The Minnesota pioneer. [volume], July 29, 1852, Image 2

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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. '
THE RICE HOUSE*
TllE Thro* Htorv Brick on *t. Anthony *tlately
occupied a* the »tore of H. M lii e, is now t on
verted intoe Hotel; which with *nc!i udditioua io it a*
nre contemplated, wilt mxkt i: a very spacious and t ”ii
venient eat»:>l*ninni. Every effort will he exerted to |
make this hoove a Or»t rateoiu; h icli ns will gratify Hie
wishes of all g'tests and travellers- Our conches wi.l
take noesu anti their baggage, to and from tin toms,
free bf charge Hi ranger* in Hi. Paul, before crediting
the report that our rooms n*e all full,” may do well to
nt*l upon us. Verhar», thev will find better room*, Let
ter fumilutn aui better fare, than unlit iyaie.l
JOSEPH DAMEI.S.
St Paul, July Ist. 185 J. -
DISPUTED. M '
S'KVERAL warm dtspu’es hvv ■ arisen, whether Mr.
Creek’s baer is ginger beer or lemon beer? It tin*
r>oen pronosed to refei it for diacusoiou, to a committee,
of the whole public.
~ TO SMOKERS.
S COMBS offers to those who use the weed, ;
▼ T a an opportumiy to indulge their tastes in as fine
a cigar as any evn brought into the Territory. Call and
trv them, near the American House. j v 29-tf
URDCEKIES AND PROVISIONS AT ST.
COl'lS PRICES.
m-gvvp McAAGAN .1- Co ,at the foot of Jackson si.,
aitheLt'wtr Landing, St. Paul, is offering goods
nl i he following verv low rates, for ensh, viz:
flour SI per barrel; O it* 33e»»; Corn 50cts; Butter
Lj ! Jets; Cliraso let.. Pork 6JU per bbl., Dubuque
l.:mc ft i per bV..; Hla.tr: ers’hair 4ocls per Imsltel;
Bacon sliouMers 7ct* pi< ■!> jv-'- 1 ■*
FIRST JUDICIAL. DISTRICT.
Charles Biewstrr x Territory < f Ma lo -x’i i, lirstJu
il Di tt . Washington i un-
Joha H. B 'Water Sty.
To John li. Brewster defendant:
Lea cu hereby »u imoneJ an 1 t' , .r*cl to ttu
eoch.ilaiut ul Ch ula. Brewst r, pirn. iml in this n< lion
which ceoiplaint is died in the oilier of the Clerk ol the
patriot Court in \V.,»h;n*:'on cot «*}. and nerve .» < opt
ef \ our nnswer to the s i: . compiciiit on us, til our oltlec
in iStiilwater in na’.i count;, wit', u ixvxnty days alter
thr service of this summons oil \ <>u, exclusive nf the day
ol such service; and if you fail to answer ilie .aid com
plaint within the time aforesaid, tii ■ plainliffin tbia ac
tion will take juJgment igabiei vou for the sum of two
bundled and fifty b'liars, with interest thereon at tin
rate of ten per emit, per annum from (he second day of
November, in the year one thousand light hundred a.nl
f.ft', !xw ;es costs.
AMES A NELHON,
Plaintifi's Atiorne s
Dated at S’.ut water this 20! dty of July, A I>. 1- I
jvj'l. [Pr. (ire 81 05.) 15— a w
ST. PAUL HOUSE.
THIS house, formerly kept by J. \V. Bass, being the
original hotel of Hi. Paul, s' the corner of Third «V J
Javksou streets, oppo.ite the M: ne.ota Outfit, is tho
roughly repaired, and remodelled, and with the additions
now made to it. is oust ol the most .paeioli* mnl conve
nient hotel* in town, Davit g taken a lease of it, and !
fitted it up til rough oil with new furniture, I invite the
fravedng public toeall upon me; believing they will fin!
'his bouse Him! to the lest, in all respects. The charges ,
will be vary moderate. GLOHGK WELLS.
St. Paul, July 2**, 1H53. __ if
REV A F i RMER.
H AVE to offer a large van. ty of new, choice goods,
:o th cr line, including a s: r: - of sugars, of various
qualities; a!..«, n lot ot prime W K. cheese, also tuc
best rtuck ol r ick< rs and soda or sets. ever offered in
thisasarki . for iaU very law. jjq-tf
UKIIIUi: ACROSS Rl’M RIVER.
M.LD Proposals will be receivt I by the mnder- 1
signed through the ;>o»l-ojlice, orut Ins o/lice, till 10
o'clock, A M. on the li thof August next, b>r furnishing
the materials for and constructiMg a Bridge over Bum
River, at the crossing of the * tme hy tiie Territorial
Bead from Point Ifonglast to Lon Ripley.
This bridge ivii. be of a .-insle sj'iiii of 110 feet, and be
constructed accoidmg to the plan of isul. Long’s Brace .
Bridge, patented in Jrfd.
Tn. abutments will b■ o r vih (• oak or p :;c. the su
perstructure of pine. The embankment of the aj.- i
proaches will involve about "c!4 übie yards ol earth •
work. Lo a lull understaac a <>f the plan, ami all other
p artieilam, proposers arc invited It call at the olliec ol
the i.nder.lgneJ aim exauimt t!.* drawing* and lake co
pies nf the bill of timber, <Vc.
The abut merits an! embankment of the approaches
will be fini'hcd by the Ist ol Nov-mber next, belore the .
ground *re zes; the s.ipertrnc ore ol ihe Bridge, it- il is j
thought il wid be most ec uoir.icul to laise it on the ,ce,
vviil not l.t iniu..cJ to be lim lie . nil the Ist of Februa- 1
ry next.
Proposers will slate the total n.no nit for which they
will furnish the in itenals lor and build the Hridge, and
separately, the price per Cold* yard of the earth work.
As these proposals are invited in the expectation that 1
Congress wsi 1, i it. present ses.ion, continue lie appro
priation. for the Government ro.ul* of the Territory, Hie
undersigned reserves to the 1 ailed States t :e privilege
or right to reject any or a’! of thi proposals, and to make
no contract whatever. Tiie right t- aiso reserved to the
United Stales, to acceptof the hj.| which shall, in the
c.ti nation of the proper aut iority, be deemed ol" most
advantage to the public.
.1. IL SI MPSON,
Ist Lieut. Corps Top. Engr's.
Oißee of Gen. Gov. Road., t
Mm. Ter ,Sc Pan!, July 14, IRv? ( 15-!t '
fOMMiSSIO.VERs' NOTICE.
THE undersigned having !,. i, sppoiuied by the Pro- 1
tia'? Court of Washington '' unity, av Com mission- 1
cis 'o receive, examine ami a'.t, all elaims and de- j
iriaiid. assiust the e.lite of Jims Hickman, late of |
eiilivvatc.- in »'.id county , Jtcc.ts'4, here'y give notice,
that tiiey will attend to the bn-me.s of tlieir appoint
niem «t tlie o heeof the Registerc I)„c Js. in Stillwater,
aloresaid, on the ln*t Moitd iy ol tU“ months of A.igu.t
and So iti mber next. A!! persons h iving elainis against
urn o*iu:c. nr* requested to presen the same at the lime
and place ab.»'t nuniioued, properlv authenticated. *
J. IL LLDDEN,
TIIEO. K. PARKER.
Stillwater, July 21, ISs2.~Printers fee?J.2s. 10-It.
DISSOLUTION* OF COP A RTNEKSIIf I».
partnervh.p heretofore existing under the name
A and style'- 1 Elicit A Brotlics, is lierebv dissolved
by mutual comcnt, Lewis C. Elicit w ithdrawing.
L. C. EI,FEET,
ABRAM 5. EI.FEET,
CHAH. I». EI.FEET.
Tin business will hereafter be conducted by Abram S.
if Clio*. I*. Elicit, under Hie name of Fllcit ry Brother.
Ail pei s.ms having claims against Elfclt V Brothers
will plea-e pre..;tu the n, and those indebted are expect
ed to make immediate payment i » Gin It ,y Brother, who
will attend to the settlement-ol the lute linn. j
AllltWl S. EEKEI.T, i
CIIAKJ.ES I>. EI.FEET.
St. Paul,,July 22, Mml. U-tf '
for sale- v bargain*.
A HT*>Rl-. house ami lot. situated on tin main street
tit' vv i n ihrei hotel., being the best business stand
la the nourishing town ol Sti.lwater; also, two beautl
- n oweil. ;g bouses jilea-autly i'MUeii in the same place
J or ti rther part • ulars, apply to
LEI EE I 4' BROTHER, Si Paul, or to
J -’- ir ABU AM VANVOBHEB, Btlll ... ter.
A II IRE IN’VKST.MENT.
ANF\v dw. Ding house a- d lot, beautifully situateil !
m ti e town ot Hi. Anthony ; will be sold for Jos
tioin cost by applying imincduteb to
J' ? _2 ELI LET 4- BROTHER.
T IIt , NO TICK.
Ilf. Pews in the first Presbyterian Church wilKho
rente , on \\ . dnesday Aug. 4th. at 2 o’clock P. M
Tjrone >cnr. By order el the trustees.
jv2!Mt__ W , IE TINKER, Clerk
Chouteau's Pond. — In pursuance oftlie ac
tion of the Hoard <>t Health, Chouteau's Pond lias
been drained. Thu mud at it* bottom is still
mois’, and exposed lo the sun. £ouie persons liv
ing in its vicinity say that it is not more noxious
“ I,s P«s**nt *“*»•*, ’‘-an it was before draining
Others, however, and, yye believe, the majority '
ef those who l iv eon its horib rs. declare that the
•tench arising from the bed of the pond is nisiin- :
portable at tunes, in the heat of the day. A gen
tleman resident in t !»e neighborhood, we learn.
Ins removed his f'mily i 1 consequence. Another
one stated in our hearing, that he iiad lo counter
act it by sprinkling his floors with perfumed water
As a general thing, the policy of U,e Board 0 f
Health in causing its drain;!go at this season of
the y ear is condemned. So far the sickness which
« was expected would result from it, has not np
pearU, and that pin of the city retains an aver- I
t'g r < hcjLh. —[St. Louis News.
*1 he Chicago Tribune has the following: It is
sai l uhiH unee the trark* of the Railroads around
the Luke were laid dim n, but one single wolf has
been seen or heard of south of them, and it is
thought that he had never been north since their
construction. The farmers of Twenty Mile Prai
rie, and adjacent country, are no longer troubled
about herding their sheep in pens during each
night, as they were formerly. The wolf is at all ,
4in.es exceedingly suspicious of imps, ; ,nd is not i
disposed to venture near iron or steel, however
tempting the buitmay be that lies near it; hence
tlieir fear of crossing the railroad track to commit i
depredations on the flocks in the farming country
south. At night, too, when they leave tlieir den*
the locomotives pasa, and tlieir’ hideous noise is
not calculated to inspire the varmints with any
rtaurkuble degree of confidence and security from
danger. J I
Buhc LARIEs.—On Sunday night last, the
•lore or 11. J. Shaw, of Mineral Point, was br o
ken open, and property to the amount of *t*oo
was taken, among which were 36 gold pens and
u number of books. Fifty dollars reward is of
fered -for the thieves.
Th'j Fancy store of Mr. Stillwell, in lowa Cilv,
was broken opeu a few day s since, and goods val- )
tied at four thousand dollars carried off [Gal
Ad'. ’i
An impreMton prevails at Washington, that a :
•eriodh diftculty mAy arise between England and !'
the United States', in tela n»n to die \.,va Sot .a : 1
fisheries. I
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THE MINNESOTA PIONEER
St. Paul, flUimfaota,
Thursday :>lorniujr. 4*lj H% V>2. j
Il ITFS or U)VERTISIX«,
(Nonpancl type or it* enuivalent.)
TRANSIENT AD VEKTI SEMEN TH. $1 0t» persiuare j
of 12 lines, for the first insertion, and 50 cents per square
for each subsequent insertion.
YEA RE Y ADVERTISEMENTS.
One column, ----- $ >fl 00 j
Half a column, - - - - -30 00
One fourth of a column, - - 20 00
Business Cards not over six lines 5 00
Over six lines uml under ten lines, 7 50
Over ten line* and tinder fifteen line*, 10 00
For all rhsngr* ordered In advertisement*, a charge ;
will be ma le, of 30 cents per lOi'Ortns composition.
We ngree to rlutige tho übovc prices, uniformly, for
advertising
St. Paul. March 21th. IS'>2.
JAMES M GOODHUE—Pioneer.
D A ROBERTSON—Democrat.
OWENS * MOORE—Minnesotian.
FOR PRESIDENT,
GEN. FRANKLIN PIERCE,
OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
WILLIAM R. KING,
OF ALABAMA.
\nv Surveyor General’s Oilicc lor Min
nesota.
Thi* ! c u subject on which wo have thought much,
but written itothiii’; li'Mttsc, until tie* Lie acTtWiuit
■>f 4a,(K1J,0 J«) acres ol* lin i, by the Sioux treaties,
there was no need of apiuitint the subjeet. These
new I oids w ill aoou b * surveyed, Ihuil then,
is th.’ propel place, ”in*v ry :o.*cou it, for th** centre of
operations in unking tit **'* survey* —h’ place for a
new Surveyor frcuvraTs O.u *e. This place, above
ill others, is entitled by its a t-vity in dev loping these
reuion.*, as well a* by it* rain ncreiat posit on, to en
joy th* patrona»« ao;l the etnul tiuents, re-ulting from
du outfit and supply of surveying jKirties, We need
: not inform our rea*lers wh > are familiar with l>u
bu'jm:, tliut the bmiiv.*.-s of that tow t, "row in ; diroet-
I v out of th * Survey or (»ea *ra’T* oifiee, constitutes
j their io *st luerative tra*l *. i> ihu pr* can by no means
retain business of this kind, ap;>ertainin; to Mi nie
sota. The Luid-* of loiva, are now mostly surveyed.
It appears to us, that the business of the Surveyor
General at Dubuque, ought 'o lie alsnit wound up;
but whether thji office be di.wontinued or not, we de
mand ill - et-t iolish u iii e.f t Survey r tvencraT* office
fir Minn’s'rta, at St. Pa il. Oar tnva i.- in th” most
convenient, eligible poxitioo possible, to a co’tniodate
th ■ survey ot Miauc-vta. •• ask tin i our people
I will demand, th 'mnt’diate attention *>f Cingress, to
j this subject, belore a d*dl.tr is appropri ited fir sur
* veyi i; a*l a rc ol tit * la ids embraced ill the Sioux
tncuie*. Avid’ from right an I justice of this d -
maud, we can n *ver couch! to sec th* patroati” of
ttie ft >verum"*nt, l.>r th ■ survey of laud* in .Minne* >t-t,
tlo-.v thro luh th° vile sewers of Ditbu |tt * polities.—
i Moreover, it is only l i.li’, th it the patronise ex,toad
ied within th** limits of any .State or Territory, should
b* paid out within tliat Terri* »ry. We invite th ’
earnest an 1 imiC’ l attrition of one p .pi ■ to this stilj
ijert; txe would press it n;> n the r udy atirntioaof our
rfio-t ilifx and trusty del-pate in t? mcr' -s, alth >u"h
worn down by his arduous labors; w<* invoke the ear
ly anti favorable consideration of it by Gongre.ss; and
Lastly, xve ap[teal t > the press, whos • words are mip’n
i \ ,t. ill [jii a - a right.c >;ts aid just request a; our young
Territory, the immediat * establ:*lmi;nt oi n Survey ir
General’s Offi ■ at St. i’.ml, fth • District of Alin
-1 nesot.i.
M I.Y.VESOT4 AFFAIRS.
New (John.—Mr. ILikcr,a farmer near St. Paul,
1 gave us roasting curs of corn from hi- garden, a week
apo; and had also new potatoes i i town for sale.
There is nothin ' but attention to gardening required
h re, to enable Minnesota to supply itself with early
a.id lit • vegrt.ibli and aLso send a surplus down th?
river.
1 eriodicai.s.— 1 Ivisc who desire to "oc jqjeei
ni'?n« of thes? superb inmnhli.'s, S;rtaJn's and (7>.
'/'vV, will d > well u> examine the August numbers at
Elf It’,.
The H vi.k-Brkkp Tr act.—' This valuable trai t
oflinl, the provision tbr purchasing which, was
stni k out of the treaty by th Smmte, is likely vet to
l«c purchased, by a joint re* jlurion, w hich M . 58ibl«-v
has been very a- tive iu sucui i.ig fiicu v U and suppor
ters of, in b. h Hoi's;*; and wlii-li we see is intro
duccd, according to promise, h, Smu.u Atchison of
.Missouri; as appears fioin the follow ing w hich we
dip front the S...i:\te journal of Job 1 1.
Mr. Atchison, from th <’jumiitt'e on Indian Af
fairs. to which was referred . j >iiit resolution for the
pinrhase of fh» half-breed tract o-i Luke Pepin, in
Minnesota Territory , reported it I .-k without amcml
llTUlt.
Aew T.vvd District in Minnesota.—Proba
bb nine-tenths of the people of Mi.ia. Nota, will agree
with u S that there ought I , I, a land District 1.1 B.n
--u " cou “ t v* Oar Delegate Mr. Sibley, ha., brought
this subject prominently b‘f,ie the proper Cnnimhicc;
and judging b>.ni th • uaifirni success of Mr. Sibley
heretofore, in s . many measures urge i by him fu the
benefit of Minnesota, wa confidently expect to sec
thic measure favorably c .nsidered by Congress.
Mr. Felch submitted the f.flowing "resol,cion;
which wag consi/l* red ;ind to:
. That th. Committee on Pul.lie Lands lx
insti lifted to inquire into the expediency of esl:,bli*h
mg a n;w Land District, embra, mg the , >„.„ v of
nintoii) in (he icrriturv of MiuiV'sots,
' Minsk so tv in Verse.—Our St. Anthony poet.
I -ketches another portrait of uitr Territory, f u th<
j Erprc**, from which we take the followin' lines:
Our Indians etili thcj r rustic lif• enj , v
Ami very sejdoin do the whites annoy; ’ ’
j Hut though in most respects they do their duty
He often see them in their naked IxatHv.
hey nungle little with extern,,l blood—
I heir log canoes were mod-led crc the fl.iod.
"i«u *'****. kappv in hi* mental store,
\ I he fool is happy that he knows no nior<
And so with them; they take time a.- it Hi - «
And only think it “ folly to b- wis-."
'l’hey j>rai. c themselves’ because tlieir life is such
... b u . v 1,3 w-causc we want so much.
I oo lazy all to till the ground they tread
And too improvident to look ahead
' nless they take a settled habitation,
And use the laws and customs of our nation,
l lu.ir rece wall vanish, and their hunting ground
H ithloom and hammer and th mill resound.
.''m il is the power of cultivated mind;
Ot gen; nil knowledge und of t, ,„|, combined.
1U means like these the world w ill be redeemed,
And team with beauty as of old it teemed;
b icree elements be chained and trained to science,
A .1.1 savage beasts subdued t, th- alliance -
l ntutored men he formed f,,r social lif-
And general peace succeed to general strife;
■*"* swamps and dese. t hnd,
H ah harvests wave to till the roaix-rV hand •
i he creature s self released from in.pcfection
And shim m glory for divine inspection
In this good work of froth and moral kautv,
Oui Minnesota will discharge her dn»v.
When in the progress „f our growing nation,
A hundred star* shall grace the constellation
1 his infant state in general virtue founded,
VV ith fflorv’s lial> bright will be surrounded,
i he world admire this lovely , charming spot,
Uur wondrous progress and our happy lot,
urn. 011 t P e * t,n » o’® l ' *he pleasing storv,
Will wish they’d stifled tn the Terrdmy.
No Mail.—Here it is peon on Wednesday, the
Nominee in sight, with ounpails on boa, d—all stuck
on a bar. If the Nominee had as much ns a thim
bl- lull uf Gains, why tlid -In mM mnd th- mail- ....
by 'h HU k ll .wk.
mmtmmrnmwmmmmmmm ■
A WIJRD to P\n»itTs Iff St. Paul.— Perhaps
you arc aware that tltfire is u free school, at the lower
landing iu St. Paul, where your children can be
taught all [K*ceitdilljes and viced, from lying and
profane swearing, up to the higher calendar of crimes.
You have only to turn your children out there, w ith
the test, —let them go wild along the docks in tin*
water ami mil of it, a sort of amphibious condition,!
for a few month", snatching irregular meals or a little
slumber at home by night and away to the dock again. ;
j They will soon be beautiful graduates, every one of i
them with a diploma from the Devil. Oh, but thi*
is a great institution, these free American schools,
along the short's of the Mississippi!
AFiour Miu. \t Sauk Rapids, Denton 1
j ('of sty.—Dr. Borup, who is behind no man in mu- •
king and introducing improvements really beneficial i
: to the Territory, has bought and s-mt up to Sauk |
! Rapids, one of Todd’s celebrated patent Homing !
i mills, t.» lie propelled at present by horse power.— j
There i.- now encouragement for our neighlsirs in
Benton Comity, to develop** the opacity of their ex
eell nt land, for wheat. It will l>e a great thing for
all that region, to produce and manufacture all their
; own w h ;it. This they would have done so before now
| 1 jut fir want "f mills. By next year Drj Borup de
‘ signs to build a g-x tl flouring mill, to be propelled
’by the water of the Mississippi, at Sauk Rapids—
| a w iter pow or unsurpassed by any other we have ever
1 seen.
Benton vnij Cass Counties.—. Some jackan
tpes, i i thi St. Anthony Express, is trying to make
out that the St. Paul press novel says any thing for
the up|»er Mi.-ssissippi. lie must be little lvettcr than
; a dun-e xvh > tries to palm off stirh silly stuff for fact.
Why, th" Pioneer devoted roloinns and paragiuphs
iii iimienib! >, to making that region of our Territory
know ii, before there was any St. Anthony Express;
nay, we w ill prove by th" fib's of the Pioneer, that
, there is not a fact or an event, connected with the
history a id condition of Benton and Cass Counties,
of any inijiertance, since this Territory was organ
ized, that has not been chronicled with more detail
a.td more scrupulous aecui ary in the Pioneer, than it
either has hieii, or could have been, in am such sort
! of a newspaper a* the St. Anthony Express.
Rah Roaii Tx> Lake Superior.— The time
will b , and that too, before many veal's, when Lake
Snperioi will !>■• connected with the Mississippi riv
er, by a i ail road. We predict that it will be in five
I years and "evenmouth*; and that its terminus on
the Mississippi river, will be between the Lower
Landing in St. Paul, and the mouth of Trout Brook
—a natural, ea-y avenue to the river. This town
will the i contain not b-ss than 20,000 people. This
will then be ui avenue of summer travel, now utterly
ii'-redible. One of the most sagacious men in the
j West, xv is here last week, and bought lots in Kitt
-on*s a Miti'ii to St. Paul, to the amount of !jf 1000,00;
; for which h- p.ii 1 all cash. The same man bought
j i bit lii'if, in Aug. 1818, for about s.>o 00. which
he ii'.xi g t" hi annual ground rent from, of 'j?4i-*» fid.
!on :t lease of five years. The I ;im' eottld now Ijo sold
at a handsoni” premium. 'l'irrt o m'rr qroitiH in
! A itt*' nnid h n for the nrjt trn heart, than in anv
other property we know if. The low price at which
lots are there selling, added to the eotmnuanding nat
ural po-otio ) for bnsinrss pur|Mj.ws, is bound to at
-1 tract to it an abundance of e qiital for investment, for
grading, tiliinj, building, and all purposes re<|uisite
to make it the business part of St Paul,
i Weather ami Markets.—The weather con
tinnes very warm; th • river i.~ stdl falling; but (touts
have no parti 'til tr difficulty. Fite Er rh’ ir discharg
ed aa iiumate freight on Miidax, never having
; stuck ou !i t passage up. \Ye look tor much lower
water, yet.
I J
»» e uiuiiiiio me loilowlugqu nation, ot reiail prices
| iu St. Paul:
Sr. Paul Retail Prices. —Butter 16? to IS?;
cheese, 10■; lard, I*2 ; tallow cu’idle*, 12" to 15c;
flour, 1.5) to $54.75; fresh b :■> f, 7c to 10c: pork,
,7c to 10'; lunib'T, coinmvi b •ard®, 8'12; dri":l ap
ples. §2.75; lio.trd,<■ omul >:i. §3.0 ) per week; board
at hotels bv the dot, §I.OO.
Labor.— There is not a person in St. Paul, who
cannot make a good living, by good old fashioned,
honest labor. V henever yin -hoiv ns a man who
complains of our Terri lory ; and sixs “this is a hard
country to live in, ’ we will show \ou a jjerson wiio
is either too lazy to take hold of manual labor, or too
proud to I’ve upon his own actual earnings and real
income. A town or a Territory, must jm*!n < some
thing. Labor is tlie thing. A people can no more
raise themselves into opulence, without actual pro
duction, than a beggar ran raise himself into a
peerage, by pulling at his shut collar. Speculation
won’t do—buying and selling i> not the thing—tiaf
ficking and trading and swapping tb, won't do. It
Likes must I-, aid toil and tv« it, labor wisely directed
and vigorously applied, to produce wealth, or those
things tin' wealth will purchase.
DiSTT.it T Schools. —Truth compel- us to say,
that there is not i building in all St. Haul, lit to lx
called a District school house. The only building
known as such. is hardly til for a horse stable.—
There was another miserable substitute for a school
house,on J> a. h icrect, belonging to the upper Dis
trict ; but that was sold the other day, t« satisfy a
uiort.'ago <d less than S2OO 00. All this in an opu
lent town, swarming with children, little untaught
brats, swarming about the streets and along the levee
in utter idl ie.-s, like wharf rats. All this in a town
too, tiiat Ihki. Is i.I half a dozen stc. pled churches. If
St. Haul i- not a priest ridden town, it is in a fair
way to lx l . Till.- is a blunt homely truth; but wc
are perfectly indilfcrcnt who dislikes it.
A Xewspvpfr at Potosi Wisconsin. — W.
never knew v.liat liecome of the old Republican, at
Potosi; but here is a very fine looking, new, Dem.i
cintic ptqier, ju.-t commenced at Potosi, by David &
Robert M Kec. What surprises us, is, that a town
that boasts of exporting annually 5,000,000 pound
of I cad, does not give its only respectable newspajicr,
so iii.k h as one column of mercantile advertisements!
Arrival or the Red River Train.—An
advanced party of the Red river train has reached
t*i. Pam; amongst whom arc the Hon. Norman W.
Kittson of the Council and Charles Cavileer Collector
of the port of Pembina.
Nearly the w hole caravan comes down the vallev
of the Minnesota river. They have had vcr\ des
tructive freshets oa the Red River—peifectly desola
ting. Aside from this, every tiling was prosperous
at Pembina and Selkirk.
Latest News. —Wednesday morning, 7 o’clock.
The West Newton is in, having passed the Nominee
lying on a bar, in sight of town. She is constanth
expected. This is a cloudy, snltn morning. The
Jenny l.ind left our port yesterday tor the Minnesota
River, and the Black. Hawk goes up to-dav. They
take up much pine lumber, The Dr. Franklin left
here yesterday (Tuesday) for Gtikma. We copy the
following trom the Jeffersonian and ihe Advertiser of
Galena.
Dwight Comstock.— Letters from California
biing the sad tiding of the death of this young man,
who was visiting his cousins, last year, the Messrs.
Bcvans of St. Paul.
| Mr. C. was killed by au Indian about 4 miles from
I aik’* JBar, on the üba River. He wai alone at
the time, aud w hen tound the body had become pu
trid. An arrow had pierced the body. The Indian
was pursued, captured and hung.
Information has been received, giving rise to the
supposition that Mr. ”T. M. Barren, late a resi
dent of Lancaster, Grant Co. Wis., is dead. He
wa.-supposed to lx- on hi* icturn ami oil Giarrl of the
Mi alien which wa.- int all mcd to put inf*. II xs
Dviugut llbaald.—Mr. Mahoney, editor
of this truly indeprodent journal, was ia 81. Paul
the other day. Ha fully concur* with us, in re
gard lo the importance of having immediately
opened, a road between Dubuque and St. Paul.
He ulso agrees with us, that it is foilv to spend j
money in building railroads parallel to rivers, in
stead of at right angles; he also agrees with us,
in tho opinion we expressed years und years ago,
and which we have never changed and never shall
change, that Dubuque will never have any harbor
worth having, until the people there arise io theii
might, and sweep away ol! their little, selfish,
temporizing men, dredge-boats and all; and strike
, out and boldly execute a plan of embankment,
i from the river shore to the east side of those is
! lands belonging to the town. There is a knot of
great little men in Dulnique, who organize and
i govern all public meetings in a way that it seems
impossible for any true, sound, correct principles
or measures, doctrines of the masses, to have any
utterance or execution. That town is so cursed
w ith noisy, shabby demagogues, if we were there
a journalist, fearlessly uttering the truth as we
would utter it, we should raise n terrific howl
fioin the whole puck, if we could find a fearless
man in the whole town to rally with us, or die in
ilie attempt.
Minnesota Cheese. —The first we have
seen, arc those riuh looking cheeses at Rey St
Farmer’s. VVe confidently expect soon to see
large dairies in Minnesota. Climate, grass, wat
er, every thing is favorable to dairies. VVe have
sometimes thought, considering how mi ny of
those conditions exist here, that do not exist to
any such extent down the river, that sometime
Minnesota would be the Dairy land of the West.
Geology ok the Minnesota River. —
Mr. George Mann, has brought into our ollico a
beautiful slab of stone, of a whitish yellow’, and
w hich appears to be of the finest possible quality
for sharpening purposes—resembling the Washi
ta stone, found in the bed of the Washita river.
It is very abundant: being found near the Minne
sota river, about nine miles above Traverse des
Sioux, in layers or strata, from two to twenty-five
iifhes thick, and clouded with yellow streaks.—
The stone is of singular beauty, and will be of
gre it xalu’j for building and ornamental purposes,
if not for oilstones. We invite those who are
curious, to call at our cilice and examine this slab.
It absorbs oil freely and appears to be of an ex
cellent fine grit for sharpening steel.
Cu a (j nc e y God k n k y.—This miserable man,
who murdered his wife last week in St. Paul, and
escaped, was seen at Ward’s landing, luike Pe
pin, by passengers who came upon the Dr. Frank
lin. Godfrey sent a letter l» one of our citizens,
giving some direction* about the disposition of his
effects in St. Paul. He was intending to go down
on the Excelsior. Ifo might easily enough he
overtaken nml arrested. The man manifest* a
very natural contempt fur the laws of Minnesota.
Pattison St Benson. —The enterprise of
these men, is altogether unparalleled; and we
only regret that they are so fur ahead of all com
petition. Hardly t.re their superb red coaches
upon the dusty roads, before here arrives another
new coach, or rather, a new carriage, of the most
elegant arid costly description. In fact, they are
getting constant accessions to their fine stock.—
Benson is the lusl man in the world to loist in an
old earring-, with ,i fiesh coat of paint and var
nish on it, and try to pass it off for new. Their
carriages arc right, their horses nre right, their
drivers are clever fellows and Pattison & Benson
themself I*, 1 *, are good, upright men. We most
cheerfully recommend the Bed Line.
Tho Lancaster, (Wis.) Herald, mentions the
death of Alexander Evans and of Mrs. (’lmrles
Ashley and of John Ilollman, all of Grant
county, on their way to California. The cholera
is evidently moving westward.
Geo. Collier, of St. Louis, is dead.
11 j Father Hrunnov.—Amongst visitors in st.
* Paul, we arc pleased to see Father Alfred Hrnn
son; a man of iron will and purpose, who came
1 to Prairie du Cliien at a very early date, and who
has always been one of the most active and proin
( iaent men in every measure, political or religious,
_ that has agitated the public mind of the riorth
, west. There is not a more fired, permanent
I character, any where. Amid the drifting diluvium
»f our valley, he stunJs firm as a granite boulder.
\\ aii Eagle Mill*.—-Rey Si. Farmer have wnr
, ranted and sold over 1000 bands of this cekbiated
• brand ; and out of the whole, have never vet had one
r Inirrel returned to thorn.
- Wednesday Morning 10 O’Clock.—The
Nominee is -till aground. Her passengers came up
on foot and by the Black Hawk; but they forint to
send the mail up.
t
For the Pionoi r.
Wabashaw and Minnesota City.
f : Lditor: lanr happy to perceive that v<m
and other gentlemen in our bi loved territory,arc ver\
much in the habit of giving sketches of j„,ir i xcur
. sion.-, upon our Ixautiful rivers and vast prairies.—
f hi* certainly is right, and should be followed by ail
ot our citizens, who can write for a periodical. Thon
saiids arc visiting our territory. Their great object
is to ascertain tacts concerning it. Thousand.* of oth
ers have their eye upon n* as their future home. As
citizens, no one should within.ld a single dibit to (
dilate, through the extent ot our entire country, those
i mam s 1,1 interesting fad- which ars so abundant re
sixx ting this territory. Our excellent Governor, our
Hou. Delegate in Congress, and our indefatigable Edi
tors, surely have s< i a good example. Let’all fi,ll o vv
th. ir cx.uni le, and it will aid materially in filling up
with a numerous population, this vast Northwest.
Hut I took my pen to inform voti in few words of a
tup, whirl, I recently made to Wabashaw Prairie
and Minnesota City ,or Rolling .Stone settlement Of
I my downward trip, it is sufficient to say, that 1 was
on board the X,miner, where everything is always
do le up to order, and each passenger feds himself at
home and good natmed, if he has any good nature to
develope.
At half past one i i the morning, I was landed at
U abas haw I raine. having (x'en 12 hours runnin-'
Iba miles, when I was nut by my old friend, Rey.
Mr. Ely, formerly of Lancaster Ohio, who has a
, shanty at the landing, and by him wo were furnished
matrasses for the remnant of the nieht. This prairie
once contained a large town of the Sioux Indians
Many remnants of their lodges are still here, and i 1
large niinnxT of their graves are still visible. This
lxa.it,f„l tract of country is probably 12 miles lo.io
and two or three wide. It seems a |x-ifect plain,
without a mound, an undulation, a tree, or even i
shrub upon the whole prairie. Many portions of tie
soil are well adapted to agriculture.’ They have an
excellent natural landing and every facility for build
ing up a town, except that it is miles to any timber to
Ixidd it of or to use for furl. This ]x>s.*il|y „iay lx
j a ujMjn their
I saw a plan ol their town, which surely I »,ks
well on f.'iqxr. Many lots have already 1x..„ sold ;
ne w .-ctilers are arriving, many h.xiw* 4re about be
;mg erected; together, with a'large hotel, Indeed
the, prospect now is, that they will -oou have a lovely
! [ m,e village u|K>n that beautiful piairie. They uoy'v
have some 12 families, with perhaps 50 inhabitants.
Alter a ride of eight miles bv land up the river
we found ourselves at Minnesota City. It iagenera 1-
; ly known that the settlers at this place yvere collect
ed by the “ Village and Farm Association” in New
V ork. We had heard many things disparagingly of
tin* tettlcment previims to our arriv.il therr,an<l werr
not prepared to look upon if w ithout -nmc feeling* of
prejudice, lint wore <l< icrininc.l to koow the whole if
po- d.|. in ii light.
AfteV spending four days in the place, passing orer
their grounds, examining their plan* and visiting from
luui.-« to house, I am satisfied that few places indeed
can be found, where nature has drawn bolder and ! ,
more beautiful outlines for the location of a buy - town,
and where the settlers have more exactly followed j
out nature’s draft, than in this place.
4 few words will give the reader an idea of the j'
entire town plot, whiAi is u|sm three tables of laud j
beautifully rising one above another. The first is ;
about 30 feet altove high water maik of the Missis- j
sippi river. The second is some 1 5 feet above the i
first, and the third table is 30 feet ulx.ve the second. |
These extend up and down the river about three miles,
and back to the bluffs, from a half mile to a mile and
a half; mid here it shotil I lie noted that the Rolling
Stone creek plays a singular freak, which adds great
beauty and value to the town. This is a rapid and !
beautifully flowing stream, large enough to carry any '
sawmill with ease. This arises at the northwest ,
comer of the town in two branches, where they are
united in one, which then steals along in the most
serpentine course between these table lands, and the
! bluffs, closely hugging the latter, which lie hack of
j town, while it constantly runs south and parallel with
the river. In this way, it hurries on for about one '
j mile and a half, and then turns short at right angles,
J and runs directly cast towards the river 1 >r halt a
mile; then making another right angle, it strikes oil
for the north, and runs up the Mississippi for a hall
or three quarters of a mile, when it wheels again to
the cast, and is soon lost in the bosom of the father of
waters. The town then is in realit\, located in part,
upon a peninsula formed by the Mississippi liver and
, the Rolling Stone creek.
1 None but actual settlors haveanv part in this enter
. prize. To each of these is given four acres in the
town plot, that each may have an equal share ill spcc
j dating in town tots, and 160 arres in the country. —
i They have a public square of 7 acres, two paiks of 8 1
acres eurh, a cemetery of 80 acres ujion a delightful
! table exactly of that size, and 320 for a public Sum
■ inary. All is upon a magnificent seal' in outline, and
if we mistake not, that outline will b - filled up.
Their public hall is commenced, lie* Isdl for which
is on the way from New York. A steam engin ■ is
soon expected there fora sawmill. Two hundredand
fifty inhabitants are now there, others are known to
' lie oil the road; and it is believed that 500 will Ire
rhere by the closing in of winter, with 100 oxen and
50 cows. Some have even now pushed out 15 mil"*
! upon the prairies. They have preaching every Bab-
I hath l>\ the Baptists, Presbyterians or Methodist'.
tnd sometimes by all, out under the sltade of tin* tall
| oaks, for a* yet they have no other place for public
| worship. Tfi" Sabbath we spent there th * 11th inst.,
' we had the happiness of seeing i llaptist church of
i 12 iin inliers constituted ; anil tli • Sabbath previous, a
Sabbath school of 35 echo liars wf - orga lizcd. This,
if wc mistake not, is the fiist Protestant church and
I Sabbath school planted in our territory west of the
Mississippi river. With the congregation upon the
Saljbath, we were much delighted. It was large, re
-|s*ettul and attentive; and as our eye wandered over
it, we could not but remark, that there were some of
the elite of New England, New \ ork, < >lii i, Indi
ana, Illinois and Wisconsin, in the crowd. Am' we
could but retied, how different the condition of these
individuals, seated upon those rough plank under the
shade of the oaks in the lipsid bosom of the wild
lorest, compared w ith what it was when they wor
, shipped the Most High in sealed houses upon damask
cushions in the Hast, lint all seemed contented anj
happy , and not the first instance of homi -sickness did
we hear of in the whole place.
One fart I must not u nit to mention; it has been
affirmed and w idely circulated, that there was no goad
steamboat landing at this place. V\ bib 1 was there,
this was dent mstrated to b false. A large party
, with Isiats, leads and lines, went out and made ex
len-ive sm vcys, and what by some li id been suppos'd
to tie a mere slough, was found to be one of the prin
cipal channels of tilt riyer, pertectlv navigable for
onr boat-, three miles nearer than the one upon the
W iscmisin side now traversed, and luruishiug a favor
able landing fbi Minnesota t'iiv
Hut I must tab'- a hasty leave of tips lovely spot.
On Tuesday at one, P. M., »ve were on Iroard the
j 11 ist Anrtmi, and the w-<i\ slie swept over the waters
was a caution. .Sic* fairly danced with iis like a
Nymph upon the waves; everything alxiut the lxmt
in general, and the table in paiticulur, was in perfect
“ ripi’lc-jur orrUr .” When we called at the < Irik’s
offu < to pay Mir tare, on learning our profession, he
very gentlemanly remarked, “ Nothing to pay Sir!"’
to w hich, of course, w did not object: but for the
| favor were truly th mkftih May other clergymen lie
I equally favored. T. R. ('.
Arrival of the Steamer Humboldt.
New York. July 1.0.
Tbc Humboldt at rived at o’clock this morning.
Amo ig the passengers arc Kossuth’s sister, her
husband and three children.
The cotton inmket at Liverpool on the sth and 6 ill
was dull and heavy.
At Mmk Lane tlic* corn muket was quiet. Th
eott -ii market . xlnbnt tl a declnu g tirndcacy.
The I.i verjiool grain tradf is duii. Pi ices of yv!n at
and flour rather lower. Corn wa* in mode rat a de
mand at 30s (|r. f r Am riean vi ll iw.
j The weather is Veprescnted as excceding’v vvarui,
I and th< clcetioas ( aused a general did less in traih .
Englanu —When the lluniLdk left the whole
j 1 uited Kingdom was eagag d i.i th. excitement of a
| general election.
The polling in most of the cities and tow ns wa to
take place •on the 7th, or 9t!i iast., and in counties
s>*me days lat >r. The election it re thought would
result in leird Derby’s government not getting « nn
jority . It is feared that the w h"le election would u> t
pass off without disturbance. T’lie Stoekooit riot'
having ft at fully aroused religions animosities of both
Protestants and Catholics in the North.
A large number of pikes wen* si bed by the Police
at Liverpool, which it was said w *re intended for the
outraged men, to be used either ford, fence or agg.v-
Business was limited at Manchester, with prim
favor mg Inn et s.
1 !io East India Strain Navigation Company < f
i«ondo I, have (imposed a plan to tln-ir shareholder*
ol I mild in" tin- steamers TOO fe< t Ion.;, of 14,000 tons
burthen. Each ve*** 1 to have two sets of paddle
wheels. A screw propeller of an aggregtte of 3,000
home power. 110 se vessel* ire to run from Milford
Haven to Alexandria, ami front Siu-7, to Cab utta.—
These ships it is ex|H-cled, will run at the rate of 30
miles an hour tml at a cost of $1,750,000.
1- KANCK.— —4 he President lias caused an ntbeinl
notiee to he inserted in the M'-nitem, dee!inint T an\
public banquet that may Ik- oflercd at his approaching
tour. Pusinr** alfairs in Pans were on the whole
favorable.
Paris paper* are full of comments on the plots of
the polie.- <>l that city. It appear that notuithstand
i»? numerous arrests were made, the affair was at
first greatly in ca <- the parties engaged
in it bad designs against tie Pn *i fent’a lift. It was
thought by same that tile whole plot was gotten up l>\
tie- police in order to justify Ennis Napoleon's taking
1 most vigorous steps against the I) tnocraey.
The insurrection at Algiers had been quelled by the
French.
(Jkkm v n V. — From Perlin, \ icntri, and the CJor-
I man .States, the at counts tine highly ipoitant.
SwnztßMMi,—The Swiss <i. vernni'-nt, at the
1 demand ot tlu French (Jovernmcit, was endeavorin''
■ to oxjx I French refu-teps.
The whole ol the $2,000,000, New Orleans loan,
ww awarded t«> J. G. King Jt So i at S per cent, pee*
m mm.
« apt. Paeon, ol the sell- oner Col. Harrison, from
St. ol the 30(h nil . reports that tin fever
■ tan I ft arftdly .ttno >g the shipping and tile inhabitants
i ol the island.
1
Nkrrisk \— 1M) \ vnv Si »tf.—One of the
•Im* first fruits of tlu P n-ilic Railroad will I. t , -jive
. a new State to th- I'nion. The State of \, biash i
looms up in the West—a fixed fief m the onwar<t
march ot i ivili/.ution and popular.,n mi this coati
u« in. Ib ni inli a , oiu tr rmimis of the Paeilie Kaii
toati will Ite on the Itorders of the N braska. Who .
can doubt that, with that road huilt, Nebraska will
Ik* more rapidly tilled up, than has Is-eti any prrvi
tuw daughter of the ronferlr-rar- The fiist steps
are taken, and tliei ■ will Ite no pm s- hcnci toith.—
Many thousands who would otherv i hate "one to
the western slojx of the llurkt Mountains, will now
| choose lather to indentity themselves with the new
Territory and State of Nibiaska.
| The advantage to the State of Mi souri, and es
pecially to the city of St. Eouis, cti-i ting a territorial
; government, at once, over Nebraska, would lx Im
mense. Ihe new States ami Teniti-ii--s ninth ol ns,
may, alter a while, take lunch el ih ir tiade < |*c
w hrre. Put all the trade of the great counter of Ne
braska, though its population should ber-ome million*,
woukl come to St. Eouis and enrich this metropolis
ot the west. St. lamis cannot fail to regard with j
the deepest interest all movements looking to the oc
cupation and settlement of Wbmskn.— St. Louis '
AW.
Tilt. WTI i OF Ufnkv Cl. \Y. —Cinrinnoti J"l’/
U3 —The will of Mi Cla\ was recorded on Mon-hn .
It was written by his ow n hand, and beats date of-
Jttlv 101851. Anong other matters, it provides that
all children bom of his slaves titter the Ist of Janua
ry. 1860, are to be liberated and sent to Liberia.
• lie inales at tin age of 28, and th- females at tbe
age of 25. The earni-ig* of the last three vears pri
or to their emancipation are to he reserved for their .
benefit, Before removal to I.ibet in, they arc to Lx- !
taught to read, write, and cipher. Those who were i
in being previously to 1850, are tx-qncathed to hist
family. Th*- homestead, Ashland, i* given to Me
<‘Liv dm in-' li i lifetime, and at h-i <i- o!i tin
-1 eced- divided among h'-r ' liiMr-ti. j
From tlieN. 5.
'5 jPBf I t i " '
Events of Week.
, The advices from France show that Louis N’apo
' ' term has managed to completely obliterate till alarm (
: that had been created bv hut recent flare up w ith the ,
corps legi*latif. Louis sent in a very conciliatory
, i and carefully worded message on the 28th ult., after ,
the reading of which the corps was adjourned tor the j
' | session amid cries of “m* h Prt idtnl. Ihe ion- .
i sequence of this amicable feeling between the cxeeu
i five and legislative rlepartments was a rise in the j
‘ j price of pu&lie securities. Among other items of;
‘ 1 French policy mentioned in the Haris pajicrs, wc ok
.’ g erve that it is in contemplation to into an in
ternational convention between Russia, k ranee Hol
’ land and the United .States, to regulate the whale fish
i i ery on a new basis.
I From Spain we learn that considerable cxciutn*? at
and iiiieasiiM-ss had been created by a report that an
-1 other ex|aaliiioii against f ulm had sailed from Cha
gres, under the command of an American general.— i
S What gave rise to this groundless minor we are una
.- blr to say. It, hoyvever had the effect of checking
all further negotiations with the American Minister
I J i', r the release of the remaining Uuba pnsoneis, and
it was said that the Spanish government had deter
’ mined to oppose any further exhibition of clemency,
jj There is a multitudinous amount of interesting
ip ; matter from various parts of Europe, to yvhieli we
leave not room to spe- ially ref r. The main features
j- w ill lx found in tin - letter of our L union corrrs|)oinl
! cut. While in this country the crops are beginning
j to suffer from the Img continued drouth, on the other
| -ide of the Atlantic they appear to have been more
or 1,-ss injured by immense qnntitics of rain. In Ire
land how vtr, the harvests promised an abundant
|y f Id. According to the Liverpool circulars the cot-
ton market was rather tame, and in Manchester,
p j goods were dull aid prices drooping. Hi end stuffs
i oa the contrary had advanced.
feats advices from Mexico state that President
j Arista was about to call an extra session ot (5 ogress
* British liond holders yv ill lx; happy to hear that two
I, j millions and a half of the indemnity due them by that
country, left Mexico on the 18th ull., alter a slmtp
j i controversy between the government and the I'reneh
: Minister. The Frenchmen nndocbteilly think that
they are as ntu'-h entitled to their pay as the English,
( j and hence the dispute.
, c Ii ap|x:ars that the United States Uon. ul at .Mata
f maras recently undeitouk to prevent tiic execution ol
two Americans, and averred tlait it they were shot it
II would be through the American flag. However tit
prisoners wa re shot at live o’clock, instead of ten,
lit.’ time fixed, in order, as Gen Avalos stated, to
j- avoid the necessity ot shooting our Uo.i-id. This
contemptible evasion of tin most humane intentions
of our representative -bonlj be promptly inqoired in-.
J to. It i high time that some of tliese Mexican offi
cers -houhl lx- made to respect our agent and our
flag, even though tit ir govs rnme.it repudiate the
treaties they cuter into w ith our citizens.
The recent lire at .Montreal turns out to have I wen i
r one of the most extensive conflagrations ever experi-
I eii’cd on this continent. It is rejnnted that over i
twelve hundred biddings were levelled with the!
' earth, aad that the flames raged for a period of about
two days. To be ire th" actual loss of property by
I this 'ire will not Ix-gnt to compare with the loss sus
tained in «hi-’ city by the great lire in 1835, or even
that of 1845; but then there will be more real sufter
\ ing in Montreal, in consequence this calamity, than
( j" thciv was in this city, and fir the reason that iicrc
it ,vas the stores of our wealthy merchants that were
des!roved, while th re it i- mostly the laboring and
, poorer classes, who have not only been burned cut « f
, their houses, bm whose household utensils have also
’ been consumed. Hundreds of families have thus sud
dimly been doom'd to wan-lcr the streets, yyitlmut
"l food to appease their hunger, or shelter to protect
them front the clem nfs. The 101 l partieulais ot this
>r dreadful visitation are given in another column.
Boston vytis also visited by quite an extensiye tire
on Saturday afternoon, as will !>e seen by the report
elsewhere. Propci ly worth a quarter ol a million of
, dollars was burned, au<l a great rutitiltor of jioor tiini
" lies \yere rendered hmis'dess,
Tbc steamship City of Manchester eanght fire
," t while on In r yvav up the Delayvare, on Friday, when
. unfntuuately the Ixir kce|Kr and steward were burned
t to death.
A most (lestructtvc hail storm swept over Oswego
county, in this State, on Friday afternoon, in the
• ? yi'inity of Palermo a large iinmlxT of fiuitaud other
ip trees were either uprooted oi matei ially damaged, and
several fields of corn uvre cut to pieces. A yety
heavy freshet also occurred on the same evening in
\ eriuonl, in tlye course of w hich two railroad bridges
and a dwelling hou.- , mar Kiehtaond, were carried
away*.
Am mg other interesting intelligence this morning,
r. we have a short account of a very sudden and disas
r trotis freshet yvhieh occurred in Baltimore on Tues
day morning. Some three hundred bouses yyerc par
}i tially submerged, and it i- supposed that the damage
done yv ill amount to na. less than eighty thousand
, dollars.
Heiyyern fiftc n and tyyrn’y lives are supposed to
it have been I ton Lake I’iie. la-t Monday evening,
_ by the sinking of the propeller Uity of Oswego, in
coiiscqrenei of a collision yy ith another Steamer.
i 5 , A lull account of the explosion of the boilers of the
steamboat St. James, on Luke l* nirhaitrain, and the
| t . .-(ilxequeni I mining ol the boat and toss of life atti ml
a ing tile disaster, will lx- found in another column.
Three men died from the effects of the beat in
~ Boston on Friday afternoon.
.< Louis Papincau, who w:i« exiled as the leading
Id spirit in tin Canadian rebellion in 1837, has just Ixeu
i leetcil to the Provint i.i 1 Paiiament. A despatch
j tiom Montreal declares that the vote in his favor was
r , two to on ■ over the cavemannt caiulidate.
h; 'l'he Steani'l’.ip Fanny, yy hi- h wasreei nt y seized
and detained by tli* United States Marshall, at Sa
var.nah. f a a violation of the lu uiiime layys, iu hav-
L . , ing too mam j assenjerson boaial, y\a- r; leased last
... Saturday, and sailed for San Francisco. It the mar
itme officers in -om ■ofth * other Southern ports
were equally as jirompt ;»s the Savannah fiiitetioo uv,
a huge am omit of disi;as<. and death on shipboard
f wotdd !x* pivvei teil.
> Another fital accident oceurred on the Philadelphia
ls train, lor th is ei'y, yesterday afiei noon, 1 i: tireman
~ was kiiieil, and the engin rr had his shouldet disio
,l cated.
j A despatch from Buffal ■ furnishes t!i f * names of
_ si veial of those \>lin perislu dby the sinking of the
I) pi’uptHer 0.-e.ego, in Lake [’h ie. a few nights ago.
Bishop Doane. of New Jursvy, has acquitted
| of the elioig s brought against him by th" Committee
N ot i ive.-tigatirm. A rejxitt appeals tu tutotlter eol
until.
Phe particulars, wlti-h we publish this morning,
relating to the personal misunderstanding lx tween
if Prince John Van Piuen and N \V. Willis, gt owing
L nut out ot the tn«l - I the Forrest divor-e < asr, arc
,t verv ehrioits and amusing. They are rich. Mr.
,| Willis, it seems, has demanded either a written
apology or i f, ieiidlv meeting sonu-yyhere out of
% \ ork. w ith “coffee and pistols tin two,” at.d the
k Prince d-'clini sto give him i ither the apology or the
tight. It seems a hard ease that Willis ratinot pet
sum-bony to shoot at him in the settlement of tin*
lKisine**. P ili i( .* Edwin I’otnst might arcoimn >-
date him. Who knows? Let him look sharp, how
( ever, on returning to New Noth. that he do - not
„ fall a victim to the ]>t vised Sto-t- <,
, The exiled socialists from Fi;.u -e gave a banquet
on Tlmis.il 111 11, ('ain't, the fh. lotti e leari.ius,
’I hi ease ot Phomas Kaia--, claimed a* a J• _itiv«*
. | from justice t Ireland, on a elrii g ol h.,vin attempt*
; e<l to mtiiil'-' a man t lined Palfe, a laimcr, by shoot*
,) mg a! and wounding him, was decided on Friday by
r Judge Pctts. who -taits-d th< dci-I*loll of Mr. Com*
_ missioncr l?t idp’iaei, Ix toic yy v»n th** investigation
wn* hi Id. Th matt- r aim- b. t .rc Juugc- Potts,
on hnhras > ■- - he |M - - t n-l excepting to
th - < 'oaani.-s i 'ii* i .1 mix lii lion and to tin h*i tin ien
. y cf leg .1 | root . '' the gmlt of lvalue, an I also to the
power of tb ill h vho, tu in igUu ... ,j the
m .il w i it i n t in Ireland. Judge
_ lb Its decides that the (’ an. i - 'on r i ,by viittte of
his ap'pointment, a m./tiate, and that it does not
lnd'iag t • the Circuit Ccitrt, oi huhr"x r t ms, to n .
! view the correctness of the Commissioner as to the
aiimissib lity ot the- evidence ix-fotc him, nor to i n
. quin- yyh'-ther tin prisoner is inn .cent or guilty u!
the crirn-' charged against him. Judge liotU accot
dtngly i.dj.tdced that the imprisonment and commit* ,
ti cet of Iviine yvcie sutfn i at f a his detention; and
that therefore, tie* vv iitof h. I>, cor/ms -Lml,! !<’• ,|j..
rnisseil, and the pi i.-oncr eonlinned in thr custody i.f
the Marshal, under th ■ arret t and c« urn iiment of the
C'olimtissio.ier.
To iliuslrale thn fidelity of Norihern Wltigs to
the platform idnpted at Paitimore, we luv before
our readers tiro follow ing front tlie \cw Haven
Register:
"A Sr a m pkpf: i”—The Conimtttee on Ted*
,eral Relations in the Legislature, unxions to give
the Scott and (iralinmitc-s a chance to stand lv
their new platform, reportedyo the Senate a *e
ries of compromise resolutions. It operated til o
a pinch oj' Lyon’s magnetic powder on a next of I
•Irats.l From the reverend Senator of the tilth
round they all scampered into the lobbies, w ith
the exception of Messrs. Coalition Dean, of the
thirteenth, and Latham, of the seventh, and they !
divided on I lie vote! Mr. Dean stood ‘solitary !
i and alone,’ upholding the banm rof ‘old fashion*
led Whig principles.’ ‘Oh! my countrymen!’ J
1 The resolutions were all passed by a v'ote of 12 '
to one. We were slightly misinformed yesterday
in saying that the body*of the Wing* stood up
against them. Mr. Dean teas the on!/ om--faith
ful among ib< faithles.*.’ The rest ‘tlnjt the pit.’ ’>
BaI.TIMORI , July 17.
The Southern mail an laic ais due, ha re vd.
t The Southern Rights Convention have
after a long dcliate, to interrogate (iei S. ,
< Pierre on the subject of compromise—thi i
1 cession, and other matters, and support ihi
ing a favorable answer. If both are fey (gl!
j another Convention will be culled.
The Picnvttnnc has later arcoorts fi. i
I The Cholera has made its ap|»eai:uiee < i
! loupe River, and cn ated ci.esideiable . ;
I crops in Texas air ren ai kahly fine,
j Caravajal, it is said, will again hiui ,
Mntarnnras, and preparations yverc mat, ,
him a yvarm reception.
TlieU. S. Slim ji of war Decatui ha
Galveston from Pensacola.
There yvere ronsiderable cholera at J w
; and suin'* along' the coast of Louisiana.
The Mexican Ixnmdai y survey w> r< >
, rapidly with their duties, but were tin' j
yy ant of funds’.
The Jackson Railroad is to lx; eciun
diately.
Wash cm.to
The Republic officially aiinounri rai
of Win. C. Lane as Governor of N
place of Calhoun de<teas«*(l.
Secretary Corwin leluins to Wa.*],, !
day next.
'Phe rumor that Fianeis Rice, U. ‘
Acapulco, had been removed, i- incoiu
'l’lie Deputy of State has already
action iu his beiiall in reference to ...s d
l»v the Mexican authoiities at Aea | ui t
It is confidently' stated that a lupu
oeeui Ix’tyyeen the Luited Stales au.l \
11 At -TIMOR >
The southern mail with New Oil u
10th has arrived.
Thu Picayone contains letters fiom •
• Texas, announcing the mre-t of a uv
ran and Indian tobbers, by a pai ty of
zens.
The roblicrs exhibited a yvi ittm a
potting to be front Gen. Avalos, to rob
• whatever Americans might come in the
Mr. Waddel. the American <,'on.-»d.
point of leaving Matamorus fm Wush ,
tlie fai t' Ix-fore the Government.
.Six additional l>*iiics < ftho.-cwlio >»
cxplesion ol the st'-amei St. Jam ■ j.
ceived.
Bos fi ■
The Suffolk county Tempcraiu • C.
: a session last evt ning, the object if
consider the Ix-si mode <d enforeing t!
lately passed by the I /-g ..-l.i'uie.
’l'iie W bigs ot Cabi nma have v mil
i idential elector*' John Fall, J. L.
Haskell and Thomas T. Johns; f .i t
I 15. Kingsly and Philip L. 1-dwards ;
( Supreme Cou;t, J. M. liuntip.toii
Buc'klaud.
Bai.timoi,
During tin-stonn this norning, in
j subuibs of the « itv, Hartford Ki u i
bank.-, tiiioitieg the baseiii. nts, ivllnrs
of over three hundred houses noith of.
! sweeping off fences, outhouse*, nuu »
: tin e off.
'i’lie bridges and the culveits yy r;c s
six housas utaily finishej, yvi.it oi’n. i.
Alxuit two huiidre i other hou . ha
Itl Muled, 'i’hey were all sniail tnaim
la tin |MMire:’ classes.
Over two hundred of th so da*nar
owned by !>• vd.
The loss ot the eity i< over S3,fKX),
age to private propoity not less than
\V as h t .*» r; ro x
Lieutenant Colonel Sanuo. F .q.<
pointed Adjutant Gtnerul in p!..v.e e
deceused.
Evansville, Ind
Two men by the itan.es of I r.ee I
sander Bartlett, yyent to a house n
Prntric, Knox eountv in th » State, 1
and au old lady and her daughter
house. 1 he husband aud Either were
II held a covvh.de and a knife, and i
kill the woman if she resisted, w 1
violated the persons of both the won
i hen the tacts were made known
; borliod, gn at excitement prevailed,
petrators had to ran for their lives.
K'NSI TH liON’E OFF VERY Si t ! v
gieut Magyar has taken hts depart
■ , shores, suddenly and unceri moniousi,
In was preparing to retm ii to Knn.j
\ a wire*, hut hardly a richer man than *
! —and Ins oyy ii journals nnnmtnerd fh-.t
I wa* t i take j lace < i. Saturday next, by
Washington. It seems, howevci. tb.
a tits’ ’. designed to mislead tu ;ai!>i:
ot the Atlantic, as he presented huns. i
Atiicti yc-tcrdav, at the lust moment, a
private manner, iu company v, ith M; i
and 111.- aid-de-camp, Coin. Hethlce.
Ui | revn tis knowledge, a* wc leatr
ot any of his eletks, and th yiai’ted in t • 1
W< have tr t leartir.i that ar.y f
existed tor this uuixj.iiud . i ;.
liility i> that Ko.-stuh was not all t . i
: inoticy tirrangi ment t • eoinpl' f- thi ,
' rusty nillski t- mid m-el* ss s:uidli s; ami
!"h:»t inclined to this s q | o>irioit. liee.i
heard that hr v\as Ivn to rais. rn-*n
these matt.’ls. It is, thetefoic | ioi
slipped off to avoid :t !• Ixd« hi
some of thi Kos'snth nl.ttors wh"
fniiiiled hint. This is v.*iy likely. : v ■ .
i not !)■■ at all ntrprif .i if it we e
These harpie s have treated peer Kos-i
hut ibnggt d him, deceived him. ar.d ; 1 ‘
i and, as a la-; c > i t—as yve hav' !■< .*
to arrest him on account »f zome i0..0<
i unpaid I r the rusty gun- and th • old
i.- new. however, -af- out of then e'uU
haidiv tuts! hiin-f ll in such had < >i ipa
VriiEisMOK Rrownson’s Ife vi
and i luted by i : i • Reverend Jr r. 0‘C«!
o’h Pastor of >t. >1 n v's, itmlii gt' i \ < • '
This is a new and exceedingly int.-ii -ii
Catholic Ck’urvman ot* the dioo -c > ’ . -»
w.hit it the ainhor undertakes to move, r • i.
• ; - * r'*’* 9
lings ol our old tiiend Orestetx- A, I
atheistical, and, <.frottrs< , abhorrent t” n < ■:
. Church. A.* wc urv incfmpetent to «'
1 mattci* in qix sti.iu, yyr F ive them in t’- J e
- thrum w hose proviiic c it i* t > decide.
Sau Accidf. xt.—JuliusT. Clark - 1 CK- ti
1 rv Abbott, J><|:s., of this village, iu it r !m
yesterday ufternoon, l aving yvith the . . 'w,.r
ilren, in a covered buggy. In p. g ■!
where a Telegraph wire i* strung on iie v-* .
par of the village, the wire over the w.i * e .
. i of place, and hung so loyv as to cat h *!i, tap ,
. the buggy in mediattdv upsetting it. i'h ■ ,
took alarm and ran at full speed, ar. i th. f
Mr. Clark tmd his. ankle badly sprain .?, ; ;
little daughter of Mr. Abbott had a g Ir
above the knee, Mr. A. and the oil -oh ! *
ing considerably, though not serious] t .
The Imrse when caught had relieve • * ~
r-y cry thing hut the bridle and collar, .•!
the buggy and harness all into fr.igtm ‘.i
care should he taken in keeping w: * n
in the vicinity of toads. We have h o n -
oral who have had diliicui’ie.* in con • e
•heir hanging too loyv.—[.Mad. Fa!.
Georgia Union Convent .
Cn a i.f.str x . .. . *.
About fifty of the l'illntt ro .and \\ . •
met aid nominated Daniel Webster fi i ii ■ k
and Charles (~ Jonkcns, for \ ice IVes
friends of Mt Cobb nominated \yhat • !.
the Fierce and Ivi g ticket, being i
part of ike most ultra Vlogs of (Je .!■
, Cobb men were rhop fallen.
Ifoßßim.F. fsiTVATIOK.— \\ Il lh y . u
tlu- fit. James wax burning Inline.-Iv, an - a
was a mass nt tiame-, a vising mtrn I r.h
rved mi the after part i f the L• t•»ii..i’« - . lii
tail wildly alxnit, j t rsoed every \ h-n I e
Ued tlcyoutitig heat, and coliutt,- of stunk d- • -
He screamed to (*;i|it, Ei sjgn, v-in* >ya t.
tie-nt bringing hi- lx it op, skillfully ti .. r M i
•hose on the main deck, smd implored h i'u
nn|M tlllilitr* he«y yy .1 ( lit otT Ii Mil all ho|-
tlie staiix which led lx low, by the ti.
that threatened iitstiil <uaili before it,! ! •
way nt deco tiding wax ly a jxist at the st < g
inisi- n pointed this out to hint, Ixit the i
hopelessly mi* d !ti* mutill:tt<-d hands, n .
(fiat In- bauds was burned off, and he c« • n
I ing. I mined inti ly after he was seen to <m ■
endenvoring to reach the water, b.ut ho f '
the burning and crashing timlx r* and v< <i
more.
i Tlie express train from New York t<- .' 1
.'istmg of three first class passenger cars
gage car, made the trip last week in tvv . >
I fifty-eight minutes.
DIED.
Dn Sunday last, near St. Paul, Mr. Tb- . I? w
nan, ag"d about 85 years. Th*- friends t*-• •
•ea <-.) will meet at (hi 1 limKr of Vfr IJ. i, i . S'.
'•'"I, next SatoHtay rvtning at 7o< loe.k ?' >1