The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-05-08

ScIlcIai IOr Cle LIS Hlue congressional
districts of the state of New York, vice ST.
neon Draper, Esq, resigned.
The Boston Post says: Mr.. French
has taught one hundred negro children at
Fernandina, Fla, to sing Glory, .glory
halleluiah,' at an estimated expense to I'M
Gle Sam of about 100000"
Great fuss has been made over the
seizure of a vessel in Liverpool by the
British Government on suspicion of her
destination being the Confederate navy, or
being built for the purpose of privateefng.
This is all sham, and for the purpose of
covering up the escape of some half dozen
other war ships to sea- 1t is mere dust
thrown in the eyes of the British public
and in the eyes Of the American people.
1t will turn out, perhaps, after all, that
the seized vessel is perfectly innocent in
the eyes of the British Judiciary, there not
being sufficient evidence against her. But
if she should be condemned, it will only be
in order to send out whole squadron of
contraband vessels under the cloak oflegal
justice to the United States. Such is
British hypocrisy
SO anxious is the New York Times
to prove the incompetency of General
Mcclellan, it now labors almost daily to
make people believe that after all the Fed
eral armies have been confronted by a
force comparatively insignificant 1t
says:
There does not appear single account
of any incident of the war, either from
rebel or foreign pens, in which we do not
appear to be egregously befooled as to
the enemy's force and intentions"
The Memphis Bulletin of the 9th
ult., says cit is with emotions Of sorrow
we record the death of James Harvey
Otey, Episcopal Bishop Of the Diocese of
Tennessee, which took place at his late
residence in this city, on Thursday last,
April 23d, after protracted illness, the
consequence of disease of the heart, COM
plicated with other severe arrangements of
the systela
The New Haven PdNmfium narrates
the following curious chapter Of casual
ties:
We notice Il few days since the the suicide OF
Mr.. Ely Tyler, of Middlebury. He hung him
self on Wednesday, the -, and shortly after the
discovery of his body, a man named Hayes.
neighbor started to inform a brother of Mr.. Ty
Ter of the fact; his horse ran and he was thrown
out, injuring his head badly, and he is reported
to have since died. Mr. Silas futile started on
horseback to obtain doctor to attend Mr..
Hayes when his horse fell with him. breaking
three OF his ribs. During the same week, Mr..
Chester Atwood of Watertown, u ncghbor Of
the parties above named, while Harvesting his
horse, was kicked by the ANIMAL and had his
skull broken in. He was injured so severely
that he soon expired.
The New York World says one ofthe
most remarkable signs of the times is the
extraordinary increase Of emigration with
in the last couple of months From Jan.
l up to date over 1900 emigrants have
landed al that port, but OF these some
6,G0O arrived within the past week, and
all the ships now due from the other side
are crowded with emigrants. 1t is expect
ed that, compared with the same period
last year, four times the number of emf
grants will land at New York upto July l.
Gen. Hunters principal work, the es-
tablishment of negro schools, is the sub
iect of recent letter from Hilton Head.
The contrabands are said to thumb their
primers and eat Uncle Sans ratons with
equal avidity Gen. Hunter and Rev. Mr..
French spent one whole day at Beaufort
visiting the negro schools and churches,
and the capture of Charleston is evidently
considered of minor Importance in COM
parison with Cuffee's development.
The New York Herald asks Greeley
if he knows any Abolition Republican
editor in that city who went to Albany
and offered an experienced lobbyman
twelve thousand dollars to secure the
election of his favorite candidate to the
United States Senate?
The New York '!sports " are much
agitated by the "mill " between Coburn
and McCool, which will take place on the
9Th proximo. The stakes are 500 side.
Coburn, who has been training, is said to
be in fine condition. McCOol is six
foOter," and strong in proportion.
Great revivals are mentioned in vari-
Gus parts of the country. One at Fall
River has attracted attention, and at Roch-
ester, New York, recently, thousands have
"obtained well grounded religious hope"
An Irish girl and operative in Smiths
paper mill, Lee, recently found five genu-
inc $1,000 Treasury Notes in the paper
rags, and another girl, in another mill, in
another lot of rags, found a gold chain
valued at $50.
What was done by the Republicans
so freely, in Connecticut, the like was
done in Chicago. The Times there gives