The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-04-03
NEWS AND OTHER ITEms
In his very curious and popular dia,

v.
the Count Gurowski thus exposes Ben
Wade's partisanism 81 am told that the
patriotic and brave Senator Wade, dis
gusted with the slowness and insanity of
the administration, exclaimed Il do not
wonder that the people desert to Jeff. Da-
Wis, as he shows brains; may desert my
SELF There is no occasion for Senator
Wade to desert, for he is helping Jeff:
Davis very we'll at present, like all other
radicals"
"A decree, previously ratified by the
Pope of Rome, has just been promulgated
in New York city. 1t provides ex,ommu-
nication for all Catholics who get married
by Protestant minister, ard invests the
power of pronouncing the anathemas in the
bishop. The decree, however, has been
understood not to apply to former mar
riages.
THE NATIONAL BANKING LAw.-The Citi-
zens' Bank Of Pittsburg, we are informed,
is about to go into operation under Secre-
tary Chase's new banking law. We are
glad to see that our financiers are moving
so promptly in a measure which the gov
eminent deems very necessary for its sup
port. We anticipate that all the banking
institutions in TIE city will follow the lead
of the Citizens Bank in this matter
PMsbuy GaseNe.
"A mass meeting Of working men was
held in New York on Tuesday evening. 1t
was very numerously attended, and speech
es advocating the interests Of the working
men and denouncing the encroachlnents of
capital were received with strong marks of
approval. The meeting vas preliminary
to general organization Of the different
trades in one grand central Union, power
tut enough to dictate terms to the employ
erS
Some Union prisoners lately released
have made atiidavits to statements of cru
city practiced upon themselves and COM
panions by the rebel authorities that equal
every story Of wanton barbarity practiced
by the enemy that has yet been told These
men were captured by bloodhounds, and
confined in dungeons without light for sew
eral months, and handcutfei at chat the
whole period. OF the original party i'm
INJURED seven were hung lately. The gov
eminent intends to adopt suitable measures
of retaliation
"A terrible explosion occurred on board
the steam tug D. D. Crazy, lying at Pier
No. +, North river yesterday q week. The
steamer was blown to pieces, and five men,
who were employed on board, lost their
lives. Two Others including the captain
of the tug, were seriously sca!1ed
Knox county, Ohio, i, d prolific place
for crimes One the 18th inst, Louise
Hammond WAS arrested for strangling her
illegitinate child. On the same day Mrs.
Sarah Boyd cut her throat in q fit Of in
sanity. Abraham Leftover, hitherto q re-
spectacle business man. las shocked and
surprised his friends by clipping with Mrs.
Eversole, whose husband is in the army
The Government has received addi-
tional information going to show the sore
straits to which the rebels are reduced.
This time the news comes through Balt-
more bankers Of rebel utilization, and re-
lates to the utter ruin OF the finances of
the Confederacy, and the utter want of
supplies for public or private use.
The Wiley amendment, inserted by
Congress in the Constitution OF the new
State of West Virginia, has been adopted
by the people of that section OF the Old
Dominion. The amendment strikes out
the seventh section of the eleventh article,
and inserts in its stead the following:
The children Of slaves born within the limits
OF this State after the 18th day of July, 1868,
shall be free: and all slaves within the said
State who shall at the time aforesaid be under
the age OF ten years, shall be free when they
arrive at the age OF tWenty-One years; and all
slaves over ten and under the age of twenty
one years shall be free when they arrive at the
age OF twenty-five years, and no slave shall be
permitted to come into the State for permanent
residence therein.
"A largely attended meeting of the
Commercial Association Of New York,
was held Tuesday afternoon, to facilitate
transportation to and from the West, by
procuring the enlargement of the locks of
the Erie and Oswego canals. Resolutions
favorable to the measure were unanimous
ly adopted, and committee was then ap-
pointed to cooperate with the Board of
Trade at Buffalo, in properly representing
the subject to the New York legislature.
The following is significant paragraph
of the Richmond Enquirer''s leader, head
ed "Signs in the Northwest :"
Although it is altogether out of the question,
while the north is engaged in war for our sub
iugation or extermination that we should offer
terms of alliance-still less listen to any hint
about union with them-yet it is no less true
that the symptoms of disorganization which
show themselves in the present federal states
are of deep interest to us, and that we ought
even to do all that we honestly and loyalty may
to give further impulse to the force which
promises at some future time to break up the
league of our enemies