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Circassia.

Circassla is very Mountainous, but
very fine and beautiful country, bo.der-
ing upon the Black Sea at its eastern
extremity. 1t is also contiguous to the
Russian Territory lying toward this ox-
tremity Of the Euxine, and interposes its
lofty mountains and fertile valIies be-
tween the clutch of Russia, and these
more level and less wild countries to-
ward the Euphrates and the Tigris. 1t
IS the aim of this ambitious power, Rus
sia, to become possessed, if it can. of
all the realms contiguous 10 the Black
Sea, on all sides. On one side '.he
Wolf" has already laid his paws on the
Danubian Provinces, on Moldavia, Bull
garia, Wallachia, and is, On this side.
therefore, fast advancing towards Con-
stantinople-But before it can ens!ave
the tracts lying on the southern coast of
the sea, it must subdue and pass the ine
people who hold Circassia-a race, in
physical requisites, the finest specimen
Of men now to be found on this globe,
and of courage and activity unsurpas-
sable. Against the noble but unoffend-
ing people, the Mnscovite serfs have
now, for many years, been carrying on
cruel, bloody but fruitless wars. No
quarter IS giren; and the amount of lives
lost is not known, excepting that gener-
ally, it is very great. 1t is believed
that, taking battle, sickness, fatigue,
altogether in account, not less than 20,
900 Russian serfs have left their bones
among the wild passes; and this with
out gaining any ground that is tenable.
The Gear, in furtherance of this MUIR
derous conflict, tries to stop all access
by sea to Circassia.- London Standard
of Freedom.
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those who dream Of a perpetual Britain
think upon these things. The signs of de-

tn0se VINO dream OF q perpetual britain
think upon these things. The signs of de-
cay are around US on every side. In our
fall we shall have few friends. In prosper
Hy we have not icomported ourselves so
humhly, as to be justified ia the expectation
of sympathy or aid from any quarter. Our
very excellence has made us foes, and our.
violence and cupidity have estranged the
nations. We may have peopled the earth;
we may have spread far and wide our arts
and our arms, our commerce and our civil
izatiop; hut we have not bad standing room
for our own pretensioBs. Events are more
powerful than we are. We must, sooner
or later, yield our place to The taore pru-
dent, the less embarrassed, and the more
vigorous offshoots Of our race, and consent
tn occupy the easy-char of our senility.
Nor is there anything to regret in this.
What is there in our corner of the globe
that it should forever expect to give the
law to all others! The civilization that is
removed is not destroyed; and the genius Of
our people can exert itself as well on the
hanks Of the Ohio, or the Mississippi, as
on the banks Of The Thames; and rule the
world from the White House at Washing
ton, with as much propriety as from the
palace of ST. James. We live, indeed. in
Il TefnaTkdDfe peTlOu OF the WOriu'S history
IA period in which new empires take the
place of old ones with wonderful rapdjty,
and in which old empires are paying the
penalty of transgression against the laws of
morality and social welI-being committed
by them during generations. Europe has
enjoyed power aud has abused it, and the
sceptre ef the worlds dominion is passing
from. her grasp. Civilization, as Of old, is
following the course Of the sun, and the
destines Of humanity will work themselves
out in new field anil on larger scale.
The world is, as il were, starting afresh,
and from more favorable startin.-point. !
The lover Of humanity can but hope that
the new civilization which may arise will
take warning from the errors Of the old;
and that, in the decay and fall Of empires,
humanity itself will emerge from each
change in brighter lustre, wiser and juster,
more peacahie and more religious. and do
ing as much as man can do to nj the COM
ing of the prophesied time when "the peo-
pie shall bea, their swords into plough
shares, and their spears into pruning hooks;
when nation shall not lift up The sword
against nation. nor learn war any more."-
T illustrated London News, t1 1900
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Mr.. BA,SecRoorrr.----A oorrr A letter from the the

Mr.. BANCROFT letter from the
London correspondent of the NATIONAL
Intelligencer has the following item: sa
sd"On couch in the middle of the d.-
van, on the right hand were seated the.
two most remarkable and most remarka-
Bile looking men present, after the Pacha
himself, namely, Bancroft, the Ameri-
can, and Brunow, the Russian minister,
They conversed together with great
seeming cordiahty the chief part of the,
sitting, and in English, too; the Baron,
like all his travelled countrymen, being
a great linguist, though, by-the-by, hs
is German born. He is d man of noble
stature and commanding port, becoming
his stars and crosses well, He hears an
excellent private character for charity
and all the domestic, amiabilities. An
individual stamped more thoroughly with
the impress of u gentleman, was not to
be found either in the ambassadorial cir
Gle below, or the vast general circle
above, than Mr.. Bancroft. In his plain
and rather quakerish-cnt black coat,i
ribandless and starless as be was, with,
ont even so much as diamond shirt
stud, he failed not to draw much more of
the attention of the observant spectator
than any Of his glittering fellow profess
sionals around him. Apparently about
forty-three or four, tall, well formed,
with somewhat scholastic form of face,
he has all the polish of a courtier. with
out any forfeiture Of the simplicity of
the republican; and there is this to be
said of him, which can be said scarcely
of any Plantagenet amongst us-he
stands the ordeal of white crayat. Any
man who can pu. a calamity of that SOFT.
round his throat without locking like a
billiard marker, a tapster, or country
parson, is fit to shake hands with my
Lord Devon, who not only, like DIsra-
eli, looks upon the Normans as upstasts,
but upon Chariemagne as a mush-
room"
The writer's description of the other
members of the diplomatic corps is very
graphic, but in no case so complime n;s.
ry as this Of Mr.. Bsncroft.
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ns) recollec. the time wbeu people used

ans) / recollect the time wbeu people used
to be burnt in London by Judicial sentence! !!
True as am now writing to YOU, p,t the
18th of March, 1889, my fifteenth birthday,
saw person walk up TO the stake alive,
faggots put round him, and burnt; and for
what?, For coining, or. rs it was called in
the law phrase Of the day, petty treason
No wonder you Yankees discIa,n US for
your progenitors. But let me add, as a
saivo for my country, Tint IN the following
session of parliament, 1890, this punish
ment was abolished, so that probably saw
the last victim, Of our then humane code
Hardly any body of the present day will be-
lieve me when Tell them this. Our own Lord
Chief Justice Denman, when told of il
some three or four months, ago, would not
believe II till he had satisfied himself OF the
fact from the official record. Aud lest you,
too, should be pricking up yonr ears, let me
assure you, it is plain, unyarnished, veri-
table taie.' .-'Ht '.f IT .'
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For the Minnesota Pioneer. b3.sa
The cottage we lived in, when i was q
Child.

NuItOs
came to that spot, when the sun had gone down,
And the prospect veiei in still robe Of brown;
Since last Ibeheld is, long years have rolled by,
And stood by the door, with tear in my eye ~ @'
crossed the worn thresholds all lone thst hcarth,
That once was the scene OF such ioyance and mirh,
Aud felt that ali JOY was forever exiled ~ rtE
From that cottage we lived in, when was child.
marked the decay of the old wooden wall,
And il grieved me that one regarded its fall;
That shelf where clock told the swift flight Of time,
Remained; but forever had ceased the shril chime.
The hooks that suspended my fathers old gun,
Still hung on that BEAM but their service done;
And sad was that scene, where my mother oft smiled,
ON the innocen, pas,imes Of her wayward child
The tree that stood by that Old cottage door,
Has fallen, to arise in ITS beauty no more; u..
How Oft on the green turf beneath its cool shade,
To rest from my labois, at noon tide I've laid. .,
How Oft with my brothers, when night set free,
From toi have played round that timehonored tree
While heavenly enchantment, each pasture heguiled,
Round that cottage we ivedin, when was a child.
III return ser Lake Erie's wide waters of blue,
TIL the hills Of the west, rise afar on my views
III go back, where the KarsIey in brightness doth roll,
And the voice of its shall soothe my sad soul.
There the hum of the wild bee DER broad fields Of ows
Shall iaii me TO rest, in the calm hazel bowers;
And III dream, when in slumbers each is begued
of that cottage We lived in, when was achd.
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Singular Suicides.

10 the year 1900, William Dorrineion
threw himself from the parapet OF the.
Church of St. Sepulchre, in. Lcndbn,
leaving behind him note, stating as his
reason, "that he wanted to purchase a
ticket Of admission. Ha5 N ''lt
A farmer in Allendale, Eng, got a,
gun barrel, loaded it, and placed the
stock end in hot fire, and leaned his
stomach against the other. The barrel
soon became hot, and exploded, killing
the unfortunate wretch instantly. ss1ea
A blacksmith in New Orleans, in l64I,
killed himself in the same manner, blow
ing his bellows nntil the Ere was hct
enough to explode the gun barrel. csc
A young lady at boarding school.
in England, drowned herself in rain
cask because she was made to study
from an old book. She wasr'swcct six
teen!" 'stsl 8 ID n3sA .lf4}t r.
A Greenwich eng. pensioner, who
was put upon short allowance foi mis-
conduct, in lS46, sharpened the ends #
his spectacles, and with them stabbed
himself to the heart. A117 3'l.'. - ls> 2"
In a French newspaper of 1922, sas
find an account Of a man who, hlF VIE
having proved unfaithful to him, called.
his valet, and informed him that he was
about to kill himself. and requested that
he would boil him down, and make a
candle of his fat, and carry it to his mis-
tress, handing her at the same time the
following note:-
m"DEAREsr THEREsE-I have lorg
burnt for you, and ! now prove to you
that my flames are real. Yours, bnsd
-rf .u.a i. ....t. PIERCE.
A young lady, nineteen years Of age,
having gambled away iarge fortune,
hung herselfaat Bath, Eng. with a gold
and silver girdle. ]; Tie, following note
was found, in her. hapd:---ss'Thusa lie
myself up from playr' This was W.:
thy Of a French woman!- Ciy Teet
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ST PAUL MINNESOTA TERRITORY "WEDNESDAY APRIL 1850

on the market place Of Herisau.T The fact
is itself a startling one, but the details nre
just as strange. For two hours the female
was able to struggle against four individuals
charged with the execution. After the first
hour the strength Of the woman was still so
great that the men were obliged to desist.--
The authorities were then consulted, but
they declared that justice ought to follow
is course. The struggle then commenced
with greater intensity, and despair seemed
to have redoubled the wotnan's force. At
the end of another hour she was at last
bound by the hair to a stake, and the sword
of the executioner carried the sentence into
efiect. e.7.-f.rg 3. r.. arirui
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"HAPPY HoME.''-A young man meets
pretty face in the ballroom, falls in
love with it, courts it, "marries," goes
to housekeeping with it, and boasts Of hav-
ing home to go TO, and a wife. The
chances are nine to ten he has neither. Her
pretty face gets TO be an old story-or be-
comes faded, or freckled, or fretted--and, as
that face was all be wanted, all he "paid
attention to-" all he sat up with. all he bar
gained for, all he swore to "love, honor,
and protect" he gets sick Of his trade;
knows dozen faces he likes better; gives
up staying at home evenings; consoles him
self with cigars and oysters. whiskey punch,
and politics, and looks upon his home as a
very Indifferent clearinghouse. A family
Of children grow up about him; but neither
he nor his fair ''face" know anything about
teaching them; so they come up heller
skelter--made toys of when babies. dolls
when boys and girls, drudses when ,nen
| and women; and SO passes year after year
and not one quiet, happy, homeIy hour is
known throughout the whole household.
Another young man becomes ennmored oi
s'fortune." He waits upon it to parties,
dances the Polka with il, exchanges billet
dour with it, pops the question to it, gets
"yes" from it, is Published to il, goes to the
parsons with il, calls il "wife," carries il
home, sets up an establishment with it, in.
troduces it to his friends, and says (poor fel.
lowD that he, too, 10 married, and has q
home. ..;r.tt,e. 81 ...1.4 beo,f,..-.I
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A bill has been introduced in the Va.
House of Delegates apPropriating $50,
600 per year, for the removal of the free
negroes to Africa. -. ~. baood od i.
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Henry A. Lambert,

Attorney and Counsellor at Law-St. Paul, Min.
L. Collins. Esq. Madison,
WIS. DAVID Graham, Jr., Esq, J. Prescott
Hall, Esq R NJ. & E. II. Blaichford, Esqs /;
New York; Messrs. E. Cramer, Milwaukee;
GrinneIl, Minturn s. Co., Jas. Mccullough, ST.
neon Draper, Jas, Bowen, N. York. Stf
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Horrible Scene at an Eceeution.- - he
Allgemeine Zeitung contains the following
account Of q frightful spectacle recently ex-
hibited at public execution in Switzer-
land:-
IA strange circumstance has just taken
place at Herisau, the capital Of Inner Ap.
peuzell, 10 Switzerland, showing how much
in these countries Of old liberties civilization
il behind band in some matters. n A young
girl of 10, some mopths back, assassinated
her rival. Her lover was arrested with her,
and, as she accused h,m Of the crime, both
were put to the torture. The girl Yielded
to the pain, and confessed her crime; the
young man held firm in his denial; the for
mev was condemned to odeatb. and on the 9Th
of the month, was decapitated with sword
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RICE, WHITALI. s. BECKER,
Attorneys at Law and Solicitors in

Wil give their entire attention TO the business Of
their profession. The collection Of debts, pay
mcnt of taxes, buying and selling Of lands &C.,
promptly attended to. Their offices at
ST Paul and ST. .fnthony, minnesota.
ED. RICE, e. G. wHITALL, GEO. L. BECKER.
October 25 xxyuu i-.| .t
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st. }1aul BUSINESS Direttorn.


Ii. w. Lott,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law. and General
Land Agent.-St. Paul.
Particular attention will be given to collections,
Paying Taxes, Entering Lands, Securing Pre-
Enptioa Claims, and entries made by Military
Land Warrants. Sf
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AT the last dates from San francisco,
Gen. Smith had not then arrived from
Oregon. a ha.n.a II ininmuaaa ~ snil
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RATES OF ApyERrIsING.

RATES OF
Advertisements of one square, IL lines or
less) first insertion, 81 90
For every additional insertion, 90
Business cards, yearly, . 0o
EF A liberal deduction will be made TO year
ly advertisers By the column. .t.r|
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N- Let those who sickle for the .ssgood
old times" and insist that the world goes
backwards as it grows old, read the follow
ing, written by a gentleman now living in
London, to friend at Washington. IF it
cannot understand what progress means:
"1 am old enough to have witnessed the
burning of the Bastiie. ihave also witness
ell occurrences in my own country, in the
year l779, and (whst I may not have told
you when last saw you, for faar you might
have thougbt me one of nation Of barbara
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BabcOck, Ames s. Wilkinson.
: Attorneys and Counsellors at Law. .-
81. Paul, Minnesota Territory. 49-
T., A. PADDOCK, NJ. r. AMES, M. s. WILLIAMSON
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The following incident shows the remark
able firuness, and afterwards good sense,
Of French girl, and ought to he rebuke
to young men who contemplate suicide:
"a young girl of Orleans, France, was
sent on an erraDd to a house; on arriving at
which she knocked, but nobody came to the
door. 1t being partly open, however, she
entered, and finding nobody in the first room
proceeded to the second; and no person be-
ing in that, to the third, where, at the furth-
er end of it. she saw man suspended by
the neck, and apparently dead. With great
presence Of mind, she cried for help, aud
with her scissors cut the cord, and managed
to place the suicide on bed in the ROOM
A physician was called in, and by prompt
application of resuscitating remedies, the
person was restored to life. A few days
after, the father Of the attempted suicide, a
man Of wealth, sent for the girl. She came,
when he said, .My son, whom you saved
from certain death, loves you, and wishes
to marry you. Will you consent! Reflect
upon what say sNo further reflection is
necessary replied the young girl; 'it is ia
no purpose your son is rich; he wished to
hang himself, and may wish to do il again.
Nothing can remove that objection.' She
was inexorable; aud the danger was, thai
her determination might again drive her low
er to the rope. '"D'' ''
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Tioiating the Graue.-Great Excitement
IN Clarkson.-We are indebted to a gentle
man from Clarksou, in this county, for some
of the particulars in relation to most afro
cious act Of villainy, perpetrated in that
town on Thursday night last. II appears
that the body of young man, the son Of
respectable citizen Of that town, was inter-
red in the grave yard near Redmond's Cor
ners, on Thursday morning, and on the night
following was taken from the grave by some
villains, who yet remain to be identified.
The first information received of the out
rage, was the discovery Of the body on Fri
day morning, lying near a fence, back Of
one of the taverns at Richmond's Corners.
The head and feet of the corpse were tied
together in such a manner as to enable the
plunderers of the grave to carry it on pole.
The earth had been dug from one end Of
the grave, at the head of the coffin, the lid
opened and the body drawn forth by the
rope, which was found tied about the neck.
1t is thought from some evidence that has
since been developed, that the robbers were
frightened hy the barking Of some dogs and
fed, leaving the body in the situation in
which it was found. ..I,t. -f., +.
AS might be expected, our informant
states that the greatest excitement inmedi-
ately followed the discovery, and the father
of the deceased became almost frantic.-
Suspicion was not long in fastening itself
upon somebody, and o magistrate immedi-
atey issued a warrant for the apprehension
of student of DR.. Leonard, of Clarkson
and man employed as bar-keeper al one
Of the taverns. The name Of the studen,
we understand is Keith, that Of the bar.
keeper we did not learn. The former sue.
ceeded in obtaining bail, the latter did not
and was retained in custody. What partic
ular evidence came to light on the examina
ton, which was progressing on Saturday
we have not yet learned. .4mer
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B0wles & BOnette,
Stone Cutters, Stone and Brick Masons. Corner
Of Bench and Roberts streets, St Paul, MIN
nesola. o-5. s ~ -ft ly.