The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-07-07

IHE cnarter election in st. Peter last Thurs
day resulted in acomplete victory for the Dem
ocracy and an overwhelming defeat of the allies
Of the !" Americans Of African descent" -" w1
2 The Henderson Monitor IS responsible for
the following story Of the late Indian scare q
"a. When the report reached the church, SER
vices were ct once closed, and the men sent
for arms and made arrangements to GO to the
place and ascertain the truth of the report.
.OneIof them objected, and others insisted. He
informed them g that, be was man, nv peace.
and not q man nv war" They sim insisted
that he must 90, when he deliberately stepped
up TO- the altar and exclaimed, = I'll say agin,
I'm man nv pace and not q man nv waar,
and I'll sthand here furninst the holy uvsholies
and die benath the eye nv me redaimer. "A
= JAMES HMDs of st. Peter has formed q part
nership, for the practice Of law, at Little Rock,
Arkansas, with Hon. Elisha Baxter, United
States Senator elect, and formerly Chief Justice
Supreme Court Of the State Of Ekansas.S - Il
GRAssHoPpERs.-The frs. brood Of grass
hoppers in this section commenced flying the
latter part of last week, but there are yet sey-
eral corps of later ones that win have to be
fed until theyare able to emigrate. - There;
have been dense clouds of them, in the air for
the past few DAYS @ S the sgn was shin
this place hat been ratheriS onth East Some
Of them ali8Rted near Ottawa on Saturday,
where they have been doing great damage to
the crops, and we learn that the timber IN the
vicinity of Cordovo, in this county literally
swarmed with them on, Saturday. -Ls, Sxeur
sseeesssm .a.GJ Il d., iW Il t0s 3st e.is 6tg
We have heretofore stated, the grasshop-
pers have destroyed about all the crop in Mic
Ollet county from Fort Ridgely down to Nicol-
Of. Aftoon vyniIoo 6a,s,a
they commenced flying over town across the
river, and the air seemed thick with them. On
their passage some of them stopped near Bat
roche's creek, within six miles of town, and
from two O'Clock until dark they completely
destroyed twenty acres of splendid corn for Mr..
IN that vicinity.-I6;d. '.o,'csa . 9r.lseob
THE Blue Earth City Advocate Is out with the
patriotic colors this week-the redJ white and
blue-white paper, two pages printed with red
ink and two with blue ink There is to be .
regular old fashioned celebration at Blue Earth
City con the Fourth. Capt, p B. Perfect
Bricko DaYy Is marshal, and Hon, ]. B. Wake
field orator. ~ ~ ''1Sf.--' !,
WE understand Mr.. O. Brown, Of the Fari-
bault RepublicGs. has sold his paper and mate
rails to d. Blakely, of the Rochester Post, but
we have looked in vain this, week for Browns
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voted to the "copperheadism" Of the PIONEER.
The Saltwater Messenger is jubillant over
the completion OF the telegraph, by which that
city is placed In communication with the ssrest
Of mankind. But we observe in the FIRST news
dispatch to the Messenger that the line, al
though new, is subject to the same misf0r.
tunes that are so frequent with Us. We give
the dispatch:
ST.. PAUL, June 27.-Gov. Miller wrote to
the War Department short. time since, ask.
ing TO have Fort Smelling or the draft rendex.
yous placed at the disposal Of the State for a.
there word occurs which, the operator was
unable to make out !; and before he could as
certain, communication with St Paul was cut
of. The reader Is at liberty to supply the de-
ficiency with any word which his Imagination
may suggest. We acknowledge that we
haven't the remotest conception whether the
Governor has reference to q Soldiers Home,
Asylum, Snperannuated Politicians Retreat,
or a place Of deposit. for Executive Photo
graphs.-Ed. Ness. 49,
We clip the following items from the Mime
appolis Atlas OF this week: .-',''I
I The arrival of strangers to our city still con-
tinues. Daily the Omnibusses are crowded with
passengers from, the cars. The hotels and
boarding houses are rapidly being filed, while
scores 20 out to Excelsior and other attractive
retreats. We notice among the arrivals many
from st. Louis. Memphis, Vicksburg and other
Southern points. 90. ''tMs To..'
Franklin Steele, Esq has gone on 4 trim Is
California to look after his Interests in the oil
region. His friends here inform ms that he
will probably remove permanently: to that
State, the present year.. 49,
The Central Railroad Company npa are s,sfh having
their railroad ties hauled to the landing to be
RATED 10 Mendoza. As soon as the bridge
across the Minnesota Is in condition to run
their construction train over, they, will COM
mence to lay the track from that point to this
city. Look out for the locomotive about the
hrst OF september. s.iE 1a1: sLs
THE Republican papers are still poking
sharp sticks at " the present executive /" Of the.
State Although we caanos defeud him, yet
we think it rather uDgenerous streatment, es-
pecially as he has declined denomination. He
should be allowed to fall gently, as upon q bed
of down. Hon. Fl. NJ. HoIley says IN reference
to the Governors Soldiers Home project:
The old granny evidently wishes it to be un-
derstood, that he has to push the people of
Minnesota up to their duty in this regard, when
the fact Is, he only wants to play demagogue
and make q little cheap political capital for
himself, out Of the mater It's no use Gov
ernor, all the saltpetre this side of purgatory
cannot save you! This much, however. as
you retire, must be q consolation, although
you do not remain in the heart of the people.
your photograph (by request still sticks in
almost everybody's album. q sa@
Tine Mankato Union says boy Of eight years
of age, the son Of Mrs. Drury, living at South
Bend, was drowned in the river on Monday
last. He was wading on a shoal, but suddenly
coming upon deep hole, was launched be-
You'd his depth. -
Gov. Seymour in speech
TO the Farmers
The Appleton, Wis, Crescent says the system
of market fair days was inaugurated at that
place on Saturday, the 18th of June. Ex-Gov.
Seymour, of New. York, addressed the farmers