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


sharks are prepared to devour the dol
phins, and all the dolphins are prepared t.
devour the flying-fish. 1t was a coura
geous act upon the part of euch little
fish as PAUL DoMBRy, to shake bis fists il
the lace of all the sharks of society. O
course, having our own little quarrel will
society it cannot he expected of US thai
we should speak of it dispassionately Al
constituted in this country, it bears very
much the appearance of an embodied
humbug. All sorts Oh shams, hypocrisies,
pstty rivalries and jealousies, are practced
in the name of society. Ambitious
mediocrity, backed and fortified by the
| almighty dollar, drives its liveried "estab.
lshment rough-shol over genius and
gentllity, while it sits With smile of de-
lighted self-complacency on cushions o:
velvet. Our very dear friend, Mrs. PEE
TENTIOUs SHODDY, to whom we are in
! debted for o GOOD many cups of tea and
scandal, informs Us that she invites Miss
| ADELAIDE NORMA to her social entertain
ments, not for the sake Of her company,
but for the sake Of her music--a delicate
and refined way Of patroniZing the fine
arts. Mrs. PRETENTIOUs SHODDV also whis-
! pers to US that Mrs. AURORA BoEEALIs is
a hOrrid creature, "because, " says Mrs.
SHoDDY, "she has patdle dog for pet
AN Odero@s thing, with google eyes and
a pink ribbon round its neck Not hav-
ing any quarrel with dogs, we occasionally
call upon Mrs. AURORA BOREALIs, (whose
tea is also excellent, and whose scandal is
unexceptionable.) Mrs. AURORA BORE
Ais always looks charming in her sky
blue silk and eyes 20 match, with pair of
crimson banners hung out on each cheek.
She regards Mrs PRETENT1oUs SHoDpy
with supreme contempt, and an exquisite
curl Of scorn on the upper lip. "Play,''
says Mrs. AURORA BoREALls, "what did
Mrs. PRETRNTIoUs SHoDOY spring from
| have her genealogy at my tongues end
Her father was tailor, and her mother q
tailoress. Her husband was butcher, and
made his money out Of a government con-
tract. She, forsoOth, to put on airs! She,
who eats her pie with steel-bladed knife,
and her peas with two-pronged fork =
Of course We entirely agreed with Mrs
AURORA BOREAIIs, as we had entirely
agreed with Mrs. PRETKNToUs SHoDDY.
Our quarrel with society does not extend
to those charming creatures, the ladies'
How could it? We look upon them one
and all as angels. Our quarrel is with
the snobs and funkies, the two-legged
creatures of shams and pretences, Wretched
incarnatiOns of supreme selfishness Some
Of these days We propose to lave a few
words to say abou. the AMiNIDAB SLEESs,
DANDr Jnls, and SOLOMON CRRsusEs of
society.
The Treatment of Our Eri~oncr. su
Georgia.
In addition to the account We printed
yesterday of the treatment of cur pris-
| oners at Andersonville, Georgia, the New
York Times of the 2oth publishes the
names of three Thousand who miserably
perished under the inhuman treatment of
their captors, In locking over the list we
find only one NnnesotiaD, 0. GRRR, of
company F, Ninth Regiment, who died
July 18th. The Times also prints several
! columns Of reports from rebel medical
officers at Andersonville, as to the bar
barities practiced upon the prisoners, and
against which these surgeons, in many
cases, felt called upon professionally to
protest. The following Is summing up
of their testimony:
| l. The room allowed our prisoners within
| the AndersOnville stockade might have been
enlarged so that the rs, 600 or 80, 600 prison.
| ers could have been removed from unwhole.
| some contact: SO that the means Of ablution
| and general attention to personal cleanliness
might have been available; and SO that the
sick might have been separated from those in
health.
2. Our prisoners might have had abundant
| shelter, at no cost to the rebel authorities.
| Pine woods abounded all around them, and
! shelter tents of moderate comfort our men
would gladly have extemporized from these,
| by their own labor.
| 8. Water could have been supplied 10 our
| men at small cost of labor which the healthy
prisoners would themselves have readily borne.
| 4. Fuel was superintendent on every side OF
| the inclOsure Yet, the Confederate surgeons
| testify that enough was not permitted to reach
| the stockade, even to do the sparse cooking OF
| the hospital tents.
5. Our men might have been permitted to
remove the excrement of the camp; but it ap-
pears to have been part of the punishment in
flicted on them to prevent such removal-fve
acres being completely covered herewith.
| We might add to this list Of needless aus,
celebrate crueltes-cruelties arising in no sense
or degree out of the straits Of the COntederacy
either in the matter OF labor or provisioning.
But it is useless to enlarge the indictment.
Says DR.. Patterson. writing to his superior in
the Confederate Medical Department. on the
| 18th of August: -" 1 find great negligence IN
interring the dead, some Of the bodies having
lain as many as four days" With the Their
mometer at 100 in the shade, We know what
this means. -Four days later, DR.. Thornburg
reports to his superior from the same capital
1.-The patients are compelled to lie on the
ground. many of them without blankets and
some without Clothes" This officer pleads in
the same report for small supply of washing
basins; 1.-The ones we have been uing Che
urges) for dressing wounds and ulcers are not
fit for other USE" The surgeon prays. too, for
some means OF getting water Npply for the
hospital.
Or. Massee. making his hospital report On
the 29th of August states that Il lind the beet
in very bad condition. having been blown by
flies so lone that 1t was infested with live in