The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1850-11-14
IIi.tory orthe wmnebago War.

History of the Hinnebago War. Tss~
The following is the liable Of ec:;ents ni the
first chapter Of the History Of the Black Iiawk
War, work published by our ,ownsnan, CAPT.
JOAN A. WAxEfIELp, IN the year 1884, aud
printed by Calvin Goudy jacksonville, Ill., This
work, not excelled in classical elegance ly the.
luminous Gibbon. or in research and accuracy cf
detail by Robertson, or in elevation Of sly by
Bancroft, or in powerful deiineaton by ,Iacauley
himself. is now nearly out Of print, and ought 10
he repubIshed and used rs a textbook IN the
schools Of the Northwest; since no history il ~
important to US, the history " stirring events
which have so lately trarspired in the Northwest
Territory. The book from which we copy IL the
property Of EpMUSp RICE, Esq. to WHOSE ur.
banIy We indebted Cor this highly priced aud
rare work. 81. Uafss+- .ersf ggs tssvsf
The Wnncbagoes attack Captain Ludscy's Keel
Boats m lS21--lose two Iuen killed and seyen
wounded--Gen. Arlin in the mining country
Gov. Cass takes measures to punish ,iiern-- b.,
corresponds wnh Gov. Edwarts--(iov Ed-y
wards sends Regiment fion The northern
counties to the Mines, under Col. Neale--.hc
a
corps Of mounted yolrnteers-eleci Gen H.
Dodge their cOrnmander-Gov Cnss moves
against the Indians to the portage Of the Wis
consn rver---they sac for peace-;rea,vi en-
tered mto--the Indians give up the Red Bird
as hostage for the good behavior of the res, .
Of the nation- he dies in E.il-the Sac and Fox
Indians next wage war---t;ea. Cai,es Hpu.,es
to Gov, Reynolds for mounted voIuineers--they
rendezvous mt Bcardstown-Gen Duncan at-
fpA tlN (,,p II a. IL Al.
mand-ihey march to Rock ls!and--,he III
dams sue Tor peace--treaiy entered inio -
THE MARYsvILLE MURDER.-Soys the
Herald of Marysviile. last Saturday at,crnoou. n
young named John w Mills. of New Yort
City, was shot down in the street near the United
States Hotel. by person named John Keioer
and lived but o few seconds. He was shot IN ,b,
heart / he two had shaken hands together but
few minutes before, and after a shor, cony.rsn-
ton, keiger drew hK pistol and took deliberate
aim at the breast of the unfortunate Mills l,cv
were not four feet apart when the shot was fired
There were uunib,r Of Witnesses bv and Some
Witnesses called out TO depu;y sheriff who han
pcned 10 be near, 10 arrest Keiger He af onr.
walked towards the officer ard delivered himself
up. lie appeared very calm. about The ma,te,
exhibiting no feeling of regret. Dr. Brewster
The coroner, beng absent from The town. Justice
he tnI,
OF the deceased, and from ilie evidence. Keiyer
was renanjed TO place Of confinement. to a,y,;,
his examination on Sunday morning. Justice
Eiief committed linn for trial. and on SUNDAY af
ternoon. he was sent IN 4 wagon under cbarge cf
deputy sheriff Olds and posse, to Sacramento
City, to be confined in the prison brig there IN
await his trial at the term of the Di.tSic, <,onr,
to be held there IN November I here is sill
great excitement here in reference to this murder
when to those who Witnessed it, appeared to be
cold-blooded and deliberate -
HE FORREST DTroRCE CAsE.-In the
Supreme Court, eraltprm,-before Chief
Justice Edmonds, Just crs Edwards and
Mitchell, Oct. 22-Catharin;e n. Forrest
ps. Edwin Forrest. This is an nppeul ON
behalf Of Mrs. Forrest to so much OF an
order made at special term on the as,h
day Of September last by Justice Edwards,
as directs that Mr.. Forrest he discharged
from arrest, under the writ of ne ereat is,
sued IN this cause, and that the bond exc
cuted by him 10 the sheriff of the comfy
and city of New York. on such arrest. be
delivered up 10 be cancelled Mr.. O'Con-
nor proceeded to open the case on the pant
Of the appellant, and said the motion form
crly made on behalf cf the Defendant was
made on The complaint and affidavit filed
on behalf of Mrs. Forrest in SUPPORT of The
writ of ne eredt: no affidavit was introduc-
ed by him as to anything alleged Hsains.
him, so that the complaint anl affidavit
were all the papers on which his motion
was made; in word, it was simply mo-
ton to review the order made az chambers.
II may therefore be material tn state this
tact to The Court, namely, that Mrs. For
rests complaint contains three causes of ac-
tion--one, abandonmeni; another, conduct
ing himself towards her in such :: manner
as to render il unsafe for her to cobabit with
him; and the third was, the peculiar case
which he, the counsel, had noticed before.
OF his, FORESTS going into foreign State
TO hring a suit against her for divorce, and
TO make application 10 the Legislature Of
that State to enable him to do so: aud that
he has taken thar course tn oppress ana!
degrade her. Ivy dePriving her Of the pro-
lection and support Of her friends, aml
meant TO force her to go to trial where she
can have no witnesses iD regard to the trans
actions with which he seeks TO mpcacI, her.
In order TO meet the first ground, said Mr..
! IO'ConDor. which was taken in the court he
low, that there was not sufficient in the pa
pers for issuing the writ of ne eEeat, shall
read such part Of the complaint and affidavit
rs appears to me necessary, and hegin Mt
page fifiy-seven. Mr.. O'Connor then read
the complaint and affidavit. which hav.
been already published, al The conclusion of
which, Mr.. O'Connor was about to resume
his argument, when the court adjoined till
to-norrow.-(N. Y. Herald.
| DEFRAupING lNsURERs.-The n. York
Herald has an account of a case brought he
fore the Police Court Of that city, with re-
gard to a concocted plan to fire aud burn up
manuiac,ory, in that city, the stock Of
which was not worth more than $4,000. and
upon which al insurance had been proe,r,d Il
for $45, 900. An attempt was made to sub
orn two individuals for witnesses, with re-
gard to the amount OF property in the build.
ing, but one Of then, had some objections
against rendering his evidence, when The
commission might burn out some half a
dozen families in the neig!borhood and he
blew upon the conspiracy. The guilty PAR.
ties are To undergo an examination.
DISTRESSING AccIDENr.-A friend fran
West Point communicates the f,IIowiny
distressing narrative. On Tuesday Mrs.
Kinsley, widow of the late Professor Kins.
lev with her son and tN0 daught,rS ~,