The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-06-03
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

Gen. Mcclellan has written to one of his
friends in Washington, that in his opinion nm.
less Grant has moderated Lees strength tho
only contingency in which his campaign will
prove failure is failure to receive sufficient
supplies
"A special to the Herald, Washington 2Gth,
says: An ARRAY occurred yesterday at the Ma
tionai Hotel, between Senator Chandler, of
Michigan, and Hon. D. w. Worries, of Indi
ah'' III winch the latter slapped the formers
iaee. russell ensued, when Mr.. Hannegan.
friend OF Mr.. Worries, interfered and was in
turn ssfailed by Mr.. Chandler. flanagan
struck Chandler with pitcher, and dragging
MIN 10 the floor by the hair, cufied him until
the anair was stopped by the interference of
the bystanders. The fight originated in Mr.
Chandeliers denouncing Democrats in sucb n
manner that Mr.. Worries construed the re-
marks as personal to himself.
Two brothers, Samuel and Thomas Feron.
son, were hanged at Helena, Ark, on the aOtb
OF May. for the murder of Mr.. Allison and
another man. The crime was committed
about three months ago and about two miles
outside of our lines. After killing them they
brought their teams and load of cotton into
Helena, sold it, got ON a boat and started ND
the river; but Gen. Buford started another
boat after and overhauled her, bringing back
the prisoners. In the absence of civil courts
they were tried by q military court. The de-
clslon OF the court was sent to Washington and
approved. They said but little. Only one of
them spoke and it amounted to about this: He
was true sympathizer with the rebellion and
hoped it would succeed. After hanging about
thirty minutes, they were cut down and the
bodies removed for burial. The military were
on the ground to keep good order, and every
thing was quiet and orderly.
MIR. Fishback, the newly-elected United
States Senator from Arkansas, according to the
st. Louis papers, was a member of the Arkar2
sas Secession Convention in 1861, and signed
the ordinance of Secession. Subsequently he
raised two companies of rebel troops, Joined
the rebel army, and fought against Lyon at
Wilson's Creek. Notwithstanding all this, he
was elected as a Radical to the United States
Senate.
Under date of Washington, May 90, Mr..
Lincoln telegraphed to the Secretary of the
Missouri Fair for the benefit of the Sanitary
Commission, now open at st. Louis: Your
dispatch received. Thanks for your greetings
and congratulations, for the successful opening
OF your fair. Our soldiers are doing well, and
must and will be done well by"
A draft insurance company in Chicopee,
Massachusetts, every member of which paid
sixty dollars, with the promise that if be was
drafted and accepted he should have three hun
dred dollars for exemption or as pocket money
in case he decided to CO. has had only eight of
its one hundred and forty. three members draft
ed thus far, 80 that the fund now stands cred
tied with sixty-one hundred and eighty dollars
Exemptions and future drafts will probably
change the figures, but there is good margin
for the fund.
The Home Guards of Richmond and Pc
tersburg have been slaughtered in the late bat.
ties with Buffers army. They seem to have
been placed in the most exposed points, and
were cut down in great numbers. The Rich
mond Examiner of the 18th, speaking of re-
PeAAAG DueASA1 AuCy lIuC OOutu6Tu
trOops suffered o considerable loss in killed
and wounded. TO make an omelette one
must break some eggs is the proverb Of
French armies. But we are inclined to think
that the number is exaggerated, for there is
this evident cause of exaggeration: that the
brigade which bore the brunt of the battle con-
tanned great proportion of young men from
this city. Many houses here contain wounded
brothers and sons, and hence the popular i'm
aginatlOn in Richmond increases the total loss
beyond reality"
The Illinois Republican Union State Com
vention at Springfield put in nomination the
following State ticket:
For Governor-Major Gen. Richard j. Ogles.
by, of Macon.
Lieutenant Governor-William Bross. of
Cook.
Secretary of State-Sharon Lyndale, of St.
Clair.
Auditor-O II. Miner, of Sangamon.
Treasurer-COl. James IL. Beveridge. of De
Kalb.
Superintendent Public Observation-Disclosures
Bateman, of Mclean.
Congressman at Large-Hon. s. W. Moul-
ton of Shelhv