The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-11-25

1t ID reported that Gen Hancock, in
consequence of the condition of his
wounds, is to be relieved of the command
of the I'd corps and assigned to the COM
mand Of the Department of Washington.
Ten. Augur succeeding him in the Army
OF the Potomac.
lie sword Of Capt. Morris, OF the
riorioa' has been received at the Navy
department. IL is OF English make,
crowned with a HON, head, and bearing
the rose, thistle and shamrock in its hit
ana blade with Confederate flag.
--Ihe Ne" Iolk Times has the fo,-
loving special from Washington.
The Secretary of the Treasury b,, nr,,a,s
| his reply to the offer of u loan Er $500 nou
| bankers Tor II Goa 600 600 He Ma, fnlSI, - A
| ahmed the details OF proposal and c,nclrGaa
| there Is no law which would authorize him -
| entertain the proposition, and the Question j.
QUO soieiy LOT Inc consideration OF Congress-
ana uhtll That body will pass law si,st4ir.inc,
| such n loan. he mus; decline acccp,iou il IL
| IN iihate8 that the whole matter aud accom-
| lflhyihg papers vii be referred TO CDnprpss
| upon the opening Of The session. with y re-.
COMMUNICATION that the subjcc, b. tiyoralIy
| IOhNiutItu
The Norfolk OH U1min{1u Of the
| 10Th says:
IDS morning over 800 descrtcrs came qynr
I'D q Oody on the extreme right Of TIE lcl..I no
sition. The SpOttswO0d H0usa Richmond
WIS the scene OF fight Oh Sunday last. he
tween member from Georgia AID one from
VIrgina-tte latter maintaining that ucUrocs
should be armed and HE former that they
shonid not. The Georgian threatened : divi
sion OF the Conicderacy, ana sad he would be
upheld by his constituents.
Boston papers describe tie recertion
Of Capt. Win>low, Of tie K4arsargz, At
Faneuil Hall, a. q Very brilliant stiAr. i
complimentary dinner to him is to be gye9
on Tuesday next
More than 10000 trees, shrubs and
herbaceous plants we're planted in the New
York Central Park last yea. Tie car
Iiage drive now completed is above ei .hty
miles in length, and tie walks tr-rty
miles.
1t is reported that q refugee from
Alabama, nos at Nashville, states that tic
Legislature OF Alabama, by clear maio~-
.ty of ten in the Senate, and over twenty
n tie House, are resolved to do nothing
more IN support Of the war
Col Berdan rev rifle vas tiled n2ar
Utica recently. The distance vas 200
yards; the target six feet IN Iia:ea'or, or
regulation size. Col Bar,.an ACCOMPLISHED
the remarkable feat OF shootius the Is hn,isr
eye" four times in succes>ioa lie tl,cn
missed it by triiie The filth iHr, and bit
it again the sixth.
"A horseback wedding tooa plar, IT
Sherwood, III recently, He col5rac.irg
parties being Mr. Josiah W. Crsndali and
Miss Helen b Har,t. The cefeusny MS
pertorIneGin front Of the utliciatin.cer
mans residence, the bridal parry Being On
horseback: and the bride and her three
bridesmaids (Miss Fanny G IIar>t, Miss
Julia ShelleDhrrg and Miss Mar II. Tauy-
berg dressed and nlountel Yua novelty
OF the ceremony attracted /. large cor.
pany Of the neighbols
The Pennsylvania republican leaders
have resumed their raid on the President,
AMI insist upon the suppression of Mr.
Stanton in the Cabinet kitchen as q sine
qua non of their support of the admins
ration hereafter. They want Gen. But
Ter, and represent that Pennsylvania
particularly, and the country generally.
will not be satisfied until the change IS
made. Pennsylvania viii persist that she
has right to be beard until her wishes
are acceeded to.
Our Dabster says the Government
may tax our matches, but challenges the
world TO match our taxes We've got 10
tax our energies to pay them.
The Independence Nei9s gives the
following particulars Of the airoYnts re-
ceiyed by various artists the results Of
single performances. Malibran n. Drury
Lane received ESQ each night. Tie
same price was paid to Lablache 1o1 Two
performances. Grisi at New York receive
ed t4OO for one performance, and shortly
after obtained 60, 400 as the result oil one
| nights entertainment in London Taglj-
oni received ESQ for every .eriov.rance
~ AAHiicu' 81 ohANi az iICi StCDIII OSltitt III
st. Petersburg she realized tie extIava-
CANT sum of fS, 100, in addition 10 q mag
nificent present of dianond o.nam>nJs
made her by the Gar
The number Of letters posted in Ion
don in 1868 was 141, 619,OO in Liver
pool in the same year, Is, 81, 0U}.
The following paragraph appears IN
an Alabama paper:
| ARREST OF A FEMALE SPY. - ,ouus Wo-
man, by the name of Miss Jones. W., rested
in Selma yesterday, charged with h,i1@ Fed.
eral spy. She had about her person number
| OF papers, the nature OF which - unable
to learn, and Is large amount Ci gTctnJ2cizs.
| She acknowledged having two accom- Ices.
| Our authorities are Oh the alert anu they viii
hardly escape
The Democratic party, in Tic late
Presidential contest, have suffered - dis
astrous defeat. The rank and file may
charge it to their OWE folly, in conserving
to be guided by their stupid copperhead
peace leaders From the. splendid run