The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1850-09-26

tors in Congress, as aIsothe course Of Gov. Bcll.
Resolutions were offered opposed % the Pearce
bill, but wefe laid upon the table. lib.
I ,VARfAT1oss OF THE CoMPAss.-The loss
to Great Brtian by shipwrecks, appears from
carefully compared statistics. to amount annually
to between 500 and 600 ships, or about vessels
every two days. The curse has been uttibuted
in great measure, to instructions Of the COM
pass, produced by the attractive power eff the iron
used in the construction Of the vessels, as well
the tunnels, tanks, and guns employed in men-of-
war. The result varies in different cases, and
remedy can only be obtained by direct experiment
on board each Ship: ssCompass Observatory"
has accordingly been established in England,
where every ship Of the Royal Navy has It's CONF
pass adjusted before proceeding upon a cruise
The practice has,. as yet. not been iextented to
the mercantile marine.------
The late Constitutional Convention Of Micbi-
gan, made very thorough revision of the old
Constitution. The following are the most promi
nent peculiarties Of the new instrument: home
stead exemption and an elective Judiciary, are
among the new features. There is TO be an in-
dependent Supreme Court; but eight circuits with
one Judge elect in each. Every county Of 10, 900
inhabitants, has four terms of court a year. The
question Of negro suffrage is TO be submitted to
the people. Indians may become citizens. The
Legislature is required within five years, TO es-
tablish free common schools, to be kept open three
months in each year; and also, as soon as prac-
ticahle, to establish State Agricultural School,
setting apart % sections Of spring lands for its
support. The Convention provided that every
newspaper publishing the Constitution, should
have S25 for it.-[Pra Herald. .al .sdi
HURpIcANE AT SEA-The United States
store-ship Relief, b. J. Totten, Commanding,
which sailed from this, port the 9th last arrived
back last evening, having returned TO repair dam
ages which she suffered on the night Of the 7th,
in lat. 5000, Ion. 1857, during violent gale
from the North Fast. The sails were blown
from their close reefed bands; the fore top ma ST.
stay-sail from its hanks, and several spars were
lost overheard. The barometer fell to 90, 10, with
the wind from the E. S. E, which hauled gradual
ly to the n. W., blowing with increased violence.
The Relief was fire. GIFTED with stores for the Bra
iii Squadron. A few hours previous to the COM
mencement of the gale, she passed the steamer
Atlantic, standing East 1t is hoped that the lat
ter kept ahead Of the galc-[N. Y. STAR '''
LyNcHING.-Lasi week a man named
Merritt was arrested in Saint Joseph for
horse stealing. He was whipped until be
gave the names of six of his accomplices,
all Of whom were arrested and lynched, till
the names of seventeen persons were OBJ
tanned, engaged in the same business, form
Jog well organized gang from Indepen-
dence to ST. Louis. Some of them received
rs high rs three hundred faShes. The con-
stahulary are on the scent Of the scoundrels
and it is to be hoped they may succeed in
arrestng the entire number.-[St. Loris
Organ. auiai 4stYt .r II 3eHl
A GIGANTrc SrATUE-A Frankfort Jour
nal states that the colossal statue of Bava-
ria, by Shwanthalers, which is to be placed
Cd the hill of SeudIing, SURPRISES in its gil
ganiic proportions all the works of the mod
erns. 1t will have to be removed in pieces
from the foundry wbeIe it is cast, to its
place of destination, aII each piece will re-
quire sixteen horses to draw it. The great
toes are each half a metre in length IN
the head two persons could dance a polka
very conveniently, while the nose might
lodge the musician. The thickness of the
robe, which forms rich drapery descend
ing to the ankles, is about six inches, and
It's circumference at the bottom, about two
hundred metres. The crown of victory
which the figure holds in her hands, weighs
one hundred quintais; Ga quintal is hun
dred weight.) ~.
Yesterday, while Miss Agnes Quay sat
nursing an infant at the house of her broth
er-in-iaw, Mr.. Luke Jacobs, Gin The town
ship of Hope, about FIVE miles from this
town. the lightning struck the gable end OF
the house, and passing down the studs,
struck Miss Quay dead instantly. Her life
less body remained seated in the chair, till
removed by her sister, Mrs. Jacobs. The
infant fell from her arms unhurt. Port
Hope (Canaka) Watch. esaA9 ..lttl
We published some time since an ac-
count of the death of Mrs Spencer, OF
Rome, who committed suicide while at the
residence OF her father, Col. Chapman, in
Clockville, Madison co. The cause of the
arrangement that resulted in the fatal act
was attributed to disease produced by
the use ofcamphene AS washing fluid
The Rome Sentinel Announces the suicide
of Mrs. Chapman, the mother Of Mrs. Spen.
Ger, while laboring under fit of temporary
insanity, supposed to proceed from the same
cause. ,...... r. ...a .t....,.
A fire occurred in Montreal, on We'd
nesday last, which destroy ed the foundry oil
MIR. Page, between Wellington and Saint
streets, and also, four or FIVE houses adioin
ing. ' o.
On the 10th inst, the bill to abolish Slave
ry IN the District of Columbia was passed
Yeas As, Nays 10. l
The newly appointed Governor of Ore
gon, Major Gaines, and his family, arrived
at San Francisco on the f9, on his way tc
Oregon. Edward Hamilton, Secretary, ant
Wm. Strong. Judge of Oregon, also were
in company. .o@ .s3o .t
The Grant County Herald of the 10th
inst. gives the following list Of names Of
persons, who have died of Cholera at Bee
town, Wis. since it first broke out there, on
the 2lst Of August: -.a traf
Robert Porter, Matthew Edwards, Jo
seph Hilbert, William Peck, Philip Trebil
cox, John Boudon, John Moore, JOSEPH
Eneix, Mrs. Roberts, c. G. Brooks, Mr.
Schutner, J. Mikeswell, Thomas Roberts
E. Myers, f. Fields, j.. Derrine, George
Haumonds, Elizabeth knotweli, Thomas
Prideaux, William Roberts, Joseph Shot
ret, G.. S. Showalter and daughter, Enoct
Perkins, Nj. Hickok, DAME! bearing, j
Spencer,F. Oxley f. Vasburg, s. Cortoran
A. o. Coates, H. l.. Turner, H. Higgins
ID. Shibles, e. Reese, james Francis, Capt
w. Holloway, Child Of John Hickok
Child OF Mr.. Myers.-4l. g.;fst7s-,ii az,