The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-09-08

Generals in command have played queer
pranks during hswar. in the way Of abb
rogating the requirements Of the civil law,
but Brevet Major General SAxTos, Gas
sistant commissioner Of freedmen : for
the twor Carolinas and Georgia, has SUI
perssded, BY recent "order,' the civil,
canon and common Law, in regard to mat
rimony, and BY eleven commandments has
established the bases ON which society viii
hereafter rest The following are SAY
roNs tenth and eleventh commandments !:
Tenth.-A husband living with q wife, hav-
ing no children by hen, may be permitted to
take previous wife, provided b9gR9aaa
IL He have children by such wife who are
2. That such wife have no other husband
known to be living ss's ~. Qsi4. 06a0tI
g. That his present wife assent to such
change Of their marriage relations. eeh.'Fa
Eleyenth.-f q former wife utterly refuse,
upon application made by the husband, to re-
may notify some society or church of the fact
Of such refusal, and ask for release from said
wife. Il, sitter due notice given by such socie-
ty or church to the wife refusing, she fail to
show any moral or legal objection, as provided
for in these regulations. to the renewal of her
former marriage relations with him, then the
society or church acting in the case shall grant
TO the man release from all his obligations to
her as husband, and for the support of all his
children by her. sit1s
TIE win of Richard Thornton, the mill
ionaire merchant of London, which has
just been proved, is remarkable docu-
ment. There is apparently no end to the
requests, when Mrs. Ellen Simpson has
910O, 600, and Mr.. W. Thornton West has
e30o,0 900, and the clerks EGO, 900 each,
and the servants from goo to Ell 900,
and the Leathersellers' and Christ's Hos
pital and Hetherington's Charity are men,
toned to the tune of 10000, and the
twenty-five other hospitals are put down
for 42, 600 each; and Mr.. r. N. Lee, of
the Middle Temple, Barrister at Law, has
got his e4Oo, 900, and Mrs. Ellen Pulford
and the Misses Lee life interests in $780,
600, only hole has been made in the
East treasure. There is enough remaining
to set up Mr.. Thomas and Richard Thorn
ton West, nephews and executors. with
princely fortunes for life.s The personal
ity of the deceased was put down at e.
800, 900. There was but one weather man
In London. 20 s Iaia',.g s-s7i.
r. ii. GnLErT, the counsel associated
with Charles O'Connor in the trial of the
rebel ex-President, is native of Columbia
county, this State. At an early age, be-
fore he commenced the study of the law,
he took up his residence at Ogdensburg,
st. Lawrence county, where be resided
for many years. He studied law in the
Office of 6ilas Wright, at Canton, when
Mr.. Wright was, postmaster using part Of
his Law Office for post Office. It was not
many years before Mr.. Gillett became one
of the most prominent lawyers and polit;-
clans north of Albany. He was q mem.
Der Of Congress and member of the State
Legislature for many years Under Pres
ident Polk he was Register of the Treasu-
! ~ and Solicitor of the Treasury. AZ the
time Jefferson Davis was Secretary Of war
under President Pierce, be was counsel to
the Attorney General, Commissioner CT
Claims, Commissioner of Patents, and
since has had several minor Offices at
Washington As public speaker, at the
bar or on the stump, he was the most po-
pular except Preston Kmg-6 any in
that part Of the State. He rshn high a.
q criminal lawyer, and he's had muekex-
pesience 10 military life. asssoe5 :