The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-06-05

for the late General ssStonewall" jackson,
of the Confederate army. Mr. Sumwalt
is native of Baltimore, and was formerly
preacher of the Methodist Episcopal
church, connected, with the East Balti-
more Conference. He is held for an ex-
animation. ,pyr ID d." .,9IG. .a.t5.u
The following will, written by a
schoolmistress, was recently proved and
allowed in the Probate Court for Middle
sex county, Massachusetts: M1~
l3.4 1a g., April I'd, 1852.
81 give my real estate to my husbands six
children, to be divided equally among them.
Sighed by--, in the presence of us
who: at her request and in her presence, set
our names as witnesses. ...
e., ..+ ''(Signed by three witnesses.y
Many lawyer would certainly cover a
page or more in accomplishing the result
which is reached in the above in three
lines.
Gen. Ward B. Burnett has been des-
ignatednhV the President to organize the
troops Of the State of New York, now
being formed under the Governor, for SER
vice in the field.
People who suppose that the Mrs
Stanton" who figured at the recent female
pow-wow in New York is the Secretary of
War, commit natural enough blunder.
Mrs. Stanton, the oratress, however, is
not an cold woman" Indeed, we are told
she is ;'very much of gentleman" in her
Manners fact which sufficiently distin-
cuisines her from her namesake at Wash
ton.
-Voltaire's want of faith in Christian
ity has at least this palliative, that judg-
ing Of the system by its professors 1t was
not unnatural that he should underrate it.
But what can be said Of his want of faith
in woman? "Ideas," said he, "are like
beards-men only get them when they
grow up, and women never have any,"
The brute!
The Richmond Enquirer of the Goth,
assuming that Lee and Hooker will soon
have battle in which one or the other
will come in for drubbing, and assuming
that the Yankees will be the victims, says:
-" The result would be the investment of
Washington, and the invasion of Mary
land" 1t then discusses the proper pol
icy to be pursued toward Union men in
the border States, and recommends that
they be punished with severity.
We take the following from an article
in the Richmond Wig of the Goth:
We have urged that every available means
be employed to prevent a sudden dash into this
city. No earthly attention has ever been paid
to our suggestions Volunteer organizations
are disbanding. Gen. Winder smiles socially.
The President turns cOmplacently to the salts
factory condition of affairs in the department
of Nicksburg. and rejoices over the superb adj
ministrative faculties of his pet, Pemberton.
The skies arc bright. Sugar is advancing in
price. Birds sing in the Capitol Square.
Whisky is being drunk in a thousand shops.
All goes merry as the marriage bell. Nobody
is hurt Allah is great and the commander of
the post at Richmond is his prophet.
"A citizen of St. Louis commenced
specializing in cotton with capital of
$500 and after four months had gained
$65, 900 The last lot he bought cost him
$4,000. 1t was seized by an officer in
Arkansas. and sold on government &C
count The Spectator was arrested and
is now in prison.
General Rosecrans few days ago re-
ceived the following pertinent letter from
an Indignant private =" General, have
been in the service eighteen months, and
have never received cent. I desire a
furlough Tor iifteeu days, in order to re-
turn home and remove my family to the
poor house, The General granted the
fuilough.
The Charleston Courier says: "There
are some faces III this city which are uni
versally elongated on the reception ofnews
of any disaster to the Yankees, and are
yet tolerably cheerful in expression when
a disaster occurs ON the other side. "
Charleston papers OF the 9TH report the
departure of troops from that city for the
West.
"A people who cannot discuss the public
measures OF the nation, and apply the ne
cessary rebuke to secure correction OF
wrongs, cannot be u free people, and do
not deserve to be.-John j. C,THendea.
The New York Herald's correspond
ent in London, states that two iron-clad
rebel privateers had sailed from England,
for the coast of China, in order to operate
against the merchant shipping of the loyal
States in the waters of China and India.
These vessels are described as powerful,
swift and heavily armed, and the writer
anticipates that they will infict very heavy
losses on our commerce. This naval
movement of the rebels had been planned
from the beginning of the war, and it is
said that it has been undertaken just now
in consequence of Confederate agencies
to direct the work having been formed in
Shanghai, Calcutta, Singapore and Other
cities of the Eastern coast, in communica
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