The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-11-10

LATE NEWS ETEMs. asa s.1
--Maior Gen. Slocums mother, Mn. Mary
o. slocum, died IN syracse on Monday eve
eOn the occasion Of, the late visit Of Henry
Ward Beecher to Washington, Secretary Stan
ton presented him with q brevet Lieutenant
Colonelcy for his son, who is serving a. First
iment. @ss*f h
Grams Italian Opera Troupe open the sea-
son at Crosbys opera house, Chicago, this eve
ming. This is the first instance where Euro.
pean troupe of oper4tic performers have made
their debut in the West
"A girl sixteen years of age, overcome
with rage at being worsted ina wrangle with
her sister, recently committed suicide IN
Lynchburg, Va, by swallowing opium.
Extensive discoveries Of copper ore have
been made at the summit of South mountain,
Washington county, Maryland. The extent Of
this ore has mot Is yet been fully determined,
but the mdi0Sions are most satisfactory. The
ore occurs In quartz, has the color of grass
pite, and IN analysis shows it to be almost pure
copper. .Isa 81 ~. = 49,, - j
-Gen. 9alnsr has been informed Of the
murder Of foax discharged .colored soldiers,
who were shot down in cold blood By party
of rebels, In Nelson county, Ky, on the 9th
nlt. 1t is Represented that Bullet, Spencer and
Nelson counties are swarming with returned
rebel soldiers, who go about committing the
grossest outrages,u upon Union citizens, and that
odlored men who left those counties to enter
the service, cannot now RETURN except ct the
risk of being shot. ~,
The irTapsessible Colombo Jewett has
turned up agaiain the aewspaperA He wrote
letter to President johnson advising him to
pardon everybody Including JEFF Davis and
his cabinet, to admit all the Southerners who
are anxious 10 hsve three thousand dollar
salary for seat in Congress, to aliew Frace
to thrash the Mexicans at win and compro-
mise our difficulties with England. This i'm.
portant document shook the foundations of
the old world by first appearing in aLondon
IAN extraordinary billiard match has Just
been completed between two well known citi-
zens Of DeuYer. They agreed tePlay for4lO0
game Of one hundred points, and to continue
it witholE sleeping. eating or cessation until
the party most exhausted should agree TO Tor.
felt $500 to the other. It lasted for twenty
two hours, and 81, 900 was lost by the supsri.
or player, who gave odds Of forty points to his
antagonist, and tlhe victor paid the forfeit of
$500. During the iatter portion Of the contest
the stakes were $500 per game. -
Mrs. Martha Grinder, the poisoner, has
been convicted at Pittsburg Of the murder of
woman. The Fittsburg Chronicle says epro-
tested herinnocence, saying that her neighbors
had maliciously persecuted her, and On the
trial had sworn falsely. She expressed consid-
cradle anxiety as to the fate of her husband,
and begged the sherif to do al IN his power
to save his life, adding that he too was limo
cent of the charge pending against him. In
answer to the inquiry "f she desired the sery.
ices of minister, she said she did, and desig-
mated the Rev. Mr.. McDrmott, of the Meth
odist church, as the person whom she wished
to administer to her spiritual welfare.
"A terrible tragedy occurred last Wednesday
evening M 'ne 'O~a ~ oa'eoonla nacine
County, WE a oone0an iamily' named
Stitesky, consisting Of an aged couple, were at
their evening meal when an only son. about 10
wears of age. OF. rather unsound mind. fred
two shots from double berreled gun. through
the window, fatally injuhng both parents and
then closed the fearful act by shooting himself
with another weapon. The murderer and sui
eide exnired instant,v. but the nerents ver.
still alive at last accounts. though no homes
are entertained for their recovery. The mother
was shot through the abdomen by 4 bullet
which passed completely through her. while
the father had his left arm shattered near tina