The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-06-23
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

"A fire in saw mill at Saginaw, Michigan,
on Wednesday, destroyed $1,000 worth of
property. @
Eleven hundred and twenty emigrants ar
rived at New York Wednesday from Ger
many.
-Distilleries have been seized at Mt. Pleas.
ant and Askaloosa, Iowa, for evasion of the
revenue laws.
The Presidents amnesty proclamation is
opposed by the radicals and secessionists of
South Carolina.
Hon. w. w. Boyce, of South Carolina has
received an unconditional pardon, accompan-
ed by friendly letter from the President.
Gov Holden has withdrawn from the ed
itorship of the Raleigh Standard, and is sue
ceeded by his son Joseph H. Holden and Jos.
8. Cannon.
The Petersburgh NeUs contradicts the re-
port of the arrest of Gen. Lee, but says that
the Norfolk Grand Jury is examining witness
es preliminary to making an Indictment
Prof. Agassiz and party arrived at Rio
Janeiro, April %, and were kindly received by
the Emperor.
WIN. Buckminster, Esq, formerly editor
of the Massachusetts POughman, died at Fra
mingham on Friday, at the age of 81 years.
Butter has got down to 20 cents in 81. Al
bans, VT, ranging from that to rs, according
to quality.
All honorable discharged soldiers have
been granted the privilege Of retaining their
arms at the following rate: Muskets ten dol
lars, carbnes eight dollars, sabres three dollars.
Bolts and Rives, who are in Washington,
oppose all of Governor Pierponts measures,
asserting that the new constitution for Virgin
ia was adopted by a convention consisting of
only eleven members.
The judicial imbroglio in Missouri has been
summarily settled by Governor Fletcher, who
has vacated the offices held by the Conserva-
tive judges by military force, and installed the
new appointees in their stead. The affair has
created great excitement.
"A fine specimen of the bald-headed eagle,
measuring six feet ten inches from tip to tip of
the wings, was shot two OF three days since in
South birmingham, Mass. The skin of the
noble bird is in the hands of q taXidernmist for
preservation.
"A StultO4tu lCCCutiy lCtuiACu iou1
Southwest, states that the whole country is in
a condition of anarchy; that no cotton has
been planted, and but little corn and that
there are about 1000, 900 bales of cotton cast
of the Mississippi.
From IL, 900 to 20, 900 expatriated Poles, at
present sojourning in Switzerland, desire to
immigrate to this country, and have sent an
agent to Washington to secure, if possible, a
concession of land. An effort will be made to
have them settled in Virginia.
Telegraph communication is now open
with Marquette, Lake Superior, via Green Bay,
Oconto, Peshtigo, Menominee and Escanaba,
thence along the new Peninsula Railroad to
Marquette, Michigan. The new line constitutes
part of the Northern Telegraph (formerly
Wisconsin State Line.)
On Sunday night last, a fire in Muscatine,
Iowa, destroyed two brick buildings, two sta
bles, two stores, two warehouses, two saloons,
five small frame buildings and several barns.
Total loss from $12,0 to S15,0 900; mostly in
sured.
The St. Johnsbury (Vt.) Caledonian says
that fifteen or sixteen persons at Paddock's
Village were poisoned on Wednesday of last
week, from drinking root beer. 1t is supposed
that the boy who was sent to dig roots gath
cred by mistake some poisonous substance.
Ali but two of the participates were out of
danger, but child, it was thought, would die.
General Candy has hunted out and arrested
the man who offered last winter in an Alabama
paper to be one of certain number of persons
to pay 81 ,000, 900 for the murder CT Mr.. Lin
coin, and he is on his way, under guard, to the
East.
The village of Dyersburg, Tennessee, was
almost completely destroyed by fire on the
10Th ult. A block Of eight fine buildings, prin-
cipally occupied as dry goods stores, were
burned, with their contents.
Several robbers are reported to have been
captured and hanged near Council Bluffs.
During the storm at Cairo, few nights
since, lightning struck the soldiers rest in that
city, passing down through the building in
three routes, and tearing everything into splin-
tiers.
-Copious rains have visited rorihern Iowa
during the past week, and prospects are good
for a bountifnl harvest.
the allowance of belligerent rights to the 'Con.
federacy."
Three steamers left New York, Saturday,
taking out over million dollars in specie.
-Ex- Governor Yates has been invited to de-
liver the Grafton at Springfield, on the 4th of
July next.
Howell Cobb has been released from i'm
prisonment, and has returned to Athens.
Kirby Smith, 1t is reported, took with him
to Mexico 5000 troops and 81, 600, 900 in
specie.
1t is stated that, at recent meeting of
the French Cabinet and Privy Council, VI.
Fould advocated the Immediate withdrawal of
the French forces in Mexico, and stated that
he had felt it his duty to send a dispatch to the
Emperor Napoleon, in which he urged the ne.
cessity of taking this step.
Mrs. Lydia s. Sigouney, the favorite
poetess, died at Hartford last week at the ripe
age of seventy-siX years.
Another sad disaster has happened at sea.
The steamer Admiral Dupont, on her way