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

over three hunOreQ Immigrants az
we'd in Milwaukee on Saturday last, on
their way to Minnesota. 200 a3f
This week Captain Paine, Tooth New
York, the best and most fortunate SCOUT
we have, succeeded in manner unknown
to myself or the enemy, in reaching the
parapet of Fort Wagner and inspecting,
umolested, the interior.-Morris Island
Letter.
Governor Andrew, of Massachusetts,, 1
has issued an order directing the organiza-
ton of active militia for State defence.
The force will consist of one hundred and
thirty companies of infantry, twelve COM
panies of cavalry and six batteries of ar
tillery.
-Ignatz Ratzky, the alleged murderer
of Fellner, which affair created so great
sensation in New York and throughout
the country, has been sentenced to be
hung on the 23d of September. He pro-
tests his innocence, and says he believes
Miss Pfaum committed the murder.
Theodore E. Allen, of Philadelphia,
has been appointed Assistant Commissary
of Subsistence, with the rank of Captain,
and assigned to duty at General Meade's
headquarters. His predecessor, Captain
| Coke, is made Assistant Chief Commits
sary of the Army of the Potomac, with
the rank of lieutenant colonel.
VIM, Reynolds, for many years at
tached to Walleck's company of actors in
New York city, was accidentally drowned
on Thursday last, while bathing at Gilt
ford, New Jersey.
Mrs. Elizabeth Corcoran, wife of
Brigader General Michael Corcoran, died
in New York on Tuesday of last week.
Gen. Osterhaus is not dead, as rebel
dispatches some time ago declared. At
last accounts he was in good health, and
prepared to do good service in Kidding
Mississippi of armed rebels.
Gen. Rosecrans is again ubiquitous.
A special dispatch now places him within
thirty miles Of Savannah, Georgia. Not
long since he was in Rome, Georgia.
Equally authentic reports locate him at
Nashville and Chattanooga.
General Sckles has so far recovered
as to be able on Saturday last to entertain
a number of friends at dinner at Delmon-
icos. The county has vital interest in
the lives of such men.
Gen. Reecrans has issued a spirited
address to his army to the effect, that
having by the favor of God expelled the
insurgents from Middle Tennessee, they
are now called upon to aid their unfortu-
nate fellow-citizens, of this section of the
State, in restoring law and securing pro-
lection to persons and property.
Among the liOnesses at Saratoga is
the wife Of Morrissey, the pugilist. That
famous resort must be short of material
out of which to make sensation. 30.
John W. Forney talks about the
thoughtful and benevolent nature of
Stanton!'' FOrney is the most sickening
toady in the United States. ,
The Nashville Press states that the
rebels are making all their preparations
to transport the entire wheat crop to the
South, if it shall become necessary for
them to evacuate that section. Nor will
they wait to thresh the grain if they are
hard pressed. They are even prepared to
carry il off in straw, .
- Isn't il about time the Provost Mar
shall stopped giving g decisions" and Gin
terpretations'' of the CONSUMPTION laws?
The bones Of Dogberry and Capt. Cutie
will rise from their graves if the thing
isn't stopped. ... af rst
Captain H. A. Wise, of the navy,
: just appointed Acting Chief Of the Bureau
of Ordinance at Washington during the
absence Of Admiral Dahlgren, is an officer
of great experience and thorough loyalty,
whose services to the government have
been of great value since the outbreak of
the rebellion. He belongs to the family
of the traitOrOus Governor Wise of Vir-
ginia, but has never felt the least SYM
patty for the secessionist proclivities of
his relatives. of- ... loo.
On the 21st ult., there were fifty YES
sells belonging to Eastern Maine lying in
Portland, having on an average crew of
four each. With single exception, they
were all Democrats This shows to what
an extent the seamen of Maine are Demo-
cratic.
1t was SO warm in New York on Mon
day that, according to the World, the
spirits of the population sank until the
mass were reduced to common level of
woe, blasphemy and sherry-coblers body
and brains alike refusing to be comtorted
even by these stereotypey resorts. 1t
must have been awfully hot. E5isi 8
-Quilp, who has an Englishman's an
tipathy Chough be is not an Englishman)
to taking his drink in perpendicular po-
sition, always takes chair before touch