The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-10-27

House, on his release, by Mr.. George A. Fair
child, of Chelsea. Mr.. Stephens said 1t was
his purpose to support the policy of President
johnson for the restoration OF the Union 10
the full extent of his ability and influence.
The venerable Madam Eustis, widow Of
Gov. VIM. Eustis of Massachusetts,, died at
her residence in Roxbury, Thursday, at the
age of eiphty.four years. She was the daugh-
ter of the late Woodbury. Langdon, of New
HAMPSHIRE and has survived her husband
more than forty years.
"A few days since, says the Chattanooga
Tenn.) Gazette, an ancient gentlewoman OF
color came into an Office OF the freedmens
bureau, and inquired if that was the place
where they kept the freedmens bureaus. The
eentlemanly clerk was momentarily nom
plussed, but instantly recovering his gravity,
blandly replied in the affirmative. Dinah, with
an air of mystery, and speaking In eonaden-
tial whisper, said: II have come for my bu-
reau now give me pretty large one, with .
glass top; have washstand at home, but it
is too small to put my fixins in"
Several letters were received last winter BY
the Agricultural Department at Washington
from Western farmers, predicting that the
present year would be wet one, as for long
series of years every seventh one has so
proved, and the last of these being 1853, the
next would be the year 1866. The prophecy
was fulfilled, as every one knows, both in the
East and West; and it would be interesting
10 know something more about such recur.
renee of rains every seventh year.
MIR. McHenry, one OF the party of English
capitalists who have recently made a tour
through this country, has purchased Mr..
Bierstadt's picture of the Rocky Mountains,
for the sum of 5000. Mr.. McHenry. gen.
tleman of cultivated taste and liberal patron
of art, already possesses fine collection of
paintings valued at 5000, 900
Col. Starren, President Of the Military
Board which investigated the cotton affair
with which Gen. Slocums has been damaging
ly connected, publishes statement refuting
any imputation upon Gen. 8. Capt. Hiram c.
statement by an affidavit.
Quite a scene occurred at the Treasury De-
partment on Tuesday last, the curtain falling
on the expulsion of Gov. Pisrpont of Virginia,
by Hon. Freeman H. Clark, Comptroller of
the Currency. 1t appears that Gov. p, in vi
sitting the Office of Mr.. Clark, took occasion to
give profanely emphatic expression on our
national policy, denouncing the government in
unmeasured terms for expecting that the
Southern people would tamely submit to tax
alton for payment of the public debt. His
conduct al last became so indecorous and vio-
lent that it passed the bounds of federation,
and Mr.. Clark peremptorily ordered him to
leave the Office. He responded to the order
by slowly retreating to the door, the knob of
which he retained for o moment, in order to
still further define his position. He was again
directed to leave the room and thinking dis
erection the better part of valor, complied with
the order.
The second great ocean yacht race be.
tween the Henrietta and the Palmer, was won
by the former coming in twenty-on minutes
ahead of her competitor.
The "Corps of Observation" so called, on
the Texas frontier, is about TO be mustered out
an order to that effect having already been Is
sued. Gen. Grants last order for the reduc-
ton CT the army discharges $4,000 men from
the service.
The Albany Journal denies, In q positive
way, that Secretary Seward furnished the Bri-
fish Government with information in regard to
the movements of the Fenians The Journal
says no such information has ever been asked,
and no correspondence has ever been had upon
the subject.
The Southern newspapers are taking up
the Harris divorce case in Connecticut and
commenting upon the state Of society and
morals 1t reveals. The Richmond Times says
of it: 1.-THE whole affair shows horrible
state Of depravity, and equals any tale of i'm
morality that Mr.. Greeley and his satellites
have perpetrated on the poor whites of the
South" 1t is very natural that Southerners
should wish to retaliate for slanders circulated
against them in aboiitiou- novels, documents,
speeches and newspapers '.-1
The police of Memphis arrested 3 negro
for fighting, when he called on the negro
guard to rescue him. Six or seven negro SOL
diers siezed their guns, and rushed to the
rescue, and demanded the negros release, at
the same time ordering the police conduct
ing the prisoner to halt, TO which no attention
was paid The negroes commenced firing,
and the police returned the fire with revolvers.
Two negroes were wounded, while their shots
went wide of their mark. As many a. eighteen
shots were exchanged, when the negroes beat
rapid retreat. #rh
The old relations of 1850 to 1861 between
the associated press and the Southern press,
have been again resumed, and there is now
daily interchange of Northern, Western and
Southern news, directly from the central Office
in New York with every daily Journal in the
United States.
-Ou Sunday the Rev DR.. John J. Couroy
was cousecrated as Catholic Bishop OF Albany
New York. The chief participants in the cere
rnony were A,chbishop> McCloekey and Pur-
cell and Bishops Laughlin aud Timon.
Two weeks ago there was a mysterious
murder in Buffalo, N. Y. man being found
dead on the street. The Gaze was worked up