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The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1849-12-19

C. A convention at jackson, Miss,
met few days ago, to take into consid-
Grafton the means necessary to protect
the rights OF the South, and resolved that
a convention Of the slaveholding States
should assemble at Nashville, Tenn, On
the first Monday of June, 1850. The
9Th resolve passed, was follows:
That in the language of an eminen!
northern writer and patriot--"The rights
of the South in African service, exis,
not only under, but orer the constitution
They existed before the government was
formed. The constitution was rather
sanctioned by them than they by the con-
stitution. Had net that instrument adj
mitted tho Sovereignty Of those rights, il
never would have been itself admitted
by the South 1t bowed in Difference tc
rights, older in their date, stronger in
their claims, and hoIicr in their nature,
than any other which the constitution can
boast. Those rights may not be chang
ed even by a change Of the constitution
They are out of the reach of the nation
as nation. The confcderacy may dis
solve and tho constitution pass away, but
those right viii remain unshakcll-wil
exist while the South exists-and when
they fall, the South viii perish viii
them. - Post
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The Every Day Life OF Lord Bacon.

During meditation, he often had mu-
sic in another room, by which his fancy
was cnliyened. He had many little
whiin; and peculiaritics, some Of which
may excite a smile; for instance, in the
spring he woald 90 out for drive in his
open coach, whilst it rained, to receive,
Tin the quaint language of Aubrey, ''thc
Seneft Of irrigation, " which he was
mont to say, WAS very wholesome, che
cause Of the nitro in the air and the uni
versai spirit OF the world He had cx-
graerdinary notions respecting the virtue
al nitro, and conceived il TO be of ines
Unable value in the preservation of
.ieaith. 80 great was his faith, that he
swallowed three grains Of the drug either
alone OF with saffron, in warm broth
every morning during thirty years! He
seems to have been very fond of quack-
ing himselt-once a week he took dose
Of the "water of Mithridatc,' diluted
with strawberry water. Oacc month,
at least, nc made point of swallowing
a grain and half Of ''castor" in his
broth and breakfast for two successive
days. And every sixth or seventh day,
he drank an infusion Of rhubarb in white
w:ne ard beer Immediately before his
dinner. lie made it point to take air
Ia some high and open place every morn
ing, the third hour after sunrise, and, il
possible, he selected a spot where he
could enjoy the perfume Of musk, roses
and swec. yiole;s. Resides thus breath
ing the pure air Of nature, he was fum;-
gated with the smoke of lign-alocs, with
dried bays, and rosemary, adding once
C. woel. n little tobacco. On leaving hi:
bed, he was anointod oil over with oil o
almonds, mingled with salt and saffron
and this was followed by gentle friction
lie was rather hearty feeder, and wher
young, preferred game and poultry, but
in after life, gave choice to butchers
meat, well beaten before roasted. A
every meal his table was strewed witt
flowers and sweet herbs. Half an hou
before supper, he took cup Of wine, Of
ale, hot and spiced, and once during sup
per, wine in which gold had been quench
ed. The first draught which he dranl
ut dinner or supper was always hot. ant
on retiring to bed, he ate piece o
bread stepped in a MIXTURE Of wine, sy
rap Of roses, and amber, and washed i
down with cup Of ale TO compose hi
spirits and send him to sleep. In th'
spring, he was fond of u glass of spicec
poInegranate wine early in the morning
ana greatly enjoyed wator-crcsscs
These little points may be unimporan
in themselves, but they assist US IN draw
ing q mental portrait Of the man.
Benley's Miscellany.
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ANECDOTES OF AvARIcE.-Avarice,
says the author of Rsigio Msdtci, seems

: ANECDOTES OF AvARIcE.--Avarice,
says the author of RsEgio Msdici, seems
to me not SO much vice, as deplora-
bic piece Of madness; and if he had adj
ded incurable, his definition would have
been perfect; for an avaricious nan is
nevor to be cured, unless by the same
medicine which perhaps, may cure a
mad dog. The arguments of reason,
philosophy or religion, will have little
effect upon him. He is born and framed
to a. solid love of money, which first ap-
pears when he is very young, grows up
with him, and increases in middle age,
and when he is old, and all his passions
have subsidized, wholly engrosses him.
The greatest endowmcnts Of the mind,
the greatest abiii,iesin profession, and
even the quiet possession Of an Immense
treasure, will never prevail against ava
rice. That great Captain, the Duke of
Marlborough, when he was in the last
stage of lie, and very inhrm, would
walk from the public room in Bath to
his lodgings, in cold dark night, to
save siypense in chair hire. If the
Duke, who at his death, left more than
a million and half sterling, could have
foreseen that all ms wealth and honors
were to be inherited by grandson of
my Lord Trevor's, who had been one of
his enemies, would he have been so care
full to save sixpence for the sake of his
heir? le
Sir James Low;her, after changing &
piece of silver in st. Georges Coffee
House, and paying twopence for his dish
Of coffee, was heiped into his chariot,
for he was thea very lame and infirm, J
and went home. Some time after he re-
tursed to the same coffee house to ac-
auaini the woman who kept it, that she
had given him bad halfpenny, and de-
msnded another In exchange for it. Sir
James had about Gao, 900 per annum,
anA was Of loss whom to appoint his
hcir. 0eh9" a
knew one Sir Thomas Colby, who
lived at Keasington, and was, think, d
commissioners in the Eictualing Office
He killed himself by rising in the mid
dieiof the night, when he was in pro-
fuse sweat, the effect of medicine he
had taken for that purpose, and going
down stairs to look for the key of his
cellar, which he had inadvertently left
on table in hisparlor. He was appre-
kensiye that his servants might seize the
key and rot him of bottle Of port wine
This man died intestate, and left more
than GOO. 900 in the funds, that was
shared among five or six day-laborers,
nh were his nearest relations. ~ II
sTSir William Smyth, Of Bedfordshire,
who was my kinsman, when near seven
ty3was entirely deprived of his sight
HeEwss persuaded to be ccuched by
Taylor, the ocaIist, who, by agreement,
wis to have sixty guineas If he restored
his patient to any degree Of sight. Tayr
jor succeeded in his operation, and Sit
William was able to read and write with!
out The use Of spectacles, during the rest
q his life; bt as soon as the operation
had been performed, and Sir William
perceived the good Effects Of it, instead
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~ make Il graceful apology, and the dis
comtited conductor wisely said not a
word. He probably learned that it is
not always safe to judge men By their
outward appearance. IS
Ia justice to the farmer, it should be
stated that he was not only bound to the
railroad meeting, but to Brighton Mar
ket, where he intended to purchase a
large number Of cattle and drive them
home hiuiself Tho weather being rath-
er stormy, he did not think it advisable
to pat OIL any 'go-to-meeting clothes.
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indicated ut Last.

The character of Minnesota for cold,
stands redeemed Mt last On Monday
morning, Fahrenheit's thermometer indi-
Gated 20 degrees below zero, in Saint
Paul. The air was as still as death. In
fact, we have no wind; so that we actu-
ally suffer less in the coolest weather,
than they do in the cutting winds of Illi-
nois, at a much milder temperature, as
indicated by the Thermometer. Where
there is no wind, the body soon gener-
ates and carries along with it, a warm
atmosphere Our cold weather is dry,
bracing, exhilarating--gives us an appe-
tite and makes us fat.
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THE MINNESOTA PIONEER
st. PAUL, Alinnssota,
Wednesday Morning, Dec. 10, 1919.
The Administration.

w nat iitao IL thohSu' w hus
are the results of the election of Gen.
Taylor? Are not the Wings themselves,
every where discontinued with the Adj
ministration? The States, one after
another, utter their dissatisfaction with it,
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland, Virginia,
Georgia-ali these and more, have spok-
en- IN their recent elections, in language
not to be mistaken, their disgust towards
the filthy oligarchy in power at Wash
ington. Although prescriptions and re-
moYals Of Democrats from office, are
practised to a greater extent than was
ever known by any former Administra
ton, in violation Of the most solemn
pledges, yet this is far from being the
greatest wrong inflicted upon the coun-
try, by that knot Of politicians who have
parcelled out between them the power
and patronage of the president. A much
more fragrant wrong, is the appointment
of dishonest, brawling politicians to Of
fee, as the reward of partizanship, ia
vorites Of the heads Of departments
quartering knaves upon the Treasury
and promoting banisrupts to otiice-cs-
pccially in the remote territories-prac-
Using a nasty system of nepotism, by
which all the sons, brothers, unclcs,
grandchildren, cousins and neighbors of
the Secretaries at Washington, are foist-
ed into Office, to the exclusion of compe-
tent men. Minnesota, has been td,7ned
oui, to the Home Department-set apart
as the exclusive prorince of Secretary
Ewing
In the disposalof Offices here, Mime
sotians have no more voice than the serfs
of Russian estate have in selecting
their task-masters, or the negroes upon
a Southern plantation have in hiring
oYerseers. The bcstowal Of office here,
is sort of political "right of cl::dow-
mcnt." We are benefcc belonging
to the Ohio Bishopric; and have no more
to do with selecting our rulers, than an
English parish has in choosing its priest
What business is it to the parish, if Lord
Squirt, or the Hon. Sydenham Pumpkin,
chooses to bestow curacy or a vicar
ship, upon drunken, fox-hunting par
son? What business is it to the people
of Minnesota, if Secretary at Wash
ington bcs,ows the Secretaryship Of this
Territory, upon man whose mcanness
and dishonesty are proverbial:
Such is the creed, and such the prac-
ticc Of the cabal at Washington which
curses the country with its misrule; but
it is creed and practice which Dem
ocracy repudiates, and which the peo-
pie will repudiate. 1t has been the in
variable practice of Democratic Admin
istrations, to leave the bestowal Of Off
ces in the Territories, to the people and
the delegates of the Territories. Thai
practice ,ciN be restored, under the Eert
Administration.
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Of being oycrjoyed, as any other person
would nave been, hebcgan to lament tae
loss, Gas he called it, of his sixty gum
cas-. His continuance, therefore, was to
cheat the oculist. Hepsctended that he
had only q glimmcring, and could see
nothing perfectly; for that reason the
bandage on his eyes was continued a
month longer than the usual time. BY
this means, he obliged Taylor to COM
pound the bargain and accept twenty
guineas. Sir William was an old bach
elor, and, the time Taylor couchcd him.
had fair estate ia land, and large
sum of money in the stocks, and not less
than five or six thousand pounds in hi;
| house
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New ORLEANS, Nov. II.

The explosion on board the Louisiana
is attributed TO the carelessness Of the
captain, and he has been held to bail In
5000. Many more bodies have been
found. The number killed was 900. be-
sides many dreadfully wounded. Thu,
flags of the shipping are displayed st
haif-Tast. A searching investigation is
shortly to take piace. -.
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News from California.

The Chronotype gives the following
'ntelhgible statemer. Of political affairs
in California:
The California Convention has got
nearly to the completion of Constltu-
ticu in Committee of the Whole. Ia
Ball Of Rights resembles that Of mesi o.
our Atlantic States, with the foliowing
section, which is said 20 have passea
unanimously.
SEC. XVII. Neither Slavery nor IN
voluntary Servitude, unless for the pun
ishmen. cf crime, shall ever be toierated
in this State.
Strangely enough, section was aNer-
wards introduced. which forbids inc ad~
mission Of Free Blacks into the Sta'c.
aid another which depriSes negroes ana
Indians ofthe right Of suffrage, although
it had already been settled by sectio1!!
18th. that Gas al men are entitled tie
equal political rights, rcprescntatloa
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GROWTH OF CiEcINNATI.-A recent
census of Cincinnati, shows the popula-
tion Of the city proper to be 90 ,604, and
of the suburbs, 10 ,O00---in all IO2 ,6Oi.
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FROM CALIFORNIA.

The steamer Empire City, from Cha
gres, arrived at New York on the Iith,
bringing over half million of dollars in
gold dust, and dates from San Franciseo
one day later.
Among the deaths is Col Henry Helm,
late of Cincinnati Feather river has
been nearly drained of the precious net
ais. The placer On the Uba rive -
productive. Thirty thousand Amori-
cans, at present, Is the probable aggrc-
gate in California. Many were return
ing from the mines in consequence OF
the extreme heat. One hundred and
twenty-five females arrived at San Fran
cisco IN September, who are pronounced
to he worth their weight in gold. r.
Butler King was recovering from his
late sickness, and was expected to reach
Washington before the opening Of Con.
gress.
California Conrcnfion. The Conven-
ton for framing Constitution fer Cali
tornia, had been in session three weeks,
and expected to adjourn in the first week
Of October.
The suffrage question caused muc!.
debate, but it was agreed to allow all late
citizens of the United States, 81 years
OF age, after six months residence in
California, to vote. The Legislature is
to consist Of two branches. and bankina
corporations and lotteries are prohibited.
State officers are elected as in tha
United States.
The slave question caused some ex-
citcment, but is now settled.
American Flour is quoted at $40 peg
bbl.; Beef, S26: Pork, Sss Saa...
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APPEARANCE AND CHARAcTER OF THE
SULrAN--Abdel Medschid, the present
Sultan, is 26 years of age; dresses,
with the exception of Fox cap, in the
European style; and, save that his face
is unusually pale and deeply pitted by
the small pox, has nothing very noticca-
bic in his personal appearance. He in
herits little Of the intellectual yigor Of
his father, Mahmoud, but his heart is
amiabIc to a degree bordering on weak
ness. His sensibilities are such, that he
never signs death warrants except in
cases of the most urgent necessity He
takes scarcely any personal part in the
administration of'the Government, choos-
ing to leave every thing to the control of
his Vizicr and Divan. He has five or
six wives and large Hcrem. The lat
ter is regularly increased by the annual
presentation of two beautiful and ac-
complished Circassian virgins, one by
his mother, the Sultana Valcde, the other
by his Grand Vizier. The old custom
of sacking the unfaithful, and throwing
them into the Bosphorus, has become
totally obsolete; but it is generally sup
posed that State policy still makes way
with some at least, of the Sultan's male
!. offspring, for the number of his sons is
always very disproportionate TO that O
his daughters. The Sultan is not onl,
extremely eileminaic and liccntious, bu
he very frequently INDUCES in the use o
spirituous liquors, and it is by no means
improbable that he will meet the fate o
his father, who died in the prime Of hi.
!. life of delil'iuns fremenS.
Abdel Mcdschid has dispensed viii
much of the glittering pomp that used t,
attend the Sultan's appearance in public
but yet he goes to the Mosque ever,
, Friday in great state. His splendit
barge of % oars, escorted by numerous
beautiful pinnaces, and gliding witt
swalIow-like feetness up the Colder
Horn to the Mosque of Eyoub, hearth,
valley of the Sweet Water, amid tn,
roaring of cannon from each side, an,
the cheers Of the sailors and soldier
from the decks Of the magnificent seven
/. ty-iours, has been one of the most stir
ring sights have yet witnessed in Con
stantinople.-f n. Y. Cour. s Enc.
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FRANCE.
CALIFORNIA FREE,

BY the Constitution adopted by Cali
fornia, SLAVERY Is FOREVER
PROHIBITED. So this question is
settled. o
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eY- 1t seems that there are s'good,

sI~ 1t seems that there are ''goody
Browns" in the moral city Of Boston.
A little girl was coaxcd into quiet
place near the common, the other day
by two women, who persuaded her 70
divcst herself of the best part of hcr
clothing ~ promising to make her a
present Ct doll, anu :h"n abscoaded
with the garments, leaving the poor lit
tie creature shiycring and almost naked
in the street.
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New ORLEANS, Nov. IL

The steamer Louisiana was bound for
St. Louis, at the time of the dreadful ex-
piosion.-lt IS estimated that one hand
red and SIXTY lives were lost. Fifty dead
bodies have been recovered. The Leyee
Is strewn with tee wounded, dead, and
dying, End the sigh: is most awful
heads, legs and arms being scattered in
every direction.
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COM UNDATED.


VI tue
Young Nen---.tttention?
At meeting ofthc School Committee
the following motion was agreed to:
"Rev. Mr.. Hoyt moved that teaching
five days shall be considered equivalent
to a week, and sixty days to a quarter;
and further, that the necessary fuel for
the several schools be obtained by sub
scription, and when delivered that the
yoiSng men of the place be requested to
meet at a given time to cut the same for
use"
You arc, therefore, invited to attend
meeting to be held at the office of 3.
w. Lott, Esq, OH Friday evening, for
the purpose of taking the matter into
consideration by appointing committee
to ,ca;i upom the teachers of the "scvcr-
al schools" and ascertain the precise
length they will have said wood cut, and
ifsptitiing the same is required. Also,
to inquire of the said teachers when
said cutting and splitting will best suit
their conven;ence-andw what size said
| split wood shall be:
And, furthermore, to appoint second
committee to rat upon the originator Of
the motion and ascertain if he will fur
nish the wood from his eriensire pile.
| ARRIVAL OF THE AMERICA.
Hight important from T. urope-.-Disso.
luton OF the French Ministry.-.An-
other Revolution Threatened.
HALIFAX, Nov. I5,-S P NJ.
The America arrived here at 6 l-2 AN
this morning, but in consequence. OF
the line being down between Boston and
Calais the transmission Of the news has
been delayed till now.
FRANCE.
The French Ministry has resigned OF
been dismissed in consequence of de-
clining to sustain the views embodied in
the Presidents letter relating to Rome
! Great excitement existed in Paris, but
the President is firm, and has written a
letter to the Assembly, which the Lon
don Times criticises as impudent.
A new cabinet has been formed, which
wholly represents the views of the Pres
ident and q majority of the Assembly.
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@- We are obliged to correspond
cnt at Fort Smelling, for several commu-
nications; which will find place in our
columns hereafter.
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Terrible Explosion at New orleanss
NEW ORLEANS. Nny. Is


This evening, shortly after FIVE clock.
the steamer Louisiana, with large car
go and many passengers, willis staring
to go up the river, burst her boilers.
The steamer Storm was coming down
with large number of passengers, and
epdeayorlng to reach the I.eyee, Mhcn
the explosion occurred.
The number of lives lost on board
both these boats is estimated rs one hs,,,
red! Many bodies have been rescue. go
manglod, that it Is impossible to distin
g:.ish the Sex.
More than 10000 persons arc ON the
Levce locking for friends among the
dead and wounded. There is great con-
fusion; and the shrieks of the wounded
are heart rending.
The steamer Bostona was much dam
aged by the explosion.
The Louisiana sank fifteen minutes
after the disaster.
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Ms. lSlca. DO, esvar Gltt.cr let nc
look. Ga! wisst sight Of water! Therct
There! can see the top Of a house
rising and falling with the waves. Now
ii rises again; there are some people on
it.
Nah. Ay; ay' Well guess they.
begin to believe in old Noah Holioa
Well; what n sight! There is a iiIi top
sec how it is crowded with men ard
beasts. What a pile Of living things is
huddlcd there.. We are floating That
way.
Seen. What dreadful screams they
uttcr!--
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sN- When the Chronicle denies its
own imprint, there is an end to all argu-
ment with that journal. If any one de-
sires, however, to see in the Chronicle,
the words which we quoted from it last
week, we viii produce the No. Of the
Chroniels in which it is printed.
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The Resources Of Minnesota.


/ Another season, will, we hope, devel-
opc many new resources in Minnesota.
Do our readers know that there are
leads of lead not many miles south Ct
us, larger than whales? Or that there
is mineral coal on the tributaries of the
Saint Petcrs' Have they considered
how large share of manufactures need
full for US, cloths, wooden ware, farming
utensils, -four, machinery, steam boats,
will soon be made at Saint Anthony
Why, may not mines be discovered in
Minnesota, equal to the gold mines OF
California: Hear what Josiah Holbrook
says:
'sSome twenty-five years since, geol-
ogist observed in Maryland and Penn
sylvania extensive ranges of serpentine
rocks, which he knew to be the natural
deposits Of magnesia and chrome ore.
A single search discovered both these
minerals in great abundance. At that
time chrome yellow was fifteen dollars a
pound. 1t is now twenty-five cents a
pound; production in price occasioned by
an extensive manufacturing of this aTti-
Gle in Baltimore, from which city the
whole country is almost entirely supplied
with this valuable paint.
From magncsia-depositcs of which,
amounting to quarries, arc found In the
;,,,,neI ;a,o conpecfiof, with chrome ore
EPSON salts, (sulphatc of nagncsia, are
made so cheap, SO abundant, and so
good, as nearly or entirely, to stop the
importation of that article. Growing
out of this discovery, chrcmate Of pot
ash, alum, blue vitrioI, (sulphate of cop
per, and numerous other chemicals. are
made in such abundance at the same
place, as to gave to Baltimore, in addi-
ton to the title of ''the Monumental
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@~ One day last week, three Chip
peway Indians were found on Rum Riv-
er with their heads cut off. They were
probably killed by a band Of the Sioux.