The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1850-11-21


fsof the American fugitis eAslave law, and says
This is the country for hiut. Ills a,rscliss haze
made him! detested Jail over Europe, but he Is
quite con6dSpt thatlse can lind sympathy arsong
the men who passed that law. :
II The yeny Rev. JosEpn CREriv, ofth;s
lcity. has been appointed Catholic Bishop Of Sapt
Paul, Minnesota SAINT Paul is new Dioces:s,
fen'bfacng the whole Territory Of Minnesota. We
understand that the Bishop elect leaves for EG-
! rope immediately, 10 make arrangements for pro-
I curing Missionaries and pecuniiry means for the
| field of his future iabors.-I Dubuque Express.
,,,Archbishop Eccleston, of Baltimore,
| has been raised tothe dignity Of Primatc, and
tNewrYsrk, New Orleans. aud Cincinnati, have
been erected into arch-episcopal Sees. The
Apostolic brief for the erection offthe See Of Gin
cinna,i to the raak of Metropolis, having Lon
isvile Vincenacs, Detroit and Cleveland for its
suffrages, has been received from, Rome by the
Bishop Of Cmeianati.--l Philadelphia North
Amer. ! saa sala' fIaa = a's go
A young man. from, Newburyport,
writes, under date of San Francisco, Sept. Ii,
that party OF Is men discovered vein of gold
4, feet wide, 3 feet deep, and had followed it 7
i feet, it being over two-iliirds pure gold ,'We
have been calculating the value Of as much of it
as bad been uncovered, and find it would be
worth over ten ini!lions Of do.lars!i'
A new fabric has been manufactured
from the fur Of animals, which is lighter, softer,
frsner, and warmer tan any ether material ever
worn as covering for the body. The ,inder-shirts
made Of this material are called Astoria Jackets,
and can be obtained in New York.
One day last week a gentleman drove
through town in buggy having two elks attached
To it. They measured space quite bf!skly y
['rru,nbuIl Democrat b. oi,l n j. -
The Constitutional Convention of In
diana now ia session, has taken up the question
Of dispensing with Grand Juries, in oil cases, and
substituting therefor, an intelligent Court Of In.
quiry, with judicial Jurisdiction over minor nr
trivial offences, and similar power as is now vest
ed in Grand Juries oyer more important questiobs
Iacd srayer offences. 't.,aa ,s1e.fia- s~.
The Albany Express says the express
train on the Syracuse and Utica Railroad with
the s'iishiniag' engine, distinguished for its MP
tive power, made one day last week, l3t miles
ia IL minutes; aud on Thursday the same train
came through from Syracuse to Utica, So miles,
including three stoppages, in one honr and so
minutes. This is as fast running as any ode
would Ike e4s 81
On Tuesday night last, a runaway
negro having stolen n horse in Browa county ,
Ohio, was pursued by Mr.. Cochran, tho owner
of the horse, joined by his neighbor, Mr.. Wq.
Gilbert. On the party coming up, the negio
fred, inhicins dangerous wound in the breast
of Gilbert, and then escaped Alaysville El-
gle, Oct. "a. -..- t.-.,..-
Letters from Washington, says the
Cincinnati Gazette, announce the appointment of
Captain G. w. Cutter, the "Warior Poet ss
Commissioner Of pensions--a post worth aboat
= g 81.
An order was received the other day
by IA bookseller in this city, for ''thirtcsambux.s'
lie sent them.-[ Yankee Blade. =
Stewart s. ITunnicilia, merchants of
Penn Van, n ", have f;tiled to the amount Of
$20o, 900. Tn ir credit heretofore has BEEN
prime.
: Another fire occurred in St. Louis ON
the morning of the Goth Of October, the block Of
buildings occupied as the Town Hall, on Chest
nut, between Main and Second streets, being de-
str0yed 1t was occupied as 4 candy mannfac-
tory, a book and job office, and liquor store
Hon. Samuel Young died at his resi-
dence in Saratoga County, NY, on the ID inst,
aged about ~. -ar -
! There have been several cases of
cholera at Natchcz recently.
Mr.. Curtis, plastcrer Of Cincinnati,
has become entitled TO one-sixth of $4l 600 ,000.
IL, comes by it through his wife who is one of 6
heirs to large estates in England. A valuable
wife, that, 7~
The Chicago Tribune thinks that
Mr. Browning, the Wing candidate for Congress
in the Quincy district, is elected. la
Accounts from Sydney, New South
Wales, Of June lst, report that Il tremendous
hurricane occurred at Navigator's Island, in A
pril last, and continued four days. A letter dated
Upoid, April Ia, says that there is hardly house
left standing on the Island.
The Pronoun TIN the records OF
the Colonial Court at Exeter, N. H., is found the
statement that Il man was fined 20 900 shingles
for swearing, cursing, and saying pox-take-it to
his wife. ~ ~ 81 f--.- Co.,. y.
The Uniontown (Pa.) Wing says 4
report is current there, that a serious not had
taken place among the worhmen ut the Big TuH-
mel, resulting in the death Of fifteen, and the dis
turbance not yet quelled. ...~ - /,
Judge Sharkey, President Of the
Nashville Convention, in his speeches at publlc
meetings in mississippi, repudiates uuaisn In
all It's forms, and sustaihs the action of Congress
in the adjustment of the questions growing out Of
the acquisition OF Mexican territory. inas
The population of Providence, r. | !,
according to the census which has Just been conf
pletcd, is Al ,4l6, being an increase Of 1924 in
the last ten years. T.,
They are endeavoring to raise Sl2 or
$l5 900 at Savannah, Ga, to secure visit from
Jenny Lind. f
The Philadelphia Ledger says that
the heavy coal tonnage of the Reading road the
current week, exceeds all precedent. The as-
grcgate is As 800 tons. The gross cash receipts
of the Company, for October, will not fall much
short OF $500 ,O0p. esss az 1.rss td4
The value of ali the real estate in
Richmond, Va, except the State House, is Sl3,-
72s, sos. Inlss9, it was 1881, 263. as
/ Harmon, who threw his wife into a
well, in Ashtabula county, Ohio, has been SEN
fenced to the penitentiary for seven years. 9d {
The United States Commissioner,
Stetson, at Cincinnati, resigned his office on the
pas sage of the fugitive slave law.
! Rachel and Cerito are coming to
America under the conductorship of Mr.. Wykoff,
Fanny EIssler's friend. ssaiz -: ~
/ A Yankee inventor has improved the