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The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-12-09
Gen. Grant in Philadelphia.

Gen. Grants presence in Philadelphia
caused no little excitement. The North
american says:
He had some business to attend to for
the children, and, oddly enough, thought
that he could go about 1t like "any other
man." He took Col. Badeau, one of his
aids, as companion; and walked down
Chestnut street, dressed in civilians
clothes and large-brimmed slouched hat.
There was nothing about him to indicate
his military profession, least of all his
rank. The inevitable segar fnned beneath
his nose, and he walked along, probably
oongratulatipg himselfin the completeness
of bis inod eito. The little boot blacks
looked at Els unpublished understandings
and rushed for "job," but made moth
ing. Just below Sixth street, soldier,
with one arm, walking upon a crutch,
looked into bis face. "God be praised 7"
was bis involuntary exclamation, "here's
Gen. Grant" The soldier rused towards
him, seized his hand, and kissed it as a
girl would kiss q cherished pet. "Gen-
eral," said be, 81 was with you at Vicks-
burg" There was a hearty squeeze of
hands, and, with a manipulation that
would have done no discredit to Signor
Blitz, the General transferred to the hand
of the soldier two pieces of greenbacked
paper with Gross upon the face of each.
The soldier walked one way, the Gen.
sral the other. 1t was all up with Gen.
Grant. There were at least twenty SOL
diers on the other side of the street. They
discovered at glance that the stranger
in the slouched hat was no ordinary per.
sonage. Seven or eight of them had spad-
ed their way into Vicksburg, and with
lightning celebrity they learned that Gen.
Grant was among them. In less time than
we have occupied in writing these lines
more than hundred people had gathered
around Gen. Grant, and the joy of the
soldier portion of the crowd was wild and
high. Some of them even shed tears, as
the memory of mutual sufferings and mu-
tual triumph came thronging thick and
fast. The general was completely be-
seiged. The crowd increased with great
rapidity people seeing the excitement
came rushing to the spot to inquire into
the cause Of the rejoicing. He was grasp
ed around the neck, and his hands and
arms were seized by all who could posi-
bly, reach BIN. The scene was becoming
more exciting, and the General stood con-
founded, not knowing how to extricate
himself. A large number of police rushed
to the spot, and the fact that the excite
ment was owing to the presence of Gene
al Grant, was communicated to Chief
Ruggles, who soon had posse on hand.
The widow of the late Joshua R. Giddings
died at Jefferson, Ashtabula county, Ohio, on
<ho XXI,
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-12-09
Fatal Result OF 1eckIessness

By private letter from Vicksburg, we
learn that Lieut.. Dee, Commissary of Sab
sistence of the cavalry forces, was killed
last week by Capt. Jesup, of the 4th Hi
nois cavalry, who is one of the most dar-
ing officers in the service. Both officers
were somewhat intoxicated, and were
playing civilian Tell" Dee placed a
cup on his head and Jesup fired at it. As
he pulled the trigger, Dee raised his head
a little, and the ball went through his
forehead. Jesup is now under arrest and
is to be tried for the deed.-Oicago Post.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-12-09
Written for tie 81. Paul Psoneer. I
70 GRRECR,

The shepherd of the Lesbian isle
Now sits no more within the shade,
Tuning his oaten reed the while
To mountain maid.
And Aphrodite wakes no more
Sad echoes 'mong the hills OF Greece,
Or seeks along the Aegean shore
In vain for peace.
Endymion sleeps and Dian steals
No kiss of love from beauty's cheek,
Where the soft silver light reveals
The blue-eyed Greek.
The light winds stir the leafy bowers
Whence nympth and fam no longer peep
Through the calm heat Of nOon-tide hours
Haunted by sleep.
The footprints of the god are sought
In vain by marge of shaddowed stream.
Where the thick branches interwrought.
Hang like dream.
The gods are silent Greece is dumb:
Awakei and seize thy Spartan fife.
One tap upon thy Spartan drum
Would give thee life.
Inglorious rust has stained thy shield;
Thy children pipe the plant Of peace
Arise! and seek on gloryi field
Freedom for Greece.
The nymphs and fauns will then be seen
Again in bower and Utmost glen;
The gods will walk with steps serene
Once more with men.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-12-09

From the Richmond Dispatch, Nov 20.
The following message in answer to the
resolution of Mr.. Maxwell, was sent to the
Senate on Monday:
RICHMOND Va, Nov. p, 1864.
To the Senate of the Confederate States:
In response to your resolution of the 10Th
inst, I herewith transmit communication
from the Secretary of State, which conveys the
information requested.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
DEPARTMENT OF STATED
RICHMOND Nov IS, 1864.
SIR have the honor to acknowledge the
receipt of the resolution of tho Senate of the
18th inst, referred to me for all answer to the
inquiry whether ''any State of the United
States has, through any of her recognized au-
thorities, directly or indirectly expressed will
ingness to 90 into convention with the States
of this Confederacy for the purpose of nego-
tiating peace, or consulting on the best meth.
cd of effecting cessation of hostilties," and
respectfully report that no intimation, direct
or indirect, has been received by this govern.
ment of willingness on the part of any State
of the United States to 60 into convention
with the States of this COnfederacy for the
purpose of negotiating peace or consulting
on the best method of efecting cessation Of
hostiities, or any purpose whatever.
lam very respectfully your obedient servant
j. P. BENJAMIN,
Secretary of State.
To the President
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-07-29

A Broken LYRE.-Our musical lit
erature has sustained heavy loss in
the death of George r. Morris. We
have few song-writers, and he was one
of the oldest, the ablest and The most
prolific. His contributions to the
journals have been frequent favorites
for nearly fifty years. His wood
man, spare that tree has circulated
by millions, and been sung everywhere
in America and Europe He has the
questionable honor of being the first
to transfer negro melodies from the
plantation to the parlor, and has re-
ceived for two dramatic efforts the sum
of six thousand dollars. His prose
tales and his collected poems have
each enjoyed a remunerative sale, and
probably no loftier genius among US
(and we have had many has ever re-
allied half the money which rewarded
the man who gave melodius utterance
to the common thought He was a
man of abundant labors, as editor, au-
thor, and a poet; a market gardener in
the literary geld, whose light and rel
ishing prohuct secured speedy and
profitable returns.-SprinUield Repub-
Lcgn
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New York Literati.


The New York IIp1es gives the fol-
lowing sketch Of some Of the literary
celebrities of that city
WILLIAM Cu1LES BRgANr. Here is a
man as patriarcbal as Father Abraham
He has a long silvery beard, and his
whole appearance is venerable in the
extreme. This is William Cullen Bry-
ant, poet, editor, agriculturist, poll
tician, philosopher and philanthropist
All Of his face that you can see is fur
rowed with wrinkles, and while his lit
tie, keen eyes twinkle merrily, there is,
notwithstanding, certain severity
about them When he talks, he says
a great deal in very few words, and
there is an observable crispness and
sarcasm in his sentences that may not
always prove agreeable. He writes a
pointed and elegant newspaper article,
and from his trembling pen still flow
poetic thoughts of romance, beauty,
aud youth. He makes a dignified and
excellent presiding officer of political
and other meetings, and frequently of
fcates in this capacity. His paper,
the Ereaing Post, has been in existence
for more than half century, and he is
now one of the oldest editors III the
country He was originally the stout
est kind of Democrat, then softened
into Free Soiler and finally hattened
into a Republican of the broadcast,
blacklist description. He has always
enjoyed commanding influence with
the commercial and wealthy classes of
New York. In the earlier day the
Post was a sort of gospel to the Dem
ocrats, and it is now quite as much the
text of faith to the Republicans. More
than this, it has always been well ed
tied, and maintained considerable rep
utation as literary journal, and there
fore received the support of not only
business men and politicians but the
aIistocracy and hterati generally.
JAMES BROOKS. James Brooks IS n
tall, broad shouldered, dark complex
toned individual He walks along with
a stately stride, curled lip and cross
expression. He appears for all the
" VI ~ 40 II iAR NtiillN iAAHiA ~ NhA RAAN -
his partnership alterations, and as if 1t
would be n great favor to allow him to
thrash somebody His clothing Is
neither fashionable nor new, and being
dilapidated. he looks seedy and care
less. His face is intellectual, and his
eyes show determination of character
When not attending to the affairs of
the nation at Washington, he is to be
found in the garnet editorial rooms of
the Eceaing Express, buried in noun
tain of exchange papers. In his hand
will be an ancient looking pair of scls-
sors, before him pile of scraps and
sheets of paper with extracts pasted to
them, and brief comments written. be-
low. From time to time an inky,
greasy little chap, known as the prin-
ter's devil, rushes in and calls for copy,
with which he can be easily furnished
from large amount of scissored brains
on hand 1t is dirty. disordered
place, smelling of type and Hibernian
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comfort within. When at length the
table was spread and the simple but
wholesome supper was ready, my
nephew with his son and hired help
had made themselves presentable in
clean jackets and slippers (the dusty
overalls and soiled shoes having been
dexteriously laid aside, and with
thanks to Him who giyeth to all their
meat in due season, we sat down to-
gether at the family board. There was
no hurry over the meal. The outdoor
work, except the milking and evening
feeding of the animals, which Bill at
tended to, was done. Now was the
time for family enjoyment and improve
ment. When the tea was ended, and
Carlos wife and daughter were busy
in clearing up the table, | said to my
nephew, pleasantly: "You do not
drive business so kcenly as your Cous-
in Paul.
NO. was the reply; q suppose he
thinks me lazy and thriftless. | can
not pile up money at the bank as he
does. To be plain, Auntie, l think
there are other and better ways Of
spending at least part of my earnings;
and l should count money poorly
saved which was done at the expense
of my own aud my wife's health, and
the improvement and happiness of our
children. SO we take time for family
worship, and for daily readings, both
sacred and secular. We do not think
ourselves extrayagant III buying every
year a few select books and an occa-
sional roll Of music For" he added,
as he drew aside the curtain of re-
cess behind me, "here are Hates piano
and Pills flute Paul would shake
his head sadly at this, | know; but |
feel that any provision which cndears
home to my children, and binds our
hearts as a family more closely togeth-
er, is at least equal in value to bank
deposit, and will yield in the end a
higher rate Of interest
| could not dissent from views so
rational and just. / spent several
weeks with my nephew and his family,
a close observer as we'll as a happy par
ticipator in their daily pursuits and
pleasures. All were Industrious, but
none were oycrworked. Kate and her
mother took upon themselves the
household labor; but Carlos insisted
on providing weekly stout woman to
help with the family wash which was
necessarily large; while Philip was al
ways careful to see that the strength
of his mother and sister was not over
tasked for want of any service which
he could render. And always the
evening enjoyments crowned the days
labors and prepared each for sweet
nightly repose.
Reader, was Carlos Halls money
lost p L. y. II.
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responsibility of the present state of
things on the trainers of the govern
ment On the contrary, this state of
things may be traced with unerring
certainty to succession of measures,
subsequently adopted, in violation Of
that compromise. If slavery had been
confined to the original states, &C
cording to the compact of "the fathers"
in other words, if the original policy
had been maintained in good faith,
it is morally certain this war would
never have occurred. But that policy
was not maintained. II WAS changed
from anti-slavery to pro-slavery and
by the aid of northern votes. BY the
aid of snchsvotes and the allied north
ern political with the southern slave
power, the government was placed on
the side of slavery, and for more than
quarter Of century administered in
its interest. Measures differing totally
from the policy of the fathers were
fraudulently substituted for it, and
palmed off upon the community as
the same in principle and substance,
deeeiving the very elect in the conserv-
alive and democratic churches, and
the fruit of such measures, full grown
and ripe, is the present war. Many
at the North, while protesting to alb
hor slavery as great wrong, and
to desire that it might come to an end,
have with singular Inconsistency sus-
tanned every measure designed to add
to its arear and power. And probably
it is to such conduct President Lin
coin alludes when he speaks of "our
completely in this wrong" and init
mates that it may be Goods will that
the north shall pay fairly for" it, by
sharing in the immense sacrifices of
life and treasure incident to a war
rendered necessary, both as pun
ishment for this great national sin,
and as a means of it's removal.-John
H. Goodrich.
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hands, those white hands, too fair. b,
hall, for any man. She had ALWAYS
been prouder of them than he was.
How many hundred, hundred times
she had kissed them as She implorod
of him to have mercy on her and ON
himself, and TO turn from the temtinn
wine.
1t was little strange, she thought.
that he should say Good by to her
when she was going down stairs only
for five minutes; but then he was rather
wandering in mind, and he was apt to
be if anything allied him. But the
five minutes had become more than
five hours They shall not keep me
from him so; am his wife, my place
is by my husband; l Q.H go in. She
again sought the door.
Yes; you may enter, said the doc
tor, opening the door to the poor wife.
He no longer raves
No; he had finished at an early hour
his business with the cup That biteth
like serpent and stingcth like an adj
der; but his wife oh how that adj
der stings her and always will until
she dies. There he lay us She entered
his room, those dear hands folded,
those blue eyes closed, very silent,
very still, raving no more, dcad.
Beautiful, strangely calm; but dead
| wish that i could lead to his side
and cause TO hear and feel his story
every man that is treaChng in his
steps. Why irH they die? How per-
verse people are, especially men and
boys. Do they really think there are
too many on earth Do they think
they must try to poison off half their
number Since the time OF Noah, and
nobody knows how long before, they
have expended, in learning to drink
and chew, an amount OF perseverance.
patience and self-denial. which. weil-di-
rected, have, to certainty, would ena-
bled them tomake an honorablemark III
their day and generation. Not only the
strong-headed and determined, but
the most irrcsolute and supine char
acters acquire these revolving habits
A boy that can't summon courage to
face a column of spelling long enough
to learn it, that can't wash his face in
cold water, that can't eat bread and
butter unless there is sugar on it, that
can't stick to the smallest and lightest
Job of useful work long enough to mas
ter it, and that has scarce force enough
in his whole nature to chew his own
food, or to blow his own nose viii,
quite as successfully as the most en-
ereetic lad, brave all the distress, the
sickness, the danger of learning to
smoke and to chew and to drink
Why this is 50 is an unmitigated
mystery. / wish it were otherwise. l
Go not like to see my neighbors and
my friends exhaling in smoke, or mad
dened by liquid poison. What can l
do to make the matter better? 1t is
a dreadful thing to see and know that
the pleasant and dear ones round us
are going to destruction; to know it,
yet to have no power to save. God
help US all.
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A CLERICAL WooD-sAwYER- Doctor
Beecher depended upon constant man
uel labor for keeping up his own health ,
and in Boston, where he could not en-
JOY the luxury of garden to dig in,
he was often puzzled TO find means to
keep himself in good working order.
The consequence was that he sawed all
the wood for his own large family, and
often finding that too little, would beg
the privilege Of saving at the wood pile
of neighbor. He was fastidious in
the care of his wood-saw, having it al
ways at hand in his study, half CON
cealed among minutes of councils, in
complete magazine articles and SER
mons, and the setting of his saw was
often duly accomplished while he set
tied nice point theology with his
boys, OF took counsel with brother
ministers. Looking out of his study
window one day, when his own wood
pile was reduced to a discouraging
state of order-evcry stick sawed and
spit-he saw, with envy, the pile Of
old w. in the street Forthwith he
seized his saw, and soon the old saw
yer of the street beheld man, without
crayat and in shirt-sleeves, issuing
from Dr. Beecher's house, who came
briskly up and asked if he wanted "a
hand at his pile; and forthwith fell to
work with a right good viii, and soon
proved to his brother sawyer that he
was no mean hand at the craft.
Nodding his head significantly at the
opposite house, w said: You live
therey Yes Work for the old man /?
Yes. What sort of an old fellow is
he Z oh, pretty much like the rest
of us Good man enough to work for.
Tough old chap amt he ? Guess SO,
to them that try to chaw him up
So the conversation went on till the
wood went so fast with the new conner
that w. exclaimed, First rate saw that
of yOun This touched the doctor
in a tender point He had set that
saw as carefully as the articles of his
creed-every tooth was critically adj
justed, and so he gave smile of tri-
umph. L say, said w. where can L
get saw like that? 4 don't know,
buy mine 'Willyou trade?
What do you ask 2 4 don't know.
III think about it. Call at the house
tomorrow, and I'll tell you
The next day the old man knocked,
and met the doctor at the door, fresh
from the hands of his wife, with his
coat brushed and cravat tied, going
out to pastoral duty. w. gave start
of surprise. oh said the doctor
You're the man that wanted to buy
my saw. Well, you shall have it for
nothing only let me have some of
your wood to saw when you work ON
my street
w said that he then felt as if he
wanted to crawl into an auger-hole.
Congregational Quarterly.
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Sad and Strange.
BY AUGUSTA MOORE.

Why ,rR men drink and smoke and
chew tobacco? Can any mortal tell ?
Here is our next neighbor, living dead
in the midst of his years, killed by
strong drink; and not even his own
relatives knew that he was in danger,
His wife knew his habits: but she new
er told. Poor soul so many enyied
her Such a husband as she has is
worth getting, said the girls, and
some of them, especially somewhat adj
vanced in life, looked regretfully at
the stately, graceful, genial, handsome
man, rs he passed their windows. Why
could not they have been so happy as
to have secured him?
But they need not have enyied this
poor, proud, faithful wife She early
learned what evil spell was on him,
and all that prayers and reasoning and
tears could do she did to induce him
to give up forever the fatal cup. She
prevailed only to Danish it from her
sight, He ceased to drink wine be-
fore her, or have it brought at all to
the house But he was now Obliged
to be frequently absent on business
for several days at time And he
must have had very wearing and an
noying business to attend to. for he
always returned to his home with
headache, pale face and wom-out
air. He was very sad and kind, too.
for some time after his return, and
whenever his wife met his eyes she
read in them a look that was like re-
morse and shame. Men, you who
have similar business trips, do you
imagine that this wife did not know
her husbands secret? Do you imag-
inc that your wife does not know
yours? There isn't a woman in the
world that truly loves her husband,
that can long be cheated about such
things But hey can all cheat. You
will never guess by word on sign that
you are understood, if so your wife
thinks best.
But our neighbor came home three
days ago, after two days absence, and
went straight to his chamber. He
seemed no sicker than uaual at such
times, and his wife was not particular
ly alarmed. She knew that unless he
changed his course disgrace and ruin
were before them. She had not thought
Of death as very near Her husband
head was yet untouched by gray, he
was stout and picture of health and
vigor. There is no telling who will be
able to resist poison long. Those that
seem best able sometimes soonest fail
Our neighbours brother and the doe
tor were with him. His room door
was closed for long time. The wife
grew uneasy. 1t was the second day
She went to her husbands door, but
was gently requested not to enter lust
yet Just yet that had been the
tune Size morning. What could it
mean. When she had last seen him
he was lying quiet, his brown curls
clustering about his beautiful white
brow and falling damp upon the pill
low, and his pleasant blue eyes fol-
lowed her with loving, smiling chances
as she left the room. Good by, sweet
heart, he called after her, kissing to
her the tips of his fingers. She had
seemed to see all day the waving
towards her of those beautiful soft
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PETERSBURG DURING THE REVOLUTION.
This is not the first time hostile
army has appeared before Petersburg
On the oath of April, 1861, Gen. Phil
lips of the British army, at the head
of $4,000 men, landed at City Point
and marched upon the city. The Bar
ron Steuben, who commanded hand
ful of patriot troops, covered the town
as best he could, but was compelled to
retreat mp the Appomattox, destroy
ing the bridge behind him. The Brit
ISL entered the town the next day,
destroyed large quantity of tobacco,
&c, &c, ravaged several other ada
cent villages, and then set sail again to
return, in the hope of decoying La
fayette and shutting him up in the
peninsula. Phillips was, however, re-
called to Petersburg, soon after which
Lafayette appeared before the town
and commenced bombarding it from
Archer's Hill, Phillips died during
the siege, and the traitor Arnold sue
ceeded him. The British being rein
forced, Lafayette abandoned the at
tack and retired across the James riy-
or at Osborn's Landing, followed by
CORVALLIS, who pursued him as far
rs Hanover Court House. The latter
expecting that Clinton would reinforce
him, marched to Williamsburgh and
subsequently retired to Yorktown,
where he was Gagged and compelled to
capitulate.