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The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1850-01-30
COMMUNICATED.
Mr.. EDJTOR:

| X. EDITOR.
"Last Sunday night water froze solid i'll
a tin vessel in my house that formed an icl-
Gle shooting up, like Il Perpendicular spire,
about inches; will some philosopher please
explain how an icicie could thus grow up
ward like tree" -Pioneer.
As we are all more or less of philosophers,
Mr.. Editor, | will answer the question ac-
cording to my limited knowledge of the
properties of matter.
'sN alter is composed Of hydrogen and
oxygen gas; hydrogen gas is that with which
balloon is filed and causes il to float in
the air, its composition is guessed at but not
known. Oxygen gas is that portion of the
air we breathe, that gives US vitality-its ex-
stence in water can be shown by putting a
small fish in a jar Of water, as soon as the
oxygen is exhausted the fish dies; it is also
necessary to the termination and growth of
plants. Water is supposed TO be produced
by the combustion Of hydrogen and oxygen
gas. Water at about AZ degrees Fahren-
het, which forms its medium of density, be-
gins to expand upon exposure to heat and
continues to expand in proportion as addI-
tonal heat is applied; but below 40 degrees
it begins to expand, also upon exposure to
cold, and continues to expand in the very
same ratio upon the application of additional
cold till at 80 degrees it freezes and be-
comes fixed, the particles coming close to-
gether and uniting as the water freezes;
| light, expansive and elastic air tut6fes are
thus generated, and increase in bulk as the
cold grows stronger"
The above are well known facts in PHI
losophy, Mr.. Editor; now, as a cause for
the spiral icicle ] venture to suggest the
quickly increasing application OF cold to
water, at certain stage Of temperature,
such as would naturally occur in room pre-
viously heated by stove in which, through
cracks in the floor or elsewhere, the air
had free access.
| also suggest that the quickly increasing
application of heat to ice might develope
some new phenomenon as curious as the
spiral icicle which think was produced by
the application of quickly increasing cold;
whether it was spring or river water
should be considered.
1t might be added iba; in freezing, water
throws off heat or caloric, probably the by
drogen gas which is infammable; it Is evil
dent it parts with something, for ice is light
er than water and floats in it.
Whether my conjecture is right or not, it
is evident the spiral icicle must have been
influenced by some cause other than that
which causes water to freeze out of doors.
else we should have pyramids Of ice like
f"rest of trees on the Mississippi river
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NOTICE

is HEREBY given that the co-partnership
heretofore existing between 7. iChou,eau, II.
s co. of ST. Louis, H. II. SibIey, ii. Nj. Rice
and Sylvanus B. Lowry, under the name and
style of Northern Outfit, inclu-ling Sioux
Outfit and Winnehago and Chippewa Out
fit, is hereby dissolved 10y consent Of the
parties. The liquidation of the amounts
properly due by SAID business or co-par;-
nership, as we'll as the general adjustmen-
of all matters appertaining thereto, win be
attended TO by said II. H. Sibley.
P: CHOUTEAU, Jr. & CO,
II. Fl. SIBLEl.
ST. Paul, Oct. 12, 1S49.
Prairie du Chen Patriot. Galena papers,
Gazette Burlington, l. and ST. Louis Repub-
lican and Union, please copy. no XIV SIN.
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CONGRESSIONAL.

In the Senate of the United States, on the
9Th Dec, Senator Douglass of Illinois,
brought in the following bill for the benefit
at the Territory of Minnesota agreeably to
notice. which was read twice, referred to
the committee Oil public Lands, and ordered
to he printed Gal. JEFF.
BE ii enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives. Of the United States of
.f'asr5ca an Congress assembled, That there
he and is hereby granted 10 the Territory of
Minnesota, in aid Of the construction Of a
railroad from the navigab!c waters of the
Red river Of the North, by the Big Bend
of the Saint Peters river, to the mothern
line of Iowa, in the direction of Dubuaue
a quantity Of land equal to the alternate
sections for six miles on each side of
said road, to be selected by the Governor
at said Territory, by taking the sections re-
turned aud designated on the maps and SIR
veys of said lands in odd numbers, rcsery-
ing to the United States the sections returned
and designated on said maps and surveys in
even numbers, 30 be disposed of az other
public lands: Provided, That the alter
nate sections hereby granted to said Terri
Tory; and their proceeds, shall be applied to
the construction Of said road, and to no
other purpose whatsoever: lind provided
.fsrfaer, That The other alternate sections
herebs-seserye,! to the United States shall
moi be sold either al private or public sale
at price less than two dollars aud fifty
cents per acre.
=. Ind be Il further enacted, That
for the purpose OF extending said road 10
the Mississipin river, aud for the construc.
,ion-uf a railroad bridge over the same.
there he and is hereby granted TO the State
nj Iowa, quantiV of land equal to the al
ierffatc sect,ons for six miles Oh each side of
the line from tho point where said road
si,ali enter said State to Dubuque, to he Sc
lectcsi by the Governor of said State by ia
king the sections and parts of sections
marked and designated on the maps and
surveys of said lands in odd numbers, re-
serving to the United States the sectious
and parts Of sections ta,arked and designa-
tel in even numbers, to be disposed Of as
other puplc lands, Prooided, That the
lands herei,y granted to said State, and
their proceeds, shall be faithfully applied to
the construction Of said road and bridge,
and to no other purpose whatsoever: find
provided further, That the alternate sec
lons ani parts ri sectiorss hereby reserved
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HOUSE AND LOTS FOR SAL

FyHE subscriber offers for sale his house
L aud two lots 80 feet front On ST saier
street, running back OF corner. TIL house
is Is by 25 feet, l-2 stoiles high, rooms
aud buttery, 3 below and above, larhed
and plastered with faes for stoves, good
stable and root house. good watei adjoining
the lot; the house entirely new. 1t will be
sold for 5000, one half cash and the balsuce
on time. great bargain, being less than
the cost of the buildings. a large cooking
stove goes in with the property. Cal and
sec. JAMES HOFFh 4 :.
81. Paul, Nov. 6, 1S49. So Is.
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Damages for Seduction in Massachu-
sets

Damages for Seduction in Massachu-
sets
In the Supreme Court Of New Bedford,
Daniel ). Dickerman recovered s., 800 dam
ages of Samuel w. Graves, for seducing
and dehauching his wife. The crime was
committed about year ago, up to which
time the wife Of the plaintiff was proved to
he d modest and chaste woman. The PLAIN
tiff mas since obtained divorce from her on
the ground of her criminal intercourse with
Graves. In the suit against the latter for
damages. the woman appeared as witness
for her late husband, and testified fully and
distinctly to the circumstances alledged in
the plaintiffs writ The only defence set
up was that The plaintiff and his wife con-
nsed to bring abou, what took place between
her aud the defendant. but little evidence
seems to have been brough. forward TO sus-
tain this, As the damages allowed by the ju
~ were only $500 below the amount claim
ed by the plaintiff We do not recollect
any similar case TO this in the Courts of
Massachusetts, and the presiding Judge re-
marked that it was the frs, of the kind that
had occurred according TO his recollection.
-[Springfeld Republicans.
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From a speech Of Mr. Porter, in the
Legislature Of Alabama, We extract the
annexed passage, giving summary ac-
count Of the existing railroads in the
United States:
In the United States, the progress of
railway construction is equally astonish-
lag A line Of $50 miles in length con-
meets. Boston and Buffalo, and presently
Will dip into the margin Of Lake Michi-
gan, five. hundred miles further West
In the State of Michigan, a railroad will
nom be.in operation across the entire
q State Detroit will be connected with
Buffalo by the Canadian railroad and a
suspension bridge below the Falls OF
Niagara; Boston with Montreal by the
Northern, Vermont, Central and La
Prairie railroad, and steam navigation
on the st. Lawrence, and the same city
with New York by the New Haven and
Long Island road, New York, seeing
that she must become impoverished un-
der the enterprise of Massachusetts,
which is draining off her western trade
is uniting aer commercial emporium with
Albany and Lake Erie. Philadelphia is
extending railroad to Pittsburgh, 49,
miles, los of which are now construct
cd; and it contemplated to extend con.
nexions with it to Cincinnati and St
Louis From Baltimore. two lines o
railroad branch out, north and south
one running 500 miles into Maine, the
other. 420 miles to Wilmington, NORTH
Carolina A branch goes west from
Baltimore towards the Allegheny Noun
tains, at present completed $50 miles
and will soon reach the Ohio In Soutl
Carolina a railroad is completed to Au
gusta, l36 miles. and others are rapid,
extending their branches north and cas-
through the State. Georgia, taking vi
the work where South Carolina term
mates it, at Augusta, extends railroad
through her entire territory, north To TIM
Tennessee line, west to Columbus, OF
the Chatiahoochee, and south in the di
rcction of Pensacola. BY these various
lines, travellers will soon, at an expense
of fifty dollars, in one hundred hours
pass with comfort and safety, from New
York to New Orleans"
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4a Saltwater
Is the name of a bright little town at the
head Of Lake st. Croix, in Minnesota. On
your way up the Mississippi, at a point
thirty miles below St. Paul, you leave the
river on the left, pass up the St. Croix
Lake thirty miles, and land al Saltwater.
Lake St. Croix is widening of the same
stream, into sheet averaging perhaps two
or three miles. Its shores are clear and
pebbly. They ascend back in many places
at an incidence of some fifteen degrees
with the plane of the Lake; in other places
the shores are abrupt, high and precipitous
like the highlands Of the Hudson. Again,
far extending pralries present their entire
surface to the view, from the boat. These
ascents and prairies are generally sprinkied
with burr-oaks, SO scattered as to show
most of the surface of the ground beneath
their spreading foliage. Grass swards the
ground beneath these oaks, as upon the
clear prairie. The oak-openngs resemble
an apple orchard, and wear the face Of an
old homestead.
Saltwater clings upon the side of high
hill that rises from the n. w. poin, of this
Lake At the landing is a display of white
warehouses, and further along under the
| hill. and parallel with the Lake is a business
street, with a considerable show OF trade.
The most conspicuous building, as seen
from the Lake, is the Courthouse. 1t stands
high aott in the rear of the town. Its front
is a white colonnade, and its aspect would
suit school boys fancy of the temple OF
Fame.
Saltwater has 900 inhabitants, and mostly,
am told, from the State of Maine. lis
principal business is the lumber trade.
! Saw-miIIs are located at St. Crox Falls,
| 90 miles North. These Falls are the point
of operations of the Company whose agent
! is Capt. Paul Il. George.
| Saltwater is situated 20 miles, IA little
| North of East, from St. Paul. A daily
stage runs between the two towns, and has
.
land from the river at either of the TWO towns.
Boats ascending the river make their first
landing in the territory at Saltwater and St.
Paul alternately -though from the point OF
confluence Of the Mississippi aud ST. Croix
in ascending to either town, the distance is.
up and back, sixty miles out Of the way to
the other town.
As associated with Saltwater, must not
pass unobseryed the
Delta
Of land lying in the angle between the Mis-
sssippi and ST. Croix. This point of lanl
of an extent so miles on each of the two
river sides, and 30 on its Northern base, il
about half prairie and the rest timber and
Eoakopenings. The prairie circles around
from point near Saltwater, with the line:
of the Lake and river, or two rivers, to {
point within two miles of St. Paul. Its
width is from one to ten miles. For nat
ural charms, (beauty is word not stron:
enough) and for fertility, it is not surpassed
by any section Of Illinois. 1t is dotted a
distances Of one to three miles with settler
from Maine. Their houses are generally up
on the side Of prairics, uuder colonnad
Of oaks, while the fields wave before.
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to the United States shall not be sold either
at public or private sale at less price than
two dollars and fifty cents per acre.
5 s. .and be II further enacted, That
the lands hereby granted to said Territory
and State respectively, shall be selected by
their respective Governors, and returned ia
the Commissioner Of the General. Land OF
flee Within six months after the surveys
shall be completed, and the plats returned
to the proper Surveyor Generals office.
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NOTICE

rs hereby given, that the partnership
l heretofore existing between William ID.
NAPLES, of Dubuque, Iowa, and Josephus
Mclaughlin of the Falls of St. Croix,
Wisconsin, under the name and style OF
NAPLES & Mclaughlin is hereby dissolved
by mutual consent eff the two parties. The
liquidation of the amounts properly due "
said business or co-partnership, as well as
the general adjustment of all matters appes-
tanning thereto will be attended to ~ The
said JOSEPHUS McLAUGHiIN.
Dubuque. Dec. /, lS49. S5-6w
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Bravery

/ 4 man named Martin, from Saltwater.
tarrying now with his wife in ST. Paul. At
the Central House, was arrested on Mon
day last, on complaint for beating his wife.
and brought before justice Dent, who bound
the brave fellow to keep the peace, in n pen
atty of five hundred dollars. The woman
was badly bruised by her courageous hus-
band
1t Is DIR. 5. i. Armstrong of the Hudson
GutIa Percha Manufactory, who proposes to
lay down line of wires, coated with gu,ta
rerehn, and perfectly insulated, reaching
from New York to Liverpool, at "a cos, of
about SS,0o0,O00. The project is to he
brought before Congress immediately, and
Prof. Morse is said TO be favorable to the
scheme.
HARRY OF THE WEsr.-The editor ofthe
Chicago Democrat writes ms follows in re-
gard to this il.ustrious Orator and States
man:
Henry Clay, U. S. Senator, is the mos,
popular man here this winter Wherever
he goes there is crowd after him. OF all
the old politicians, age makes the least inn
preston on him and he takes the same de-
light in mingling with the masses he did
twenty years ago.
have had a good chance to know him.
this winter; and politics aside, he is well
calculated to have more warm friends than
any man who has lived since the DAYS of
Andrew Jackson.
DEATH OF MILLER THE PRopHEr.
man whose prophecy and preaching has for
the last few years caused such an excitement
in this country and Great Britain, dieJ at
his residence in Hampton, N. Y, on the
Goth ult
Judge f. b. Morehouse, one of the Judges
of New York Supreme Court, died of apo-
plexy on the 10th inst, at his residence IN
Cooperstown. The attack was fatal in less
than 81 hours. ise.
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GREAr F'iEE At CoKcosD, n. H.--Iir
Capital Of New Hampshire was visited Ivy
a destructive FIRE on Thursday, Dec. ls---
Seven blocks destroyed. Loss $4,000 or
$4,000.
The tolls received upon the Illinois Canal,
during the season just closed, amounted 10
$Ils, $500. Last year the tolls were g e.
s9O.S7. Showing an increase, for 1912, Of
$50 1854
1t is only in the older States, why're enpi-
tai prepondcrates over the rights OF labor,
and gains 10y its influence the control Of POI
liticai affairs, that the conservative Greet a
the Wing party triuinIhs.
A PowERFuI CoLT.-The kmckeff,srk
er tells the following story of an illussts''ns
minister down south, who was speal'ug 10
discourse of the GENTRY of Christ into je-
rnsalem, when the multitude east their
garments in the way, and cut down branch
es and strewcd them in the way. The
preacher had somehow or other taken zap
the idea that all this was done with mali
cions itent. "Ah, my friends" said ne,
sstheu, wicked Jews were determined 20
prevent The entrance of our Saviour INTO Je-
rusaein They throw their garments 10
the road; they even went and cut down
tres and put 'em in the road; they ms lie ais
sarts OF opposition and hindrance; but bies
sed be God, they couldn't stop that eoiiHa
Old Kuc says this is on absolute fact.
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TRIAL OF CRiI.D FOR CRiME.-A boy :,
seven and half years old, WAS tried for ar
son in Newark, n j., last week. He con-
f'rssei 10 the constable that he had made the
ire with match, at the ins;igation of a
bigger boy, who ran away. He was ac-
quilted on account of his youth and the
want Of other testimony besides his own.
Ii was considered humanely by the Court
that it would he cruelty To send such a
child 10 The State prisnE or Jail, and
there is no House Of Refuge in that place.
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20 Application has been made for a
charter in Minnesota, for the order 1901.
A charter, with the revised forms, will be
forwarded as a matter Of right, on request
Of any two members, by the Grand Seign-
or Of Wisconsin, the first maternal anccs-
eor Of Minnesota.
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SEHGENT g. BOWEN,
Below the % Pioneer" Office

lis sacks coffee.
Ii2 boxes matches,
Iali kinds of tea from The
Canton Tea c.,
100 lbs candies ,ali kinals
lNutmegs and cloves,
3 doz water buc keis,
20 boxes table salt,
Large quant'y cor. salt,
Powder and shot,
G0o0 regalia cigar,
5000 principe
l gross pint fast,
I-2 4" tumbler~,
% jars assorted pickles..
20 g tomato ketcilup,
2 doz. bottles stoa ghtou,
: =" " peppermint,
6 barrels molasse-,
iGround pepper & mus
| tard,
!snk and paper,
Fine lot of stonewaEe,
Shoe backing,
6 boxes shaving soap,
Indian corn,
IBuchwheat -four,
Z barrels rice,
3 boxes starch,
10 barrels crackers,
5 81 pilot bread,
IL reans wrap, paper
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DIR. Snow, just up. from below, passed by
the mail, creeping on like a snail; and reports
,nat the Governor may be expected on or a
bout Sunday next.
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4 STEAM MAN,-t mechanic in Russia
j. said To have succeeded in making a steam
man. 1t is probably one of the mos, Inter
esiing inventions ever offered to the public.
/, is colossal statue, the feet Of which
are placed upon a railroad, and as tie goes
laundering over the course, the steam comes
pntf'ng out of his nostrils in IA manner to
give the appearance Of Satan as pictured
~ Revelation.
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O- Two or three of the Wiunebago
dignI,aries from up the river, arrived in
Saint Paul the other day, on their way TO
Washington. The Secretary drove them
back; threatening to make requisirion up
on the Commandment Of TT. Sne Hing, for the
aid Of The eth Regiment.
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10 The price of oats in Saint Paul, has
fallen to a. or so cents per bashel. All pro-
duce is plenty. Hay is abundant. The
farmers on the Delta have brought more
produce into our market than was antlcipa-
ted Fat beef is plenty at and cents.
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uST received BY steamer Yankee, 3 -
- OF prime Family Butter, 20 hhls = r1a
Fork, on commission, and for sale lev b
ZSts JOHN RANDALL = o.
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The Band fro m Fort Smelling is engaged
.or the Valentine ball, at Mr.. BUFoRD's in
Saltwater. OH the 18th of February.
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LOCAL.

The Go. Commissioners Of Ramsey Coun-
ty, have fixed upon central SPOT i'll Saint
Paul. for erecting the new Court House
and jail. II is to bc placed upon Il square,
donated by Nctal Guerin, about 100 yards
Of the table land on which The upper part of
the town is situated
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ABSALOM LOST HIS LIFE FOR WA +
A BARBER,

WI LIAM ARMSTRONG, a Ca-:iilsa
w by birth, continues to smooth the c03u
tenances of the male public at the Central
House, amputaung the beard with Tbs u
most facility, upon new and scienti IL Pssp
ciples. He also performs the operation ID.
hair-cuttipg and hair dressing, in The lateS
fashion and most approved style of the sra
Shampooing in the AsIatic method, IS
taught in Constantinople, is also his forte.
1t will he his delight to render these cpcra-
tons as agreeable as possible withon. Tie
aid of cbioroform. S9yt
YO BUILDERS. ID. STINCHFELD, o. iae
u Falls of St. Anthony, has on herd for sa'~.
supply oi square Timber, and the bcsi qga''s
Of Shingles. May 9th, 'is-..s
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10 Icc!es hang from The caves Of the
roofs Of many houses in Saint Paul 40
feet long; and many of the people go I'M
shaved, although the village is supplied with
three barbers-such is the scarcity of soap.
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20 A Frenohman, through IN IL days
with train from lake Superior, was selling
fish in Saint Paul last Friday. White fish
25 cents apiece; trout, S7cents.
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IN the stree, leading from the Upper Ian
" ding, ST. Paul, is ready, on Short nouce,
to make and repair buggies, wagons. au'i
>ledS; and to do all sorts Of wtieeiwrigis
work. 3f-Iv
Dee. IS, lS49.
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% The Supreme Court of Minnesota
Territory had little TO do at their late term,
but to adopt rules and swear in attorneys.
We regretted that his Honor Judge Meeker,
was not present,
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MARRIED..

At ST. Anthony's Falls on the 9th inst,
by the Rev. f. d. Nell, Mr.. WiLLIAN
DwInEIr. to Miss ELIZA JANE SrrNsoN.