The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1850-11-07

'0ASSSeSis LASS Spy, Oh the
Sd inst, says: We fearn that three slaves. heayi-
" ironel, were taken through this place last week
On their way to the 'hcuse of bondage at the
South. having been delivered up
The brig Minnesota has been char
tered in this cIiy, by gentleman from Montreal,
to convey cargo of copper from the Lake
to pass down the ST. Lawrence, had previously
been obtained.--[ChcagoJ Journal.
The Boston Post says: In Amherst,
Mass, on Saturday. Frederick Goodale, aged IL,
while foolishly playing with a rife, put the mnz-
ale under his chin, and, remarking how easily he
might Kill himself. pushed back the hammer with
his foot, bis foot slipped, and in instant he was
dead. The ball carried away his chin and found
egress at the back of his head
Richard p. Robinson, Of Ellen Jewett
noioriety, was ia New York City few weeks
ago. lie looked remarkably well, and reports
himself as one Of the happiest Of old fashioned
married men. in the possessono Of asfond wife and
three children. all suugy provided for in the fer
tile valley of Texas. lie naintains his entire in
nocence of the awful crime for which he was tried
and acquitted.-[N. \. Day Book. seas.
! The last Burlington Telegraph an
nounces that intelligence has been received, with
in a day or two, of the removal Of Col. c. Ii.
Booth. Surveyor General Of Iowa and Wiscon-
sin, and of the appointment of Francis w. Spring
er, Of Louisa county, as his successor. ~
The Dubuque Telegraph, has been
merged in the Tribune of that place. The pub
Usher of the Tribune, congratuates the readers of
both papers on this change. tsse
General Haynau's i'll luck appears to
have followed him even to Hanover, where he ar
xoa fFha4 bad TN
at,ac< the hotel in which he had ia en- his quar-
tiers; it was found necessary to dispense the crowd
| by means of the civic guard.
Georgia is in the midst of an exciting
canvass Of Union men and Disunion men for the
Convention called by Governor Towns in refer
ence to the admission Of California as State
A very sensible shock of an earth
quake was felt at Cleveland, early in the morning
OF the lst. instant.
The Buffalo Republican says: s'We
learn by telegraph from Batavia. that a serious
accident occurred Monday afternoon, to the fregh!
train that left this city at one O'Clock p. NJ when
within about one mile Of that Villages The train
ran off the track, entirely demolishing the loco
motive and several cars. The bell man of the
train had both legs badly broken. We have nc
further particulars.
A gentleman who left Honolulu on the
9th Of July, reports that King Hamehameha had
recently had very severe attack of deerium tre-
mems, and was lying dangerously III, so that bis
recovery was matter of great doubt.
The steamer Concordia, bound for
Memphis, sunk at Fort Adams. She was insured
at New Orleans. Rep. a
The steamer A. w. Vanleer, hence
for Henderson, sunk last night at the mouth Of
Salt river. Most of her freight was taken off in
a damaged state.-[Rep.
in the next Congress, the House will
contain Democratic majority Of forty or fifty.
The Galena and Chicago Railroad,
have bought in England, five thousand tons Of
Railroad iron, at twenty-five dollars.
The excavation Of the Portage Canal,
connecting the Fox and Wisconsin rivers ut this
point is nearly completed 1t will! be finished to
day.--[Hynnebago River Times
Max Maretzek, the conductor Of the
Italian Opera, has sent $4,000 francs to Europe
to cinch his engagement with Sgnorna Parodi
who created such Juror in London, and that too
in the wake of Jenny Lind.
ga negro turning white" is now ex-
hibting at Barnum's Museum, New York, as a
rare curiosity, tire interest OF which is sought ts
be increased by the pretence that the spots the
surface of his body, which are white, have beer
rendered So by the juice of plant, which the
fellow is represented to have discovered and te
keep secret.
Thousands Of people had visited the mon ster
The hoax, however, is exposed by the New YoR
Medical Gazette, which says it is /. change III
duced by disease not at all novel among the
blacks.
The poet, Ralph Waldo Emmerson's
name, figures among the highest the tax list o.
Concord.
A party Of Germans have erected in
Steubenville, Ohio, an establishment for the man
uficture of soda, ash and chloride Of lime II Is
the only one of the kind in the United States; il
is estimated that during the first year it will pro-
duce between $40, 900 and 900 worth OF
soda, and nearly $40 900 in value of chloride Of
lime.
A love-lorn swain, broke wish bone
with his hearts queen some where up in New
Hampshire.
s'Neow what d. you wish, Sally" demanded
Jonathan, with tender grin of expectation.
81 wished / was handsome replied the
fair damsel, 'handsome as-as Queen Victory"
Jerusalem! what a wish!'' replied Jonathan
"when you're handsome huff meow! But III
tell you what wished, Sally. wished YOU wa.
locked in my arms, and the key was lost!''
Capt. Miller, of the ship Crusader
from Valparaiso, reports having passed on the
18th Of August, In lat. "a AZ S., Ion. 81 so, a
large island of ice, about five hundred feet in cir
conference, and sixty feet high. 1t was foatin:
directly IN the track of vessels navigating to the
eastward oc the Falkland Islands.
The late advices from London, report
fair market for brandy, with every prospect of q
rise vessel from Calcutta had brought to Eng
land, so hogsheads as portion of her cargo.
Tobacco, coffee and sugar, are all on
the rise, as will be seen by reference to Barring s
Co.'S. London circulrr, and to continental markets
on the fourth page. The British wheat crop i.
decidedly short of an average, according to the
London Mercantile Gazette. ''Nizam'' is inform.
ed that we published Calcutta market Of Aug. Z
one week ago to day. English holders of indigo
appear to be firm.
Saturday afternoon, about clock.
the lower part of pier No. s, ~ River, gave away
under about one hundred and sixty tons of pig
iron, landed from ship Western World One man
had his cart loaded with iron, prepared to start
when his horse and cart were engulfed with the
falling tinbers. and he had barely time to escape
Nearly all the iron sunk but is believed no lives