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

WE learn from gentlemen who have been up
the Minnesota river that LIE Sueur is growing
rapidly, and this is confirmed by. frequent no.
tees in the Statesman Of new buildings, sales
of real estate, sc. 80 g. - ~ :.
The charter election in st. Peter last Thurs.
day resulted in complete victory for the Dem.
ocracy and an overwhelming defeat of the allies
Of the :. Americans ofAfrican descent" "
2 The Henderson Monitor is responsible for
the following story of the late Indian scare: z.
\. When the report reached the church, ser
vices were at once closed, and the men sent
Tor arms and made arrangements to go. to the
place and ascertain the truth of the report.
One OF them objected, and others insisted. He
informed them that he was man nv peace
and not man nv war" They still insisted
that he must go, when he deliberately stepped
up to the altar and exclaimed, :. I'll say agin,
I'm man Nv pace and not man nv waar,
and die benath the eye nv me redamer. n
= JAMES HNDs of st. Peter has formed d 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 Arkansas. 81 - -
GRAssHoPPERs.-The first. brood of grass
hOppers in this section commenced flying the
latter part of last week, but there are yet sew.
eral corps of later ones that viii have to be
fed until they are able to emigrate. There
have been dense clouds of them in the air for
the past few days whenever the sun was shin
ing. Their course from here and from beyond
this place ha@ heen ratheriSouth East. Some
of them aliaated 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.-Le Saeur
We have heretofore stated, the grasshop-
pers have destroyed about all the crop In Mic
Ollet county from Fort Ridgely down to Nicol-
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.
Young. They also commenced on other crops
in that vicinity.-Ibid. ,'.-2 - -5.-'22'j
THE Blue Earth City Advocate is out with the
patriotic colors this week-the red, white and
blue-white paper, two pages printed with red
ink and two with blue ink. There is to be q
regular old-fashioned celebration at Blue Earth
City on the Fourth. Capt P, B. Perfect
BIck0 Dayy is marshal, and Hon, J. B. Wake.
field orator. 80 ~ -''e-' 90
WE understand Mr.. o. Brown, of the Fari-
bault Republican, has sold his paper and mate
rails to d. Blakely, of the Rochester Post, but
we have looked in vain this week for Browns
,valedictory. We find, as usual, column de-
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 srest
Of mankind" But we observe in the first news
dispatch to the Messenger that the line. al.
though new, is subject to the same misfor-
tunes that are so frequent with us. We give
the dispatch:
ST. PAUL, June 27.-Gov. Miller wrote to
the War Department q short time since, ask.
ing to have Fort Smelling or the draft rendez-
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
off, 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 a Soldiers Home,
Hospital, Penitentiary, State Arsenal, Lunanc
Asylum, Superannuated Politicians Retreat,
or place Of deposit for Executive Photo
graphs.-Ed. Ness. CO.
We clip the following items from the Mime
appols Atlas OF this week: ''',
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 filled, while
scores 60 out to Excelsior and other attractive
retreats. We notice among the arrivals many
from st. Louis, Memphis, Vicksburg and other
Southern points. 'l*-s ro!:'
Franklin Steele, Esq , has gone on a trim to
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. -
The Central Railroad Company are having
their railroad ties hauled to the landing to be
RATED TO 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
first of September. rC TEL;
The Republican papers are still poking
sharp sticks at the present executive " Of the
State Although we cannot defend him, yet
we think it rather upgenerous streatment, es-
pecially as he has declined denomination. He
should be allowed to fall gently, as upon a bed
of down. Hon. Fl. NJ. Holley 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 llemagogne
and make 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 consolation. although
you do not remain in the heart of the people.
your photograph (by request) still sticks in
almost everybody's album. 49,
THE 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 shoal, but suddenly
coming upon deep hole, was launched be-
yond his depth.
Gov. Seymour in Syiscensin-A Speech
TO the Farmers.