The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1849-11-15

~ There was quite rush on
Wednesday for passage tickets enabling
the holder to go by Rowland and Aspln-
walls new steamers from Panama to San
Francisco. Five hunfred tickets were
! sold for the December steamers, and one
hundred for the January packet. The
PRICES were $500 for the cabin, and Sl5Q
| for the Storage.
* There is to be rairoad across
the lsthmus of Panama, and no mistake;
The company have put under contract
,twentv-one miles Of the road, extending
from Chagres River to the Bay of Pa
mama, The contractors, Nlessrs. Totem
& Trantwine, expect to break ground by
the lst of December next. The entire
length Of the road will he forty-hve
miles.
~ A fellow calling himself Brick,
has been held to bail ioR giving married
lady a severe shaking in Broadway
We hope that Justice will lay BRICK
where al who ego it like brick after
his fashion should be laid--viz: in tight
place between four walls.
~ Caleb Lyon, "of Lyondaie,"
writes home from California to say that
he bagged Sl,0l2 in two days, by Dig
j ging. Mr. Lyon is a sonneteer, we be-
lieyc, and it is probable that he awaits
himself of "the poetic license" in ma-
I king this statement.
1 Ne All the guilotines required TO pre-
, serve the civilization Of Europe are
manufactured at Paris. No less than
I sixteen Of these machines of French nrl-
gin have been constructed al Paris du-
4 ring the last year for various European
= cities.
ea- The committee Of the French
National Assembly have reported that In
consequence Of the deplorable condition
e of the public funds, they cannot carry
on the necessary repairs of the Louvre.
How then about that war with Brother
s Jonathan'
: eg~ They state, from Alexandria, that
;. an ancient papyrus has been found, cons
= tanning part of the Had. The fools Sc
h cured the paper. and let the mummy, in
: whose hands it was found, 60 10 pieces
ea~ A strawberry, weighing t,co ounces
: and measuring eight inches In circum=
q ference has been gathered at Aberdeen,
: Scotland A plate full of such, smoth-
r cred in cream, would be quite treat.
d ~ Two ducks and goose broke
- their necks last week by flying against
IS the wires of the New York and Erie
IS Telegraph Fowls getting afou of the
IS telegraph are pretty sure 10 be dished.
y A great deal OF pigeoning Is done OF
is most Of the lines.
~ Six fiiars Of the community o!
Guadalupe de .Zacatecas have leH fol
Lower California. animated by holy
zeal for the conversion of the Indians
y We shall find the padres preaching q
r the mines.
= e@- The Boss oniaps are getting up 4
subscription TO rehege Father Matthew
at from his pecuniary difficuties, W.
In thought this had been done on the othe,
he side of the water some time ago.
20 ~ A middle aged girl advertise,
10 in the Herald FOR cooks place. A
70 what period of life does girl arrive a
d the meridian of her girlhocd'
P. ca Venice, under all its troaiblea
ed raised one million of francs in one da
e. p aid of the emigrating patriots. Va
e. nice and Rome never stood higher in tn
ne march of free principles than in lS49.
h
g 90 The Queep OF Greece is on
is visit to Hanseiyangcr. Our guean
.w grease has lea the cooking range on
DIV visit to Tillietndlum,, pear Bulls Ferr,
s and we miss her very much.
I'm ~ The crests Of the Catskii; mou,
nd tains were white with snow for 4 &c
hours, on Thursday last. the jSth ult.