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

in the Congress, as well as the present
Deputies. The Nor'd states that the ques-
tons to be brought under discussion are
the following: "the position of Schlwig-
Holstein; the interests of Germany in re-
lation to the Polish question; the impor-
lance the constitutional crisis in Prussia
for the whole of Germany, and further
development of the Congress of Deputies.
From an Episcopalian church paper
published in Ohio, we learn that out OF
10 churches in the diocese of Illinois, one
eighth of all the members have gone to
the war. Out of 1863 churches in WiscOn-
sin, five ministers have gone to war as
Chaplains, twenty-eight sons Of ministers
are in the ranks, fifty students of Beloit
College and one out of every nine of all
the church members are in the army.
Out OF forty-three churches heard from in
Minnesota, one-seventh of the male men,
bers are in the army, among whom are
SAS'Nh O1uCClS dIu SCNCu oOho VI
ministers.
"A government contractor in Phila-
delphia, was arrested lately and tried for
swindling hundred poor girls out of their
wages. He had put them off every Sat-
urday night for many weeks, and finally
closed his Office and fled with the plumber
he had secured; but he was caught, tried,
and put under $1,000 bail His name is
Benjamin James Warden, and he is, of
course, furious advocate for the "vigor-
Gus prosecution of the war;" and de-
nouncer of Democrats as copperheads
and traitors"
M. Theodore Sortais, clock maker
at Liseux, has submitted to the Emperor
Napoleon, new electric telegraph, offer
ing many advantages. By it messages
can be transmitted to the sender in the
absence of any receiver. The symbols
traced on paper-are visible Immediately,
and the clerk can signal errors without
loss of time. The Morse instruments, it
is said, can be adapted to the new system.
"A lawyer of Paterson, N. j., was tried
by jury on Monday, for the crime of
nibbling-going into groceries and cutting
off pieces of cheese, taking crackers and
buttering them, and taking other liberties
of the same sort. The jury, after hearing
the evidence, found the accused guilty,
and rendered a verdict of $25 for the
gorcer, Mr.. John Bayard, at whose store
the nibbling occurred.
1t is said that Maj. Gen. Ethan Allen
Hitchcock has nearly ready tor publica-
ton an elaborate and scathing reply to
Stanton's order dissolving and denouncing
the court martial over which he presided.
We are glad to hear it. We hope Hitch
cock will show Stanton no mercy, and
in return Stanton will show Hitchcock no
mercy. A Kilkenny cat fight between
these two men, who have done so much
to render the war failure, acting harmo
niously together heretofore, would be
glorious thing for the country.
The Empress Eugene, who has al
ways sCme new whim, is now about to
share the Latin studies of her son, and it
is also said that, as her Majesty is def
Gent in the art of singing, she has engag-
ed a young English lady to teach her
popular Scotch and Irish airs The EN-
peror has a fondness for Scotch songs,
and her Majesty, who speaks English per-
fectly, is DESTROYS of pleasing him.
- Peter Ten Brock, wealthy and
prominent citizen Of Cattaraugus county,
New York, died on the 18th instant, aged
70 years. He owned at one time 5000
acres of land in that region; left an es-
tate of about S2O0,0 of which he gave
$4,000 to build and endOw an institution
of learning, to be situated at Franklin
vile. He was County Judge in 1862, and
agent of the Holland Land Company.
On the New Zealand gold fields pro-
visions are generally very dear by reason
of the absence of good roads, and swarms
of gigantic and voracious rats make food
still dearer by their ravages. On the
Shotover river good cats were fetching 95
each, and in a neighboring district, where
the cat market is much "easier," 81 an
animal was offered.
"A Florentlne patrician, Count Angi-
oil Cali, has recently died, and left bis
property, amounting to about 1000, O0Of,
to the hospitals of Tuscany.
The Hartford Times figures the cost
of the CONSUMPTION as equal to that of
supporting an army of 100000 men for
one year.
"LIrrLE Mac" had narrow escape in
the surf, the other day, at East Hampton,
L. l., and, as stated, just missed being
drowned. 1t seems that, with a fellow
bather, he was borne out swiftly by an un-
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