason, it is said, par
tial loss of voice.
The Atlanta (Ga.) Intellgencer says:
Mrs. Todd. of Kentucky, mother of Mrs. Abe
Lincoln, arrived here on Thursday night from
City Point, en- route to Georgia, ON visit to her
daughter, Mrs. Gen. Helm.
The telegraph has announced the departure
of that lady for kentucky, through the Federal
lines, by permission of Gen. Grant.
WIN. e. Howells, ESQ.,, Union SENATOR
elect in the Ashtabula, Lake and Geauga Dis
trict Ohio, was elected by 1O,1O0 majority
Enough for all practical purposes
The list of causes for exemption from the
draft is growing small by degrees and beauti-
fully less. BY the first of January the follow
ing will probably be the only classes of persons
exempt from musket shouldering:
1. Dead men who can establish proof of
their demise by two reliable witnesses.
2. The deceased grandfather of large
family.
8. The lats uncle of Major General
4. Women with two at the breast.
3. Blind men who can't sec the point Of =
bayonet.
That notoriously pious sheet, the New
York Independent, compares President Lincoln
to cur with collar. Speaking of him, it
says: "Does he not wear Kentucky like col
lar to this day? A dog with collar fights
slow" This respectful language is from the
pen of the Rev. Mr.. Tilton, editor, who was
drafted, but who, though able-bodied, con-
cludcd not to fight at all.
The New York Herald, in speaking of the
political missionaries sent to England says:
Henry Ward Beecher's speeches in England
and since his return home have elevated him
considerably in public estimation. They are
marked by a tact, discretion and Breadth of
views which are rarely to be found in his an
tecedent efforts. Had he been able to remain
long enough in Europe he would have IL
1uenced public sentiment considerably in our
regard As it was, he made greater impress
sion during his short stay than Thurlow Weed.
Archbishop Hughes, Colorado Jewett and all
the other Northern missionaries who went
over there. The best man, however to under
Major Whiting, discharged from the U.
S. service for speaking unexpectedly of the
President, has borne brave part in fourteen
pitched battles for his country The Portland
Argus says "some small potato civic influence"
in Portland was the means of his discharge
not disgrace.
Minnesota troops from st. Louis have been
sent to Illinois to assist the provost marshals in
arresting deserters, &c.
AT convention of the managers of the
several railroads running between Chicago,
New York and Boston, held at the st. Nicholas
Hotel, in New York, it was resolved that Oh
aud after the Goth instant the passenger fares
shall be established as follows:
Between New York & Chicago So 50 1st class
&c g 10 % I'd class
6 Boston - "a 65 1st class
- 10 IS I'd class
The fare between Chicago and New York has
been $1s 90 for first class, and between Chicago
and Boston $40 90, SO that the increase to New
York is "a 60, and to Boston 81 Go.
On Saturday evening, the 21st inst, in
Padueah, KY, Judge Smedley, of the city
j.,
into an alteration upon matters connected with
their official relations. Becoming excited,
Daniel Fourshee, member of the city council,
and constable interfered and commanded
peace. Judge Smedley replied in a manner
that prompted Fourshee to strike him several
blows with his cane, whereupon the Judge
drew pistol and shot Fourshee, intlicting a
severe but not dangerous wound.
The Albany Journal publishes the follow
ing extract Of a letter from well informed
source dated London, October 81:
The Grim. con. is settled. This
know. Nothing more will be heard of il, unless,
perhaps, motion by plaintiff to take his aft.
davt and petition of the file.
l believe it was a trap by the lady, whose
husband is not an Irish parson. His name. as
he swears himself, SO. Kane, Eiq.
The Washington correspondent of the
New York ConsuerciG Adee,tiser says of the
Presidents message:
He has also began 10 write the message, but
there are no certain indications what its tone
or tenor will be. Some are of opinion that Mr.
Lincoln will in his forthcoming message
clearly define the policy by which his admins.
tratiOn is to be controlled, and either endorse
Tue speech OF secretary CnaSe or OF postmaster
General Blair. 1t is very evident that each OF
theae gentlemen believe that he has proclaimed
the Presidents policy, yet they widely differ.
Perhaps neither one of them is correct, and
Mr. Lincoln will take a ground between cau-
tious conservatism and reckless radicalsnl, ac-
ceptable to the great mass of the people.
An 'Old Merchant" writes to the New
York Journal Of Commerce:
The noble demonstration of the nations graf
itude to those who fell at Gettysburg should
not stand alone. The unnamed demigods"
who fell at Antietam under similar circum-
stances. and when the inhabitants of Pennsyl-
vania were equally guqkers, should not be for
gotten in their bloody graves.
The Montreal advertiser has this para
graph: 1--WE fear, from the indications we al
ready notice, that the recent alleged conspiracy
in Canada will tempt the Federal Government
to violate the treaty which provides that neither
Great Britain nor the United States shall have
vessels-of-war OH the lakes. Hhe treaty limit
is two revenue cruisers. Our Government
should keep as close watch on this matter as
the alleged plot"
The Marriage Market In Tennessee.
The Nashville Union says Of the effects of the
war upon the marriage market of tennessee:
In addition to the ordinary demand for husbands
In the State, there viii be an additional crying DC
mand made by some ten thousand young women.
who have lost their sweet hearts N the army 70 say