The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-09-16
NEWS AND OTHER PARAGRAPHS

Miss Jane Palmer, aged II, was kill
ed by one James Mckinney, in Jersey
county, ILL.,, recently. She nistook him
in the evening for her brother and called
upon him to stop, at the same time catch
ing hold of the hind end of bis wagon,
whereupon he shot her. He tells the alb
surd story that the girl stopped him on the
road and demanded bis money or his life,
and that he shot her three times in self
defence.
In four pitched battles the French
troops in Mexico have been defeated by
Gen. Alvarez 1t seems now more than
ever likely that the Mexican will success
fully resist the French until We shall be
at liberty to give them helping hand, and
clear from this continent the hordes of
French and Austrian filibusters.
The following couplet is credited to
Massachusetts, as her response to the call
for "five hundred thousand more:"
'Oh, Father Abraham, don't take ne,
Take the niggers in Kentuckee."
Professor Caswel, of Brown Univer-
sity, denies the story which has started on
its travels, that comet is nearing our
sphere, with tail of ponderous length.
He says there is no such comet anywhere
in our system at the present time.
AT recent trial of the Ames rifle
gun at Bridgeport, shell, weighing 1O7
pounds, with charge of twenty-five lbs.
of powder, went distance of seven and
a quarter miles in thirty seconds.
The New York correspondent of the
Boston Post is responsible for the follow
ing:
| suppose am at liberty to say bluntly that
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Thumb have got baby-a
real, genuine. flesh. and blood chip of the old
blocks, and three months old at that! Those
who have seen the "blessed brat" describe it
as neither a worlds wonder or a worlds fright,
but little, cunning, crying doll of thing,
| and in no respect peculiar or remarkable, eX-
cept in the promise it gives of being full
sized child, and, if it lives, of becoming as big
again as either of its immediate ancestors.
Over 1000 emigrants arrived in New
York from Europe during the week ending
the 18th inst, making total of nearly
$4,000 since the beginning of the year.
Emigration is not quite so brisk as it was.
The finishing touches to the dome of
the capitol at Washington have at last
been given, and it now stands completed.
The height of the dome from the ground
on the East front, is two hundred and
eighty-seven feet, and about three hundred
and seventy feet from Pennsylvania Ave-
nue..
The General Gillem who defeated and
killed John Morgan is Adjutant General of
Tennessee, and was at the time in COM
mand of Home Guards or State troops.
| "A collision of railroad trains on the
Burlington and Quincy road, Tuesday of
last week, killed thirty persons, nearly all
Swedish immigrants.
The Richmond Examiner is riled at
the fat and comfortable appearance of the
colored people of that city. 1t pronounces
the negroes of Richmond "the most lux
urious class of the community" They are
said to "feed on the most costly viands,
and to dress in the most costly finery."
Allusions are made to the "exquisite
texture of the broadcloths and to the deli
cate hue and texture of the silks which
are seen on the attendants st the Broad
street African church every Sunday
Strangers visiting the city are "struck
by the leanness of its white men and the
sleek fairness of its black men," Judging
from the dress and physique of the two
classes, the editor has no hesitation in say
ing that the negroes are the aristocracy,
and the whites mere hewers of wood and
drawers of water. As the editor dwells
upon the theme, contemplating, perhaps,
group of corpulent and jovial negroes
from the front window as he writes, LIE
loses his temper and says that this "lux-
urious dressing and feasting is "suici-
dali" and more than hints that the hang
ing of few darkies would have a good
moral effect il taking some of the coveted
"adipose off of negro ribs in general and
toning down the African taste for rich ap-
parel and gay colors.
Mrs. Lucinda Gage, Of Clinton, Mich,
committed suicide at Grand Haven Sept.
LIST. tits limited that cruelty from her hus-
band and her fathers cursing her from his
door, is cause for her killing herself. She
requested that her corpse should be sent to
her father, ten miles from Grand Haven.
He telegraphed to have her buried at
Grand Haven and he would pay expenses.
Among recent mysterious disappear
ances, the one just now most noticed, is
that of Miss Anna Dickinson, who was
last seen in the company of postmasters,
collectors, contractors, shoddyites and
loyal leagues, some five months ago. Ger
tainlY ii she were alive ond xro1i her voice