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The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1849-07-19
Later from the Plains.

We have been permitted by Mr.. Crosson
to make a few extracts from a letter received
10y him from Mr.. /. Thomas, dated Little
Blue River, May Goth, and mailed at St.
Joseph on the 9Th ult.
He says, Little Blue River is about / IS
miles from ST. Joseph. We are encanped
on the bank of the river in beautiful val
ley. and are stopping to-day to recruit
Some of the men are washing, some cook
ing, some fishing, some hunting, some shoot
ing DIT marks, and others airing their provis-
ions and clothing There have
been several cases of cholera OH the route
We have seen seven or eight graves, but
don't suppose have seen the one-fourth. [
don't think the cholera viii follow the route,
as those who have died have contracted the
disease on the boats, by eating fresh meat
and drinking Missouri water. = So
near as ! can ascertain, there are about fif-
teen hundred teams ahead of Us. expect
the ORLEANS will do better than the mule
teams. Cheever & Frye, who expected to
he halfway to California ere this time, are
only twenty miles in advance of US +! Some
companies are pushing their teams from
sunrise to sunset to get ahead, but | think
we shall paas them before we get to the
mountains. We lie by one day
in the seven-travel about eight hours per
day-stop one hour in the middle of the day
for grass and to refresh the teams. The
trumpet has Just sounded for church, We
have a preacher with Us; he is Campbell,
tie, about seventy years of age; he has
friends and relations in California and APP
pears to be very fine old man.
have just returned from hearing the old
gentleman. The whole Company seem
pleased with his remarks. Their object
was to unite the company, for them to cul-
tivate friendship one toward aaother. x
We are in the Pawnees country, but
have seen none of them yet, as they are out
hunting. have seen but one deer, wound
ell but did not get it, There is company
OF mounted rifiemen and six hundred dra-
goons ahead of us, and a train Of three hum
dred government wagons behind us. They
are bound for Oregon. The longest train of
teams have seen yet was about fifteen miles
in length. never saw any prairie before
came on these plainsn
The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1849-07-19

A STRANGE SIGHT IN BRoADwAY.-A
New York correspondent. of the Oneida
Herald, says he saw the following described
phenomenon in Broadway
"See that fellow in drab pants, creased
and begri,ned with ink, with his bag-like
drab coat to match, slouched hat and old
boots-all of which look as if they might
have belonged to his great, great grandfalh-
Grand with a careless, rollcking gait. On
his arm hangs prim, fashionable, l,erfiimed
and brushed, with white kids, all and in
every respect as neat and as delicate as g
nice new doll from the handbook. You ask
"a by-stander who these strangely mated men
can be- they are Horace Greeley of the
Tribune, and Nat. Willis Of the Home
Journal"
The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1849-07-19

% Those strange youths known as
the SIamese twins, are exhibiting them
selves again after Il lapse Of number of
years. Ii is said they are on their way to
Europe, for the purpose of dissolving part
nership; this may be the case for aught
know to the contrary, but it looks u little
more likely that the firm has run short of
cash. and are raising the wind to carry them
abroad, SO that their purses may he repleu-
ished for their future support. They will
find that exhibiting themselves is more prof
liable than farming. aud in their case, that
good old maxim "united we stand, divided
we fall" is peculiarly appropriate. If they
know wnen they are we'll off, they will con-
tinue to stick to each other through life.
The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1849-07-19

FoRTUNATE.-A passenger in the Panama
steamer writes to New York:
{" | have now fellow-rassenger who has
been one of the fortunate ones, without the
trouble of digging gold. In the course of
six months he has realized fortune OF four
hundred and fifty thousand dollars, by regu-
lar mercantile speculation, chiefly in flour
He was at Valparaiso when food COM
nanded almost any price at San Francisco
He shipped largely, and in some instances
he received sixty three dollars a barrel!'
The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1849-07-19

20 A correspondent dating at Fort Kear-
ney, May 26, speaks thus of the emgra-
tion:-s
7" Since my last, the army Of gold diggers
has received mighty and powerful reinfurce-
inents. 1t now numbers over 10000 men,
and has a baggage and provision train of
2, 527 wagons. The prairie Is dotted with
them as far as the eye can reach; not an in
slant for the last two weeks has there been,
that emigrants and etnigrant wagons have
not been IN sight from this post. For two
or three days past, our weather has been
most disacreable, and the effect has been
somewhat to dampen the ardor of the emf
grants, particularly so, as the rain has been
falling in torrents most of the time | have
heard hundreds wish themselves at home,
and several have actually turned back AT this
point. The great ma jority now crossing The
plains, were profoundly ignorant when start
ing, of what was before them-had no idea
what an outfit consisted of, and in short,
looked upon crossing the prairies as nothing
but a pleasure trip, where killing buffalo,
wolf hunting, &c., formed the prominent
features. The result of such want of ex-
perience, was, that almost every wagon that
left the frontiers, was OVERLOADED, not with
al tcles absolutely necessary, but with such
things as each might fancy he would want
while on the praries, or after he reached
the end of his journey. Saw-mills, pick
axes, shovels, anvilS, blacksmith's tools,
feather beds, rocking chairs, and thousand
other useless articles for such trip, filled
the wagons as they left the Missouri river.
Soon il was found that the loading was too
great for the teams, and now overheard goes
every thing. The road is lined with various
ar,icies--even gold eases and gold washsrs
are abandoned by the roadside. Quantities
Of provisions share the same fate, which, il
is to be feared, will be sadly wanted by those
who threw them away, before they reach
the Pacific.
"Severai serious accidents have occurred
on the road from the careless use of fire.
arms. Three men have been shot dead
and yesterday young man was brought to
the hospital dangerously. shot through the
The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1849-07-19

REToRr COURTEOUS. - The Montreal
Herald has the following paragraph in its
report of Assembly proceedings:
I" Here some confusion took place, which
ended by Mr.. Mailoch rising and telling the
Speaker with some heat that the honorable
member for Montmornnci had just informed
him that he might go to h--ll. He farther
reported that he mud told the honorable
member in reply that he would slap him in
the snout"
The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1849-07-19

LATE ExEcUrIoNs-.Male and Female.
The Montreal Courier gives the particu-
lars Of the execution of Sarah Thomas at
Bristol on the lst instant, for the murder of
Miss Jeffries, and her confession Of tho
deed. 1t says:
The final scene was Of a most revolving
character. Tie prisoner, instead Of being
resigned to her fate, contested il with the
officers, aud literally had TO be carried tn
the gallows and executed amid screams for
life, which did not cease until the fatal belt
was drawn.
She signed a confession, with her own
hand, to the effect that Miss Jeffries having
attempted to strike her, aad having locked
her all night iii a room, the next morning
after, Miss j. called her TO make fire.
She procured5a stone, and while the lady
was again asleep, killed her BY striking her
thrice on the head with 1t. She then rob-
bed the house and went off. She said she
never would have committed SO dreadful q
crime had Miss JeEries' conduct been lesa
provoking. s=s
The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1849-07-19
MISCELLANY.
The Worship of Nature.

Ely J. G. WHITTIER.
The ocean looketh up to heaven,
As t were "A living thing;
The homage of its waves is given
In ceaseless worshipping.
They eel upon The sloping sand,
As bends the human knee;
A beautiful and ,ireless band
The priesthood Of the sea.
They pour their glitterng treasure out,
Which III the deep gave birth,
And chaunt their awful hymns about
The watching hills of earth.
The green earth sends its incense up
From every mountain shrine-
From every flower and dewy cup
That greeteth the sunshine.
The mists are lifted from the rils,
Like the white wing of PRAYER;
They lean above The ancient hills,
As doing homage there.
The forest tops are lowly cast
Der breezy hill and glen,
AS if prayerful spirit passed
O'er all the homes of men.
The clouds weep per the fallen world,
Fen as iepen.ant 1--we;
Ere, to the blessed breeze unfurled,
They fade in light above.
The sky is as a temple arch
The blue and wavy air
Is glorious in The spirit march
Of me senger at prayer.
The gentle moon, the kindly sun,
The many stars are given
As shrines to barn earth's incense Oh
The altar fires Of heaven.
The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1849-07-19

ANEAT CLERICAL JoKE.-A distinguished
clergyman once said to lady OF his congre-
CATION, who was famous for her bad time
when she sang, and thereby seriously dis
turbed in their devotions those whose seats
adjoined hers. s tI F.
81 have serious fears for your future state
my dear madam, if you have NOT more
correct ideas of eternity than you have Of
time"
The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1849-07-19

WORTH REMEMBERING.- He who is pas
sionate and hasty is generally honest. It's
your cool, assembling hypocri,e of whom
you should beware. There is 10 deceit
about a bull dog. It's only the cur that
sneaks up and bites you when your back IS
turned. Again, we say. beware of the man
who has cant in his looks. e
The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1849-07-19

+ DIsAPPoINTMENT.-- An editor down east,
according to the n. Y. Journal of Commerce,
says that be hoped to be able to present a
marriage and death as original matter Hr
his columns; but heavy thaw broke up the
wedding, and the doctor got sick, SO the pa
tent recovered. r.
The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1849-07-19

% La Democratic Pacifque tells of a
foreign married young lady having been pre-
sented to the French President, and having
tfancied She was but haughtiIy received :S
" Are youfor long stay in France?'' cooly
asked Louis Napoleon. - No, prince was
the reply, " are you?"
The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1849-07-19

The MAID OF THE MIsr-Every body
who has visited Niagara Falls, within two
or three years past, has seen the little steam
err [" Maid of the Mist,'' which dances like
cork on the troubled Niagara, and boldly
defies the cataract by running almost into
it. On Wednesday last she had narrow
escape, in consequence of the breaking of
her machinery, bur her course is so regula-
ted that she drifted into the eddy of her
landing. This will give renewed confidence
in her, for it was feared that in case of ac-
cdent her drift would be towards the eddy
of the whirlpool
The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1849-07-19

LADIES Foa CALIFosNIA.-It seems that
Mrs. Farnan.'s weIl-ntended effort to inn
prove the society of California by the emil
grafton of ladies', has turned out almost
failure. The whole corps, on sailing from,
New York, consisted of but four, and there
was but single Miss among them! This
is discouraging. Ladies are not in the habit
OF backing QUIZ from schemes calculated,
to benefit The human family.
The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1849-07-19

% The New York Express, in closing
an article on the approach of cholera to that
city, hits otf the two great causes Of the
spread of the baneful disease, by ielicitous
quotation from Macbeth:
Scoar all the country round
Hang those who talk of }eart''
The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1849-07-19

% We often hear of Irish gaIlantry, but
Africa is equal to Ireland. negro driver
of coach in Texas, stopping to get some
water for the young ladies in the carriage,
being asked what he stopped for, replied, 81
am catering my ttoacers." Ainore delicate
compliment could not have been paid
The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1849-07-19
PAUL MINNESOTA TERRITORY, THURSDAY, JULY

shoulder. His name is Swop, he is from
Missouri" -
The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1849-07-19

*QUERY.-Is this census the mistake of the
printer a computation founded upon the ratio Of
the previous increase of ST. Paul:
Perhaps the correspondent, who has taken a
look at US, thinks that we spring up suddenly from
liberal sowing of dragons teeth, as did the snen
of Athens-Ed .,-4t e
The North-Carolina standard., 1849-08-29
THE OLD "sEDITIoNn SPIRIT.

The Raleigh Register, speaking of the Washington
Union, thus shows the cloven foot of Federalism
ga fearless and Independent Press is the surest
guardian of liberties. But when, in the case
especially of the Unon earlessness degenerates into
extreme and reckless audacity, and independence Of
tone is mistaken to mean wholesale impudence and
arrogance it is high time that the effective censorship
of public opinion should be exerted. In monarchco-
Republican France they doing matters differently,
see but trust that The day may nerer come,
tohen ii be said of land, that any other
polDer, than public opinion, IS neceSsar to put stop
to The shameless perpersiOn Of e privileges and purposes
of the Press ~
The drift of the above is too apparent to be mistaken
by any one. In France they do matters different
ly"-that is, bold, independent, and free press,
which dares to speak of that miserable creature Louis
Napoleon, he deserves to be spoken Of is crushed
but here We have no effective censorship but that
of public opinion The Register " trusts - that the
day may never come when what France is doing may
be necessary here ; but if Federalism, which enacted
and executed the old I" "Sedtion law" were in full
sway in this country, that day would soon be upon
US. Let that day come, and it will GO down in blood.
Mr. Richie has already been expelled from the Senate,
for exercising his privileges the conductor of free
press and if Federalism could do the deed with inn
punity, and possessed the power. they would soon
add this, Imprisonment and fine, for what the Reg
lister is pleased to term his reckless andaety - and
his I" impudence and arrogance of tone. Butthanks
the people, and to the glorious and unconquerable
spirit of Democracy, the old "Sedon" spirit in this
country, whatever France may do, or whoever may
look for light to her example, has been put down. to
rise no more!
The North-Carolina standard., 1849-08-29

We lay before our readers to-day Mr.. Stevenson s
Eulogy, commemorative of the Life and Public Ser
vices of ExPresident Polk, delivered before the Cit
liens of Newbern. the 18th of Juy and published
in the papers of that place by request of the Commit
tee; and also faithful and well.wrten tribute to the
memory of the lamented Charles Fisher, by "W.'
Our readers, we know, will agree with that Mr..
Stevenson has performed the task assigned him in a
handsome and appropriate manner.
In our next we shall do ourselves the pleasure to
publish, from the Tarborough Press, the Eulogy on
Ex-Presdent Polk, delivered by William F. Dapcy,
Esq, before the citizens of Edgecombe on the 4th
Of July last.
The North-Carolina standard., 1849-08-29
THE LATE ELECTIoNS-vIcroDr,

We begin with Indiana. The State Sentin,Itbn.
brings up the result of the late elections in that S.
We have the prond satisfaction to inform tbo n,
mocracy of the Union, that Indiana has swoD,
Mexican Whiggery from her borders. Tayorsm r
defunct! Truman Smiths nose is out of ioin,i Ts
Coon is dead See how it reads: "
A Democratic GOrernor Lieutenant GOp,,a,r
Eight Members of Congress and proJabfv Nine }
large majority Of the Legislature! County officers in
Of the 10 Congressman Mexican Ned alone is eb
to tell the story, and he had no regular opposition
he would have been beaten too.''
The majority for Wright, the Democratic Candida
for Governor in Indiana, is about lO,OOO-beiur
gain of 5000 votes since last November Then
were four Whig members in the last Congress, from
that State-in the next there will be one. "Tdl
Chapman to crow 20
The delegation from alabama will stand rs it dj
before-fve Democrats and two Wings. The Wings
It is said have the State Senate by one majority and
the Democrats some ten or eleven on joint ballot
The majority for the Democratic candidate for Gov
ernor in Tennessee, is about 1900. The Legislature
it is thought, will be tied on joint ballot.
In Kentucky the Democrats have majority of six
in the State Convention. This is most unexpected
result. Our friends there fought the battle against
Emancipation, and in favor of giving the election
Judges to the people,
Io1ca comes in gloriously. The Democrats have
triumPhed, Notwithstanding the Wings and Freesi.
ers united and combined against them. The Demo
Gratis refused give way to the demands of the Free
soilers, and adhered TO the established Democratic
creed, without Interpolation. They hare susp ergy
thing before tdem.
Upon the whole, The recent elections have resulted
most fayorably to The Democrats. In Indiana, 10
whose patriotic people Truman Smith, in the name
of the Administration, offered brbes in the shaPeot
public Offices, lrave gained largely; in Alabama
in Kentucky, where the Democrats adhered to the
cause Of the South and equal rights, as they have
always done, we have ,siumphcd in COnvenn@
called TO revise tl9s.a.e Constitution; in Tennessee
where the Wing candidates preached submission Oh
the Slavery question, and the Democrats took the
true Southern ground, VIC have also achieved g0H'
Gus victory; In Iowa, of the youngest States
despite OF Wings and Abolitionsts combined, weha''
carried every thing; and in North Carolina, though
By Aznc from elcctng than three mem
oers of Congress, we have made clear gain Of hT
thousand votes since last November! The recent
elections have not only furnished the strongest e
lence of the determinati6n Of the Southern PeOPeH
stand by their rights at an hazards, but spirit has
'een exhibited every where ip the Democratic party
Ehich must ensure it the victory ia 1852.
The North-Carolina standard., 1849-08-29
IMPORTANT FROM CUBA.

The following extracts from letter received BY
the Falcon, from unquestionable authority, (says te
New York Herald,) has been furnished for pub
licaton. The source from which, and the channel
through which ii comes, such as TO preclude any
possibility of further doubt the question Of the
foIcible abduction of Rey:
HAVANA, August IL, 1919.
The Kidnapping Of Rey C0ntrmed-His LnrprisOnmsnt
at HarQnn and Appeal TO the .7n,erican C5nsuk-Re-
nsaL TO GIOrc the latter pirate fnterrieU 1cih him.
The news of the arrest of the Spanish consul at
which he committed, in violating the asylum of Juan
Garcia alias Jose Rey, while he was residing in that
city under the shield and shelter of the laws Of the
Union, and sending him to Havana, with the aid of
narcotic application, to bring him within the power
Of the Captain General. The scandal OF the act be-
ing bad its crminaty the Spanards themselves
complain of the policy Of this government, which
seems bent giving daily increasing cause for a
collision with the powerful government of the Union,
likely to lead, before long, to such chastisement at
the mouth of the will teach these insolent
Spanish officials, that their desPotic and arbitrary
proceedings longer to be tolerated, wherever
respect s paid to the rights of msn and the laws that
govern them.
1t would be curious to witness the interview which
ia to take place between the Captain General, the
Consul of the United Sates and the Prisoner, Garcia;
doubt for the that his Excellency believes
that in his presence the prisoner will never dare to
ratify the contents of the two letters which he has
sent to the Consul giving assurance of the violence
practised upon his person by the Spanish Consul,
Don Carlos de Espana. These letters, one of which
was sent to the American Consul through the medi-
um of the Captain-General HIMSELF furnish complete
proof of the truth of the charges under investigation
at New Orleans. We await the result of the inter-
view, which will communicate to you.
About week ago, reports were current that many
arrests were to be made; but this grew out of the
expectation that the prisoner Garcia, would have dis
closures to make. The government has the misfor-
tune of having afforded the scandal of the outrage,
without reaping the benefit of any revelation. He
knew nothing to reveal.
They talknow of the release of the prisoner, which
is nightmare to the Conde de Alcoy and his par
tisans and they anxiously seeking some escape
from their scrape. The great question is, how to
parry the demand for atonement that will be made
by the Union, whose squadron we hope to see here
next week. God send them auspicious breezes.
P. S. The Consul has not obtained the ratification
from the prisoner of the two letters WHICH the latter
sent him, because his Exceency absolutely forbid
it, for fear that the should tell the whole truth,
which has been indeed already made sufficiently clear
by the proceedings instituted in New Orleans.
The North-Carolina standard., 1849-08-29

naollanIs Of Praga, slain for their faith and d.,
erty,-DeliVer as, Oh Lord ""u Their lii.
Dy tne martyroom of the youthful sors
ANA, slain by the Knout in the mines and - Lllu.
Deliver US, oh Lord. N'o IN exile
BY the martyrdom of the people of o....
strangled In their homes and in the churcbos zaan
oppressors, ,-DeliTer US, oh Lord. "eS OF theI
BY the maTtyrdom of soldiers, massacro,
chan, by the PrnsSians,-Deliver us. oh ~, al Fs
BY the martyrdom of soldiers immolatoTu
knout at Cronstadt by the Muscovites. Oy The
oh Lord. 0eiiVef@
By the blood of all patriots slain for tbei,s;,
their libeEty,-Deliver us, oh Lord. M and
BY the wounds, the tears, and suiferinvs os.r
slain and exiles of Hungary,-Deliver US, VI oil Hs
Give us universal war for the liberty of u, LoN
ple,-We beseech thee, oh Lord. ype&
Grant US our arms and the emblems of ~,
We beseech thee, oh Lord. "d0oal
Grant Us happy death upon the field of l.,
We beseech thee, oh Lord. Od'e,
Grant US peaceful tomb for the repose os
mains,-We beseech thee, oh Lord. Ouf n
Grant US the independence, the integrity 49,, ,
liberty of our rcountry,-We beseech thee in tt u Tie
of the Father and the Son and the Holv Gboa. name
Amen
We observe that an immense Meeting wac h.II.
Philadelphia, on the goth instant, to give an evn
sion of feeling and sympathy in favor of the Hnn
rians in their struggle for liberty The Hon, c.
NJ. Dallas, who presided, addressed the assemII's
most eloquently and after he had concluded hi. :.
marks, Col. Forney of the Pennsylvania. cam. e.
ward and read beautiful and touching Add,.'
which was listened TO most attentiyely. The moos
called upon our Government, in the strongest torr,s
recognize Immediately the independence of Hunnr,
Gen. Taylor could perform no act which wouS w.
more pleasure to the whole American people. ,,i
we hope it will be done. Russia and Aus,ri, oon,,
certainly have no reason to take umbrage at it uIT
it would strengthen and stimulate to renewed 49,"
tions a noble people struggling for freedom